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If someone's sleepwalking, try to gently guide them back to bed.

Project Hail Mary | G | 1.7k

Grocky but Grace is asleep for almost the entire fic and Rocky's still somehow a capital F Freak about it (and also very anxious the whole time)

Summary:

“So humans can wake up at any moment, sense their surroundings while sleeping, have sleep-hallucinations integral to brain-function that they only sometimes remember, some of which are so scary that they wake themselves up – and they can walk?” “Affirmative,” says the Mary, neutral as ever. Or: It was only a matter of time before Rocky found out what sleepwalking was.

Enjoy :D

marshmellowtea

you know what we don't have enough of in this fandom is grace downplaying his own trauma, especially when it comes to the hail mary mission. i need more of him trying to bottle up his feelings about being literally kidnapped and sent to his death because what right does he have to be traumatized by that when everything turned out fine in the end? what right does he have when yao and ilyukhina never even got the smallest chance to survive? when rocky lost twenty-three of his crewmates and had to watch them sleep for forty-six earth years, slowly realizing that they weren't going to wake up? and god if simon is there he has so much more to compare his trauma against, what with the child-solider-raised-in-a-cult-forced-into-the-blood-ocean of it all...how could grace complain about his lovingly crafted coffin and terrified chase when he knows he's always had a better chance? when he was so lovingly murdered, sacrificed as a hero for the good of the world?

who is he to complain, when his kidnapping led to meeting his best friend and soulmate, when it brought him to the love(s) of his life? when he was given a choice, technically, but he was too cowardly and frightened to say yes? when being pinned down and forcibly sedated was for his own good, when it ended up saving his life while the people who were actual heroes rotted in their pods next to him? when stratt was right to do this to him, when she knew he was capable of the mission, and it turns out she was very correct in believing in him? what right does he have to have nightmares about it, to have flashbacks that leave him shaking in terror, to flinch away from needles or medical care, because of something that brought him to the place he's supposed to be? how can he feel frightened of choice, of his no not meaning anything, when clearly having his choice taken from him is for the best? how is that fair? how does that not just reinforce his cowardice, his selfishness, for not willingly agreeing to a near certainly doomed fate?

the answer he comes to is that it's not, he's going to make damn sure that no one knows how weak he is for crying over a choice that he should've made in the first place.

(bonus: i think this could be especially juicy in a time travel au where he actually does get a chance to meet stratt again, knowing what she did to him. he berates himself for flinching from her, like she's dangerous to him, when he knows she was just trying to do the right thing. he feels rushes of intense, white hot rage, only for it to fizzle out into guilt afterwards for being angry in the first place. he's torn between slapping her and demanding to know how she could do this to him and clinging to her and asking through his tears how could she do this to him when he thought they were friends, when he trusted her so much, when he thought...when he thought she liked him. he's not sure what to do with all of his feelings. it's not like he can talk to her about it, can he?)

zelldas

hi may I ask top 3 gracerocky headcanons?

oh boy how could i ever pick just three. i'll try. i don't know that they will necessarily be my Top 3 because that would require me to sit down for several hours and list out all my grocky headcanons and then sort them into a list. but here are three that i like:

• grace has never fallen in love before meeting rocky, and beyond that hasn't even really tried or had an urge to pursue romance. sure, maybe he's attempted a few dates here and there that friends or coworkers set him up on, but he's never given it a lot of effort and it shows, so regardless of how smart and attractive he may be, his dates walk away with no desire to pursue things further because they can sense his apathy. eventually his friends stop trying to set him up, because he's gotten exclusively bad reviews, and he's relieved when they stop trying, resigns himself to a lifetime of bachelorhood. then he gets chucked into space and meets a five-legged, no-faced rock spider alien who he has to let in and be vulnerable with & for the first time in his life he forms a truly deep, intimate interpersonal connection with someone where he feels entirely known and seen and then uh oh. oops. he's in love

• between the two of them, rocky is the exophile. grace thinks he's an exophile but he never ends up attracted to any other eridian for the duration of his life. he's actually just in love with rocky, and therefore attracted to rocky because of that love. rocky is the real alienfucker freak between them. he's attracted to grace because he loves him, yes, but he was attracted to grace before he loved him––he finds grace's human body inherently erotic, its strange gross parade of liquids and general permeability. to be clear i don't think this is a common opinion among eridians and that they all find grace's body inherently erotic; i hc that it's about as common on erid to find grace sexy as it would be on earth to find rocky sexy. but rocky's just a freak like that

• i think they get married on that fucking ship. i don't think rocky waits to get adrian's opinion or ask anyone's permission and i don't think grace has the heart to fight him on it when he wants it so badly and thinks that he's probably not going to make it anyway, so he might as well let himself have this one thing. but then he does make it and they show up to erid human married AND eridian mated and everyone just has to deal

brainworms-quarantine-zone

Grocky Fic Recs

There are so many fantastic authors in this bonkers fandom, I absolutely love it. Here are my current favorite Grave/Rocky fics, in no particular order, organized by non-explicit/explicit.

