Was Grace already quite hefty back on Earth, or did he gain most of his weight during the mission? Perhaps while he was in his coma? (I mean, the "coma slurry" is supposed to be quite calorie dense).
If the latter is the case, I'm imagining him waking up and, though being a bit caught off guard by just how large he is at first, he adapts fairly quickly and figures this must be how he's always looked, for the most part (the retrograde amnesia not exactly giving him a clear frame of reference of his own appearance prior to being shipped on the Hail Mary).
It's only once he finds that one single Polaroid photo of him in his locker) that he's kind of thrown for a loop because what do you mean that (relatively) tiny-looking man is *him*?
Maybe he has some conflicted feelings about his body at first (as it's another part of the "old him" that was almost all but left behind on Earth against his will), but as he gradually starts regaining a good portion of his memories, he begins to realize that this "new him" and his new form feels more like "himself" than he ever was before. It's different, sure. In some ways maybe even a bit tricky to manage. But this Grace has somebody, a friend and partner, that cares deeply for him and loves him for who he is *now*, both in character and size.
Full disclosure, I haven’t actually seen the movie in full yet (very much want to for so many reasons), so I’m sorry if this feels a bit ooc, or if there are any contradictions I overlooked. I tried to work with my gleaned understanding of the character and the film’s themes. Love your art, as you can tell it gave me lots of thoughts™️ <3
In my AU, pre-launch grace is movie accurate, but after the other two astronauts pass away during the transition to hypersleep/managed coma, the ship diverts the resources for them to Grace, causing him to get (roughly) 3x the nutrition over the three years he's asleep. So yes, he's VERY unused to the weight when he first wakes up, leaving him more of a bloated fish out of water than anything, hehe
I think at first, he would think it's some sort of mistake, but as the clothes in his locker are about 6 sizes too small for him it finally gets through to him. I think, at least at first, he would only do audio logs vs visual logs before realizing, hell, he's the only person here, and he's not going back home, so who gives a shit?
I DO think that eva would be QUITE shocked at his change after she gets the tapes, but she's very practical-minded. As long as his science is sound, she couldn't give less of a shit about how he looks.
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