for old times' sake

A foggy morning on the East River

Metro Man was not loved growing up in a way that mattered. His adopted father was clearly very absent, and while we don't know much about his family, their relationship seems superficial. Because of this, his sense of duty to the world is also superficial, hence his boredom.

Hal wasn't raised with power. He gained it and was shown how to use it by a 'space dad' who only taught him power and not love. Hence, he sees it only as a grasping means to an end.

Just read your tags that your finished the PHM book before the movie, it must have been quite the experience!! I juuust finished the book today itself. Honestly if I had read it first I would have been squealing screeching at the twists and turns of the story!!! I try to imagine an alternate timeline where I read the book first and enjoyed it better lol. Glad you got that experience hehe

hi hi!! i think tumblr did eat the ask, this is the only ask i got :/

it was SUCH an experience, i'm fully riding the "i liked it before it was popular" high lmao. i gloated to my siblings for a week bc i had to drag them to the cinema to watch the film when it came out and they loved it 😌😌 the book was such a surprise to me, i picked it randomly from the shelf bc i stopped off at a book store after meeting a friend & i was about to go on holiday (5h drive) and i wanted a book to pass the time. i saw the author was andy weir & i LOVED the martian and bought it solely based off that, hadn't even read the blurb, so when rocky turned up i was flabbergasted bc the martian is so realistic, i really did not expect an alien to turn up 😭 it was wild, im so glad i went in blind.

I enjoyed the book IMMENSELY

I loved how science-y the scifi was. I don't read that much scifi so i might come off as a little inexperienced. But yeah. A good mix of biology, physics and chemistry and so many moreee

And I get to read the storyline expanded and in more detail, and see more content on each of the charactersalso

I have neither read nor watched the Martian, which would be better to it first??

1. borrowing misery from future

2. carrying grief of the past