One Grumpy, Tired Hairless Ape

🛸Madeline: This is a concept painting from an early idea in the story where the ambassadors throw a welcome party for Elio when he first arrives.

👽Domee: Like Elio’s grand entrance.

🛸Madeline: The ambassadors are good hosts.

👽Domee: I’m a good host too.

Vulcans and Eridians have known each other for centuries, ever since the Vulcans first started exploring their own system. They get along quite well because their needs are so different they have literally nothing to fight over, and explore together because that just makes sense: Vulcans can land on M-class planets and Eridians can land on their type. The Eridians refused to pick a side during the Vulcan/Romulan schism (because what the hell are you wet creatures even fighting about?) and the Romulans hold a grudge about it to this day, but the Vulcans aren't mad at all because it was the logical thing to do.

Vulcans and Eridians have known each other for centuries, ever since the Vulcans first started exploring their own system. They get along quite well because their needs are so different they have literally nothing to fight over, and explore together because that just makes sense: Vulcans can land on M-class planets and Eridians can land on their type. The Eridians refused to pick a side during the Vulcan/Romulan schism (because what the hell are you wet creatures even fighting about?) and the Romulans hold a grudge about it to this day, but the Vulcans aren't mad at all because it was the logical thing to do.

Flask, Roman, 1st century AD

Charley Harper (USA, 1922-2007)

“Momatee”

Original gouache on artist board c.1960s; later published in Jan. 1972 issue of Ford Times Magazine

Lithograph:

I postulate that human!Rocky would be a big, burly guy - a Chris Hemsworth of Eridians, he dwarfs Grace, he's made of muscles. (His first name is Rockland, actually, what a coincidence!)

He's big, he's nerdy, he's an oil rig engineer and he adores his buddy Grace. They met when stranded on a sea after their respective oil rig/ship capsized, and they teamed up to survive on a lonely island for almost a year, pulling on their respective knowledge bases to make it out.

Now they're trauma-bonded and Grace spends every Saturday followed by a strongman, looming over him whenever anything resembling danger appears. People at the school think "Huh, Mr Grace finally found someone. Didn't know he was gay, but it's fine. The guy is a bit intense, tho..."

But it's stranger than that. They aren't couple, because Grace is aroace and Rocky is married, but they also aren't not a couple.