#talkingggg

Actually one of the things that makes me insane about Grace and Carl's dynamic in the movie is that while not explicitly, Carl is clearly cast/written as the Intimidating Secret Agent (I say cast because let's be real, he was cast as a Black actor and there's some implications there given his role is initially to be intimidating and scary), and yet Grace trusts him and relies on him practically from the get go. Who does he ask if the sun is really dying? Not Stratt, Carl. Who does he look to for confirmation that the Petrova Task Force is moving out now that they know the dots are in fact alien life? Carl. Grace trusts and relies on Carl, takes his encouragement and advice, runs with his theories, long before he has that same level of faith in anyone else.

hmmmm aroace ryland in a qpr with carl is that anything

If I had a nickel for every time I listened to a show with an ace podcast character who experienced brain damage of some sort I would have 3 nickels. Which is a strange pattern lmao

On one hand its fun seeing the cute art of rocky and grace hugging and cuddling but on the other im not sure how i feel about people so frequently ignoring that being unable to touch without harming each other is like. A major part of their dynamic

can't help but feel a large chunk of the PHM fandom is exorsexist given the amount of popular posts ive seen that want to unnecessarily gender Adrian in particular, who is not gendered in the book and who is given they/them in the movie. Like if you can't keep track of a fiction character's pronouns and keep using feminine terms for them (especially when said character is from a species that literally does not have different genders as per the book) it says something. Also why is Adrian put in the female box specifically why do you all want these genderless rocks to be in a heterosexual marriage so bad

just watched supergirl and honestly? the ending's intended impact was overshadowed by the antiblack violence cause there was no reason to have the only Black characters with speaking roles be killed on screen

started rereading projection hail mary recently and one of the interesting things that sticks out to me is Marissa. Grace's friend from grad school who he's known for twenty years, who he meets with weekly, and who is, as far as i remember, never mentioned again after she introduces him to the concept of the petrova line.