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[blockmultiverse]

Do you think Eva Stratt became haunted by the color yellow? Do you think she can deal with the statues of the Hail Mary crew, the heroic praises of a hero image she helped prop up, do you think she can distance herself from the smiling statues and plaques because this isn't the Grace she knows and that separation keeps her afloat?

Do you think the color yellow haunts her? Do you think she has come to fear, almost loathe the color most associated with joy? Do you think it reminds her of the day she made her decision that damned a man to death and saved the world at the same time?

Do you think, when the sun finally brightens, Eva can't help but think the golden rays of light as the back of a fleeing raincoat?

[argumate]

I keep thinking this! very frustrating

[argumate]

fuck!

[fluffyloopine]

Bnuuyfrin sketch

[fluffyloopine]

CatLoop

[fluffyloopine]

And Sloop

[blockmultiverse]

Project Hail Mary and Iron Lung: It's alot more bleak than we think

Just throwing it out there, I think the stars are going to die anyway. We saved Earth and we saved Erid, but that was assuming their stars had orbiting planets that could sustain the Taumoeba. How can the Taumoeba possibly be nurtured in interstellar solar systems that lack the necessary conditions for the Taumoeba to even EAT the Astrophage.

I'm not saying it's hopeless, because Earth and Erid are saved, but what about all the other stars? We rely on the stars for navigation, we'll eventually lose centuries of cultural inspiration. I'm not well-versed, but if the Astrophage problem is so widespread then that means we'll be looking at a much darker universe.

And that brings Iron Lung into the equation. It would make sense for the Quiet Rapture to become this. What happens if Taumoeba fails, what if the sun dies again? Simon was on a space station, orbiting Mars I think, when the stars went away.

If the sun disappeared now, it would take us eight minutes to notice the darkness. How much more for people who live in space? When the stars go out and the light is lost, they can't rely on simple methods to detect planetary bodies. All the likelihood, any of those who DO try to orbit or land on planets they find, crash. Not to mention there's the issue of food and population. Who can possibly bother with infrared, radio signals when the people onboard barely understand what they're working with and are actively killing each other to survive?

The Consolidation of Iron and Eden likely only got the sweeping description of what was a slow death long after the beetles made it back. They don't know it took decades. And then eldritch stuff comes around, maybe a last resort, another Hail Mary, but there was no one to catch them this time.

Grace Rocky save stars but was it enough.

TL;DR - Astrophage problem far too large for Taumoeba to contain, leads to Iron Lung where all events are bundles up into a general term called the Quiet Rapture

[blockmultiverse]

Someone pointed out Grace would fight dirty if Simon were to fight back. Honestly, I wish we saw more of this. Grace is so passive and woomy in most fics I read, but just from the movie alone, I don't think he's passive. Grace is/was a coward but that doesn't mean he backs down if he thinks he's right or felt wrong.

When the Astrophage turned out to be water-based, he didn't care that there were high government officials seeing him in the lab. He went crazy because this was a once in a lifetime opportunity to prove everyone wrong and the damn things killing the sun and everyone decided to exist to give him one more middle finger into the grave.

When Grace first met Rocky, when he got scared, he screamed and stepped back, but he brought a wrench. He was ready to defend himself, coward or not.

He's a sensible scientist but he will absolutely go haywire he will smash things he will be angry angry angry

If Simon got deposited into the PHM universe and landed in the middle of the movie while Grace was a few months after the coma, Grace would fight dirty. Muscles from the coma and the fact he knows he is the last hope for humanity, and possibly just having yet another streak of great luck, would not see Simon as an injured man in need of help for a moment, but another insult that might ruin everything for him, a choice stolen away yet again by things he cannot understand.

I only made this post so that i can make a joke of calling Simon a coughing spleen going up against Captain Doctor Ryland Grace.

[thistlethread]

*slaps roof of edit* this bad boy has so much doomed space yaoi in it, you have no idea.

[blockmultiverse]

Mirabelle In Stars and Time and Grace Project Hail Mary, aroace buddies going on a journey they really didn't want to but have to to save the world

idk their vibes must be like "I'm not a savior/astronaut!" but they still got sent to do it anyway and they're doing a great job despite their fears

hello? is this thing on

[domidominic]

Space guys

[merymeou]

It’s been so long since I got to see a thing and think: wow yeah this could only happen on tumblr. This is one such thing and I had to contribute. Let Simon have a weird fucked up religious sorta relationship with Grace! This man has issues!! He’s never been off a space station!! The Hail Mary is literally as close as he could imagine as heaven!!!!!!

