– Animorphs: The Reunion, K.A. Applegate
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– Animorphs: The Reunion, K.A. Applegate
some friends wanted to go see project hail mary so I went twice and now I have a theory about why the costume designer featured horizontal stripes so heavily
Did Grace become surprised when he learned his first name was Ryland? Not grace?
To only have memories of being called grace?
Do you think Grace sometimes forgets that when he remembers stuff about himself, he has to mentally remind himself it is himself?
Do you think he stared at his photos and wondered if they were somehow close brothers instead? Were there any mirrors on hail Mary? Did he know what he looked like beside a self image?
Did Grace mourn Ryland? A man who was betrayed by his friends and forced into space? Does he resent Ryland for being a coward, when Grace would have done it? With a big sigh and thousands of tears but he would have. (I don't have the hero gene like you.) (I'm sorry I just can't do it)
Did Grace set his photos and a blanket in the airlock and send it off whispering thank you for being human?
A Dr. A teacher. Ryland Grace.
A teacher, a scientist, a savior. Grace.
(You're killing me Stratt!)
And she did.
project hail mary and the martian are perfect foils of each other.
the martian is the story of one man stranded on mars with barely enough food and supplies to last him a calendar month, let alone the 14 that it inevitably takes to bring him home.
mark watney's rescue means millions of dollars in unplanned expenditures, cooperation between multiple nations that frankly have no stake in the life of one american astronaut, and risking the lives of 5 of his crew members. it is a story that makes you tackle the fundamental question of: "how much is one human life worth?"
the answer, the book (and its equally well-executed movie adaptation) offers, is everything.
they could have simply called it a day and told him that it was untenable, that they cannot possibly be asked to risk the lives of the rest of the ares iii crew. but they did not. they did not, because they deemed that no cost was too high if it meant that there was even a snowball's chance in hell that they could bring that one man home.
project hail mary, on the other hand, is a complete 180.
here, the fate of an entire planet's survival rests upon the shoulders of one rather unremarkable man. ryland grace is a middle school science teacher, whose only claim to fame is a controversial research paper. it is a story that forces you to confront the question: "how much do you personally owe humanity when its fate hangs in the balance?"
once again, the answer is everything.
ryland is not the brightest person on the planet, nor is he the bravest. he doesn't choose to be involved in saving earth, and he certainly doesn't choose to be sent on a suicide mission away from it. in project hail mary, one man has no choice but to shoulder this burden for the sake of humanity. and, it turns out, he's not the only one carrying this responsibility.
somehow, both books provide the same answer and message, only in somewhat different ways. they both serve to convey that life, no matter the scale, is worth preserving.
that when it comes to one man stranded 140 million miles away, no cost is too high, no risk too big, because his life matters. he matters. and he matters not just because he volunteered to go up there, or because it wasn't his fault, or because they know he's out there. he matters because he exists, and that is more than enough to do everything possible to bring him back.
or that no personal cost is too high to pay if you are the one person that can actually save humanity. the people may be faceless, nameless crowds to you, but their lives are worth saving simply because they exist. they exist, and that is plenty reason to doom yourself to certain death if it means that there is even a single chance in hell that you will save them. you don't have to be talented, or remarkable, or necessary to matter.
you exist, and that is enough for you to matter.
Re: the post about the movie's visual motif of Ryland Grace and rainbows: my immediate thought when seeing those screenshots laid out was slightly different, and I don't want to hijack, but when I saw the image of Grace in his classroom surrounded by a rainbow halo…
The title Project Hail Mary and the choice to name the protagonist Grace immediately invites a reading through a Christian thematic lens. Sorry Andy "my works aren't political" Weir you were the one who decided to do that. And in Christian* symbolism, the rainbow has a specific meaning: it represents God's promise to Noah after the flood that He would never again send catastrophic weather conditions to wipe out all life on Earth.
