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[lockea]

Like the show and are thinking about reading "The Murderbot Diaries"? Want to skip "All Systems Red" and go straight into book 2? Here's what you should know.

The PresAux crew was condensed from 8 members down to 6 in the show. Volescu and Overse were cut. Pin Lee filled both their roles.

Pin Lee took Volescu's place in the crater that was attacked by alien fauna in episode 1/opening scene of the novel.

Pin Lee takes Overse's place as Arada's marital partner in the show. In the books, Pin Lee appears to be single.

Speaking of Pin Lee, in the books she uses she/her pronouns. The decision to make them non-binary in the show is still a pretty cool one, as we do meet characters who use neo-pronouns and have different gender identities in later books.

Gurathin's backstory is a mystery in the books. In "All Systems Red" he's described as being a quiet, loner type, apart from the rest of the crew. However, he's still clearly liked by the PresAux group, just like in the show.

Gurathin and Murderbot have a much more hot/cold relationship in the show than in the books. Honestly, I always felt like MB was being a dick to Gurathin and hated him for no good reason in the books. The show on the other hand...

While polyamory is the norm in this series, Ratthi does not get involved with Overse and Arada in the books, temporarily or otherwise.

Because of MB's limited perspective in the books, we do not find out Mensah has an anxiety disorder until later books. MB's impression of her is that she's an intrepid galactic leader. Kudos to the show, though, for really showcasing Mensah as an intrepid galactic leader WITH an anxiety disorder.

Leebeebee is a show only addition. In the book, they do not save anyone at DeltFall.

Preservation is a communist freehold planet, but it is independently wealthy. PresAux is doing the survey because they are wealthy enough to afford more resources for their people. In the show, they make it seem like Preservation is desperate enough to send their planetary leader into hardship. In the books, it's because Preservation values all their civil servants still engaging in their profession part time, rather than having full time civil servants and leaders.

I think that's everything? Chime in if I forgot something! I'm glad you liked the show, and I hope reading the books helps you understand just how truly special they are

[browsethestacks]

Mary Kolache Esq, Attorney Bizarre

Art by Dan Schkade

[lacreatricefortune]

Surprised at the absolutely rancid takes I am seeing from some book fans about the show's portrayal of Dr. Mensah.

"The book is good representation because the black leader is strong and stoic and everyone respects her! Nobody respects the tv version of Dr. Mensah!"

Dr. Mensah is also strong in the show. All of the characters in the show respect her. None of them think she's weak.

True, the show version of her is not perfectly stoic, but nobody from Preservation is. The show went out of its way to portray Preservation as a culture that values emotional intelligence and empathy and honesty and vulnerability. This is a culture that views emotional repression as a character flaw, not a character strength.

Dr. Mensah has all of the qualities that her culture respects. She is not stoic because her culture does not value or respect stoicism.

"Giving her an panic attacks makes her look week and pathetic!How dare they make a black woman look weak and pathetic! It's racist!"

Oh. I get it. So when you said nobody respects her, you meant that you don't respect her. Because you're abelist.

Yes, she has panic attacks. And she faces her fears and makes hard decisions and does what needs to be done while having those panic attacks. That doesn't look weak and pathetic. That looks brave and admirable.

I have been watching youtube reaction videos of the tv series. Most of the people making those videos haven't read the books. And I'm not seeing people who are new to the fandom looking down on Dr. Mensah. They're not comparing her to the book version and they don't fine her lacking as she's presented.

In fact, they're talking about what a badass Dr. Mensah is for going in and rescuing MB by attacking that hostile secunit with a mining drill.

They think the fact that she overcame an anxiety order to do it makes her even more badass.

.

If you find it impossible to respect black female characters who have vulnerabilities and flaws and show emotion, then I think you're in no position to be calling other people racist.

The rest of the tv fandom doesn't seem to have your problem.

[dennona]

I kept wondering what that Craigslist ad might have looked like from episode one

Whipped up a couple lazy designs for fun

+ the same designs w texture, but tbh I prefer the regular vers

[saintfu]

The last graph for Season 4 (sorry I missed the one for WttH ch. 11): 26:29. As Finlay Stevenson pointed out on Shift Notes, this is longer that many other shows' full episodes.

[bodidarma]

[midnightburgr]

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[saintfu]

The supporters' name segment graph, updated for Chapter 43, "Adventure." 20:30, making this the first time since chapter 34 that the segment has gotten shorter.

[midnightburgr]

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The supporters' name segment for Welcome to the Horizon, Chapter 10. 23:10, continuing the general upward trend.

[the-august-one]

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[saintfu]

I genuinely believe that Elon Musk has, at least once, killed and eaten another human being.

[saintfu]

The Monte Cristo graph updated for Chapter 42: Speedrun. 22:07 this time.

[midnightburgr]

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