TMBD Metas and Headcanons
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Preservation Alliance, Politics and World-Building by Gamebird
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
03 Mar 2023
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An overview of the worlds in the Preservation Alliance, their features, and the social structure of Preservation itself.
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- Part 1 of TMBD Metas and Headcanons
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A ComfortUnit lists some of the uses it has been put to over the years.
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- Part 2 of TMBD Metas and Headcanons
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The differences between a Combat SecUnit and a SecUnit in my headcanon, or 'What does it mean to be combat-rated in TMBD?'
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- Part 3 of TMBD Metas and Headcanons
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A study of the metric 'performance reliability' as used in canon.
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- Part 4 of TMBD Metas and Headcanons
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Inspired by a lovely post on Tumblr by scificrows, I thought I should take a look at what SecUnit canonically says it does or doesn't care about.
Valid through FT/NE, does not include SC.
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- Part 5 of TMBD Metas and Headcanons
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An Analysis of the Canonical Buffer Statements by Gamebird, Rosewind2007
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
24 Jun 2023
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I put this together so as to create a list of exactly what has been said as a buffer statement, the conditions under which they were used, and anything else that's been said in canon about them.
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- Part 6 of TMBD Metas and Headcanons
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- Part 7 of TMBD Metas and Headcanons
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Murderbot as a Sexual Abuse Survivor by Gamebird
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
30 Mar 2024
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- Part 8 of TMBD Metas and Headcanons
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Package engineering is a fascinating subject. (No, really, it is! It has all these implications for how your society is structured!) I was recently inspired by a conversation about packaging for eggs, which sent me into considering the various forms of packaging we see in TMBD, and of course, what they mean.
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- Part 9 of TMBD Metas and Headcanons
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Curses and swears in The Murderbot Diaries universe. Feel free to recommend more in the comments!
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- Part 10 of TMBD Metas and Headcanons
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Hold My Beer - A Meta about Intoxicants in TMBD by Gamebird
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
03 Dec 2023
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- Part 11 of TMBD Metas and Headcanons
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What does it mean to be augmented? by Gamebird
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
04 Apr 2024
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Someone asked a fascinating question on Tumblr: what does it mean to be augmented? I thought to myself that would be an easy question to answer with a quick word search of the epub files! I was hilariously wrong.
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- Part 12 of TMBD Metas and Headcanons
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A meta about how Murderbot misuses words and muses on their meanings.
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- Part 13 of TMBD Metas and Headcanons
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I examine what people in the Murderbot Diaries universe know about SecUnits.
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- Part 14 of TMBD Metas and Headcanons
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An exploration of what canon sources say of Murderbot's appearance.
Written in collaboration with bruised_fruit.
Additions from eyeonthenightsky and limitedhorizons. (See Comments for other additions and discussion.)
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- Part 15 of TMBD Metas and Headcanons
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List of Named or Designated Characters by Gamebird, Rosewind2007
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells, Murderbot (TV)
13 Jan 2026
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A list of named or designated characters in The Murderbot Diaries books, associated/confirmed short stories, and Murderbot TV show, with analysis of naming conventions and choices.
Additional analysis regarding pronouns and augmentation.
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- Part 16 of TMBD Metas and Headcanons
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The Murderbot Diaries Canon Timeline by Gamebird
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
27 Mar 2026
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A timeline of all canon events in TMBD, with footnotes.
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- Part 17 of TMBD Metas and Headcanons