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Chapters: 9/9 Fandom: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Dr. Gurathin & Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries), Dr. Gurathin/Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries) Characters: Dr. Gurathin (Murderbot Diaries), Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries) Additional Tags: Fluff, The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon (Murderbot Diaries), There Was Only One Bed, There was only one cabin Summary:

Murderbot has tickets to watch the top secret filming of the season finale of season 42 of Sanctuary Moon

It would all be perfect except for some asshole of an augmented human, who seems out to spoil everyone’s fun

Written by Rosewind2007 with amazing artwork by Ryn_a_boo 💖

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Chapters: 8/8 Fandom: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Murderbot & PreservationAux Survey Team (Murderbot Diaries), Murderbot & Dr. Ratthi (Murderbot Diaries) Characters: Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries), Dr. Ratthi (Murderbot Diaries), PreservationAux Survey Team (Murderbot Diaries) Additional Tags: Canon-Typical Violence, Book 1: All Systems Red, The Murderbot Diaries Big Bang 2025, No beta we die like GrayCris, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence Series: Part 3 of All Systems Redux Summary:

I’d been on planetary surveys before, and scientists are weird. This survey team was the weirdest yet, though.

Murderbot is going to have a harder time than usual keeping its borked governor module on the down low during this survey...

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The art for this fic will appear in the final chapter, so you should wander over to Evrrys's Tumblr to whet your appetite.

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Story by  IHopedTheredBeStars and art by  Evrry.

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Chapters: 6/6 Fandom: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Murderbot & SecUnit 3 (Murderbot Diaries), Dr. Mensah & Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries), Dr. Bharadwaj & Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries), Dr. Bharadwaj & SecUnit 3 (Murderbot Diaries) Characters: Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries), Dr. Bharadwaj (Murderbot Diaries), SecUnit 3 (Murderbot Diaries), Dr. Mensah (Murderbot Diaries), Original Characters, Dr. Ratthi (Murderbot Diaries) Additional Tags: Vulnerability, Friendship, Lack of Communication, Communication Failure, Mutual Pining, (except it's friendship-style), Light Angst, Murderbot is Bad at Feelings (Murderbot Diaries), POV Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries), POV SecUnit 3 (Murderbot Diaries), The Murderbot Diaries Big Bang 2025, 5+1 Things, A Platonic Take on "Idiots In Love", Hanging Out, Cats, Fanart Summary:

First Three is late getting back to Preservation, then its social calendar seems to be full all the time.

Murderbot's disappointed, but it's not like it can just ask Three to spend time with it. Besides, if Three wanted to hang out, it would say so. Right?

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Or: 5 times Murderbot won't admit it likes spending time with Three, and 1 time it finally gets over itself and does.

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Written by musicofthespheres with art by Errantry and homosekularnost

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Chapters: 6/6 Fandom: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Dr. Gurathin/Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries) Characters: Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries), Dr. Gurathin (Murderbot Diaries), Tlacey's ComfortUnit (Murderbot Diaries) Additional Tags: Sex work as a background element, The Corporation Rim Is Terrible (Murderbot Diaries), MB/G sex is referenced but not depicted, Perihelion - Freeform, The Murderbot Diaries Big Bang 2025 Series: Part 81 of Gamebird's Cinematic Universe for TMBD Summary:

About a year after the events of Artificial Condition, Murderbot discovers the ComfortUnit it freed on RaviHyral was almost immediately recaptured, presumably regoverned, and auctioned off. Murderbot has regrets on how it handled freeing the unit and certainly didn't want it captured, so it launches a mission to rescue it. It is assisted in this by Gurathin, who has his own issues regarding ComfortUnits he needs to get over.

Will Murderbot finally discover the real consequences of killing Tlacey? Will it get over its prejudices about sexbots and sex work? Will the mysteries of what it did at Ganaka Pit be revealed?

(Two out of three isn't bad, right?)

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Fic by Gamebird and art by ZeeNovos.

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Chapters: 4/4 Fandom: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells, Murderbot (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Dr. Mensah & Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries) Characters: Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries), Dr. Gurathin (Murderbot Diaries), Dr. Mensah (Murderbot Diaries), Dr. Ratthi (Murderbot Diaries), Pin-Lee (Murderbot Diaries), Dr. Arada (Murderbot Diaries), Overse (Murderbot Diaries), Dr. Volescu (Murderbot Diaries), Dr. Bharadwaj (Murderbot Diaries), Original Daemon Character(s) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Daemons, Crossover with His Dark Materials, only so far as there are animals that represent people’s souls, Canon-Typical Violence, Canon-typical swearing, Book One, All Systems Red Series: Part 1 of The Daemonbot Diaries Summary:

As a heartless killing machine, DB and I were terrible failures.

  Constructs have to have daemons, you see. The organic parts of us don’t work right without them. But most humans and augmented humans think of constructs as bots, and it's easier for them to do that when they don’t see your daemon anymore than they see your face.

 Murderbot with daemons inspired by the His Dark Materials series.

Written for the Murderbot Big Bang 2025 by cordelianoir and featuring art by Red_Doe

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Chapters: 5/5 Fandom: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells Rating: Explicit Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death Relationships: Dr. Ratthi/SecUnit 3 (Murderbot Diaries) Characters: SecUnit 3 (Murderbot Diaries), Dr. Ratthi (Murderbot Diaries) Additional Tags: Action & Romance, Pining, There Was Only One Bed, ART's One Stop Bottom Surgery Shop, Explicit Sexual Content, First Time, BDSM, Dom/sub, Seduction, Implied/Referenced Sexual Assault, Original Character Death(s), Some Humor, Betaed, Fanart, The Corporation Rim Is Terrible (Murderbot Diaries), The Corporation Rim (Murderbot Diaries), Feeding Kink Summary:

Three is hired to escort Dr. Ratthi home to Preservation. When their ship crashes in Corporation Rim territory, they must work to help the indentured servants there.

