#also Martha wells has literally confirmed that murderbot is poc

[ghostie-the-inkpot]

The series The Murderbot Diaries is literally a story about slavery. The main character is an escaped slave on the run for MOST OF THE SERIES. This is a story about the hellishness of a society run by corporations and the ways they exploit people and take away people’s agency and choices.

It’s also a story that’s incredibly relatable to queer people. The main character is sex repulsed, rejects any gendered language to describe itself, and feels like an outsider.

I am enjoying this series immensely and I am going to be obsessed with it For Forever.

Out of curiosity as I’m reading this series, I looked up online to see if there were any adaptations in the works (hoping that was not the case, because there is no way this story could be satisfyingly adapted into a traditional live action setting)

The first thing that I see is that they cast a white. Cisgender. Man. With blonde hair and blue eyes. As the main character. The agender, autistic coded main character who escapes slavery and oppression. Wow. What a revolutionary casting choice. (Sarcasm)

AND ITS BEING ADAPTED INTO LIVE ACTION BY **APPLE TV**?????? APPLE, THE MOTHERFUCKERS WHO DIRECTLY BENEFIT AND PROFIT FROM SLAVE LABOR???

Just. Stop adapting my favorite things into live action. Please. I can’t keep doing this 😭😭😭