Seeing as PHM is about catastrophic weather conditions threatening to wipe out all life on Earth, that's interesting.
So constantly framing Grace in rainbows evokes to me a visual signifier that this is the guy who is a representation of, or agent of, a future that makes good on that promise. Ryland Grace framed in a halo of rainbows is the one who's going to make sure life on Earth continues. It's a visual symbol of hope, life, and the promise that humanity and every species on Earth will live, and by tying it to Grace, symbolically reinforces that he's the one who will make that happen.
*yes I know this is also true in other Abrahamic religious traditions too
PHM is a film that is hyper-aware of all that has come before it, and it tells us that.
"He's kinda growing on me. At least he's not growing in me. That was a concern for a while." This is a light-hearted reference to a horrifying scene from the original Alien.
The Moment in the Petrova Line - we get that close-up of Grace's face through his helmet at the instant when the IR light switch happens and we see the astrophage all around, and I promise you every single one of us in that audience above a certain age thought "My God! It's full of stars!" based on how similar the framing and tone were to a similar moment at the end of 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Another very clear-to-me reference to 2001 is when Rocky and Grace first dock their ships together. The creators chose a playful tango for this scene, both to set a lighthearted mood and also to suggest that Rocky is the dance partner Grace has been longing for (flash-back to him dancing so sadly with that mop). But also - there is an ICONIC scene of two ships docking in 2001, and the music for that moment is a waltz (the Blue Danube, to be precise). Choosing a different kind of ballroom dance song here, to me, tags this docking scene as the cinematographic heir to that one. (Bonus - the title of the tango is El Amanecer, which means "the dawn", which is so so fitting, for all the things that begin and become possible because these two choose to come together).
And finally (oh, my heart) - the reason I actually sat down to write this. That hand-press. Through the xenoglass. At the end. When Rocky and Grace are reunited. When we finally have good reason to hope that they will not die. Will not be separated. All I could think of, and this was SO clear to me, was "I am, and ever shall be, your friend." Which, for those who don't know, is a heart-breaking scene between Kirk and Spock (the OG space-buddies-and-maybe-something-more) at the end of The Wrath of Khan. Except that everything about the circumstances of this reunion scene in PHM is an inversion of that moment in TWOK.
As with everything I post, I am sure there are more examples and layers and meanings than what I've seen, and other folks may see these things in different ways. But to me, this is all so clear, and speaks to such love and reverence for American sci fi film history on the part of the creators of PHM, that i just had to share what I see.
"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.
Dog years
My mom was right, it is this damn phone
"I hope you won't mind if I think of you as a friend."
thinking about Hatchling discovering Grace & Rocky's story hundreds of thousands of years after it happened when there are no more Eridians or humans to tell it :')
Single Mages are dying to meet you!
A big bed under the sea.
How do people write to such a high word count, I max out at 700-1500 before giving up. I would love to learn but every resource I find assumes I have entry-level knowledge ( I don't. )
word count tips from a guy who has over 2 million words on ao3
- first of all, you’re doing great. 700-1,500 words is a lot more than you are giving yourself credit for. i can write 1,500 in an hour and a half on a good day. that’s a lot of time!! especially for someone who has other priorities in life other than fanfic.
- writing stamina is real and is an actual “muscle” that does grow and strengthen with repetition as time. it’s something you can expand and build with practice.
- don’t get too wrapped up in perfection. get words on the page and don’t get in your head about if they’re the right ones. you can fix garbage but you can’t fix nothing.
- write what excites you. i know nonlinear writing is sacrilege to some people so this may not work for you, but for me personally if i get stuck, i just jump to something i want to write. sometimes that means writing out only dialogue that i add to later. sometimes it means several paragraphs of world building. you’ll be surprised about how much you end up writing if you don’t adhere to the structure rules and add stuff later.
- don’t feel pressured to write it all at once. most of the greatest novels were written over the course of months, even years. sure, there are authors that can crank out 10k in a day (i’ve done it - it’s killer and i was exhausted after) but having realistic goals can help.
