Murderbot Diaries Reverse Big Bang 2025

My piece for the Murderbot Diaries Reverse Big Bang event @murderbotreversebigbang

I had the pleasure to collaborate with two wonderful authors (thank you! <3) who conjured up absolutely amazing interpretations of the scene:

fixed point with @dykesville/@zhangsfrank

The Arrangement with @indigo

fixed point

By ExCaelis, heartbeatslows

I had to tell myself stories about you to rationalize away why you would leave me like that. I imagined this reunion time and again, a well-worn bedtime story that I could write into infinity. I look into your eyes and see that I was all wrong – you weren’t the hero I remembered. You never saw me. You can’t even see me now. —– Iris chances upon the ComfortUnit that had once belonged to Tlacey. SecUnit arrives.

Rating: General Audiences Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply Category: Gen Relationship: Murderbot & Tlacey’s ComfortUnit (Murderbot Diaries) Characters: Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries), Tlacey’s ComfortUnit (Murderbot Diaries), Iris (Murderbot Diaries)

Read the fic and see the art on AO3!

Art by @teamage

Fic by @dykesville/@zhangsfrank

The Arrangement

By ExCaelis, mensah

Perihelion asks Iris to introduce SecUnit to some of her friends at the university. At least, that’s what it lets Iris believe.

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply Category: Gen Characters: Iris (Murderbot Diaries), Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries), Tlacey’s ComfortUnit (Murderbot Diaries), Asshole Research Transport (Murderbot Diaries) Words: 2,382

Read the fic and see the art on AO3 here!

Art by @teamage

The Sea Forest | From The Sky To The Sea, And All That Lies Between

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Read and listen to From The Sky To The Sea, And All That Lies Between by @flipspring (FlipSpring), read by wilfriede0815, with art by musicofthespheres (that's me!)

Rating: General Audiences Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply Category: Gen Relationship: Murderbot & SecUnit 3 (Murderbot Diaries) Characters: Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries), SecUnit 3 (Murderbot Diaries) Words: 5,019

Title: extra-stellar bodies Author: surgicalstainless Readers: blackglass, GodOfLaundryBaskets, Kitsunebaba, mistbornhero, Ravin, horchatapods, sunkitten_shash, Tipsy_Kitty, wilfriede0815 Cover Artist: CNS Rating: G Fandom: The Murderbot Diaries Pairings: None, gen Summary: SecUnit stays aboard ART when the rest of the crew goes down to the planet for shore leave. It's expecting some long-awaited peace and quiet, but what it gets is...

...school time.

(Or, let's swim in space with mama our non-gendered bot parental figure.) Length: 34:14 Download: Right click and save as a LQ mp3 (for storage considerations) or as a HQ mp3. (Thanks to paraka for hosting!)

Streaming available at the link!

My submission for the Murderbot Diaries Reverse Big Bang!

By flapkack and Red_Doe

This is a fucking terrible idea, I thought, and because ART knows me way better than I like to admit, it replied to that (thoroughly unspoken) thought: Many studies have indicated that exposure to equine species has a markedly positive effect on human health and wellness. Didn’t ask was my snippy retort, and I added, They didn’t consider construct health and wellness in those reports. The human part of you remains human no matter how much you disregard it, ART pointed out, and wow. Okay. Uncalled for.

Rating: General Audiences Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply Category: Gen Relationships: Murderbot & Perihelion Crew (Murderbot Diaries), ART | Perihelion & Murderbot Characters: Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries), Iris (Murderbot Diaries), Tarik (Murderbot Diaries), ART | Perihelion, Original Human Character(s) Words: 3,802

I am so excited to have been able to do my first Reverse Big Bang with such talented people!! Thank you so much to the mods for putting this together!!

(Image descriptions on image, and under break)

By cordelianoir and FascinatedFinch, with podfic by LordSmeldingtonTheThird

I admit I was distracted when the bottom of the crater where Volescu and Bharadwaj were working exploded. To be fair, I don’t think any of us expected a fully fledged dragon to pop out of the ground and take a bite out of one of the humans. Exploring a Fantasy AU for Muderbot for the events at the start of Book One: All Systems Red. Created for the Murderbot Reverse Big Bang and including a story, two pieces of art, and a podfic!

