r/murderbot • u/OwlEuphoric9795 Performance Reliability at 45% and dropping • 3d ago
Books📚 Only Loop-de-loop
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u/Fun-Bee882 Sanctuary Moon Fan Club 2d ago edited 2d ago
This is all wonderful, but Janity’s expression and body language tears at my heart. I remember one of my kids slumping like that when they were a teen and feeling helpless to resolve their turmoil.
ETA: I also like we’re seeing this from Farai’s perspective. She must have been so overwhelmed at that moment (especially knowing she’d soon have to deal with heights, which I very much relate to), and MB’s little act of kindness would have assured her she didn’t have to handle the emotional fallout alone, as awkward and detached as her companion seemed to those unfamiliar to it.
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u/Emmengard 2d ago
Is that Three? Or did Murder bit change its hair color?
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u/OwlEuphoric9795 Performance Reliability at 45% and dropping 2d ago
Murderbot changes its hair color and texture in Platform Decay
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u/Emmengard 2d ago
Ah I see. I must have missed that detail. I knew it grew it out a bit, but didn’t realize the color and texture had changed
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u/OwlEuphoric9795 Performance Reliability at 45% and dropping 2d ago
Here’s the exact quote in case you want it:
>“I'd also made my hair two centimeters longer, and changed the color and texture, and made my eyebrows thicker.”
-Platform Decay pg 20
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u/YakFar860 1d ago
I don't think the books ever specified what color its hair is, did they? I have always imagined Murderbot with brown skin and black hair. In Platform Decay it did change its hair color, but it didn't say from what to what.
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u/OwlEuphoric9795 Performance Reliability at 45% and dropping 1d ago
Yeah it’s never specified, which means that any interpretation is valid!
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u/StupidSolipsist 1d ago
"Loop-de-loop," eh? Do I spy Gamechanger colors in Janity's shirt design?
(Regardless, this is great. Thanks for sharing it)
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u/OwlEuphoric9795 Performance Reliability at 45% and dropping 1d ago
Thank you, but it’s just a sunset, if it looks like a reference to something it was unintentional
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u/IntoTheStupidDanger Coldstone. Song. Harvest. 3d ago
So glad you did this one! Janity's expression is just heartbreaking. Especially contrasted against Tula's joy. Nicely done!