welcome to my attic, nerds!

ohhh nooo pls don't kys you're so sexy ahaha

[stealthetrees]

What if human astronauts visit Erid one day and are doing diplomatic things and whatnot and they learn Ryland Grace is sstill alive and is in a terrarium. One of the astronauts jokingly says “you’re not experimenting on him are you” and the Eridians freeze cause yeah, they totally are. They experiment on him all the time. They’re experimenting on him right now in fact. They read about deep sea diving and are now testing the effects of replacing certain gases in Graces atmosphere. Right now they’re testing helium.

They send someone to stop the experiment but Grace refuses cause they’re so far in already and well that would just ruin the data.

The new humans think this is hilarious and insist on joining the experiment as Grace excitedly yaps about all the cool stuff he’s learned about aliens but he’s still got that high pitched helium voice.

[bononkers]

Generally speaking, a humans idea of "experimenting" on someone has a lot a negative connotations because of movies and comic books and all that. You imagine scenes like the ones from Suicide Squad 2 and The Human Centipede, whereas Eridian culture might not care so much for edgy, body horror, nihilistic types of media. There minds likely wouldn't even go there.

So when the other astronauts arrive and are like "you're not experimenting on him are you?" The Eridians are like "????" "Of course we are??"

What a momentary scare that would be to the other humans. Then they learn that these "experiments" are just Grace getting tickled and being given Helium and Sulfur hexafluoride filled balloons n' stuff. All completely consentual and endearing.

[bononkers]

This hyper specific trope that I LOVE is when an obnoxious little punk kid is harassing the adult they are stuck with for whatever reason, who is not their parent, by calling them mom/dad

"Jesus Christ! Fine, mom. Ugh"

y'know that kinda thing, and the adult hates it at first, but then something happens and the kid is in danger and calls out for mom and that adult doesn't even hesitate bc that's their kid now. Idk.

[bononkers]

How mutated must a originally human character be to call for the monster fucking tag?

[bononkers]

Anyone wanna hear my PHM Iron Lung crossover dream from last night?

Grace and Rocky tryna figure out what this weird ass looking ship is doing all the way out here, not at all fearful of the alien that may be inside because their three alien encounters so far have been

astrophage, a non intelligent species that they have defeated,

taumoeba, their little non intelligent savior, and

each other, their alien best friend,

when the little thing fucking BLASTS THEM with a lethal dose of radiation. The Hail Mary sensors are freaking out, Rocky is freaking out (this is how his crew died), and Grace is, eventually, the one to consider that it may have been trying to scare them off. The Hail Mary may not be as ginormous as Rockys xenonite ship, but this thing is literally the size of a one man submarine.

They use a little bit of astrophage to eat the radiation? (I think?)

Hopefully they save Simon when I go to bed tonight...

[abeedus]

"Why is a convict in space, question."

part 2

[abeedus]

"I just want to live."

part 1

[ohhelloimsotired]

Finished it!!

[bononkers]

I will give head to the first person to make a BloodyMary edit or art (OR EVEN JUST SACRIFICAL LAMB EITHER OF THEM) based on the song Mary On A Cross by Ghost. Guys guys just listen. Hear me out.

You go down just like Holy Mary Mary on a, Mary on a cross Not just another Bloody Mary Mary on a, Mary on a

You go down just like Holy Mary Mary on a, Mary on a cross Your beauty never ever scared me Mary on a, Mary on a cross

[ohhelloimsotired]

hi!!! No head please though. Also I have no clue if I'm the first person or not hahah ^-^ (probably not)

[bononkers]

We're married now no you don't have a choice just sign the paper

[ghirlmaker]

thinking abt the swapped!au and im not crazy.

img for context:

[bononkers]

I will give head to the first person to make a BloodyMary edit or art (OR EVEN JUST SACRIFICAL LAMB EITHER OF THEM) based on the song Mary On A Cross by Ghost. Guys guys just listen. Hear me out.

You go down just like Holy Mary Mary on a, Mary on a cross Not just another Bloody Mary Mary on a, Mary on a

You go down just like Holy Mary Mary on a, Mary on a cross Your beauty never ever scared me Mary on a, Mary on a cross

[bugsnbites]

Grace making huge advencements in the Eridian medical field.

Turns out there's a childhood disease to the tune of measles that erodes the carapace, and the first symptom shows up about a week before any actual damage is caused.

Grace comments to Rocky that one of his students seems to be turning oxidisation-green. About a week later that student has to be hospitalised for this illness.

