[roughentumble]

my friend just told me that there's a secret second dashboard that solely contains posts from people you've turned on post notifications for, and when i click the link in the messages it opens it within the tumblr app, so the tumblr app also has a secret second dashboard for post notification blogs, and the only way to access it is to open the link for it within the app.

i literally love tumblr

[roguecloama]

So you're telling me, not only do we still have chronological order tl, but we also have a super secret dash that fucking works and the staff didn't make a big deal about it? Yep, sounds like tumblr.

[adorefanfics]

Ahh, Im so excited to share my artwork with everyone! I absolutely loved Peoject Hail Mary and I just had to make an art piece.

I'm going to watch it again.

I hope you all enjoy!✨

[vv0812]

I think that Rocky and Simon would have more things in common since in the end of the day they are both engineers, meaning that even when they have their differences, they share a way of thinking, specially when they are looking for practical solutions: Simon used tape to push a bottom so he could have light, Rocky made a chain to not have to enter the atmosphere of a alien planet.

I feel that while Grace is focus on trying to understand how something works, without breaking it, as he tried to do with the astrophage before accidentaly killing it, Simon and Rocky would be the kind of person that disassemble something to be able to learn from it. While Grace is rambling about a very complex and specific plan he has, they would be "like interesting, very interestings, but we have a simpliest solution."

Other things I thought:

Rocky and Simon disassembling parts of the Hail Mary to then put them back again, just for then be scolded by Grace.

Grace having to give them some kind of playdoh, or legos so they can stay still, while he is trying to do some sciences.

Rocky and Simon tryin to do "improvements" to different things around the Hail Mary or the Biodome.

Rocky discovering the wonders of adhesive tape.

Simon working with xenonite

[trek-tracks]

Project Hail Mary (2026)

[fourteentrout]

My experience today

[verycoolfirefly]

grace rocky do dlc

[theinkyisles]

rocky watch. rocky job very important.

[click for better quality]

[projectquotemary]

*Rocky and Grace playing hide and seek in the dark (Rocky is always hiding because, you know, echolocation)*

Grace: *on his hands and knees* I feel the vibrations in the floor. *taps the floor repeatedly*

Rocky: *unafraid because he knows humans need their eyesight and have not evolved to echolocate*

Grace: *clicks his fingers in one direction, then clicks them in Rocky’s direction*

Grace: *gasp*

Grace: *pokes Rocky’s sphere*

Rocky:

[petrova-line]

I just know the arts game on Erid goes crazy. Especially fiber arts like lace-making—I like to imagine that they have huge, complex pieces that incorporate xenonite and precious stones. They convey stories, culture, and memories.

Bobbin lace is probably the most common. You're most likely to have a shirt with those decals on it or use it for decoration. Having that many limbs makes it easy to sit down and make a design; it's a common gift for parents to give to their grown children expecting pebbles.

Needle lace however is a lot more complex. Huge, intricate pieces that take years to make even with 5 arms and a crystalline brain. A finished lace tapestry can take years with several Eridian lace-makers who dedicate their lives to the craft. Thrums are often used to get the product done faster, with 5 Eridians on each end working outward and communicating in sync. It's a beautiful process to watch. A traditional technique is to start at a single point and work outwards with no plan, making a complex and unique piece. These are rare and usually owned by Eridians with high-ranking jobs.

At the memorial for Blip-A's crew is a massive tapestry meticulously created over the course of a decade. Small pieces of the families' carapaces have been woven in alongside an intricate, sectioned pattern. The piece can be read like a book—the lace echos back the frequencies of the crew's voices, immortalizing them in Eridian history forever.

In Rocky and Adrian's home is a tapestry from the ceremony of the night they mated, a common tradition for Eridian couples. Over the course of the event, the Eridians in attendance work off the hexagon representing the couple's courtship. No one involved is usually a master craftsman, so the work is a little all over the place. It functions as a quest-book, echoing the memory off the walls of their home.

It's an art that can never be lost—it's so ingrained in their culture. Lacework is everywhere you look on Erid and one of the most common arts for sale (next to glasswork, something just as complex). But then Grace shows up and tells them that their work is beautiful and while he can't read it like the other Eridian's can, he's able to see the colors. He's frequently "borrowed" from the bio-dome to consult on projects after that.

[ryver-styx27]

I'll just leave that here for you guys.

[pwingless]

thinking about our saviour before going to bed…

sketch under the cut!

[vaserlord]

Eridians’ art forms head-canon.

Humans’ primary sense and therefore means to engage with the world is sight. And it is reflected on the development of our culture and our earliest ways of self expression.

Everyone knows the handprints:

But that is not the oldest art we’ve found (though probably one of the most famous ones). There are quite a few others, but the oldest known form of art was a shell carving, dated 500 000 BP. Made not even by Homo Sapiens but by Homo Erectus.

So knowing this, how would art form directed to hearing look like? (I’m not talking about songs, although, they undeniably would’ve been one of their first ways of self expression. I would like to explore physical forms of art here.)

Surprisingly, we have quite a few examples to draw from here on Earth. Structures and installations created with an explicit purpose of making sounds:

But all that is a handmade art. And from our culture we know that first art pieces were inspired by the art of nature. Humans saw nature and replicated or used it to express themselves.

So let me show you natural structures that can “sing” and therefore be the first inspiration for ancient Eridians.

The cave on the second picture even called “Bell Cave” because of its incredible acoustics.

So what is the conclusion?

In my humble opinion, first art in Eridian culture followed these natural structures — hollowed out rocks, carvings that captured wind, canyon-like structures that guided streams of air.

With time they, would, of course, advance and diverse. And the development of xenonite would cause an explosion of art because of its versatility.

It is safe to assume (from what I wrote above), that in modern times they construct marvelous structures that create intricate and complex songs both artificially and naturally.

Imagine Eridians “gallery” being the whole valley near the city, that is not only an amazing listening experience, but also built in complex and unique patterns and from various materials that illustrate those sounds when echolocation picks them.

And I’m sure Eridians, just as we are, have a lot more art forms than just these (these being simply the most obvious from what we know).

[bigwozz]

‘First Encounter’

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I saw that recently the creator of the original ‘The Thing’ movie poster passed away and wanted in memorial to do my own PHM spin on his style,,

[a-real-hum4n]

carl saying "you know who you are" breaks me so so much, because grace didnt. he didnt know who he was. he couldnt remember his own name, he didnt know where he was, why he was there, what happend to his crew, what he was supposed to do. he didnt know that he didnt want to go.

[repmet]

Arts and crafts at Tau Ceti

[secretlyajellyfishhh]

I was watching project hail mary with a friend, again because I love it, and I was just wondering if anyone else thought that this place in Rocky’s ship was the Eridian’s version of the “don’t go crazy room” <- the room in Grace’s ship that has the screens ans visuals of earth

Because the blocks produce sounds when Rocky touches them—are they making sounds from home? Messages perhaps? Little audio reminders?

Kind of like how Grace has the screens to see home?

[inobservableuniverse]

awesome rock