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Have you imagined what will happen if everyone survived?

Just imagine the 20 Rock people showing up be roommates with the ryland grace

But other humans survive but all the rock people die

Them just adopting the random rock person

Or all of them survive that one of the very chaotic

there's already multiple fics about everyone on the hail mary surviving the trip so ill think about the other scenario instead, and realistically I think if all the Eridians survived the trip they would've been done with their mission decades ago and went home with the taumoeba even before Grace was born, BUT!

I like the thought of Grace being surrounded by 23 Eridians all curious and worried about him :-)

altalemur

I will imagine it is Eridian!Yao and Eridian!Ilyukhina who survive because the astrophage storage protected 3 out of 23 Eridians. That way i still get sole survivor Grace with my alive Yao and Ilyukhina.

#project hail mary

teddy-boar

Eridians can't forget. Eridians are physically incapable of forgetting things. Unlike humans' fragile memory, Eridians’ every waking moment is recorded and stored in their brain, and every piece of information is easily accessed within a fraction of a second. Every meeting, every name, every new experience, every event, every goodbye, every laugh, every heartbreak. An Eridian can never forget.

Yet, lately, Rocky finds himself absentminded.

He would wake up from a deep slumber and chirp a habitual 'Good morning' to his human mate.

He would get a great idea for a project, and his first instinct would be to go find Grace and tell him about it.

He would imagine his human's presence behind him, and he would turn around with 'Grace!' already poised to whistle between his vents, as the chord would fizzle out into the silent emptiness.

Lately, Rocky finds himself forgetting that his Grace is gone.

As if, as he went, he took with him an intrinsic part within Rocky, a part that made Eridians incapable of forgetting. A part that made Rocky Eridian.

Decades of solitude in deep space has irrevocably changed him. But decades spent alongside his alien mate has equally altered him as well.

Rocky was no more human than Grace was, and Grace was no more Eridian than Rocky was. But together, they created something whole. And now that he's gone, Rocky has lost a piece of himself in the process.

Rocky is broken. Adrian has affirmed it. Psychology Eridians have affirmed it. Biology Eridians have affirmed it, no Eridian can ever forget, that's impossible.

But Rocky is no stranger to the impossible. And Rocky doesn't mind that it makes him crazy, or a freak, or irreversibly broken. Not if it means just for one fleeting, singular moment, his Grace can still be alive in his mind.

#project hail mary

I do like getting all of Ryan Gosling's characters to make a family for "doesn't even have a dog" Ryland Grace. I really do. But...

Ryland Grace playing with a Ken doll while he's alone on the Hail Mary, creating elaborate stories about betrayed stunt men, virtual reality NPCs, etc while trying to figure out who he is.

#project hail mary #ryland grace #my post

marinaqua

“What if women had minstrel cycles instead of menstrual cycles? You’d just have a guy with a lute follow you around for a week every month and play you songs constantly?”

—

My boyfriend (via thecarrionlibrarian)

#no but can you imagine if that was how you learned once a month you weren’t pregnant#by some dude singing songs about the victory of it#you wake up and he’s there and you are so happy#this dude becomes your favorite dude#but then you realize you haven’t seen your friend’s minstrel in a while#I mean everyone notices#like half the people are on the same cycle so for one week out of four your job is just flooded with fucking minstrels everywhere#the cacophony#but Mary over there is all alone#and she’s like my minstrel is late#but we all fucking know#her minstrel has gone off to find her a baby#a nine month journey he must make alone#and until he comes back there is no music in her life#what a glorious world this would be#I love the minstrels (@onionjuggler)

altalemur

It would not be a human minstrel. I am imagining a stork version of Alan-a-day from the furry Robin Hood.

Ah yes. Wrestling with self loathing past midnight as I am wont to do. Instead of just going the fuck to sleep

#my post

aroace-ryland-grace

some bouncing off the walls bullshit happening here

aroace-ryland-grace

this one is very important to me

altalemur

My favorite is the upside-down Eridian kid with all their limbs in the air.

radioactive-earthshine

Not sure why it's a new trend among fic readers to assume if the fic has not been posted within the week it's inappropriate to comment on it, like the fic has to be hot out of the oven to give feedback for.

I got a comment on a fic that is less than a year old and it was mostly an apology for being a comment on an "old fic" and how late they were in commenting.

Just comment on the fic. Doesn't matter how old it is.

mysteryteacup

Fandom is not social media.

Fandom is not trends.

Fandom is a cross between a library and having a slumber party with your friends.

