Clearly Grace’s first moment of adoring Rocky was when they start to dance together. Rocky’s willingness to play gave him joy.

He starts to trust Rocky when he takes off his helmet and there’s air for him to breathe. He took a leap of faith and was caught.

Working together made him respect him. So did the courage in “Grace Rocky save stars.”

And I think Rocky begging to watch him sleep made him trust him more. Rocky wanted to protect him. Grace needed that kindness. Rocky knew loneliness. Grace knew it too.

Then Rocky learning about Earth with Grace made him very fond. Rocky was willing to help hold Grace’s memories, his love for his lost world. And Rocky being a romantic who still wanted more time with his mate made Grace fonder; Rocky knew love, too.

Then Rocky’s horror that Grace would die opened Grace’s heart to the core. Someone would grieve him, someone loved him. Someone needed him to live.

So when Rocky almost dies to save him Grace is stunned, but he understands why. They love each other now. Love is brave.

"Oh, you kids and your Markipliers and your Ryan Goslings, it does my old heart good to see the youths having fun with thematically similar crack ships. Why, back in my day there was Jack Frost and Elsa fan art as far as the eye could see. And before that, meticulously edited AMVs of different animated characters making out to Paramore. Heheh yep, the kids are alright."

People looking at Simon the Convict in complete isolation several hundred metres below sea level from human contact: wow thats gotta fuck him up

The People: wait.....

I’ve just been thinking about all the ways Grace and Rocky would try to cook up taumoeba on their way to erid!

I love Rocktiz, but I can't draw him with human Grace because I'm just too attached to the interspecie bond between Grace and Rocky. It's the soul of the movie and its so beautiful.

The human Rocky AU and eridian Grace AU down there, since i really liked the linearts its a shame they're so hidden