For their cover, they must pose as traveler and SecUnit -- with Dr. Ratthi as the SecUnit!

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Fic by Griselda Gimpel and art by Greywarrant. 

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Cover art for mine and @rj-abacura's monstrous fic for last year's @murderbotbigbang -- We're finally wrapping it up! Just one chapter to go. Please heed the tags -- it is very much a murderhelion fic!

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Artist Claims are Now Open

If you're an artist signed up for this event, mosey on over to the Discord server and select the stories you want to make art for.

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Writer sign ups close tomorrow morning, so if you want to write for the big bang, get your sign up in!

Sign-ups are Open

Sign ups are open for the 2025 Murderbot Diaries Big Bang! If you want to participate this year, you need to sign up again, even if you participated last year. If you want to be both a writer and an artist, you have to fill out both forms.

Writer Sign Ups Artist Sign Ups Beta Reader and Pinch Hitter Sign Ups

Writer sign ups will remain open until the end of the month of February. Artist sign ups will remain open until the end of March. Beta reader and pinch hitter sign ups remain open for the duration of the event.

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After you sign-up, if you do not already have access to the Discord server, you will receive an invite link. (Check your spam folder!) If you do not receive one within 48 hours, please contact griseldagimpel, kookicat, or cordelia-noir on tumblr.

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Pertinent information about the 2025 Murderbot Diaries Big Bang can be found here.

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This is a sibling event running concurrently to the 2025 big bang. Check it out if a reverse big bang is [more] your style!

Introducing the Murderbot Diaries 2025 Reverse Big Bang!

Wait, a reverse Big Bang?

Yes!

Do you like the idea of a collaborative event like a Big Bang, but you are a writer who likes to write shorter works or write from prompts, an artist who wants to set the creative direction this time, or a podficcer who wants to be involved in more fandom events?

A Reverse Big Bang has the artist create a sketch, thumbnail, or rough draft of their artistic vision, and then writers make claims on which piece they want to write a fic inspired by! Podficcers will also get the chance to claim written works they’d like to podfic—and then all collaborate to produce an artwork, the associated fic, and podfic that release all at once in a big bang of new fanwork!

For this Reverse Big Bang, the visual art is the initial creative direction, and the written part emphasizes short-form works. There are no wordcount minimums, but there is a maximum wordcount of 5,000 words!

(If a more traditional Big Bang is more your speed, a concurrent one is running simultaneously at @murderbotbigbang. This is a complement, not a competition, opening the event field to a different audience. I reached out to @griseldagimpel and got her blessing.)

Artists who have a cool idea they want to create, writers who want to work from an art prompt or create short-form or non-traditional written works, and podficcers who are looking for inclusive fan collab events without high wordcount expectations - this is for you!

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Event Mods

The mods are @specialagentartemis and @grammarpedant.

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Schedule

The schedule and other information can also be found at the AO3 Collection Page. All deadlines are measured from US Pacific Time.

February 3: Artist signups open. Artists may start planning and creating as soon as they sign up. February 23: Artist signups close. March 10: Artist check-in. March 16: In-progress sketches submitted to the mods. March 17: Sketches will be posted for claims. Writer and beta-reader sign-ups will open. Podfic sign-ups open, though podfic claims will happen later. March 31: Writer and podficcer signups close April 7: Team matches of artists, writers, and beta readers assigned. April 14: Artist and writer should have talked to each other by this date. May 5: Progress check-in. Podfic claims open. May 19: Podfic claims close. May 26: Progress check-in 2. June 30: Art, writing, and podfic should all be ready by this date. July TBD: Reveals and posting!

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2025 Schedule

The 2025 Schedule can be found here.

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Sign-ups are Open

Sign ups are open for the 2025 Murderbot Diaries Big Bang! If you want to participate this year, you need to sign up again, even if you participated last year. If you want to be both a writer and an artist, you have to fill out both forms.

Writer Sign Ups Artist Sign Ups Beta Reader and Pinch Hitter Sign Ups

Writer sign ups will remain open until the end of the month of February. Artist sign ups will remain open until the end of March. Beta reader and pinch hitter sign ups remain open for the duration of the event.

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2024 Murderbot Diaries Big Bang Roundup

With a new big bang beginning, here are all the works completed for last year's big bang:

Autonomous Systems by Abacura and Fox.

Insubordinate Functions by musicofthespheres with art by evrrys.

The Myth of the Myrmidon by winter_travels with art by crabs_bren.

The Stones of the Sanctuary by krawrites with art by Sayatsugu.

To Bring It Home by Abacura and Fox.

4-5 Business Days by Chyoatas with art by Errantry (Hecateae).

The Princess Murderbot Diaries by beeayy with art by Waffles_XD.

The Light of a Distant Sun by IHopedTheredBeStars with art by Proximally

Landing Protocol by Gamebird with art by Dawnlotus.

Proprietary Heart by Rosewind2007 with art by Red_Doe.

False Distinction by Griselda_Gimpel.

Plastic Plague by FlipSpring with art by every_eye_evermore.

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2025 Big Bang Interest Check

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Based on a story by the wonderful @takethewatch, here's my late submission for the @murderbotbigbang 2024!

The story explores MB and Three's struggles with personhood (I'll add a proper summary and the story link once it's posted!)