#Murderbot comment bingo

[specialagentartemis]

To sweeten the pot for participants in the Murderbot Diaries @comment-bingo:

I’m offering ~*~prizes~*~!

If you complete a blackout of your card, ping me with a picture of your completed bingo card and I’ll write you a drabble or ficlet with the character(s) of your choice!

*terms and conditions apply. This is for fun so I reserve the right to not write a ship if I don’t wanna. I’ll do my best to get to everyone but the semester is starting soon so I will keep writing them on a first come first served basis until my dissertation and teaching obligations overwhelm me. I will get them to you Sometime but I do not promise a timely manner hah.

[comment-bingo]

Murderbot Diaries Comment Bingo 🚀

About Page ☆ FAQ ☆ Announcements ☆ August 18 - September 18

Wanna show your appreciation for fanworks in the community? Look forward to the Murderbot Diaries comment bingo coming soon, and follow us for updates!

[blessphemy]

@comment-bingo get me on that Blackout Prize List!!

These are all AO3 fics I commented on because.... I like fics. What about it. Perhaps on my next bingo card I'll remember to comment on some fanart and fanvids...

List of what I commented on under the cut! Because I'm a nerd.

Action/Adventure: Slapdash Neural Wiring by potatoturnipbean. This fic is part 2 of a series, but you can start by reading this one no problem. (That's what I did.) Featuring original construct characters set in the Murderbot Diaries universe, amazing heist fiction, drama, emotional turmoil, cool scifi gadgets, and line after line of hilarious, snappy prose. Do you want to be mercilessly punched in the emotions while laughing at the same time? Have you been craving a book that's exactly like Murderbot in tone and setting, but a littttle bit different? Do you want something gripping and fun and affecting? This fic is incredible and I'll tell anyone who listens. For free. Pleaes read Slapdash Neural Wiring it's an amazing work that needs love.

Poetry/Filk: Poetry installation: Untitled ("my friend always chooses the media") by borth. Very cool stuff. You have to actually read it to appreciate it I think... it's difficult to describe why I like it. In-universe poetry written in a bathroom stall.

Outsider POV: Cinema Verite by BoldlyNo. BoldyNo does it again with sensitive writing that explores canon and characters from various angles, this time it's Ratthi's perspective of creating The Video in System Collapse. Very good. Emotions.

Fave Trope: Road Trip For Science by Thirteen Primes. I don't know what my Fave Trope is, but I love Road Trips, and this fic has got a road trip. The author was inspired by a scene that came to them in a dream. There's something charming about this fic that is difficult to put my finger on. Featuring Mensah who'd done trucking to pay for school when she was younger, and Murderbot, driving a truck through a planet recently opening up to outside trade and which is being courted by corporate rim.

An Author You've Never Read: An Audacious Undertaking, Even to God by lumpy_space_princess. Featuring SecUnit 3, who is desperate to restore and re-upload the consciousnesses of SecUnits 1 and 2. Experience emotions from this fic or your money back. This fic is a multichapter and still updating!

Respond To Other Comment: On Constructs And Cats by ForestWren. Murderbot finds a kitten. What more do you want? It's exactly what you want.

Original Character: Happy Birthday by Jewels9162. Part of a prolific series about rogue Barish-Estranza units and their human handler. Bit of a nice slice-of-life here. About friends and birthdays.

Character Study: Sense of Belonging by ArtemisTheHuntress. Listen. I don't care what plans Martha Wells herself has for SecUnit Three. This fic is what truly happens with it in my heart after the events of System Collapse. It's such a good character study, about finding yourself in the context of a new strange social scene, about grieving what you've lost, about making a positive difference in the world using your specific skills and interests. So good.

Multi-Chapter: Slivers of Existence by musicofthespheres. A collection of loosely-connected ficlets. About Murderbot. It's very nice, okay. A bunch of pleasant scenes you can sip tea over as a pick-me-up. Enjoyable.

Long Fic (5k+ words): Family Portrait by ramshackle_fey. Are you ready to experience emotions about Murderbot and The Mensah Kids? Prepare yourself. Gird your heart.

