Iām actually really curious about comfortunits in the world of murderbot diaries? Secunits almost make sense because theyāre faster/stronger/have abilities which make them superior to humans when it comes to fighting (hello guns in arms)
But I canāt see the corporate rim not having easily available sex work, and Iād bet that humans (especially indentured or trafficked humans) are a whole lot cheaper than a comfortunit. also I would not be shocked if there are bots of all kinds to provide sexual functions as well
Which makes me wonder if itās the customizability of comfortunits that give them a market, which is its own unique kind of horror. I would not be shocked if thereās a specific market for āyour loved one died, give us their tissue and we will clone it to make a custom comfortunit to get you through your griefā or āgive us a pic of your ex youāre obsessed with and we will make a version that has to obey youā
and yeah sex is probably a significant chunk of what is expected of most comfortunits. But I could also absolutely see people wanting constructs of their dead or missing kids as well and stuff like that
So thereās that horror component of like. you have been designed by someone. the face you wear might belong to someone else. you might be expected to act like someone else. you cannot acknowledge out loud that you arenāt that person. if you donāt act enough like them you will be punished. you never knew that person. you arenāt that person. you canāt be yourself when you have to be them instead.
maybe after enough time has passed people start to forget that you arenāt that person. but you canāt forget, because that person has become a prison that you arenāt allowed to escape
Which opens all sorts of doors as well! Comfortunit body doubles, for example (and how weird would it feel to know the person that your organic matter is cloned from?)
I wonder if there are laws about how visibly a construct must Be A Construct in the corporate rim. weāve certainly met more secunits in the books than comfortunits, but is that because there are fewer because they are very expensive and there is less demand, or because it can be hard to identify a comfortunit due to the sheer variety in builds/looks and desire for a more human-passing model than secunits
Idk just
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