Rating: General Audiences Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply Category: Gen Characters: Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries), Dr. Mensah (Murderbot Diaries), Dr. Bharadwaj (Murderbot Diaries), Dr. Volescu (Murderbot Diaries), Dr. Ratthi (Murderbot Diaries), Dr. Arada (Murderbot Diaries) Words: 2,132

By Greywarrant and ramshackle_fey

Amena's looking forward to her first year at the Pansystem University of Mihira and New Tideland, but leaving (almost) everyone you know to go to a strange planet can be more than a little intimidating. Luckily(?), Murderbot is accompanying her on the trip there, and it's definitely highly qualified help her feel more confident.

Rating: General Audiences Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply Category: Gen Relationships: Amena & Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries), Amena & ART | Perihelion, Amena & Dr. Mensah (Murderbot Diaries) Characters: Amena (Murderbot Diaries), Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries), ART | Perihelion, Dr. Mensah (Murderbot Diaries) Words: 4,617

My art piece for Murderbot Diaries Reverse Big Bang!

You can read the fic inspired by it here!

By hzll (hazelel), moonymonster

I get a report from SecMer One, but it doesn’t make sense. Escape attempt at Airlock Six, it announces to SecSys, Two and me. Please advise. “What?” Overseer Bazeel asks, confused. He stares at the display surfaces in front of him. “I don’t see anything.”

Rating: General Audiences Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply Category: Gen Relationships: ART | Perihelion & Murderbot, Murderbot & SecUnit 3 (Murderbot Diaries) Characters: ART | Perihelion, Perihelion Crew (Murderbot Diaries), Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries), SecUnit 3 (Murderbot Diaries), SecUnit 2 (Murderbot Diaries: Network Effect), SecUnit 1 (Murderbot Diaries: Network Effect) Words: 2,367

One of my pieces for the MBD Reverse Big Bang, fic written by the AMAZING PotatoTurnipBean!

Thank you so much to the mods for putting this together!!

By FascinatedFinch, potatoturnipbean

Murderbot goes to a taping of one of its shows. Things do not go as expected.

Rating: Not Rated Archive Warning: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Category: Gen Characters: Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries), Original Characters, Dr. Mensah (Murderbot Diaries) Words: 2,327

From The Sky To The Sea, And All That Lies Between by @flipspring (FlipSpring), read by wilfriede0815, with art by musicofthespheres (that's me!).

Rating: General Audiences Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply Category: Gen Relationship: Murderbot & SecUnit 3 (Murderbot Diaries) Characters: Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries), SecUnit 3 (Murderbot Diaries) Words: 5,019

Star Stuff - a Murderbot Diaries podfic recorder for the @murderbotreversebigbang

Art by cac0daemonia

Written by FiannlyPhoebe

Rating: General Audiences Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply Category: Gen Characters: Amena (Murderbot Diaries), SecUnit 3 (Murderbot Diaries) Relationship: Amena & SecUnit 3 (Murderbot Diaries) Words: 1,640

pin-lee and leonides fun day out ✨ / Rock and a Hard Place by @kitsunebaba

By Kitsunebaba

"Pin-Lee was not an optimist. That being said, she had just survived a several hundred meter fall with only a few scratches and one heck of a bruised shoulder." Pin-Lee and Leonide have to work together to escape a cave system after an accident on the latest survey. For the 2025 Murderbot reverse big bang. Based on the art by onion_unofficial.

Rating: Not Rated Archive Warning: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Category: Gen Relationship: Leonide & Pin-Lee (Murderbot Diaries) Characters: Pin-Lee (Murderbot Diaries), Leonide (Murderbot Diaries), Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries), Dr. Gurathin (Murderbot Diaries), Dr. Arada (Murderbot Diaries), Dr. Ratthi (Murderbot Diaries), Overse (Murderbot Diaries), SecUnit 3 (Murderbot Diaries) Words: 4,659

I took part in the @murderbotreversebigbang !

My original concept sketch (below) inspired two amazing writers (+a pod ficer) to develop two fics, when the lead me to make two polished pieces! Please check out the whole collection!!

Trash cemetery

The Junkyard Society of Discarded Robots

Trash Cemetery

By QuicksilverCastiel

You know those old, pre Corporation Rim movies that start with an action scene or something really bad happening, then have a record scratch, freeze frame and some variation of ‘You’re probably wondering how I got here’? Anyway, if this part ever makes it into the documentary Bharadwaj is making, I want it to start that way. Because honestly, even I’m starting to wonder how I ended up here, and I lived through it. Or: Murderbot goes on a mission that's definitely going well, no problems at all.

