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It’s been so long since I got to see a thing and think: wow yeah this could only happen on tumblr. This is one such thing and I had to contribute. Let Simon have a weird fucked up religious sorta relationship with Grace! This man has issues!! He’s never been off a space station!! The Hail Mary is literally as close as he could imagine as heaven!!!!!!

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(There might be some jump cuts in the video, so be careful)

I do apologize for the cuts and filming. I have never done either before.

But I still wanted to show them off in motion at least a little bit.

I will give you some sprites too, just so you can actually see them properly.

(There's more but I can't give you all like 70 of them)

They mostly like just sitting around the screen or stealing things (though that one's rare)

Little bonus picture from testing :3

The fact is that dicks have been used as a weapon against women and girls for as long as we can remember. Men have raped women and girls with their dicks. They’ve used their dicks to forcibly impregnate women and girls. They’ve used rape, and consequently their dicks, as a weapon of war against women and girls. They’ve found joy in flashing their dick to unsuspecting and unwilling women and girls, whether that be on the street in a trench coat or online via unsolicited dick pic. They’ve threatened women and girls with their dicks—in fact, many of the “trans women” whining about their dicks being viewed negatively are posting about how much they want to rape women and girls they call “terfs”. They’ve used their dicks to violate the corpses of women and girls. They’ve written countless myths, stories, legends, films, etc. And created countless art pieces where women and girls are raped with their dicks. They’ve used their dicks to torment homosexual women and girls with “corrective” rape.

Men and their dicks are the worst nightmare of women and girls: we commonly refer to what men and their dicks do to us as “a fate worse than death”.

It’s not that women and girls are scared of dick for no reason. It’s that we come from a long line of women, stretching back to the beginning of time, who have been terrorised by men using their dicks as weapons. It is so insulting and cruel to reduce this reality to “just being scared for no reason”.

Simon told Grace about being in the sub and the monster and the blood. He did not tell Grace why he was there. He's desperate to leave the convict and the butcher behind him. Grace saved him. He's kind and forgiving and saved the stars. He's better than Simon deserves, and he knows it, but Simon nearly died in the most horrific way possible, and it's been like a year in the biodome on Erid, and he's happy.

And then the same thing that brought him to Erid drags a COI ship to Erid as well. And Simon's terrified and grieving. He knows that Grace is going to find out and won't look at him with care anymore. He'll know how terrible Simon is.

But that's not what happens.

See, when Grace hears the real story, and the people in the COI start getting pissy that the convict is living in such luxury, Grace gives them a dead eyed look and says: "You promised him freedom if he went into the ship. He did. He survived. He's paid for his crimes."

Because, while Simon doesn't remember it, the very first thing out of his mouth when he woke in a panic was "They promised me my freedom if I went into the ship!" So while Grace didn't know what Simon did to earn what was clearly a suicide mission, he knew it was bad. And he knew Simon was cleared. They'd talked about their missions. Grace knew what he did. Simon was like him.

And that's when it becomes a problem for the COI. What the higher-ups would *like* to do is move into the biodome, take control, and have a new place for humanity (or at least the humanity on the ship). But it becomes clear very rapidly that they cannot remove Dr. Ryland Grace and make a new leader. If anything happens to Grace, the COI will be lucky if the Eridians simply blow up their spaceship.

Dr. Ryland Grace is very special to the Eridians. He saved the stars, and more than that, he gave up a chance to go home to return one of their own safely to Erid. He put Eridians above himself. He was kind to his own detriment. And from the human movies, shows, and books, they know that humans are not always like that.

When it comes to other humans, the Eridians defer to Grace. And if Grace, who is kind and forgiving and caring, looks at humans with eyes filled with anger, then the Eridians know they are not humans worth keeping.

So the COI gets three choices:

1) They can submit, move in to the biodome, and follow the rules, knowing that as far as laws, Grace isn't a president, king or emperor, he's a god and what he says goes.

2) The Eridians will get them food and fuel and point them in the direction of earth, and they can *hope* they make it.

3) If they refuse to be peaceful about staying or leaving, the Eridians will drop them into Erid without protective gear and let them "survive on their own" far away from the biodome so Grace and Simon won't be bothered.

A few choose to stay. A few choose to leave. And a couple of the more belligerent, unfortunately for them, choose 3.

And Simon? Simon finds himself in a weird position of respect, because he's important to Grace, and he's been working to help Rocky and Erid's scientists just like Grace.

But most of all, he's never felt so safe and protected. Because no one with that much power has ever protected him.

***

He wakes up in a dome and doesn’t know where he is, but it warm here and he seems to be on the planet, not in space. Is it heaven?

