Okay, but hear me out on some more headcanon stuff:
Simon's not the brooding one, it's Grace. Simon's actually a pretty chill, optimistic dude when he's not in a life-or-death survival apocalypse land.
Simon who likes things bright and open vs cozy-seeker Grace
Eden isn't his entire personality. Killing wasn't something he really did voluntarily even though he is so scared that he might have at one point enjoyed that outlet for his anger. As stated before, he drew the short stick one too many times.
Taking some creative liberty from my own interpretation but Simon would have been SO chill about me-burgers. I think cannibalism got to a point where it was on the down-low. Simon didn't partake but he's definitely seen that line get crossed among desperate, starving people.
Simon not having fingerprints. Grace being Very Weary About That.
Dead-eyes Simon with no shine to them vs Grace who still has his sparkle, who watches to see if that sparkle will ever come back in Simon
Simon with anti-social / socially adverse traits but that doesn't make him un-friendly or Evil
Grace who tends to be the boisterous free thinker, and Simon who keeps trying to step up to meet him, because he was never allowed to. Simon being the Planner Guy and Grace being the Idea Guy.
Simon who just Doesn't Talk for long periods of time, but can get really into a topic and refuse to shut up about it (speak when spoken to doctrine vs internalized ADHD, go my scarab)
Grace getting Simon back into education, and Simon loving it so much that he bites off more he can chew, sometimes. The study reminds him of home, but in a good way. Gives him a purpose.
Simon who CANNOT sit still, who chews on his pens and fucks with things in his living quarters non-stop, and has to keep busy or else he'll just simply explode... the dude loves decorating with simple things, now that he's allowed.
Post-it notes everywhere between the two loving to scribble and take notes on things.
Simon being silly and sarcastic and a huge nerd about engineering, and how he was only confused about the Lung because of how rudimentary it was.
Simon being a standard Car Guy but with spaceships, who draws diagrams of them for Grace, who has never seen such absolutely wild technology
I don't see enough people do the culture swap thing with Simon telling Grace about things. Grace might have stories of a paradise compared to Simon's world, but Simon knows about future technology and at least hearsay about other planetary colonies that Grace would love to hear about
Simon who repeatedly demonstrates to Grace that he is extremely skilled in things that he never expected. He's incredibly handy.
Grace introducing Simon to the idea of religious freedom, and letting Simon come to his own conclusions about what he wants to do from there.
Simon lowkey being the yapper and not letting the language barrier stop him, so Grace has become a master at picking out meaning from word salad rantings (he fails on multiple occasions to know what the fuck is going on)
Grace and Simon BULLYING EACH OTHER. Punk bitch vs mopey bitch (Simon likes it lowk it's fun as hell)
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