All-all0s-eyes - All All0's Eyes

I have been known to get pretty growly about the second and third examples, shipping or not, bc yeah. I’m not going to come after people for their art but I would like them to think a little more about why they feel so at ease about removing or minimizing the depiction of POC characters - especially if the ones they change tend to be darker skinned and what they change them to is something lighter.

Ask: Why is my fantasy incomplete without this specific change? Do I often imagine the other direction - making a light skinned character dark?

There aren’t rules - it’s fanfiction - but everyone should be ready to reflect on their inclinations.

Make the art that speaks to you by all means - but take the time to make sure you actually like what it’s saying.

this is how some of y’all look and it’s so transparent…..

Dying. Fantastic.

And now we know why it likes asking questions it knows the answers to.

ART has a platonic version of a competency kink but is also a morosexual. it loves its people cause they're so smart and cool but also when murderbot says something dumb it immediatly goes "god, you're so stupid" while taking off its shirt but instead of taking off its shirt its putting on media and kissing it on the forehead

Just a little Murderbot being not-great with eye contact and preferring to look at people through the cameras.

Still reading Murderbot Diaries

I love how in Network Effect Amena is totally shipping Murderbot/ART. Any minute now she is going to yell, "NOW KISS!" and try to smoosh Murderbot's lips against some part of ART, which is going to be about as successful as a small child trying to budge the Winter Soldier

2024 Murderbot Diaries New Year Gift Exchange

To celebrate Murderbot, we are hosting a fandom gift exchange! This is our third annual Murderbot New Year Gift Exchange! (Prior years' collections are here)

All sorts of fanworks are welcome: fanfic, fanart, playlists, etc. The event will be open to anyone who wants to participate, so long as they have a discord account that they will communicate with the event organizers through.

Timeline:

Sign ups: Nov 10 - Dec 10, 2023 Assignments: Dec 15, 2023 Gifts Due: Jan 20, 2024 Pinch Hitter Period: Jan 20, 2024 - January 31, 2024 AO3 Collection Closes: Midnight January 31, 2024 UTC Reveals: Midnight February 1, 2024 UTC

Main rules:

Keep the gift a secret from your giftee until midnight Feb 1, 2024 UTC. It's a surprise!

Please abide by "Do Not Wants" requested by your giftee. (Eg: if your giftee asks for no apples, please do not make a gift for them that involves apples.)

The event organizers will check in with you via discord direct messages as the deadline approaches. If you fail to respond to check-ins three times in a row, you will be presumed as not being able to complete your gift, and your gift will be reassigned to a pinch hitter.

Submitting your gift through the AO3 Collection is optional. But if you want your gift to be included in the collection, you will need to post it there by Midnight January 31, 2024 UTC, before the collection closes to submissions. (Make sure to check this time in your local timezone. It might be earlier than you think, especially if you're in the USA!)

Have fun!

For additional info on the timeline, rules, gift minimums/maximums, pinch hits, etc, see: https://tinyurl.com/MB2024NYGE

If you have questions, feel free to inquire at our ask box.

Signups are open now through this form!

(Perhaps you want to wait to write in your prompts until after you've read System Collapse, which is coming out in less than a week! Just note that event sign ups may close early if we reach a max participation the organizers can handle. )