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[critique-masochist]

[starlight-atelier]

I now have a little Desktop buddy. :3 (aka the Shimeji is finished)

(There might be some jump cuts in the video, so be careful)

I do apologize for the cuts and filming. I have never done either before.

But I still wanted to show them off in motion at least a little bit.

I will give you some sprites too, just so you can actually see them properly.

(There's more but I can't give you all like 70 of them)

They mostly like just sitting around the screen or stealing things (though that one's rare)

Little bonus picture from testing :3

[vintage-bentley]

So tired of seeing TIMs and their bootlickers make fun of women for being “scared of dick”. It shows how little compassion they have for women and girls in this misogynistic world.

The fact is that dicks have been used as a weapon against women and girls for as long as we can remember. Men have raped women and girls with their dicks. They’ve used their dicks to forcibly impregnate women and girls. They’ve used rape, and consequently their dicks, as a weapon of war against women and girls. They’ve found joy in flashing their dick to unsuspecting and unwilling women and girls, whether that be on the street in a trench coat or online via unsolicited dick pic. They’ve threatened women and girls with their dicks—in fact, many of the “trans women” whining about their dicks being viewed negatively are posting about how much they want to rape women and girls they call “terfs”. They’ve used their dicks to violate the corpses of women and girls. They’ve written countless myths, stories, legends, films, etc. And created countless art pieces where women and girls are raped with their dicks. They’ve used their dicks to torment homosexual women and girls with “corrective” rape.

Men and their dicks are the worst nightmare of women and girls: we commonly refer to what men and their dicks do to us as “a fate worse than death”.

It’s not that women and girls are scared of dick for no reason. It’s that we come from a long line of women, stretching back to the beginning of time, who have been terrorised by men using their dicks as weapons. It is so insulting and cruel to reduce this reality to “just being scared for no reason”.

It was men’s choice to use their dicks as weapons against women and girls. It’s their fault that we now view them as such, and it’s their responsibility to not blame us for responding to their actions, and to instead fix the problem themselves.

[robinasnyder]

Bloodymary idea.

Simon told Grace about being in the sub and the monster and the blood. He did not tell Grace why he was there. He's desperate to leave the convict and the butcher behind him. Grace saved him. He's kind and forgiving and saved the stars. He's better than Simon deserves, and he knows it, but Simon nearly died in the most horrific way possible, and it's been like a year in the biodome on Erid, and he's happy.

And then the same thing that brought him to Erid drags a COI ship to Erid as well. And Simon's terrified and grieving. He knows that Grace is going to find out and won't look at him with care anymore. He'll know how terrible Simon is.

But that's not what happens.

See, when Grace hears the real story, and the people in the COI start getting pissy that the convict is living in such luxury, Grace gives them a dead eyed look and says: "You promised him freedom if he went into the ship. He did. He survived. He's paid for his crimes."

Because, while Simon doesn't remember it, the very first thing out of his mouth when he woke in a panic was "They promised me my freedom if I went into the ship!" So while Grace didn't know what Simon did to earn what was clearly a suicide mission, he knew it was bad. And he knew Simon was cleared. They'd talked about their missions. Grace knew what he did. Simon was like him.

And that's when it becomes a problem for the COI. What the higher-ups would *like* to do is move into the biodome, take control, and have a new place for humanity (or at least the humanity on the ship). But it becomes clear very rapidly that they cannot remove Dr. Ryland Grace and make a new leader. If anything happens to Grace, the COI will be lucky if the Eridians simply blow up their spaceship.

Dr. Ryland Grace is very special to the Eridians. He saved the stars, and more than that, he gave up a chance to go home to return one of their own safely to Erid. He put Eridians above himself. He was kind to his own detriment. And from the human movies, shows, and books, they know that humans are not always like that.

When it comes to other humans, the Eridians defer to Grace. And if Grace, who is kind and forgiving and caring, looks at humans with eyes filled with anger, then the Eridians know they are not humans worth keeping.

So the COI gets three choices:

1) They can submit, move in to the biodome, and follow the rules, knowing that as far as laws, Grace isn't a president, king or emperor, he's a god and what he says goes.

2) The Eridians will get them food and fuel and point them in the direction of earth, and they can *hope* they make it.

3) If they refuse to be peaceful about staying or leaving, the Eridians will drop them into Erid without protective gear and let them "survive on their own" far away from the biodome so Grace and Simon won't be bothered.

A few choose to stay. A few choose to leave. And a couple of the more belligerent, unfortunately for them, choose 3.

