i keep laughing at the way that eridian culture in the movie and eridian culture in the book are not contradictory at all, if you accept that movie rocky is just a total FREAK
grace: boy i sure can't wait to meet other eridians haha! rocky, putting on a shirt for the first time in four years: rocky has something to tell grace but does grace promise not to be mad, question?
Consider also the opposite:
Grace: Hey, uh, RockyâŚ
Rocky: You have a question, Grace my best friend Grace?
Grace: yeah. um. Why does everyone else wear clothes and you. Donât.
Rocky: oh. Thatâs because theyâre mostly from đľđľđľ and people are weird about clothes there.
Grace: what
Rocky: in đľđľđľ they think itâs wrong to have your carapace uncovered in public. Which is stupid. Itâs a CARAPACE who cares if your carapace is out. We all have one. My country understands this. I canât help it if the space program was primarily organized by the đľđľđľ government because theyâre the ones with power and resources so everyone who works at the space elevator thinks they need to wear clothes even when they donât actually have to.
Grace: Rocky are you a nudist
Rocky: donât know word. Iâm đśđľđś and also the Savior of Erid so the đľđľđľ guys canât tell me I have to wear a shirt anymore. SUCK IT
(Meanwhile a significant chunk of Erid is going NOOOO THE GUY FROM THE NUDIST COUNTRY WAS THE ONE TO MAKE FIRST CONTACT??? While Rocky is like #FreeTheNipple and no oneâs allowed to argue because heâs Savior of Erid)


























