Are you in need of some serious Moon joy? Get ready for Moon Joy June.
NASA is hosting a month-long art challenge and we would love for you to participate! For every week of June, NASA will introduce a new prompt to inspire artists and creators of all kinds:
June 1-7: Launch
June 8-14: Moon
June 15-21: Crew
June 22-30: Earth
To share your Moon joy-inspired art on Tumblr, use the hashtag #ArtemisArtShow.
The sky is (not) the limit! We encourage all forms of art, including but not limited to: paintings, drawings, sculptures, dances, music, animations, nail art, latte foam art, poetry, fashion. Choose your favorite medium and share it with us!
Learn more about the challenge in our FAQ. Happy Moon Joy June to all who celebrate!
I want to live and I want to trust. [All systems red]
I was lucky. I couldn't speak. Maybe it was friendly. [Artificial condition]
I had friends, who smiled and laughed. [Rogue protocol]
She said No. I am afraid. I am afraid. [Exit strategy]
I built a copy I knew wasn't human. I cared about it. It was ART and Me. [Network Effect]
I had a second to know the other two SecUnits. But you understand. [Network Effect]
For @murderbotseptember prompt #10, blackout poetry.
I may keep playing with this. This was fun! I tried to take pages and scenes from tmbd that were really memorable to me and try to distill the page down to some core message or idea.
(sry for the lack of FT and SC, I don't have those as easily accessible ebooks atm)
Summary: Gurathin asks for Murderbot's help after a slip in the mud gets his port all gunky. Murderbot uncovers more than just his port pins as it helps him come clean: there's layers and layers of emotional metadata on both sides of this connection.
Gurathin, Care and Feeding of | 4,650 | murderbot
Summary: Gurathin and SecUnit brace themselves for a very public ceremonial kiss. (It's their wedding after all.) But Gurathin has lingering family-related trauma, and it's nothing a Murderbot is prepared to handle.
Set in the same AU as The Long Emergency, about three years after the main events of the story. (Before the epilogue.)
(see more recommendations below!)
Overclocked | 833 | softestpunk / @softest-punk
Summary: Murderbot helps Gurathin experiment with the sensory possibilities of data transfer.
Maybe Me And You? | 1,810 | Abacura
Summary: Sanctuary Moon had a NavigationUnit on the bridge crew. Why not a SecUnit?
“Risk assessment is within established tolerances, Captain. Boldness is all.”
Summary: Over the feed, Gurathin asked it, Is something wrong?
It said, No. Then, Define ‘wrong.’ Then, These adolescent humans are well over the Preservation standard recommended limit of intoxication for their ages and body compositions.
Some of the teenagers at the Mensah family farm ask Gurathin to chaperone them down to the lake. Obviously SecUnit needs to find out what they're up to.
Semantics of Devotion | 3,003 | Fractalspaces (LotusRox) / @fractalspaces
Summary: The first thing Gurathin had done back at the ravine had been reaching for the hardwire. No hesitation: He'd needed to check if he could keep Murderbot online that way, keep the spark going, fucking talk to it. Maybe needling him into anger so adrenaline kept—
Doing its goddamn job.
(Overwhelming, imprecise — For all his vocabulary, there's words Gurathin refuses to deal with. "Grief" is only one of them: The list has some sweeter ones.)
Down the Rabbit Hole | 3,425 | Gamebird / @gamebird
Summary: How far will Murderbot go to save its least favorite (augmented) human?
Warm hands, not sweaty | 4,467 | rainbirb
Summary: I could maybe appreciate the occasional need for something tactile, considering the spiral I was still recovering from.
SecUnit discovers that touch might actually feel good, sometimes. Under very specific circumstances. With very specific people.
I Hate The Way I Don't Hate You | 53,354 | beeayy
Summary: Murderbot hates Gurathin, though the reason changes on a daily basis.
A Need Like Breathing | 1,124 | the_moonmoth / @themoonmothwrites
Summary: Gurathin said, “I used rescue breathing. I’m sorry.”
Inside the Perimeter | 1,582 | TheRosetteThief
Summary: Murderbot's augmented human is being an idiot, and so it needs to go deal with him, physically.
And Other Hidden Places | 7,279 | Sholio / @sholiofic
Summary: Murderbot starts investigating Gurathin's private life after seeing something it shouldn't, and finds out a number of things it didn't want to know, and maybe some things it should. Content notes inside.
A Weird, Fucked Up Way | 1,097 | Gamebird / @gamebird
Summary: Murderbot knew it was a sex thing, but then its ego got in the way.
Setting: TV verse, some ambiguous survey-type-thing where Murderbot's rogue status is known but maybe GrayCris never happened.
Halt and Catch Fire | 5,089 | aros_66
Summary: I open my mouth in a soundless moan, one hand sliding down between my legs to press hard against the smooth expanse of skin there – even knowing it won’t do anything, there’s something reflexive and intrinsic in my systems that demands it. My body rocks, riding out the onslaught of sensation, getting closer, closer, closer, and–
It stops.
Right as I’m about to tip over the edge, the sensory input withdraws and I’m left writhing, muscles clenching, unable (by the rules of this stupid game) to finish myself. I’m breathing hard, overstimulated, desperate, and more aroused than I think I’ve ever been in my life.
And I’m going to absolutely fucking murder Gurathin.
reach out from the inside | 5,200 | the_moonmoth / @themoonmothwrites
Summary: “I thought you wanted me to watch the show,” he gasped.
“I like this one, right now,” it said.
Murderbot comes back to the Preservation survey team, and this time it stays.
Keep Warm | 26,830 | Buukkin / @buukkin
Summary: Murderbot and Dr. Gurathin go down to the mining installation for some easy repairs when an explosion leaves them stranded. Murderbot learns something important about one of its people.
Dr. Gurathin is a vampire.
S is for SecUnit by the_moonmoth / @themoonmothwrites
9 Part Series | Rated G-E | Total Words: 8,351
Part 1 Summary: What if you stayed?
(Five times one of them didn't want the other to go.)
A Flash of Fang (Vampire Gurathin AU) by spectralOasis
3 Part Series | Rated T & E | Total Words: 12,928
Part 1 Summary: Self-indulgent vampire AU. Why does Gurathin keep staring at Murderbot? And why does he look hungry?
Set generically on Preservation Station, no spoilers past Exit Strategy as far as I can tell.
To a Certain Degree by GroveDaan / @disturbanceonthesoup
2 Part Series | Rated M & E | Total Words: 19,022
Part 1 Summary: An unexpected walk in the rain leads Murderbot to a realization about Gurathin. Now, it must contend with its own past if it wants to understand and be understood.
Alternatively, they get off (emotionally) on the intense ordeal of self-recognition through the other by sharing a couple of their memories.
shared senses by speccygeekgrrl
8 Part Series | Rated E | Total Words: 27,276
Part 1 Summary: Murderbot plays Sweet/Bitter in spite mode; Gurathin plays it straight.
My amoeba-style ART design but. Cat sized and holdable. It registers itself as Murderbot's emotional support service animal.
Also bonus:
That scene in network effect when MB locks itself in the bathroom but this time instead of pinging it ART is sticking its paws under the door like a cat trying to get in
