Mensahbot + Mensahcule = 💖

It's practically canon. https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Mensahbotcule

[dooplissss]

its so funny/a little insane that mensartbot is considered a rare pair when like. thats just the text. I am the most canon compliant shipper in existence, I don’t really do anything crazy and usually go with whatevers popular. what do you mean there werent any spaces for the three of them or even a ship name before I showed up. martha wells told me herself murderbot has two hands in the books she wrote, she literally just gave mensah and art joint custody. I won by doing nothing.

[shoukohime]

you can improve every ship by adding a third person. a triangle is the strongest shape etc

[fourormore]

[Image description: A polyam flag with the words “four or more bingo” on it. End description.]

2026 Four or More Bingo

AO3 COLLECTION

Guess who's back, back again???

I have a vision: a world where we can read about polycules and complicated relationships with four or more people until our eyes hurt and our hearts can't take it anymore. Last year, our collection reached 100 works! Can we do better this time around? (I sure hope I do, on 2025 I didn't even finish my own card lol)

Let me introduce: the 2026 Four or More Bingo!

This is a low-stakes, personal challenge. There's no penalty for not finishing or running late.

Cards will be given from now to December 31st. Fills can be posted starting June 1st to AO3, DW or tumblr forever.

GUIDELINES

Any medium! Any rating! As long as your work focuses on a relationship with 4 or more people, it's allowed!

All works must be your own and not previously posted. AI generated works will be deleted from the collections.

You may combine these with other events, as long as the other event allows it (examples are @polyamships polyartober, lyricaltitles challenges, etc). Yes, that means you can combine this with our 2026 Pride Event as well!

Small fandoms welcome!

Don't forget to comply with the community guidelines.

MEDIUM SPECIFIC GUIDELINES

Minimum wordcount for fics is 100 words. There is no maximum

Minimum for art is a sketch on unlined paper (figure sticks allowed!). There is no limit to the quality or effort you want to put in your fills.

Minimum for moodboards is a 3x3 grid (9 images individually or edited in one image). Maximum is given by the place where you decide to post. On tumblr, the maximum is 20 images, but on AO3, you're free!

Minimum for podfic is a 100-word fic. There is no restriction on maximum length or sound effects.

Minimum for fanvids is 30 seconds. There is no maximum.

Other mediums don't have a minimum. Do you want to make an in-universe magazine for your ship? A cross stitch pattern? A sculpture? Go ahead and do it! I look forward to all the things you can create.

PROMPTS, FAQ, and more below the cut

The following are the prompts that the bingo card will be generated from. Send us an ask if you want a card, and if you want any prompts specifically excluded from it (you can exclude up to 5 prompts). Feel free to request a new card at any time through December 2026, even if you’ve already received one.

This year you can ask for a completely SFW card or a mix of SFW and NSFW prompts. Whatever card you choose, you will be allowed to blacklist 5 prompts from the list if you so desire.

Prompts are to be interpreted as freely as you want.

SFW prompts are not limited to SFW fills. If your story gets spicy along the way, there's nothing wrong with it.

Some of these prompts might seem familiar. That's intentional. We love big and complicated polycules at fourormore.

SFW PROMPTS Complicated relationships, Queerplatonic relationships, Toxic relationships, New Relationship Energy, Accidental Confessions, A fandom you've never written before, A fandom that's 10+ years old, A polycule with 5+ people, A polycule with 10+ people, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Fluff, Anniversaries, Apologies, Autumn, Spring, Winter, Summer, Bed sharing, Blood, Costumes, Cyberpunk, Established relationship, Developing relationship, Secret relationship, Experimental, Flirting, Holding hands, Language barrier, Liminal Spaces, Music, Piercings/Tattoos, Platonic soulmates, Protectiveness, Redemption, Reunions, Romantic gestures, Social media, Trust, Unexpected

Opt- in NSFW prompts Free use, Monsterfucking, Alienfucking, Casual sex, Blood kink, Spit kink, Voyeurism, Public/Semi-public sex, Undernegotiated kink, Kink discovery, D/s dynamics, Gangbang, Sex pollen, Praise kink, Drug use

FAQ

Q: So how do I get a card?

A: Send us an ask, preferrably off anon, but if you prefer to remain anon, leave an emoji to identify you by.

Q: How many fics do I need to write?

A: For a bingo, 5 prompts in a line (horizontal, vertical, or diagonal). You can even go for a blackout (all 25 prompts).

Q: Why isn’t X allowed?

A: Just because.

Q: I don’t have a Dreamwidth account. Can I join?

A: Of course! You don’t even need an AO3 account if you wish to post only on tumblr.

Q: My work contains [INSERT WARNING HERE]. Can I still participate?

A: Yes. This is a CNTW (Choose Not To Warn) space.

Q: I don’t want to see [X] content, can you please remove it?

A: No. The only content that will be removed will be that that does not comply with the rules.

We now have a General FAQ that applies to all events.

COMPLETION POSTS

So, you have a bingo (or a blackout!), what now?

Well, to acknowledge the fact that you spent time and effort on at least 5 fics, we’ll be receiving bragging posts (also known as completion posts) where you can link all of your fills at once. You may post on your own blog and @ us, tag #fourormore or submit it to the blog.

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to send a message.

Have fun and bon appetit!

