A Murderbot Diaries fanworks event celebrating the many ways fandom interprets the relationship between ART and Murderbot.
AO3 Collection | Rules & FAQ
Icon & banner art by hazelek.
Mutual Rapport: an ARTMB fanworks event is a prompt event, meant to celebrate the relationship between ART and Murderbot in all its forms!
The works will be revealed on 10th of July, on the anniversary of Martha Wells's short story "Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy".
All prompts will be submitted anonymously and the requester will be asked to provide a list of Do Not Wants (DNWs) and specify whether they prefer:
sfw/nsfw/either,
platonic/ambiguous/romantic/qpr/any,
Creators will sign up to view the list of prompts and initial matching will be done based on ranked choice selections. Late sign ups and additional prompt claims will be done on a first come, first serve basis. Completed prompt fills will be due by July 8 for reveals on July 10, to celebrate the first anniversary of Rapport's release. All interpretations of the relationship between ART & Murderbot will be welcome, but creators are expected to adhere to the prompter's DNWs and requested relationship dynamic in order to keep the event happy and comfortable for everyone.
Let us know your questions, comments, suggestions in the comments below!
Event schedule:
Prompt submissions and creator sign-ups open – April 24
Prompt submissions close – May 8
Prompt claims open – May 9
Prompt claims close – May 16
Prompt assignments go out – May 18
First check-in – May 22
Second check-in – June 12
Late sign-ups and late claims cut-off – June 26
Final check-in – June 28
Completed works due (AO3 collection closes) – July 8
Anonymous reveals – July 10
Creator reveals – July 20
Q&A under the cut
Q: Is this an exchange? Will each requester be matched to one creator?
A: No, not an exchange! Nobody's required to create in order to submit prompts/get fills, and creators can claim multiple prompts to fill. But each prompt will (probably) only get one fill, and creators will have to have a completed fill for their current prompt before they'll be allowed to claim another.
There's also no limit on how many prompts a person can submit so there's no guarantee that any particular prompt will be filled, but hopefully everyone who does submit prompts will get at least one fill.
Q: Can creators choose to work with a prompt they submitted themself?
A: Yeah, go for it! Submitting a prompt just so you can fill it yourself is a time-honoured tradition in prompt style fandom events.
Q: Will creators be able to choose which prompts they want to work with?
A: Yes and no! In this event all claims will go through the mod team and each creator will only have one active claim at a time. For the initial claiming period, creators will submit a ranked list of prompts they're most interested in working with and mods will sort through those preferences to match each creator with a prompt assignment. Prompts that have been claimed will be removed from the list unless the creator contacts mods to drop their claim. After the initial round of claims, new creators can continue to sign up until the late sign-up cutoff. Creators who sign up late, and creators who have finished a complete work for their current prompt, will be allowed to make a new claim from the remaining unclaimed prompts.
Q: Can creators sign up without having submitted prompts?
A: Yes, of course!
Q: Will prompters be revealed along with creators at the end?
A: No, mods will not be revealing who requested which prompts. If a prompter wants to reveal themself to a creator who filled a prompt for them, though, that's totally allowed, but we're leaving it up to individual choice.
(Note, mods will be aware of who submitted which prompts and will be available as go-betweens if creators have any questions about DNWs, etc.)
Q: So works will not be gifted to the prompter, despite being created for them?
A: Not initially, no, and potentially not at all. If the prompter chooses to reveal themself, and the creator wants to do so, works can be gifted retroactively. But creators won't know who they're creating for until after posting, and may never find out.
Q: Who can participate?
A: Anyone with an AO3 account, or anyone who wants to post fanart on tumblr. All ages are welcome to participate, and there is no minimum skill level required.
Q: What types of fanworks are allowed?
A: Anything you want. Fanfic, fanart, podfics, meta, etc.
Q: What kind of prompts can I make?
A: You can make as many prompt suggestions as you like. Please specify a theme, concept, or scenario you’d like to see explored in a fanwork centering the ARTMB relationship. All prompts must be properly rated and tagged with Archive warnings, content warnings, and preferred relationship dynamic between ARTMB. Other than that, anything goes. Be as detailed or as vague as you like.
Q: What type of content is allowed?
A: The fandom tag(s) must include The Murderbot Diaries – Martha Wells. Crossovers are welcome, but any works not tagged with The Murderbot Diaries – Martha Wells will be removed from the collection.
