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the convict and yancy.. respectively.

On this weekly episode of 3 idiots in a tin can-

Iron lung's quiet rapture was caused by the Pinhole God. He saw nothing there for there WAS nothing.

We know the Pinhole God has weird time powers (Simon simultaneously seeing his past and future self)

The Astrophage was made by the Pinhole God somehow sent to the past before space travel and mars colonies.

To everyone in Iron Lung the rapture was instant. To PHM it was slow and painful.

Iron lung plays out as normal. The SM-13 explodes.

The God Promised that Simon would live, so he ends up on Erid. I like to think AT-5 was Erid's moon so the jump wouldn't be as "big".

PHM plays out the same way too.

But because of Grace and Rocky's discovery, their two stars are the only viable ones (and Tau Ceti of course).

Maybe they send Taumoeba to other stars too.

From here there is a timeline split, Simon is displaced in time. He saved HIS timeline, bringing back much needed information. Or atleast gave everyone hope.

Ryland Grace and Rocky saves THEIR timeline. Protecting as many stars as they could.

It's important to me that Simon is fucked up. Like a half mutated eel tree. He's skeptical and willing to throw down.

He produces oxygen :3

Simon thinks he died and Grace is an angel showing him mercy in the afterlife. He doesn't think he deserves it.

He's not religious, but after meeting God he believes in something.

Grace is happy to have another human/ human adjacent person to talk to. Especially one who went through something similar. (Simon doesn't talk about the horror he went through, he thinks Grace is omnipotent and already knows. When he find out Grace is just human he has a *small* crisis)

Grace lives happily on Erid. Loves teaching. Loves the beach.

I think Simon would think the beach is his penance for his past. Gentle, mocking torment.

Rocky is there like an aquarium owner trying to get his fish to breed.

Simon learns that Grace is regarded as Savior of the Stars along with Rocky and has another *small* crisis.

He has so much devotion respect for both of them.

When Grace learns about the good and bad that Simon's done he also respects him. Still cares for him. (That man is a middle school teacher. I know damn well he wouldn't blame a brain washed child living through the apocalypse)

Simon sleeps outside so he can see the stars/ not be enclosed in small spaces.

Grace has Scary Dog Privilege.

I'll die on the hill that Simon is also really fucking smart. LET THEM BE LITTLE SMARTIES TOGETHER.

Basicly Simon is mentally and physically fucked up, met God, thinks Grace is an angel of Grace, and just wants to "live" the remainder of his days in peace.

Grace saved the Stars with Rocky and lives his best life on Erid with his best friend and scruncly... roommate, teaching the young minds of Erid.

Rocky is banging their heads together to make them kiss like Barbies.

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[Edit: I like to think Simon just fucking pops into existence in the bio dome without reason. Just *poof* here ya go Grace, new traumatized roommate. Emphasis on "mate".

Simon is probably used to casual touch because of how growing up on Eden in such close quarters meant it was inevitable that you’d bump into people every once in a while. but intimacy—physical and otherwise—is difficult because of those close quarters. there’s no privacy to let anyone in. and I imagine he’s starving for that non-platonic intimacy but, in equal measure, afraid of it, because it’s such a big unknown. he might not even know it’s something he wants (something he can want) until it’s offered to him, and he would probably be against asking for something like that, because if he didn’t need it before he definitely doesn’t need it now

whereas Grace is also probably used to casual touch in completely platonic settings—high fives from his kids, the normal ways you brush against other people when getting on a crowded bus or getting change from a cashier. he’s also probably had his fair share of intimate encounters (that throwaway line about pills in college, anyone?) but all of that is stuff he took for granted and didn’t even notice until his life became completely and abruptly devoid of it. so he’s probably starving for physical contact of any kind, but doesn’t know how to ask for it, because how do you ask someone to bump into you in a hallway? how do you ask a single person to help replace the day-to-day presence of society in your life?

Once again, me properly drawing out the scars of the boys but it’s on the other is crazy. I just really love this silly au, and a lot of you liked them too! Also I am a firm believer in every life, Simon has his harness. To comprise I gave Ryland a leg/hip harness. Ive honestly done a lot of thinking on how this au would work, so I’ll probably post more of them in the future. I started to research blood disorders, I am not letting that time go wasted /silly

Doodle dump below:

I kept seeing ppl draw them in the other’s place and I just had to join. But imo, I 100% believe Ryland from the Iron Lung universe would be the clingiest most touch-starved version out of any of them. I don’t see him being able to reach the levels of anger Simon does, so he’s just a pathetic, wet dog. And I love that for him.

So naturally I drew him as the sap he is. God I love these two sm dude. They make me sick.