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[palesweetdeeer]

I love the idea of Rocky extending Grace’s lifespan to Eridian levels without telling him

[fandom-is-my-drug]

Rocky after watching Jurassic Park and Phineas and Ferb: 🎵Adrian, I know what we're gonna do today.🎶

[loop-hole-319]

Whenever I see one of those human glazing posts, I always think to myself that the persistent Hunter stuff is always talked up so much. But I just spent 10 minutes hunting down a cricket that escaped my lizard tank.

Waiting for it to start chirping then moving silently around listening to where it is. It stops, I freeze and wait until it starts chirping again before I continue to move.

[scarlct-vvitch]

grace, who has been alone for five minutes: oh my god. an alien! im not alone anymore! i hope he wants to be friends :)

rocky, coming up on 50 years of solitude, imprinting on grace in ways baby ducklings can only dream of: if you leave me to sleep where i can't watch your heart beat i am blowing up this tunnel with us both in it

[stopiwanttotalkaboutcheese]

just rewatched project hail mary and honestly i understand that it's an angsty moment, but it is genuinely hilarious that rocky has one (1) real conversation with grace and grace ends it by saying "okay i need to go to sleep now" but rocky just fully thinks that grace is going to go back to his ship and die. mans must have been freaking out. imagine meeting an alien and after having a SINGLE conversation with you they're like "well i have to go kill myself now. farewell." grace is so lucky rocky never crashed out on him.

[dandyjeloo]

[adrenaline-revolver]

thus far my favorite gag is that markiplier is a thing in Grace’s universe in the phm/iron lung crossover stuff not just because funny YouTuber but because of how easily I could see Grace rationalizing that Eva might just kidnap this poor guy.

-Eva basically pirated all media ever to send with them.

-Eva sent a man unwillingly to his death.

-Eva would do absolutely anything for the sake of this mission.

Grace’s conclusion: Holy shit Eva kidnapped a YouTuber to be inflight entertainment and now he has memory loss and psychosis.

[haruki-stars]

[funnytwittertweets]

[thenightgaunt]

I ran an Aliens rpg years back. But the players didn't KNOW it was an Aliens game until halfway through the first session.

They thought it was a sci-fi game but they also thought the monsters were going to be zombies.

Over a period of 2 hours they then proceeded to make EVERY Aliens movie cliche "mistake" known to man. Because at the time they all made sense.

The characters in a story don't know they're in a story or what kind of story it is.

They might think their in a romcom instead of a slasher movie. And if you're not in a slasher movie, why the fuck would you search through every closet in your house just because a cup mysteriously fell off a table in the dining room?

[youworeflowersinyourhair]

I love how the message of Frankenstein isn’t “don’t play god and commit hubristic acts of mad science” but instead “when you commit a hubristic act of mad science you are responsible for parenting whatever comes out of it”

[jimvasta]

Humans and technology

You see, humans don't interact with the universe the way most other species do.

We thought they would be elegant as the Borath from the design of their vessels, thoughtful as Saalax from the care of their grreting broadcasts, calm as J'lanyua from the precise manner of their docking.

We were in for a shock. For all the collective order and discipline, there is a chaos inherent to individuals and should one succumb to it the chances they will take others with them are high.

We learned quickly to not underestimate these contradictory bipeds, but not before they shocked us rigid with their grasp of high technology.

They don't even have Dulchan drives but they stepped into one of the ancient platforms and immediately identified features we never discerned. The space platforms are thousands of rotations older than our space travels, the original builders are long gone and until the humans came we had to simply trust the computers would not fail and we would remain protected.

It took a lot of persuasion to let them near the computer cores, even when they begged to see them close up, but eventually we relented. What was the harm? No one understood them, no one could even unlock them.

They made many strange noises of appreciation, as most who see the ancient technology do. Their commander grew bored "Not a nerd like them," he grumbled, so we went back to the main habitation area.

A sleep cycle later, we ventured back to find the nerds.

"Well? Got any ideas?" The Commander asked.

"Ideas?" Charlie let out a shocking noise that made my feathers quiver, a laugh. "Spade's already got it running Doom."

[hrmnrmpfh]

So you know how human vision is motion activated but hacked via their eyeballs constantly vibrating so they can still see things that aren’t moving

Humans are space orcs idea where other aliens don’t do that so looking at human eyes constantly shaking is real unsettling. Theres a lot of fun to be had about the intensity of eye contact, the almost hypnotic effects of their gaze, the difficulty in ambushing them, ect.

This also mean that The Polar Express, being uncanny to most humans because the eyes aren’t animated with micro-movements, is one of the few human films that can be aired on other planets without a content warning

[cheetochild989]

@letsplaythermalnuclearwar

Your BONES are WET

Your EYES are JIGGLY

Your BRAIN is WRINKLY

and your HEART is a muscle the size of a RAT

ORGANS ITCH but our brains just TUNE IT OUT

[revlynn-rabosa]

Cannot imagine Rocky's thoughts about Stratt if he was told the full story. There's a lot of opinions about this going around, and I get the "Rocky would just hate her" theory, but it's so much more complicated. Like Grace's own opinion.

