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so if phm is set in 2032 and ryland grace is supposedly 29 when the hail mary launches, that means he is firmly within gen Z… he knows about undertale AUs and watched Fred on YouTube at like 9 years old. He had a tumblr blog. this genuinely explains everything
i want someone to make a roleplay blog but it’s literally just ryland grace’s actual blog and then the last post is like “guys oh my godddd never become important at work i’m so serious you’ll never fucking guess where they’re sending me #and during pride month???”
I am not part of the project hail mary fandom and know nothing about it, yet it's all over my feed. Here's what I've gathered so far:
mc is a sassy middle aged science teacher who would both kill/die(?) for his friends, but would also trade them for a snickers purely for the love of the game. would rather shave his head than kiss someone
mc looks like he did crack in college and would probably throw hands with his 86 y/o professor for forcing certain beliefs in the classroom. he would lose and whine about it.
there's a silly little rock thing that is really good friends with the mc and has very little understanding of exactly how humans work. would panic if it saw synchronized swimming
they're in space I think. maybe.
silly little rock has a big silly green rock partner
there's a girl and I think she would sell mc for loose pocket change and an oreo
Book MC would trade anything for anything if he gets to do science experiments on it. Movie MC would befriend a high level security guard and use the company credit card to buy snickers. (Sour skittles)
Yes
Absolutely
Yes
Big green partner is hive mind fandom concept we all decided on basically the same design which is hilarious. Partner is not in book or movie.
Only if you’re too good at your job and can save the world.
Okay I gotta do this or else I’ma lose my mind. Project Hail Mary movie stuff here we go
“Please Record video diary,.” / “I’m not doing that.”
The way so much movement is to the beat of the music the editing is so good
Ryland Grace saying “oh no” and “uh-oh” whenever he sees anything new no mater if it’s positive or negative and there is no way to tell from his tone cause it’s the same every time
Stratt accusing him of running and then speeding up to run with him
The way everyone starts giving Grace thumbs up when he looks at them
*sighs into walkie talkie*
Licorice for Grace exclusively and skittles for EVERYONE else on site
“Me and Carl made a mini Venus out of a plywood box.” / “Who’s Carl???”
Stratt making a “wheep wheep” sound effect when tapping the projector screen and showing Grace the astrophage fuel plan
“Which is why you now live on a boat in the middle of the ocean, in case of” *mimes explosion* Stratt is 1000 times more expressive than I remember from the first watch I knew I was obsessed with her for a reason
The amount of flailing around Grace does
“Nope nope, nope, nope, nope.”
Grace nope-ing out of the space walk and then accidently slingshotting hismelf out of the ship
If can’t understand, slam against table strategy, brought to you by Dr. Ryland Grace
Getting startled by Rocky’s solar system and then slamming back up against the glass a second later to get a better look at it
POV you’re Rocky in the middle of constructing a breathable tunnel for this alien dude and he knocks on your window before your ready and when you tell him to get the heck back in his ship and out of the tunnel it’s not finished yet he responds with “But I just got here…”
The tango/ballroom music playing while Rocky adjusts lines up the ships took me OUT
Grace holding up his hand in a peace sign when he sees fullbody Rocky
“Face’s are overrated.”
How annoyed Rocky sounds when Grace doesn’t realize he’s pointing initially
The fact Grace takes his helmet off trusting this rock lookin alien did oxygen right is crazy, not just because trusting an alien not to have intent to harm but also trusting an alien to actually know what it’s doing and know enough about him to do it right
The fact he doesn’t figure out the other thing Rocky sent him is“It’s the patrova line” until this point they did not have to add that and I’m so glad they did
Grace interrupts Rocky right in the middle of his name when he’s introducing himself
I don’t know if Grace and Rocky realize how much the other talks at the start since they don’t understand each other, neither of them shut up
Rocky laughing at Grace
Rocky building Grace a place to sit in the wall
Grace getting more and more crammed into the tunnel and closer to Rocky the more relaxed he gets
Grace getting more clumsy the sleepier he is
The really dumb “Good night sir” bow he does to Rocky (he also bows to the astronauts when he firsts meets them)
Grace trusts Rocky quickly yeah but the way Rocky trusts Grace even more quickly is crazy
Grace and his stupid permanant licorice in his mouth instead of a cigarette or toothpick or something
The way Eva Stratt is always watching Grace
The way you can see how the astronauts opinion of Grace changes when they show the astrophage from humouring the dishevelled unassuming sweater guy to respecting the world’s leading expert in astrophage
Grace remembers the people on the boat as his friends so says his whiteboard nobody touch me
Mary trying to coach Rocky and Grace through their Ikea bed set-up argument
Rocky slamming his head against his ball repeatedly, then accusing Grace of being grumpy because he hasn’t napped
Rocky and Grace filing in the gaps that the other has in skills and knowledge i am face in hands bro
Grace is smart but he needs a Carl or a Rocky to help him be the most smart he needs someone to point out the obvious
Mary interrupting Grace when he’s trying to say how long travelling will take
Grace making Rocky ball and all a seatbelt
“Hanging ten”
Rocky holding his screen translator thing like a microphone during Karaoke
“I miss the fog.” I’m obsessed with you
The ending of Adrian’s name sounding like when you come to a screeching halt
Grace’s swagless ADHD vs Stratt’s soft logic Cringefail social skills
Ryland Grace is the most swagless fail of a man
“You don’t bother me.”