And Simon? Simon finds himself in a weird position of respect, because he's important to Grace, and he's been working to help Rocky and Erid's scientists just like Grace.

But most of all, he's never felt so safe and protected. Because no one with that much power has ever protected him.

And Grace, for his part, is a bit uncomfortable for having to acknowledge the power he has on Erid, but he doesn't mind because it keeps Simon and the new biodome residents safe.

[vaserlord]

But what if Simon got to Erid after Grace lived his life and died of old age?

***

He wakes up in a dome and doesn’t know where he is, but it warm here and he seems to be on the planet, not in space. Is it heaven?

He is in a house, Simon realizes. No, he corrects himself, he is in a home. Someone’s home. It is lived in, full of small trinkets and personal things. Soft pillows, a fox cardigan thrown over the chair. An assortment of pots with some rocks and greenery in them… Plants?

Simon rushes to them, touching small leaves and drawing a rugged breath. Alive. There is no other explanation. He is in heaven. He didn’t think he would be deemed worthy of it. After everything he’d done (and failed to do)… How could god be so merciful as to grant him this marvel? But here he is. Dead but finally at peace.

Simon spends hours near those pots. Simply looking at them. Basking in the light from the round window alongside this miracle of life.

Eventually though, he goes to explore the rest of the home. He finds the bed with a yellow blanket. Funny misshapen cups with three-pointed stars imprinted on them. T-shirts with absolutely horrendous jokes. Unfamiliar devices and a whole lad in the back. He finds an old battered laptop.

He finds videos.

“So, uh, I met an alien”—

“He’s kind of growing on me. At least not growing in me, you know? Which was a concern for a little while”—

Simon lets out a huff despite himself.

“His sun is dying too, so… maybe we can help each other.”

Dying? Are they talking about Quiet Rupture? Did they try to prevent it? He holds his breath, not quite comprehending what he sees.

“Hello Earth! I am Rocky. I am Rocky from Erid, I am not Rocky from movie, no no no no”—

Videos spin one by one. Way longer and way more than he anticipated. A whole life lying bare before his eyes. A life of two people who saved the stars.

Saved them.

“He’s looking at a long, slow, painful death. Alone. I can’t do both. I can go home...or I can save Rocky”—

“This is Dr. Captain Ryland Grace reporting from the Hail Mary.”

Saved each other.

Simon looks around for the first time in hours. The home looks different now. Now it has an owner. A face and a name to put on things.

He can now recognize the fox cardigan. And those silly t-shirts. Can tell that the three-pointed indents on the cups are Eridian’s handprints. He can’t name the devices in the lab, be he’d seen them being used. A pieces of a tremendous achievement. Tremendous life.

Home. Lived in. Cared for. A home for someone amazing. Someone who saved the stars (can he let himself believe in it?).

What did it mean for Simon? Did his sacrifice mean anything? He never aimed to save humanity or universe or the stars. You cannot save that which is long dead (and what was humanity if not dead? A rotting corpse slowly devouring itself). Was his mission even worth anything now? His pain? “Bigger than me”. He accepted it. Rage and pain and inevitability. Death.

Was it all in vain? Another life thrown away in an unending line of expendable people?

The stars were saved. Somehow. People had no use for that black box anymore.

Simon looks down on his missing arm. His mangled skin. Body covered in scars that will never fade.

Was it all in vain?

“🎶new human awake🎶”

Simon veers around, heart pounding loudly, ready to fight if needed be.

Eridian from the videos is standing in the doorway. Rocky? That was his name, wasn’t it?

“🎶Rocky brings food. Didn’t have human food for very long already. Needed to make some new. Takes much time🎶”

Simon stares at him trying to understand. A thought that persisted on the back of his head becomes clear suddenly. He is not dead. He is on Erid. That place where Ryland Grace went in the end to save his friend and a whole another planet. And Rocky is here. This person whom he just saw archiving the impossible.

Why isn’t Ryland Grace here? Is he afraid of facing Simon? The thought hurt a little, but at the same time was achingly familiar. People were always afraid of him. Simon didn’t get the name Butcher for nothing. Familiarity grounded him, despite being a gruesome reminder.

If people are still afraid of him, it cannot possibly be heaven. He is, indeed, alive. Somehow.

[vv0812]

The AU in which Simon arrives to Erid first is very interesting, since (at least for what I'm understanding) it is Simon getting to Erid out of nowhere after the Iron Lung events and the eridians look at Adrian who is depressed for been a Schrödinger widow (maybe they are, maybe they are not, there is no way to tell) and go "they need a distraction" and give them this traumatize bloody alien -who is carryng the traumas of his canon event- as a distraction, something to focus their energy and a companion.