Non-explicit

approach the asymptote (finished, rated T) by lizardhands (@szczyrkowa): The yearning is off the charts. Incredible Rocky POV. Love what this fic does with language and music (and kissing).

you weren't there that day for the Naming of Things (finished, rated T) by callmearcturus: Why is Rocky being so cagey about what he named Grace? Well… it’s embarrassing. But not in the way you think. Excellent ideas about Eridian language, featuring Grace getting adaptive hearing aids. The ending almost made me cry, which is HARD to do.

phenomenal nominal nothing (finished, rated M) by @grimark: Handfeeding meburgers to your human as a metaphor for love. Heartwrenching and fucked up Rocky POV. Nothing overtly sexual happens but somehow it’s still FILTHY.

i want us both to eat well (finished, rated G) by @peglarpapers: How much would Rocky be willing to sacrifice to keep Grace by his side? A hell of a lot. This fic also explores cultural difference vis a vis cannibalism. Incredible.

rocky holds it (finished, rated M) by @landsat9: Yep, it’s exactly what it sounds like. Had me wheezing with laughter.

better than your best (finished, rated T) by Goldmonger: Deeply affecting portrayal of the aftermath of Rocky’s trauma.

Teacher Grace’s Earth Human Romance (finished, rated G) by ketonebodies: Some of the Eridian kids in Grace’s class write epic RPF about their favorite teacher. Hints of worldbuilding and angst make the goofy humor even better.

Explicit

The Right Hand of Light (finished, rated E) by @doomedblade: Some of the best Eridian worldbuilding I’ve seen. Grace and Rocky love each other and are insane about it. Also probably the first ever use of the tag “Erotic carapace moulting” on Ao3. Groundbreaking.

Co-Valence (finished, rated M) by minimalistless: One of the best “Grace confesses to Rocky that he said ‘no’ to the mission” fics out there. Really interesting thoughts on Eridian conceptions of consent, as well as Eridian courtship. Only in the “explicit” category for a brief scene near the end.

It Is Imperative That The Cylinder Remains Unharmed (finished, rated E) by startingatmidnight: When Grace’s “cylinder” gets into a predicament, his internal monologue predictably takes the form of Reddit posts. Hilarious.

i’m your man (finished, rated E) by spqr (@andthepeople) : How does one of the most tender, loving sex scenes in this fandom involve a belt sander?? Insane and amazing.

/r/HumanEridianRoleplay (ongoing, rated E) by @doomedblade: If Grace and Rocky hadn’t met on a high-stakes planet-saving space mission, they probably would have met through horrible erotic Reddit roleplay. They are both terrible in this and they’re perfect for each other. I’m obsessed.

Settled (ongoing, rated E) by gravidowl: Rocky does some culinary experimentation on Erid to help save Grace from starvation and malnutrition. Grace goes absolutely wild for the results and Rocky has Feelings about it.

I'm just about a moonlight mile on down the road (ongoing, rated E) by Moonshine_Dan (@synthyk): Amazing Rocky POV fic about meeting Grace that really leans into how long Rocky’s been in the torment nexus and how messed up he is. I’m so seated.

hiimcibee

Making this about Grace/Rocky/Adrian

masao-micchi

Hiii just wanted to pop in and say that I'm in love with your Grocky art :) I also love Adrian here as well. I've seen your human Rocky design, but what about human Adrian? (No pressure btw :D, just asking out of curiosity)

about time i designed them LKJADFJDSKJF i do kinda need it too to progress my comics LMFAO

they are a scientist but also does art on the side HAHAHA

my other PHM art here

asteronomical

grace: would you still love me—

rocky: yes we'd still love you if you were a worm

rocky: no we're not mad at you

rocky: yes we love you

grace: 🥹

adrian: he does not speak for both of us. i would not love you if you were a worm. the human body is weird enough.

trashyshrew

lemonsweet

Do you remember the episode of Spongebob where he's training gary for the snail race and does a coach persona + calls gary a girl and has an aside where he's like "I called you a lady to demean you 🤓" and right after he says that it cuts to sandy and she somehow telepathically feels that Spongebob just did something misogynistic and us like I feel like I need to kick Spongebobs ass for some reason. And then she appears just at the end of the episode to kick his ass.

purple--starrrs

By the way it's like. Really fucked how society's thoughts on epilepsy is just "get over it." Seizures can cause permanent brain damage. Seizures can kill people. Seizures hurt like hell. Allow me to reiterate that seizures can kill people. And you're just gonna casually put flashing lights, a common trigger for seizures in your advertisement, in your animation meme, in your edit, on your billboards, without even thinking about putting a simple disclaimer? That's unbelievable. Your little anime edit could deadass cost a life and you're not gonna put a warning because it's "inconvenient" or "people like that shouldn't be on the internet" (ableist) (the problem exists outside the internet also). Or you'll give insufficient ones like putting it in the captions or only giving like one second before the flashing lights appear, meaning that the trigger's already in motion before anyone who needs the warning can read it and save themselves from literal physical danger.

We need to start commenting under other people's posts about how to properly warn for flashing lights and eyestrain. We need to be emailing and calling companies about their possibly triggering advertisements that could induce seizures. We need to stop tolerating ableism and start speaking up for the more vulnerable.

Also, stop putting epilepsy warnings. That's like saying "warning: schizophrenia" on a post including unreality or "warning: dyslexia" on a post with a typing quirk. First off, the disability mentioned isn't the only group of people that this could trigger. Second, it doesn't truly get the message across and instead makes it worse for those with the disability-- scrolling through the epilepsy tag on Tumblr should get you to view the content of other epileptic people, but no, you just get a bunch of flashing lights and eyestrain, even though you could instead tag for, oh I dunno, flashing lights and eyestrain.

Anyways this Disability Pride, and for every month that comes after, think about epileptic people and others who are triggered by flashing lights/eyestrain. Happy pride to those who experience seizures too frequently due to the unaccommodating and ableist societies we live in!