just a nifty crow, nothing to see here

Many times in the Murderbot books I've read so far, SecUnit repeatedly refers to public spaces as full of "slow-moving, confused humans walking around in clumps," or something to that affect.

it uses those pronouns on purpose

it is adamant about wanting to be referred to by it/its pronouns, and no others

it is uncomfortable being referred to by any pronouns besides it/its

martha wells, the author, has stated that murderbot's intended pronouns are it/its, and she has no intention of changing that

murderbot is an it, on purpose, by choice

using any other pronouns for murderbot is misgendering.

ratthi:

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I need to talk about Cash Piggott and how important his character is to the asexual community.

I absolutely adore the fact that Cash calls people out on their acephobia and never, ever apologises for who he is. He doesn't think he's broken.

In season one, we see Darren say "you know what, I think there's something really fucking wrong with you, Cash," and Cash immediately, with no hesitation, screams "well fuck you then".

In season two, we see Dusty say that he's being selfish asking Darren to give up sex and he immediately stands up and says "fuck this" because he knows he doesn't have to listen to people making him feel bad about his sexuality.

And when he's talking to his nan about it, Cash says "it's not fair, I would do anything, why does it have to be the one thing I can't change about myself?"

In every single one of these scenes, we never see Heartbreak High blame Cash for his sexuality. We never see him apologise to anyone for not feeling sexual attraction, and we never see him feel guilty about it, or try to change who he is.

CA$H recognises that his sexuality might be difficult for people to accept and understand, but he never lets other people make him feel like he's broken, or flawed. And that's so powerful to see.

Because asexual people are not broken. And we can't be fixed. And we are not being selfish for putting in boundaries.

hockney from tog bc i love him to BITS 😌🙏🙏🙏