Eva and Graceโs dynamic is so important to me. Theyโre in love platonically. Like, thatโs not a common dynamic. She put the way he likes his coffee into the shipโs computer. He follows her around like a puppy. In the book, she cracks jokes with him and him only. She cares about his opinion. He was the only one she asked about the coma gene, wondering if it was worth it.
Heโs her best friend, and she doesnโt even know it. Theyโre so close, that in the book, people think theyโre sleeping together, and poor Grace is so confused because he thought that was his platonic work wife, wdym people think weโre sleeping together, thatโs my person that I crack jokes with and then she glares at me because theyโre not funny.
Sheโs softer with him than anybody else and is only ever vulnerable around him. We see in the movie, heโs the only one who ever gets her to smile, and sometimes even laugh, and then she serenades all of them, but mainly him, and he stares at her with those big, shiny eyes so lovingly, and she points at him when she sings, โeverythingโs gonna be alrightโ, and then she gives him those eyes, so loving.
And then sheโs trying to stop herself from crying when sheโs sending him away because, against her will, heโs become her person, and somewhere along the way, sheโs become his, and they will have forever ended this relationship on bad terms, and nothing can fix that.
Itโs a platonic tragedy. Itโs a platonic love story. This is something we donโt get often, or, like, ever, and itโs deep and itโs tragic and itโs sad.
But even after, Evaโs still taking care of him. Packing clothes she knew would bring him comfort. Programming the ship to know how he likes his coffee. And Grace is still watching out for her, speaking to her directly in his video logs, with that same lopsided smile he used to throw her way.
He uses Rockyโs sign for goodbye, and she uses it back, and how did this book and movie give us such a deep platonic friendship because, guys, this NEVER HAPPENS.
Eva and Grace, the platonic male/female friendship of all time.
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