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[brellstudiosart]

fucking around

[kaomojiloser]

drawing possibly one of the funniest moments in the book. chain… must chain……. quote below !!!!!

“Chain, chain, chain. If I ever see another chain in my life, it will be too soon. Ten kilometres of chain—each link just 5 centimetres long. That’s two hundred thousand links. Each one connected by hand or by claw. It worked out to each of us working eight hours per day for two weeks doing nothing but connecting links. I saw chain whenever I closed my eyes. I dreamed of chain every night. One of my dinner packets was spaghetti and all I could see were smooth, white chains instead of noodles.” Project Hail Mary: Chapter 19, pg. 308

[completely-sane-scientist]

[autumngracy]

Saw this twitter post and instantly started looking for pictures of Stratt to use it with

[sukig2]

I love the headcanon that once back on Erid, Rocky refuses to give up the astrophage solution until his starving dying alien friend is safe.

It's even funnier to think that he never told Grace about this.

Picture this.

Grace, recording a video diary for future human visitors or something:

"Oh boy, and the ERIDIANS are some of the nicest people you'll ever meet! They've done so much for me, I can't even put into words how grateful I am! Once we arrived on Erid, their top priority was saving my life despite the fact that their planet was dying! Me, a stranger, someone who doesn't even belong here! They went above and beyond for me, and all just because they're SUCH amazing, caring people. Right, Rock?"

Rocky, having flashbacks to the time he yelled "STAY THE FUCK BACK, NO YOU CAN'T HAVE THE TAUMOEBA! WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY? ALIEN ISN'T PRIORITY? FUCK YOU! ROCKY WILL KEEP TAUMOEBA FOR HIMSELF! ROCKY WILL BLOW UP ALL OF ERID! ROCKY WILL....":

"....sure."

[cringe6ever]

#1 Eva Stratt defender

[aroace-ryland-grace]

eva stratt you are the most interesting character in all of fiction ever eva stratt they could never make me hate you

[kosmikowboj]

this might sound insane but I love how almost tactile the phm soundtrack is. there's so many "hard" sounds, like claps, clicks, hits, etc, which on its own already stands out as unique but, even more than that, when combined with the choir singing it literally sounds like a perfect blend of erid and earth. are we joking

[wutheringhestia]

many posts about grace dying in the lab explosion, but consider: stratt dies, and grace has to navigate an entirely different kind of betrayal when it’s revealed she named him as contingency director. she knew what it means to carry that weight, and was still willing to lay it on his shoulders without so much as asking - but it’s also the most pronounced act of trust anyone could possibly give him. so he’s angry, and honoured, and grieving, and the person he most needs to talk to about it all isn’t there to hear it

[celenequinn]

Saw a post about Stratt and Grace getting married so he couldn’t testify against her in court and I believe the interaction goes something like as follows:

“Grace, I need your signature.”

Grace looked up from his work in his closet of an office. Stratt closed the door behind her.

“An autograph? I’m flattered.”

She pushed the work off his already disheveled desk and set a single paper on top. It kind of looked like his degree, it kind of looked like-

“A marriage license? Well, now I’m really flattered.”

“For legal reasons. Just sign.” Stratt muttered.

“Are you serious?”

Of course she was serious. She only was serious. But she seemed…uncomfortable? The feeling looked strange on her. Eyes dart between the paper and him. Arms crossed over her chest as if hugging herself. It was definitely a new look. They were in new territory.

“I’m not the marrying type.” said Grace. “And I think I forgot to propose.”

Stratt breathed in deeply. Steeling herself.

“Grace,” Her hands were fidgeting with the cuff of her sleeve. “What I’m doing here is illegal. I’ve broken alot of rules to give the crew a chance to save us. But once the mission begins…the world order will need to go back to how it was.”

Grace listened intently trying to make eye contact with her glassy gaze. He hadn’t thought to much about the legality of it all. After all, that was her job.

“I will be put on trial. I will be found guilty. I will serve the rest of my life behind bars. That is my cost.” Stratt continued, “You, the team, will all be fine. But-”

She pushed the license closer to Grace.

“Spouses don’t testify in court.”

Finally she looked at him. She wasn’t telling him to sign. If that was the case she probably would’ve just forged his signature. Hell, she probably has a whole team just for that purpose. She was asking him.

His choice. Just between the two of them.

“We don’t have to sleep together, right?”

Her eyes went big. “God Grace! No! Just sign the damn paper!” she huffed.

He smiled. And put his name under hers.

Husband and wife.

Well, more like “Most powerful person in the world” and “Some guy she kept around.” But still. Till death do they part.



[ermine-57047]

it's midnight and I'm practically in tears at the thought of rocky becoming sort of a patron saint of safety in the dark back on earth

Weighted plushies of Rocky being made. Parents giving them to their children, telling them "It's okay! Rocky's here to watch over you. He'll make sure to keep you safe."

[allramnostorage]

i firmly believe that one of the reasons tumblr latched onto project hail mary so hard is because we're all so obsessed with the dead wife trope lately and grace is his own dead wife. half of the book/film is grace experiencing a dead wife montage about himself and that's beautiful to me

[neverendingfanart]

I know the end.

[painted-starsys]

happy fathers day to these two specifically

[ceruleana]

You know that study where people would rather electrocute themselves than be bored or whatever, i can't remember the details. anyway how long do you think it took in the trip to Erid for Grace to start seriously considering creating the Bordom-trocuter 1000, and how long do you think it took Rocky "has to be making something constantly or he has a breakdown" to construct the Eridian equivalent,

[icarusdiesatdawn]

There should be an equivalent to asking "how's the wife and kids?" that's like "so how's that fictional man of yours doing?"

[runawaymarbles]

Via @morhath

[aroace-space-grace]

can't get over the mental image of grace seeing the eridian space elevator for the first time, and hysterically thinking that yao was wrong

there might not be elevators on the hail mary, but there certainly are elevators in space