There's this woman who was doing everything imaginable to save her species, her planet. Your friend worked for her, trusted her, cared about her. You love your friend, and he's the first sentient being you have met in decades, half a century. He's the reason your world is saved and you can go back home. He's the reason you're alive and gave you hope. His mission was supposed to end in death, by design, but you saved him. He uses that gift to save you instead. Save your planet. There's a woman who did awful things for the sake of the world knowing she would pay the price. She (thought she) killed your friend. But he's not dead! But she couldn't know. The woman sent you a saviour, a gift from the sky beyond your perception. She betrayed your friend. She's the reason you can go home. She hurt him and made him scared scared scared. She saved her world, gave you your best friend. She took his memories (eridiana don't forget. Can't. Amnesia must be a horror story) and autonomy. She is the reason no other crew will die, because now you know the dangers of space.

I don't think Rocky hates Stratt, but I'm not sure he would like her either. Respect for doing what had to be done, anger for following through with it.

[squirrel--boy]

He would shake her hand, give a small trill signifying respect, then begins his attack

[revlynn-rabosa]

"Hello, Eva Stratt, you did a good job keeping Earth alive. My name is Rocky, you (attempted to) murdered my friend, prepare to die."

[littleannoyingbluebird]

One of the reasons people headcanon Grace as aromantic is the unfortunately realistic scene where they go "you don't have a family or a loved one" as if that's enough of a justification to send him on a suicide mission. As if not having a family makes Grace inherently less valuable and means he should be more willing to sacrifice himself for the greater good.

Grace wasn't sad and lonely, he was happy, he had a good life, he very much did not want to die. They have to do a looney tunes chase sequence and drug him because Grace was *very* unwilling to be the sacrificial lamb. Humanity's savior was dragged kicking and screaming into the role and called selfish for daring to be a coward, as if most of us wouldn't be.

And then he befriends Rocky, who never demands a sacrifice from him, who willingly prolongs his journey home so Grace can go back to his. Rocky has a mate back home and his species depends on his return, and still risks his life to save his squishy human friend. And Grace returns the favor.

And thus the power of friendship saves two planets.

[wingzoffeather]

I'd like to highlight this part:

"And then he befriends Rocky, who never demands a sacrifice from him, who willingly prolongs his journey home so Grace can go back to his. Rocky has a mate back home and his species depends on his return, and still risks his life to save his squishy human friend. And Grace returns the favor. "

Project Hail Mary really does say 'Fuck human society's amatonormativy'

[prideling]

I keep thinking about the fact that Eridians seem so much stronger and sturdier than humans, so what humans-are-space-orcs thing could Grace even do that would freak Rocky out... and then I remembered humans are persistence predators.

So picture some years in the future when the xenonite suits are so safe that Grace's class can now take field trips into his biodome. Rocky's there because this is a big moment for everyone involved and also he just loves listening to Grace in his element. One of the more mischievous kids tries to sneak off from the group and there are plenty of chaperones but Grace is the first to notice.

His posture changes, goes focused but loose in a way Rocky's never seen before as he peels of from the crowd. Rocky just stands there, stunned, as he watches his sweet, gangly, goofy, clumsy blob of a friend turn into a hunter. Grace circles around the pebble, slightly crouched, head turned and honed in, arms loose to the sides, and maybe the little one notices and does that nervously excited giggle-squeal thing kids do when they're being chased and tries to get away, but Grace expertly corrals them. He doesn't even have to run for it, he just pens the kid in, lunges-

And takes the little pebble by the claw to lead them safely back to their peers. And just like that he's Grace again, smiling and joking and tripping over his improvised shoelaces. Rocky hasn't been scared of Grace since first contact. Have you seen the guy? ... but for a second there his instincts were telling him to run.

[roxineedstosleep]

Listen to me!

The thing is, for now, they’ve always mentioned that Ryland is seen as soft and "leaky/wet" by Rocky whenever other Eridians ask about him.

Plus, Ryland is openly clumsy, emotional, and seems to adore teaching and being gentle with children. Sure, they know he’s brave and terrifyingly intelligent—he didn’t achieve what he achieved for nothing.

But it’s when other Eridians ask about human evolution that they start to get a bit scared.

The fact that the human species developed ocular vision just to be able to navigate is quite something. Because, even if it's deficient by Eridian standards, apparently the environment and the human race needed something more than just sound and touch stimuli.

Whenever small rocks or pebbles found their way into the human habitat, Ryland seemed capable of "herding" them so they wouldn't wander too far. Also, on the rare occasions Ryland left his habitat in his suit to walk around Erid (a custom suit with special light generators so he could move and withstand the pressure), he seemed to move with a caution similar to that of a predator.

And another thing? His voice. Ugh.

His vocal cords were mediocre at best. But they could easily recognise the inflections of his emotions.

