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Well... Yes and no.

The last time Ryland Grace was CONSCIOUS of any human touch was when he was knocked out. Absolutely true.

But the last human contact he would have had was Yao and Ilyukhina. Who were told that he was scared about panicking during launch and asked to be sedated. Who did all the pre flight checks before the Hail Mary launched. Who would have carefully, gently carried Grace to his bed in the dormitory, made sure he was secure, and initiated his coma procedure.

There would have been love there. Remember Ilyukhina throwing her hands high and saying "welcome to crew!" Remember Yao saying how he hoped Grace would say yes. Remember how much the crew trusted Grace, Stratt's First Officer, the guy who helped them so much, and was so kind to them, and was the one who they entrusted their preferred methods of suicide to. Who thought they were wonderful and brave.

They would have tucked him in. Maybe brushed his hair out of his face. Maybe said something kind to him before initiating their own coma procedures.

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Upon making first contact with an alien species, he does a little boogie

was cold shouldered out of academia for calling someone a staggering waste of carbon because they insulted his thesis

wears a cartoonish bright yellow raincoat

also wears a BANGER cardigan

Doomed by the narrative

sometimes shipped with Simon iron lung (played by markiplier)

David Szymanski (creator of the iron lung game), the PHM twitter, and MARKIPLIER have all acknowledged it

simon was eliminated in an earlier round and Grace should avenge his husband

Also very aroace coded

after being kicked out of academia, went to teach middle schoolers. MIDDLE SCHOOL. And he genuinely loves it

Rides a bike to work. and not for exercise

learns how to use a modified pipe organ to teach alien rock children science

so so scared but trying his best

has a beautiful quilt that he curls up with and sleeps under at various points

cannot put his glasses on properly to save his life

Grace coos over Rocky “loafing” because to him that’s a sign of rest, trust, and vulnerability (even knowing full well that Eridians sleep on a pin cushion with everything spread out). Eridians probably take being low to the ground as a sign of aggression- like you’re trying to hide and get the better of them.

Oc time!!!

I thought I already had made a post talking about my Eridian oc but apparently I hadn’t so here they are:

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Their name is David (he/they). He and Rocky were childhood friends and they are one of the biologists working on Graces quality of life.

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Here is some sketch’s of him:

These are the “serious” sketches of them. I imagine he’d be just slightly bigger than Rocky. He’s has a deep gray colouring and dark blue details/texture differences (his body would be quite textured while the blue bits would be smooth). Sadly I don’t have the artistic capacity to accurately bring that vision to life.

His shape + main color is directly inspired by the first rock while their blue details are loosely inspired by the rocks circled in the second.

I of course also had to draw a low effort version of them.

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Put your name/nickname in the Character Headcanon Generator and see what you get!

Link!

Erm...so-

Welp...Cole...youre going to jail at age 5 lol, have shame Cole...your dad is a police officer

That's....true sadly

Curiously, I wanted to do Leona

And I so see him watch that when he is bored out of his mind lol

what?! no! I'm one of them D: NOOOOO

I got these back to back. So. Uh. Yea. (;ﾟ∇ﾟ)

Firstly, yes its called autism, secondly yeah but only by myself

well shit. I guess I've been found by the fbi. Took them long enough

That second one is shockingly accurate lol

i am? ok then-

no what

how the fuck did they know

I am !!!! how did they know ???

yes.

heck, frick, and butthole fart. ok? that Is all I Know. ok?

Uh... this is not usually.

This is correct, surprisingly

Did both

Idrk if I’m an extrovert

and most of the time yes I do do that

As always, scarily accurate

Ah yes indeed very true very true

Well I’m a theatre kid so of course

Yep, out of six :3

Ridiculously so.

Very

Where are the cameras

BAHAHAHAHAHA yes.

…

?????????

WHO’S TRYING AND FAILING TO KILL ME?!

I had to google what that means, and...

I... brobably wouldn't be, but if i was, i'd be one by an accident (#social clues are fucking hard and i have the emotional capacity of a cabbage)

I know 201 ways to kill a person and not all of them are physical (/ref /serious)

Yes. That word in english is Squirrel, and one of my native languages, Korpraali (means corporal)

I dont entirely know what the second one means but it feels accurate and the first one definitely is...

I’ve never seen Sonic, and the second one is ironic considering how often I remind Oak to sleep.

Definitely out of shape

I can’t deny that one

David is an Eridian and doesn’t have feet but if he had they probably would.

Oh, yeah definitely.

and then grace very gently corrects him but also crucially makes fun of him the entire time.

rocky: (peeved) how would rocky know this crazy science wrong and dumb? relativity also crazy science but is real!

grace: haha... but seriously though. its not remotely the same. (twenty minute rant about how people conflating the two is actually a VERY serious issue back on earth)

rocky, being inquisitive, keeps researching and soon finds out that bringing up his new pseudoscientific discoveries & pretending to be fully earnest about it all is probably one of THE easiest ways to drive grace up the wall. needless to say he exploits this tactic to no end.

rocky: i do research. grace is jerk all make sense now. astrology birth chart say taurus with ascendant leo very ambitious. strong opinion, independent thinker. also big ego. easily bruised if criticized.

grace: ... i know youre trolling and this is all bullshit and yet somehow it affects me.

rocky: moon in gemini also very insightful!

grace: dude im begging you to stop. what do i have to do to get you to stop.

rocky: math is sound... stars and planets no lie. opposition between moon and saturn responsible for grace emotional constipation! ohh, grace also have difficult relationship with guardian in early life, expect neglect and rejection from others, is all coming together now...