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little girls should be allowed to kill people in movies anytime they want. If that 12 year old girl wants the head of the man who wronged her, then thatâs her fucking business, and we should all just get out of her way. Stop being a good role model for one second, just give her the gun, and THEN teach her healthy coping mechanisms
happy pride to the aroace character ever
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i swear i saw a post in the phm tag that said smth like. in the iron lung universe there was a project hail mary and a ryland grace. except in their universe grace did manage to avoid going up on the hail mary, and therefore the mission failed. and ryland grace becomes known as the greatest coward/humanity's scapegoat. so when simon wakes up on erid and finds out one of his saviors is ryland grace, simon hates him initially
i just can't stop thinking abt that post. i looked for it but i haven't seen it again, if anyone else finds it plz link it or send it to me, i wanna credit the op (edit: POST HAS BEEN FOUND! og post was by @finnthephrog and it was linked to me by @ohitsthatguy. i did misremember it slightly but its fine ÂŻ\_(ă)_/ÂŻ)
anyway. i keep thinking abt a scenario where they're constantly fighting/arguing, everyone's upset just all the time, and eventually it all culminates with their worst (and final) argument ending when grace screams "I JUST WANTED TO LIVE!"
and simon fucking freezes.
grace is crying. "i just wanted to live. what's so wrong about that?"
grace is repeating simon's own words back to him verbatim, and that's when it finally dawns on simon that ryland grace's whole situation was, and is, just as fucked up
Such a pretty mate, statement.
Ryland Grace has tramp/womb stamps.
Vaguely rocktiz, meet vaguely streepadrian.
Rocky Grace Dancing With the Stars
The rose on Rockyâs head is made of xenonite for Adrian btw
Also reupload because I forgot poor Rocky's suit in like 3 panels.
BONUS DOODLES:
I think Bloodymary shouldn't be depicted as "golden retriever and black cat" but "kicked dogs relying on each other". Simon is a sweetheart, he just so happened to go through hell and back and be tortured. He's like a stray dog who had to learn to bite for a chance of survival in a world too cruel for him. Grace is like a kicked dog too, just one who hasn't been abused enough to rely on his teeth and was saved in time. Both still crave love and acceptance, not like addicts craving drugs, but like living beings craving food and water. It's so bad it's become necessity, for both of them.
So of course, when things settle and Simon finally trusts Ryland, they are disgustingly all over each other all the time, hands always on the other or else they'll explode.
Rocky did not sign up for this gay shit, but he's putting up with it because his friend is happy.
I have a headcanon that Carl has a baby girl sometime after the Hail Mary launch. He names her Grace.
Was threatened with bodily harm after sharing this on a server, so I decided to share it here, too. đ
So, this post made me wheeze-cackle for several minutes, which meant I had to share it around. And one of the responses I got on the discord server where I shared it was: honestly I can't decide if Grace is the right kind of nerd to have been on tumblr.
And after a few seconds of trying to decide that myself, there came another response in the conversation: I think at least he was definitely the kind of teacher that his students loved to show internet crap to.
And I had a glorious vision.
Ryland Grace is on tumblr. He's been on tumblr since the days when you could edit other people's posts. And he has been meticulously careful to make sure none of his students ever suspect it for a second -- which means he never posts anything about his work, or talks in class about anything that's crossed his dash unless he can find a plausible source somewhere else. But yes, of course, every so often his students want to share a meme or a video or a funny post with him ("wait till after class"), and he's very appreciative and never gives away if he's seen it before.
In one of his last video messages to Earth, Grace says a heartfelt and genuinely moving goodbye to his students. He ends with "Best of luck, kids. And always remember ..."
(Nobody ever suspected he had that kind of wicked grin in him.)
"... I like your shoelaces."
Tumblr EXPLODES.
So if Rocky is a huge pervert over humans the way a human goes wild over like sexy slime girls, is swap au Rocky going rabid over eridian Grace. That poor rock. Grace shy as hell abt liking a human during their confession and Rocky is throwing off his toolbelt at mach speeds
is this too dumb
Eridian is NOT hermaphrodite. ERIDIAN IS ISOGAMOUS. THEY MAKE ONLY ONE TYPE OF REPRODUCTIVE CELL
Hermaphrodite mean one animal can make two different type of reproductive cell, usually egg and sperm. Like sea slug. Eridian making only one. They make egg. People hc that egg size can be varied but it still EGG. Their egg fused like slime mould fusion into macrocyst.
