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Okay, as much as I love Rocky extending Grace's life without telling him, consider: Rocky *does* tell Grace, Grace just then somehow manages to like. Horrendously misinterpret what the treatment is actually for. Like.

Eridian Doctor: We went through the human genome and found a bunch of places with old broken DNA repair mechanisms so we came up with a gene editing therapy that fixes them in order to extend your lifespan.

Grace: *flashbacks to when Rocky found out that humans can experience long term effects from lower doses of radiation exposure and Grace wasn't being as careful as he should have been back when they first met because he still thought this was gonna be a suicide mission*

Grace (internally): Oh, so cancer prevention! Got it!

Grace: Sounds good!

*like 100 years later*

Grace: Hey Rocky, how am I not dead yet?

Rocky: ???

idgabuck

Ryland Grace:

chokedqwerty

Tabloids for the Project Hail Mary mission, c. 20xx. (The Sunday Times, The Times Magazine.)

wayba3

The cutest little guys who could say no to them

goodieprocter

I spent almost an entire work shift drawing this tooth-rotting fluff

featuring the Eridian Welcoming Committee courtesy of @justcakethanks

justcakethanks

Okay this is just on another level. I'm not crying IT'S JUST RAINING. ON MY FACE.

deadgravity

Go white boy go (sequel to this)

treesaplingtwig

Coughs

bidulgie

Hobbies include drawing Danny in nerdy outfits he would never ever ever wear

chernozemm

Love the soft, curious moments of them sharing about their own cultures, biology, etc. I do think Rocky would have a field day when Grace explains skin as a very sensitive and permeable organ with lots of stuff packed tight on the surface. Since goosebumps are very tactile, I thought Rocky would enjoy hearing those.

Also, bonus.

Because it is endlessly entertaining to me to consider how deep in the trenches Rocky is.

luckydoodlez

Plant Talk - Part 1

In which I take "Simon became the Last Tree", tree-mutated Simon, cult Eden, eldritch blood hivemind voices, and Bloodymary and blend them all together into my fucking insane "Simon can communicate with plants and he's not sure how he feels about it" AU

Bonus stuff

hummingbirdsalt

Thinking about the way Grace tells Stratt "You'll find a solution" while giving her this hopeful smile.

Like, yes, it's partly his desperation and fear, clinging to the idea of another option. But there's something so genuine in that expression, because he truly believes in her.

Just as she believes in him.

His faith in her is not misplaced, but it is reciprocated, and it makes her choice inevitable. Of course she finds the answer, and of course he IS the answer.

rockets

________

You will be remembered as a hero. ________

For those wondering about the fox. Grace has a subtle motif with this animal throughout the movie, but especially this shot where they pack this toy fox with his belongings on the Hail Mary. The pose of it looked a little haunting to me, thus prompting this illustration. __________ (Small/large prints are also available on my etsy ❤️)

enki2

thebdelliumlady

For anyone wondering, the PhD student's name is Myra Cheng.

Here's a link to an article about the study from the Stanford Report: link.

chapscher

Across three preregistered studies, participants interacting with sycophantic AI became more convinced of their own rightness and less willing to repair relationships. Yet at the same time, participants rated sycophantic AI models as higher quality, more trustworthy, and more desirable for future use, which may explain why this behavior has persisted despite its harmful impacts.

Myra Cheng et al. "Sycophantic AI decreases prosocial intentions and promotes dependence." Science 391, eaec8352 (2026).

lesbiamlycenterforsocialanalysis

Perhaps I’m being dramatic, but it almost feels as though the original phrasing (that I see being reflected quite heavily in the comments) focuses on Cheng’s inspiration from AI-generated breakup texts. The article goes much further than that; Cheng and her team clearly spent time acquiring data and then processing it to tell the story of how AI-dependence is fundamentally shifting how people interact with others. This change in human interactions didn’t happen overnight. We are witnessing a fundamental shift in how we interact with other people and a simultaneous diminishing of how long people will spend on any given task. Focusing in on the more click-worthy problem of breakup texts overlooks the underlying issue that, after being discovered, can actually influence policy change as Cheng discusses

derinthescarletpescatarian

You know how wealthy people turn into stupid arseholes by surrounding themselves with vapid yes-men? ChatGPT is vapid yes-men on tap. Now you, too, can subject yourself to the phenomenon that we've all long known turns people into giant toddlers who are impossible to deal with.