james ortiz provided some of his own personal rocky backstory on the sag aftra podcast, transcribed by me because we all have to be miserable about it together.
link to the podcast, this section below is from timestamp 24.35
āandy weir provided a packet to the creature shop that was like a packet of eridian biology and stuff but there wasnāt much about eridian culture or eridian sociology and i made a bunch of choices going in because i just needed to have like a āwho am i?ā right?Ā
[ā¦] and i made a decision that rockyās species, that eridians are really social animals that in fact are like a beehive or a pod of dolphins - itās a unique and really integrated ecosystem of everybody doing their [specific] part. and the fact that rocky had to fly that ship for about 45 years - longer than grace has been alive, i wanna point that out - heās been alone on that ship, having to run that by himself and- ryan and i would talk about that, one day we sat down and he was like āso whatās the movie from rockyās perspective?ā and i was like āoh itās like āalienā, [ā¦] like heās in a ācontagionā movie by himself and he has no idea whatās going on.ā
heās basically in castaway by himself which of course ryan is too but like, one reason why we never cut to the past of rocky is like, i think it was really horrifying! i donāt think rocky hasĀ sleptĀ in however many years and so a thing i was really struggling with is this idea of like ārocky must watch sleepā because how do you make that a need as opposed to like, a cute idea? and i just had to make the decision that [ā¦] he has a lot of unprocessed trauma around the things that he doesnāt understand and how much he is blaming himself because heās the guy who fixes, heās the guy who fixes and there was something really freeing about deciding that rocky was a deeply emotional, deeply anxious, deeply horrified person - being - that is trying to move through that in some way and how that affects the early scenes with him until thereās a point in the story where you can see weāve physically softened rockyās behaviour, because heās finally feeling more safe and ok but all of that lore, all of that information [was essential].
i also decided, this is just a small nerdy thing, that there was actually some of his family, was on that ship too.ā
(i am not sure he looks like this from the back but hopefully its okay KJSGHSJHG)
"Don't. Look at me like that. Sweet Little Thing." He chuckles. "I might want to try and figure out. What those Sharp teeth. Of yours. Can do." Epilogue grins, eye remaining lidded.
tl;dr: im fine, school is a lot, and something awesome is happening and if you would donate here that would mean the world to me
Hi everyone! Itās been awhile since⦠Iāve posted anything substantial. Iāve been really really busy with school, like more busy than i ever imagined. I just finished my spring semester, and I passed, yay!!!! I am SO TIRED, HAHA. Any veterinary school is not for the weak, us vet nurses (technicians is the technical term here) also get that. But, Iām very proud of myself. Iām taking a few days to just⦠catch up on sleep (GOD.) and with friends before I start making things and getting back to my commission queue. I left this semester with a lot of inspiration for art so hopefully you all will see that soon! Other than that⦠I have something pretty exciting to share!
As mentioned previously, I am currently in school to become a Licensed Veterinary Technician (essentially, a vet nurse.) and it is thanks to my school that I have been offered the wonderful opportunity to travel abroad to the Dominican Republic to help animal welfare. But this comes at a cost and I need help in reaching the funds to be able to go.
This experience will aid me in bettering my skills as a future LVT, but more importantly, I, alongside Project Samanaās team plus my colleagues and the veterinarian & LVTs that are educating me will be able to provide necessary veterinary care to animals who would otherwise not have it. By donating you are backing a wonderful cause and helping out animals in need!
Unfortunately, at the moment I do not currently have the time to take on any more commissions, but if this is to change I will update. For now, we have a donation pool (yayyy!)
Any and I really mean any, a dollar goes a long way in this economy, amount helps. I have until August to raise the necessary funds to be able to go.
If you are wanting to donate money but are unable to through kofi *please* reach out to me. If you are unable to donate in general, consider sharing this with someone who might be able to or who can help with outreach!
To donate, see here: https://ko-fi.com/sevenator/goal?g=0
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Any additional funds to this goal will go towards the budget for future outreach events that my program may hold for future cohorts
Thank you so much in advance if you do choose to donate, you are helping thousands by doing so and I am eternally grateful. I hope to return the favor by going out and helping the community!
Weāve reached a little over halfway, but thereās still more to go! With the money we have raised so far I have been able to purchase the tickets to fly out & return. The remainder, once fulfilled, will need to go towards the deposit i must make for the hotel stay, food, gas for the car rental we are using, & to be able to purchase items i need in preparation for the trip
So thereās this huge dudebro in my class, who, yesterday, sat next to me. And Iām sitting there sweating because like⦠Iām wearing my shirt with the lesbian flag on it, and heās the most popular jock in school, and always has this look on his face that say āI can and will kill youā. He looks me up and down, stares at me for a minute and then goes,Ā āSo. Girls in skirts and long socks, am I right?ā
To which I nodded solemnly, both out of agreement, surprise and also a healthy amount of awkward fear. He nodded and went,Ā āYou get it.ā
I said,Ā āYep.ā He fistbumped me, and on went our lives.
Oh! I forgot to mention! I saw him at lunch the same day, and he ran up to me, tapped me on the shoulder, pointed at this super sweet girl who comes to GSA and asked if sheās gay. I told him he should ask her because thatās not my place and he said he would.
I thought that would be the end of it.
Except ten minutes later he came back and told me he found out (sheās bi) and that both of us have a shot. I saidĀ āYou more than me.ā because heās attractive and popular.Ā
But this wholesome dumbass looked really confused and asked,Ā āBecause Iām tall?ā
Update- after school today he saw me in the library and he didnāt say anything? He just pointed at the book he was holding and I gave him a thumbs up because itās a pretty good book, and he went āYes!ā Really quiet and pumped his fist and then left
Okay so today he asked me if I know how to help people having a panic attack and I was like yeah? And he smiled at me and then went ācool I think Iām having oneā
And I was like what the fuck Colin weāre in the middle of Tech class sit down and we went out in the hall and sat there for a while and he told me about the test heās stressed about so we kind of went over his study guide and when he was feeling better he kind of like⦠smacked his head against mine gently? And I helped him up even though heās almost a foot taller than me and yeah
Today at lunch we walked to the football field and laid in the grass and I told him thank you for being my friend (because I donāt have that many) and fistbumped me and said, āYou always looked so nice and chill, how could I not want to be your friend?ā
And honestly yāall, I wouldāve started crying if he hadnāt sneezed and accidentally smacked me
there are some people on here who, when they followed me back, I got excited about as if they were a celebrity. and when I think about it, it's kinda sweet how we do that here, and so much more special than celebrity crushes. To be starstruck by someone when they're sharing their personal, more private self. You're famous to me for just being you.
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