Never In A Million Years Could I Have Imagined This Guy Being Cast As Murderbot.

Never in a million years could I have imagined this guy being cast as Murderbot.

Apologies to all fans of the actor, I'm sure he's very talented, however I have smashed the nearest window and escaped into the night.

what a beautiful day to not be in high school

ERIC TRUE BLOOD IS MURDERBOT??????? LOSING MY MIND AT THE CLUB RN

grinding and cramming for finals when I'd rather be grinding and cramming. in like a sex way or something. i guess. i dunno. shuffles away sadly. hits my head on a low-hanging branch and bleeds out in the snow

Hey I'm back my opinions have developed more. Things I have done: learned more about Skarsgård and discussed the casting with a friend who only knows about Murderbot from me (who does a mediocre job at pretending to care).

We know SecUnits are all the same build, because changing its height by a centimeter took it out of standard parameters. And SecUnits have to be large, because of the general purpose of existence. They need to intimidate, they need to carry big shit, etc. Obviously when it comes to bot-power, size is not an indicator for strength, but size does make a difference in maneuverability. It's way more efficient to have someone the size of a generic male action hero fighting hostile fauna and doing crowd control than a twink.

So, build wise, I feel like obviously SecUnits are going to lean a bit more toward the masculine side of things. Facial structure, I think, ultimately doesn't matter. Not to it, and it shouldn't to us either. I almost would say Murderbot would be more irritated about people caring so much about wha its face looks like, because we shouldn't be looking at its face anyway.

So when I say I'm worried about Skarsgård playing Murderbot, I'm not upset that it's being played by some very cis guy. I'm disappointed its going to be played by such a white guy (I've bought into all the fan art I've seen of it looking more Asian, since it said its 'generic human' and the two (irl present day, and therefore not necessarily relevant but it absolutely is) countries are both Asian countries.

What I'm worried about is how the casting is going to affect the genre and the expected target audience. I'm concerned about people thirsting for Murderbot. I'm worried about Murderbot being perceived as a man by the influx of fans this show will inevitably bring in.

But genuinely, the more I learn about Skarsgård, see scenes of his work, I think he wasn't the worst white guy to pick.

my therapist: don’t worry, generic white man murderbot isn’t real, it can’t hurt you

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