hi

mari. supercat/swan queen (on a good day)

[nika-is-doing-things]

I owe you guys something a bit more cheerful Project Hail Mary high school teachers AU because why not Mainly just Eva being a history teacher

[whispering-radiance]

Nighty night

Took a small break from artfight to make a new mama stratt illustration

[ceruleana]

Eva Stratt's pov of phm is kinda insane really. Because it's basically being told, hey humanity WILL go extinct soon. but we've decided that if one person makes it through all the levels of the Torment Nexus our chances of survival might increase. they might also not. Anyway. We think you're the best person to do this. Your reward is that everyone will hate you forever.

And you're like well. I'd rather trust myself to the fate of the world than anyone else. And I'd rather not let anyone else suffer the Torment Nexus just because of my own feelings. That seems kinda selfish. Alright sure.

So you enter the Torment Nexus. Each level has you pressing buttons like, [abduct innocent scientists to your vat: chances of humanity's survival increases by 0.005%] [everyone disliked that] [congrats! your moral goodness has decreased!].

The later levels get even worse. [blow up Antarctica: chances of humanity's survival increases by, ummm who knows ????] [total humans negatively affected: ????] [congrats! you're an ecoterrorist!].

Then you reach the final level. It reads: [through this door you'll break the news to your friend that he needs to die.] And you're like, wait he has to die??? I have to tell him?? But that's incredibly fucked up. After I went through the Torment Nexus as well. But it's the last level. So oh well. I can do this I suppose. Rather me than anyone else.

You enter the level and you friend is standing next to a cliff. You go over to him and say, hey this really fucking sucks but I've just learnt you need to jump off the cliff. Then we might be able to save humanity for real though. Maybe billions of people can survive if this works.

Then he turns to you and is like, are you fucking insane? And starts sprinting away from the cliff. Suddenly you have a gun in your hand. You're like, no wait. I don't want to do this. For real? I gotta shoot him for real? [Chances of survival if he lives: 0%. Chances of survival if he dies: maybe NOT 0%......????]. You pull the trigger. [congrats! you're a murderer!]

[boldkatte]

[staryty]

judas kiss

[slyandthefamilybook]

I love Eva Stratt... that scene on the ship where Grace tells her she's mysterious and aloof and you can tell that kind of hurts her. she really does care about humanity, she's just not very good at showing it! she sings her one beautiful song to try to connect with everyone else, not to prove anything to them but so she can feel a moment of connection and camaraderie. and then she gets overwhelmed and goes "okay I'm done bye". I love my autistic friend Eva Stratt

[ambrystoma]

Hitting the Jeremy during ur bosses important meetings

[red-streaks]

bf4ever🫀

Rocky, Grace and Stratt are still getting used to the idea of living on the same planet.

...it's easier for some than others.

[bforgotwhatyouare]

The winner that lost.

[astersetra]

i'm so compelled by the idea of what happened to grace between the unesco "staggering waste of carbon" crashout and being a friendly, patient middle school teacher.

putting the fact that the "staggering waste of carbon" part of him never left aside (crash out in the first properly equipped lab you've been in for years in front of world leaders because there was water in the alien cell? iconic), there is such a huge character development arc there that we never got to see. how did he go from such a strong-opinionated, never-let-you-hear-the-end-of-his-theory grace to a grace that's somewhat beat down by life, that's embarrassed by his proudest achievement for the first (probably) 26-30ish years of his life? what happened to this guy between getting kicked out of academia and being recruited by stratt in a middle school classroom he has, no doubt, spent years cultivating in every way? what did he think of himself when he first lost his chance at academia? did he spend days, weeks, months wallowing? what made him commit to the change?

blorbo absolutely experienced ego death and i NEED to know how

[halloweenclown]

I need to draw them more

[claie171art]

They think they look tough

[red-streaks]

god laughs

Two days before launch, the day after Dr. Grace rejected the role, Eva was feeling confident that Earth could still be saved. That she could “pull this off.” Then, one of the guards grew a conscience—it might have been that he was fine with brutal murder in his previous job, but drew the line at ejecting an unwilling man to space—and went directly to Yao. And Yao went to see Dr. Grace in his cell. Then Yao and Olesya were in her office. And now she’s wiping spit off her face.

Director Stratt's plan to send Dr. Grace to space is derailed by a snitch (a guard) and now she has scientists, engineers, doctors and Presidents forcing her to change her plans. Dr. Grace is not going to Tau Ceti. Andrea Caceres is.

read the story here

thanks for reading! <3

[billiamdoor]

how else was he supposed to drink it?

[red-streaks]

Petrova Taskforce Barbie

"You almost took my eye out.” “Oh, boo-hoo.” His smile grows into a grin. Still, his hand comes up to her eyebrow and with a quiet reverence, he traces the band-aid with his steady fingers. “That’s okay, I can make it all better.” And he leans down to firmly press his lips against her band-aid.

Ryland Grace only carries around Band-Aids for kids. It's such a shame that he has to give Eva Stratt his last Barbie Band-Aid to put on her forehead.

read the story here

[shhawwww]

The Number Two!

[subaru-copilot]