#stratts vat

[alissa3000]

i saw a hc once that before the phm mission grace was a fanfic author on ao3 and i think the concept of his ao3 curse being sent into space forever to be so funny

[mushruumtea]

I have too much free time, please enjoy this ridiculous phm comic inspired by:

"Earths favorite war criminal VS Earth's most hated man" on Ao3!!

(Disclaimer: The president)

[its-bread-bitch]

The farther I get into the PHM book the more I grasp the whole “secret third thing” Grace and Stratt have going on. I want to put them both in a microwave and spin them around.

[blackholesun321]

Okay so fic idea, I saw an artwork recently that was like a baby shower photo of Carl and Grace together, with balloons, party hats, and a huge banner that said something like, “Congratulations on the baby!” (If anyone can find it, please tag me so I can tag the artist here.) Anyways—

What if that party actually happened on Stratt’s vat during the ending days before launch? Everyone heard the story. (Let’s be honest, it was Olesya’s idea, backed by Dimitri and secretly Stratt, who wanted to subtly get back at Ryland for giving her the most confusing heart attack of her life.) They decided to throw a baby shower just to tease Grace and Carl.

And it’s of course a hit.

Grace is stuttering and flustered, but also kind of annoyed he’s being pulled away from work for this, but weirdly touched by all the people that came to annoy him— while Carl is surprisingly having a good time (Olesya spared no expense ’If we are having baby shower then we’re having baby shower right, but with drinking yes!’.) It’s probably one of the better parties the Vat has ever had aside from karaoke night, and everyone remembers it fondly.

And that picture— Ryland looking surprised, smiling, maybe a little teary-eyed while confetti rains around them in the background, the “Congratulations on the Baby!” banner hanging behind him with blue and pink balloons and a stupid party hat that says “You are the father!” — is stuffed into his personal effects on the ship. Because his friend might not remember him, but at least Carl will have something to show that he was loved, that he was happy, that he had friends.

Maybe it’s a little selfish on Carl’s part, but he hopes this stupid, fun night is the last thing Ryland remembers of him. And if he doesn’t remember in time? Well, he’s sure Yao and Ilyukhina will give him the rundown.

Except four years from the Hail Mary’s perspective, no time at all and eleven years from Earth, Dr. Ryland Grace wakes up with no memory of anything. He of course searches through his personal effects to figure out who he is— who he was. And then he finds a picture of himself. (Maybe Carl put in several.) celebrating the fact that he was apparently going to be a father.

He proceeds, as anyone would, to curse (-the first time he’s done so since waking up) and then freak the fuck out.

And cry, a lot of crying. Over the supposed child he’d left behind to go die in space for. (It has to be for them what else could it have been for?) The child he evidently wanted enough he threw a baby shower for. That same baby he can’t even remember the name of. Maybe not even born by the time he left from the lack of baby photos or ultrasounds in his personal effects. A baby he will never meet and never hold and never get to say I love you too.

…Would that be fucked up or what?

[maplebitts]

/~you tell yourself that this is for the best~/

[lutheban]

Ok so, we have Stratt's Vat, and we have Dimitri's Denizens right? So what do we think the scientists that worked under Grace were called? Because he definetly had a team working under him even if he didnt notice

[the-wheel-and-axel]

the team of Stratts vat have one of those employee of the week boards, but it's all their stupid shenanigans on the boat. it's got entries like "gave stratt a world's #1 director mug" and "convinced grace to let them have confetti on the boat" and "least lab safe outfit" etc. They have a TV in the main communal area that cycles through the entries whenever it isn't in use.

entries include:

a blurry picture of stratt covered in confetti, holding her worlds #1 director mug, a second mug that says worlds #2 director, and the most disappointed look on her face. The photo is taken by ilyukhina, with several people in the background also running.

a video of someone giving grace a monster energy, smash-cut to 14 hours later, and he's pacing and talking to himself about astrophage.

a picture of hatch wearing several feather boas, a tank top, and high heels. He won "least lab safe outfit"

a picture of yao with a hat that says "worlds most astronaut ever" and ilyukhina giving him a thumbs up.

a badly edited wedding montage of dubois and shapiro.

a picture of someone pouring a 5 hour energy into a cup. there are many empty monsters and 5 hour energy bottles lying around them.

[speedycollectorbluebird]

Ok but what if ryland grace always muscles = yes and nobody on the Vat knew until they needed to haul some equipment in one of the labs and all of a sudden grace of all people is taking off his cardigan and no one in the lab understands where this beefcake superman materialized from