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I think I have read all the stories. Not once had I imagined the bot as anything other that androgynous but slightly feminine. Did I miss some passages?
I think it's left pretty open to interpretation. Murderbot is strongly agender in the books, but the text doesn't specify androgyny that I can recall. I do know the Martha Wells has been pretty involved in this and seems to really support the interpretation that Apple TV+ has developed.
That's how I read them, too. But my colleague watched the trailer with me and was surprised they were n't more buff and masculine, because that's his read on the character. He thought Murderbot thought like a guy.
I think its great people can have such connection to a character but wildly different interpretations of whatb they look like!