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I’ve seen a couple of fics where Jody mistakes Ryland for Colt and is then embarrassed when she realises that she was flirting with her boyfriend’s BROTHER and not him, BUT!!! Have we considered the other way around?

Colt’s shooting some stunt work in San Fran and asks his brother to come to set to visit him, and also to introduce him to Jody, the cute camera operator he’s crushing on hard! Ryland of course says “yes!” And makes his way to set.

Jody sees him at craft services and for a split second thinks “Colt’s dressed weird today?” Before remembering that he’s currently in a rehearsal for a defenestration stunt and that this guy must be the brother he’s been talking about. (Based on my own experience as a twin, I take every opportunity to talk about my sister when I’m at work. But that’s a post for a different day) So she makes her way over to him because he’s looking a little lost. He very quickly tells her that he’s looking for Colt… Mr Seavers? Whatever he’s going by, and she lets him know where his brother is.

“Oh good, that’s good.” He says white knuckling a coffee cup like his life depends on it. He’s so nervous! Is it the stunt his brother’s about to do? No this is something else. She asks him what’s up and he’s so jittery awkward about it and she’s been so nice when everyone else has just been stupid busy and running around like headless chickens that he just word vomits that Colt’s not the only person he’s here to see.

“He wants me to meet his new… girlfriend? She’s a camera operator, you might know her actually. Jody Moreno?”

And oh. Oh ho ho! He DOESN’T KNOW SHE’S JODY!! Oh this is juicy! She should tell him who she is … but this is more fun. So she plays along and leads him to where Colt is all the while asking leading questions like “So Colt’s pretty serious about this girl huh?” And “Does he talk about her often?” (The answers are “UH YEAH HE’S SERIOUSLY IN LOVE WITH HER!” And “He literally never shuts up about her, it’d be annoying if it wasn’t so sweet” but Ry has at least some restraint to not blurt out his brother’s biggest feelings to the… techie? Yeah techie next to him)

Eventually they get to set and Colt’s about to do his stunt when they get there and he’s so excited to see his brother who he’s not seen in MONTHS! When he realises that… oh shoot. He’s been so wrapped up in his own nerves that he never asked her for her name! What a jerk!

“Thank you so much for helping me, I’m so sorry, I never got your name?”

“Oh don’t worry about it, I’m Jody. Jody Moreno.”

unicafavorita

You know what's canon? The Project Hail Mary movie is directed by Jody Moreno and stars Colt Seavers, who plays it as a tribute to his brother Ryland Grace. It’s the only film he’s ever acted in, and Jody directed it just for Colt because of how much grief he cannot carry.

Colt is given full creative freedom to shape how Ryland is portrayed, because he knows his brother better than anyone. With Jodi directing, she steps back enough to let his vision lead the film. What emerges is a deeply personal portrayal of Grace, filtered through love, memory, and truth.

The first ever film he stars in. Not as a stunt guy, but as the main lead. In tribute to his twin. But beyond that, it stands as a message to the world: Ryland didn’t sacrifice himself...the world sacrificed him. It’s not just a story, but a protest film, holding up a mirror to the systems and choices that decided who gets left behind and who gets sent forward.

aprijamy

happy priiiide!

afincf-tirwer

Something I don’t think I’ll ever be over, is how Yao and Ilyukhina died for nothing, and yet at the same time, *didn’t.*

Because they both volunteered to board the Project Hail Mary to search for a solution to astrophage, they were both willing to die in order to give the rest of humanity a fighting chance of making it.

And they both died before ever even seeing Tau Ceti.

And it feels so unfair, because they went all that way for nothing, they died without even getting to try and save the people they were going for.

So they died for nothing.

Except they DIDN’T.

Because their deaths saved Grace, and in turn, saved Rocky and Erid. Without the surplus coma slurry, Grace wouldn’t have been able to go back and take Rocky home, and Erid would have had a much harder time with astrophage.