Eridian scientists realise pretty quick that Grace can detect the illness long before any of their equipment can, and when caught that early it is much, much easier and safer to treat.

Not only is Grace celebrated in the scientific field for his knowledge and for his part in saving the world, he becomes a beacon of hope for doctors and parents and children on Erid.

[aflo]

Cutting into a thick, juicy nothingburger using my bladeless knife with no handle

[aroace-ryland-grace]

@hailed-marys requested some photos of Grace smiling and I thought the rest of the world should see him too

[rockytheeridian]

for @thefloatingstone

[sv-dh-gb-555]

for my contribution to the coltland twins au i bring angst!! yay!!

i like to think colt played grace when they inevitably made a movie about the hail mary. it's the first time he's ever actually had a real role but the casting directors, and colt, all knew that no one else could play ryland better. imagine colt having to act out the scene of his brother being tackled and sedated, of going up to die.

and think about if the movie came out before the beetles returned. there were definitely lots of people who didn't really knew what ryland grace looked like but had seen the movie anyway, and once the videos were released, people were in awe that the casting directors got someone who looked identical to THE doctor ryland grace!

people being shocked that the actor and the scientist that saved the planted looked so similar, and because colt's last name is seavers (which i like to think is a stage name for this au) no one knew they were actually related. (though there was definitely one person on the internet trying to convince people that they were related like guys istg they're related. my proof? trust me bro). especially since so many years had passed since the launch and before the beetles returned so they would have enough of an age gap that they would look different enough.

OH OH OH AND THE POLAROID

i like to think that the polaroid sent up with grace was not of him, but of colt. it makes me ill thinking about how ryland would have seen that and thought it was just a picture of him, because he couldn't remember he had a brother.

thinking about grace remembering he has a brother after he had met rocky and rocky being confused asf and worried about grace cause why the fuck is he slumped on the ground sobbing he was fine like five seconds ago??? and thinking about colt finding out the real reason grace went to space, having felt so betrayed for so long that ryland didn't tell him he was leaving, only to find out years down the line that his brother had been kidnapped, drugged, and shipped on a suicide mission against his will. colt having spent so many years harboring resentment and a sad sense of betrayal and then finding out all those emotions were for naught, that his brother wanted to stay so bad.

okay that's it for now yay!!

[adrenaline-revolver]

“Eridians dislike earth because they abandoned Grace.” *Incorrect Buzzer Sound* ya missed the point of the story buddy! It’s not about someone being ‘bad’ it’s about the incredible power of love and that love being worth dying for!

Gimmie Eridians who are absolutely heartbroken to hear that humans where so desperate and so scared that they where willing to part with not just one Grace, there were three of them! Gimmie Eridians touched to find that the humans planned a way for their sacrifices to be as comfortable as possible. Gimmie Eridians who send earth a message saying “We know it must have hurt to send your heroes to die, but one made it and he’s safe here. We lost 22 good Eridians on the journey we would have lost 23 if not for your Grace.”

Give me humans sitting on Earth slowly coming to the conclusion that when we look up not only are we not alone, someone out there is alive because of one of us. That no matter what we think of ourselves a whole species thinks highly of us because we helped save the galaxy. Give me humans who figure out how to send a probe to Erid filled to the brim with messages for Grace and footage of a monument being raised that reads his name, his crews names, and then “in memory of the 22 Eridians who lost their lives on the journey to save the stars.”

[autisticlittleguy]

"Grace Ryland is Rocky's dog" is such a funny fucking dynamic when you think about it

Eridians are further behind than humans technologically right? They dont have computers, relativity, quantum mechanics, etc. In fact, Eridians probably dont even know about the Big Bang because their atmosphere would filter out most of the cosmic microwave background radiation we use to detect it. On a human timeline, theyre anywhere between like early-mid 20th century. Rocky's basically a cosmonaut.

So the human civilization is pretty advanced from Rocky's perspective. Rationally he understands this. On a conceptual level he knows this to be true.

But at the same time... imagine youre one of the first ever cosmonauts to make it into space. Then you meet a 10 year old alien dog who cant do 2+2 without pulling out its calculator. It forgets everything constantly and has to keep notes everywhere, like it basically lives in Memento (2000). Also if it doesnt nap constantly it gets even stupider. And you somehow has to reconcile this with the fact that this dog has a better understanding of physics than your entire civilization does. Like the dog knows how the universe started.