I Stand Among Giants

Lou, England. Nerdy Bean. The world isn't full of rainbows and butterflies so it's up to us to seek them out to make it brighter. Profile pic by @flower-zombie-rob Twitter: @TracoButtons Insta: tracobuttons Currently hyped for: Pokemon Scarlet and Violet

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This is it! My 1000th drawing in my ‘toon album! I’ve come a long way and still have lots to learn but it’s been a fantastic ride so far! Thank you to everyone who has supported me over the years! Here’s to 2,000!

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Grace Rocky Save Stars.

(Recently bought a collage book of space and some old astronomy stickers, so had to do a little homage to PHM.)

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Grace, Rocky Save Stars

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Seeing people basically shouting “HE KNOWS ABOUT BLOODY MARY! SCATTER!” is peak tumblr and I am absolutely here for it!

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007 First Light

@therealjacksepticeye’s gonna be playing the new James Bond game on the 26th of May!

Our lad’s in the game too!

This is so sick!

[therealjacksepticeye]

Here’s a BTS shot of me being scanned into the game!

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Outstanding!

[tracobuttons]

007 First Light

@therealjacksepticeye’s gonna be playing the new James Bond game on the 26th of May!

Our lad’s in the game too!

This is so sick!

[tracobuttons]

Grace, Rocky Save Stars

[silvaerial]

Patron Saints of One-Way Trips

[turquoisemagpie]

Diana.

(Found a bunch of portrait references that shared a cool lighting colour pallet, so I added them to one.)

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Okay but imagine being the team of Eridian scientists tasked with keeping Erid's Only Human alive for as long as possible while the whole planet's environment is literally trying to kill him. And then Rocky shows up and is like:

“Grace says he would like half of dome to be water.”

“Oh, is necessary for humans to have large amounts of water question?”

Small Eridian equivalent of a sigh. “No. Not needed for life. In fact Grace will die if he falls in water and does not get out.”

“Tell him we give him water in containers that won't kill him. Lots lots lots of water on Erid for Grace to drink.”

“No. Grace say he want water on ground. Also want it with excess sodium chloride compound so it will be unhealthy for drink.”

“WHY QUESTION???”

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To celebrate Erid getting their sun back on track, Grace asks for some alcohol. There's a small amount left from the Hail Mary and Rocky offers to take it to the science Eridians to see if they can synthesise more.

“Grace want this liquid for celebration.”

“Of course.” They scan it. “You have wrong liquid. This contain compounds which are poisonous for humans.”

“Yes yes yes. Grace say humans like feeling of being slightly poisoned.”

“WHY QUESTION?????”

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Grace is like one of those extremely finicky tropical fish who instantly die if not kept in extremely specific conditions.

Only here the fish can talk and keeps asking you to make it vodka.

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Puddingstone Eridian!

So, fun fact:

Hertfordshire, the county I live in, has a rare geological formation where smaller stones and pebbles are stuck together by a sand and silica cement. It’s called a Puddingstone since the pebbles and stones look like raisins and currents in a sponge cake. I have one at home so I drew an Eridian based on it.

[bulkhummus]

it takes grace 9 minutes to fully realize

[turquoisemagpie]

Eridian OC Generator.

(Idk, just having some fun. XD)

(Most of this is just a base - I kind of kickstarter for design ideas - they can be messed with like how you connect the face shapes together and how they’re angled or what surface texture you’d prefer for example. I have no rules for this, so feel free to explore. :))

[tracobuttons]

Thanks, Soph!

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rocky’s design notes from james ortiz’ instagram :) going insane at the reason rocky put two arms together when giving his name was to show his family crest

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Gaps in Knowledge (Spoilers for Project Hail Mary)

Something that I found while I was watching PHM that I haven’t seen being talked about a lot is that Eridians have gaps in their knowledge when it comes to space travel and other scientific shortfalls.

Usually, books and films indicate that any contact humans make with another alien species will see that species have far superior tech and knowledge compared to the human who has stumbled across them.

The Eridians, while knowledgeable in some aspects, are not all knowing. They don’t know about time dilation and the impact radiation will have on them and it takes a human, a fellow (albeit reluctant) space traveller to share that information with Rocky. That is incredibly refreshing. Humanity’s knowledge isn’t infantilised in comparison to the Eridians. It’s just different. We’re not seen as some creature that’s clawing blindly in the cosmos compared to Rocky.

We watch as Grace has to come up with a nitrogen resistant Taumoeba on his own when he realises it doesn’t survive when it comes into contact to nitrogen and see how distraught he becomes when he works out Rocky’s ship becomes a massive conduit for the Taumoeba to reach the Astrophage because it can penetrate xenonite.

Rocky isn’t stupid either, it’s clear why he was part of the Eridian mission to save their planet and he uses his engineering prowess to come up with solutions where Grace’s gaps are evident. His kind has solidified Xenon to create a metal, something seemingly impossible to do back on Earth and they worked out, just like humans did, that Astrophage can be used as a fuel. He works out the Taumoeba is a predator to the Astrophage. He gets excited when Grace gives him a laptop with everything that Humans know.

Grace and Rocky compliment each other. They share their knowledge to plug gaps in each other’s understanding. If Grace is dotting the i’s then Rocky is crossing the t’s to complete tasks. They are equals, working together instead of competing. They want to understand each other as they complete their shared mission. This gives their connection another layer which feels grounding. It’s a breath of fresh air in a genre saturated with the idea that we’re the only ones who have flaws when it comes to science and the laws of the universe.

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Good god he’s in the Backrooms!

Welp! Nice knowing you, Sean!