Ryland was incapable of speaking Eridian properly. He was highly limited. He always used his translator to avoid misunderstandings.

But bloody hell, they once saw him arguing with Rocky.

Rocky was practically cornered by the soft human. Ryland’s shouting and his sharp, biting tone only became more terrifying when they noticed how he was leaning over the other Eridian. And it was only because he’d been interrupted by the scientist that he noticed Ryland was practically in attack-and-hunt mode.

As if his body was instinctively ready to strike at the slightest right stimulus.

Only for him to completely relax and snap right back into that friendly tone the moment he noticed someone else’s presence.

And his reflexes? Terrifying. If his cup was about to fall? Or if one of his children had rushed too quickly up a mound?

Ryland would sprint at a terrifying speed to catch the object

[cheeseanonioncrisps]

I'd add throwing. Like one of the main human hunting techniques and something that we know (from the Earth ball, and from the basketball he uses on the ship) that Grace is good at.

Like properly throwing something so that it hits an intended target (as opposed to just lobbing it into the air and hoping it lands) is something that even other great apes can't do.

Grace playfully chucking stuff at Rocky when he annoys him, or playing 'the Earth is lava' with his Eridian class once xenonite suits get to the stage where they can actually catch things he throws at them.

Grace later mentioning during one of his human culture discussions that most traditional human hunting techniques involve the launch of projectiles in some way.

“Wait. Humans throw things to hunt, question?”

“Yeah. I mean, we also set traps and stuff, and most of us use machines to do the actual throwing nowadays, but yeah.”

“Ball is Lava game is simulating Grace hunting the students question??”

[werkwerkelizaaa]

"No, it's not like that," I said.

He stared at me.

I stared at him.

He stared at me.

“Okay, it's exactly like that," I said.

[st1cksandst4ns]

as a bay area resident i, too, would like to be shipped 11 lightyears away where i never have to look at ai advertisements again

[estrogenesis-eeveeangelion]

well maybe you should blearily wake up at 5:08 in the pre-dawn light and find the sleeping soft tiny mammal body of your cat just inches from your head like a miracle too beautiful for speech, and you should rustle one hand out from your blankets to rub fingertip circles across the warm eggshell dome of her little velvet-wrapped skull and on the bristly patches just where the cups of her ears begin, and as she inclines her head into your fingers and purrs without ever opening her little eyes you should feel a love so tender that you understand how that love could have reached out from the fireside into the inky spangled nights long gone to reach her, and then you'll feel better

[estrogenesis-eeveeangelion]

i am at a complete loss as to how to adequately express to you how much this cat throws up yeah

[iamonlyperson]

"I love this shot because you can see the NACMO and what the camera sees at the same time. You can see that Mark wasn't "acting" when he was getting thrown to the ground, he was literally getting thrown by the NACMO. You can also clearly see the teeth that are pierced through the hull in this shot. Also, Mark did all of this with one arm tied behind his back...literally." - atxfx

[todays-xkcd]

I can't believe Candles of Vienna caved to commercial pressure and added the Goku expansion.

Types of Board Game [Explained]

Transcript Under the Cut

Types of Board Game

[Under this header text, the comic contains 8 panels. Each of them is labeled at the top with a short description of the board game being played and features (from left to right) Cueball, Ponytail, Megan, and White Hat sitting on chairs around a table trying to play it.]

Boring Megan: Each turn, roll a die and move your token. Turns proceed clockwise around the table until we get bored and go home.

Abstract Cueball: Each turn, you can place any number of red triangles or blue squares on a hexagon, or move any hexagon to a...

Hyperspecific Theme Ponytail: It's October 2, 1814. The Congress of Vienna convenes. You are each in charge of distributing and lighting candles for the opening ball, which was held at these three locations...

Overcomplicated White Hat: It's a cross between *Twilight Imperium* and *Cones of Dunshire,* but implemented entirely in category theory. Every cone is a monad, and...

Cooperative Megan: We're working together to sort these decks of cards using only hand gestures. After that, we'll silently organize my junk drawer.

Branded Cueball: You can play as Phoebe, Chandler, Monica, Rachel, Ross, Joey, or, due to an ill-advised tie-in, Goku.

Party Ponytail: Each of the cards in your hand has a bad word on it. On the count of three, yell the...

Social Deduction Megan: Remember, per our *Find the Secret Murderer* house rules from last week, discovering that a player had committed a real-life murder does *not* count.

[todays-xkcd]

#I am reminded of the war games following specific battles that can be argued to be real time strategy board games #not because all the pieces move at once; but because the game takes roughly as long to play as the actual battle took (via @faolonfiendrender)

[vicholas]

Why are people now saying "LARP" when they mean "poser". It's confusing.

[vicholas]

Everyone is always parroting The Buzzword Of The Month without actually knowing what it means or where it comes from, make it stop

[gunsandfireandshit]

Kinda like how "POV" went from "(implied first person) Point Of View" to "there is a video"