Me And My Problems time nothing to do with the wider fandom etc different strokes for different people etc etc there's only one thing I do begrudge and it's the author's fault (what the fuck kind of attempt at pinyin was that)
anyway it's been kicking me in the insecurity in three (3) different directions which,
like all I wanted was a straightforward charming lil exploration of the weird rocks....I thought the hortas (pizza shaped rock star trek aliens) were really fun but the fact that they lacked leggies like those galloping ancient alligators to be a design flaw....
things I appreciate/have loved in other places that have shown up in project hail mary:
dying in a cozy vessel that's venturing out forever (esp as seen in sunless sea)
solo space exploration (\o/)
THE SUN THE SUN THE SUN (my beloved DAWN MACHINE)
holing up in a stark spaceship environment with an alien who's becoming a pal and learning to adjust to life while on a quest to save the universe (homestuck, specifically that decade old set of fics)
american space fox teacher (Jedao)
space + spiders + memory + quests + life and death (genre which includes Do You Remem8er Me)
ok, like actually this angers me but that patch on his arm + general blondness with spectacles + alien pal
rock aliens (hortas + didn't see stephen universe given generally inability to watch stuff but I did Behold the geology themed characters with Envy)
being ordered on a suicide mission (general cmedia, eg. General Yue Fei widely acknowledged as the best hope of Saving China at that point who got a ruler that just completely biffed it, which is NOT what happens here. this is the most justified anyone has ever been btw.)
beachfront property <3 (the zee znail zhell, fallen london)
scientific discoveries that save people (fairly sure I learnt the term savior from the first line of the internationale on a monument somewhere. HOWEVER I do think that stuff like penicillin and vaccines really, I'm. the Taumeba scene was really effective QAQ)
movie moderately increased my enjoyment of stuff like trees and beaches. I love them already but now I can sit in Redwoods like that don't go crazy room scene in the beginning and thinking blissful/幸灾乐祸 thoughts about how I'm not in space
Things that I personally do not enjoy :(
relationship issues on Earth
AO3 Tag Ryland Grace Needs A Hug
Grace is AroAce but the universe bends to make sure he's settled into a stable QPR on Erid, immediately
he's so loved! the universe is love (?)
Like...it's totally fine, Ryland Grace DOES need a hug as clearly depicted in the movie, the issue is from seeing stuff in aggregate as I employ my maladaptive "blue whale inhaling krill" style of tag trawling
but writing this out does ...make me think about what I would like/hope to see more of, which I will list! in the event that I manage to learn skills and do any of it myself:
dumbass roommate shenanigans (fic where Grace gets a concussion from improperly secured panel during ikea assembly fight my beloved)
illustrations really chewing and digesting the visual motifs (the lovely art flooded with fluorescent green and red like the whole reason I got into homestuck)
I'm given to understand that for spider-society I should look to Adrian "Spiders" Tchaikovsky so I will do that
Grocky xeno (very much satisfied on this end, I love the ready-made use of socket wrenches)
izzy806
turnnoffyourmind
pixelskylines
dededos
titsay
origamiaround
