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rocky: im not a scientist, im like the least qualified person on this ship, the only reason i survived while the actual scientists died was pure dumb luck :(

ryland grace's internal monologue like every five seconds: oh my god this guy is like a supergenius, he's literally the best engineer i've ever seen, there's no way every other eridian is this smart, like do you even KNOW how cool you are-

alexxuun

Ryland and his wardrobe against the world! Love love love the costume design for him (please let me steal his closet). My attempt to add more t-shirt to his collection.

snuffysbox

grace rocky save stars

verlierer-is-lost

Sometimes it’s like Ryland Grace can feel the sunlight again…

sushiisiu

hey mary take a sick ass photo of us

freysai

imagine going to take a shit and your friend is like can i watch

saucefunk

dirty dirty dirty

rylandsgrace

Project Hail Mary (2026) + Trivia

phantomrose96

I think what ONE gets so extremely right about Reigen as a failman character is, while he is undeniably a failman, he is self-aware and sufficiently capable of using that knowledge to steer himself (AND others) off of any truly bad path that can stem from the anger, or apathy, or self-pity from being a failman on the lower-rung of society.

Like yes. He's a 28-year-old nobody running a slapdash psychic con-man business. He has no romantic prospects and his only friend is the 14-year-old he's underpaying as a part-time employee. He can be stupid and selfish and clumsy with his words. But he fully, and with active intention, refuses to be a bad person.

He follows a sincere moral code. He only takes money he feels he's earned. He prioritizes the safety of children. He values hard work. He doesn't think the world owes him anything. He doesn't think he's more important than others. He doesn't wallow. He gives genuine life-advice to people even when some of it is lip-service.

And those things aren't necessarily obvious right out of the gate at the series' start, where we just see this sweaty grifter conning people and taking credit for his student's work. But you start to see it over and over from Reigen in all the moments that matter.

It comes out in spades during the Claw arc in Season 1. His priority is the children's safety. He's aghast at the kind of adults who would harm children. He's desperate to the point of screaming that the kids not resort to violence and bear that burden. He takes on the whole fight himself (as the adult) despite being powerless. And even when he's in possession of all of Mob's power and could make everyone bow to him with a snap of his fingers, he holds back entirely, and uses the moment to shout the Claw members down for being full-grown adults who never grew up and need to understand how to be a functional part of the world.

And even during his probably biggest fuck-up moment of the series in the Separation Arc, where he's driven Mob away and can't really bring himself to admit, yet, that this is his own fuck up. He spends his birthday alone and vomiting drunk(?) in an alleyway and, while this is happening, has the thought "I'm on a bad path. This is bad. Who am I?" which, by itself, is a thought had by a lot of people on a bad path. But Reigen is capable of action and follows through the next morning reinventing himself, with whatever random efforts that may be. He throws himself at a lot of things because he doesn't actually know what to do, but he's capable of action. He identified his problem and steered himself off that path. And it stands out to me so much. Like it's not just during his shining moments that he adheres to his beliefs. He does it even at his lows. He's consistent.

Arataka Reigen is aware he's a loser. He's aware of his failures. And he's still dedicated to being a good person in the ways that matter.