We always talk about how Stratt is haunted by Grace's screams and cries at night, but what about Carl?
Carl, the guy Grace built an entire hypothesis around.
Carl, the guy that learned to have fun with Grace while doing science.
Carl, the guy that fueled Grace's addiction to Skittles and Twizzlers.
Carl, the guy that was there every step of the way until the end. And then he was forced to stand by and watch as Grace was pinned to the ground, pleading for help, calling for him of all people.
I'm willing to bet Carl is kept awake just as much as Stratt was if not more so, utterly tortured by what he'd done to Grace.
Like unironically we should be subsidising at least 50% of their educations. What do you mean we have a shortage of doctors we should have surplus. What do you mean they’re being overworked they should be treated like royalty, they can fix human bodies
I don’t care if some of them are only doing it for the money. I don’t care if all of them are only doing it for the money. Intentions don’t matter to the stitches in my nana’s leg or the ten billion other lifesaving treatments we all get at a detriment to their finances and mental wellbeing. Entire cities are kept alive by just a couple thousand of them what are we DOINGGGGG
I headcanon that Eridians, tho fast sprinters, haven’t evolved to be long distance runners because of their cardiovascular system. So seeing a human run easily for more than a couple of minutes freaks them out.
Also Huge Thanks for all the love on my last post!! I’ll definitely be making this into a series!!
Rewatched The Last Unicorn last night to celebrate me finishing the book and seeing Shmendrik’s hat reminded me of how people draw Grace with the same type of hat in fantasy aus and I was like “Oh, he can be Shmendrik and Simon can be Molly Grue in an au!” because in the book they have a dynamic that I can see Ry and Simon possibly falling into (and just figured that Rocky could be the unicorn).
Like just this goofy sweet wizard guy and this grizzled former criminal and they bicker and argue but they have their moments.
But then my brain was like NO… UNICORN!SIMON NOW!!! And I was like omg I’m literally so smart yes. And so now a passing thought has turned into a whole new idea.
(Spoilers for both the original book and movie adaptation of The Last Unicorn)
I want to make the joke that Simon is the last “-iplier” because I’ve already seen fanart of him interacting with Mark’s past characters. The Eel is basically just this AUs version of the Red Bull. Also, Shmendrik initially helps the Unicorn find and free the rest of the unicorns to prove he can do great things with his magic and maintain a good companionship throughout, but I love the idea of Grace just being a wizard who genuinely just wants to try and help others with his magic and decides to help Simon on his adventure but is also super psyched out because “OMG a real unicorn and I are out on an adventure how cool!”.
Meanwhile Simon, though technically not rugged or anything because he’s a unicorn, is still a bit brooding and blunt and is like “God does this guy ever stfu??? At least he’s helping me though because I can’t really do this alone.”.
I know that Bloodymary might not work out in this au considering unicorns canonically can’t love in both the book and movie and the unicorn can only love when she’s stuck as Lady Amalthea after she’s turned human, and then when she’s turned back into her true form she can no longer love because she’s no longer human. And I could just throw that out for this au but I actually weirdly adverse to any and all discrepancies in books that I like. *Insert my strong feelings about Dracula movie adaptations here lol* I’m perfectly okay with platonic!bloodymary.
But YALL…. Imagine Grace turning Simon human to protect him from being captured by The Eel and then feels so bad because he can’t change him back till they figure out how to defeat it and free the unicorns, and also because he can’t find the magic to do it again. And he’s trying to make it right by figuring out how to do all that while also helping Simon get used to his new (hopefully temporary) life as a human man ONLY FOR HUMAN SIMON TO FALL IN LOVE WITH HIM AND SO DOES GRACE BUT HE KNOWS HE CANT OR ELSE SIMON WONT WANT TO TURN BACK AND GARCE MIGHT NOT HAVE THE GUTS TO DO IT EITHER BUT HE WANTS TO DO WHATS RIGHT AAAAAA
What if I doomed our yaoi???! Would yall be mad???? Why am I even so invested in this now this was meant to be a joke
So she actually said that she does not see the appeal in Senshi at all and that the panty shots weren't intended to be horny - she just has a neighbor who looks kind of like him and does laundry in his underwear. Which she finds kind of weird and offputting, and put into his character to be funny.