- to add to that, setting achievable goals is also important. don’t shoot for the stars just yet or else you may find yourself feeling disappointed. give yourself small checkpoints that you can have mini rewards for.
- when it comes to brainstorming and outlining, i find making a list of plot points and character beats with no specific order that i then organize later into a sequential outline is helpful. outlines are another way to have a tangible proof of your progress
- don’t burn yourself out on one project. breaks are important and so is nourishing your mind
its 1am so thats all from me for now! hope this helped
This is SO HELPFUL - a person trying to post their second chapter ever on ao3
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One of the things I love about the og POTC trilogy is how you can catch so many details you never noticed before on every subsequent rewatch. Any time I think I've picked up on everything I'm proven wrong, and I think it's especially true for the 2nd and 3rd movies. So here's a collection of more things I noticed on my most recent rewatch of AWE:
-AWE has always been my favorite of the first 3 films, and I think a strong case can be made for it actually being the best one, although most people usually give that designation to COTB. There's several reasons for this, but I think the most important one is that it takes the story beyond its adventure roots and does something truly profound with it. This is a pirate movie that is not actually about pirates. It's instead about the human drive to fight for and defend our freedom, filtered through the lens of a fantasy adventure involving pirates. The entire film is packed with references to this theme right from the opening scene. This alone I think makes it timeless as opposed to a product of its time, because there is no day and age where that theme will not be relevant.
-There is a fascinating parallel between Beckett and Elizabeth that especially sticks out in this movie. We know Beckett has read up on pirate lore just as much as Elizabeth has, and they both have decent working knowledge of it despite initially being outsiders to that world. The difference between them, though, is how they use that knowledge. Beckett seeks to use it so that he can control and obliterate the pirates, while Elizabeth, despite her repeated insistence that she's "had it with pirates," ultimately uses it to understand them and integrate into their way of life. Beckett becomes their number one adversary, while Elizabeth literally becomes their king and leader.
-I consider the deleted scene where Weatherby Swann tries to stab Davy's heart canon; I don't think it should have been cut out of the film. It adds so much context to why Beckett had him killed, and it fleshes out Norrington's character more in a way that I think was needed before his death. It's very obvious by the end of that scene that Norrington, despite having lived his life following orders (as Beckett himself points out), harbors great disdain for Beckett and his methods. Norrington's flaw in this film is at first assuming that the system he has dedicated his life to serving still upholds the honorable ideals and and values he believes in. This is the scene where we see doubt start to creep in about what he's really serving. There is a part of him that is beginning to realize that his ideals and the people/institution he works for no longer align, which then sets up his eventual turn later on in the film.
-Which leads me to his death. Yes, I hate it because I love him and he's my favorite character. But I also kind of love it because of what it implies. Norrington has spent his life doing what Beckett says he always does: obey. But prior to his death and following the revelation about Weatherby's murder, his "obey without question" mentality finally breaks. When he sets Elizabeth and the pirates free, he is disobeying direct orders for the first time. This is because he's realized that following orders does not always equal doing the right thing, especially when those giving the orders are doing so out of selfishness, pride, and cruelty meant to control the lives of others and take away their freedom. He finally recognizes that doing the right thing sometimes requires rebelling against the established order rather than adhering to it, and when he stabs Davy rather than accept his offer to serve on the Dutchman, that's his final act of rebellion. While I do think there may have been a way to let him live while still giving him this character development (lord knows there's plenty of fanfics to prove this, including my own lol) I love the fact that when he dies, he dies a free man. He is neither a slave to Beckett's greed nor a slave to Davy's cruelty. He's arguably not even a slave to death, because he greets it with humble acceptance rather than fear.