The relationship tag(s) must include either ART | Perihelion & Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries) or ART | Perihelion/Murderbot (The Murderbot Diaries). If neither of these relationship tags is listed on the work, it will be removed from the collection.
All ratings, archive warnings, and subjects are allowed. That being said, all prompt fills should stick to the ARTMB relationship dynamic requested by the prompter, and creators should avoid any subjects the prompter has requested not to see in fills for their prompt.
The mods reserve the right to remove any works from the collection if they consist of racist hate speech or other bigotry.
Q: Help, I still have more questions!
A: Contact the event blog: mutualrapport.tumblr.com
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teaser for We've Been Trying to Reach You About Your SecUnit's Extended Warranty
a G-rated fanfiction created by Anonymous for Mutual Rapport 2026
What's your problem?! You can always fix me up anyway! If I knew that I would get a lecture every time I would have just had a cubicle installed! I balled my hands into fists. At least I could skip the judgement.
That got it riled up. Even if it had its emotions behind its walls, I could still tell they were turbulent.
Whoops.
I was gearing up for it to yell at me when it said
You. Little. Idiot. Then it blocked my feed access and left me alone.
The full work, which explores an ambiguous / queerplatonic take on the ARTMB relationship, will be revealed along with the rest of our AO3 collection on July 10.
an E-rated fanfiction created by Anonymous for Mutual Rapport 2026
"You're already passing the class, you're getting your diploma, what else could you possibly want out of this?" Peri crosses its arms, raising an eyebrow.
M.B. looks away - it rarely makes and maintains eye contact, Peri has noted - eyes skating over the bare surface of Peri's desk. "Satisfaction."
Peri scoffs. "You have the highest grade in class, if it makes you feel better."
M.B. actually makes eye contact at that, eyes dark and serious. "I want more than that."
The full work, which explores an ambiguous take on the ARTMB relationship, will be revealed along with the rest of our AO3 collection on July 10.
PSUMNT Annual Comp-Sci and Intelligent Design Gala
by Anonymous for Mutual Rapport 2026
Rated G | Gen, Other | ART & Murderbot, ART/Murderbot, Murderbot & SecUnit 3 | Ambiguous, Queerplatonic
Fanfiction: One-shot | 6,224 words
ATTN: Captain Seth and Perihelion Crew,
The Crew of the Perihelion is officially informed that the Pansystem University of Mihira and New Tideland's Annual Comp-Sci and Intelligent Design Fundraising Gala will be coinciding with your next registered shore leave. As per Administrations advice, it is recommended that crew holding senior positions make it a priority to attend as a representative of your department. Any other available crew is advised to also attend.
This year's guest list has already been mostly confirmed and it would be in good taste to respond with your crews attendance list promptly.
If unforeseen circumstance do occur that the Crew of the Perihelion is unable to dock on time, written notice would be appreciated.
Venue information and Dress code regulations are attached in the files below.
Safe Travels-
Dr. T. Reese,
PSUMNT MI Department Coordinator
SecUnit has to go to a gala for PSUMNT as a representative for the Perihelion. That means fancy outfits, being nice to people who haven't seen a SecUnit before, and maybe, sharing a dance, maybe.
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We've Been Trying To Reach You About Your SecUnit's Extended Warranty
by Anonymous for Mutual Rapport 2026
Rated G | Other | ART & Murderbot, ART/Murderbot | Ambiguous, Queerplatonic
Fanfiction: One-shot | 2,041 words
I got blown up, ART got mad, and somehow this turned into a conversation about feelings. Worst cycle ever.
Takes place shortly after System Collapse. No Platform Decay Spoilers.
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teaser for i'll tell you a story / before it tells itself
a T-rated fanfiction created by Anonymous for Mutual Rapport 2026
ART had stayed quiet the whole time. A quick peek at our private feed showed me that it had frozen, almost every bit of its enormous processing power at a dead standstill, nearly all of its attention pointing at me.
Fuck, fuck, fuck.
Ten seconds passed. Then twenty. I could feel ART hovering and didn’t trust myself to speak without yelling, so I gritted my teeth and forced myself to speak over the feed: Fuck you.
ART didn’t respond for a full five seconds.
