this is my archival blog

i promis this is run by a real person i just needed a private account to save stuff on bc i didnt want it on my blog. run by @infernoxx

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tag navigation for myself(will add more as i grow this page out)

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timestamps:

march 2025

fandoms:

scpf - scp foundation

arcane - arcane

half life - half-life series

portal - portal series

balatro - balatro

ships:

brightshaw - dr bright/dr shaw(scp foundation)

clefdraki - dr clef/dr bright(scp foundation)

caitvi - caitlyn/vi(arcane)

jayvik - jayce/viktor(arcane)

freehoun - gordon freeman/barney calhoun(half-life)

chelldos - chell/glados(portal)

characters:

alyx vance(half-life)

gordon freeman(half-life)

chell(portal)

glados(portal)

dr clef(scpf)

dr kondraki(scpf)

dr bright(scpf)

dr gears(scpf)

[kyri45]

Meet humanity last hope! :D (we're so fucked)(prev - next)

[kyri45]

The second (enginner/scientist/pilot) backup trio AU

None of you guys are indulging in the possibility of all 3 of them being dragged against their will AND with temporary amnesia so as always i gotta do everything myself/j

Sequel of this post. (Also have more here)

[arcthiej]

Star Devourer

Alternative Universe where after the explosion, Colt goes looking for his brother. When he enters the facility, Eva already sets the order to put Grace on the ship. When a security guard sees Colt, he's confused and puts him there too

Now there are two identical guys in one ship... I'm sure it will be fine. Definitely no sibling bonding taking place while saving the stars...

Also, they find this super strong human goo named Simon

Chapter 1 • Chapter 2

[bronzeplates]

it is important to me that the first meeting between simon and the hail mary crew is a bad one

First (this one) - Next

close ups \/

[fern-is-saving-your-post]

catastrophic news for the yuri community

[tomorobo-illust]

See hi-res version here: patreon.com/posts/156574393

Let's hear it for the universe Where it never hurts Diving in head-first Take a taste of the melting Milky Way -Alligator Sky by Owl City

Whoever came up with this crossover, you are all big brained and love this crossover!!

This is my take on them meeting owo. After the events of Iron Lung, Simon gets isekai'ed and lands on Erid where he is discovered by Grace and Rocky.

I'll have a more clear design of Simon later, but he has some mutation on his body and ability to now regenerate his body parts (with some monstrous side effects/symptoms).

Was listening to this song while coming up with this comic:

[duckngk]

a little piece of home

[yujateaandpi]

Having a lot of feelings about Ryland “you don’t even have a dog” Grace to beloved Uncle Grace pipeline.

[allmightyscroll-art]

As always I've been obsessed with them and Ryland Grace ruins me every occasion he can

[nocek]

Accidental cultural exchange ends with new craze for vaguely human shaped dolls among Erid kids. After all, humans can like magically wake up at will and protect the sleeping Eridian kids for sure.

Also it's only fair to match the Earth kids love of pet rocks baby Eridian dolls ;)

[secondsolus]

Oh my god so cute

[mcflymemes]

PROMPTS FROM PROJECT HAIL MARY *  assorted dialogue from the book by andy weir, some lines reworked to suit a roleplay format, adjust as necessary

human beings have a remarkable ability to accept the abnormal and make it normal.

it'll be interesting to see how this plays out.

glad i could be part of it.

evolution is lazy.

i guess this is it.

your face is leaking.

i will miss you.

you're my friend. heck, you're my best friend.

we have figured this out.

got to love computers. they do all the thinking for you so you don't have to.

another day, another staff meeting.

who would have thought saving the world could be so boring?

does that mean it's not no? is that another yes?

you're not alone. neither of us are.

sometimes the stuff we all hate ends up being the only way to do things.

i'm a scientist!

now we're getting somewhere!

time for me to use science.

i'm hungry.

what's your name?

are all russians crazy?

when stupid ideas work, they become genius ideas.

do you believe in god?

i know it's a personal question.

it's like he's inviting us to explore the universe.

if i had a nickel for every time i wanted to smack a kid's parents for not teaching them even the most basic things... well... i'd have enough nickels to put in a sock and smack those parents with it.

this is happy!

your face opening is in sad mode.

we're pretty untrustworthy, but i don't want him to know that.

i'm smart enough to know that i'm stupid. that's progress.

you poked it with a stick?

it was a scientific poke with a very scientific stick.

work fast.

first i have to wait for my computer to wake up.

fist my bump.

usually you're not stupid.

once again, i'm struck by melancholy.

i have to save humanity first. stupid humanity. getting in the way of my hobbies.

oh thank god. i can't imagine explaining sleep to someone who had never heard of it.

if i can't do it for a while, i go insane and eventually die.

no need for concern.

we're as smart as evolution made us.

we're the minimum intelligence needed to ensure we can dominate our planet.

i spend a lot of time un-suiciding this suicide mission.

that's not creepy at all.

wait a minute! am i a guinea pig?