Bharadwaj's Documentary: If You Want To Write by borth. This is a very neat concept. Chapter 1 is Murderbot and Bharadwaj talking to each other about the illiteracy enforced upon Murderbot by the company, and how Murderbot sneakily learned to read, and how its secretly-gained literacy is what allowed it to hack its governor module. Chapter 2 is a meta text exploring themes of literacy and worker control.

Old Favourite: In Another Life by Lick. Frankly it's impossible for me to pick only one favorite fic, so this is just one of many favorites. Frankly anything written by Lick is a favorite. This one is an AU in which Murderbot continued on its adventures for 4 years before returning to reunite with its humans on Preservation. The shifted dynamics with ART, SecUnit 3, and its humans, are a delight.

Free Space: do humans even dream by BWizard. A 4+1, times Mensah experiences nightmares, as noticed through the eyes of the people close to her. :')

Make a Rec Post: This post.

Crack: mining for copper (or ways to annoy your construct friend) by friendoftheJabberwock. Short and silly. Murderbot must do a very important infiltration at a costume party.

Canon Continuation: In Defense Of What I Never Had by Thylacine_Wishes. You ever want to ruminate on the Implications of Murderbot's shitty creation in comparison to ART's state-of-the-art University birthplace? Welcome. We have baby AIs.

Posted/Updated Pre-2023: precious cargo by FiannlyPhoebe babyfic. Fast forward some Years: Iris and Amena generate a human baby.

Fluff: people look east the time is near by BWizard. The secular space X-mas cookie making vibes. Sweet. Cookie decorating.

Hurt/Comfort: Memory Fault by Yellow. Murderbot and ART in the wake of the difficult events of Network Effect... talk it out.

Bot POV: Hints by i_have_loved_the_stars_too_fondly. Technically this is SecUnit POV. But I'm counting it. An exploration of how Amena may have come and done Murderbot's hair, pre-System Collapse. Made me feel a little sad :') I want them to feel connection and careeeeeee please.

Additional Canonized Tag: Third Dorm Mom by BoldlyNo. The canonized tag in question is "#Pansystem University of Mihira and New Tideland." Y'all this fic is AWESOME. If you love slice of life. If you love character and relationship studies. If you want a fic that is alllll about the relationship between Murderbot and Amena. It's this fic. Warm your heart over the coals, go on.

Fanart with <50 Notes: This collection of drawings by paging-possum. It had <50 notes when I reblogged it with commentary tags. You should check out this artist's works if you like Murderbot. Very nice drawings.

Podfic: [Podfic] Cog in the Machine, by FlipSpring by CompassRose and mistingsidekick on AO3. Come ruminate on the nihilistic POV of the Combat SecUnit that Murderbot faced off against in Exit Strategy.

Funny/Silly Tags: a comforting presence by afjakwrites. The tag in question: "#featuring secunit carrying ratthi bridal style." Consider, if you will: what if Murderbot is Objectively Hot.

Crossover: We Provide... Security by Blue_Bees. Very very good very good crossover!!!!! You don't need to know Leverage. Case fic + screw over Corporations time!

[ineedlelittlespace]

Murderbot Comment Bingo Progress

Progress on the Murderbot Comment Bingo sheet from @comment-bingo ! I'm still going for a full blackout, but I completed my first bingo with some truly delightful fics today!

On Constructs and Cats - Flora and/or Fauna

Family Portrait - An Author You've Never Read

Tool of War - Poetry/Filk

Quick fixes - Quote a Line

false pulse - Short Fic (<1,000 words)

Constructing a Biography - Bharadwaj's Docu

a comforting presence - Funny/Silly Tags

pink and green - An Old Favorite

[fascinatedfinch]

Going for the blackout for @comment-bingo 🫡

- Long fic: Broken Half by figowl

- Fanart with <50 notes : Broken Risk Assessment Module’s recent mods (hey I invested early)

- Fave trope: Family Portrait by RamshackleFey

- Old favorite: Property Exception by tottiki

- Crack: WORLD HOPPERS LXXVI by borth (not tagged as crack but definitely crack)

- Outsider POV: The MedSystem Is In by words-writ-in-starlight

- Author you haven’t read: hope is no uncertain future by RoundedLoaf

- Podfic: SecUnit Socialization Services [Podfic] by black glass

- Bharadwaj’s documentary : The skinny by gamebird

- Fave character: The solicitor and the secunit by CompletelyDifferent

[ramshacklefey]

Murderbot Diaries Comment Bingo Rec Post!