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Archive Warning: Graphic Depictions of Violence Characters: Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries), ART | Perihelion, various side characters - freeform Words: 2,724

Read the fic based on this art on AO3 here!

The Junkyard Society of Discarded Robots

by DoomNightAt12 and molecular_machine, with a podfic by Kitsunebaba

Murderbot is once again injured while saving careless humans from certain death, but the company techs decide it’s too damaged to be repaired. It must keep its hacked governor module a secret and survive in a junkyard full of broken bots. Murderbot finds unexpected help and hope, but can it truly escape? With art by DoomNightAt12, story by molecular_machine, and podfic by Kitsunebaba.

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply Category: Gen Characters: Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries), Original Bot Character(s) (Murderbot Diaries), Original Human Character(s) Words: 4,672

Here's my image for the @murderbotreversebigbang of Three and Amena being nerds together 🥹

The image is also posted here on AO3.

I was very lucky to work with two writers and a podficcer on this event! I absolutely love what they all came up with, so go check them out!!

Astronomy Lessons by @fandom-space-princess

Star Stuff by @swissfuckingcheesegdi

happy to let all my friends family and folks at home know i did participate in the @murderbotreversebigbang .....

thank you team for the chance to spread my agenda and thank you to the not one but two (2!!!) authors i was paired with for outshining the sun with their skill !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rock and a Hard Place by @kitsunebaba

Rock and a Hard Place

By Kitsunebaba

"Pin-Lee was not an optimist. That being said, she had just survived a several hundred meter fall with only a few scratches and one heck of a bruised shoulder." Pin-Lee and Leonide have to work together to escape a cave system after an accident on the latest survey. For the 2025 Murderbot reverse big bang. Based on the art by onion_unofficial.

Rating: Not Rated Archive Warning: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Category: Gen Relationship: Leonide & Pin-Lee (Murderbot Diaries) Characters: Pin-Lee (Murderbot Diaries), Leonide (Murderbot Diaries), Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries), Dr. Gurathin (Murderbot Diaries), Dr. Arada (Murderbot Diaries), Dr. Ratthi (Murderbot Diaries), Overse (Murderbot Diaries), SecUnit 3 (Murderbot Diaries) Words: 4,659

Read the fic, see the art, and listen to the podfic on AO3 here!

Corporate Solicitation

by hummus_tea

Pin-Lee squinted. “I think they’re fucking with us.” “Oh, are we an ‘us’ now, Solicitor?” Senior Supervisor Leonide is used to getting her hands dirty in the work of colony discovery and reclamation, and to getting her way. But this particular colony has a rather unique approach to welcoming visitors, and she also has to deal with a particularly stubborn—and familiar—solicitor too. Will Leonide be able to succeed in her mission, and can she walk away with both her bonus and her dignity intact?

Rating: General Audiences Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply Category: Gen Relationships: Leonide & Pin-Lee (Murderbot Diaries) Characters: Leonide (Murderbot Diaries), Pin-Lee (Murderbot Diaries) Words: 4,462

My piece for the 2025 Murderbot Reverse Big Bang! 🌊🌊🌊

By pizzazz_party, Polygeminus_grex

Turns out having your best friend/platonic soulmate also be your therapist is a bad idea. Our entry for the 2025 Murderbot Reverse Big Bang! Art by Pizzazz and writing by Grex.

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Archive Warning: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Category: Gen Relationship: ART | Perihelion & Murderbot Characters: ART | Perihelion, Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries) Additional Tags: Angst, Hurt No Comfort, Unhealthy Relationships, Miscommunication, turns out you DO need boundaries, even if you can almost telepathically understand each other, Mental Health Issues, Robot PTSD, Embedded Images, Ambiguous/Open Ending Words: 2,403

I have things to be proud of. Our family. The books and papers with my name on them. A farm that is thriving at least in some small part because of my contributions. Friends who smile when they see me. Ordinary things. Beautiful things.

A part of me, though, is keenly aware of all the dreams I never chased.

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply Category: Gen Characters: Murderbot, Dr. Thiago (Murderbot Diaries), Karime (Murderbot Diaries) Words: 4,784