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*SPOILERS!!!*

Grace waking up from the coma was the first shot they filmed for the movie! They wanted Ryan to feel eased into the character, and what better way to do that than have him play a character who can't remember who he is?

The little "GOOD LUCK!" note in sharpie that's written on Grace's sleeping bag was canonically written by the other astronauts on the I.S.S. before the Hail Mary crew got put into the ship. In real life, Phil and Chris wrote one word each. They said it was like "a blessing on the movie."

Ryan's most nerve-wracking day on set was when he had to shoot with the classroom full of children. Most of the kids were made up of the children of the film's crew members.

The scene where Grace looks through Yao and Ilukhina's photos is footage of him looking at and reacting to actual pictures of the actors with their loved ones.

When Grace calls Stratt to tell her that he and Carl figured out how to breed astrophage, Ryan is genuinely calling Sandra on her day off set, and her audio is her genuine reaction to the unexpected line: "Carl and I made a baby!"

"We like showcasing Ryland Grace's social anxiety while having a lot of people staring at him. LOL!"

Their intention for the space funeral scene was to have Grace convey that he was trying to ease his own sadness by making the dead people with him feel better about being dead :(

The markings on Rocky's body convey his mission patch, his rank in the crew, his wedding band, and his family crest.

Grace and Stratt's conversation on the boat is Grace asking her if they're allowed to be close friends, and the response from Stratt is no, they can't. This gets driven home in the karaoke scene. She understands the value of connection, a part of her wants it, but "Her love for people has to be suspended for her to do her job."

Rocky has different forward-facing faces for different thought processes! They named his "satellite dish" face, his "scrunched up thinking face", and his "monobrow face".

Direct quote: "I love how on the spectrum Rocky is." ROCKY AUTISTIC CODED CONFIRMED!

After Rocky recovers from his injuries: "As Rocky returns to the movie, the lights turn on. The warmth returns. It's like the day breaking."

Confirmed that when Grace and Rocky reunite, Rocky says to Grace, "You came back for me, question?"

They throw this out there for two seconds and do NOT expand on it, but according to Andy Weir, Stratt is imprisoned for life but somehow ESCAPES???

The Eridians built Grace an artificial tree in his enclosure because Rocky knew he liked trees

And the universe said I love you

And the universe said you are not alone

It's probably already been spread around here enough already, but in case anyone's missed it; 7 hours after launch, commander Reid Wiseman, dealing with tech issues, uttered the generational quote "I have two Microsoft Outlooks and neither one of those are working."

After fixing the issues that were afflicting the onboard toilet, mission specialist Christina Koch (who has quickly become my favourite of the four) laughingly said “I’m the space plumber, I’m proud to call myself the space plumber.”

On Easter Sunday, the Artemis II crew hosted a makeshift egg hunt, by hiding packets of dehydrated scrambled eggs around their Orion capsule.

The way the crew always makes sure to make it very clear they're in space when doing interviews. From stuff like Wiseman just hanging out floating sideways on screen or Koch letting her hair loose so it can freely span out flowing around her.

While in transit, the crew decided to record a parody of those bad 80s sitcom intros where everyone turns and smiles at the camera.

When the crew reached the furthest point from Earth in the mission, they jokingly clambored over each other in an effort to get to the far side of the capsule, so that they could individually claim to be the furthest person from earth.

At the same time, on the ISS which was at the time on the other side of earth, the 7 astronauts onboard had a light-hearted race to the far side of the station, making jokes about being the furthest humans from Artemis.

On the way back to earth, NASA actually managed to establish an audio call between the crews of the ISS and Artemis II (where they shared the above info), and Koch called one member of the ISS crew, Jessica Meir, her "astro-sister" as the two of them previously spacewalker together in 2019. Meir then responded I'm so happy that we are back in space together, even if we are a few miles apart" (a few here being 230,000).

Heads up there r gonna be some kinda obscure pulls for this just bcuz. I have a near encyclopedic knowledge of The Front Bottoms' discography- if u dont know the songs I recommend giving them a listen tho bcuz TFB fuckin rules :)

Pomni - Twin Size Matress.

Basic ass choice I know but like. C'mon. Pomni is the newest to the circus, and so far the role she's played in most episodes has been empathizing with the people there and trying to help them with their issues, even if it's in a more subtle way like when she offered to close for Gangle in ep 4. She's helping them swim, even when the flood water looks like mud. And the iconic, emotionally resonant parts of the song, the ones literally everyone knows so I don't feel the need to specify, resonate SO incredibly well with Pomni and Jax's fallout in episode 6. Like holy fuck. The arc of the song also just really fits with Pomni's arc so far in the show. Not sure how to explain that one but still. Also on a slightly more light hearted note, "I wanna contribute to the chaos" is basically just what she was doing in episode 6. Girl decided to contribute to the chaos of the circus instead of watching and complaining! Anyways yeah Pomni is the most Twin Size Matress coded of any character I've ever associated w Twin Size Matress and I will not be listening to any criticism of my choice to assign her this song.

Jax - The Boredom Is The Reason I Started Swimming, It's Also The Reason I Started Drowning.

