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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.

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   English

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   Bookmarked by Forgottenpast22

   11 Dec 2025

2. Public Bookmark *

   Contingency Plan by Kiraly

   Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells  

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   26 Sep 2020

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Asshole Research Transport & Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries)
   • Amena & Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries)
   • Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries)
   • Asshole Research Transport (Murderbot Diaries)
   • Amena (Murderbot Diaries)
   • Original Non-Binary Character
   • Iris (Murderbot Diaries)
   • Huddling For Warmth
   • Awkward Conversations
   • Missions Gone Wrong
   • Post-Network Effect

   Summary

   When students from the Pansystem University of Mihira and New Tideland take a field trip to a seed vault on a frozen planet, their SecUnit/Security Consultant/Babysitter makes all kinds of plans to ensure everyone gets home safely. Of course, things don't go exactly as planned.

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   English

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   Chapters:

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   10 Dec 2025

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   unexpected object in ventilation system by CompletelyDifferent

   Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells  

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

   19 Nov 2023

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Asshole Research Transport & Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries)
   • Iris (Murderbot Diaries)
   • Kaede (Murderbot Diaries)
   • Asshole Research Transport (Murderbot Diaries)
   • Hanahaki Disease
   • Platonic Relationships
   • post-artificial condition

   Summary

   When people are overwhelmed with feelings they won't (or can't) admit, it causes them to vomit out flowers. Love is a particularly common culrpit. And yes, it's been an enduring symbol of enduring love for humanity since time immemorial, yadda yadda, truth is, in reality, it's kind of a pain to deal with. Kaede's picked roses and daises from her teeth more times than she'd care to admit, and helped friends hack out lilies even more. She knows the drill.

   Someone on board The Perihelion has a bad case of The Petals, and she's determined to track down who.

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   English

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   09 Dec 2025

4. Public Bookmark 19

   Campfire by CompletelyDifferent

   Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells  

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

   05 Aug 2023

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Murderbot & PreservationAux Survey Team (Murderbot Diaries)
   • Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries)
   • Dr. Mensah (Murderbot Diaries)
   • PreservationAux Survey Team (Murderbot Diaries)
   • Mixed Media
   • co created by Parker G

   Summary

   Stupid humans with their stupid extracurricular activities, like their stupid hiking and stupid flimsy outdoor shelters and stupid setting things ablaze.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   1,998

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Comments:

   16

   Kudos:

   227

   Bookmarks:

   19

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   09 Dec 2025

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   (only) have to ask by CompletelyDifferent

   Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells  

   • Not Rated
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   15 May 2023

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Dr. Mensah & Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries)
   • Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries)
   • Dr. Mensah (Murderbot Diaries)
   • Asshole Research Transport (Murderbot Diaries)
   • Pin-Lee (Murderbot Diaries)
   • Queer-Platonic Relationship
   • Mutual Pining
   • in a non-romantic sense
   • because for intelligent characters they can both be very stupid

   Summary

   After a long legal battle, the law insisting constructs have guardians within the Preservation Alliance has been revised. Now Murderbot and Dr. Mensah have to figure out what they are to each other outside that framework.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   6,253

   Chapters:

   3/3

   Collections:

   1

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   82

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   570

   Bookmarks:

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   Bookmarked by Forgottenpast22

   09 Dec 2025