Terrifying RogueUnit, dragging its easily defeated opponent onto an operation table, and then this rusty model having the audacity to just slide off and ruin the cool moment
A bit of genuine horror right here.
Imagine not being in control of your own body and actions and being helpless to do anything, and then, worst of all, your brain is rewired to think that it's alright
MENSAH TO THE RESCUE!
I love you soooo much
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The hair, the self-insert, the everything
I also love that Murderbot's acting becomes as exaggerated and theatrical as the rest of the Sanctuary Moon's crew. Just complete shit show and I'm so here for it
Pin Li is like - not to wish death upon my friend, buuuuut
Oh Ratthi 🥰
you're so dumb 🥰
"Oh, for fuck's sake, Ratthi!"
the Threat Assessment Module joke
AKSHDHDJDJSJGSG
HE'S TRYING SO HARD TO BE HELPFUL
a bit of honesty in the midst of your mind being broken into
THEY'RE THE BEST
also, please, talk about this damn contract, I'm begging you
forcing me to kill MY stupid humans?!
NOT ON MY WATCH, EVIL CORPORATION!!!!
👌
****
This was the best episode so far! Every moment was worth a screenshot, but if I put everything I wanted, I'd have to make like 50 posts and I'm lazy
Drag him! To the depths of hell, or wherever those giant freaky caterpillars/octopuses(?) live!
The level of pettiness I could only aspire to have
I was equally as surprised at this revelation
I thought we were shown that poor SecUnit's head as simply a reminder that the constructs have human faces, but no!
We also had a plan all along!
The awkward way the head was thrown and then was just kinda, stumbling and rolling around had me in stitches
I adore this dude, even tho he's one of the bad gays guys
Just this pure confusion, something jogging a certain memory but you're not sure what yet
Also, it proves that Murderbot is not the only one totally obsessed with Sanctuary Moon. I mean this much is obvious, considering the show has been running for 2,797 episodes, but still
I'd commit a moderate-to-severe crime to take a peek at the fandom situation in this universe
Gurathin immediately clocking the plan
the episode of sassy clap backs
Gurathin-Pin Li duo was never something I thought I needed in my life
Honestly the whole crew works so well with each other, in any combinations imaginable. I saw a post here how, regardless of the disastrous attempt at a polycule and other love-lines happening here, none of the members are affected by the drama once the actual work begins. There is no pettiness or backstabbing or hurt feelings, and I think it's awesome
Dr. Mensah to the rescue!
Again!
I totally get why everybody on PresAux is in love with her at least in some capacity
I probably had the same expression that one time an elderly professor put on a kpop song during an academic get-together in my university
And the fact that he knew the quote too!
Devil's sacrament and all that
If I were a spy (which I'm definitely not), and I had a stealth mission, but then I'd hear someone slandering MY shows and MY blorbos, it would be so over for me immediately
Well. Whatever.
It is gonna hurt
The way Gurathin's face changes upon seeing Murderbot's face
I still don't ship them at all, but I kinda get it
Imma be honest, my jaw hit the floor with this one
I've never even considered the possibility of them going this way
This was insane
(and I also hope that at some point they discover some special sort of black hole or a cosmic anomaly that lets them go back in time and make a fix-it situation, because I'm sappy washcloth of a person and I like everyone to be alive and well thank you very much)
And again, I applaud the show to actually include scenes from Murderbot's hyperfixactions, it adds so much flavor
If Ratthi gets an even bigger gun, I'm afraid that this time the recoil will just split his head into two
and Mensah and Murderbot's faces, I can't
sure uhuh
we murdered the whole other crew, infiltrated the other one with the goal of taking their info and disposing of them afterwards, but the moment that crew starts protecting itself, we're calling for the end of violence?
Not relevant to current events at all huh
With all due respect, go fuck yourself with the nearest mining drill
Do you need a short or a long version, babygurl?
autistic minds think alike I guess??
And Gurathin asking for no painkillers - man, that's tough.. I obviously have not been through even the fraction of what he went through, but as someone with an addictive personality I can resonate with the fear of losing control of yourself
lol
(irrelevant, but everything reminds me of Spirealm, so of course number 502 brought back the fond memories of that Waverly Hills Sanatorium Door, with creepy babies, even creepier body-snatchers, food that kills and the gorgeous nurse who jumps out of windows and stabs people
what?
Why do you think I'm relating to Murderbot so much?)
Bharadwaj and her magic fingers
oh no
"That was private."
I LOVED LOVED LOVED the serious way this scene was portrayed. The shock and horror on Murderbot's face upon realizing what has been done, and now everybody knows its biggest secret
poor, poor SecUnit
Not knowing yourself, doubting your own memories (especially with the very real possibility of them being fabricated or being forced to do something against your will), and thinking of yourself as a monster, and getting exposed to the first ever people who treat you well
yeah.
That was rough but necessary.
For now Mensah is the only one who fully understands that Murderbot is its own being.
