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Attention aro writers!

If you’re a fanfic writer on AO3 participating in Aggressively Arospec Week 2023, remember you can add your fics to the #AAW23 collection by searching the collection’s name on the settings of your fic.

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Welcome to #AggressivelyArospecWeek!

For the eighth year in a row, we bring you a week-long event promoting the creation of arospec fancontent by arospec creators. (Arospec = on the aromantic spectrum. If you’re currently questioning whether you are yourself arospec, please feel free to join as well.)

Our event aims to create a space where arospec creators are free to explore their identities through fanwork. We believe that fandom is a powerful way to share our passions, our interests and to empower one another in our arospec identities. All while having loads of fun!

Please join us from June 18 to June 24 2023 and enjoy a small explosion of arospec fancontent on your dash. And don’t hesitate to share this post so your followers get to join in the fun as well!

All kinds of fancontent are welcome in this event. Fanfic, headcanons, mixtapes, fanart,… let your imagination run wild! Your content can be about any fandom you want.

If you’d like to submit content, note that it must be centered around a character’s arospec identity (whether that character is canonically arospec or you headcanon them as such.)

To submit, please make a new post between June 18 and June 24 and tag it as #AggressivelyArospecWeek. You can also submit your work directly to our blog through the ask and submission boxes. Your post will then be shared on the Aggressively Arospec blog.

We also have a Twitter account, so use the hashtags #AggressivelyArospecWeek and #AAW23 if you tweet about your work on there. You can also mention us in your tweet (@ AArospec) to be sure we don’t miss it and can retweet it. Please, do submit through tumblr if you can though! That is the best way to get your contribution archived with all the others.

Lastly, a collection will be opened on Archive of our Own to round up all the fanfics posted on there. Just search for “Aggressively Arospec Week ‘23″.

We can’t wait to see what you have in store for us this year!

(For more information, check out our About page or our FAQ section. If you need some inspiration, you can also check out the content that was created during out previous events in our #AggressivelyArospecWeek tag.)

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Title: [META] A Ship Manifesto for the Ultimate OTP: Murderbot x Respect for Its Boundaries Author: Verso (lunaTactics) Rating: General Audiences Tags: #No Archive Warnings Apply #Murderbot #Meta Analysis #Character Analysis #Agender Aromantic Asexual Murderbot #Asexuality #Aromantic #it's not crack but I couldn't resist the joke title Words: 1,862 Chapters: 1/?

“As long as people don’t know about asexuality—hell, forget about the label, so long as they don’t know that saying no forever and for any reason and in any context is okay—sex education, sex therapy, and popular depictions of sex are incomplete and people don’t have the relevant information to fully consent. Sexual rights should not be assumed and self-determination must never end upon entering a relationship. You can give a no with zero caveats in each and every situation, full stop. You can say no if someone loves you and you love them back. You can say no for the rest of your life." - Ace, by Angela Chen "No, thank you, no. No." - Murderbot in Artificial Condition, on the topic of sex

-- A series of essays on Murderbot's non-relationship with sex, what it means for asexual and aspectrum representation, and how its disinterest in sex reinforces the series' themes of self-determination.

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Title: i'm looking over my shoulder Author: lunaTactics Rating: General Audiences Tags: #No Archive Warnings Apply #"Human One" Refugee #Asexual Character #Poverty #Child Neglect #tragic backstory #anime dead mom #Terminal Illness #(Human One doesn't go into detail about it. She can't bear to) #the nightmare that is paying for medical care when you live in a capitalist hellscape #Capitalism trigger warning #Indentured Servitude #Slavery #Worldbuilding #Family Dynamics #Despair #Angst #POV First Person Words: 2,751 Chapters: 1/1

In the Corporation Rim, in the backrocks of BreharWallHan territory, the first two things you learn about living are about wanting and about paying, says the refugee called Human One. The next thing you learn, she doesn't say, is about family. If you're lucky. If you're not lucky, you learn about owning and being owned. An interview from Human One about her life leading up to the moment she took the shot.

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Title: Pleasure Contract Author: rainbowmagnet Rating: Explicit Tags: #No Archive Warnings Apply #Asshole Research Transport/Murderbot #Murderbot #Robot Brain Sex #Compromise #Asexual Character #Sex Repulsion #touch-averse character #Self-Doubt #Size Difference #Comparing yourself to others #Aftercare #mention of robot STIs #Sexual Shame #Trust Words: 2,795 Chapters: 1/1

Murderbot "blackmails" ART into having a media marathon with it in turn for giving ART some intimate pleasure. Murderbot ends up thinking about how their data exchange differs from regular human sex.

