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I’ve been thinking about this for so time but ryland grace would have loved learning about organometallic reactions while taking organic chemistry as an undergrad. reactions like grignard, organolithium, gilman, all include making life (new carbon-carbon bonds) from a model that cannot be replicated outside of the lab. because once you introduce water into the procedure, the whole reaction falls apart. he would have eaten that up and totally put that in a section of his dissertation
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Other people have touched on this more eloquently, but I love that Ryland Grace is at his core a teacher. A middle school science teacher. Sure, his background as a former academic is also critical to the story, mostly because something about him needed to catch Stratt's eye and thus result in him getting dragged into the project, but more importantly than that, he hated being in academia. The book makes it fairly explicit that he wrote his controversial paper and insulted a leading scientist in his field because he was burnt out and hated the environment and got self-destructive as a result, which is a far less rosy view of academic science than I would have expected (and, frankly, completely believable).
And then he left and became a middle school science teacher. And that turned out to be his real calling. He was bright and creative and a little bit brilliant and a genuinely good scientist, and he gave that world up to teach kids and he loved it. Even after everything, after the Petrova Taskforce and Project Hail Mary and Tau Ceti and ultimately ending up on Erid, his calling is to teach kids.
As someone who has dipped in and out of the science communication/science education world myself, it's so important to me that Grace loves teaching, and especially that he loves teaching kids. People really devalue science communication work, and there's often this unspoken assumption that the people doing it just aren't "smart enough" to become real scientists, so they do scicomm instead. And everything about Grace flies in the face of that -- he's perfectly capable of doing the science, but it's not what he loves the most! What he loves and values and finds important is teaching, and I adore that. It's so refreshing to see, and such a genuine love letter to educators, and to everyone who chooses to prioritize communication and education regardless of how specialized they may or may not be in their field.
His happy ending is to be a teacher. And that's so important.
something about having a good memory is integral to be a biologist, so having a your memory erased is like losing a vital part of your identity….ryland grace I could never hate you
finally watched peak (doodles under the cut)
had to draw all the little scenes i enjoyed after my 4th watch🙂↕️
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listen to me. this is my final message to you. when you are at your lowest a fictional guy will come to you and when that happens you must start putting them in situations. this is the meaning of life.
Ryland Grace, my one true savior
people who are gay: yeah i’m gay
people who are straight: yeah i’m straight
people who are aroace: have you seen project hail mary
A lifetime of waiting for us to meet
but do you forgive me?
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the aroace read of ryland grace is so personal and haunting. "you don't even have a dog." was it not enough to love the world for the sake of living in it. was it not enough to live for the thrill of discovery. was it not enough to smile at your students. was it not enough to be afraid.
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Stratt: "...you don't have a family, you don't even have a dog."
Grace:
the obligatory trolley problem post
The parallels between these shots/scenes is making me insane
The vertical position of the shot, despite it being the act of pinned down. But one is "upside down" and the other "rightside up" of:
Grace. Pinned down. Unable to move. Unable to save himself. Becoming unconcious. Ultimatley a death sentence in both cases.
In one case surrounded by people (friends) who Could help. Could step in to say "hey this isnt right", but won't.
In the other, one other person (an alien, but also a friend) is with him, but he is trapped behind a barrier, unable to help.
Except.
Except! He does!! He breaks through the barrier!! At a great danger to himself, almost fatal in fact, to help Grace!! Because he can not stand by and watch a friend die again, not if there is even a single thing he can do to help!
The guards/soldiers dragging an unconscious Grace off to his doom.
Rocky dragging an unconscious Grace to safety and medical care.
Just.... Grace:
Actively trapped and Doomed by passive inaction.
Vs
Passively trapped and Saved by assertive action.
I genuinely can't stop thinking about these two. Help
(Prints in bio if anyone wants!)
Twice, Ryland Grace is faced with the same pivotal decision: to save himself, or to save an entire planet.
The first time:
He is surrounded by white (bravery) and is wearing yellow (cowardice)
The world is telling him to be brave, but he can’t, not yet, because he is a coward.
He has lost his identity and autonomy
The decision is already made (he must die)
He is all alone (he doesn’t have the bravery gene)
The second time:
He is surrounded by yellow (cowardice) and is wearing white (bravery)
He is in the middle of his namesake: a field of rye. The field is the yellow of cowardice; that is who he was, but he can’t be that, not anymore, because he is brave.
You know who you are. You’ll do great.
The decision is already made (Rocky must live)
Rocky’s ball is beside him (he has found someone to be brave for)
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Dog years
OW OW OW OW OW OW OW
imagine your last memory of earth being violent imagine the last human touch u remember being someone pushing u to the ground imagine the last time u feel the sun on ur face or dirt under ur hands is when ur clawing at the ground desperate and terrified to stay on earth ryland grace if i think about u too long i feel physically SICK
