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I love the casual substitution of "gods" instead of "god" in colloquial sayings. "oh my gods" "gods, my feet hurt" etc etc. like yeah deconstruct the societal standard of monotheism with me. let's party
Other people have touched on this more eloquently, but I love that Ryland Grace is at his core a teacher. A middle school science teacher. Sure, his background as a former academic is also critical to the story, mostly because something about him needed to catch Stratt's eye and thus result in him getting dragged into the project, but more importantly than that, he hated being in academia. The book makes it fairly explicit that he wrote his controversial paper and insulted a leading scientist in his field because he was burnt out and hated the environment and got self-destructive as a result, which is a far less rosy view of academic science than I would have expected (and, frankly, completely believable).
And then he left and became a middle school science teacher. And that turned out to be his real calling. He was bright and creative and a little bit brilliant and a genuinely good scientist, and he gave that world up to teach kids and he loved it. Even after everything, after the Petrova Taskforce and Project Hail Mary and Tau Ceti and ultimately ending up on Erid, his calling is to teach kids.
As someone who has dipped in and out of the science communication/science education world myself, it's so important to me that Grace loves teaching, and especially that he loves teaching kids. People really devalue science communication work, and there's often this unspoken assumption that the people doing it just aren't "smart enough" to become real scientists, so they do scicomm instead. And everything about Grace flies in the face of that -- he's perfectly capable of doing the science, but it's not what he loves the most! What he loves and values and finds important is teaching, and I adore that. It's so refreshing to see, and such a genuine love letter to educators, and to everyone who chooses to prioritize communication and education regardless of how specialized they may or may not be in their field.
His happy ending is to be a teacher. And that's so important.
The Eridians, pointing proudly at their Human-Safe Biodome: that’s where we keep Grace, who saved the stars and spends his time teaching our children about science. we owe him everything.
The Eridians: oh and also Simon. we found him in a blood-covered dumpster and we think he has rabies.
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Okay I gotta do this or else I’ma lose my mind. Project Hail Mary movie stuff here we go
“Please Record video diary,.” / “I’m not doing that.”
The way so much movement is to the beat of the music the editing is so good
Ryland Grace saying “oh no” and “uh-oh” whenever he sees anything new no mater if it’s positive or negative and there is no way to tell from his tone cause it’s the same every time
Stratt accusing him of running and then speeding up to run with him
The way everyone starts giving Grace thumbs up when he looks at them
*sighs into walkie talkie*
Licorice for Grace exclusively and skittles for EVERYONE else on site
“Me and Carl made a mini Venus out of a plywood box.” / “Who’s Carl???”
Stratt making a “wheep wheep” sound effect when tapping the projector screen and showing Grace the astrophage fuel plan
“Which is why you now live on a boat in the middle of the ocean, in case of” *mimes explosion* Stratt is 1000 times more expressive than I remember from the first watch I knew I was obsessed with her for a reason
The amount of flailing around Grace does
“Nope nope, nope, nope, nope.”
Grace nope-ing out of the space walk and then accidently slingshotting hismelf out of the ship
If can’t understand, slam against table strategy, brought to you by Dr. Ryland Grace
Getting startled by Rocky’s solar system and then slamming back up against the glass a second later to get a better look at it
POV you’re Rocky in the middle of constructing a breathable tunnel for this alien dude and he knocks on your window before your ready and when you tell him to get the heck back in his ship and out of the tunnel it’s not finished yet he responds with “But I just got here…”
The tango/ballroom music playing while Rocky adjusts lines up the ships took me OUT
Grace holding up his hand in a peace sign when he sees fullbody Rocky
“Face’s are overrated.”
