A Murderbot Diaries fanworks event celebrating the many ways fandom interprets the relationship between ART and Murderbot.
AO3 Collection | Rules & FAQ
Icon & banner art by hazelek.
Mutual Rapport: an ARTMB fanworks event is a prompt event, meant to celebrate the relationship between ART and Murderbot in all its forms!
The works will be revealed on 10th of July, on the anniversary of Martha Wells's short story "Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy".
All prompts will be submitted anonymously and the requester will be asked to provide a list of Do Not Wants (DNWs) and specify whether they prefer:
sfw/nsfw/either,
platonic/ambiguous/romantic/qpr/any,
Creators will sign up to view the list of prompts and initial matching will be done based on ranked choice selections. Late sign ups and additional prompt claims will be done on a first come, first serve basis. Completed prompt fills will be due by July 8 for reveals on July 10, to celebrate the first anniversary of Rapport's release. All interpretations of the relationship between ART & Murderbot will be welcome, but creators are expected to adhere to the prompter's DNWs and requested relationship dynamic in order to keep the event happy and comfortable for everyone.
Let us know your questions, comments, suggestions in the comments below!
Event schedule:
Prompt submissions and creator sign-ups open – April 24
Prompt submissions close – May 8
Prompt claims open – May 9
Prompt claims close – May 16
Prompt assignments go out – May 18
First check-in – May 22
Second check-in – June 12
Late sign-ups and late claims cut-off – June 26
Final check-in – June 28
Completed works due (AO3 collection closes) – July 8
Anonymous reveals – July 10
Creator reveals – July 20
Q&A under the cut
Q: Is this an exchange? Will each requester be matched to one creator?
A: No, not an exchange! Nobody's required to create in order to submit prompts/get fills, and creators can claim multiple prompts to fill. But each prompt will (probably) only get one fill, and creators will have to have a completed fill for their current prompt before they'll be allowed to claim another.
There's also no limit on how many prompts a person can submit so there's no guarantee that any particular prompt will be filled, but hopefully everyone who does submit prompts will get at least one fill.
Q: Can creators choose to work with a prompt they submitted themself?
A: Yeah, go for it! Submitting a prompt just so you can fill it yourself is a time-honoured tradition in prompt style fandom events.
Q: Will creators be able to choose which prompts they want to work with?
A: Yes and no! In this event all claims will go through the mod team and each creator will only have one active claim at a time. For the initial claiming period, creators will submit a ranked list of prompts they're most interested in working with and mods will sort through those preferences to match each creator with a prompt assignment. Prompts that have been claimed will be removed from the list unless the creator contacts mods to drop their claim. After the initial round of claims, new creators can continue to sign up until the late sign-up cutoff. Creators who sign up late, and creators who have finished a complete work for their current prompt, will be allowed to make a new claim from the remaining unclaimed prompts.
Q: Can creators sign up without having submitted prompts?
A: Yes, of course!
Q: Will prompters be revealed along with creators at the end?
A: No, mods will not be revealing who requested which prompts. If a prompter wants to reveal themself to a creator who filled a prompt for them, though, that's totally allowed, but we're leaving it up to individual choice.
(Note, mods will be aware of who submitted which prompts and will be available as go-betweens if creators have any questions about DNWs, etc.)
Q: So works will not be gifted to the prompter, despite being created for them?
A: Not initially, no, and potentially not at all. If the prompter chooses to reveal themself, and the creator wants to do so, works can be gifted retroactively. But creators won't know who they're creating for until after posting, and may never find out.
Q: Who can participate?
A: Anyone with an AO3 account, or anyone who wants to post fanart on tumblr. All ages are welcome to participate, and there is no minimum skill level required.
Q: What types of fanworks are allowed?
A: Anything you want. Fanfic, fanart, podfics, meta, etc.
Q: What kind of prompts can I make?
A: You can make as many prompt suggestions as you like. Please specify a theme, concept, or scenario you’d like to see explored in a fanwork centering the ARTMB relationship. All prompts must be properly rated and tagged with Archive warnings, content warnings, and preferred relationship dynamic between ARTMB. Other than that, anything goes. Be as detailed or as vague as you like.
Q: What type of content is allowed?
A: The fandom tag(s) must include The Murderbot Diaries – Martha Wells. Crossovers are welcome, but any works not tagged with The Murderbot Diaries – Martha Wells will be removed from the collection.
The relationship tag(s) must include either ART | Perihelion & Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries) or ART | Perihelion/Murderbot (The Murderbot Diaries). If neither of these relationship tags is listed on the work, it will be removed from the collection.
All ratings, archive warnings, and subjects are allowed. That being said, all prompt fills should stick to the ARTMB relationship dynamic requested by the prompter, and creators should avoid any subjects the prompter has requested not to see in fills for their prompt.
The mods reserve the right to remove any works from the collection if they consist of racist hate speech or other bigotry.
Q: Help, I still have more questions!
A: Contact the event blog: mutualrapport.tumblr.com
Murderbot feels safe and content when ART ties it up. An exploration of some of the ways they give and receive trust.
Think you know the creator? Leave your guesses in our guessing game form! Note: Some creators have chosen not to post anonymously. In such cases, you're still welcome to "guess" the creator and points will be awarded as usual.
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Fanfiction: Chaptered work | 6 chapters | Word count TBD
The Prompt:
The longer MB stays with ART, the less accurate its Risk Assessment is.
It realizes this must be because it is over-relying on ART during missions, and losing its edge, its ability to function on its own. That's dangerous.
