only a sith deals in absolutes

Random Au idea; Miraculously, the Blip-A crew survive, but at the cost of their travel time, making it so they arrive at Tau Ceti around the same time as the Hail Mary. (Don't think too hard about it)

Grace now gets regularly hassled by many Eridians, all of whom can hold multiple conversations at once, unlike him.

“Grace very nice and smart statement. Help save stars and teaches the pebbles! Very leaky but loves hugs!”

“Does he know anything about trees?”

“…yes! Grace knows everything about trees and all plants! Will be happy to tell Simon!”

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“GRACE NEED TO READ AND LEARN ABOUT ALL PLANTS NOW COMMAND!”

“Cheese and crackers! Rocky you can’t sneak up on me like that and why-”

“NO TIME TO EXPLAIN GRACE READ ABOUT PLANTS TO MEET SIMON!”

“Simon? Whose-”

“READ. BOOKS. NOW.”

"I'm Grace."

"...Simon."

grace fully understood that turning around to save rocky from the taumoeba would be condemning himself to a long death in space.

they both knowingly and willingly sacrificed themselves. they both answered "who would you die for?" with a resounding "each other."

One of the most memorable scenes in the movie is when he’s IN the Petrova Line, and he’s having a moment. Because it’s beautiful. It’s destroying galaxies, uncountable lives, but it’s still beautiful.