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So what do we think of the Murderbot trailer over here?
I'm absolutely pumped. I can feel myself going into hyperfixation mode as we speak. I've always liked the books, but I seem to need visual media in order to really engage, and I'm engagaged.
Alexander Skarsgard is not what I'd expected MB to look like (or sound like) but as someone pointed out, he is very much what an evil megacorporation would think a 'standard' but threatening human would look like, so I can get behind it.
People have said that he is 'too gender' or 'too masculine' for the agender MB, but being agender has nothing to do with what you look like. I am agender and I look feminine. It's an inside thing not an outside thing.
If you see the short of MB being repaired, you will see that it has no nipples. I think that's a great detail. It also has no bulge - and really props to Skarsgard for not letting that worry him. I really appreciate both of these things.
Ratthi is just delightful (and very handsome, as is only right.)
Sanctuary Moon is just delightful too. I think I'll like it as much as Wormhole Xtreme.
Argh. I'm so excited rn. I can't wait!
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Date: 2025-04-12 08:43 pm (UTC)From:I haven't yet read the Murderbot books, but the trailer made me want to.
So the "nonbinary must equal androgynous appearance" myth is still around? Oof, it has staying power.
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Date: 2025-04-14 08:42 am (UTC)From:Oh it's definitely worth reading the books, although I would recommend the audiobooks even more. Kevin R. Free's read is delightful - very wry and deadpan.
Honestly, even in the book fandom, it's a luxury to have got as far as "nonbinary must equal androgynous appearance". Most people seem to still be at the "calling it 'it' doesn't seem respectful, he just seems like a he to me," stage. I suppose it'd great that there is something so far in the public eye that people are being forced to have these conversations.
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Date: 2025-04-14 09:03 am (UTC)From:Thanks for the rec of the audiobooks! I usually read with my eyes first (and am up to #2 of the series by this point), but I'll definitely check out the audiobooks upon rereading.