it's not like that.

no. you cannot die. you are my friend.

be careful.

i don't want to look dumb in front of the aliens.

math is not thinking. math is procedure.

at least i'm not alone.

aaaaand they're dead.

you get to watch your food cook without melting your face off.

the hardest part about working with aliens and saving humanity from extinction is constantly having to come up with names for stuff.

you are here!

you saved me!

set up the damn tunnel!

get back in your ship!

it gives me a feeling of control.

i'm on a suicide mission.

yes. there'll be wars.

see how easy it is?

all i have to do is tell you something you don't want to hear.

it's the kids of today that'll have to make the world of tomorrow work.

when you're stupid tired, accept that you're stupid tired. don't try to solve things right then.

want to meet up in the bathroom down the hall and have sex?

let's see what we can do when we really set our minds to it.

you want me to observe you sleep?

you're a coward and you always have been!

you avoid risk like the plague.

[copper-leaf]

Highlights from the Project Hail Mary director's commentary:

*SPOILERS!!!*

Grace waking up from the coma was the first shot they filmed for the movie! They wanted Ryan to feel eased into the character, and what better way to do that than have him play a character who can't remember who he is?

The little "GOOD LUCK!" note in sharpie that's written on Grace's sleeping bag was canonically written by the other astronauts on the I.S.S. before the Hail Mary crew got put into the ship. In real life, Phil and Chris wrote one word each. They said it was like "a blessing on the movie."

Ryan's most nerve-wracking day on set was when he had to shoot with the classroom full of children. Most of the kids were made up of the children of the film's crew members.

The scene where Grace looks through Yao and Ilukhina's photos is footage of him looking at and reacting to actual pictures of the actors with their loved ones.

When Grace calls Stratt to tell her that he and Carl figured out how to breed astrophage, Ryan is genuinely calling Sandra on her day off set, and her audio is her genuine reaction to the unexpected line: "Carl and I made a baby!"

"We like showcasing Ryland Grace's social anxiety while having a lot of people staring at him. LOL!"

Their intention for the space funeral scene was to have Grace convey that he was trying to ease his own sadness by making the dead people with him feel better about being dead :(

The markings on Rocky's body convey his mission patch, his rank in the crew, his wedding band, and his family crest.

Grace and Stratt's conversation on the boat is Grace asking her if they're allowed to be close friends, and the response from Stratt is no, they can't. This gets driven home in the karaoke scene. She understands the value of connection, a part of her wants it, but "Her love for people has to be suspended for her to do her job."

Rocky has different forward-facing faces for different thought processes! They named his "satellite dish" face, his "scrunched up thinking face", and his "monobrow face".

Direct quote: "I love how on the spectrum Rocky is." ROCKY AUTISTIC CODED CONFIRMED!

After Rocky recovers from his injuries: "As Rocky returns to the movie, the lights turn on. The warmth returns. It's like the day breaking."

Confirmed that when Grace and Rocky reunite, Rocky says to Grace, "You came back for me, question?"

They throw this out there for two seconds and do NOT expand on it, but according to Andy Weir, Stratt is imprisoned for life but somehow ESCAPES???

The Eridians built Grace an artificial tree in his enclosure because Rocky knew he liked trees

There's so much more they shared about film processes and the people who were behind making certain effects possible. I highly recommend checking out the commentary if you're able!

[etheireimagined]

rocky jacket concept

[fandom-skellyweirdo-jumper]

BloodyMary Prompt - Simon the Hail Mary Cryptic/Cryptid

Maybe it's my tiredness making me feel like a genius, but this idea is funny as hell. And it works with Rescued pre-arm-loss Simon, Rescued post-arm-loss/had been submerged in blood Simon, and even Mutated Simon.

The point is: from the POV of Eva Stratt & Co (her entire government team) watching Ryland Grace's documented/journaled video recordings - in addition to getting a full alien introduction of Rocky and hearing his Eridian engineer expertises -> in later recordings, they just see Simon chilling in the background with hardly any explanation of who, how or why.

Forget the timeline, the timeline is whatever fanfic writer wants, but Grace and Rocky do meet and rescue Simon together because Simon deserves to meet wholesome people who want him to live even if he was scared of one of them (Rocky) at first.

So, while Grace was providing Simon medical attention and keeping watch by the man's bedside, he didn't have time to make journal recordings the same way he had done with Rocky. Did Grace keep making recordings of their Astrophage progress? Sure. Because that's important information compared to the strange man he saved. Thus, one or two of those recordings have an unconscious Simon in the background as Grace is talking about his research, still being on standby as a nurse in case the mysterious man wakes up.

Once Simon does wake up and soon begins to recover and bond with both Grace and Rocky, it's like-

Grace: Oh, hey, can I introduce you in my report back to earth? Is that something you're comfortable with, or no?

Simon: Absolutely not. Those are also the recordings you send to your boss, One-Letter-Away-From-Ava Eva, right? Fuck no.

