Jude

But the thing is... Book!Grace had time to process what was happening to him. No he didn't agree to it, no he didn't want to do it. But he still got to process it and, in some way or another, grudgingly accept his fate. Resign himself to it, I guess.

And after watching the isolated clip of Grace begging Carl for his life.... I've changed my mind. The film's betrayal scene is so much worse. Movie!Grace didn't get what book!Grace got. He was cornered before he made his run for it, then he was chased down like an animal and ambushed. He was pinned to the ground by multiple military personnel while he screamed himself hoarse, pleading. He begged Carl for help as he scrambled at the grass, breath wheezing in his panic, and was told he was gonna do great as they readied to force him on a suicide mission.

This movie is so colorful and it's like a breath of fresh air in today's "blockbuster" movie era where everything is dull, washed out, too dark, desaturated, or blue. The space scenes especially are full of warm colors and hues. Planet Adrian? fucking gorgeous. The STARS even have color, which is actually astronomically accurate thank you very much, stars are not all white, they range from red to orange to yellow to white to blue!! And you can SEE than in the space scenes!

Speaking of seeing, you can see every scene in this movie because it's actually well-lit because they're not trying to hide bad CGI. So much of the movie is actual real models and puppets and line work and practical effects! They don't want to hide it, they want you to see it!

(Not a ship) thinking about their relationship dynamic regarding touch (part 2)

Labels for option 1:

(For grace) does stuff like this when it's just them but will often bump his shoulder into her/ nudge her when around others

Completely unaware that he does this btw

(For stratt) doesn't bring it up, knows that he'll get self conscious and weird about it

Honestly doesn't mind, she tends to run cold, the warmth is appreciated

Option 2:

(Panel 1 grace) is casually touchy with his favorite coworkers, which is noticed by stratt

(Panel 1 stratt) is doing 5D mind chess to keep vat morale just barely above water

(Panel 3 grace) getting the same feeling as a kid who realizes the drive to "Disney" is actually the dentist.

Also sad bonus for option 1 :]

i think that if grace ever met stratt again (which could never happen, there's no way grace is leaving his home and his partner. but if he did meet her again, with rocky at his side, obviously), she'd say with tears threatening to fall 'i wish i hadn't had to violate you so,' and he'd wrap his arms around her, and she'd cry for the first time in a very very very long time, and he'd cry for the fifth time that week

'i don't forgive you 'cause there's not anything to forgive. you saved the world as much as i did. as much as rocky did.'

'two worlds,' rocky would add, leaning against grace's legs, radiating comforting warmth through his exosuit

'yeah, it sucked. i was scared. i hated you for a while. but if our positions had been reversed...' he pauses. 'no, let's be real. if our positions had been reversed, earth would be a snowball by now. i could never be as organized as you, are you kidding? but in theory, i... I'd have done the same thing to you. and i'm always gonna remember what happened, but i don't blame you. because you didn't do the wrong thing.'

her getting that moment would be so. so cathartic. and she kind of got it when she saw grace's video logs and he says she was right. but that woman deserves to be hugged and explicitly outright told she isn't to blame alright i love her so much