He is in a house, Simon realizes. No, he corrects himself, he is in a home. Someone’s home. It is lived in, full of small trinkets and personal things. Soft pillows, a fox cardigan thrown over the chair. An assortment of pots with some rocks and greenery in them… Plants?

Simon rushes to them, touching small leaves and drawing a rugged breath. Alive. There is no other explanation. He is in heaven. He didn’t think he would be deemed worthy of it. After everything he’d done (and failed to do)… How could god be so merciful as to grant him this marvel? But here he is. Dead but finally at peace.

Simon spends hours near those pots. Simply looking at them. Basking in the light from the round window alongside this miracle of life.

Eventually though, he goes to explore the rest of the home. He finds the bed with a yellow blanket. Funny misshapen cups with three-pointed stars imprinted on them. T-shirts with absolutely horrendous jokes. Unfamiliar devices and a whole lad in the back. He finds an old battered laptop.

He finds videos.

“So, uh, I met an alien”—

“He’s kind of growing on me. At least not growing in me, you know? Which was a concern for a little while”—

Simon lets out a huff despite himself.

“His sun is dying too, so… maybe we can help each other.”

Dying? Are they talking about Quiet Rupture? Did they try to prevent it? He holds his breath, not quite comprehending what he sees.

“Hello Earth! I am Rocky. I am Rocky from Erid, I am not Rocky from movie, no no no no”—

Videos spin one by one. Way longer and way more than he anticipated. A whole life lying bare before his eyes. A life of two people who saved the stars.

Saved them.

“He’s looking at a long, slow, painful death. Alone. I can’t do both. I can go home...or I can save Rocky”—

“This is Dr. Captain Ryland Grace reporting from the Hail Mary.”

Saved each other.

Simon looks around for the first time in hours. The home looks different now. Now it has an owner. A face and a name to put on things.

He can now recognize the fox cardigan. And those silly t-shirts. Can tell that the three-pointed indents on the cups are Eridian’s handprints. He can’t name the devices in the lab, be he’d seen them being used. A pieces of a tremendous achievement. Tremendous life.

Home. Lived in. Cared for. A home for someone amazing. Someone who saved the stars (can he let himself believe in it?).

What did it mean for Simon? Did his sacrifice mean anything? He never aimed to save humanity or universe or the stars. You cannot save that which is long dead (and what was humanity if not dead? A rotting corpse slowly devouring itself). Was his mission even worth anything now? His pain? “Bigger than me”. He accepted it. Rage and pain and inevitability. Death.

Was it all in vain? Another life thrown away in an unending line of expendable people?

The stars were saved. Somehow. People had no use for that black box anymore.

Simon looks down on his missing arm. His mangled skin. Body covered in scars that will never fade.

Was it all in vain?

“🎶new human awake🎶”

Simon veers around, heart pounding loudly, ready to fight if needed be.

Eridian from the videos is standing in the doorway. Rocky? That was his name, wasn’t it?

“🎶Rocky brings food. Didn’t have human food for very long already. Needed to make some new. Takes much time🎶”

Simon stares at him trying to understand. A thought that persisted on the back of his head becomes clear suddenly. He is not dead. He is on Erid. That place where Ryland Grace went in the end to save his friend and a whole another planet. And Rocky is here. This person whom he just saw archiving the impossible.

Why isn’t Ryland Grace here? Is he afraid of facing Simon? The thought hurt a little, but at the same time was achingly familiar. People were always afraid of him. Simon didn’t get the name Butcher for nothing. Familiarity grounded him, despite being a gruesome reminder.

While Grace and Rocky are trying their best to get to Erid as fast as they can because Grace is suffering from scurvy and Rocky is living in an eternal panic attack.

Meaning that when Grace and Rocky get to Erid they are in their most vulnerable state besides the trip itself.

Imagine the possibilities:

Adrian and Simon not been as good at verbal communication as Grace and Rocky, but relying in reading each other body language or just making models with xenonite (I know that Simon and Adrian are also very smart, but Grace and Rocky -in the book and movie- had a laptop to help them out at least in the start and Adrian and Simon do not have that technology because 1) eridians do not have computers and 2) I don't think the submarine, even if survived, had the technology required to do that besides, Simon would never want to get inside that thing again.

Simon who is more stable in his first meeting with Grace, because he had have time to reflect and heal in a safe space, and who had have long and very meaningful chats with Adrian.

Grace who is so weak and feverish that he can't really understand what is happening.

Simon who was ready to fight this other human he heard about for the little paradise he had found in Erid just to find a dying Grace.

Grace been scare of Simon because the last time he was this vulnerable and helpless around another human he ended been send to a suicide mission, and he doesn't have the force to fight back, or to even move by his own.