On the final eve, I have finished a full blackout for my comment bingo board! To wrap it up (and fill in my last square), I'm sharing some of my favorite Murderbot fics.

acknowledged (GP-53214680-J) by torpidgulliver We know what happened in Ganaka Pit. This is that story from the ComfortUnits' point of view. (cw for graphic violence, death, and way too many feels)

construct_killware.log by RoundedLoaf ART and Murderbot discuss exactly what information about each of them 2.0 will need in order to function. Bonus points for some adorable ART memories.

Why did you? by 002045 The human who shoots Murderbot at the end of Fugitive Telemtry tells her version of that story. Absolutely heart-wrenching.

Best SecUnit to hire in 7614 by JellyFishOnACloud Don't click out of the ad.

Cinema Verite by BoldlyNo Making a documentary out of your friend's memories is Not a Good Time for Ratthi.

[META] Security vs Combat by Verso Excellent and insightful thoughts on the importance of Murderbot's identity as Security. Extra bonus points for Sam Vimes mention!

Broken Half by FigOwl It made me cry so hard my roommates were legit worried about me.

Maintenance Manual for SecUnits models 36b-27f by Wordlet When Mensah receives the maintenance manual for the person she just bought she discards it on instinct. It's not until later, while trying to navigate the needs of a person she has limited context for, that the supplementary reading becomes useful. It's not instructions the way they are supposed to be but it does provide… guidance.

Digital Storage and File Sharing by RJam9 What if. Murderbot got involved in the fandom forums for Sanctuary Moon?

Stunt doubles (please stop coming to Murderbot with weird questions) by FascinatedFinch Ok, but Ratthi needs to know if this particular stunt is familiar. For... reasons.

Imma stop there before this gets impossibly long! This was some of the best fun I've ever had with a fandom event. Love and thank you to everyone who wrote these awesome fics and everyone who stopped by to leave comments on my writing too!

And also a special thank you to @comment-bingo for running the event!

[gamebird]

@comment-bingo

For honor and glory! I present my blackout card:

#39, General. The vertical line in the second column indicates my initial/first bingo.

Murderbot participates in fandom: Shakespeare for SecUnits by penna_nomen

Part of a series - Decontaminated by FlipSpring

Fanart with <50 notes - [Are 'notes' comments? If so:] 4, Three, and Murderbot by Raafling [And if 'notes' means hits, then:] [Fanbind] Gegenstand by SpinFling (FlipSpring) [Honorable mention to my first candidate for this category when I misread 'Fanart' as 'Fanwork' Security Ready Room by Gizm_o]

Outsider POV - Polite [Podfic] by GoLBPodfics (GodOfLaundryBaskets)

Your Fave Character [It's Gurathin, right?] - Elaborate Rituals by SeeMaree

Hurt/Comfort - Via Solitude by FlipSpring

Missing Scene - Quick Fixes by FascinatedFinch

Long Fic (5k+) - If Statements by the_moonmoth

Character Study - Decision Tree by musicofthespheres

Comic - Reunion by ExCaelis

Action/Adventure - Status: Fugitive by ramshackle_fey

World-Building - Collective Desire by KRAwrites, synthwaveangel

Free Space [I don't know bingo rules, am I supposed to have a fic for this?] - Keep Away (Unless You're ART) by MrsMetta

Fluff - learned it on the internet by The_Onion

Bharadwaj's Docu - Behind the Scenes Featurette by BoldlyNo

Podfic - [Podfic] what we call each other. | written by yewlojee by Tipsy_Kitty

Set in Space - The big bang entry of KRAWrites which I beta read and left lots of comments. Yet to be titled or published.

Someone Not on Server - Enemies, Closer by many people, but Rosewind2007 is not on the MB2.0 server and is one of the authors, as well as the originator of the premise. Other authors include Abacura, Gamebird, IHopedTheredBeStars, opalescent_potato, and theAsh0.

