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ryland being like OMG THATS SO COOL

it's just something i noticed during the fishing scene but there a brief moment where something Rocky says goes untranslated. Its when Grace is getting ready to jump for the collector that he dropped. Rocky is saying "Come in now. No. No!" then there's this untranslated beat of his real voice before the translation cuts back in to him saying "No, Grace! Bad idea, come inside!"

the thing with rocky is, does he want to kill himself? no. he has the weight of survivor guilt and responsibility towards his entire crew to keep him from killing himself for 46 years. he cannot allow himself to die. he owes them at least that. give him the choice to trade his life for even a single other blip-a member tho and he would deep throat a gun harry dubois style. case in point:

46 years alone, in a different solar system, surrounded by the memories of your dead crewmates. no solution in sight to help your planet, and you can’t go back because you NEED to find a solution. it’s that, or witness the destruction of your species and everyone you love. your mate is still back home. you think that they’ve likely left you behind, yet you still miss them every day. you spend 46 years alone on a massive ship with nobody to keep you company or watch you sleep to protect you from danger.

Something something red string of fate

what you have to remember is that rocky is a grown ass man. his species is smaller in stature than ours, and he doesnt have comparable signs of aging like wrinkles, but he is grace's contemporary. theyre both approaching middle age.

if you're confused about all the pumpkins and ghosts and stuff, it's actually a sort of seasonal harvest festival in parts of the northern hemisphere. yeah, it's kinda weird to think about how it's autumn down there when up here it's spring, haha yeah imagine them all, upside down, and getting colder in october when it's just starting to warm up

what the fuck are you talking about?