I need to analyze every facial expression Eva Stratt makes when she looks at Ryland Grace your honor
The soldiers in the hallway listening to Stratt’s karaoke
eye-contact with Grace while singing
Stratt out here looking like she’s mourning the life she won’t have since she knows she’s gonna spend life in prison after saving the world (if this works)
Stratt and Grace mattering to each other is making me mentally ill wdym Grace is Stratt’s softness and Stratt is Grace’s confidence wdym
I’m convinced Rocky tapping his foot twice whenever he asks a question is a tone indicator, like when we pitch our voices up to indicate a question, not neccesarily the word ‘question’, and Grace just put ‘tapping foot twice’ as the word ‘question’ in the translator which is why all Rocky’s questions end with the word question.
GRACE CLICKING HIS HEELS TOGETHER BEFORE GOING BACK INSIDE AFTER NAMING THE PLANET AFTER ADRIAN
Rocky mimicking Grace checking his watch even though he doesn’t have one
Rocky just waiting while Grace studies the astrophage
Grace getting clumsy when he’s sleepy or panicked vs Rocky getting clumsy when he’s excited about something they trip so much in this movie
Grace playing catch with Rocky/himself on the glass while he’s brainstorming and Rocky just has to deal with that
“Thumps uuuppp babyyy” —Rocky the Eridian
Rocky doing a puppet show for Earth
Rocky gives driving directions like my dad
Rocky assuming Grace has been in direct contact with earth this whole time hurts me for unknown reasons Huston
“Thumbs up?” / “No.”
Grace’s voice cracking when he says “We got stars to save.”
Rocky using his fingers when he does math
“I didn’t mean any of that—“
Rocky picking up on Grace’s way of speaking
“Can you take a compliment, please?” / “No.” / “That’s an order.”
Grace’s toque looking like he’s got cat ears or something
Grace’s bright yellow jacket being like the only colour the fact it’s yellow the colour associate with the sun
“That’s not half bad.” / “It’s full good.” Just admit when something’s going well Grace
Grace’s pained sound morphing into Rocky’s worried chittering that they don’t have translated words for I’m FINE about this movie’s editing i swear
“EVERYBODY CALM DOWN.”
Grace’s vocal fry when he screams for Rocky I’m FINE
That one shot of Carl looking at him like he’s a friend he’s losing
After dragging Grace to the medbay, Rocky would have had to drag himself to his bubble, break into it, and re-seal it again, this dude is crazy
Grace making Rocky a heat lamp even though his atmosphere is so hot that it would probably be totally useless
Ryland Grace physically shaking with relief when he figures out the taumoeba
Grace walking Rocky through everything while he’s unconscious
You ever think about how if Grace died Erid and Earth would die it wouldn’t matter if Rocky survived because Grace is the scientist and Rocky isn’t and if Rocky died just Erid would die and not earth too i’M FINE
Grace not wearing his own spacesuit under the suit rocky made him, trust is CRAZY
Rocky and Grace’s spaceships both having the story of their planets welded into the walls of their ships
Eva Stratt i am obsessed with you, she’s realistic but she still gives the most optimistic prediction and mourns that it can’t be true
Ryland Grace crying over the fact that he doesn’t think he has it in him to go to space. Not because he’s getting sent because he doesn’t know that yet but because “I don’t have it in me.” Crying over the fact that he’s not more than he is. This man’s view of himself my GUYS.