I already made a post abt this but this song is literally fucking perfect for Jax I'm not kidding. Like, I looked up the lyrics last night just as like a refresher and I was SHOCKED by how well almost every single line fit with Jax. "Don't tell me complicated stories about who you used to be"? "You're part of a program, get with the program"!? "Stop crying you're an adult"!?!? "I WANNA FEEL LETHAL ON THE INSIDE"!?!?!?! Tbh there are a lot of TFB songs that fit Jax rlly well, but THIS IS THE BEST ONE because it highlights his issues SO PERFECTLY!!!!!! LIKE IT EVEN USES THE SAME KIND OF METAPHORS HE DOES!!!!!!! A constant throughline in this song is the TV, with it being on in the background during the beginning, and the narrator saying that they're part of a program. That, along with the reference to American Psycho, perfectly encapsulates the way Jax depersonalizes everybody around him as characters in a story!!!! This is the most Jax coded song ever don't fuckin try me.

Ragatha - Cough It Out.

Cough It Out is a really really hard song for me to describe, but if I had to pin down the story of the song, it's that the narrator is just now coming to terms with how toxicly one-sided their relationship has been. They still care deeply about this person, but they can't really bring themself to call them a friend anymore because of how much of themself they've had to give to keep the relationship going. And while I don't think this describes any of Ragatha's current relationships particularly well, it DOES still highlight her biggest character flaw of constantly trying to please everybody to the point that she doesn't let herself(or anyone else) breath. The chorus of "you never know what you've been through til you pause and cough it out" is ALSO very fitting, especially given the way she talked about her mom during the bar scene. Plus, the opening about never really feeling satisfied with the current state your in, not really knowing what you want... it's literally just the perfecr Ragatha song Idk what else to tell you.

Gangle - Lonely Eyes.

Oh my god guys we found the lonely girl!!! She would threaten to jump and all her friends(read: Jax) would just scream "let her!". This song very much feels like Zooble talking about Gangle, tho my brother did actually make a decently compelling argument that it could also be Zooble AND Jax depending on the line and Im lowkey inclined to agree. But no matter who the narrator is, the person being described in this song is Gangle to a T idc. Like. She does have lonely eyes! She is incredibly sad most of the time! The one day they close early WOULD be the one she wants to stay!!! LONELY GIRL U R EVERYBODY'S WORLD WE LOVE U GANGLE <3

Zooble - More Than It Hurts You.

Tbh I don't have very strong feelings abt this match, but it definitely works the best out of all the songs I considered. This song, to me, feels like its about being aimless and unsure of who you are, and that's literally Zoobles entire struggle. Their storyline about self acceptence is reflected pretty well in this song Imo, esp because the lines about the narrator considering changing their hair and the chorus talking abt tattooing poems all over their body and cutting off their fingers kinda reflect Zoobles interchangeable parts. Whole thing is just very Zooble Core.

Kinger - Plastic Flowers.

I went with this one mostly bcuz of the whole speech at the end. It feels a lot like advice Kinger would give someone. Like, it's not a one to one, but it's still similar enough that I felt it fit. Also Plastic Flowers is very much a song about mourning a lost loved one, eventually being either the victim or the victims family, and oh boy does that fit Mr. King-"I miss my wife Pomni"-er! So even though some of the lyrics feel kinda off base, this is still undeniably a VERY Kinger coded song.

Caine - Not Joking.

Caine's entire existence is the circus. He was created to be a performer, literally born to entertain, but it just isn't working. Nobody likes his adventures, nobody likes HIM, and it HURTS! He's losing his damn mind because nobody actually respects him. "Just clap and keep smiling, but don't laugh". Also the line about being "afraid of knowing what to do, but those who are blessed shall not complain", to me at least, reads as someone who is usually looked to for instruction by the ppl around them despite being just as unequipped to deal with the problem as everyone else is, and by god if that isn't Caine then Idk what is-(also I might lowkey be projecting just bcuz this is one of the TFB songs I relate to the most and I also relate to Caine a LOT-)

But I thought this shot felt familiar

For context, the second shot was from the second episode during Pomni’s nightmare

They could’ve picked any angle to show Pomni’s reaction at Jax’s sudden rejection of their friendship, but they decided to go with this close low angled shot, which makes sense because these kinds of shot are effective in portraying unease and discomfort in a scene

But it was also effective in reminding me, if unintentionally, of how that nightmare ended

Which hit even harder when this line inevitably came

Keep in mind that Pomni had this nightmare before she got close with anyone in the Circus, so you’d think she wouldn’t care so much about a bunch of strangers forgetting her so soon after she abstracts

But this cements that her worst nightmare has simply always been to be forgotten

Someone who is comfortable not being known, even if it’s just by a bunch of strangers, wouldn’t feel the need to post a bunch of videos online about urban exploration for people to watch

Pomni’s self made solution to not being forgotten in a world that seemingly doesn’t care about her is to leave an impression on people, in however way she can manage

It’s why she was comforted and grew hopeful when she attended Kaufmo’s funeral with everyone (sans Jax), because even if she abstracted, even if this world were to make her give up entirely, she would still be remembered

She would be missed

So to suddenly be told by a friend, not just a stranger a friend (Jax can lie through his teeth all he wants, it doesn’t make him any less transparent) that she didn’t even matter enough to be remembered…

Yeah, that crossed a line

I think we’re so caught up in waiting for Jax to do something so horrendous like kill or get someone killed in an episode where that was literally the name of the game, that we forgot there’s more than one way for a character to do something inexcusable to someone else

There’s a big difference between forgetting and choosing to forget

Oh how the tables have turned 💔