#jazz bashara

something something how Weir protagonists are always the ones that bring people together even if they don't realize it. how Watney was brought on the mission partially because of his sense of humor, how he acts as a "catalyst to make the group work better." how Jazz organizes like five people, sometimes people she doesn't even like, to bring down an entire criminal organization. how Grace, arguably the least extroverted of the three, is an incredible teacher, how he engages kids and adults alike, how he meets an alien species and learns to communicate with it. idk just: science happens in community and the Weir protagonists, basically Science Incarnate, are always the facilitators of community... ugh I love them so much

honestly impressive that Andy Weir managed to write one of the most compelling characters of all time in Eva Stratt, but when he tried to write from a woman's point of view in Artemis he achieved hazardous levels of "woman written by a man who's never met a woman" even after allegedly consulting all the women in his life. She hasn't quite breasted boobily but it was touch and go

andy weir protagonists 🤝 copious amounts of duct tape

i love that andy weir never kills his protagonists. it would be so easy to. at so many points. by all means they Should be dead. mark gets stranded on mars and the planet works against him at every turn. jazz's suit fails on the surface of the moon and she feels herself begin to die. ryland is sent on a suicide mission then gives up his chance at return for his friend. they should all have died. multiple times in some cases. but they don't!!! because weir isn't writing tragedies, he's writing stories of hope and humanity. they survive even when it should be impossible for them to because of connection. simple as that.