secret third thing

hi, I go by kiwi, use they/them, and this is @that-androgynous-lightweaver's sci fi side blog! pfp by @beesyjimwax :)

[heartattackinblackdye]

yes they touch each other and live together and are possessive over eachother no it is not romantic

[st4rshiptr00per]

murderbot: im so good at not making faces 95% of the time its basically my job

the other 5%:

[mysteryequationart]

Mutual administrative assistants and all that (feat. Portable ART)

[mysteryequationart]

Mutual administrative assistants and all that (feat. Portable ART)

[cowardsexual]

stratt and grace and the rest of the phm science team running on 4 cumulative hours of sleep at an unscheduled conference. dimitri and lokken are trying to explain a new complication in the hail mary's fueling system and the resources necessary to iron it out but they keep getting interrupted by government officials butting in until grace (who doesn't even look up from his laptop and checked out of the conversation two days ago) snaps "we raise our hands to speak"

complete silence for like 3 seconds. the french prime minister sheepishly raises his hand and stratt smiles for the first time that week (grace buries his entire head behind his laptop screen for wont of a better option, like jumping straight into the sea)

[imitationgame77]

Is Murderbot Fandom Gen-Oriented?

The Murderbot Diaries attracts fans who are aro/ace and/or less interested in shipping (romance, sex) in general, I hear.

Is this true? Since this is my first fandom I don't know what other fandoms are like. So I decided to check.

I went to Archives of Our Own (AO3) and selected 4 fandoms: (1) The Murderbot Diaries; (2) Project Hail Mary; (3) Good Omens; and (4) Lord of the Rings. These are all popular books turned into tv/film adaptations.

The problem with AO3 is that it allows creators to select multiple categories (e.g., F/F and F/M). It also allows people to post without selecting a category. So, when you add up numbers from each category, the sum total is different from the total works posted in the fandom. Thus, the percentage graph is not accurate, but it will still give you some ideas.

Et voilà !

The data is taken from AO3 on 15 July 2026.

[Sources]

The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary - All Media Types Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien

These include ALL the works, including crossovers and possible translation works.

Here is the raw data:

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It's true!

The Murderbot Diaries does have the highest proportion of Gen fics!

Also, it's the only fandom where F/F exceeds M/M and F/M.

Tangent, but I am impressed how m/m seems very popular in LoR, considering that there were none in the books if I remember correctly.

[mysteryequationart]

First meetings

Art you're so mean (my beloved)

[why-be-social-when-you-can-read]

i don't think i'll ever get over that one scene in the murderbot diaries, where murderbot is on an abandond station (or smth like that) and it's being all quiet and stuff and then a fucking ad just pops up in front of it - just that's exactly what it's like (fucking capitalism)

[historia-is-a-cool-name]

Eva Stratt for tumblr sexywoman 2027

[laundry00]

Looks at stratt and grace.... No. Its not romance its something much deeper. And much more sinister.

[bottle-conjuror]

murderbot, meet perihelion.

[pineappical]

love is in the air? wrong! taumoeba leak

[tequila-sunsett]

she was a history major

[bigfishfan195]

"Are you scared yet laika? Are you scared?"

if you couldn't guess I was getting sad about laika and all the imagery with grace and decided to make it a bigger problem for myself ❤️

[loving-jack-kelly]

i love murderbot's constant habit of being like. what they just said was mean. not that it hurt my feelings because i don't have feelings i'm not a stupid human. but it was mean. they're mean and i hate them. but not because they're mean. just because they're stupid. but don't be mistaken. what they said was mean.

[donabene]

fuuuuuck im thinking about tv show murderbot design again . WHY IS IT A KEN DOLL WHERE ARE ITS PORTS AND PANELS AND GUNS. its meant to be visibly a construct man why does it have flesh feet put those toes AWAY

[mysteryequationart]

SecUnit Designs

(finally read the murderbot diaries! I would die for these books! I would die for SecUnit!)