Derby

Welcome to hell, folks. There is no contingency for if you’re a fucking coward.

[transgenderer]

its kind of sad that bugs are so weak. it dishonors their noble biology. i guess this is is why crustaceans are so admirable. imagine for a moment, an unsquishable bug. such is the way of the crab

[derbytheboop]

Haven’t seen blip-a x hailmary x sm-13 (the iron lung) yet, which is strange to me since ive seen blipmary & bloodymary on the same post before

im gonna make a poll for the ship name

Ship name 4 blip-a x hailmary x sm-13

Blipmary-13

Ironmaiden-A

The Hailblung

Other/results

Remaining time: 5 days 14 hours

[derbytheboop]

“Dead god in the snow”

[derbytheboop]

Who up boogin’ they er?

[derbytheboop]

When planning for vacation:

- get a refill of your prescription enough to cover the time youre gone, or plan to have it rerouted to a pharmacy near your spot

Set out your dose for the day of travel and then pack the rest of it away in with your toiletries

-pack clothes you’ll wanna wear instead of what you think you ‘should’

Know if youll be able to do laundry & if available maximize bag space by planning to wash outfits after you wear them

- DO NOT bring things you dont wanna lose

Make a list of the important objects to check every time you have to move your things

-clean out your fridge the week before so that nothing goes bad and starts stinking while youre gone

-think of things you use everyday and decide if they should come with you

-decide something comfortable to wear during your transit

Sweats are a good thing to wear because planes/buses/cars are usually air conditioned and it eliminates bulky articles from your bag

-bring cords and adapters (‘lightning cables’ are less effective bc usb ports are more common)

*ive heard of hacking things in those so be careful about what you plug into

-do the dishes

-water the plants

-if youre planning on going into the wilderness then bring your cowboy boots so you dont get ticks

Wear them in transit so you dont have to fit them in your bag

-remember to bring any gifts you were planning to give any family youre going to see, be sure to thank them for their hospitality

-download a variety of media for transit & have something to keep your hands busy

Nothing with small pieces, murphy’s law: if it can spill everywhere, it will

-get wet toiletries & put them in a gallon bag in so they dont explode on your clothes

This is helpful for tsa bc you can easily grab them out for the x-ray tunnel, always think of challenges you may face during transit, put shit youll need to grab at the top

-pack hand sanitizer, deet, allergy, pain, vitamins, and any pills/ointments you need regularly, being on vacation doesn’t preclude feeling like shit

If youre gonna be packing your own soap and shampoo then get the travel containers beforehand & make sure they meet tsa guidelines

Murphy’s law: if you can start your period at the least opportune time, you will

-bring pennies, quarters for pressed penny machines

-split cash between a secure stash & a grabbin stash for machines and stores that dont take cash

Grabbin stash should be broken bills like 1s and 5s

- have your carryon open before you leave to throw shit in last minute & REMEMBER IT

Always keep everything you need to leave with in eyeline. Murphy’s law: if you can forget it, you will

-take inventory of sentimental items well before and put them in the safe

Murphy’s law: if something can go missing at an inconvenient time, it will & you will be worrying about it the whole time youre gone.

-anything you leave behind while in a foreign land is forfeit, check before you leave & retrieve it as soon as possible when the worst happens

Thank any good samaritans profusely, bring trinkets from your homeland to compensate (they dont typically accept money)

-if youre driving than pick out a hotel before you set off (unless you plan on going all the way through)

Murphy’s law: anything that can go wrong will go wrong. Be ready for it and be calmed knowing that you are entirely capable of figuring things out as you go & everything will work out

[satan-offical]

I find it funny when

Oh my god FUCK OFF

[unyieldingsilence]

[derbytheboop]

“Well at least this summer is better than the last one was!”

I was being chemically labotomized last summer no shit

[ndnbutch]

the author’s thinly veiled nothing #notwriting #straightupnotwritingit

[ghstwht]

Had a thought that Grace technically never used reverse translation for Rocky, and Rocky understood him without a translator because he basically learned the language himself.

And you know all those jokes and headcanons about Rocky swearing every other word like any self-respecting engineer would, right? And Grace most likely did enter all those words into the translator, but replaced them with softer censored equivalents because he himself doesn’t really swear so the idea that someone might be talking to him in profanity every other sentence probably never even crossed his mind.

Now imagine this. They finally arrive to Erid. Grace desperately wants to make a good first impression, so he spends days hunched over his laptop, painstakingly assembling a greeting speech out of fragments from Rocky’s recordings.