How annoyed Rocky sounds when Grace doesn’t realize he’s pointing initially
The fact Grace takes his helmet off trusting this rock lookin alien did oxygen right is crazy, not just because trusting an alien not to have intent to harm but also trusting an alien to actually know what it’s doing and know enough about him to do it right
The fact he doesn’t figure out the other thing Rocky sent him is“It’s the patrova line” until this point they did not have to add that and I’m so glad they did
Grace interrupts Rocky right in the middle of his name when he’s introducing himself
I don’t know if Grace and Rocky realize how much the other talks at the start since they don’t understand each other, neither of them shut up
Rocky laughing at Grace
Rocky building Grace a place to sit in the wall
Grace getting more and more crammed into the tunnel and closer to Rocky the more relaxed he gets
Grace getting more clumsy the sleepier he is
The really dumb “Good night sir” bow he does to Rocky (he also bows to the astronauts when he firsts meets them)
Grace trusts Rocky quickly yeah but the way Rocky trusts Grace even more quickly is crazy
Grace and his stupid permanant licorice in his mouth instead of a cigarette or toothpick or something
The way Eva Stratt is always watching Grace
The way you can see how the astronauts opinion of Grace changes when they show the astrophage from humouring the dishevelled unassuming sweater guy to respecting the world’s leading expert in astrophage
Grace remembers the people on the boat as his friends so says his whiteboard nobody touch me
Mary trying to coach Rocky and Grace through their Ikea bed set-up argument
Rocky slamming his head against his ball repeatedly, then accusing Grace of being grumpy because he hasn’t napped
Rocky and Grace filing in the gaps that the other has in skills and knowledge i am face in hands bro
Grace is smart but he needs a Carl or a Rocky to help him be the most smart he needs someone to point out the obvious
Mary interrupting Grace when he’s trying to say how long travelling will take
Grace making Rocky ball and all a seatbelt
“Hanging ten”
Rocky holding his screen translator thing like a microphone during Karaoke
“I miss the fog.” I’m obsessed with you
The ending of Adrian’s name sounding like when you come to a screeching halt
Grace’s swagless ADHD vs Stratt’s soft logic Cringefail social skills
Ryland Grace is the most swagless fail of a man
“You don’t bother me.”
I need to analyze every facial expression Eva Stratt makes when she looks at Ryland Grace your honor
The soldiers in the hallway listening to Stratt’s karaoke
eye-contact with Grace while singing
Stratt out here looking like she’s mourning the life she won’t have since she knows she’s gonna spend life in prison after saving the world (if this works)
Stratt and Grace mattering to each other is making me mentally ill wdym Grace is Stratt’s softness and Stratt is Grace’s confidence wdym
I’m convinced Rocky tapping his foot twice whenever he asks a question is a tone indicator, like when we pitch our voices up to indicate a question, not neccesarily the word ‘question’, and Grace just put ‘tapping foot twice’ as the word ‘question’ in the translator which is why all Rocky’s questions end with the word question.
GRACE CLICKING HIS HEELS TOGETHER BEFORE GOING BACK INSIDE AFTER NAMING THE PLANET AFTER ADRIAN
Rocky mimicking Grace checking his watch even though he doesn’t have one
Rocky just waiting while Grace studies the astrophage
Grace getting clumsy when he’s sleepy or panicked vs Rocky getting clumsy when he’s excited about something they trip so much in this movie
Grace playing catch with Rocky/himself on the glass while he’s brainstorming and Rocky just has to deal with that
“Thumps uuuppp babyyy” —Rocky the Eridian
Rocky doing a puppet show for Earth
Rocky gives driving directions like my dad
Rocky assuming Grace has been in direct contact with earth this whole time hurts me for unknown reasons Huston
“Thumbs up?” / “No.”
Grace’s voice cracking when he says “We got stars to save.”
Rocky using his fingers when he does math
“I didn’t mean any of that—“
Rocky picking up on Grace’s way of speaking
“Can you take a compliment, please?” / “No.” / “That’s an order.”
Grace’s toque looking like he’s got cat ears or something
Grace’s bright yellow jacket being like the only colour the fact it’s yellow the colour associate with the sun
“That’s not half bad.” / “It’s full good.” Just admit when something’s going well Grace
Grace’s pained sound morphing into Rocky’s worried chittering that they don’t have translated words for I’m FINE about this movie’s editing i swear
“EVERYBODY CALM DOWN.”
