I hope the one take away that EVERYONE gets from the success of Project Hail Mary is that stories revolving around the development of platonic relationships can be just as compelling as narratives detailing romantic relationships.
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I hope the one take away that EVERYONE gets from the success of Project Hail Mary is that stories revolving around the development of platonic relationships can be just as compelling as narratives detailing romantic relationships.

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I imagine rocky puts grace's amnesia problems down as a "probably normal for humans, they forget stuff all the time" thing for a while and it doesn't set in until maybe a year into the erid trip that, no, losing straight up All of your memories for several months is just about as concerning and unusual for a human as it would be for an eridian. and his immediate reaction is twofold: 1. "you. you were that brain-unhealthy for the entire time we were working together and you just. barely ever mentioned it? Why. Question." 2. [sudden recollection of every time he got short of temper and said something bitchy like "lazy human not know how own ship function" or "how grace forget location of basic controls question"] [curls up on the floor in embarrassment] "should have said something so I not spend two months making fun of brain injuryyy"
PHM Grace x carl art :333 (Carlgrace)
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My Random PHM Head Canons
In no particular order:
Behemoth Adrian: Eridians have a wide range of sizes because in some parts of Erid, it's more advantageous to be bigger, and in some places it is to be smaller. Basically, different sized eridians are different races.
Rocky's speaking pattern is not just how eridians speak. It's a habit after years of speaking like that. Some people did not take him seriously because of it, especially some of his coworkers.
Grace, as a kid, had an outdoorsy adult in his life, who made him learn how to track animals. (Just because I like the idea of it being possible for eridians to fully see human persistence hunting in person)
Rocky has no idea idioms like "No can do" and "Long time no see" are actually common human phrases. He just thinks they're a result of Grace copying his speaking pattern, since he also just does do that.
As a teacher, Grace knows more modern eridian slang than Rocky. Rocky hates it.
Grace's eridian students are super curious about Earth, human culture and history. Grace has to research stuff at home and teach it another class often
The idea that "Uranium" would be a color called "Neon" green pisses Rocky off.
If Adrian and Rocky are ever together while Grace is sleeping, they chat in a frequency he can't hear as to not wake him up.
Grace thought he got use to being watched while sleeping. Turns out, he's specifically comforted by Rocky watching over him because he trusts Rocky so deeply. Unfortunately what that means is, if anyone one else tried to watch him alone, without Rocky being there, it made him just as uncomfortable as the first time Rocky watched.
Grace is fully ok with, and honestly kind of hopes, they dissect him when he dies. For science. Rocky is less comfortable at that thought.
Eridians 'purr' but it is not subconscious. It's a frequency that is known to be physically and mentally therapeutic. Turns out it has a similar effect on humans!
is this anything
Rocky, somehow turned into a human: Rocky is hideous! Rocky disgusting! Adrian will never love Rocky like this! Ugly, disgusting, leaky!
Grace, highly offended: Hey, what are you talking about, you look very handsome. Humans are not disgusting and ugly!
Rocky: Humans are ugly.
Grace: Including me?
Rocky: Yes, Grace is hideous. Absolutely horrific.
Grace: All right, you can stop now--
Rocky: But Grace is cute ugly, Rocky is disgust. Adrian will never accept.
Grace: *immediately getting the image of ugly dogs that people dress in sweaters* *growing even more offended* What do you mean cute ugly?!
I saw another person's post claiming that Grace doesn't have autonomy on Erid. I didn't want to argue with them on their post, but I really don't see it that way!
Rocky explicitly asks him if he wants to stay. He makes it clear to Grace he has the option to go back to Earth if he wants it. Literally any time. The eridians give him everything he asks for. Literally everything is left up to Grace. What part of that reads as a lack of autonomy? What part of Rocky's character makes you think he wouldn't invent a way for Grace to safely leave the dome if he wanted to? Earth took away Grace's autonomy. Rocky is the one working hard to give it back.
It's definitely an interesting discussion, and not cut and dry imo!
Rocky and every single Eridian can have the best of intentions, and there's still a huge power imbalance. It's not about whether Grace is safe, it's about Grace's ability to make his own decisions independently. Grace is reliant on them for everything. Food and water, but also his very air and livable temperature. He's unable to be independent. Is that a loss of autonomy? Maybe not. But it's definitely something.
Very well put! I don't remember if I've actually said this yet but, I think the thing about him relying on them is part of why all the art about Rocky secretly extending Grace's life is upsetting to me. Rocky would not do that! At least not without asking first! That would be horrible!
I saw another person's post claiming that Grace doesn't have autonomy on Erid. I didn't want to argue with them on their post, but I really don't see it that way!
Rocky explicitly asks him if he wants to stay. He makes it clear to Grace he has the option to go back to Earth if he wants it. Literally any time. The eridians give him everything he asks for. Literally everything is left up to Grace. What part of that reads as a lack of autonomy? What part of Rocky's character makes you think he wouldn't invent a way for Grace to safely leave the dome if he wanted to? Earth took away Grace's autonomy. Rocky is the one working hard to give it back.

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Does anyone else wonder about the possibility that Stratt kept the existence of aliens to herself? She's a historian. She knows exactly how much humans love to colonize. Or how much humans have already projected that instinct onto imaginary "space invaders." The last thing Erid needs is some human convincing other humans that "Eridians will colonize Earth if we don't colonize them first." Yeah, they're probably better off just sticking to the one human.
I think both Eridians and humans would have a very hard time colonizing each other's respective planets.
Why would eridians want a (to them) tiny rock covered in frigid toxic explosive gas?
Why would we ever want a giant tidally locked planet that will cook, crush, poison, and suffocate us all at the same time?
Meaning the question is, did Stratt know enough about Erid to know it wouldn't matter? Probably not. At least not from what was sent in the beetles. That is a good point though. It would probably not be a problem for eridians if people did find out about them.
it's fucking insane to me how so much of the project hail mary/bloodymary fandom complaints i see are swinging at absolutely nothing. "people like grace but not stratt and that's unfair!!" most people like both! i have never seen a morally complex female character so loved by a fandom! what are you talking about! "people are infantilizing rocky and it's so ableist" i'm sure that's happening somewhere but the majority of rocky content i've seen has been more than happy to recognize him as a highly intelligent and autonomous being! hell, grace is the one who's more often infantilized out of the two of them! what the fuck are you talking about! "it's fucked up that grace is soooo aroace coded but people brought in simon just to ship him with someone!!" most bloodymary content DOES include grace being aro and/or ace in a really compelling and nuanced way! and most bloodymary fans are super chill about people not liking the ship! WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!!!! this is one of the chillest fandoms ever why are we making shit up to be mad about!!!! jesus christ!!!!
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Rocky chose a hand to match Grace's scar!

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a bunch of eridian! grace and a little bit of rocktiz.