I am SCREAMING abt Murderbot’s Bad First Impression on Amena in Network Effect.
murderbot: I have identified that my friend’s teenage daughter is dating a Creep, based on these provable facts:
Lied to her about his age, telling her he’s close to her age when he’s actually much older (which I know because I ran a background check on him)
encourages her to lie to her family about where she is when she’s with him
isolates her from friends
convinces her to become intoxicated (when he himself is not, btw, which I know because I can do scans on things like that)
stares at her breasts
me: okay, some of that monitoring is probably over the top but you are absolutely correct that this is a Creep, your caution is appropriate.
Murderbot: anyway she doesn’t like me…
me: Oh, because you told her mom about the creep thing?
Murderbot: …because instead of telling her mom about the creep, I snuck inTO HIS HOUSE AND HID THERE (?!???!?)
IN THE DARK
WAITING
TO INTIMIDATE HIM WHEN HE TRIED TO BRING HER BACK THERE ALONE
and then when she was like WTF you were just standing in his house??? For hours??? Waiting???
I told her that yes, I was, and nobody came by in all that time, which means that when he told her he was taking her to hang out with “some friends” he was LYING and trying to get her ALONE
Murderbot is not a parent.
It's an older sibling