This isn’t particularly coherent, but I can’t stop thinking about these two people who were willing to die for their world, died before getting the chance to fight for their species survival, and yet their deaths meant the sole survivor of their crew could save both their home, and another.

There’s just something so devastating about that to me.

yellowceiling

yaos cake: a phm comic

this was definitely set in a universe where they had the Time to have shenanigans

verenakauer

I know there's a popular headcanon that Grace's crew died because of feeding tubes malfunction (based on the paperwork Grace was doing right before the explosion), but — in the book he specifically says that even after the accident he kept dealing with that same paperwork on minor Hail Mary issues, so I doubt that feeding tube problem was left unaddressed. May I offer instead:

Grace was put into coma by the people who cared about him. They (especially Yáo being Yáo) probably double-triple-quadruple checked everything. They watched him sleep for those first few days — I doubt they went into coma immediately after leaving Earth's orbit. They probably talked to him, assuring him that he'll be okay.

Ilyukhina's coma procedure was probably supervised by Yáo. He made sure that everything was in order, but — he is just one man and he is not a doctor. There was much more room for mistakes.

When Yáo went to sleep, he was alone. He had to rely on the technology completely.

We know that he died first.

alexxuun

Biblically accurate Ryland Grace from Ryan Gosling himself.

[VD: A Project Hail Mary animatic titled "We ask the Project Hail Mary crew what they would take on a trip to space". The art is toned in purple, yellow, and orange. The characters answer with audio from interviews with the movie actors as microphones are held towards them.

Grace, sweating and laughing sheepishly: "Well, I wouldn't go to space... Just like never, I would run."

Ilyukhina, smiling: "A picture of my family."

Dubois smiles and stands with Yao, who nods seriously: "Nerds Gummy Clusters."

Grace, smiling nervously: "Why do I have to?"

Stratt: "My phone."

Grace: "Can I pick three? (He counts off) Coffee, donuts, and then, like, some choose-your-adventure novels so I can get a few multiple reads out of them. (He holds up his hands defensively) But I don't want to go. Just to be clear."

(Hands appear to drag him away, and Grace looks and sounds mildly panicked.) "Why are you sending me--?" End VD] Cred: @nebulations

heph

Fleeting memory 💭

rika-mortis

So I watched the movie

atomikats

my personal take on the matter

luxhesperus

what do we think about ryland being the one who kills their father but court takes the fall for it

ryland comes home to their father waterboarding colt and he doesn't know how long this has been going on but colt is drenched and choking and if he doesn't get colt out of their father's hands now, he's not sure if—

he's moving before he's aware of it. but he's not moving to where their father is about to murder his brother. no, he's going upstairs and into their father's room—a bedside drawer that really only has one thing in it

their father yells something at colt (still somehow oblivious to ryland's presence) and pulls colt's head back under the running water and ryland's right arm is so heavy but he tries to keep it steady—

vaguely, he's aware that the front door opened and their father finally turning around—

ryland recoils from the force of it, his ears are ringing

the hand around colt loosens and then two bodies hit the floor

then there's a hand on his and he instinctively grips the gun tighter—a face appears in front of him, similar to his own but a little older

court. it's court who's trying to take the gun from him and so ryland lets him. court's mouth is moving but ryland can't make anything of it, he's just aware that court is wiping down the gun with his shirt before he fits it into his own hand

he pushes ryland towards colt who's still gasping and wheezing but alive

the first thing ryland hears when he's regained his hearing are sirens

sufferingink

à lot of people are correctly pointing out how this fits with "grace just needed someone to be brave for" but I think this would also contribute to Grace's self image. he "lets" his older brother take the fall for his actions and that leads to his brother being like. presumed dead for years and years and being tortured and killing people and-

you are eight years old and your father is drowning your twin brother in the bathtub. theres only one way you can think to get him to stop, to save your brother. by the end, you still lose a brother, just not the one you thought you would, its your fault, because you were too much of a coward (you were so small, just a third grader younger than the kids you teach now, you were a kid) to take responsibility for your actions