The full work, which explores a platonic take on the ARTMB relationship, will be revealed along with the rest of our AO3 collection on July 10.
a G-rated illustration created by Anonymous for Mutual Rapport 2026
The full work, which explores an ambiguous / queerplatonic take on the ARTMB relationship, will be revealed along with the rest of our AO3 collection on July 10.
Rated G | Gen | ART & Murderbot | Ambiguous, Queerplatonic
Fanart: Comic | 6 pages, Landscape
It’s good to brainstorm disguises before you need them. Valuable way to spend your time. And of course you have to make sure they fit your subject. Because of course you’ve already made them. No, this isn’t an excuse to play dress up with your favorite SecUnit. Why would it be?
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Mutual Rapport event fill! for the prompt:
"ART is always putting SecUnit back together, how about this time SecUnit needs to put ART back together? It's got to get into ART's walls or the floor or some kind of crawlspace and put it back together (think like an electrician or someone repairing your car type situation, lots of manual labour and wires of different colours)."
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Please, SecUnit, it began falteringly. I want you to touch me. However you want. You can do anything to me. It doesn’t have to feel good. Please, just touch me. I’ll accept anything you’re willing to give. You can hurt me. Please hurt me.
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Rated E | Other | ART & Murderbot, ART/Murderbot | Ambiguous, Romantic
Famfiction: One-shot | 8,985 words
I don’t ‘seem’ like anything. You still haven’t told me what - this is. My words catch when I complete another calculation and feel my face twitch. I also happen to let out a low hum.
Is it important? ART presses down on me, slotting another system into my processes and by extension a little more of itself into my inputs. This time, it’s working itself into my prioritization and optimization systems. My mind goes pleasantly fuzzy, and my consciousness throttles itself down to the point of ART in me. My mind stutters, and I stop mid-sentence. It feels nice, doesn’t it?
I pointedly don't answer it. I won't give the smug jackass that satisfaction.
___
In which Murderbot and ART, wittingly or otherwise, stumble ass-backwards into trying something different.
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Rated T | Gen | ART & Murderbot | Ambiguous, Platonic
Fanfiction: One-shot | 2,974 words
The coffee machine was fucking haunted. Or something. I wasn’t sure what else it could’ve been—I didn’t even really believe haunting was possible, but what the fuck did I know? Maybe those supernatural serials were more true than I thought.
I made the rational choice and unplugged the machine.
° ° °
The little shit unplugged your coffee machine.
Coffee shop au that is 90% jokes and 10% lore.
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A mission goes horribly wrong, and now the team is hiding in a cave, waiting for a rescue that might not arrive in time to get everyone out alive.
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Rated G | Other | ART/Murderbot, Dr. Bharadwaj & Murderbot | Ambiguous, Romantic
Fanfiction: Chaptered work | 6 chapters | 9,953 words
Bharadwaj meets ART and interviews it for her documentary. She has a working theory: Perihelion is in love with SecUnit.
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XXX nasty THIRSTY ship gets SEXY latexxx body for secret pervert PITS [10 hour asmr][WITH TONGUE]
by Anonymous for Mutual Rapport 2026
Rated M | Other | ART/Murderbot | Romantic
Fanart: Illustration | 1 page, Landscape
for a more general prompt: scent kink
if you love enabling perverts: pit sniffing and/or licking. please
can be human au, can be canon and they're both being weird about each other's inorganic scents, anything. just get nasty with it puh leasee!! thx
this isn't 10 hours of asmr its ARTdrone licking secunit's sweaty armpit <3
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Rated T | Other | ART & Murderbot, ART/Murderbot | Queerplatonic, Romantic
Fanfiction: Oneshot | 5,471 words
Written for TMBD Mutual Rapport 2026
Prompt: Five times ART kissed Murderbot and one time Murderbot kissed ART.
Spans from towards the end of Artificial Condition until just after Platform Decay.
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a T-rated fanfiction created by Anonymous for Mutual Rapport 2026
I booted up my bioprinter.
“Peri,” Seth cut in. “You’ve never made organic lungs before.”
There are many things I have not done before, I said. How is this relevant?
“It’s not the same as new skin or muscle tissue. Construct physiology is still relatively unknown to us—”
Incorrect, I interrupted. I know a great deal about construct physiology.
The full work, which explores an ambiguous take on the ARTMB relationship, will be revealed along with the rest of our AO3 collection on July 10.
