Why not?

the oldest reblogs for this post that i can find are from january 2nd of 2013. this can has been getting kicked around tumblr for almost 13½ years now

And yet somehow this is my first time kicking it!

Project Hail Mary is such a fascinating cultural artifact. It’s about a threat to the Entire World, and in response to this threat to the Entire World, all the global governments work together, the politicians listen to scientists and do what the scientists say, everybody has to make some hard sacrifices for the good of the whole and they do. It was written in 2019/2020 when the world was extremely not doing that

Shoutout to Project Hail Mary for being the only media where the unconscious protagonist is dragged off screen by an alien spider monster and the audience's reaction is heartbreak on behalf of the alien spider monster.

Need one more to unlock the door