[genderbinaryisforlosers]

reread exit strategy and remembered i love them with all my heart

[ID (copied from alt): Digital art of Murderbot and Mensah from The Murderbot Diaries. They are running through a metal corridor, left to right. Murderbot is in front and focused in sprinting form, one of its hands reaching back to hold Mensah's. Mensah is lagging behind slightly with one hand clutched to her chest, looking worried, while her other hand grips Murderbot's. /end ID]

[4beja]

Secunit isn't the stepmama Secunit is the mama that Stepped Up

[mnduck]

Finished reading Platform Decay and drew some.

⚠️Spoiler alert⚠️

This is when MB and Farai first met (every time I read this scene, it feels like Farai is interrogating her spouse's affair partner🥹)

And i'm happy to see the two of them building trust in each other in the latest series.

+The cutest part

If time permits, I’d like to illustrate an episode where MB is afraid of small children (because they’re so tiny), as well as an episode where Three and ART happen to strike up a conversation about MB’s drastic change in appearance—which is surprisingly radical for a SecUnit.

[donabene]

mensahbot....... sighs dreamily.........

[securityunit-ese]

chin hands and thinks about them. oughhhh them.

[subwaybug]

More people should get into poly shipping. Both because polyamory is awesome and because it's really fun to make complicated ass diagrams

[rimonoroni]

three person poly relationship made up of two people who are already dating trying to coax someone with horrific self worth issues into a loving relationship. stray cat style

[rimonoroni]

they’re all laying together in bed and the couple are both thinking to themselves like good, he stayed the night to cuddle and talk when we offered, he should know that we genuinely care for him and want this to be more then a handful of one night stands. and the stray cat guy is like wow this sure is nice i think i’m falling in love with them. it’s really too bad that they don’t actually give a fuck and hate me and probably want to kill me with hammers for no reason

[securityunit-ese]

I love how in a world where being poly is normal and there's so many types of genders and not applicable genders and all kinds of sexualities.

The thing between Mensah and Murderbot is still so weird and confusing and different that multiple people intervene and interrogate each of them on what they are to each other.

[elexuscal]

We do really need to consider this from Farai's POV though.

Your wife is a wonderful, caring planetary leader and scientist <3

She goes on what's meant to be a mundane planetary survey expedition

this turns into a corporate death trap she and her team just barely escape with their lives

after the death trap she gets kidnapped by the corporation that made the death trap due to them not wanting to pay damages

again. she and her team miraculously escape with their lives

after what easily had to be 6+ months she finally arrives home

Your wife is traumatized, unwilling to talk about or address this trauma, and now has a co-dependent relationship with a rogue SecUnit

You and the family are really trying not to hold the 'rogue SecUnit' thing against the Rogue SecUnit. Not its fault. But it is sarcastic and glares a lot and is non-social and has installed literal spydrones everywhere. It's willing to kill anyone who hurts your wife or her extended family. This is, to put it bluntly, a bit of an Adjustment for everyone.

Your wife decides to retire from being a planetary leader. One one hand, you think it's a good idea for her to take the time to focus on her mental health and be with her loved ones. On the other hand, it's concerning all of this has made her give up one of her passions.

One of your older children is going on her first off-planetary survey. This is good, obviously :) It's just. you are all still stressing from the trauma of your last family member's planetary survey.

It's fine. It's going to be fine. Your brother-in-law is going to be with her, and a bunch of your wife's long-standing colleagues, and-- you have complex feelings about this-- the SecUnit. it will be fine.

It is not fine.

The SecUnit and your brother-in-law and your daughter have all been kidnapped by a mysterious force for mysterious reasons.

Now your wife-- who is meant to be on indefinite mental health leave-- is off to save them.

You and your third partner want to go with her. You want to. But you have no skills for this, and family at home you need to care for. So you stay on the sidelines, waiting, waiting, waiting.

THEY'RE OKAY EVERYONE IS OKAY

thank fuck. phew. okay. now they're going to come home and--

what do you meant they're not coming home

what do you mean your child has decided to go to university off world at the school that kidnapped her

what do you mean your wife, instead of retiring, has decided to become some sort of anti-corporate activist

Yeah okay. This is not a conversation to have over the feed with a 2+ month time delay. You need to have an in-person conversation. You'll make a family trip of it; Nana and Sofia will come with. This is a good, normal, family visit

you all get kidnapped

[lasagnaforem]

Fucked up my arm and needed a lot of help from others recently 👍 smt while I cope

Reciprocity

[xstick-noodlesx]

oh honey

[highlyillogicalandroid]

Murderbot trading media with children. Murderbot out-sassing teenagers. Murderbot saving video clips of a kid’s parent cursing to show to the kid later because it knows they’ll enjoy it. Murderbot interacting with kids. You understand.

[lowerroad]

it's a good thing mensah is already married with kids by the start of all systems red because can you imagine trying to make a new longterm relationship work when you have to explain to potential partners that murderbot will be there. no not romantically or sexually. but it is there.

[yuricollectingelf]

There should be more yuri stuff where one is a robot/doll/artificial being that cannot self heal and the other is the one who lovingly maintains and repairs them.

[mensahbotcule]

You Only Live Once by ESE (SecurityUnit)

Part 2 of Mensahbotcule - Murderbot's queerplatonic exploration of its relationship with Mensah and of itself.

It's here! Part 2 of the Mensahbotcule, 14k of emotional slice of life fluff, shopping, relationship negotiations, the odd bit of SecUnit trauma, and a bath house.

(Written prior to Platform Decay, which then CANONISED MY FIC and I made minor adjustments to align with Platform Decay) (like really minor) (because wow did I guess right)