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Title: what we call each other. Author: yewlojee Rating: General Audiences Tags: #No Archive Warnings Apply #Dr. Mensah & Murderbot #Asshole Research Transport & Murderbot #Dr. Mensah #Murderbot #Breakup #romance repulsion #Relationship Discussions #Post-Canon #Agender Aromantic Asexual Murderbot #POV Dr. Mensah #Use of Murderbot's name #Aspec TMBD Words: 1,195 Chapters: 1/1

“So how is your little bot-friend doing?” Amena asked, her voice a familiar teasing lilt. “We broke up,” SecUnit responded. “Wait, what?” Amena asked, audibly shocked. “You broke up with ART?”

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Title: Detail of the Fire Author: avg (AnxiousEspada) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Tags: #Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings #Murderbot/OC #Murderbot #PreservationAux Survey Team #Post-Book 1: All Systems Red #Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence #Agender Aromantic Asexual Murderbot #Unhealthy Relationships #this will end up with Murderbot in an unhappy relationship with a human oc! #rating may change as I update #as might the tags! depends on how unhinged i go #gilded cage AU kind of Words: 4,918 Chapters: 1/?

A free agent now, Murderbot can do anything it wants. And it wants this, right? It knows it's supposed to want this. After ASR, Murderbot stays with PreservationAux, trying to find its feet, and stumbles into something terrible.

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Title: Guardian Tangle Author: rainbowmagnet Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Tags: #No Archive Warnings Apply #Murderbot & Pin-Lee #Murderbot & Maro & Rami & Tapan #Murderbot #Pin-Lee #Maro (mentioned) #Rami (mentioned) #Tapan (mentioned) #Canon-Typical Profanity #"murderbot has terrible hair" headcanon #Hair Brushing #Haircuts #Non-Sexual Intimacy #having children #genetic donation #sensory pleasures #touch-averse character Words: 2,322 Chapters: 1/1

Murderbot receives a request from Maro, Rami, and Tapan for it to donate its genetic material to them, implying that they wish to have a child with it. Pin-Lee explains the contract to Murderbot, who likes the idea of its clients having a part of it so it can protect them from afar. Murderbot and Pin-Lee decide to cut a hair sample, but they must first fight an intense battle with Murderbot's impossible tangles.

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Title: Acts of Appreciation Author: ArtemisTheHuntress Rating: General Audiences Tags: #No Archive Warnings Apply #Dr. Mensah & Murderbot #Murderbot & PreservationAux Survey Team #Murderbot #Dr. Mensah #Murderbot gets a blanket #Slice of Life #Warm and Fuzzy Feelings #With a sliiiiight side of angst #Touch Aversion #Touch Averse Murderbot Is Respected And Liked By Its Friends #Post-Book 4: Exit Strategy #Life in the Preservation Alliance Words: 3,651 Chapters: 1/1

Murderbot's humans give it a present: a hand-made quilt to say "thank you" for everything it's done for them. Murderbot has emotions in private.

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Submissions to the Aspec Murderbot Diaries AO3 collection have closed! A bittersweet moment. Thank you to everyone who posted prompts, fanworks, comments, or who simply came along for the ride and enjoyed the fun with us!

Of course, if you still are working on fanworks inspired by this event and its prompts, you can post those to the weird wide web anytime you wish. You can tag it #Aspec TMBD to relate it to the event even if it isn't in the collection. (Or leave it untagged — as you prefer.)

We are blown away by the outpouring of aspec energy in this event: 51 works were posted to the AO3 collection, plus the tumblr-exclusive fanarts that you can check out under our #fanarts and #fanworks tags. This blog will continue to post collection works under a queue until they run out.

Again, many thanks and appreciation! Y'all are the best.

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Title: guns hidden under our petticoats Author: enchantedsleeper Rating: General Audiences Tags: #No Archive Warnings Apply #Murderbot & SecUnit 3 #Asshole Research Transport & Murderbot & SecUnit 3 #Asshole Research Transport & Murderbot #Murderbot and Three in formalwear #Fake/Pretend Relationship #Three likes chocolate (it really likes chocolate) #Three tries out Gender #Te/ter pronouns for Three #POV Murderbot #Fluff and Humor #Aspec TMBD Words: 2,755 Chapters: 1/1

Three and Murderbot impersonate a romantic human couple at a corporate function. This goes about as you might expect it to.