ANYWAY-

kodzuxken

it can also play with ryland and colt's growing apart kinda... hear me out

after this they obviously become inseparable for years and years theyre just always together until ryland goes to uni and colt finding a job as a stuntman. they still manage, ryland hates going to colt's sets because everytime he gets scared something will happen to colt but he's somewhat supportive because he can see how much colt enjoys his jobs.

ryland gets into academy he works insanely hard, even when colt's sets are in the same state it gets harder to meet up because grace is so immersed in his research and the urge to prove the idiots wrong but still try his best to make some time for his brother. he gets mad at people call someone a staggering waste of carbon and gets kicked out of academy but its fine he finds a job at school as a science teacher. he loves his job he loves kids and he loves teaching them everything is fine and now he has more time to spend time with his brother and friends!! everything is fine.

until it isnt. colt gets injured. grace rushes to the airport, he goes to his state he takes a few weeks off of his job, its a family emergency. he helps colt as much as he can.

colt pushes EVERYONE away. including ryland but it doesnt work. ryland knows colt he knows what hes trying to do, it wont work. after returning to his job he still calls everyday and goes to visit colt every weekend. calls are almost never answered but ryland doesnt let it go, he doesnt let him go.

it goes like this for months, colt only has ryland. he thinks he doesnt deserve him neither. he should be making class schedules at his own house and not care for an asshole like him but no matter what he does, ryland doesnt let him push him away. they have fights, shout at each other but nothing make ryland go away.

one day he says stuff he can never take back. they have another fight, the same old insults and same old accusations. but this time colt blames ryland with losing their older brother. he lnows he shouldnt have gone there, he DIDNT want to go there but his mouth had its own mind at that moment. for the first time ryland didnt say anything to colt. no nerdy sciencey insult, no censored or uncensored swear words, no nothing. he only looked at him, gathered his stuff and left him.

colt wanted to apologize, he really did. after half a year he willingly called ryland but his calls were unanswered. he texted him to apologize and found out ryland had blocked him. he really did deserve it. ryland was all he had last and now he managed to push him away too.

ryland blocked colt's number after his first call. if he wanted to be a lonely piece of shit, fine he was gonna let him be.

it was a few months later when eva stratt went to talk to ryland. and it was around colt was presumed dead when they broke the news of ryland needing to go to space. they told him he didnt even have family, he did have a brother he havent talked in months, but they told him he was dead. ryland didnt believe it. it was colt!! he couldnt have died!!! but they showed him the news. ryland ran away they caught up to him and he ended up on space.

after he cleared his name and saved his relationship with the love of his life, colt wanted to make things right with ryland too. he wanted to apologize face to face. he tried to call, no response. so he went to the school he knew he was working. they told him he wasnt working there anymore. colt was taken aback. he tried to call him again but in the same day he saw the news. ryland grace was named as one of the astornaut that was going to space with project hail mary.

ryland grace? going to space? colt would call it bullshit. his brother couldnt even ride the elevator without feeling lightheaded, there was no way he agreed to it.

you can probably somehow connect it to colt and court reunion then trying to find what actually happened to ryland but i didnt watch the gray man yet so i cant :p

BUT SEE MY VISION PLEASE-

#coltland twins #please someone add court gentry here #coltlandgentry #colt seavers #the fall guy #ryland grace #project hail mary #phm

birbliophile

Granted Carl does reappear one more time near the end for a punch of angst but like. Ya know.

birbliophile

Reasons why I’m now lowkey obsessed with Marissa, a character who has ONE SCENE in the ENTIRE BOOK:

She’s the first person Grace remembers from his past. He remembers her before he remembers he’s a teacher, before he remembers Stratt, before he remembers HIS OWN NAME.

He mentions no other people who he’d consider a friend that he’d hang out with.

