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something i don’t like is the way a lot of ppl make simon very stoic in fanfics as if he was at ALL stoic in the movie 🫩 the only bits i can think of is at like the very beginning when he’s entering the ocean and he’s understandably over it and already wants to leave. even that doesn’t last long bc he immediately starts trying to get his captors’ attention once he notices the depth level has dropped into the red zone.

i also dislike the common trope that he’s quick to anger and that his go-to way of expressing any negative emotion is anger. he’s angry and upset a few times in the movie but from what i noticed it’s almost ALWAYS preceded by others’ being rude, disregarding his valid concerns and fears, and being trapped in a frustrating, confusing situation that he has CONTINUALLY TRIED AND FAILED to find a reasonable and safe solution for. ‘oh he yells at ava after he comes up for the first time!!’ yeah after ava continued to ignore his fears surrounding returning to the blood ocean due to there being something alive down there (SOMETHING HE WAS CORRECT ABT MIND YOU) and dehumanized/dismissed him to the nth degree. he only acts angry when he feels like a trapped animal who has no other solution.

if anything, i’d say his go-to reaction to being in a new or confusing situation is to remain calm and be communicative. the skeleton is gone? he takes further photos with the radiation camera to confirm his findings and then reports back to COI. he’s informed that he has to ram the skeleton at full speed? he takes deep breaths and summons his courage whilst confirming several times that yes, he’s supposed to ram it; yes, ramming it will attach the skeleton to the submarine; and yes, getting this skeleton should mean freedom, however temporary.

he’s smart and resourceful and he grew up on a ship where there weren’t many people left and he likely had to get along with plenty of people he didn’t particularly like in a close proximity (something i’ve inferred from his references/the bits we see and hear of his past often containing others’ yelling at him or him disagreeing with those around him (insisting that the stars/planets are still alive and his refusal to take part in whatever happened to filament station + his attempts to stop it). he’d understand that the most rational thing to do in these situations is to calm down and try his best to understand/be understood through clear communication.

So, I'm friends with someone who makes airplanes for a living. They wish to remain anon. I tossed them some SM-13 renders to see if they could make anything of it (for wiki purposes), and got this in response...

The only thing left they had to say:

I received a DM from @daniqueeninabox asking: where is the door into the rover?

Well, I'll tell you: There is no door. There was a way in, but not anymore.

From deadlymelodic's concept art, we can see that there is a ladder up onto the top of the submersible to a hatch...

...but in later iterations of this vessel, it's gone, with nothing but the ladder remaining:

They took the hatch off, and what's left is a smooth panel. We can further confirm this by having a look at the interior ceiling, where the hatch would have been:

This implies that Simon was shoved into the rover from above and fell into it.

Into pitch black darkness, with nothing but the sounds of echoing machinery and people from the outside.

We see upon entering the tow ship, that the power is cut for safety reasons. I mean, it's pitch black in there:

The only reason the x-ray camera went off was due to David accidentally wiring it to the back-up battery. Otherwise, the power would have been cut off from that, too.

So, Simon would've been sitting in there with a bright screeching light above his head, probably trying to avoid flying sparks, as he watched them seal his fate.

Simon's hood is up in the first shot we see him in.