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Murderbot (character)
| Character | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Murderbot (personal name) SecUnit (usual public address) Aliases: Eden, Rin |
| Occupation: | Political Leader, planetary survey |
| Relationships: | Mensah (guardian/employer), PresAux team, Asshole Research Transport ( |
| Fandom: | The Murderbot Diaries |
| Other: | |
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Murderbot (usually known publically as "SecUnit") is the main character of The Murderbot Diaries.
Canon
Murderbot is the narrator and primary point of view of all published novels and novellas in the series, and also some of the supplemental short stories.
Fandom
Tropes and fanon
- Murderbot with cat ears?
Shipping
Fandom general strongly trends gen, reflecting Murderbot's canon distaste for the concepts of sex and romance. Popular relationships in the fandom include:
- Murderbot & ART
- Murderbot & Mensah
- Murderbot & Preservation Team (or various members thereof)
- Murderbot & Mensah's children
- especially Murderbot & Amena after the publication of Network Effect
Example Fanworks
| Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples. |
Fanart
- Murderbot Sit in a Chair Normally Challenge, Archived version by Cephalopod_Dreamscape
Fanfic
- the static speaks my feed address, Archived version by torpidgilliver -- Murderbot tells a ghost story
- In Control, Archived version by Mayasynth -- "Four times having a governor module fucking sucked, plus one time [REDACTED: FILE MISSING]." Murderbot, ART, the Preservation team, takes place after Network Effect.
- On The Trail Of The Killers Of My Father, Archived version by nenya_kanadka -- a side adventure of Murderbot taking place after All Systems Red.
- Sick Day, Archived version by avg (AnxiousEspada) -- Overse and Arada are sick, Ratthi and (eventually) SecUnit come over to look after them
Meta
- Meta post about SecUnit's gender (and performance of gender), Archived version by whetstonefires, with additions by Verso
Vids
Other
Links
- The Future of Work: Compulsory, Archived version -- prequel short story by Martha Wells, featuring Murderbot POV
- Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries) tag on AO3
- Murderbot on the Murderbot Fandom.com wiki
- #murderbot and #secunit tags on Tumblr