The first thing Grace tells us about her is that she and him have steak and beer together every Thursday at the same time at the same place, at the same TABLE because the staff immediately recognize them every time and know their orders.

They met in grad school because Marissa dated Grace’s roommate for three months. They have no inkling of romance between themselves at all.

They’ve known each other for TWENTY YEARS.

She works at the DOE and learned about the Petrova Line absorbing the sun’s energy before Grace did—she’s the one to tell him about it. The information weighs on her enough that she drinks four whiskeys.

Every other named character calls Grace “Grace,” “Dr. Grace,” or presumably “Mr. Grace” in the case of the students. But Grace calls Marissa by her given name (doesn’t mention her surname), suggesting she’s the only character who would call him Ryland.

The dialogue in their one scene together suggests Grace is used to joking around with her without feeling judged

The book never brings her up again after this one scene. This makes me feel CRAZY.

WHY did Weir make them seem so close only to give Marissa one singular scene? Her only tangible role appears to be to give Grace exposition about the Astrophage Problem, but there’s plenty of ways to write a scene like that without specifying that she’s also apparently his closest human friend?

Did Grace ever call her to explain why he can’t show up to dinner anymore? Did he have cell signal on Stratt’s Vat? Did Stratt LET him call people after signing him onto the Project? She seems to have taken care of his job, but she wouldn’t have any reason to know about Marissa and the Thursday dinners unless Grace and Marissa left evidence on social media or something.

What happened to her after her one scene? Presumably she kept doing her job at the DOE and having a harder and harder time due to the crisis, maybe she worked on trying to get energy to warm people’s homes.

Did Stratt know about her at all? Did anyone know she was Grace’s friend, did anyone know she had dinner with him every week, did anyone know she would miss him?

Petrova Taskforce Guys: Oh yeah Grace is a loser he has no family or friends to miss him

Me: DO THEY KNOW

How did she feel hearing that Grace became the science officer of the Hail Mary? Without telling her, without saying goodbye?

Did she think Grace just suddenly cut off their friendship, or did she get suspicious of the government and Stratt because she knew Grace wouldn’t just do that to her?

I see posts sometimes of people being like “oh Grace didn’t have meaningful relationships before meeting Rocky,” and I feel like I’m waving the book around like DOES ANYONE WANNA TALK ABOUT MARISSA HELLO MARISSA THE GRAD SCHOOL FRIEND SHE EXISTS SHE’S REAL

Maybe she wasn’t someone Grace would die for—he couldn’t overcome his fear of death even for his kids, and they’re why he joined the Project in the first place. But she was someone he cared about. And she only gets one. Scene.

birbliophile

You are an American woman in your forties who works at the Department of Energy. One day your contemporaries that work at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency send you data that indicates the sun's light is dimming at an exponential rate and you will witness a complete climate collapse within your lifetime as millions of people die from famine and weather catastrophes.

You are overwhelmed with fear and trepidation and honestly are tempted to have a whole breakdown about it but it's Thursday and you're supposed to meet an old friend of twenty years for your weekly platonic dinner date so you suck it up and go meet him rather than cancel. He's worried about your mood and you're too tired to be secretive about it despite the fact that your superiors definitely wouldn't want you blabbing, and you need to tell someone. So you do, and the two of you commiserate over the impending global extinction with whiskey.

A year and a few months later, he calls you saying he has to put a rain check on that weekly platonic dinner date for uhhh reasons. You trust him, even if him not telling you something is kind of weird (you did tell him classified government information at the slightest bit of prompting yourself), so you let it go. A few days go by. Your texts remain unanswered.

You find out at some point that he's joined the international initiative to send a team of astronauts on a suicide mission to a far off star in the hopes of figuring out how to restore the sun. Your other friends have no idea where he is or what exactly he's doing. You spend Thursday after Thursday without him. You wonder if he's thinking about you too, and if he'll be able to tell you about his work when he comes home.

You learn just before the rocket leaves that he's not going to.

You are Marissa, and it's Thursday again.