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I love the Dune series because not even the weirdest shit in the first three books can ever prepare you for Paul Muad’Dib’s genderfluid kid, the ancient worm god.

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Happy Hogswatch!

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How I imagined Murderbot:

buff genderless butch

buzzed hair, brown skin, dark eyes

bored, slightly irritated expression

How the studio imagined Murderbot:

buff cishet man

blond hair, white skin, blue eyes

angry, slightly disdainful expression? (this one’s subjective)

No one’s interpretation of Murderbot’s appearance is “wrong,” I just wish we could’ve had some real-world representation for a canonically genderless character.

I’m interested in knowing how others imagined Murderbot when they read the books. Feel free to share!

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Hi, it's me, the boyfriend who looked like a girlfriend you had in February of last year. Just thought somebody should tell you you're gay now.

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When your coworker is telling you the story of the three brothers who go to Jo’Kala

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Leto Atreides II right before stripping a man and having him publicly flogged: “I have no sexual proclivities.”

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Thinkin bout electrolysis again... Medically transitioning as an agender person is such a process, and it's not at all linear. My doctors have misconceptions about my "end goals" and assume I want to pass as the "opposite" gender. But being perceived as a man or a woman gives me dysphoria. (Simply from a medical standpoint, you'd think gender-affirming care would seek to alleviate that, rather than reinforce it.) I need to just accept that my transition may last a lifetime, and that it's ok for my appearance to fluctuate and defy expectations. It's not that I can't make up my mind, because what I want is clear. It's that everyone seems to want to make it up for me, and all of their options are extremely limited.