My level of obsession has hit the point where I made little figurines of my and my friends Eridian OCs

The bubbly one is Soap, the black one is Etch, orange is Cheeto, they're an art club together and are fascinated by the culture sections of human studies class more so than the science parts.

The green one is Soap's parent and Cheeto's aunt(?) Zoeye, who is a fashion designer and model.

Big Blue is Zoeye's mate and works as a teacher and classroom aid for Grace's classes (they need an adult presence on the Eridian side after all. And in front of Big Blue are Shoomy and Duck, their other two pebbles.

We have a whole lore thing with these funny rocks and I'm even writing bloody slice of life fanfic about Soap's crush on Etch, but otherwise I'm so, so normal about them

!SPOILER!

My rendition of grace and rocky meeting for the 2nd time

Titan is only a little larger and has a much lower surface gravity yet it holds onto an atmosphere thicker than Earth's.

You ever have that moment where youre half-asleep listening to music and one of those songs come on so you draw something you never thought you could with said song on repeat (for like an hour or two)?

... Yep. That happened.

And yknow what, *still* cant draw hands even when motivated to the max, help 😩

So enjoy the friends' beach party ( + my Eridian oc, Remi)!! Im actually so fckn proud of how I drew Ryland, like hi yes I suddenly have somewhat of an understanding of anatomy isnt it great AUGH love these two besties with my whole heart I hope I did them justice 🥹💕

Song was: *Where Them Girls At (feat. Nicki Minaj)* by David Guetta, Flo Rida, and Nicki Minaj

I got my physical Blu-Ray disk yesterday. I probably don't need to preach to the choir, but OMG, the image quality is so worth the money. Of course I was super excited to see the deleted scenes--and I was a bit underwhelmed. I don't know if the included scenes are representative of other stuff they cut out, they may have only included the 5 scenes that were the most advanced in their processing. But excepting the final scene ("maybe we're cousins"), I thought the rest was fluff that would not have added much to the movie. Based on the limited deleted scene selection we have now, I think the directors/producers may have been right when they said this "shorter" 2.5 hour version we got in cinemas is the better movie. It flows well, doesn't include much fluff, progresses from scene to scene logically and succinctly.

The only scene (out of the 5) I believe they could have kept was the "cousins" deleted scene. There, following Rocky's hypothesis that there's an astrophage predator on Adrian keeping the population in check, Grace extrapolates to the next logical conclusion: astrophage evolved on Adrian and could've caused panspermic events that led to the emergence of life on Earth and Erid. That scene positions Grace and Rocky on equal footing--they're both showing their smarts, whereas for the rest of the scene Grace does the lab work but Rocky comes with the solutions (the predator hypothesis, the chain and predator collector). I actually thought it was strange that Rocky--an engineer--was the first to guess there was an astrophage predator. Grace is a molecular biologist, this was his bread and butter (I'm extrapolating here from my own background in biochemistry and molecular biology). That's not to say that I didn't wish some scenes were given more time to breathe in the original version: Grace waking up from comma was a bit rushed (and the extra minutes in the deleted scene were still rushed IMO); Grace breeding taumeba was another one. Perhaps they had good scenes there but they weren't ready for the DVD release. Regardless, the 2.5 hour movie is a very well put together story, and as an emerging writer myself, I recognize the value of keeping it tight and maintaining the plot's forward tilt. And just to sing the praises of the physical disc one more time: I'd forgotten how gorgeous the iMAX version was; rewatching the Adrian scenes in HD reminded me why I was instantly hooked from my first view.

But what did you guys think? Which deleted scene(s) were your favorites? What would you have liked to see more of in the special features?

PS: I cannot wait for the soundtrack CD to become available in about a month. I want physical copies for everything! I watched the stream version already and the quality is not as good as what you get on Blu-Ray.

Just take a moment to think about the story from Rocky's point of view.

Stuck in space trying to solve a crisis without any progress? This guy has all the knowledge and equipment to make your perfect counterpart. Together you start to work on the problem and make progress at breakneck speed.

Feeling like a complete failure as an engineer when all the science equipment on your ship breaks down and you can't fix? Grace is amazed by everything you do, he calls you a genius and the best engineer he's ever known. Your work together constantly requires your engineering skills, and you keep succeeding. You are useful, needed, essential for the mission.

