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- the utter lack of background noise in most of the scene. it's uncomfortable and there is nothing to distract any of us, least of all Grace and Eva from the horrible things they both need to say. Each wet tone of voice, the loud hiss of the rain jacket. Ugh

- Eva starting off trying to be as gentle as possible but you can see her lip wobble when she speaks about how many are going to die. You can hear fear and anger squeezing her throat as she tries to speak softly and logically, even as her eyes get all shiny.

- "I'm not trying to... talk you into anything. I'm trying to make you understand... what I'm about to do next."

An Oscar for this woman!!! The shaky sigh, the tension between her brows, the tears prickling at her eyes. And she remains so composed. She doesn't yell, doesn't insult. It's threatening to split her open.

- She gets up when the medic is hushed in, as if to mark the departure of a honoured guest. She rushes through her sentences, shaking, there's barely any breath behind "you will be remembered a hero". You can practically hear her heart jackhammer throughout her body.

-"What is this..what...You're not...Come on"

Now give this man an Oscar!! The tinge of hysteria in the crying/laughing. The disbelief. The scared animal of his body knows what's happening and yet he is in denial. No need to overreact. I'm simply understanding wrong. This isn't happening, this isn't what people do. Come on.

- "Sit down and we do it differently!" First time she raises her voice in the entire interaction. This woman is begging for a shred of peace of mind. She is begging him to make this easier on her. Eva Stratt, the woman that you are.

I am stronger than the jar

⁠⁠I know what left and right are

⁠⁠smashing the jar will make a mess

⁠⁠I have strong and dextrous hands

grace wasn’t declared aroace by word-of-god, either by andy weir or ryan gosling or anyone else involved in the movie’s production. he’s aroace because he’s portrayed in the novel as a character whose thoughts on sex and romance range from “uninterested” to “active dislike.” he’s aroace because his life and story reject amatonormativity in the same way that many aroace people’s lives do. he’s aroace because, in the film, he feels isolated when he sees people hooking up at a party, and states that he likes to “keep a wall up” in relationships. this is all subtext and coding, but it DOES give us a pretty good idea of whether ryland grace, specifically, would want to date or have sex - and the answer is “probably not”!

This man deserves to be happy with his new rock friend

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