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   choiceless hope in grief by avg (AnxiousEspada)

   Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells  

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • Major Character Death
   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   20 Aug 2021

   Tags

   • Major Character Death
   • Dr. Mensah & Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries)
   • Murderbot & PreservationAux Survey Team (Murderbot Diaries)
   • Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries)
   • Dr. Mensah (Murderbot Diaries)
   • Dr. Gurathin (Murderbot Diaries)
   • Dr. Ratthi (Murderbot Diaries)
   • PreservationAux Survey Team (Murderbot Diaries)
   • Temporary Character Death
   • PresAux want to celebrate Murderbot’s birthday
   • Murderbot thinks they’re celebrating its due death date
   • Angst
   • Death
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • it gets fixed dont worry!!!
   • heavy but with hope
   • Miscommunication
   • Thinking About Death

   Summary

   SecUnits are pre-programmed to die fifty years after initial activation. Murderbot doesn’t know that its humans want to celebrate its birthday, and said humans do not expect it to suddenly shut down.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   5,147

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Comments:

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   888

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   Bookmarked by beanliege (BeanLiege)

   24 Feb 2026

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   Reckless Extracurriculars by scheidswrites for GrayShade

   Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells  

   • General Audiences
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   19 Jan 2023

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries)
   • Amena (Murderbot Diaries)
   • Seth (Murderbot Diaries)
   • Martyn (Murderbot Diaries)
   • Perihelion Crew (Murderbot Diaries)
   • Original Characters
   • Asshole Research Transport (Murderbot Diaries)
   • Post-Canon
   • POV Outsider
   • Research
   • Action/Adventure
   • Blood and Injury
   • Happy Ending
   • Pansystem University of Mihira and New Tideland
   • Language

   Summary

   A new batch of PUMNT students are onboard the Perihelion for some practical research/survey experience. The planet is supposedly very safe, the Security Consultant is paranoid and overprepared...what could possibly go wrong?

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   6,776

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Collections:

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   Comments:

   142

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   914

   Bookmarks:

   195

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   Bookmarked by beanliege (BeanLiege)

   24 Feb 2026

3. Rec 90

   One Left by Polyhexian

   Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells  

   • General Audiences
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   14 May 2025

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • ART | Perihelion & Iris
   • Iris (Murderbot Diaries)
   • ART | Perihelion
   • Perihelion Crew (Murderbot Diaries)
   • SecUnit 3 (Murderbot Diaries)
   • Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries)
   • POV Third Person
   • One Shot
   • Post-Book 7: System Collapse
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • God when did I forget how to tag fics
   • Implied/Referenced Torture
   • ART | Perihelion and Iris are Like Siblings
   • this is mostly dialogue

   Summary

   She opened her mouth to speak.
   Don’t, said Peri. She shut her mouth. SecUnit is fine.
   Iris hesitated. It doesn't look fine.
   SecUnit is experiencing an emotion. I have it under control. You don't need to stay.
   But…
   Apologies, Iris. You would only make it worse.

   Language:

   English

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   24 Feb 2026

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   Family Portrait by ramshackle_fey

   Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells  

   • General Audiences
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   19 Aug 2024

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Farai/Dr. Mensah/Tano (Murderbot Diaries)
   • Asshole Research Transport & Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries)
   • Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries)
   • Asshole Research Transport (Murderbot Diaries)
   • Dr. Mensah (Murderbot Diaries)
   • Dr. Mensah's Child(ren) (Murderbot Diaries)
   • Tano (Murderbot Diaries)
   • Farai (Murderbot Diaries)
   • Post-Canon
   • receive love dumbass
   • Bullying
   • kids be little shits to each other don't they
   • No betas we die like secunits
   • mensah is good parent

   Summary

   Turns out that if you save the lives of a bunch of kids' family members (multiple times), they might just decide you're pretty cool. Whether you like it or not.

   Language:

   English

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   Chapters:

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   Comments:

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   24 Feb 2026

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   (I Was) Never Made for This by Lillow for Sarahluannart

   Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells  

   • General Audiences
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   01 Jan 2022

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries)
   • Dr. Volescu (Murderbot Diaries)
   • Dr. Mensah (Murderbot Diaries)
   • Dr. Ratthi (Murderbot Diaries)
   • Asshole Research Transport (Murderbot Diaries)
   • Fluff
   • Mild Angst
   • but then its fluffy again
   • Mensah gets a blanket
   • ART gets a blanket
   • 2022 Murderbot Diaries New Year Gift Exchange

   Summary

   Murderbot participates in a Preservation holiday gift exchange where it has to hand make something for one of its humans.

   There are three problems with this:

   1) It draws Mensah's name, of all people
   2) It has no idea how to make anything
   3) And it's not even sure it's capable of such a thing, seeing as its a terrifying rogue murderbot and all.

   It's a good thing it has humans who can help it.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

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   Chapters:

   1/1

   Collections:

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   24 Feb 2026