MB therefore signs up for a solo mission through PSUMNT and leaves without telling ART or the crew.
The mission goes terribly, terribly wrong.
After the inevitable rescue by ART, it's time to discuss...feelings.
Has MB truly lost its ability to function on its own? What good is it at security if it needs backup? Has it ruined their mutual administrative assistance forever?
NOTE: This work is sadly not finished yet, but I wanted to post to the collection, so I've got a chapter or two up my sleeve to show. I'll continue to update it after creators are revealed.
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Rated T | Gen | ART & Murderbot, ART/Murderbot | Ambiguous
Fanfiction: One-shot | 4,525 words
Samira can persuasive essay her way into many things. It's how she's ended up here, on an off-world semester long survey trip aboard the Perihelion.
Unfortunately, a persuasive essay isn't going to be enough to get her out of her current situation.
Good thing their security consultant is so competent!
(and also deeply, deeply weird)
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“This outfit is extremely impractical.” I’ve said some variation of this at least four times now.
You said I could choose your clothing.
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5 times SecUnit and ART had complicated feelings about their soulmarks, and 1 time they talked it out.
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During a celebratory occasion at Mihira, an embarrassing detail from ART’s past is rudely dredged up. Murderbot must make the ultimate sacrifice — being vulnerable to help its friend feel better.
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PSUMNT Annual Comp-Sci and Intelligent Design Gala
by Anonymous for Mutual Rapport 2026
Rated G | Gen, Other | ART & Murderbot, ART/Murderbot, Murderbot & SecUnit 3 | Ambiguous, Queerplatonic
Fanfiction: One-shot | 6,224 words
ATTN: Captain Seth and Perihelion Crew,
The Crew of the Perihelion is officially informed that the Pansystem University of Mihira and New Tideland's Annual Comp-Sci and Intelligent Design Fundraising Gala will be coinciding with your next registered shore leave. As per Administrations advice, it is recommended that crew holding senior positions make it a priority to attend as a representative of your department. Any other available crew is advised to also attend.
This year's guest list has already been mostly confirmed and it would be in good taste to respond with your crews attendance list promptly.
If unforeseen circumstance do occur that the Crew of the Perihelion is unable to dock on time, written notice would be appreciated.
Venue information and Dress code regulations are attached in the files below.
Safe Travels-
Dr. T. Reese,
PSUMNT MI Department Coordinator
SecUnit has to go to a gala for PSUMNT as a representative for the Perihelion. That means fancy outfits, being nice to people who haven't seen a SecUnit before, and maybe, sharing a dance, maybe.
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Rated M | Other | ART/Murderbot, ART & Iris | Romantic
Fanfiction: Chaptered work | 5 chapters | 20,211 words
I can move within the feed, pouring more of myself into parts, like waves on an incoming tide. And if I am the ocean, then perhaps you are a lighthouse. I must rise towards and around you, the physics of gravity unrefusable, yet you are a small presence that refuses to be moved.
Written as part of the Murderbot Diaries Mutual Rapport.
In which the author was given a NSFW prompt but accidentally focused more on worldbuilding the construct and bot omegaverse lore
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Rated M | Other | ART & Murderbot, ART/Murderbot | Queerplatonic, Romantic
Fanfiction: One-shot | 5,661 words
Written for TMBD Mutual Rapport 2026
Prompt: Murderbot getting injured and loopy and blurting out that it wants to try having sex with ART while on medical platform. Something about being with ART makes it want to try it out - after all it feels so nice when ART wraps itself around it on feed. And maybe the mission/injury circumstances were so dire MB thought it will never see ART again. Does ART grant its wish now or later?
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ART comes up with new and inventive way to get Secunit out of a mental health spiral. And if it looks a little like sex, then that must be just a coincidence.
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Rated M | Other | ART & Murderbot, ART/Murderbot | Romantic
Fanfiction: One-shot | 2,064 words
Set in the future where Murderbot is ART's captain. ART is raided, they kick some ass, and they have a lot of emotions about it.
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Rated T | Other | ART/Murderbot, Murderbot & Dr. Mensah | Romantic
Fanfiction: One-shot | 4,015 words
In a moment of anger, Murderbot punches one of ART's walls and immediately regrets it. ART and Mensah try to calm it down.
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Rated T | Other | ART & Murderbot, ART/Murderbot | Ambiguous, Queerplatonic
Fanart: Illustration | 1 page, portrait
Mutual Rapport event fill! for the prompt:
"Murderbot catches ART grieving alone over 2.0. ART didn’t want it to see this and tried to keep it to itself."
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Rated G | Gen, Other | ART & Murderbot | Ambiguous
Fanfiction: One-shot | 4,324 words
"Let me rephrase," ART croons. "Why do your internal systems list the expected length of a full recharge cycle to be four hours and recommend weekly adherence? Specifically I'm wondering why this would be the case when I've only ever observed you recharging an average of three hours every two weeks."
Oh. This is a caretaking thing.
--
SecUnit doesn't recharge very often. ART starts trying to change that.
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Rated T | Gen | ART & Murderbot | Ambiguous, Platonic
Fanfiction: One-shot | 2,974 words
The coffee machine was fucking haunted. Or something. I wasn’t sure what else it could’ve been—I didn’t even really believe haunting was possible, but what the fuck did I know? Maybe those supernatural serials were more true than I thought.
I made the rational choice and unplugged the machine.
° ° °
The little shit unplugged your coffee machine.
Coffee shop au that is 90% jokes and 10% lore.
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