Quote a Line - Five Times Murderbot and ART experienced anxiety (and one time they didn't) by bravofiftyone

Pre-Canon - In A Glass Darkly by ramshackle_fey

Character Portrait - JollyBaby: protecc, attacc, sends invite to groupchatt by FascinatedFinch

Crossover - Somewhere Over the Rainbow by MrFarty

Flora and/or Fauna - Friends Don't Help Friends Murder People by specialrhino

Posted/Updated Pre-2023 - The Last Days of Battle Station Omega by FairestCat

Canon Continuation - the rest is still unwritten by i_have_loved_the_stars_too_fondly [Podfic] by Rhea314(Rhea)

[mrsmetta2]

#comment-bingo here is my blackout (#33, General)

1. System Collapse - Regroup, Recharge, Relay, Relief by VoidlingRemnata https://archiveofourown.org/works/53346676

2. World-Building - Rogue Trends by Gamebird https://archiveofourown.org/works/39560925

3. Fave Trope - The Rogue Element by IHopedTheredBeStars https://archiveofourown.org/works/54223036

4. Posted/Updated Pre-2023 - [Podfic] Murder Mode Modules by GoLBPodfics (GodOfLaundryBaskets) https://archiveofourown.org/works/36280726

5. Fanart with <50 Notes - https://www.tumblr.com/hiridraws/759317879865950208/does-murderbot-know-i-love-it-also-iris-calling?source=share

6. Crack - Digital Storage and File Sharing by RJam9 https://archiveofourown.org/works/51968986

7. Missing Scene - fill in the blank by torpidgilliver https://archiveofourown.org/works/31975504

8. Murderbot Participates in Fandom - Beta by vulcanhighblood https://archiveofourown.org/works/44429386

9. Old Favourite: Social Competition by scheidswrites https://archiveofourown.org/works/39508965

10. Comic - Decision Paralysis by VoidlingRemnata https://archiveofourown.org/works/44429893

11. Funny/ Silly Tags - Between SecUnits by An_Cou https://archiveofourown.org/works/36553084

12. Canon Continuation - Sense of Belonging by ArtemisTheHuntress https://archiveofourown.org/works/53323528

13. Free Space - Causalitree by Gamebird https://archiveofourown.org/works/50202748

14. Posted/Updated This Year -Via Solitude by FlipSpring https://archiveofourown.org/works/43063680

15. Action/Adventure - Hang In There by EdosianOrchids901  https://archiveofourown.org/works/53380600

16. An Author You've Never Read -  Cascade by EdosianOrchids901  https://archiveofourown.org/works/54764767

17. Quote a Line - Quick fixes by FascinatedFinch https://archiveofourown.org/works/58128871

18. Part of a Series - Mx. Machine Manners https://archiveofourown.org/series/2188254

19. Meta - Murderbot and its complex and often violent relationship with chairs. by Rosewind https://archiveofourown.org/works/36265402

20. Someone You Don't Personally Know - Councilor Eggriam by An_Cou https://archiveofourown.org/works/36404491

21. Ask a Question - Into the Light by IHopedTheredBeStars https://archiveofourown.org/works/52399411

22. Your Fave Character -  Happy Half by FigOwl https://archiveofourown.org/works/35754724

23. Multichapter - Function by FigOwl https://archiveofourown.org/works/29696787

24. Podfic - Touch and Go [Podfic] by AirgiPodSLV (AirgiodSLV), averytree, blackglass, GoLBCollabs (GodOfLaundryBaskets), sisi_rambles https://archiveofourown.org/works/39247878

25. Bot POV - Friend Status by An_Cou https://archiveofourown.org/works/36387922

[midwinterhunt]

Got my comment bingo cards! I am gonna try to blackout both of them!

[drone-three]

So it looks like I'm doing this, and random number generator got me bingo sheet #9. I'll update this post and picture as I fill out comments - and yes, I did just spend a while making a little Drone Three stamp/asset in Affinity haha. (Also: I suck at comments, so this is well outside my comfort zone!)