It’s not hard to ask people to die and then when she tells Grace he is she looks like she’s going to cry
Stratt flinching when Grace moves the chair to try escaping
It’s only once Grace is out of the room that Stratt’s voice is level again wdym she looks him in the face and gets choked up but when his back is turned she can be stoic wdym
Rocky and Grace dragging out their goodbyes as long as they can looking for any excuse to linger a little longer
Rocky continuing to say goodbye while Grace is walking away
Grace cutting through the tunnel to detach their ships and Rocky watching the whole time
Grace dreaming about earth
Someone in a lab coat rocking back and forth with their hands clasped tightly together while Grace is unconscious in the dream/flashback who IS that—
Grace not dismantling Rocky’s space even though he didn’t need it anymore and then using it to avoid gettingf blown out of the ship while it’s depressurizing
Grace punching the screen when he finds the leak
Rocky’s handprint scar on Grace’s arm
Grace counting down the days to get to Rocky and playing with Rocky’s spaceship models
The lyrics / We’re on our way home / we’re going home / playing while Grace is floating back towards Rocky’s ship and not when he was on his way back to earth shut uUUUUP
Grace accepting Rocky is probably dead, then raising the wrench to keep knocking or try to break through anyway to go get him
“I’m here buddy”
Stupid forehead touch through the wall I’m FINE
Grace sending the video dairy of him introducing Rocky instead of just the Taumoeba findings
Rockys’ model of Grace being modeled after how Grace was flailing in space when catching the solar system model capsule. First impressions, guys
Stratt doing the Eridian goodbye just once
The Petrova line slowly disappearing instead of having the screen fade to black OUGH this mOVIE, MAN
Rocky reminding him to close the door because I made you a door you better use the freaking door.
Adrian being either one of the scientists that built Grace’s bio-dome or one of the people in charge of maintaining it
I’m not sure if the beetles home trip would take the same amount of time as Mary’s prediction for the ship itself, but going off of that and if this picks up chronologically after Stratt receives the probes, then Grace has been on Erid for over four years at the time of the ending and they are STILL working on getting the temperature right in Grace’s bio dome
The way the domes walls don’t quite line up so the simulated rocks don’t connect to each other
The way the colour of the stripes on Grace’s shirt don’t seem as saturated as they have in previous scenes and his sweater looks more distressed and worn
PROJECT HAIL MARY OUGH I’m so normal about this movie guys trust
They move in together full time and Ilya notices that Anya acts differently with Shane than she does with him, more quiet and less playful, and he worries that means she doesn’t like Shane or is jealous, so he hires a dog trainer to come over and see if there’s anything they need to do to help
After a while of talking about how Anya acts the trainer says there’s nothing to worry about, Anya likes Shane just fine, it’s just that she sees him as the boss and is acting accordingly
And Ilya is like. But. I’m the one who adopted her? And raised her before Shane got here?? And the trainer is just like yeah well she sees you more like an equal. And Ilya is like WAIT she thinks Shane is in charge of both of us?? And the trainer is just like well do you interact in a way that would make her think that?
Ilya’s life flashes before his eyes as he thinks of all the times Shane has come over with a snack for Ilya and a treat for Anya, or all the times Shane has announced they’re all going for an after dinner walk, or pets Ilya’s hair and tells him he did a good job at practice, or the fact that he uses the same warning tone with Anya when she misbehaves as he does with Ilya when he’s causing problems on purpose
Shane comes home to Ilya with his face in his hands going oh god I’m not Anya’s dad I’m her brother and she thinks we’re both your pets. And Shane just goes. What.
i really am tickled by the idea of scott hunter being canonically only 3 yrs older than ilya and catching stray after stray for being old. yet also in my mind cliff is fully in his mid 30s when ilya is a rookie and whenever they get drunk together cliff gets emotional and is like “do you think im washed lil bro…..” and ilya is like “NO are you kidding me……you are stud…..just now in your prime…..”
Jacob said the budget for season 2 has not increased and he said "the show might make you famous but the folks at Peloton will make you rich".
"Shane and Ilya are the stars in the series. No shade, Troy Barrett".
Jacob said he is picking songs he likes and that he can afford.
The new book "The Making of Heated Rivalry: Season 1" will include annotated scripts and unseen photographs. Rachel wrote the introduction.
Jacob said Ilya and Shane are the heartbeat of his show. Jacob said one of his favourite scenes in TLG is the big fight because "you can love each other but that's not always enough when you need to make a relationship work and you have to learn that. Shane and Ilya have to learn how to ground their relationship as adults."
Jacob said Troy is a really damaged character and he plans to dig more into that.
Jacob wouldn't confirm or deny anything about TLG getting split into two seasons.
Jacob said episode 6 wasn’t done until 11 days before the show aired.