Construct made of flesh, metal, anxiety and Rage

really fond of the idea that the adjustments murderbot made to its appearance for this mission made it look more a member of mensah's family

ID below the cut (copied from alt)

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@king-of-kaoss there’s a fanon idea that mb has some control over magnets in its feet and that’s part of why it’s always running up walls and shit… and i think if that’s true then ART is abusing its access privileges to trip it as much as it can get away with

my giiirrlll my giiirlll I love herrr 🥺🥺🥺

Some Iris (Iris..es?) and a doodle of a scene from Rapport

PNGs after the cut if anyone wants them!

[ID: 8 sketches of scenes from The Murderbot Diaries where Murderbot expresses discomfort with being touched.

In the first, Done Abene takes a hold of Miki's shoulder. Murderbot, who is watching through Miki's eyes, falls off its perch and shouts "OH FUCK don't grab me".

In the second, Murderbot is standing awkwardly worried next to Mensah, just after she has been harassed by a journalist in the short story Home. It says, "You can hug me if you need to." Mensah replies "No, it's alright. I know it makes you uncomfortable" and Murderbot's face softens as it smiles.

In the third, Maro is hugging herself while looking at Murderbot and says "This is for you."

In the fourth, Murderbot thinks to itself while standing next to Mensah "If I kill this human... Mensah won't trust me anymore. She will not stand near enough to touch (without touching, ew).

In the fifth, Arada gazes up at Murderbot with a wobbly smile while Murderbot says "No hugging. It's in my contract. Do you need me to call someone for emotional support."

In the sixth, Murderbot holds a human up by the scruff of their uniform work jacket and says "Do not touch Security Consultant Rin."

In the seventh, Ratthi asks from offscreen "Do you have a relationship with this bot?" At Murderbot's disgruntled face, he says "Not like that."

In the eighth, Murderbot frowns sternly at Ratthi. Ratthi says "It was a sexual discussion." Murderbot instantly leaves, leaving behind a blank dotted outline while it hovers at pace away down the hall. End ID.]

Compilation video: Murderbot being touch averse for fifteen minutes aroace

this could have been us watching episode 237 of the rise and fall of sanctuary moon but i will not answer your 400+ pings

Now i am sitting with my boots on the polished counter surface. Hope you have a sensor view in here.

Ok, it's finally done. Home is a place, home is a person.

This story is my first major piece after several years of art block, and I'm so glad I could finally get back to drawing.

As of 30 May 2026:

From: AwardsBuzz interview about Murderbot 12 May 2026

episodes will be a little longer

boiling down the 3 remaining novellas into a single season

is ambitious for visual effects and action

the core is a character commenting on its life

they are not trying to replicate what they did in the first season

season 2 is totally new stuff

season 2 will be around 350 minutes / 5 hours long (so about 35 mins per episode)

intending to deliver within about a year (before June 2027)

he's looking forward to the visual effects and sound so he can see his mind on the screen

bunch of new characters being introduced

showing the new characters s1 to see how the show feels like

getting a lot of the original cast but not ALL of the cast

he's hoping it will have something for everyone

both repeatedly called it ambitious and super ambitious

From Martha Wells Q&As on Platform Decay 10 May 2026:

they’re filming in Madrid right now, and Martha is going to go see it in June.

for the next season they’re doing Artificial Condition, Rogue Protocol, and Exit Strategy, with some changes.

it's just Chris and Paul, brothers, who are the writers, directors, and producers.

they’re trying to figure out ways to show the interactions between ART and Murderbot, or Murderbot and the ComfortUnit.

changing things from a first person internal narration to third person in three dimensions.

In the second season they’re going to continue with showing Sanctuary Moon and some other shows.

I don’t think anyone gets much choice on what they look like. There’s something I want to tell but I can’t tell… It’s kind of fun. (regarding a discussion about muttonchops = secunit with a beard?)

From Martha Wells Q&A on Platform Decay 8 May 2026:

they are filming now

Martha doesn’t think they have cast ART yet (there's a stand-in reading lines)

said that next season will be all the way through Exit Strategy

She was very happy with the changes to the tv series for logistical reasons and considers it a parallel universe to the books

(She specifically mentioned she wished she had thought of LeeBeeBee for the book)

Also from 8 May 2026:

Martha is consulting on the show

likes their approach to portraying how ART and SecUnit communicate.

From 6 May 2026 Q&A (private discord attendees):

The TV show struggled (is struggling?) with portraying ART's presence.

They want to do something unique that also gets across the way that MB and ART communicate in a way entirely inhuman (ie, theyre not planning on doing scrolling text)

Martha hasn't seen final design for ART, has seen the initial ART design.

Has seen Tapan, Rami, and Maro design/costumes.

She is going out to the set to consult in June.

From 5 May 2026 Q&A (private discord attendees):

There will be 10 episodes and they will be longer (S1 Eps were supposed to be longer but the voiceover changed the calculations so they were shorter than intended.

Get to see Sanctuary Moon and Worldhoppers plus a few other new shows.

From Toa instagram story 13 March 2026:

Directors on site in Madrid scoping out potential filming sites

From The Coode Street Podcast Episode 692 December 2025 podcast interview with Martha on Murderbot release date:

No, it'll be 2027.

They're working on it now.

They're kind of in the pre-production writing the script and you know, doing the production design and all that kind of stuff and then they'll film it next year.

And then they'll be out in 2027.

Same podcast, consultation with Martha on the TV show:

No, I talked to them a lot.

They call me all the time when they're working on it and they need questions and answered fast.

Because sometimes and stuff like that, I know you don't know what you don't know until you get ready to do something that you need something answered really quickly.

Yeah, so we talk about it a lot.

From instagram stories and posts:

the directors have been in madrid since March 2026

skarsgaard is in madrid from early April 2026

(potential 2cm hair growth from tourist photo in Madrid)