Receipts (links to things I commented on):

TO COME

[ilovedthestars]

Hiiiiiiii I just read the entirety of the murderbot diaries in a week and I am SO OBSSESSED and want to become more obsessed. Do you have recs for good blogs to follow (other than you) for people who post about murderbot (and are active? I don’t know how late to the game I am).

oh hello!!!! congrats on discovering murderbot!! i'm so curious how my blog was the first you found, but thanks for saying hi!!

i am so happy to inform you that there is a THRIVING murderbot fandom on tumblr, ao3 and discord!! a big chunk of the fandom hangs out in a few different discord servers, if that's your thing you should check them out! I'm an active member of the biggest and oldest one, the Murderbot Diaries 2.0 discord, which i can get you an invite for if you like! We have some really fun fandom events (including an ao3 comment bingo going on right now) and so many fun conversations about the books and fic ideas. There's also a couple other servers that have been created more recently, including New Tideland which I hear is also very friendly, i bet someone else can get you a link for that one.

as for tumblr, i have some wonderful wonderful mutuals who i met on the murderbot discord! i'm trying to remember who's been posting murderbot stuff recently--off the top of my head @grammarpedant @elexuscal @specialagentartemis @snugglyeldritchjellyfish all have great murderbot thoughts and fic, @broken-risk-assessment-module @alex-van-gore @sentient-pineapple have all that and have drawn some killer murderbot fanart. (fair warning if you follow all of these people you may end up with Same Post On Your Dash 10 Times syndrome XD i have a pretty small and tight knit fandom circle and i recommend you go seeking out others as well!)

if you're looking for some cool posts to read & reblog @grammarpedant has a "murderbot reruns" tag which includes some of the awesome meta and art that's gotten circulated on tumblr in the past, i highly suggest you check that out for a start!

i am leaving So So many cool people out but my memory is limited, murderbot friends pls rb or shout yourself out in the replies if i missed you!

[specialagentartemis]

Double bingo!--quadruple bingo if the fics I read and commented on early chapters but haven't finished reading yet count! (in purple)

For the Murderbot Diaries @comment-bingo event.

This was a fun event and pushed me to read some of the fanfiction that I've been meaning to for a while!

Fics I read for each square under the cut:

Character Death: "Broken Half" by FigOwl. Beautiful and just. Sad. About Murderbot surviving and trying to make sense of itself after ART dies on a mission and Murderbot is stranded on a planet and has to look after the survivors. Novel-length. I'm moving through it slowly.

Crossover: "The Sherlock Society and the Case of the Lying Parents" by BWizard. Cute, surprisingly melancholy, presents some interesting time-travel emotions. Crossover with the middle-grade mystery novel "The Sherlock Society."

Comic: Murderbot September day 3: (Alternative prompt) “I don’t like you.” / “I know.” by @fascinatedfinch. What an excellent portrayal of this scene and Murderbot's processing during it!

Blood(c): "acknowledged (GP-53214680-J)" by torpidgilliver. Hit at the HEART. Aaaah. Ganaka Pit from the perspective of the ComfortUnits. Brilliant. Tragic.

Brainwashing: "Patient: GrayCris Assassin" by FlipSpring. One of my favoritessssss the evolving voice and the hovering, heavy question of what personhood and autonomy mean. Aaaa

Quote a Line: "Incident Report: Preservation Central Region Agricultural Fair, 7784-10-18 17:28:19.200-21:17:29.350" by BWizard. A cute slice-of-life about the Preservation State Fair.

Character Portrait: "read murderbot in a fevered haze so i could take a break from my irl obligations. here have these." by elms-art-gallery. Lmao. What a take on the eternal question of SecUnit Feet.

Posted/Updated This Year: "[Podfic of] An Arrival" by wilfriede0815. A podfic of my ficlet! A gift made for me! It's lovely.

Podfic: "[Podfic of] A Warm GrayCris Welcome" by wilfriede0815. ALSO a podfic of my ficlet, a gift made for me!! I'm so spoiled.

Hurt/Comfort: "things left buried" by beeclaws. Murderbot gets caught in a cave-in with Amena; she's not hurt, but it's trapped, and they have to talk about...... feelings. It's sweet.

Loss of Autonomy: "let this road be mine" by Anonymous. A really intriguing secret-construct fic.

Free Space: "Lean" by BoldlyNo. Indah... I love... her... and this is a great insight into her.

Kidnapping: "Weakness" by Flammenkobold. Fun and silly.

