the idea of an au where Simon is on the Hail Mary crew is so funny, cause in the book (I just finished the book yesterday, forgive me), Stratt says she doesn’t want women on the crew because she’s scared of the crew having sex with each other and that causing problems. She was very annoyed when she realized she would have to include a woman on the crew
can you imagine being Captain Yáo, being stuck in space while your scientist and engineer are making out in a corner? The very thing Stratt wanted to avoid?
















