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Nuit. 22. they/them. genderqueer genderfluid. queer. into: phm, joy and whimsy, art, books, movies, whatever strikes my fancy

[tvorogzok]

Doodles I did while listening to the audiobook

[25-984microns]

i really do think about stratt heavily, especially after reading the novel, the position of grace relative to her (witness/second in command/friend/colleague/sacrifice), and their position relative to the world as they shape the project hail mary mission. and the feelings there are complicated, because in a lot of ways i do dislike her, and by extension grace, for their roles as arbiters of the worlds destiny. because i find the novel reflects weir's perceptions of real-world power dynamics between what we consider the global south/north and makes little effort to critique them. while this is present throughout, the sahara desert section of the novel is the most direct example.

even though redell caused deaths, even though he embezzled money from a project that was supposedly supposed to help countries in northern africa (and which countries are those, weir?), and even though he expresses racist viewpoints in that section, he is courted by stratt and grace for his ideas. and even though those ideas will have stark ecological repercussions for the countries in africa especially, grace meets this with protest once before the conversation moves on instantly to the science and the concept of implementation. no further critique can be leveraged against the idea, because the science is sound, and grace christens the idea with merit when he can find no flaws in it. so in the end who cares about the sacrifice of those unnamed others? the science checks out and its for the "greater good" and the only opinions that matter are of those three in the room right there.

ultimately redell is rewarded for his idea with time off his sentence. because stratt, grace, and redell are all part of the same system - at least in regards to world power dynamics. they are the ones who hold this decision making in their hands, and this goes unquestioned throughout the entirety of the novel.

granted i know the novel is mostly about grace and his choices and the exploration of characters in his orbit. i do find myself compelled by the explorations of sacrifice in both grace and stratt. but what about the sacrifice of everyone else they ask to bend to their will? no weight is put into what any diplomat, scientist, or politician from libya or egypt or sudan or any other country in northern africa thinks about this issue or how they would feel. the novel moves on: it gets done and the sahara gets destroyed because stratt willed it and grace enabled it and underneath that is a deep, deep unacknowledged devastation. the lack of any perspectives from those who will suffer the most burns like a hole in the pages for me throughout the entirety of this book.

[dribevoli]

My beloved space crab who I love

[petrova-line]

EVERYONE SHUT THE FUCK UP THE DELETED SCENES LEAKED

[petrova-line]

you need vlc media player :]

[hgedits]

You are the bravest human I have ever met.

[seducingavampire]

computer show me beautiful high resolution well lit images of rocky please

[clayo3]

hi ive been meaning to get around to making a little repository of helpful rocky ref image posts for myself and im using your post as an excuse to do so. hope thats okay :)))

1: aroace-ryland-grace’s phm google drive, including a folder of rocky screenshots

2. rocky 3-d model poses (if you follow the insta link it takes you to the page for one of his character designers where i think some more images of the model may exist?? i, however, am too lazy to leave tumblr)

4. close up images of his hands + xenonite weaving tools !!! (i think about this one Often. the xenonite tools. ough) this one also has links to insta pages of various character designers.

5. video from james ortiz’s instagram of the rocketeers testing out the rocky puppet’s hands (including the freaky crab claw of deleted scene fame)

6. gifs of the rocketeers piloting various rocky puppets (i find this one helpful because, unlike the movie, here we get to see our glorious guy in good lighting and not stuck behind a sparkly xenonite wall)

7. rocky detail gifs (closeups of matestone, carvings, xenonite weaving)

8. rocky movement gifs (has one in particular im a huge fan of where he does a spin. also has him climbing, in the ball, and ofc, more xenonite weaving. also one of the few shots of the crab leg that made it into the movie)

might edit this if i find additional useful posts/links at a later date. if anyone else feels like adding their own rocky ref sources in the comments plz do so!! okayyy and with that i should really be asleep rn good night

[insecuregodcomplex]

[to-proudly-go]

They haven't talked about this particular idiom yet

[kiodja]

swap au part 2 | part 1

[rylandgracie]

what kind of soulmate crack cocaine was everyone snorting in that set when they made this film i'm being serious

[malice-kingdom]

“Save Earth save Erid”

[nubelo]

The lipstick fits them both so well hnahgahahhahshw

[kairithemang0-fm]

wait….

[lu-the-artist22]

a reverse ship AU for teen beath movie i made up a LONG time ago

what happens if Mac catches Leah instead of Brady? obviously the gay agenda at work

[simply-a-dream]

“don’t take it personally” how would you like me to take it then? professionally? romantically? academically?

[creative-anchorage]

[suriandtaal]

[3000s]

after 2 years working outdoors all day i finally got stung by an onion for the first time yesterday and i wasnt even doing anything there wasnt even a nest nearby

[3000s]

a wasp. i was looking at a onion just now sorry

[redstonedust]

we all know adult humans dont get enough enrichment but the other day i was walkin home past an empty playground and impulsively ran over to spin myself on this zipline merry-go-round contraption for a few minutes and it really did feel like it unlocked some neglected part of my brain. like damn we really should all go outside and play more. fuck. they werent kidding with this play time thing. have you guys heard about play time. it could be huge.