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SEBASTIAN STAN as CHRIS BECK
➤• THE MARTIAN (2015) DIR. RIDLEY SCOTT
i really really love the idea of a phm and the martian crossover, specifically in these 2 ways:
Somehow, Grace and Rocky are on their way to Earth (maybe there were no beetles on the hail mary, but they send the info to erid IDKKKK) and on their way they get a message from nasa like "heyy guys do you mind making a little pit stop at mars and getting this guy back... please?" so now grace and rocky have a new roomate!! (bonus point if mark doesnt know about rocky, and also "rocky hate mark")
after the hermes picked up mark, nasa calls them like "guys.... the guy we sent out into deep space 26 years ago..? yeah hes back can you guys get him home" so now grace and rocky live on the hermes!!! again, bonus points if none of the crew knew about the literal alien.
in both of them, the reason they picked up mark could be bc they were investigating mars, like if it was possible to live there if phm doesnt work
i need more people to get rylark/hailmartian pilled....
i was thinking about interstellar when this appeared in my mind fully-formed. i had to look up the name of matt damon's character because i didn't remember it, and i thought it was a joke at first but nope his canonical name is hugh mann. christopher nolan you fascinate me
Project Hail Mary/The Martian crossovers are interesting from a character dynamics perspective but also a worldbuilding perspective. Did the Ares missions happen before Hail Mary? Did Mr. Ryland Grace the science teacher watch the world come together to save Mark Watney? Did Mark live in a post-astrophage world?
excuse any clarity errors, it is midnight and i am not accustomed to being awake at such times
here is a rough list of similarities and differences between mark and grace (based on my limited knowledge of the martian as i have only watched the film. i have maybe 3x more knowledge abt project hail mary)
similarities:
american man
stuck in space
star man waiting in the sky <3
HELP ME
nutrition? what’s that?
would probably develop some eating problems after having to ration the food like that
space beard that gets shaved off because that’s not them
stupid jokes
scienceing the shit out of it
something is really wrong dang
fist pump moments
the people in charge are doing some professional avoidance (not telling someone something )
crash out in space vehicle
hull breach (kinda)
get fucked up by gravity
their saviours come in funky spaceships
vlogging
unconventional methods of survival (potatoes on mars and meburgers)
yum painkillers
NASTY FOOD
basically solitary confinement because of circumstances beyond their control
teacher (at some point)
people uniting across nations to do stuff
science guy
some big injury that is big and focused upon
glasses (at some point )
grace:
fudge. fudging fudger (does swear in book but only 2 words)
who am i where am i what am i HELP ME
alien roommate whose air stinks and burns
suicide mission and not by his own hand
crewmates dead :(
why the frick are you saying i’m banging my boss.
molecular biology
aliens
why is xenon a metal now ??
too much trust put in that metal
get this man off earth !!
all copyrighted media (until the launch)!! yay i get music i like!!
ramen. ramen is nice.
mark:
fuck.wHAT the FUCK. FuCK YOU! ..fuuuck
normal mission gone wrong
crewmates very much alive :D
would bang a martian ? (according to people? i need to read the book)
botany
star man song is literally played in the film
digging up plutonium!
SHIT I WAS IMPALED
let’s fly like iron man
too much trust put in that tarp 😞
get this man back to earth !!
potato is love potato is life (kill me)
disco music is balls my ears are bleeding .
there’s probably more but i can’t think anymore :/
Weirlings, I have a Weirverse™ timeline set up
I thought of a possible Andy Weir cinematic universe (or Weirverse™) timeline and I forgot to post it. This is purely speculation and not canon at all. I just like connecting the dots...
1 PROJECT HAIL MARY
PHM's exact time is unknown, but it is widely speculated to be 2021, since that was the time of the book's release.
My proposition is that Mark Watney was one of Ryland Grace's students.
Now hold on, I have a bit of an explanation for this... What if Mark got inspired by Grace's classes? Just saying...
HOW DO PHM AND THE MARTIAN CONNECT?
I think that, since Mark was one of Grace's students, he would be 14 at the time of the flashbacks in the book (14 is the age of 8th graders, at least in my country (Finland)). This means that he would be about 40 at the time of the beetle's return. (13 Earth years for the Hail Mary to reach Tau Ceti, a bit under 13 more for the beetle to return)
I speculate that during the Astrophage crisis, humanity sent missions to Mars to colonise it. Why now? Since most of humanity was dying, they needed a new home. In desperation, they sent crews to Mars.
I believe Mark to be in his 30's during The Martian. We also know, that The Martian happens in the 2030's, which makes... no sense with the timeline DON'T MIND THAT...
HOW DOES ARTEMIS CONNECT INTO ALL THIS THEN?
Artemis happens around the 2080's (if I remember correctly), so the Astrophage problem would have been solved. I have little to no other connections with Artemis so this is all I have...
If anybody has any suggestions, criticism, or any other conversation topics about this theory and my becautiful creation I call the Weirverse™, feel free to comment/reblog! I love this fandom you all are such awesome people... AMAZE!!
Edit: I'm sorry to all the Ryland Grace x Mark Watney shippers out there.... Andy Weir's protagonists are all kinda aroace coded to me (except Jazz, she fucks all around /silly)
Edit 2: Fixed that Artemis happens in the 2080's, atleast to the extent of my memory
In the book, Mark Watney peppers in Yiddish in his everyday speech.
Maybe he's Jewish?