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Title: and besides i'm certain if you knew me you'd find i'm very good company Author: BWizard Tags: #No Archive Warnings Apply #Dr. Arada & Dr. Bharadwaj & Dr. Gurathin & Overse & Pin-Lee & Dr. Ratthi #Dr. Arada & Dr. Ratthi #Dr. Bharadwaj & Pin-Lee #Dr. Arada & Pin-Lee & Dr. Ratthi #Pin-Lee & Dr. Ratthi #Dr. Arada #Dr. Bharadwaj #Dr. Gurathin #Overse #Pin-Lee #Dr. Ratthi #Alternate Universe #multiple AUs #Alternate Universe - Modern with Magic #Mirror Universe #Pre-Canon #Canon Compliant #Roommates #Alternate Universe - Daemons Words: 1,127 Chapters: 5/5

Roommates, across the multiverse. Sometimes, they’re four. Sometimes, five. And many times, they’re six, together against the world and/or grad school. (Aka, I put some of my aupril snippets and some other stuff together to make what’s effectively a thing about them being roommates and friends in every universe)

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Title: Unexpected Unreality Author: rainbowmagnet Rating: General Audiences Tags: #No Archive Warnings Apply #Asshole Research Transport & Murderbot #media representation #Asexual/Aromantic Depictions in #Media #Characters Making Fanart #Irony #the word "sex" is used but nothing sexual happens #Characters Shipping Characters #societal interpretations of romance #fandom guilt #murderbot is not good at drawing Words: 2,753 Chapters: 1/1

Murderbot is surprised to encounter a show where the characters aren't interested in romance. Ironically, this is the one time it actually wanted to see romance.

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Maintenance

My last minute submission to the @aspec-tmbd event! this is Murderbot helping Three with JollyBaby maintenance for the “Bots/constructs helping each other with maintenance/upgrades” prompt!

[ID: A digital illustration of Murderbot and Three sitting on top of Jollybaby, who is mostly visible as a large robotic box. A panel on the top of its head is open, revealing a series of switches, vents, and coloured wires. Three in crouched next to the panel, pulling one of the coloured wires up, with a wrench held in its mouth. It has dark skin, and fluffy black hair which has a couple of short braids and a bow sticking out an random. Its wearing a light blue shirt which has puffy tulle sleeves, a pink pleated skirt, black Mary Janes and white socks. It’s holding its hand out to Murderbot, who is passing it a pair of pliers. Murderbot has medium skin and brown hair, and is slouched back, leaning on its arm and looking bored. Its wearing a blue and white long-sleeved t-shirt, cargo pants, and heavy brown boots. There’s feed message from Jollybaby in a light pink textbox which contains a happy face and praying hands. /end ID]

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This is your reminder that the Aspec Murderbot Diaries 2023 collection will close tomorrow.

So post your aspec fanworks to it today!

Yes, time is fleeting and incomprehensible. But we have Murderbot fanworks, and that's what counts.

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Title: All the Time Author: rainbowmagnet Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Tags: #No Archive Warnings Apply #Asshole Research Transport/Murderbot #Murderbot & PreservationAux Survey Team #Asshole Research Transport & Perihelion Crew #Murderbot #Asshole Research Transport #Amena #some random bots on a station #Perihelion Crew #PreservationAux Survey Team #SecUnit 3 #Canon-Typical Profanity #Demiromantic Murderbot #Quality Time #Nosy family members #Intrusive questions #feeling rushed #Mention of sex #Asexual Character #juvenile teasing #rushed relationship #Stress #Misunderstandings #Love Confessions Words: 5,427 Chapters:1/1

Murderbot and ART's humans have been uncannily focused on their relationship lately, which is causing Murderbot a lot of stress. But it can't quite explain the source of that stress to itself- or, more dauntingly, to ART.

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Title: Unparalleled Processes Author: rainbowmagnet Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Tags: #No Archive Warnings Apply #Asshole Research Transport/Other(s) #Asshole Research Transport & Iris #Asshole Research Transport & Seth #Asshole Research Transport/Murderbot (implied) #ART's 1000 exes Martyn #machine intelligences #Self-Discovery #romantic exploration #Pre-Canon #Crushes #implied aroace!Iris #Coming of Age #Puberty #Implied Sexual Content #Loneliness #Emotional Manipulation #Emotional Abuse #Abusive Relationships #Breakups #ART's POV #abrosexual!ART i guess? Words: 7,956 Chapters: 5/5

Over the course of its early life, ART continually alters its attraction protocols, develops crushes, and explores many different kinds of relationships with all manner of beings.