Seen a lot of ‘Simon is not only angry and violent’ posts going around and I completely agree.
So consider: Simon being wary of Grace’s frequent crash outs:
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Ryland chucked the scanner into the air, and it clattered against the floor with a loud crack. Simon flinched.
“One thing!” Ryland shouted, “I just want one thing to make sense!”
Every muscle in Simon’s body tensed, watching Ryland’s every move-
as he put his hands to his face and groaned into them. It was stupid, it was so stupid, but the sudden burst of anger surprised Simon. Violence wasn't something Simon was a stranger to. Anyone could be violent, Simon just knew better than to be in the line of fire. Ryland had been so gentle, but his anger was explosive as it was brief.
In less than a second, Ryland’s anger dissipated and he was sulking. His face barely changed from the sudden outburst, there was no warning, no build up. Even after it was clear Ryland’s anger had passed, Simon couldn’t banish the way his eyes tracked Ryland’s pacing, expecting Ryland to throw the item at Simon next, at the other Eridians. To hit a wall, the nearest person. It was so unexpected from a person like Ryland, but Simon should know better. Everyone was violent, anyone who survived or clawed their way to the top in this universe used their anger as their fuel. Simon was no different.
“Grace!” Rocky scolded, “No breaking equipment!”
The Eridians barely moved at Ryland’s outburst. Had they seen the same thing Simon did? Why was no one reacting?
Ryland turned to them with his hands on his hips. “Both the temperatures are the same.”
His anger wasn’t directed at anyone at least, and Ryland wasn’t taking it out on the Eridians despite how close they stood to him. Even if they were ‘family’, that meant little when it came to emotional outbursts. But Simon knew the signs of his brother's anger. He could read when something he said was going to trigger a fight, when frustration or annoyance would boil over into an explosion. Besides Gabriel, Simon wasn’t afraid of fighting any of his brothers or being in their line of fire. It was cathartic, even, sometimes, to take out their anger on each other. To funnel their fists into tough skin instead of breaking down screaming or crying at their unfair and cruel circumstances. Fucking Ezekiel had it out for Simon most, the scrappy shithead.
Then again, Ryland had barely reacted to Rocky’s outbursts, not doing much more than holding him back from attacking Simon. Simon was just being ridiculous. Afraid of the man currently hitting his forehead over the desk. He needed to get a fucking grip.
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rocky hunting grace while hes working like heh. going to pull big prank on grace. stupid human hearing so bad very bad and only 'see' with light-sense organ in one direction at a time. eridian best hunter on all erid, evolved best hunting veeeery quiet. scare grace a lot. very funny.
rocky is HORRIFIED mid stalk when grace suddenly stiffens and turns around to stare directly at him. HOW GRACE DO THAT HOW GRACE KNOW HOW GRACE KNOW
ok but what if Colt and Grace are in a really big fight when he gets sent to space. What if they’re not on speaking terms with eachother? they’re both tense with the whole “the sun is dying” situation. maybe Colt is doing stunts that Grace thinks are way too dangerous. maybe Colt is mad at him for abandoning his whole life to go live on a boat. so maybe they get into an argument over the phone which ends with a “Fine!” “Fine!!” and they don’t speak. maybe when Eva asks if he has any family Grace spits out that he has a brother. maybe by his tone she thinks that he doesn’t care about him. maybe in that moment, he doesn’t. maybe when he’s being chased, being pinned to the ground, his last thought is “I want to see Colt. i want to say sorry.” maybe Colt turns on the TV and sees his brothers name. the brother he hasn’t been on speaking terms with for the last month is being shot into space. his brother, who’s afraid of elevators and roller coasters. his brother who he didn’t get to say goodbye too because of a stupid fight.
Ive seen the idea of swapping the scenarios theyre in, so instead i swapped their vibes. Simon having the best time in that blood ocean, making friends with mutant fish that can speak telepathically, while Grace is fighting for his life against an alien rock that generates hazardous atmosphere.
idk if anyone else has done this and given a name to it. i googled what the opposite of a 'bloody mary' drink is and it came up with a 'bloody caesar'. i dont know about that one chief. Iron hail? please tell me someone else has thought this through
im gonna get back to my jnd comic now, so close to skyheed finally showing up thank god, i just needed to make this last thing
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