I don't think I've got any spoilers in my rant :) (It's mostly about what I hoped it might be that it wasn't, rather than what it actually was. But I suppose that's a spoiler too in its own way.
And yeah, I hadn't really stopped to think what the Murderbot Diaries might look like to people outside the queer/non-neurotypical community. We all tend to focus on Murderbot's relatable autistic traits and pronouns and the fact that the world is a very queer one, (and also the anti-slavery, anti-corporate themes.) But it suddenly occurred to me with a sinking feeling that that was probably not what the regular straight cis reader was seeing.
I have read a number of reviews from straight women too, who seem to think of MB as a desirable character who would come and rescue them, which is also an unfortunately more marketable pov than ours. But I admit to being impressed at how much MB appeals to absolutely everyone for various different reasons.
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I don't think I've got any spoilers in my rant :) (It's mostly about what I hoped it might be that it wasn't, rather than what it actually was. But I suppose that's a spoiler too in its own way.
And yeah, I hadn't really stopped to think what the Murderbot Diaries might look like to people outside the queer/non-neurotypical community. We all tend to focus on Murderbot's relatable autistic traits and pronouns and the fact that the world is a very queer one, (and also the anti-slavery, anti-corporate themes.) But it suddenly occurred to me with a sinking feeling that that was probably not what the regular straight cis reader was seeing.
I have read a number of reviews from straight women too, who seem to think of MB as a desirable character who would come and rescue them, which is also an unfortunately more marketable pov than ours. But I admit to being impressed at how much MB appeals to absolutely everyone for various different reasons.