Simon having his first experiences taking care of another person, in helping them to get better, instead of causing harm.

Grace having to concentrate his whole strenght and mind to do radiation tests, because for what he had learn Simon and Adrian could have got exposure to radiation (I don't which them bad, but if Simon got there first, then they may not know about the radiation danger that the submarine and even Simon can be.)

Adrian who wants everything to be perfect for their mate to go back home and take care of them, but the scientists eridians, specially the scientists community wants to talk to him, because he is know a heroe and he brought an alien with him.

Adrian been tense and have a lot of pressure because the only human "experts" are they and their mate, but they want to remove the heaviest workload from Rocky so they just work double to treat this new sick human.

Grace having hallucinations provoke for the fever in which he forgets he is in another planet, or he thinks he is still in space dying alone, before Simon can get there to assure him that everything is fine.

Grace having a bad hallucination in which he thinks that Simon is some kind of Demon that has come from him (specially if Simon is mutated), because he was selfish and he didn't wanted to go to space and now he is paying his sins (I don't think that Grace is religious, but the experience of dying, extreme pain and fever can make you think a lot of things that you don't believe.)

Adrian walking on eggshells around Rocky, too scare to pushing their mate or asking for too much, so they are trying to give Rocky space and time to process, while they go to Simon to vent. Rocky perceiving this as Adrian giving him the cold shoulder and feeling that he is losing Adrian for a human.

Rocky feeling like he is a bad mate, because he is jealous of Simon and this new connection they have with Adrian, how Adrian looks to be in such ease with him. He knows he is been hypocrite because he himself have bond with Grace, but he can't avoid feeling this way.

Rocky going into a dark place and thinking that maybe Adrian wasn't waiting for him as he thought they would (Adrian would never, but Rocky mind is in a bad spot right now).

Rocky hating Simon because he wants to take Adrian AND Grace from him. He is not only taking his mate, he also wants his best friend.

Grace accepting that he is going to die and making peace with it, this time for sure, and Simon demanding him to keep fighting.

Simon trying to use Grace as a translator when he is conscious.

The pebbles asking Grace why has two arms, and doesn't have shine eyes or poiting teeth.

Simon leaving health amulets made with branches and leaves around Grace.

Simon praying to the Sacred Last Tree for Grace health.

Simon thinking:"If even a selfless man is condemned to have a bad end, then what will become of him?"

Open the “apps” section in your settings (it’s usually at the very bottom), go to photos and scroll until you see “Enhanced Visual Search” and then turn that shit off. Then go to “Privacy and Security”, scroll until you see “Analytics & Improvements”, and turn off “Improve Siri & Dictation” as well.

​I am an artist with hundreds upon hundreds of my artworks in my photo album. I also have plenty of photos with not only my own face, but the faces of my friends and my family. I do not appreciate that being used to train AI without my consent, and I’m pretty sure it’s the same for others too.

you can never get a clear listen to him. his primary sense node is covered in "hair" and the part that isn't is hidden by two crystals that refract sound waves in a pleasing but disorienting way. he covers his body in billowy cloth at all times. not snug and sensible and unobstructive like eridian coverings, but loose and layered, draped and flowing.

the most clear part of him are his internal organs. because yes, the alien's carapace isn't sound-proof. his single heart beats insistingly in his core, his lungs exchanging gas constantly, his long digestive tract always bubbling and contracting. his thorax is packed impossibly tight and it's all moving and singing.

and it shouldn't be possible, with how fragile he is, for that internal pressure to maintain. how does the thin membrane of his external organ (another horror that sends eridians reeling) keep it all contained? his "skin" is so easily pierced, cut, bruised, burnt, how does he not split open under his own mass?

when savior rocky first arrived home and described the environmental needs of his alien, the scientists thought he'd made a mistake in his frantic panic to get everything out. it isn't possible this being lives at such low atmospheric pressure, at half the gravity, and in a gas that's nearly double the weight of ammonia. in a gas so dangerous, so caustic. and if it does then how is it obligately terrestrial like rocky claims? shouldn't it fly or float instead? (and then to see it in the water, learning that it can float or sink at will.)

and this alien has come bearing gifts that will not only save your species but launch it into impossible heights of technological and intellectual advancement. he has discovered the solution to astrophage and bred it to thrive on threeworld and translated his instructions into eridian. he has given your people the complete sum of his people's knowledge, advanced in ways the eridians can't believe and behind in ways that seem ludicrous. and he has given his life for your people to have these things.

he knows how your solar system was formed. he knows how the universe started.

his name means beautiful and generous and relieving.

the eridians experiencing cosmic bliss.