Agent Rouka's Blog

An introduction...

taumoeba (obviously)

instructions on how to use taumoeba (obviously)

50+ hrs of unedited footage of Grace fucking up a bunch of stuff in the ship

so much info about Eridian language

1700+ hrs of unedited footage of Grace and Rocky fucking up a bunch of shit in the ship

Cannot emphasize how much info on the eridian sentence structure there is here

a weirdass knit sweater pattern that takes people weeks to realize is for Rocky

literally hundreds of pages of Grace just describing Eridian linguistic history which like honestly isn't even his field why should we even listen to this guy- (hes the only one to ever fucking met an intelligent alien Dave. we'll take him at his word)

Why the Goldilocks Zone is for Idiots Part 2: Biological Diversity all across the Petrova Line (subtitled "We haven't found them yet BUT THAT DOESNT MEAN THEY DONT FUDHING EXIST-")

what are essentially just those reaction videos "Alien watches Legally Blonde for the first time" "Alien gives thoughts on movie Cats (2019)" "You'll never believe what this Alien thinks of the movie Fantastic Mr. Fox"

Grace's modified cardigan charts because someone was asking for them on his Ravelry and he never actually got around to posting them

(people have already fully recreated this cardigan just months after his launch. but they appreciate it)

very respective, kind eulogies for everyone who died in this mission (Grace AND Rocky's crew)

a lace shawl pattern inspired by the petrova line with a beaded fringe. knitters everywhere weep in despair because those instructions are gOD AWFUL, the man had 0 (zero) test knitters AND THERES NO PICTURES FUCK

Rocky make Grace cringe compilation statement

ilyukhina and yao (i just know they had some of the best friendships going on)

carl and stratt (a lot is talked about carl and grace, but what about them?? i think they would be pretty good friends)

shapiro and ilyukhina (ilyukhina is a menace, just add annie no-filter shapiro to olesya innuendos ilyukhina and they would be so chaotic above the vat, i know they would bully grace when stratt is busy)

yao and stratt (i'm pretty sure they could also develop a really good friendship)

ilyukhina and grace (sorry but i'm a sucker for them being little sister-older brother coded)

dimitri and grace (this friendship is kind of canon in the book so, to see more of them, maybe even seeing dimitri and ilyukhina racing grace to drink, of course grace is out really quickly at ilyukhina's and dimitri's comparition)

lokken and stratt (lokken actually being everyone's mother figure on the vat sorry, i'm a sucker for parent figures, i have issues okay. i know my perception of lokken may have changed a little with the movie, but i really think that lokken and stratt would get along just fine, they both seem rough at first but after spending a while with them you get to the conclution they are both really nice people)

yao and grace (yao is a person i think grace would reach out looking for some guidance, in the movie yao is the only one grace approaches to say "thank you for what you are doing" and i think yao's words really stayed with him, so yeah i think their relationship, friendship, or however you want to call it or see it, would be really nice to see)

[sticky notes]

another strattland thingy (lmao)

after that first sticky note to grace's forehead, i like to imagine that stratt kept doing it -- or sent others to do it for her -- for the love of the game lol

"she is such a pain in my butt..." yep.

it was just easier to have mutual access to everything, to be able to answer emails or look up appointments or data or pick up something the other forgot and doesn't have time to get.

security concerns never occurred to them either, they have the same clearance level anyway, so what if he can download super secret government documents from her laptop while playing minesweeper during a meeting because he got bored? it's not like he's going to actually do that and even if, then what he's gonna do? share it with his middle school class?

("it's simply not protocol, it's an unnecessary danger and—"

"no it's not".

eva does not elaborate. just stands her ground. eventually, they walk away with a lingering sense of unease.)

everyone on the vat gets used to it, they're just Like That, and while the betting pool is growing by the day, it's just normal.

it does however confuse the shit out of practically everyone else when grace's fingerprint unlocks her phone or he has keys to her hotel room. when she lends him her jacket or he brings her breakfast because she refused to take fifteen minutes out of her day to eat.

[Strattland Week 2026 - Day 02: Touch Starved]

I would still be surprised I could find you, darlin’, in any life

If I could hold you for a minute, I would do it again

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