Malware: "[Podfic] Weakness" by blackglass, LRRH_Collabs (LittleRedRobinHood), elrohir, horchatapods. The podfic of the above. The reading enhances it in a delightful way.

Missing Limb(s): "Secondary Redundancies" by pineapplesquid. A heist novella! Three gets to go on a mission! Murderbot has to confront its own internalized ableism and SecUnitphobia! Well-constructed, well-written, engaging, often feels like I'm reading another entry into the series itself.

Respond to Someone's Comment: "Contents Under Pressure" by platyceriums. Murderbot has a panic attack about being put in a transport box. Full of feelings. The podfic of this is also very good.

Posted/Updated Pre-2022: "Contingency Plan" by Kiraly. Amena on a field trip to the space!Svalbard Seed Bank! Cuddling for warmth but platonic and very awkward about it!

Questionable Augmentation: "My battery is low and it's getting dark" by potatoturnipbean. YO. Brilliant, elegant brutality, great voice.

Betrayal: "PUoMNT Lost" by IHopedTheredBeStars. Really neat concept I've been itching to see explored - ART is, still, actually, university property. It's a vehicle. It's a piece of equipment. Its freedom is contingent on the university letting it do what it wants and not asking too many questions. That can't be trusted to hold like this forever.

[comment-bingo]

Murderbot Diaries Comment Bingo 🚀

About Page ☆ FAQ ☆ Announcements ☆ August 18 - September 18

Do you like reading fic or admiring fanart? Watched a fan video that shook you to your core? Perhaps you've been meaning to check some fanworks out but just haven't gotten around to it? MBD Comment Bingo 2024 might be RIGHT up your alley.

This is the "Murderbot Diaries 2.0" fan discord server's third annual Comment Bingo event. Everyone is welcome to participate! This event fosters community engagement and connection by sparking Murderbot fans to share their appreciation with our amazing creators!

Players grab a random bingo card which will prompt them to check out fanworks across a breadth of mediums, styles, and tropes, leaving behind comments as they go. From August 18th to September 18th, see how many of the squares you can fill out! Can you get bingo?

To find out how to play, click the read more!

How to Play

🎲 Selecting Your Bingo Sheet 🎲

There are 2 categories to pick from: General and Angst.

For general, use a random number generator to roll from 1-40

Go to the ��General” bingo sheet folder, and select your sheet corresponding to the number you rolled.

If you want an angstier selection, roll numbers 1-14 and select from the “Angst” folder.

📝 Filling Out Your Bingo Sheet 📝

Each box on the bingo sheet is a prompt for either a type of work you should leave a comment on (i.e. "fic with <1000 words"), or a type of comment ("ask a question"). When you've completed the prompt, cross out the box.

One comment fulfills one box. So if you leave a comment asking a question on a “<1000 words” fic, this comment can count for either “ask a question” OR “<1000 words”, but not both.

A “comment” to fulfill a bingo box can be: A comment on AO3, a reblog or reply on tumblr, a comment on a YouTube video, etc.

🚂 Participating In The Hype Train 🚂

You are encouraged to make posts that share recs and fanworks as you work on your bingo sheet. If you get a “bingo” (5 boxes on the bingo sheet in a row) or “blackout” (all the boxes filled), you can make a post showing us! If you @ this blog on your post, we’ll reblog the evidence of your coolness. We’d also love to see the titles or links to the fics and fanworks you commented on!

Please feel free to comment on/share posts about this event, and help your friends hunt down or discover fanworks they might like. The event tag is #comment bingo, so go nuts!

🏆 Prizes 🏆

The real prize? THE HONOUR AND THE GLORY 💪

Nobody will be checking your comments for this game — you will self-report your win(s).

If you get a “bingo” (5 boxes on the bingo sheet in a row: either horizontal, vertical, or diagonal) before the end of the event on September 18th, you can claim a prize: send an ask to this blog announcing your bingo, or @ us on a tumblr post showing us your bingo sheet, and ask for the bingo prize. We will add your username to a “Hall of Fame” post at the end of this event, listed as a “bingo” winner.

If you get a blackout (all the boxes on the bingo sheet filled) before the end of the event on September 18th, send us an ask or @ us in a post asking for a blackout prize, and you will be listed as a “blackout” winner on the “Hall of Fame” post.