While Grace and Rocky are trying their best to get to Erid as fast as they can because Grace is suffering from scurvy and Rocky is living in an eternal panic attack.

Meaning that when Grace and Rocky get to Erid they are in their most vulnerable state besides the trip itself.

Imagine the possibilities:

Adrian and Simon not been as good at verbal communication as Grace and Rocky, but relying in reading each other body language or just making models with xenonite (I know that Simon and Adrian are also very smart, but Grace and Rocky -in the book and movie- had a laptop to help them out at least in the start and Adrian and Simon do not have that technology because 1) eridians do not have computers and 2) I don't think the submarine, even if survived, had the technology required to do that besides, Simon would never want to get inside that thing again.

Simon who is more stable in his first meeting with Grace, because he had have time to reflect and heal in a safe space, and who had have long and very meaningful chats with Adrian.

Grace who is so weak and feverish that he can't really understand what is happening.

Simon who was ready to fight this other human he heard about for the little paradise he had found in Erid just to find a dying Grace.

Grace been scare of Simon because the last time he was this vulnerable and helpless around another human he ended been send to a suicide mission, and he doesn't have the force to fight back, or to even move by his own.

Simon having his first experiences taking care of another person, in helping them to get better, instead of causing harm.

Grace having to concentrate his whole strenght and mind to do radiation tests, because for what he had learn Simon and Adrian could have got exposure to radiation (I don't which them bad, but if Simon got there first, then they may not know about the radiation danger that the submarine and even Simon can be.)

Adrian who wants everything to be perfect for their mate to go back home and take care of them, but the scientists eridians, specially the scientists community wants to talk to him, because he is know a heroe and he brought an alien with him.

Adrian been tense and have a lot of pressure because the only human "experts" are they and their mate, but they want to remove the heaviest workload from Rocky so they just work double to treat this new sick human.

Grace having hallucinations provoke for the fever in which he forgets he is in another planet, or he thinks he is still in space dying alone, before Simon can get there to assure him that everything is fine.

Grace having a bad hallucination in which he thinks that Simon is some kind of Demon that has come from him (specially if Simon is mutated), because he was selfish and he didn't wanted to go to space and now he is paying his sins (I don't think that Grace is religious, but the experience of dying, extreme pain and fever can make you think a lot of things that you don't believe.)

Adrian walking on eggshells around Rocky, too scare to pushing their mate or asking for too much, so they are trying to give Rocky space and time to process, while they go to Simon to vent. Rocky perceiving this as Adrian giving him the cold shoulder and feeling that he is losing Adrian for a human.

Rocky feeling like he is a bad mate, because he is jealous of Simon and this new connection they have with Adrian, how Adrian looks to be in such ease with him. He knows he is been hypocrite because he himself have bond with Grace, but he can't avoid feeling this way.

Rocky going into a dark place and thinking that maybe Adrian wasn't waiting for him as he thought they would (Adrian would never, but Rocky mind is in a bad spot right now).

Rocky hating Simon because he wants to take Adrian AND Grace from him. He is not only taking his mate, he also wants his best friend.

Grace accepting that he is going to die and making peace with it, this time for sure, and Simon demanding him to keep fighting.

Simon trying to use Grace as a translator when he is conscious.

The pebbles asking Grace why has two arms, and doesn't have shine eyes or poiting teeth.

Simon leaving health amulets made with branches and leaves around Grace.

Simon praying to the Sacred Last Tree for Grace health.

Simon thinking:"If even a selfless man is condemned to have a bad end, then what will become of him?"

Simon realizing that the man who saved the stars it is not all powerful as he had thought. He is human, he is scare and he is dying in a bed.

[catdile]

Hi Apple users, Apple released a fun thing where they take your photos and Siri transcripts and use them to train AI! And they may be automatically turned on without your knowledge, because oh boy they sure were for me!!!!!!!!!!!!

Open the “apps” section in your settings (it’s usually at the very bottom), go to photos and scroll until you see “Enhanced Visual Search” and then turn that shit off. Then go to “Privacy and Security”, scroll until you see “Analytics & Improvements”, and turn off “Improve Siri & Dictation” as well.

​I am an artist with hundreds upon hundreds of my artworks in my photo album. I also have plenty of photos with not only my own face, but the faces of my friends and my family. I do not appreciate that being used to train AI without my consent, and I’m pretty sure it’s the same for others too.

I’m so tired of big companies.

[shrugsinchinese]

Rest now