Beep Boop

I love how happy aus in phm are also so much sadder. Ilyukhina and Yáo live yippee but now they have to grapple with the fact that Grace was sent to die in space against his will. And don't EVEN get my started on turning around for Rocky. It's a death sentence no amount of taumeba is gonna keep 3 adults alive to Erid.

Cleared of all charges on account of smol

the irony of the betrayal scene is that grace has actually managed to have about half of his character arc by that point and the very fact that he's saying "no" demonstrates that he's getting closer to being the brave person stratt needs on her side, just not quite close enough. he's being firm to say he's not just gonna do whatever people ask of him and he's exhibiting vulnerability and trust in a personal relationship by believing that stratt will hear and respect his answer. let us not forget that this is the man who did Try to resist getting put in the argon death cube but ultimately rolled his eyes and went "ugh kinda bossy but whatever this is okay I guess" about it. his experiences on the petrova taskforce have made him an iota stronger, and I think that's part of what makes stratt so frustrated in that scene. the book "I don't want to die" and movie "you just can’t talk me into it" lines, representing taking ownership of his desires and an unwillingness to be passive to others' wants, are both breakthroughs for him and things he would have been too cowardly to say earlier in the timeline, and she definitely knows him well enough to be able to see that. I think there's a part of her that's thinking "if you'd only done this faster and been the person who learned how to say no two years ago then maybe by now you'd be the person who's learned how to say yes."

Can I just say that I adore the silly noises Stratt makes like the little beep beep when they’re talking about the astrophage and the pwsshhhhh explosion noise she’s so cutie patootie

Say what you want, but Grace adding, "people are hooking up" to the list of 'odd things to do at an already weird party' is the most Ace thing he could've said-