Grace’s vocal fry when he screams for Rocky I’m FINE
That one shot of Carl looking at him like he’s a friend he’s losing
After dragging Grace to the medbay, Rocky would have had to drag himself to his bubble, break into it, and re-seal it again, this dude is crazy
Grace making Rocky a heat lamp even though his atmosphere is so hot that it would probably be totally useless
Ryland Grace physically shaking with relief when he figures out the taumoeba
Grace walking Rocky through everything while he’s unconscious
You ever think about how if Grace died Erid and Earth would die it wouldn’t matter if Rocky survived because Grace is the scientist and Rocky isn’t and if Rocky died just Erid would die and not earth too i’M FINE
Grace not wearing his own spacesuit under the suit rocky made him, trust is CRAZY
Rocky and Grace’s spaceships both having the story of their planets welded into the walls of their ships
Eva Stratt i am obsessed with you, she’s realistic but she still gives the most optimistic prediction and mourns that it can’t be true
Ryland Grace crying over the fact that he doesn’t think he has it in him to go to space. Not because he’s getting sent because he doesn’t know that yet but because “I don’t have it in me.” Crying over the fact that he’s not more than he is. This man’s view of himself my GUYS.
It’s not hard to ask people to die and then when she tells Grace he is she looks like she’s going to cry
Stratt flinching when Grace moves the chair to try escaping
It’s only once Grace is out of the room that Stratt’s voice is level again wdym she looks him in the face and gets choked up but when his back is turned she can be stoic wdym
Rocky and Grace dragging out their goodbyes as long as they can looking for any excuse to linger a little longer
Rocky continuing to say goodbye while Grace is walking away
Grace cutting through the tunnel to detach their ships and Rocky watching the whole time
Grace dreaming about earth
Someone in a lab coat rocking back and forth with their hands clasped tightly together while Grace is unconscious in the dream/flashback who IS that—
Grace not dismantling Rocky’s space even though he didn’t need it anymore and then using it to avoid gettingf blown out of the ship while it’s depressurizing
Grace punching the screen when he finds the leak
Rocky’s handprint scar on Grace’s arm
Grace counting down the days to get to Rocky and playing with Rocky’s spaceship models
The lyrics / We’re on our way home / we’re going home / playing while Grace is floating back towards Rocky’s ship and not when he was on his way back to earth shut uUUUUP
Grace accepting Rocky is probably dead, then raising the wrench to keep knocking or try to break through anyway to go get him
“I’m here buddy”
Stupid forehead touch through the wall I’m FINE
Grace sending the video dairy of him introducing Rocky instead of just the Taumoeba findings
Rockys’ model of Grace being modeled after how Grace was flailing in space when catching the solar system model capsule. First impressions, guys
Stratt doing the Eridian goodbye just once
The Petrova line slowly disappearing instead of having the screen fade to black OUGH this mOVIE, MAN
Rocky reminding him to close the door because I made you a door you better use the freaking door.
Adrian being either one of the scientists that built Grace’s bio-dome or one of the people in charge of maintaining it
I’m not sure if the beetles home trip would take the same amount of time as Mary’s prediction for the ship itself, but going off of that and if this picks up chronologically after Stratt receives the probes, then Grace has been on Erid for over four years at the time of the ending and they are STILL working on getting the temperature right in Grace’s bio dome
The way the domes walls don’t quite line up so the simulated rocks don’t connect to each other
The way the colour of the stripes on Grace’s shirt don’t seem as saturated as they have in previous scenes and his sweater looks more distressed and worn
PROJECT HAIL MARY OUGH I’m so normal about this movie guys trust
Okay but imagine being the team of Eridian scientists tasked with keeping Erid's Only Human alive for as long as possible while the whole planet's environment is literally trying to kill him. And then Rocky shows up and is like:
“Grace says he would like half of dome to be water.”
“Oh, is necessary for humans to have large amounts of water question?”
