#was on the road + in the snow

[foxsoulcourt]

What are your thoughts on the Murderbot book series? I've been thinking of getting into it and noticed you reblog stuff about it occasionally ☀️🌸

Dear Nonny,

Thank you so much for noticing my MB posts, sending this ask + your patience while I answered it. Here’s a two part response.

First, the condensed version of @fuzzballsheltiepants' sales pitch which hooked me:

OK SO! Take an agender, asexual, snarky and sarcastic autistic human-robot construct who has been a slave for its entire life, give it found family, freedom, and anxiety, and turn it loose in a universe in which almost nobody is white or straight. Add a talking spaceship and a background anti-capitalistic message and voila! Brilliance!

with a VERY important addition from @tntwme:

It’s also addicted to trashy tv.

Second, my experience of the series:

I don't read Sci-Fi. At all. Ditto anything to do w/robots or AI. Not even much fantasy. I cannot overstate this. Partially it's because space-as-a-concept creeps me out: it's literally untethered from the Earth, there's no sunlight + so.many.stories take place in small spaces. All three of those aspects disturb me. Machines + AI do not engage me. Finally, I came of age when when a lot of SciFi was written by white cis het men. Navigating misogyny + patriarchy in daily life was enough; I wasn't interested in reading about a future where these two systemic forces had not been replaced with something more equitable. (NOTE: I am reading an Octavia Butler book (Kindred) + I KNOW: Ursula K LeGuin, but haven't gotten there yet. I've also watched The Martian (enjoyed it very much) + some other similar movies, but only because someone lobbied me hard to do so.) HOWEVER. H O W E V E R. I looooooove this series. This came as a HUGE surprise! The aspect of MB's journey I resonate most DeEpLy with is its quest to disconnect from being programmed by unseen forces + instead take responsibility for its own agency. D A M N, if that hasn't been the story of my life these past 5 years, especially this last one. Another thing which surprised me --someone allergic to sarcasm-- I LOVE ITS SARCASTIC HUMOUR! I LOVE witnessing MB learn how to interact w/others. I LOVE many of the other characters.

There you go dear one! I cannot say anything more because it would spoil YOU from enjoying the experience yourself. I hope you take the plunge + then circle back to tell me about YOUR experience w/the series, trusting that if you don't like it, that's OK too!

With love 💜,

foxsoulcourt / Fox / Cory

P.S. When/if you do read it, 10/10 recommend reading the articles + books in this, chronological, order:

The Future of Work: Compulsory (short story, 2018)

All Systems Red (2017)

Artificial Condition (2018)

Rogue Protocol (2018)

Exit Strategy (2018)

Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory (short story, 2020)

Fugitive Telemetry (2021)

Network Effect (2020)

#anon ask #the murderbot diaries #ty for your patience while i responded #was on the road + in the snow #book recommendations #thank GOODNESS for fuzzy who nudged me ever so carefully + persistently until i jumped #i'm soooooo curious if you'll find this helpful

[taikova]

happy holidays! here's luffy and chopper wandering.

#one piece #tony tony chopper #monkey d. luffy #winter #snow #taiart #one piece fan art #i love when chopper #drawing luffy's bare legs and sandals in the snow hurt me #i've drawn characters next to road signs twice now ill make this into a trademark yet

[ur-daily-inspiration]

#winter #snow #landscape #paradise #nature #adventure #explore #travel #travelling #photography #cottagecore #naturecore #forest #road trip #photographers on tumblr

[geopsych]

Road to the clouds, winter 2020.

#pennsylvania #landscape #snow #road #winter #2020

[emh-photos-art]

Photo set includes three images of trees with a sunrise behind them, a winter landscape, and two brown leaves with snow in the background.

#tree #branch #sunrise #pink #red #sky #dawn #orange #cloud #snow #leaf #leaves #road #path #land #scape #two #macro #brown #white #winter #frozen #cold #ice #photos #nature #natural #plant #outdoor #outside

[sanseterrer]

Blue cold

#winter #december #nature #aesthetic #cottagecore #photography #winter aesthetic #winter photography #snow #winter landscapes #landscapes #landscapes photography #winter trees #winter dusk #winter twilight #nature photography #nature aesthetic #naturecore #cottagecore aesthetic #winter cottagecore #blue hour #winter roads

[tomohirosibuyahappyanimals]

Residential Area of Heavy Snow

#Kitsuko #Risuko #colored pencil #car #snow #road

[michaelnordeman]

You never know what is waiting for you around the corner. Värmland, Sweden (November 29, 2020).

#forest #forest road #roe deer #field #snow

[aestum]

(by Chris Andrawes)

#vertical #landscape #x #a #watsf #curators on tumblr #trees #mountain #Chris Andrawes #snow #road #snowfall #Skippers Canyon #Queenstown #New Zealand

[heartnosekid]

domsli22 on ig

#stim #winter #nature #snow #sfw #white #teal #blue #gray #grey #black #trees #cars #roads #skies #hands free #ishy gifs #postish

[expressions-of-nature]

Wah Wah Mountains, Utah by YF Wu

#mountains #road #snow #landscape #utah #nature #travel #curators on tumblr #uploads

[ur-daily-inspiration]

Winter Roadtrips in Alaska ❄️ By williamfrohne

#landscape #paradise #nature #adventure #explore #travel #travelling #photography #snow #winter #photographers on tumblr #alaska #naturecore #road trip #cottagecore

[expelliarmus]

#mine #doctor who #dwedit #david tennant #catherine tate #the doctor: I WAS RIGHT!!!! we may die but I WAS RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!! #i've been meaning to gif this all week but then other gifsets got in the way lol #HELLO FRIENDS IT IS VERY COLD #yesterday it took me 3 hours to drive home from work #it was an absolutely terrible experience. do not recommend #so then i took the day off today because i didn't want to go back out there #but it seems to be a lot better.... just very cold.... #i should add it took me 3 hours because of a tiny amount of snow that turned the roads to ice #fun times!!! #edit: oh no... not showing in the tags #i hope it magically fixes itself later :(

[geopsych]

Along a country road, January 2020.

#pennsylvania #landscape #snow #country road #january #winter

[fluffygif]

Amazing winter 🤍

#winter #road #amazing #snow #mountains #explore #travel #awesome

[bebs-art-gallery]

Foggy Winter

— by James O’Brien (Vadim Ignatiev)

#painting #art #winter #oil on canvas #oil painting #december #road trip #snow #winter nights #artblr #dark academia #romantic academia #wintercore #academia aesthetic #winter aesthetic #christmas #xmas #dreamcore #silent night #aesthetic #artist #artists #art community #art blog #art gallery