#dr. mensah

[wishfulsketching]

Sudden desire to draw Murderbot jumping off of a building with Mensah. (Just for the vibes, did not re-read Exit Strategy, so I don't remember the details)

[hellofriendhawke]

One of the best moments in the whole series. Based on below:

[ghostcashewart]

a day in dr. mensah's office! featuring an earlier design concept for murderbot that i've since updated a little bit lol

[writingpun-art]

i think the way murderbot avoids eye contact is very cute

[concidineart]

They're gossiping

[psumnt-studentcouncil]

The PreservationAux Feelings™ Team... And Murderbot.

[imitationgame77]

Special Human, Special Bot

To say that Murderbot has difficulties in social situations is an understatement. In ASR, it required persuasion from Dr. Mensah to keep its helmet off and show its face. Many books later, it is still using cameras and drones to look at people, except when it needs to make a point by making a deliberate eye contact.

MB finds it difficult to accept that people around it values it for who it is, rather than for its functions. And it thinks its functions are not entirely good, either. When one cannot accept oneself as someone worthy of love, it is difficult to love others, and admitting that it cares about anyone is out of question.

So MB does not go around showing positive regards to people or declaring/accepting friendships. It only shows that it cares about someone by doing its job - protection.

Most people around MB are quite mature, so they don't go insecure, asking it "do you like me?". Gurathin can even take "I don't like you" in his stride.

Amena, who is adolescent after all, was insecure at first, so she says "it doesn't even like me", "you didn't care about me", indicating that she wanted reassurances. Which MB does not give directly. But she kind of gets it, as she is a very perceptive daughter of Mensah.

ART seemed confident enough in AC, but later shows some insecurity in NE. Not surprising, considering all it saw after reboot was MB being very angry, and flatly denying they were frinds. That leads to the scene where MB walks in on Amena talking privately with ART where she bursts out, "ART should know how you really feel about it!"

So, it is VERY special when MB openly admits that it likes anyone. And it only does so about two special friends. Dr. Mensah, its favourite human, and ART.

MB says to Dr. Mensah in the flashback in NE, “I just really like you. Not in a weird way.” to which she replies, "I really like you, too". Very heart-warming scene.

About ART, MB again says to Dr. Mensah, “Preservation was the first place I was a part of and I don’t want to not be a part of it. But I like being with ART. I want to keep being with it.”

MB finds Mensah as the easiest person to talk to. She understands MB, and makes it comfortable.

MB seems to find it more difficult to talk about how it feels about ART, a very important friend, but it realises that perhaps it is important to let it know. So, knowing that ART is listening, it tells it indirectly by telling Dr. Mensah. ART, unlike in the bathroom scene, does not show any response by dimming the light or anything like that. But we can still tell that it was reassured by that confession, by the way that it shows a lot more confidence in interactions with MB after that.

I really love these scenes. MB admitting that it likes Dr. Mensah and ART. They deserve to know!

[crabs-brencil]

!! tw for sort-of-organic gore

that one scene in exit strategy ft. mb leaking coolant or something and mensah w freckles

huge ups to WermoongRey from the discord for helping me with the particularities of this pose <3

[jadefyre]

“Are you all right?”

When Murderbot is reunited with Mensah in All Systems Red vs. when they're reunited in Exit Strategy

[ineedlelittlespace]

I love that scene where Mensah is inviting Murderbot to go to the musical that Ratthi wants everyone to attend with him and Murderbot points out that she doesn't even like musicals, but Mensah just says she likes to watch other people enjoy it. Just...what a kind soul. Going to a whole musical performance that isn't her thing because it's an opportunity to spend time with her friends and enjoy their joy. 🥺🥰 I, like Murderbot, would also die for Mensah.

[alex-van-gore]

These are looking so cool! Badass Mensah moment H5 :D ?

This one is for the Mensah simps (I. I’m. Oops.)

[ID: a digital drawing of Dr. Mensah. She’s wearing cargo pants and a sleeveless shirt, and sunglasses. She looks like she’s here to fuck shit up. She’s holding a sonic mining drill casually in her muscular arms. The used color palette is dark grey to bright orange. /end ID]

[hellofriendhawke]

Just finished all of The Murderbot Diaries and I'm making it everyone else's problem.

[nombinary-snax]

MENSAH!! 💖💖

[rosewind2007]

This bit from Home seems to be seen as contradictory by some:

It’s slipped in front of her, reassuring lean bulk between her and the intruder

When I read it, I thought of the definition of lean as being eg OED

3. Of flesh: Containing little or no fat (as distinguished from muscular tissue)

or Merriam-Webster

b : containing little or no fat

Though, admittedly, on reflection these are perhaps definitions more associated with meat which is intended for consumption than with flesh on a person?

But, to me, the description conjures up the concept of a solid muscular frame, but one which is spare or rangy? Muscular but without fat…

[tack-the-pretty-boy]

I finished reading Murderbot, and I had to show the best moments in my opinion

There is more, hold on

[thirtheenprimes]

Home: Habitat, Niche, Range, Territory us actually really good alright. I feel like I need to read it a few times every time I pull it up. Mensah's POV is great, it gives such good outside perspective on SecUnit. She notices that normally it's cool, but sometimes it's really warm, because that's it's go-to physical comfort for upset humans.

It isn't flaunting it's abilities to break the rules to her, it's just not hiding the fact that it is. It trusts her not to turn it in.