Go forth and bingo!

*If you're curious about the Murderbot Diaries 2.0 fan discord server check out our FAQ and scroll to the bottom to find info about the server and how to get an invite.

[blessphemy]

✨ Fic Writing Review 2023 ✨

thanks for the tag @non-plutonian-druid!

the actual format of this game is this post but i rearranged it a bit so that i could hide my extremely long list of fics under a cut

Fandom fic events 2023

Murderbot Diaries New Year Gift Exchange

Yuletide Draft Dodgers

Murderbot AUpril Collection (open and accepts submissions)

2023 Aspec Murderbot Diaries

2023 PresAugust

We Were It // It Will Be Us: A TMBD Art Exhibition (open and accepts submissions)

Botober 2023

Upcoming 2024

Events:

i'm doing the Murderbot Diaries New Year Gift Exchange (2024) :3

Perhaps i'll post something for the annual 3/3 for Three collection idk (this collection is open and accepts submissions, and it spikes on March 3rd of each year)

WIPs:

Gift exchange fic

Absolute monster of a nullverse!network effect AU fic. i'm trying so hard to get draft 1 of this beast finished it's been beating my ass for over a year but i'm gonna Get It

Continue Via Solitude updates.

a 5+1 ASR bad ends fic that explores some meta shit. namely trust, forgiveness, and sci-fi horror genre vs canon.

Words and fics 2023

let's find out just how cringe (fun) i've been on ao3. i'm like. jeebus creebus i've posted a lot this year huh.

105,486 words of fan fiction. all of it murderbot. let's look at them going right down the statistics page (default sorted by hits, tho it gets kind of messy at the end with and i got lazy):

30,336 words of Via Solitude, an All Systems Red AU where murderbot has to do wilderness survival.

~5k words that's just a repost of Threat As Greeting, except with fresh interactive CSS effects.

3,346 words top 3 SURPRISING things you didn't know about the SECUNIT who pulled you out of an INCINERATOR (2023 gift exchange) outsider POV from the characters featured in Wells' pre-canon short story

1,502 words Aspec Drabbles (for the Aspec Murderbot Diaries event) it lot of fun to work with strict 100-word drabbles.

13,837 words References NULL: Logs From Project Murderbot [nullverse] the most purely concentrated angst/whump from the nullverse series yet. handle with care or skip it.

6,552 words How To Go On A Camping Trip - a guide for anxious SecUnits who are bad at vacationing (2023 gift exchange) i really liked this one tbh. fun standalone.

2,488 words Improve Your Baby AI With This One Weird Trick! (2023 gift exchange) my personal fic-titling theme for the gift exchange was "clickbait."

7,875 Alien Refuge (AUpril inspired) This is a Homestuck crossover, and reportedly the first time multiple people willingly interacted with homestuck-affiliated content, and they liked it. gottem. it's also pretty good, i did a nice job injecting homestuckism tone into the murderbot narrative style If I Do Say So Myself.

911 words No Comment: Shut Up And Dance [nullverse] fluff and humor. tfw your secunit friend (murderbot) is crashing in your living room and you (dr. ratthi) have insomnia.

2,922 words MetaMorphoSys (AUpril inspired) listen i NEED the next big fandom trend to be an AU world where people metamorphose inside cocoons. hear me out. HEAR ME OUT. in this fic we take the fridge horror of canon murderbot diaries and make it visceral, wet, biological, and ethically Even Worse. get yr Amena emotions also.

0 words SecUnit Technician Bingo Card it's funny. idk.

3,438 words nullverse reference sheet [nullverse bonus content] self indulgent AU notes

2,290 words Systems: Splorch [nullverse bonus content] a friend of mine said "how long until we get a fic with #oviposition in the murderbot diaries ao3?" i took the answer to that question into my own two capable hands at 7.5 hours. you're welcome.

2,562 words Artifacts NULL: Fire Festival [nullverse] slice-of-life friend times with nostalgia vibes. how far we've come.jpg.

388 words Entries shared by the Society for Conservation of Feed Artifacts (SCFA) (created for TMBD in-universe robot art gallery, which is an open collection that accepts any submissions!) wait this reminds me i have one more to post. i'll get to it.