The docs is using the wrong word but it does explain how eridian make pebble so at least I can go hunt down the right term for y'all to use
ERIDIAN ARE ISOGAMOUS. STOP USING THE WRONG WORD
Thank you for coming to my biology rant
Saw this post and just wanted to talk about my view on Simon calling Grace 'angel', because I actually didn't know that people didn't like it!
Just wanted to start off by saying that I don't want this to come off as a 'you're wrong and here's why' but more of a 'I don't think people really thought of racism when coming up with the idea'. And also I did search up White Saviorism like the person asked and did very LIGHT research, so if I get anything wrong let me know! I want to learn more and correct my mistakes! Also this is not me excusing White Saviorism, as a person of color myself, fuck that in every which way possible. But I just don't think it fits in this particular situation.
So from what I researched is that there are about 3 core characteristics of White Saviorism are its historical roots, performative generosity, and parentalism. As we get into that, I want to examine a little of Grace's character, not too deeply as I don't really see the need to. Also I will be using both the book and the movie to examine Grace's character.
Lets start off with the easiest, historical roots. Grace is a Caucasian Male born in America, tall and muscular, with blonde hair and blue eyes (book description given in Chapter 1). Historically, men like Ryland have never been the minority, they've been the oppressors throughout time. There's no denying that and there is no evidence or reasoning I can give that is historically factual saying that white people have historically been the minority. Because that's crazy and insanely untrue. So I agree that Grace has the historical roots of White Saviourism, and there's nothing to change that. So with that, lets move on to the next characteristic.
The next characteristic is performative generosity/altruism (I think the latter fits better). So performative altruism is helping others to feel better about themselves or to put it on a resume of good things they've done, not to actually be genuine or enact any systematic change. (Specifically white people to a group of minorities for this topic) Grace, from what I've read and seen of Project Hail Mary, is the COMPLETE opposite of performative altruism! Grace gets into the whole mess of Project Hail Mary because one day in class his students ask about the Petrova Line and he has to explain to a bunch of middle schoolers that the Astrophage are eating the sun's energy. He rushes back to the lab because he has to convince Stratt to let him on the project. After some arguing Stratt makes a comment about how she can't save some Astrophage for him because of his bruised ego, which leads to a conversation between Stratt and Grace.
"Ego?! This isn't about my ego! It's about my children!" "You don't have children." "Yes, I do! Dozens of them. They come to my class every day. And they're all going to end up in a Mad Max nightmare world if we don't solve this problem... I care about those kids." (Chapter 5)
This proves that Ryland doesn't want to join a project that will LITERALLY save the world for himself entirely. He does it for his students! The kids he sees for at MOST and hour a day! The very least 45 minutes! He KNOWS these kids, CARES for them. They're not even his own! That just proves he cares for more people than just himself. And on top of that he went BACK for Rocky when he knew that Taumeba would eat through his ship, when he had a chance to go back home! One of the things he desperately wanted! And Grace threw that all away to save his friend AND Erid! And there are many more instances in the book, and if I included it all it would be deemed it's own essay. So with this evidence, we can safely say that Ryland Grace does not act performative altruism.
The final core characteristic of White Saviorism is parentalism, which I think out of the 3 will be the hardest for me but also important. Parentalism is the belief that the white outsider knows best, and ignores the actual needs, input, or leadership of the local community. This one is harder because there isn't much evidence to go for or against this characteristic. But there are times in PHM where Grace does acknowledge the minority as self-sufficient and actual does listen to their input. Ever since chapter 10, Grace has done almost nothing but praise and become awestruck at Rocky's intelligence. Which, yes could be used as evidence that Grace did not think alien life could be smart, but people who reason that also don't see that this stems from the fact that Grace is the FIRST human to make contact with INTELLEGENT alien life, unlike the Astrophage. Grace's intentions were not negative in the slightest. His first thought was to have an informational trade with Rocky, even if it was barely anything Grace wanted Rocky's input. Ryland helps Rocky build a little biodome in his spacecraft so that Rocky can, you know, not DIE while working together. The bare minimum I admit, but still proof that Grace meets the actual NEEDS of Rocky. Grace doesn't meet the requirements to be put under this label.
