I'm bored, here's a collection of mt favourite things about project hail Mary. Theories, references to the book, etc:
1. Rocky is naked the entire movie
In the book, Eridians have cloths and it's often drawn as a 5 sleeve sweater in the fanart I've seen, understandable but also I heard something about how the "celebration cloths" they (rocky) wear when they (rocky and grace) find the Predator™ (insert Rick and Morty reference here) is more realistic of he cloths in the book but I don't know which one exactly, I haven't read the book.
There was this beautiful animation I saw about how grace was a lamb, and imagine being the lamb being killed, but it's for the greater good of the flock (who are oblivious in a sense?), and you don't want to die but everyone and yourself knows it's for the greater good, and what if the butcher was the Shepard who nurtured you, and knows the hard truth and knows you know too.
It was so wonderful and eye opening and such a cool interpretation of Grace's role in the story and how strass and the rest of humanity are characterised.
3. Adrien (Eridian) depictions
There's so many things about Rocky's growth being shunted a little or due to the time dilation he didn't grow as much in space, etc etc, and as a result Adrian is MUCH taller than rocky, or is just taller than them in general (I'm not sure about the pronouns to use for them tbh) and it's such a cool thing, like Eridians progressively getting taller and taller like titans in the owl house, and one thing I saw was them turning into the land like them as well.
4. Strass being a good person
I genuinely believe she is a good person, she wanted the best for humanity and yes, she did some fucked things like sending grace to space unconsensually (not a word but language is made up), and being a cold and calculated person regarding the Astrophage research, but her complex character is critical to the story. I understand fans wanting to villainize a character in a story for linearity, and blaming the Astrophage for existing and doing what they do may not be enough for some people and I get that, but the whole story is based on different species all just trying to survive and her character is a really good expression of this.
Idk man, I'm also happy we have a strong female character who's also "morally grey" but in the sense that she sees the big picture. And she doesn't like what she's doing herself but knows the hard decisions.
5. Rocky's kid(s) and one being called Grace
I love it I love it I love it so much
What's even better is almost every one I've seen is there's no human gender stereotypes pushed on rocky or Adrien, and it's often because grace was a saviour, but also Rocky's saviour and close friend, and "Eridians name first born after most important being" and grace in tears.
Also him holding the cute little spiders like awwww
6. Child Eridians being called pebbles by grace
See above. Little Eridians are adorable in every depiction. And them coming into the enclosure and having fun in the water omgggg
7. Literally every OC Eridian I've seen so far
I've seen tiger, ant, cinnamon roll, ash, loaf, pebbles, a lot of different gemstones and their respective Eridian somewhat embodying the characteristics of the material they're inspired by. It's like a really cool Steven universe or land of the lustrous if you squint (not to say those aren't cool themselves, but a different flavour of cool).
There's more, I've just used up my yappage for now