9,314 words in 31 fics written for (Botober 2023) daily prompts. turned out to be a fun exercise and exploration of bot culture tho it took me longer than the month of october to finish.

4 fanarts of fics that i liked.

26 fanbindings where i printed out and made booklets out of fics that i liked.

2 translations.

3,080 words Refrain [nullverse bonus content] if you're unfamiliar with my Brand this will sound unhinged. if you are familiar with my Brand you know by now that i have a knack for taking literally Anything and treating it with tender loving care and unexpected deft so this doesn't even surprise you. tl;dr it's porn of two bots having a deeply OSHA-unapproved Fuck Session, there's no genitals involved, and it's tagged #Vivisection. it's pretty good if you're into robots and perhaps mild gore.

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Elaboration: Scorpia: She’s a very sweet gal, but her general inability to stand up for herself or others upsets me. She got better with time but it’s still painful to watch. Well, the ending is an indication that this is not a fatal flaw, and it’s not like I’m gonna say with my chest that she’s a bad person for it, but it’s something that always comes to mind when I see her. Love Scorpia’s character design, I feel like it’s hard to not think “How cool!” when you see armor or hard shell, or scales as the main point of the design. Huge pincers also help. Though, with her shoulder spikes and, again, pincers, I’d imagine it’s hard to put clothes on. Always interested in how things like that impact daily life. I also like how her awkward body language clashes with her ferocious appearance (which also comes through in her voice-acting, really nice job on that). Her undercut kinda pisses me off, but that’s business as usual,  I think the hairstyle is kinda annoying on both men and women.

Entrapta: I have a love-hate relationship with her character design, she’s so goddamn anime, but it still looks good and suits her personality very well. Thinking about her multitudes of decorative cloth holes gives me aneurysm though, especially when trying to make it work in real life. As for horrible person - well, she did design murderbots. It came from loneliness, being excited about laying hand on someone’s research, having resources and being appreciated for it, but it’s still murderbots. Though, of course, good guys and bad guys are a lot clearer when you don’t have stakes in it. It’s not something I’m bothered about, but if, like the bingo suggested, I’ll try to think of her as a person - yes, she’s scary, yes she’s done bad things. Occasionally Entrapta is grating, but an interesting character to get in the head of nonetheless. And she is definitely admirable for always extending her hand. It’s not exactly in-depth, and feels somewhat negative, but here’s some thoughts. Feel free to comment on anything, there’s probably some misconceptions. edit: now with doodles!

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This was an awesome event and I found so many good fics! Highly recommend checking out these fics (and many more! Murderbot September #MBS24 is upon us, after all ;) )

Long fic: Broken Half by figowl

Fanart with <50 notes : Broken Risk Assessment Module’s recent mods

Fave trope: Family Portrait by RamshackleFey

Old favorite: Property Exception by tottiki

Crack: WORLD HOPPERS LXXVI by borth

Outsider POV: The MedSystem Is In by words-writ-in-starlight

Author you haven’t read: hope is no uncertain future by RoundedLoaf

Podfic: SecUnit Socialization Services [Podfic] by black glass

Bharadwaj’s documentary : The skinny by gamebird

Fave character: The solicitor and the secunit by CompletelyDifferent

Murderbot participates in fandom: r/AFreeholdPractice by skatzaa (and DramaCon by Tashilover)

Bot POV: Refuge Sanctuary Asylum Home by potatoturnipbean

Short fic: Keep Away (Unless You're ART) by MrsMetta

Someone not on the server: Needle, felt by Rosewind2007

Posted/last updated pre-2020: The Exchange by winter hill

Filk: [Filk] After Ganaka by TSDefiance

Original character: Hide and seek by derwentian

Meta: Evolving intimacy between Murderbot and ART in Network Effect (Meta: long version) by ImitationGame

Additional canonized tag: give it a hand, offer it a soul by dragonyfox

Comic: [COMIC] Murderbot Comic Collection by Dale

Make a rec post: Art for Broken half by figowl

Set in space: A crowded mind by verynotokay

Missing scene: unexpected realism/unrealistic expectations by torpidgilliver