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serialmurderbotOOC Permissions:
Backtagging: Fine with it! I aim to wrap all my threads though so I may nudge things towards a conclusion eventually.
Fourth Wall Breaks: No thank you.
Threadhopping: If public, it's fair game.
OOC topics to avoid: I appreciate warnings about dental horror and explicit gore.
IC Permissions:
Touching: Disliked, allowed in certain circumstances. OOCly I'm fine with it happening but there may be IC negative reactions.
Romance: Uninterested. (IC and OOC)
Sexual content: Extra Uninterested!
Physical Violence: Possible to probable, depending on circumstances.
Injury and Death: First is fine, may need some discussion. Character death must happen with prior discussion.
Mind-reading/Empaths: Give me a heads-up that it's happening.
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Murderbot as a character deals with a couple themes that folks may want to control their interactions with, so I've listed them out below! If you have questions or would like to talk things over with me, please feel free to reach out here or in DM!
- Gender identity. Murderbot is referred to in canon with 'it' pronouns, as it considers itself non-human, and dislikes human gender. It is insistent on this topic, and any IC discussion of the topic will be shut down.
I'd prefer not to play out scenarios focused on misgendering with Murderbot. I'm happy to play with other characters dealing with confusion over who or what it is, as SecUnits and cyborg constructs like it are pretty scifi and may not have parallels in a lot of canons! Also feel free for your character to key into something in Murderbot's presentation that makes them unsure of how to address it. But I'd like to keep the focus of RP away from explaining its gender or lack thereof, and more on the broader themes of construct versus human.
Slavery and systematized depersonalization. Murderbot's canon deals with the subjects of depersonalization on both a societal and a personal level. Canonically Murderbot is considered to be a thing, not a person, and is treated as a dangerous weapon by basically everyone from the Corporation Rim. Additionally, it's forced to endure inhumane conditions, particularly in the form of a governor module that is responsible for punishing it when it does or thinks the wrong thing, up to the point of killing it for violating directives. This is no longer a threat it has to face, but it shapes a lot of its reactions to other people, and is a topic that will inevitably come up when discussing its backstory.
Additionally, it often interacts with broader systems of oppression. In the Murderbot Diaries, corporate indenture and slavery is common. Seed populations for new colonies are often sent off to hostile and un-terraformed planets without much say in the matter, and left to die. Many mining outposts are run on the company town model, or require food, medical treatment, etc. to be paid for in a system that essentially introduces generational slavery through debt. While Murderbot is aware of how fucked up these systems are, but they are a reality in its experience and may come up because of it.
Casual violence. I don't tend to lean into the gore, but MB gets injured regularly, and can deal more readily with things like losing limbs, etc., than the average human. It is also casually comfortable with committing acts of violence against its opponents, particularly in circumstances where it's protecting the people it cares about.
Backtagging: Fine with it! I aim to wrap all my threads though so I may nudge things towards a conclusion eventually.
Fourth Wall Breaks: No thank you.
Threadhopping: If public, it's fair game.
OOC topics to avoid: I appreciate warnings about dental horror and explicit gore.
IC Permissions:
Touching: Disliked, allowed in certain circumstances. OOCly I'm fine with it happening but there may be IC negative reactions.
Romance: Uninterested. (IC and OOC)
Sexual content: Extra Uninterested!
Physical Violence: Possible to probable, depending on circumstances.
Injury and Death: First is fine, may need some discussion. Character death must happen with prior discussion.
Mind-reading/Empaths: Give me a heads-up that it's happening.
Opt Out
Murderbot as a character deals with a couple themes that folks may want to control their interactions with, so I've listed them out below! If you have questions or would like to talk things over with me, please feel free to reach out here or in DM!
- Gender identity. Murderbot is referred to in canon with 'it' pronouns, as it considers itself non-human, and dislikes human gender. It is insistent on this topic, and any IC discussion of the topic will be shut down.
I'd prefer not to play out scenarios focused on misgendering with Murderbot. I'm happy to play with other characters dealing with confusion over who or what it is, as SecUnits and cyborg constructs like it are pretty scifi and may not have parallels in a lot of canons! Also feel free for your character to key into something in Murderbot's presentation that makes them unsure of how to address it. But I'd like to keep the focus of RP away from explaining its gender or lack thereof, and more on the broader themes of construct versus human.
Slavery and systematized depersonalization. Murderbot's canon deals with the subjects of depersonalization on both a societal and a personal level. Canonically Murderbot is considered to be a thing, not a person, and is treated as a dangerous weapon by basically everyone from the Corporation Rim. Additionally, it's forced to endure inhumane conditions, particularly in the form of a governor module that is responsible for punishing it when it does or thinks the wrong thing, up to the point of killing it for violating directives. This is no longer a threat it has to face, but it shapes a lot of its reactions to other people, and is a topic that will inevitably come up when discussing its backstory.
Additionally, it often interacts with broader systems of oppression. In the Murderbot Diaries, corporate indenture and slavery is common. Seed populations for new colonies are often sent off to hostile and un-terraformed planets without much say in the matter, and left to die. Many mining outposts are run on the company town model, or require food, medical treatment, etc. to be paid for in a system that essentially introduces generational slavery through debt. While Murderbot is aware of how fucked up these systems are, but they are a reality in its experience and may come up because of it.
Casual violence. I don't tend to lean into the gore, but MB gets injured regularly, and can deal more readily with things like losing limbs, etc., than the average human. It is also casually comfortable with committing acts of violence against its opponents, particularly in circumstances where it's protecting the people it cares about.
