Sequelae in a Trenchcoat

Rocky: Yes?

Grace: What is the material of your clothing made out of? Since it doesn’t seem that you have any wool-bearing animals or cotton-like plants on Erid.

Rocky: Oh, it’s a rock with a fibrous material!

Grace: (Uh oh)

Grace: Uh, what’s the chemical composition for that rock?

Rocky: Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4

Grace, doing mental chemistry: So that’s something we call asbest- Uh oh.

Grace: I am pretty sure that your clothing can give me cancer

I’ve been rereading Wayward Son and realized something that made my art brain just start screaming-

A lot of times we see Baz represented by the moon because...well, look at him, and Simon is the sun because of the crashing into it line and what have you. The boys juxtapose each other in almost every aspect: Baz is studious, serious, dead and an absolute dick to just about everyone whereas Simon is basically a human golden retriever who remembers doors exist on a good day. These juxtapositions keep getting pointed out in both books, which brought me to this idea at the end of Wayward Son.

They switch. Simon, once so sure and unwavering in his belief of good and right is on the brink of collapse, no longer knowing his place- if he even has a place, all that he thought was certain was upended and he hasn’t dealt with it, he’s in love with the person he hated for years (who he was ready to fucking murder, which needs a looooooot of therapy to unpack), and he now hates himself and puts himself down constantly...sounds an awful lot like Baz actually.

Meanwhile, Baz is finally learning about himself and his condition, beginning to accept it and find ways to fit it into his life so he can do what he wants and exist more comfortably. He’s still struggling with the hot mess that is his boyfriend, definitely; however we’re starting to see him come into his own and take charge a bit. He’s starting to be ok with himself and growing.

So maybe Simon is no longer the sun. His former self is ending and his coming to terms with it- he’s beginning to see the bigger picture at the end, so perhaps the sunset suits him a bit better now.

Baz is the sun rise, because he’s realizing he’s not just a dark creature who deserves nothing by misery- he starting to see possibilities; a beginning.

I also have Baz looking ahead - he’s working on coping and realizing that, regardless, change is going to happen. Simon looks back at him, because I want that dipshit to figure it out and work with him as a team to take on these changes together.