So, Grace just shrugs and respects Simon's privacy. He elaborates on nothing and mentions nothing. Not the alternative post-space-apocalypse universe with no more planets or stars. Not the iron lung that had been in a blood ocean. And most certainly, not Simon's past.

But also, after he gets the memory back that he was forced on the mission against his will, Grace feels just petty enough against Eva & Co to continue never giving any context for Simon, thus, never sharing the new discovery of the existence of Multiple/Alternate Universes and the power of black holes. Just the information of the Dimming-Sun solution and Rocky's Eridian culture and engineering.

Therefore, Simon becomes the Hail Mary Cryptic.

In the beginning, he hid from Grace's camera eye like a skittish animal while the scientist still addressed him or chatted with him while he was off screen, effectively making Grace look crazy until Simon could be heard answering back.

Over time tho, Simon is just seen chilling in the background, doing stuff, whether or not he was being addressed by Grace or Rocky. He's sleeping, eating some lunch, exercising, just walking/floating around, watching Rocky work (and learning from him), staring out the ships windows (at the stars) lost in thought, focusing very carefully on one of the plant saplings that had been sent on the ship, teaming up with Rocky to hassle Grace into eating or sleeping, and so forth.

Grace mentions how great it is having Simon help on the Hail Mary.

But help out with what?

The Mission? Piloting? Ship maintenance? Inventory-keeper? Sex? Moral Support?

WHO KNOWS! Certainly not Eva & Co. Truly, I wish for their ultimate bafflement.

In fact, this is everything Eva & Co knows about the Cryptic Man from the Grace's (and sometimes Rocky's as well) journal recordings:

His name is Simon.

Grace and Rocky like/love/care about him without explanation besides an educated guess of both Sun-Saver Missioners just being happy of having a new person around.

He had not snuck onto the Hail Mary before launch and live in secret on the ship for 4-5 years.

Grace and Rocky had 'picked up' him from somewhere.

He is a medical mystery. And him being a human or not is never clear.

He had possible made himself into the Hail Mary's amateur gardener/botanist.

He taught Rocky English swear words, much to Grace's disapproval and recognised inevitability.

and finally

8. He had stated within one recording, and I quote, *to Grace* "I don't want to be in any books, science or history or whatever. *look straight at camera and points* Do not put me in any fucking book. *almost not heard, off screen again* In books are where Ry and Rocky belong, not me."

[astrotheyge]

I got a 3D printer recently and of course I’ve been using it for fandom objects, this is my PHM collection so far I love my objects #myobjects

Model links:

Project Hail Mary Grace Keychain

Blip B canister | Rocky pen holder

Project Hail Mary Amaze Keychain

Project Hail Mary - Hail Mary Ship Ver.2

Rocky and Ryland | Project Hail Mary - Official Mission Patch Coaster

[rylandgraces]

ok I know I seem insane for watching project hail mary for the fourth time in 10 days but I got to watch it with the directors commentary tonight and it’s incredible how much thought and love went into this film by EVERYONE. the directors, ryan gosling himself, the sound department, costumes, set production, cameras. everyone has so much pride and the story is so beloved by all. anyway here are some of my favorite things from the commentary

no one knew how to pronounce eridani (air-id-ah-ni or air-re-deni) so they just literally never said it in the film

the “good luck” at the beginning is supposed to have been written by the astronauts on the ISS who delivered ryland to the hail mary

the mop ryland was dancing with was called moppy ringwald

when ryland calls stratt after successfully breeding astrophage and he says “carl and I made a baby,” that was ryan gosling calling sandra hüller on her day off and she had no idea that’s what he was going to say. that “what” was her genuine first reaction

the scientist whom ryland called a stagnating waste of carbon was the bearded guy sitting next to him and stratt in the initial phm meeting

the idea of the soundtrack being so hopeful was supposed to be like there were two different planets cheering him on

when ryland is sitting on the beach in that don’t-go-crazy room and sees a figure walking towards him, that’s him on erid at the end. he’s seeing himself 

among the markings on rocky were the petrova line mission patch, his rank, family crest, and wedding band

rocky always stamped his claw on the ground twice for a question

they wanted to make it so that eridani could have different tones. so it could be a given series of keys for one word and then you could change the frequencies for happy, sad, scared, etc.

after rocky wakes up and asks ryland if they caught the taumeoba and ryland shakes his head no and then yes, the directors went “what an odd thing to do”

ryan gosling wrapped all the gifts that ryland gave to rocky himself

the entire reason that exchange panel was put on rocky’s ball was so that ryland could pass him the little beanie earth

the movie starts with an upside down shot of ryland waking up. the epilogue starts with a right-side up shot of ryland waking up. he also makes his bed and brushes his teeth to show how time has passed LOL

their headcanon for explaining the rocky nature of the beach is that the eridians tried to emulate sand but got the scale of the grains wrong

rocky had them create a beach, and wave machine for the beach, and a tree for ryland so that he felt closer to home, but rocky was all he needed for that