But that's the thing. She doesn't exaggerate or grotesqueify or alter people's bodies to fit some standard. (Except insofar as she draws different species differently, and those are exquisitely practiced to ensure they have the same diversity of appearances that humans do.) She just presents people exactly as they are, complexities and oddities and all.
It just so happens that when you present people exactly as they are, what you present will be beautiful and alluring to many. Even the things you yourself might find weird and offputting. Honestly I think it's a touching example of how you don't have to see the beauty in everyone for the beauty to be there, simple honesty is enough to let the wonder of people's humanity shine through.
#i think we should put this post next to the interview where she said she doesn't want to eat the food in the series cuz she's a picky eater#and file them both under 'you don't know an artist from their work'#and maybe you don't need to!#maybe all you need to know is that ryoko kui is Good At What She Does#idk I don't like the implication that artists (and women especially?) can only create from personal life and feelings#some people have imagination and craft#kind of a tangent but. there you go.
I love the idea that the jewel-y smooth parts of eridians are caused by erosion. Their joints are the most colorful and smooth cause of constant friction of moving around. I think the bottoms of their feet would also be very eroded. Kinda like callouses except like. If it was the opposite.
They are not at all like cute soft little toe beans, but they have a look to them that makes Grace say that.
Apple propaganda notwithstanding, the reason tower PCs are big isn’t because they’re outdated. The reason tower PCs are so bulky is because they’re designed to be user serviceable. The case has lots of open space so your big, meaty hands can easily access all of the components, and everything is secured with friction-fit tabs and standard machine screws to minimise the need for specialised tools. A properly laid out tower PC is fully serviceable with a single Phillips-head screwdriver and no greater manual skill than your average Lego playset – heck, for some of the more modern case layouts you don’t even need the screwdriver, unless you’re performing major surgery like a full motherboard replacement.
Like, think about who benefits from convincing you that a fully modular computing device that can be serviced and repaired with your bare hands and minimal technical skill is unfashionable.
‘project hail mary is about the power of friendship’ ‘project hail mary is about hope’ ‘project hail mary is about accidentally becoming too important at work’ wrong wrong wrong you’re all wrong. project hail mary is about what it would take for a single man in his 30s to own a fully paid off beachfront property in today’s economy
Grace the brand new Eridian with the pain tolerance of a clumsy human who had bruises on his legs from constantly tripping and was half burned by a boiling alien atmosphere gets what is essentially a tattoo.
RANTING TIME !
As the Eridians were finishing up his body, they asked if he wanted them to add any carvings or embellishments to it before he moved in- he had expressed that he wanted the scar of Rocky’s claw transferred over, and they could actually replicate what it would look like in the growing process. Sorta just scraping the carapace and letting it heal, doing that until the scar was visible and permanent
he also wanted something to remember earth. A carving of his home planet on his other preferred arm- but when the science team said it would be super easy to carve Into the body while it was inert, he wanted to be in it and conscious to get the carving. It was a part of Eridian culture he wanted to experience.
so he gets the carving and doesn’t realize he’s supposed to be reacting way more to the slight stinging pain of the craving tools. After this Rocky scolds him and makes sure he knows that if he should ever feel that pain or anything close to it- to tell him or anyone immediately- because it means your carapace has been damaged and your now vulnerable to all kinds of nasty diseases and stuff.
Eridians evolved to be pretty much impermeable and very sturdy- it’s not normal to feel really any sort of pain. Humans are kinda just always in some sort of discomfort, so Grace had learned to tune it out so much that he’s kind of a super-eridian who can stand a lot of pain lol
I could keep ranting but I’ll save it for more sketches 🫡
adrian doodles before bed... ive been slowly building a design for them in my head. i love big adrian which seems like a pr universal headcanon which is grand, but for me a very important element is Big Chunky Round Feet that seem disproportionately small compared to their bod
i imagine it's like... when you look at a bird and don't realize just how much of its leg is obscured by feathers. then they stand up straight or stretch and it's like wow!!! Leg!