And the resulting first contact speech sounds… bad. Like really bad. He turns the laptop toward the delegation looking unbelievably proud of himself. Presses play. And the computer proceeds to unleash a magnificent torrent of multilayered alien profanity stitched together from fragments of Rocky’s voice. Grace has absolutely no idea.

Rocky watched all of these preparations in silence the entire time, making those sly whistling noises that could absolutely be interpreted as laughter. Rocky's proud.

Meanwhile the Eridians are just thinking: "Yep. Okay. This leaky space blob really did spend years with our Rocky."

[ghstwht]

This highlight ☝️ should be here as well so everyone could see.

[ghstwht]

I’m collecting your brilliant tags like a magpie gathering shiny trinkets.

[derbytheboop]

Ops tag collection alt:

[#maybe the human equivalent would be like

#if an alien walked up to the president of a country spat in its hand and held it out for a handshake

#like you haven't declared war or anything and it's recognisable as a friendly gesture

#but all the whole delegation is standing there like "broooooo oh my god" and struggling not to laugh

#(stealing my thoughts from elsewhere and plonking it in here)

~ #project hail mary

#im so so fond of Ryland "i have. MEAN THINGS. to tell stratt." Grace and Rocky "every third word's a cunt" #they complement each other so well]

[#sol sol this is sending me stratospheric

#grace spending such a long time carefully crafting his first message to erid and making sure it's as respectful and formal as possible #the eridian equivalent of 'sincerest and warmest greetings to all of erid. i am captain dr ryalnd grace of earth'

#i am forever indebted to the kindest you have extended - and are continuing to extend - me. i wish to show that gratitude however you wish'

#plays it to rocky who's just like 'yeah sick sounds great man well done' #and then when he presses play in front of the council while wearing an expression that's both solemn sincerity and pride they hear #eyy what the fuck is up motherfuckers! it's ya boi grace! mad fucking respect! shit bro you cunts are great! lemme know what i can do help' #long beat of silence then adrian lets out a sigh like ok we love this freaky little mammal - he needs to talk to someone other than rocky я #project hail mary]

[kittydealer]

u/Fine-Dog-9874

[your-dewey-decimal-number-is]

523.8875

black holes

[lychens]

jesus fucking christ almighty (Platythomisus octomaculatus - "Pikachu Spider")

[derbytheboop]

Cant find it now but sm1 said that eridians just keep getting bigger as they age (like lobsters); first of all i think thats beautiful and pairs wonderfully with a headcannon i read about ancient eridians worshipping the core of their planet as a religion,

But secondly it makes it SO much more fucked up that all of rockys crewmates died,, like think about it! just out of pure practicality they had to send off their youngest and brightest! You cant fit a smart mountain onto a spaceship! The laws of physics deigned that we send our children in their prime, that only now getting married and having kids, on a desperate expedition into barely understood nothingness and just hope they come back alive! Its like humans sending their young men* to war

[derbytheboop]

Someone give me a miserable reaction image i need to correctly communicate how i feel about phm being an audible exclusive

[transmutationdice]

CMYK Rainbow Dice

A dice set made with only the colours cyan, magenta and yellow which combine as you look through the dice to form a full rainbow spectrum.

Plus they cast super colourful shadows!

[derbytheboop]

Phug all of you for giving me these brainworms

Barely applicable song lyrics that remind me of grace’s relationship w/ eva & rocky respectively

When I was a babe I fell down in the holler

When I was a girl I fell into your arms

We fell on hard times and we lost our bright color

You went to the dogs and I lived by my charms

I danced for my dinner, spread kisses like honey

You stole and you gambled, and I said you should

We sang for our suppers, we drank up our money

Then one day you left, saying I was no good

Well, all right, I'm bad, but then, you're no prize either

All right, I'm bad, but then, that's nothing new

You say you won't love me, I won't love you neither

Just let me remind you what I am to you

'Cause I am the one who looks out when you're leaping

I am the one who knows how you were brave

And I am the one who heard what you said sleeping

I'll take that and more when I go to my grave

It's sooner than later that I'm six feet under

It's sooner than later that you'll be alone

So who will you turn to tomorrow, I wonder?

For when the bell rings, lover, you're on your own

I am the one who you let see you weeping

I know the soul that you struggled to save

Too bad I'm the bet that you lost in the reaping

Now what will you do when I go to my grave?

The imagery coursing through me when listening to this is crazy,,, an old man singing about his best friend and his ???? The closest thing he had to one before¿¿

[derbytheboop]

[derbytheboop]

Idk if anybodys said this yet but Grace would learn mongolian throat singing on the journey and Rocky would be confused!!!