Small Eridian equivalent of a sigh. “No. Not needed for life. In fact Grace will die if he falls in water and does not get out.”
“Tell him we give him water in containers that won't kill him. Lots lots lots of water on Erid for Grace to drink.”
“No. Grace say he want water on ground. Also want it with excess sodium chloride compound so it will be unhealthy for drink.”
This kind of response to things I say about sex work, which isn't always phrased like this but almost always focuses on me being male or a man or my pronouns, shows a fundamental misunderstanding of why mansplaining is bad.
I am a sex worker. I have been for a decade. The majority of people I know are sex workers and I'm embedded in sex worker community. I started before 18 and have done it in brothels, cars, my own home, clients' homes, saunas, and hotels.
It's absolutely reasonable to criticize men who speak on issues they don't experience like an authority, especially when they speak over women to do it. It is not reasonable to raise someone's gender (or in this case, pronouns) as a reason their thoughts aren't worth hearing when the issue is one they do face.
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having plans or being excited for sex with your partner(s) is amazing and fun, but don't let it get you down if the plans change for whatever reason.
we've been conditioned by all kinds of media to interpret "I have a headache" etc. as an excuse, a sign for a failing relationship, for a lack of communication, but that's usually not the case.
you can have bad health days, can be tired or sad or whatever! or? just not be in the mood for the scene you were talking about for days.
all of that is okay. it's fine. there will be other opportunities, there will be days you feel better, and it might be disappointing for all involved parties because you were so excited for it, but not letting yourself get pressured (or pressuring yourself) into uncomfortable situations is more important than a fleeting sense of disappointment.
I know I struggle with this often- and my partner is the most compassionate, kind, patient and loving person I've ever known! there's never any pressure from him. it's internal and I'm trying to actively unlearn these thought patterns so I thought other people might need to hear this as well 🖤
The doctors told me today that severe anemia and malnutrition are destroying his tiny body, and without urgent blood units, treatment, and proper food, he may not survive much longer.
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grace, who has been alone for five minutes: oh my god. an alien! im not alone anymore! i hope he wants to be friends :)
rocky, coming up on 50 years of solitude, imprinting on grace in ways baby ducklings can only dream of: if you leave me to sleep where i can't watch your heart beat i am blowing up this tunnel with us both in it
Decriminalizing sex work isn't a fix-all. It's not intended to be. What decrim does is protect sex workers from the harms of criminalization specifically. Poverty and violent clients won't disappear because of decrim, and their continued existence doesn't mean decrim fails.
When you tell me there are still young teens getting into sex work in countries like New Zealand that have full decriminalization, that's not an argument that decriminalization is bad! Those teens would be selling sex under the Nordic Model too!
What teens in these circumstances need is typically money, because poverty is the major driving force behind prostitution among youth. In other cases they need information about where to report abuse from their schooling. No legal model around sex work will put an end to poverty or targeted sexual abuse for profit, because this is a much larger issue.
What full decriminalization can do is reduce harm against sex workers whilst we work on ending poverty and patriarchy.
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Grace being aroace is so important to me. Especially during that scene where it’s stated that Grace is not married, doesn’t have kids and doesn’t even own a dog. It goes to show how incredibly excluded and expendable we as aroace people are seen in the eyes of society. Grace is a teacher, he’s actively assisting the future generation but yet that isn’t seen as nearly as important as conforming to societal norms.
Even with federal grants largely restored, scientists say the Trump administration is still preventing those funds from reaching them. The c
Standing in his laboratory, Harvard professor Sean Eddy gazes at a row of vacant work stations. More than a year ago, this lab was filled with over a dozen researchers. On a given day they might be working independently on analyzing genomic sequencing or gathered around the group table, drinking coffee and helping each other troubleshoot questions about genomic data from different species.
Now, after his funding was terminated under the Trump administration, the computer screens are gone and the room is silent. He's one of the last people left.
" Seeing these labs empty — this is not the way it's supposed to be," he says. "This was a very vibrant lab."
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