One of the things that I love about Project Hail Mary is that Grace's central question is "Who would you die for?" We see with the other two astronauts that they had family. That's who they're willing to die to save.
Grace? He has no one that he's willing to die to save...
... until he does. Until he makes the decision that he thinks will doom him to die, and he says, "Well, that's worth it, because Rocky will live, and Rocky's people will live, and Rocky will see Adrian again."
And—to put this one up on the list for my ace/aro compatriots—that love is a deep and abiding comradeship, not a drop of romance/sex in sight.



















