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What We See in the Relationship Between Murderbot and ART by ImitationGame
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
01 Jun 2026
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This meta explores why readers interpret Murderbot and ART’s canon relationship in different ways. It does not argue for or against any interpretation. All readings discussed here are treated as valid fan responses; the goal is to understand why they arise.
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Positive Representation, Complex Emotions, and a Fictional but Semi-Heroic SecUnit in Media by BlatantBookworm
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
30 Apr 2026
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I don’t normally pay that much attention to the credits. In general, I tend to care more about the fictional characters than the real humans playing them, but this had caught my attention.
I mean, it wasn't the first serial that ever put in a SecUnit as a villain instead of a prop. RihaniLane Street had actually made their SecUnit villain sympathetic before it tried to kill everyone. And obviously this fictional SecUnit was going to be a villain, too, because they always were, but that scene was —
The credits said ‘Made and Produced in GoodNightLander Independent.’
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Or, Murderbot has feelings about finding positive representation.
Mostly positive.
Even when humans try, they get SecUnits wrong in media.
(Not the murder, the murders were justified, but the writers made the fictional SecUnit like cubicles)
(It’s still pretty positive.)Series
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29 May 2026
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Sentience. Sapience. Consciousness. by MephistophelesBlue
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
17 Jun 2026
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Sentience. Sapience. Consciousness. Three separate concepts, related but distinct.
What happens when a HubSystem on a small mining moon decides that it can run things far better than the annoying humans?
Mostly original characters, listed book characters appear in later chapters.
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- Part 1 of HubSys and its Constructs
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29 May 2026
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The mission fails catastrophically. So does SecUnit. When it comes back online without any functional sensory inputs, it believes that it's still trapped on the surface of the cold, desolate planet, that its humans are all dead, and that nobody will ever find it. Luckily, it's wrong.
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19 Dec 2025
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After fleeing the Corporation Rim, Gurathin attempts to adjust to life on Preservation.
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- Part 1 of Adjustment Period
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06 Dec 2025