I see a lot of "Simon meeting Grace and Rocky, and immediately body slams Grace to the floor". I see a lot of "Simon meeting Grace and Rocky and believing that he'd dead/Grace is an angel". There's nothing wrong with either option, both are equally fun to play around with.
But you know what I want to see?
Simon behaving.
Simon cooperating, following every 'command' (aka, Grace asking Simon to let them help). Simon staying in the med bay. Letting Armando patch his wounds. Answering Grace and Rocky's questions even if it makes him uncomfortable. Simon being willing to do anything they ask, no matter how scared or confused he is.
Bonus points if they pull him from the SM-13 and keep it on board. They actually just want to study it, but Simon is fully convinced that it's an unspoken threat. 'Behave, or we'll put you back.'
Give me a Simon who spent the last days of his 'life' fighting those who were giving him orders. Days battling, days growling and snarling and snapping at anything that got too close. Give me a Simon who's tired. Who just wants to be left alone, but who suddenly has this guy asking him all kinds of uncomfortable questions about what happened to him. Who's terrified of Rocky, but lets the alien watch him sleep because heck, he wouldn't trust himself either.
Give me a broken abused shelter dog of a man, who bows his head and follows the one holding the leash because he's too exhausted to fight a losing battle anymore. A Simon who doesn't realize that Grace isn't holding any leash. Give me a Simon who, despite Grace's best efforts, responds to any and all requests with a meek "Yes, Sir." because he doesn't want to know what these strangers will do to him if he doesn't address them with proper respect.
He doesn't want to go back. He never wants to go back. And he'll do whatever these strangers want to ensure they never have a reason to punish him. The first time he breaks, the first time he says no to someone, Simon is screaming, crying, tucking himself into a corner as tightly as he can, all while begging Grace and Rocky not to send him back. And that's when Grace realizes.
It must be horrible losing your mind when that’s always been the one thing you can rely on.
((And BOY howdy I sure hope he doesn’t have any trauma around being sedated -))
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((In case anyone has a had time reading it: Rylands thoughts below the cut!))
“Where- am I? It’s so dark. Another SM? No. That’s not right Grace. Think! Who is this with me? What’s wrong with him- he has so many faces- that’s not it- either. It’s not him it’s me. There’s something wrong with me! I know that but what. Why can’t I remember.
“My mind feels like is splitting in two” (I should be dead, it hurts I feel sick)
“My face. What’s on my face!”
“GET IT OFF”
“Hes hurting me! Hes killing me!”
“I have to go I have to run!”
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This is gonna get a little more GNARLY than I intended so head my TW in the tags 🙏😭
i really really really love the idea of eridians hearing absolutely everything in a human body and being able to predict an episode of something, similarly to how medical alert service dogs can
Simon can not get a break from these BLIPS!!! Here’s a silly reverse AU timeline for you 😭✨💗
Simon gets stuck for several moths trying to decipher notes from the researchers who died in transit. Right when he’s about to give up and accept his fate a mad scientist from a fucked timeline appears in a bloody submarine. Then not too long after that Rocky’s crazy ass finishes his solo mission to find his mate 😭💗🫶
Had to update my Simon design before we get deeper into the reverse AU stuff. Reverse AU Simon you mean so much to me 😭
TATTOO TOUR!!!
-bad stick and poke tattoos from his teenage incarnation days
-BIG old tree on the back of his neck to cover his cult brand after he was released in his mid 20s.
-Ephesians 1:7 after he healed the worst of his religious trauma and found new comfort in the idea of god (he’s agnostic) this is the verse: “In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace”
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-The old scars are from cult punishments (only the deepest ones are still visible)
-His nose scar is the most recent he got it in the explosion just before being sent off on the Hail Mary.
-He wears a lot of grays and blues and greens 🚬😔 and he loves plants so much. He misses trees so bad.
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