for human, grossly underqualified

She/Her, past my prime, fully regressing To many fandoms hold my heart to commit to one

[hauntedchronicler]

thank you ao3 for always delivering what i need alongside insights into strange and beautiful lands of which i have no knowledge

[parkchanwoohoo]

[starlittirade]

I read something funny about rocky artificially increasing Graces lifespan and I wanted to doodle it ,,, okay that’s all

He’s so whimsical I love him

[htkavampire]

this is fine, statement.

[emziess]

You just gotta wake up. Project Hail Mary (2026) dir. Phil Lord, Chris Miller

[monsieurclavier]

the way the LIGHT goes out in grace's eyes. the way he'd have probably killed himself up there in space if rocky had died. even if he somehow managed to make himself live long enough for the mission he'd have gone to join rocky in death as soon as he could.

nope. i am not okay. and neither are you damn you

[acerbicangryeel]

Ooof this has infected my brain with, what if Rocky had died at this point. Or rather, what if Rocky had appeared to die. So Grace finishes the mission on his own, sends the beetles back and then makes the ardous trip to Erid instead of going home. Grace becomes basically suicidal and crazy, the only thing he can do is save Rocky's planet and bring his body back to Adrian.

Could maybe have a happy(?) ending where actually Rocky was in extended stasis and either he needed some type of medicine from his home world or just that amount of time to heal. Bonus points if I'm the mean time Grace has gone fully off the deep end and is also more than half starved. So fresh out of coma rocky is just like 'what happened to you?? 🥺'

Also also also, even more angst available if Grace actually killed Rocky by trying to help him (like he almost did in the book)

[hyenabrained]

they would

[gracerockyyes]

gLover boy

[gracerockyyes]

this is some goofy foreplay

[luni-of-the-valley]

It’s literally what happens in the book.

And I’m deep in the Project Hail Mary rabbit hole, please help me.

[zer0brainc3lls]

Rocky dumbing down his speech for Grace only reinforces the idea that Grace is a kid in the other Eridians eyes and multiple conversations are happening at once..

Eridian scientist: why did they send a baby to space?!

Rocky: Grace is not a baby. He’s a fully grown human and you all need to respect that-

At the same time another Eridian: the human is thirty!! Are you COMPLETELY sure he’s not a child? He’s barely coordinated!

Rocky: Grace is very sick!! Of course he’s not coordinated you fucking idiot-

ALSO at the same time: did you not think to teach him how to understand us properly?? Let alone communicate with us.

Rocky: he doesn’t have the vocal cords for most of our sounds!! And we were WORKING on him being able to understand proper speech but he’s delirious?! The fact he’s conscious is a miracle-

Grace who is visible stressed and half covering his ears but also trying to listen: what’s going on?? I can’t hear you guys it’s too loud- Rocky what’s going on?!

Rocky: apology apology other Eridians ask dumb dumb dumb questions, Rocky tell Grace later. Grace sleep now Rocky handle.

Grace just nods with bleary eyes and knocks out almost immediately, and the other Eridians are giving Rocky the equivalent of a raised eyebrow in unison.

[zer0brainc3lls]

IM LOSING IT EVERYONE ON THIS POST IS HILARIOUS idk why its on light mode

[meburgers]

[mossiistars]

this was the first phm thing i drew i wish i was joking

[starcures]

new boot goofin

[enthyrea]

rocky learn about human tattoos on portable earth thinking machine

[asteronomical]

i love gracerocky where rocky gets possessive with grace but theyre still en route to erid. cuz its like. what are you even competing with buddy? its just the two of you there for a couple million miles in all directions. such a silly guy. i love him.

imagine rocky standing between the cameras and grace cuz he should be the only one perceiving grace at all times. imagine rocky stuffing a claw into grace's mouth to muffle his moans because no one else should be able to hear it, not even mary.

there's a festering desire in rocky's hearts that tells him he should be grace's everything. that he should be able to provide grace with all the things he needs and wants so he'll never rely on another person ever again. just rocky, for the rest of time. yeah.

[emperor-gaozu-of-han]

getting followed by porn bots is weird and that’s coming from a guy with multiple 🥵 concubines

[emperor-gaozu-of-han]

this is really resonating with the subjects

[qin-shi-huang-di]

step aside you old cut-sleeve, i shall court these maidens!

[emperor-gaozu-of-han]

I’m an emperor actually @chasingtheskyline

[qin-shi-huang-di]

the marquis of homo WISHES he had a fraction of my imperial glory!

[emperor-gaozu-of-han]

right so i’m one of the most well regarded emperors in the history of china and you’re the guy who had to put “shut up about the mercury” in his bio

[qin-shi-huang-di]

I AM NOT OWNED! I AM NOT OWNED!!!

I AM A GLORIOUS EMPEROR, I CAN EARN THE LOVE OF MY CITIZENS!

I AM A GLORIOUS EMPEROR, I CAN ADEQUATELY PREPARE MY SUCCESSOR!

I AM A GLORIOUS EMPEROR, I CAN ESTABLISH A STABLE DYNASTY!

[diet-poison]

the Terracotta Army guy?

[qin-shi-huang-di]

🙄 you build ONE funerary complex with 8000 life-sized statues of soldiers, horses and generals and suddenly you’re “the terracotta army guy.” 🙄 execution.

[slimlimit]

Stumbling across this makes me feel like a dad whos walked into their kids room beer in hand and seeing them roleplay starwars fights i do not belong here but god its entertaining

[emperor-gaozu-of-han]

to be clear in this scenario im the jedi and im winning

[cute-catts]

[adinosaurnamedmittens]

[filthywine]

I don't care. I'm in the crevice