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1. The FBI's Famous Cases & Criminals archive (fbi.gov/history/famous-cases) has detailed breakdowns of real fraud cases, Ponzi schemes, and confidence operations. The language they use is clinical and precise, which is perfect for getting the procedural details right.

2. The FTC Consumer Sentinel Network publishes annual reports on the most common fraud tactics in the US. Great for understanding how modern scams actually work and what makes people fall for them.

3. The Smithsonian's American Art Museum has a free digital collection of forgery case studies. If your character forges documents or art, this is gold.

4. Court Listener (courtlistener.com) is a free legal database where you can read actual court transcripts from fraud trials. Want to know how a real con artist talks under oath? This is where you find out.

5. The Internet Archive's collection of old newspaper crime sections. Search for "confidence man" or "swindle" in papers from the 1920s through 1960s and you'll find incredible real stories that would feel too dramatic for fiction.

Bonus: The Psychology of Fraud section on the Association for Psychological Science website has accessible articles about why people trust, how deception works cognitively, and what makes someone a convincing liar. Essential reading if you want your con artist characters to feel psychologically real.

The video diaries aren’t just Grace talking to Earth. They’re Grace talking to Stratt. Doing what he always did for her, explaining the science, breaking it down. It’s not clear how much of the rest of his life he remembers over the course of the movie (and beyond) but he absolutely remembers her, she is what he has left of Earth to hold on to up there.

It’s undeniable that she’s the one he’s addressing in the final entry, when he says goodbye. But I didn’t realize it was all of them. She is the “Grace friend” Rocky asks about. It puts her there on the ship with him, as long as he can communicate to her they’re still connected, he still has a sense of her presence with him. And how much more of a gut punch that makes his memory of the sedation, as he grew to trust her all over again through his flashbacks, as he felt closer and closer to someone who was light-years away. Only to remember that she betrayed him, that he failed her, that the friendship he was still relying on as he pieced himself back together was already gone, and even if he went back it could never be the same.

and they were roommates <3

they are so annoying <3

and yes, this is inspired by the painting: Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan

Happy pride 🏳️‍🌈 I gathered all my fav ships to celebrate!

Which one's your favorite? Can you spot all the hidden details? 👀