In conclusion, Ryland Grace is not a 'White Saviour' kind of character. He doesn't fit 2/3 of the criteria, which I believe makes him an even better character. He has the background just ready to make him that kind of character, but he isn't. This is what helps him not become a 'white savior' character, but far from it.
Now if you read this entire thing and finished it thinking, "okay, he isn't a white savior character. But the poster's problem wasn't with the fact he was a white savior character but the fact that Grace being called an angel makes him a white savior character."
First of all, thank you for reading this I know it probably wasn't easy reading someone prove what most people already know. Second, I had to first prove that Ryland isn't that kind of character to make my point. So, sorry! Still gotta make my point so stay right where you are! I promise it won't be much longer!
The head canon that Simon would call Grace an 'Angel' is nothing harmful or racist per say. The way I view it is that Simon with all his religious trauma and growing up in a death cult, even though he states he's no longer religious, those beliefs still stay with someone even after they no longer believe. For a real life example, many people after leaving Christianity, have trouble with tasks such as saving money because they still fear that the Rapture could happen at any moment, even if they don't believe in Christianity. Many more instances of people coming up and sharing their story after the "Rapture" was supposed to happen in September and October of last year. This is just an extreme case of what I was talking about, apologies if it's not the most thorough explanation. I can explain it more if anyone wants in the comments.
Back to Simon, Simon could very well believe that Grace is an angel because he was supposed to die in the SM-13. He reasonably thinks that Grace is what he's seeing after dying. There's nothing else to say that Simon knows he's not dead unless the fic/comic says so. And even if he does, Simon grew up in a place where religion was above all. To Simon 'angel' is likely a compliment meant for high ranking people.
And there's so many other reasons that Simon might or might not call Grace 'angel'. My point is that it's not inherently racist. Nothing about a person of color calling their partner who is white 'angel' is problematic. I often refer to my girlfriend, who is white, as an 'angel' or out-right call her 'angel'. Yes, the fact that Grace recuses Simon and Simon calling him 'angel' can be viewed that way, especially if the fic/comic writers make it creepy like that, which is never okay. The nickname is not meant to give Grace this God complex, actually in most fics/comics Ryland immediately corrects Simon, because KNOWING the character of Grace, he would never take that because he doesn't view himself that way.
Anyways, this is why I believe that the 'angel' nickname isn't giving Grace a White Savior complex. Of course this poster and anyone who agree with the poster are allowed to have their own view on it, because they've had different experiences than I. I'm not trying to down play that at all. I just wanted to explain my point of view on this topic since I saw it twice already. And yes this is a tag on ao3 which can be blocked.
Happy scrolling Nerds, and remember if you see something you don't like, just scroll past it.
Human Rocky has too much power. He no longer has to drag Grace around on a metaphorical leash in the Hail Mary to take care of himself. He is doing it with his hand on the back of his neck while still snapping at him. Everyone watching Grace be a mess who gets results for the Project and now this genius mechanic who is overconfident and unfortunately right has a second job. He is constantly stopping by Grace with coffee and food and warnings to not lie to him about finishing breakfast again. It happens enough that they just let him walk off from his work whenever in pursuit of Grace. Rocky is good enough at his job to not need the time he could use to pet his Grace
Grace grumpy and struggling to keep focus because he hasnât sleep and Rocky doesnât even hesitate he just lifts that man up and takes him while heâs yelling to be put down all the way to bed. No Grace hasnât slept in 45 hours. No Rocky is not letting him leave.
I personally like to think theyâre both asexual but thought of this with them and it wouldnât leave and I think itâs funny so who cares
I canât help but think Ryland and Simon have very different ways of showing affection.
Ryland prefers to be more casual. He enjoys brushing against Simon as he walks past and he likes holding hands. Heâs a hugger. Very much enjoys parallel play.
Simon clings. He likes to wrap his arms around Ryland as he works and buries his face in his shoulder. He is very fond of tucking a hand under Rylandâs shirt just to feel his warmth.
Sort of like Ryland likes his personal space and Simon also likes Rylandâs personal space. The exception is Ryland also likes Simon in his personal space.
