what's all this then eh

afflicted by the horrors but we stay silly same name on ao3 & bluesky if you're lookin for me over yonder

[moonofpoosh]

I am kind of in love with this Rocky puppet that James Ortiz made for his audition with Ryan Gosling.

[aroace-ryland-grace]

the current mood

[voluntarysubmission]

real talk what the fuck is grace wearing as pants

one leg is a short? did he cut the leg off one of the pants? is that what he's wearing on his head?!

oh my god it is

he wanted a hat so he cut off a sweatpant leg and tied a knot in it

GRACE

[aroace-ryland-grace]

he is pioneering space fasion

[regonym]

"Finding Rocky" with directors Phil Lord & Chris Miller

Collider Behind the Scenes: Project Hail Mary, The Rocky Puppet Trick That Changed the Movie (x)

[caitmayart]

Oh no I'm consumed by the Star-cross'd Space Bois

These are from Chaya's Awesome Fic When is a Seed Not a Seed Which yall should run and go start reading now now now statement

[korvidbrekker]

Asking for help from those In Deep in the PHM fandom, I remember seeing a screenshot on Tumblr of Grace's travel bag on the Hail Mary with a fox keychain and what I think is a little coin/medallion keychain as well. If anyone could find a screencap of that shot for me, that'd be amazing, I have yet to find it on just a scrub-through of the film.

[regonym]

it happens very late in the film! when Grace is dreaming right before the Taumoeba leak alarm goes off, it's one of the images that flashes by quickly (around 2 hrs 18 min in)

[regonym]

James Ortiz on his favorite Batman movie + gushing over Ryan Gosling

Into the Mud Podcast Ep. 81: The Superpower of Feeling Alien with Project Hail Mary's James Ortiz (x)

[the-invisibility-bloke]

op you shan't leave this in the tags

[regonym]

I mean YOU'RE NOT WRONG

[regonym]

Rocky's awakening (with director's commentary by Lord & Miller)

Project Hail Mary (2026) dir. Phil Lord, Chris Miller

[cooking-with-hailstones]

"The last time any human touched Ryland Grace was an act of horrific violence"

Well... Yes and no.

The last time Ryland Grace was CONSCIOUS of any human touch was when he was knocked out. Absolutely true.

But the last human contact he would have had was Yao and Ilyukhina. Who were told that he was scared about panicking during launch and asked to be sedated. Who did all the pre flight checks before the Hail Mary launched. Who would have carefully, gently carried Grace to his bed in the dormitory, made sure he was secure, and initiated his coma procedure.

There would have been love there. Remember Ilyukhina throwing her hands high and saying "welcome to crew!" Remember Yao saying how he hoped Grace would say yes. Remember how much the crew trusted Grace, Stratt's First Officer, the guy who helped them so much, and was so kind to them, and was the one who they entrusted their preferred methods of suicide to. Who thought they were wonderful and brave.

They would have tucked him in. Maybe brushed his hair out of his face. Maybe said something kind to him before initiating their own coma procedures.

Ryland Grace doesn't remember, of course he wouldn't. But the last human touch he ever had was full of love.

[sajdd]

they're inventing new ways to install ptsd in your brain

[regonym]

I'm re-watching PHM for the nth time (with the Director's Commentary track tho, extra layers!) and ohhhh I am getting so many gifset ideas to put Lord & Millers words over

[autisticlittleguy]

Apparently Eva Stratt at the end of the movie on the ship had a prison tattoo on her neck that meant something along the lines of "life without parole." So, parallel to Grace and Rocky's adventure, there was a whole subplot where Eva Stratt

- Was eventually trialed by governments of the world as a scapegoat and sent to prison

- She somehow BROKE out of said prison and currently commandeers a rogue paramilitary faction of Project Hail Mary loyalists who believe in her over world governments, who presumably are still hunting her down

- She currently is on the run and staying mobile on an ice breaker ship like some kind of james bond villain base (but you know, good) while STILL working on project hail mary the whole time

- Her rogue loyalist faction controlled enough resources they could go to space and collect the beetles Grace had sent. Alternatively, it was the world government that collected the beetles, and Stratt had a whole ass heist movie to steal them, which is why she had the little xenonite figure at the end of the movie. Either ways she was running circles around them.

Absolutely insane. Never piss off a history major

[moonofpoosh]

I love these little details on Grace's translation app: Rocky's voice is actually called "James," and there's also a voice called "Sly"! 😄

[nickmittens]

As above, so below

[regonym]

James Ortiz on his favorite Batman movie + gushing over Ryan Gosling

Into the Mud Podcast Ep. 81: The Superpower of Feeling Alien with Project Hail Mary's James Ortiz (x)

[eridianenby]

Grace being a man who is allowed to cry however many times he wants at whatever time he wants for whatever reason is a representation I didn’t realize I needed until it happened. The fact that the film/book itself and the fandom have agreed his vulnerable displays of emotion is an important part of his character means a lot.

For a long time it’s felt like the expectation for any male character in media is that they get /maybe/ one good cry per storyline. Nope. Not my man Grace. He is crying five ways til Sunday. He’s crying because his burrito reminds him of the one from his favorite restaurant he’ll never go back to. He’s crying because he loves his friends and misses them and wish they didn’t have to die. He’s crying because he’s worried about his kids. He’s crying because thank god, there’s a plethora of cute cat videos on his computer. He’s crying because he pushed past everything inside of him that screamed to tell him he’s a coward, and he did the thing scared. He cried and he screamed and he was scared and he saved the world anyway. Dr. Grace the beautiful human being that you are, I love you. Never stop crying.

[soupdwelling]

guy with the coolest cane in the galaxy

[regonym]

Reflections

Project Hail Mary (2026) dir. Phil Lord, Chris Miller