#ambrodiak

[smugvillanelle]

two boys alone in space? no! two boys who are happy and in love and nothing bad ever happens!!! 🫶❄️

comm by @/ZagreusLuv on X

[helloicannotread]

Spoilers for The Darkness Outside Us, Iron Lung, and Project Hail Mary.

An idea for a 3-way crossover fic that I’m making public so the idea won’t just collect dust in my head because I don’t have time to write this fanfic to give it justice.

Let me cook.

Ok, imagine a BloodyMary x The Darkness Outside Us crossover fanfic where after Simon and Grace are already settled in their biodome on Erid and not keen to be in space again, but Eridian find signs of human life all the way out on an exoplanet, which is Minerva to Ambrose, Kodiak, and whatever kids they have at that point (no I haven’t read the second book). So Rocky, Adrian, and a few other Eridian scientists go to Grace like, “we found signs of human life on nearby exoplanet, need more human information NOW! Should Eridians make contact with new humans, question?”

And Grace is thinking, “There’s no way Earth’s governments send MORE humans after Stratt’s plan, right? What if my work never made it back to Earth and they’re dying? What if Sol started dying faster than expected and they sent more humans out of panic, or was it just the ultra-rich and powerful sending themselves and leaving Earth behind to die? Was all of this for nothing?”

And Simon’s not much help because he spiraling in the thoughts of “There’s no way there are more people, right? Are they survivors from Eden, or COI, or are they from Earth? Are they trying to find us? Are they watching us?” (Depending on what headcanon you have for how Grace met Simon, Simon’s initial reaction to new humans may vary obviously, but I imagine it would be extreme suspicion) For a bit, it feels like both Grace and Simon reverted to their “during trauma” mental states (healing isn’t a linear progress), but they recover as their curiosity, and maybe a little bit of morals, activate and they wanna check these humans out.

Meanwhile on Minerva, Ambrose and Kodiak would’ve been too busy creating lives for themselves, getting used to the air, whatnot. Then Amberose is gardening in the greenhouse, looks outside sees a ship in landing position that’s human-looking enough to make him think it’s a hallucination and maybe there’s a gas leak, but alien-looking enough to snap him back into reality. Kodiak’s practically teleports to his side, disheveled and halfway ready for the morning, “What do we do?! Is this first contact, because if so, why does that ship look like it’s somewhat human made?” And they snap out of it and calm down because while they’re relaxed (on their lil honeymoon!) now, they grew up as soldiers. And they head out together to meet the ship’s inhabitants, not before hiding away any children they have in the bunker they definitely have and arming themselves as much as possible without feeling like they *have* to fight some aliens.

Then 2 humans, actual humans, walk off the ship, followed by 2… rock spiders???

There are so major parallels between Simon and Kodiak, Grace and Ambrose, Ava & Eva Stratt & Ambrose’s mother, the Democrateers vs Federation & COI vs Eden conflicts, and honestly the stories of BloodyMary and The Darkness Outside Us are similar. They’re also kind of like Stucky, but in space.

I hope someone else understands this because The Darkness Outside Us isn’t exactly popular but IT’S SO GOOD. If you like BloodyMary, you WILL like that book and you’ll probably like the audiobook more. Please, this book deserves a fandom.

[captainpawsart]

noticing that the fandom for the darkness outside us is slowly growing on this app so I thought I’d slide over this art I made for kodiak’s birthday last year!!

and for those wondering where the fandom is for these books, there’s a lot of us over on twitter yapping about these boys every day 😭🫶

[miadeardn]

POLARIS

: North Star, Pole Star, guiding star, tail of the cub the sailor’s guide fixed in the sky, unchanging as the earth spins telling those who wander to come home.

(or; in every universe, ambrose and kodiak find their way back to each other.)

🔗 https://archiveofourown.org/works/61318609

ambrodiak, alternate universe, chapter 1/5, 28k.

[miadeardn]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

law of universal gravitation

“You’re always helpful,” Kodiak says, and Ambrose’s heart skips a beat. “Except when we’re going over orbital mechanics.” “Hey, I’m trying! Hyperbolic orbits are confusing.” “Perhaps if you stopped taking up time in class with all your questions…” “There’s nothing wrong with having a curious mind,” Ambrose sniffs. Kodiak rolls his eyes, but there’s a small smile on his lips. Ambrose wants to kiss it.

ambrodiak modern/college au!!

[stuckyevanstanfan]

Why do you even need positive posts about Ambrose and Kodiak to like them? Why do you want to like them if it sounds like you didn't? Why not just move on to a different book?

You've never had something stick in your head, but for the wrong reasons? I need a palette cleanser.

For those who've read the books, you know they stick with you... so I was impacted by the story, but I wanted it to stick for different reasons. Obviously the existential questions the books raise are still very intriguing to me, but I'm surprised I wasn't as sold on the romance. [I might even need to read them (again)...I was recommended to listen to the audiobooks, which I liked for certain reasons, but maybe I overlooked moments between Ambrose and Kodiak that built their relationship that would have stuck out if I were reading as opposed to listening.]

Also, since the sequel has a higher rating on goodreads than the original, I also thought I would enjoy it more. Instead, I'm a bit puzzled by that rating.

I got attached to the characters and that's why I was left wanting more.

More spoilers under the cut.

With the present story on Minerva, it was in the point of view of their children. While I loved the glimpses of their relationship, I didn't feel like I saw enough. I was left wondering what they thought about specific things that happened to them.

Their past left me very unsatisfied.

Did the author purposely not want the originals to get more time together than the final clones? He didn't want people to stay attached to them or something? They couldn't fall in love and be happy together? They had to die before their story even started?

It still annoys me so much how Ambrose spent more time having sex with Devon than with Kodiak. It seems they had a few minutes of a rushed hand job before dying. And Ambrose seemed to spend too much time thinking of Devon and how he was arrested and if he's okay. They also both thought too much about their previous lovers who were their classmates.

It took the parts of the first book I didn't like and dialed it to 100.

I saw an interview with the author where he said: "There’s a character in the first book who’s mentioned but never appears: Devon Mujaba, a popstar. I was very excited to put him in this book and give him all sorts of secret goals of his own. Mainly I liked the voice that James Fouhey (the audiobook narrator for both books) came up with for him, and wanted to write more Devon Mujaba dialogue."

https://thenerddaily.com/eliot-schrefer-the-brightness-between-us-author-interview/

I was left thinking: I was subjected to Devon Mujaba in the sequel just because you liked the voice??? 🤢😫

I'm curious if the third book will have more Ambrose/Kodiak in it.

[stuckyevanstanfan]

What tag do Ambrose/Kodiak shippers use? I thought their ship name was Ambrodiak, but tumblr only shows me five posts in total in their entire tag.

Complaints/issues (spoilers from the books) under the cut.

I feel I need to read fandom posts about them to get more into them/convince myself they love each other.

They spent too much time for my taste having sex with and lusting after other characters. I can be picky with OTPs in needing them to be obsessed with only each other.

I think seeing people highlighting their best moments and gushing about why they love them will make me happier.