"Old" means nothing to fic.

altalemur

I once got a comment on a fic posted on the reader's birth date. That fic was old.

undeadghosty

Baby Beef Doodles before bed

undeadghosty

Dad Shroud; Trans Elliot Edition

batmanisagatewaydrug

a while back I reblogged a post pointing out that it's totally reasonable to have a crush on someone and just Not Act On It, Ever, At All, and I cannot stop thinking about the sweet souls in the notes who seemed baffled as to why anyone would ever want to leave a crush unspoken. absolutely fascinating life experience you must be having if that's not a possibility that's ever even cropped up, I have to say. I don't think it's unforgivably naive or anything but it does warrant further study.

altalemur

99% of my crushes are unspoken.

adhd-alien

theconcealedweapon

Whenever the phrase "bullying someone for being autistic" is mentioned, people always imagine a child mocking a visibly autistic classmate.

And that's because adults love punishing children but hate holding themselves and other adults accountable.

When I hear the phrase "bullying someone for being autistic", this is what comes to mind:

Spanking your child for their tone, facial expression, or body language.

Adding hidden meanings to what someone says then reprimanding them for those hidden meanings you added.

Taking it as an argument when someone asks for a reason.

Assuming that someone is guilty of something because they can't maintain a straight face when denying it.

Labeling someone as "smart" because of one special talent and expecting them to be smart at everything else also.

Using "you did it before" as a reason to expect something, ignoring any possibility of the situation being different this time.

Expecting socializing to be as easy as "just talk to people".

Judging someone for doing something wrong without telling them specifically what they did wrong and what they should have done instead.

Requiring someone to pass an interview in order to get a job.

Judging someone for living with their parents as an adult.

Believing that someone is suspicious or on drugs because they're acting different.

Believing that using drugs is a moral failure deserving of punishment.

Abusive therapies that cause pain in order to force someone into hiding their differences.

Police literally murdering people for misinterpreting unclear orders (Philando Castile) or for something mistaken as a threat (Sonya Massey).

But that's not what most people think of. When adults bully, it's considered normal. It's considered a fact of life that people are supposed to just deal with. When they punish a child for being a bully, it's not because they're morally opposed to bullying and want to make society better. It's because they get a chance to feel righteous without having to be critical of their own actions.

theconcealedweapon

Some women are conditioned to be fragile and weak, and to believe that it's a sin to outperform a man. Her feminism would involve allowing women to be strong.

Some women are expected to be strong at times when they can't. Her feminism would involve reassuring her that it's okay to not be strong.

Some neurodivergent people are raised to believe that they're too stupid to ever amount to anything. Their disability activism would involve reassuring them that they're capable.

Some neurodivergent people are raised to believe that they're smart and gifted, and are expected to live up to impossible standards. Their disability activism would involve allowing them to fail, make mistakes, be stupid, etc.

Some children are constantly reminded "you're the child, I'm the adult" in order to deny their autonomy. Their youth rights activism would involve treating them like an adult at times when they feel ready for it.

Some children are treated like adults in order to justify increased expectations or to downplay abuse against them. Their youth rights activism would involve allowing them to be a child.

There is no one-size-fits-all solution to oppression. Each individual person's experience is different. Whatever trauma is caused by their oppression, the activism should focus on undoing it.

frigyacrowfox

Do what you feel is right and comfortable to fight back against your oppression. You got this folks and friends!

mustprotectchopper

captaincrusher

Julian delivering medical news in a crowded bar is very symbolic of his relationship to medical ethics.

kallister-kaleidoscope

Julian Bad Bitch Bashir knows full well that all Quark cares about is the malpractice money and Fuck all else. Plus Medical Ethics started the fight with Julian, so he’s allowed to be a little pissy with it.

altalemur

The only reason there is drama in this episode is because Quark told Rom "the fuck does Bashir know?" Bashir would not have misdiagnosed Quark (because Bashir can't be bribed by Quark's political enemies. Come on, this whole episode was a set up by Brunt) and Bashir willingly escalates the drama because of Quark's snub.

feministism

altalemur

if i remember my anthropology, the two “genders” (in male patriarchy) are divided by a taboo line. crossing that taboo line of a woman acting masculine is empowering, and only really allowed temporarily. and it just reinforces that being a man is better than being a woman. so what society perceives as a woman grabbing for male power is understandable, but ultimately needs to be corrected if it goes on for long.

meanwhile, a man crossing the taboo line for the feminine is a direct contradiction that being a man is better than being a woman. a man (or in this case a little boy) wanting something that’s associated with the feminine is much less understandable from a patriarchal point of view. and any “correction” of behavior is a lot swifter.

this isn’t about being transgender. it’s about performing roles in society. but it is applicable to the experience of being transgender.