-When Barbossa is giving his speech to the Brethren Court, the camera focuses on Elizabeth during the bit about taming the seas with "the sweat of our brows and the strength of our backs." She later borrows this phrase for her "Hoist the Colors" speech prior to the final battle, and the camera then focuses on Barbossa while she's saying it.
-Jack choosing to sacrifice his shot at immortality to save Will's life has always been one of my favorite parts of the movie. One of the things I realized about it this time is that it connects back to yet another deleted bit where he tells Beckett "people aren't cargo, mate" during their first confrontation. If you know the lore, this is, of course, referencing how Jack freed a slave ship in the past, which Beckett punished him for by branding him a pirate. Jack has always valued his own freedom, but beyond that I think he just values freedom in general. His backstory is proof of that. I think that thanks to his past experiences, in that moment before he has Will stab Davy's heart, he's reminded that while immortality would technically buy him the freedom he wants for himself, personal freedom isn't worth it if it comes at the expense of innocent people's lives.
-I've noticed this before, but I have to point out again how much I love the foreshadowing of Will becoming Captain of the Dutchman, and the parallel between him and Elizabeth and Davy and Calypso. The camera almost always focuses on him when the heart is being mentioned, and Tia Dalma is usually hovering in the background like she knows what his fate is going going to be. The camera also focuses often on Will and Elizabeth together when Davy and Calypso are mentioned, further establishing the parallel. Although they go through a rough patch where they doubt their trust in one another, they're eventually able to rebuild it in a way their predecessors never could. They come together as one while Davy and Calypso tore each other apart. They embody loyalty while Davy and Calypso embody betrayal.
Anyway I'm running out of space but I've said it before and I'll say it again: the writing in the first 3 films was more brilliant than we give it credit for and I think that brilliance really shines in the 3rd one.
Okay, I might be really stupid for only realising this now but:
Hoist the Colours is about Calipso
"The king and his men stole the queen from her bed"
Davy Jones (the king) and the pirates stole Calipso from the sea (her bed)
"And bound her in her bones"
They made her human, binding her to one form.
"The seas be ours and by the powers, where we will we'll roam."
They took the sea for themselves (making it 'theirs') and now, with no other power to stop them, they can go wherever they like
Am I, like, stupid for not realising this earlier?
I was suddenly blessed with an idea of the art, except I can't draw.
So, if someone here wants to draw a picture of Jason standing in front of the mirror after the Batarang incident (either stitching himself up or just pressing his hand to the open wound) as the mirror reflects Jaybin, who Bruce teaches to shave and fuses over the small and accident cut on his neck, then I will be very, very glad to see it—
"Careful, chum, or you'll hurt yourself"
This is kinda rushed, I'm sorry!
Slutshaming women is not ok Slutshaming Alexander Hamilton is totally ok Tumblr logic
he cheated. on his wife.
he’s also been dead for several hundred years this is the funniest post ive ever read in my life
fave things about this post:
the idea that thousands of people are calling alexander hamilton a slut
calling any founding father a slut
the idea that people are SHAMING Alexander Hamilton for being Such A Slut he is being SHAMED for being such a naughty little tart, SPREADING HIS LEGS FOR EVERYONE IN CONGRESS
that this was probably prompted by people expression dissaproval for Alexander Hamilton cheating on his wife - that the OP thinks “slut shaming” and “Isnt it gross that he cheated on his wife” are the same thing
Alexander Hamilton has been dead for 210
210 slutty, slutty years
the way that this is presented in such a CHECKMATE SJWS way when they’re talking about a founding father who cheated on his wife and has been DEAD FOR 210 YEARS
the fact that the words “Slutshaming” and “Alexander Hamilton” have been used in the same sentence
i mean just apply what we’d traditionally think of as “slut shaming” to Alexander Hamilton.
His frock coat is too tight, his breaches are so short, have you SEEN how often he powders his wig??? I heard he gave Thomas Jefferson a handy behind the stables AND that he got fingered by John Hancock
i barely know who alexander hamilton is
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