mars

sitting down with a big glass of wine after a long day of being a false king to watch my underlings beat and torture my nephew like it’s Real Housewives

I do find Three to be such a fascinating addition to the Murderbot world because as soon as you have 2 datapoints instead of 1 you’re like “oh SecUnits have personalities. And ours is just an asshole.”

the thing about fitz is that i genuinely turn into a concerned grandmother whenever he’s on page. maybe part of that is being introduced to him 4.8 seconds after he gained childhood sentience but even when he’s a 60+ year old haggard man with a double (triple?) digit kill count and grown children of his own, anytime he makes a questionable choice i just wanna sit him down at a round kitchen table beneath some tomato-printed curtains, offer him an oatmeal raisin cookie, and ask him “baby, tell meemaw what’s really on your mind.”

Rip FitzChivalry Farseer, you would have hated answering emails

Chade... You immortal, you're already 100+ years old. The last man standing fr

The Murderbot Diaries are a power fantasy about being aromantic and still developing extremely important dedicated emotionally intimate partnerships where you are a top priority in a person's life, equal to their other family or romantic attachments despite your own emotional difficulties. And having guns in your arms