And I love that her leader's authority shines through in this moment
I don't actually remember what was the reason of GreyCris hunting Preservation crew in the book, I'm pretty sure the alien stuff weren't introduced by that time yet (maybe it was implied later?), but this is actually a really good set up here
NICE
LET'S GOOOOOOOO!
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This episode was reaaaaally good. The series has an overall lighthearted tone, but then you get a couple of scenes that are played with all the emotional gravitas possible, and it hits you like a brick wall falling form the sky, the contrast between funny and serious made even more jarring
I've said it before, but for me comedy as a genre works only as a tool to make horror and tragedy even more visceral (this is why I generally dislike pure comedies and romcoms (that's the story for another time)), and here it plays out beautifully
This was so uncomfortable and off-putting that it loops back to being kinda funny
I take that she's just having a mental breakdown
(but also, maybe, her identity is not what it appears to be?....)
yeah Dr. Mensah, me too
Murderbot reveling in its employers' personal drama
I still have no idea how they're going to resolve any of that tbh
Bharadwaj being awesome and competent
Bharadwaj looking like a typical modern therapist - taking notes, the pose, the glasses, even the patient couch fits
Foreshadowing?..
oh shit indeed, my friend
how dare you
I think this was the moment when Murderbot decided to put Gurathin into the "worstie" category forever and ever and ever
nice
I like that Ratthi and Pin Li are both huge nerds and actually have lots of things in common. But Pin Li still kinda doesn't like him. Gives light Murderbot vs Gurathin hostility vibes
but also, what the hell is going in that show?
yeah!!!
Having its freedom in the open, Murderbot's first words addressed to its humans directly (other than the period of rapid marble-losing and hallucinations) are "I hate eye contact" and "I don't like you"
Getting negativity out of the way first 👍
Gurathin being petulant wet little mouse pt.1
yeah 😬😬😬
that was not fun....
someone else mentioned that it could seem like this scene was played for laughs, but the way that Murderbot reacted to the sexual assault (and this definitely was one) is actually how many people would react to it - just freezing on the spot and all functions shutting down, even if they theoretically could overpower the perpetrator on a physical level...
As someone who's constantly fighting an uphill battle with my laptop's memory because 89% of it is filled with shows, I get it
External hard-drives are only somewhat helpful
Yes, Sanctuary fucking Moon
The immediate correction of what's canon and what's not, no matter the context is sending me.
Murderbot would be ruthless in fandom spaces
Taking a quick nap
that is a gun
Everybody act surprised
I know, I know, but everything reminds me of ART, so I'll take this as a foreshadowing 🥳
Sure, just a walk in a park
Watching them is like watching a collision of three clown cars on a highway. Technically devastating, but also - so fucking funny
lol
Womp womp
rip Leebeebee
Playing the world's smallest violin
Murder-I-revel-in-Gurathin's-discomfort-Bot
Loved that
Murderbot is a person but it isn't human. It literally operates on different parameters and morals.
Pres Aux, seeing its human-looking face start treating it like one, like someone (relatively) harmless. They're coming from a good place, but also they're slightly patronizing, not taking it too seriously. And now they realize that their "Secci" IS a fully realized, dangerous, killing machine.
The sheer amount of physical and psychological torture he endured...
man, I'll need to binge the whole season again once the whole things comes out
another risk assessment module joke
Eh, close enough
I love Rathi
I'd also love to see that
That makes two of us at least
I mean, except for robotic parts
The only thing on my body that can sorta count is my glasses
honestly? not the worst way to go
and this is preeeeeety
yeah
THEY DID IT!
THEY SAID THE THING!
I love their relationship
I'm stealing this phrase
I also just need some perimeter time
how did that one post go?
the girlies are fighting! *adjusting the glasses* oh no, they are not fighting, they are, oh no, oh my....
either those literal monsterfuckers were very quick with the whole...business, or the people inside the hopper were stuck and forced to witness the whole process for a looooong time
and both versions are hilarious
that was as dumb as it was sweet of the humans to try to protect their SecUnit from the hostile one
yep. totally my reaction to anything remotely sexual or romantic happening in my field of vision
also, good for them (?), but much like Murderbot, I have no interest whatsoever in this doomed-to-fail-polycule thing those three have going on either because I too usually skip over this part when I'm watching media
ooooooh damn
I want to watch all those shows now
let your local murder machine watch its shows in peace goddamn it!!!
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yeah, getting chewed on by a giant tooth monster would do that to your psyche
I'm so curious about him and his backstory!
Because in the books we don't know almost anything about Gurathin, but here I think it's strongly implied that back in the Corporation Rim he wasn't treated much better than an average SecUnit
actually an oddly fitting description
also, Gurathin, WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT
THAT is a fascinating detail. Adds much more stakes to their mission
and also the way Murderbot practically ran away from the heart-to-heart conversation. Talking about feelings??? How dare you. Gross.
now THAT is a habitat
when you're obsessed with media, everything reminds you of blorbos from your shows
uh oh
Well, that was spectacular, except GURATHIN
WHAT
THE FUCK
I assume it's some kind of messed up coping mechanism, trying to reassure himself that the team is fine, but still