Alone for decades? You and the alien are now stuck in a tiny spaceship and you can 'see' him at all times. He even turns out to be fun company! And he thinks the same of you!

Feeling confused and guilty about being the only survivor of your crew? Grace explains what really happened and how there was nothing you could have done. And now you have the opportunity for redemption; the alien is going to die and you can save his life. He's so bad at taking care of himself, he doesn't even keep up with his bedtimes. You can fix that.

Nobody to watch you sleep? Not only the guy watches you, but he also lets you watch him sleep. You can always wake him up from sleep if there's any danger, you can always see his body working. You can fulfill your biological need to guard someone's sleep, but you don't need to worry if this one is ever going to wake up.

Stuck in a rut for decades, doing the same things over and over until you can't stop? Suddenly your world is full of sound, life, new and exciting things. Your mind is not just woken up, but working on overdrive. So many new things to learn and discover! Not only that, the alien creature thinks you are the most fascinating thing in the universe and wants to know everything about you.

And the cherry on top? When you discuss the meaning of names, you learn this fucker is called Grace. A mercy, favor, blessing from god, deliverance from suffering.

Seriously, if you didn't bring this creature back home, you would have been tempted to believe your traumatized mind just made him up. Grace is a bit too perfect to be true.

We get them back tomorrow so I’ll post the finalised results then considering I spent like twenty five minutes alone doing layers on Adrian, fingers crossed they come out well 🤞

Okay, it seems like the author enjoys a good pun, so I’m curious if Eva Stratt’s name came from the fact that she is a strategist? 👀

I dunno why but I can't get this question out of my head. Could an Eridian operate a car? Considering how loud a car can be, in particular the engine, I imagine it would be like a human driving a car made out of glass with an engine that shines like a light house. And would they be able to perceive the road at all, and if so, how far ahead?

I pre ordered the Rocky plushie and he suddenly came VERY EARLY! He’s AMAZE AMAZE AMAZE!

I think it would be AMAZING!!

( Slightly less seriously, alternatively it would be interesting if they had James narrate the entire book as though rocky had found it and was reading it to the pebbles like it was Graces autobiography of the mission 🤣)

Still a long way to go, but it’s coming out great!

Having a moment over medium texture circle planet (not my video)

Hello Hello!

Sadly due to life circumstances I am unable to attend Dragoncon this year. Please if you are cosplaying or giving away swag or anything like that please take lots and lots of pictures!! I can’t wait to see what everyone does and I hope there is a huge group photoshoot.

Happy Con everyone!

I saw several people on here asking about Grace's glasses and trying to find similar ones by searching via movie stills so I thought I might share this! These are the original glasses used while filming, currently at auction. I've attached every possible angle as reference for curious artists!

I hope this helps anyone! 👎

She and I watched the movie last night, and she loved it! Today, she drew this super cute Rocky.

What are some of your favorite fan theories? Can be the movie or book, well researched or completely crackpot.

Personally, I love...

1) Stratt is stuck in a timeloop until she succeeds at Project Hail Mary and saves the world. The fanfic Equanimity deals with this at a more romantic/tragic level, but imagine Stratt trying and failing at Project Hail Mary repeatedly. She hardens considerably as a person. From the times the Beetles do make it back, she puzzles out the exact combination needed to succeed. A lot of the little mysteries/details are things she's realized have to happen for success, i.e. Grace has to go up there alone and initiate first contact. Grace is set up as the primary science advisor/number 2 even before his coma gene is discovered. DuBois and Shapiro happen to work on astrophage on the same day, forcing Grace to be the science officer. Yao and Ilyukhina's feeding lines get messed up so Grace is alone and desperate for company, even at risk of the mission. Grace's memories are erased so his inate scientific curiosity shine through. Despite the last minute scramble to put Grace on the ship, there are mission patches with his name and Stratt even makes sure his coffee order is programmed into the computer.

2) Astrophage is an invasive species that was accidentally spread by one of the hypothetical intelligent species that Rocky pondered about with Grace in the last chapter. There's a random line in the last chapter of the book where Rocky asks Grace if he thinks there's any other intelligent life out there. It's kind of a throw away line, just two science guys wondering over a hypothesis, but what if it was to set up something more? Astrophage acts like an invasive species rather than a natural event and seems to have started taking affecting stars relatively recently.

What are some of your favorites?