Suffering Creatively Twice

The Amazing Digital Circus

Computer Bug

Half-Life

Aliens and Adrenaline

Fingerprints

Marines and Mayhem

Questions

Underground

Lockwood & Co.

Cold Hands (WIP)

Don't Bug Me

I'll be Your Eyes 'Till Yours Can Shine

Leave No Trace

Our Eyes Watch the Same Painted Sky

Slow Burn

Team As Family

Portal

Tell Me That You're Okay, and I'm Fine

You're Still Alive in My Head

Star Wars: The Bad Batch

Acceptance

Breaking the Ice

Handprint

If Only We Could Hold On

Minute by Minute

Shadows of the Past (tBB/SWR)

Where I Fit

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Not your Fault

Star Wars (Gen)

Tech has seen firsthand the two do this exact thing.

Bonus Sketch:

WHY IS THIS GEM OF AN IDEA HIDDEN BEHIND THE WALLS OF A COMMUNITY 😭

I need this rebloggable

I am torn between yes elmo would be distrustful fo Rocky because he looks like a rock, and no because Elmo is smart and observant enough to see that Rocky is a actually a living creature who deserves respect.

My thoughts are, would Elmo (or any of the other muppets) be able to understand Rocky's native language?

What would Rocky think of all the music that goes on in town? Personally I think he would have severe emotional whiplash going from ecstatic highs where he dances up and down the street singing his own song, because it is not just Grace that sings and sounds vaguely like eridian speech, but an entire town/planet, and complete and total overwhelm at both what was said above, and the kindness and generosity of these aliens and their alien friends.

but there's also at least one other Chekov's Gun floating around in this story --

Rocky: what. What The Hell. This alien lives. in an OXYGEN atmosphere?!

Rocky: oh that would kill me. that would Kill Me So Dead if I ever went into it.

When a typeface you've banned for use on middle school science projects follows you lightyears away to an alien planet 🤦🏼‍♂️

Because while Eridians are incredibly strong and tough on the outside, on the inside they are actually quite fragile:

They have no immune system, so anything that makes it past their enclosed carapace and internal heating will pretty much kill them

They have no natural defenses to radiation of any kind

In general they have very little organic matter so anything that targets their cells directly is quickly lethal

They are partially cold-blooded and live at a very narrow temperature range (about 20 degrees C)

They rely almost entirely on one, highly developed sense and are helpless if deafened (can't even remember the layout of a room)

They are completely helpless while asleep and can't control when that happens

They will forcibly become dormant after eating AND when badly hurt enough (their equivalent of going into shock)

They require more energy to function than humans do, and have very little organic matter to burn in the case of starvation

In contrast, humans:

Have an aggressive immune system and internal mechanisms for dealing with cell damage

Have adrenaline which allows them to temporarily ignore injuries and perform abnormal feats of strength

Are persistence hunters built for economy of movement and capable of extreme levels of endurance

Exist in a very wide range of habitats and on a diverse diet

Are very hardy in general, able to survive massive injuries, lack of sleep, prolonged starvation, and intense environmental conditions if given proper care

The quintessential example of this dichotomy between strength and endurance is the Going Fishing incident in the book: Rocky is able to survive and move in G forces that are killing Grace and to physically wrestle off the chair crushing him, but he collapses from his injuries almost immediately after. Despite being injured himself Grace then carries his 400lb friend up a ladder, is badly burned returning him to his atmosphere, and then proceeds to get some basic medical care, hype himself up on pain meds and keep working (albeit rather badly, lol) while Rocky forcibly sleeps.

Rocky mocks Grace when he says that Rocky is distracting him by starting complex conversations while he's Trying To Do Science. "Human brain have to stop activity just because talking question? Useless! One track mind!"

Then Grace is on hour six of his "trying to recreate skittles" hyperfocus and Rocky is like What The Fuck. Statement.

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