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In her head, if she ever thought about how Dad would find her again, it would be some kind of elaborate operation. Pulled fire alarms and a getaway car. A bag over her head. Maybe drugs. Reality isn’t even that complicated. In real life, he just catches her on the way to the bathroom at the Botanic Garden like some run-of-the-mill creep; like he’s hardly even trying.
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31 May 2026
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In a world where humans are born with a predetermined ‘soulmate’, so to say, Ryland Grace is very happy to wonder the earth without. Sure, the weight of what should be his bond dulls the senses and makes the world a little more distant than he would like, but there was nothing for it. Nothing to fix the ache, except a certain splotch of stars, and this feeling of impending doom.
Well, there was nothing, until his life was ruined and subsequently fixed all in one horrible day.
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(or, my first attempt at soulmates where Grace can’t find a mate because his is in space, waiting. Oh, and both of their mate is waiting not so patiently on Erid.)Bookmarked by Cross_Thread
28 May 2026
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The engineer takes my hand. His skin runs hot. Very hot. He doesn't let go at what I would gauge as a socially-acceptable handshake time interval. Are we just holding hands in the middle of the lab-workshop space? Guess we are.
"I'm Rocky," he finally introduces himself. He has a hint of an accent, something lilting, melodic. I can't really place it.
"Rocky," I repeat, slowly. "Like the movies?"
"No," Rocky deadpans, giving me a look like I'm stupid. "Like the rocks."
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24 May 2026
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not everybody lives; some people still died by marya_blackbone
Fandom Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
01 May 2026
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17 May 2026
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you weren't there that day for the Naming of Things by callmearcturus
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
09 May 2026
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"Rocky did not understand human names and titles when we met. Eridian names longer, give information on Eridian's home, associations, skills." For the first time in ages, he positioned two of his arms together, forming the design that Grace thought of like a family crest, a single design bisected.
"You should teach me to read those before we get to Erid, so I can be polite." As Grace considered the linework, already picking up on some vague ideas from the shapes in Rocky's carapace, something else occurred to him. "So… I picked 'Rocky' because your outer shell looks like stone."
"And for inspirational story of athlete who defeats human system of poverty to become great champion. Eye of the tiger."
"Retroactively, yeah." Grace bent at the hips, getting to Rocky's 'eye' level. "So what'd you name me?"
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11 May 2026
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someday you will find me by ForestDivinity
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
05 Jun 2026
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Ryland Grace wakes up, goes to work, feels the rain on his face, teaches his students, cries over the galaxy, and dreams about a rock.
Wait.
What's that last one all about?
There is a feeling in the back of his head like he's forgetting something. Is he forgetting something?
Is he forgetting something again?
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06 May 2026
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06 May 2026
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As he stared down into the lumpy grey goop that was his evening rations, he contemplated whether it was really worth it.
They’d come a very long way just for Grace to give up and die at the last hurdle, both physically and emotionally. The Tau Ceti system was a long, long way away now, and Grace had faced not one but two highly emotional suicide missions. Three, if you counted the time before he was given a military grade roofie and hucked into space without his memories.
Rocky and Grace make it back to Erid! Huzzah!
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22 Apr 2026
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Jazz Hands, Fist Bumps, and Other Interstellar Cultural Exchanges by crispymouse
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
13 May 2026
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Dr. Grace is in for a long haul on the way to planet Erid. Unwilling to enter another coma to preserve his own mental health, he plans to spend four concious years aboard the Hail Mary for Rocky's sake. But as anxiety and hopelessness surrounding Grace's past shortcomings and his uncertain fate set in, it's going to take a lot to pull him through.
Maybe a certain alien friend can help, if Grace would let him.
(Based on both book and movie canon, mostly book. Updates frequent but unscheduled.)
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21 Apr 2026
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How to become Eridian, Ryland Grace’s 101 by Nuria123
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
06 May 2026
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In this moment, from the second Marissa had told me during that fateful dinner about the Petrova line, the return of the ArcLight probe from Venus, through the whole Petrova task force, Stratts betrayal, the horrific first moments on the Hail Mary. Nearly dying a hundred times both from the planet Adrian and general space travel, my choice of saving Rocky instead of myself, abandoning all hope from ever seeing Earth again. Getting here half starved, working out how to survive a landscape that was inherently inhospitable for me, but right now. It was so fucking worth it.
The weight receded and I lunged after a breath, only to heave out more sobs, oh god i felt pathetic, and happy and everything. I couldn't talk, I couldn't breathe. All my grief, all my decisions, everything that led to this moment. “We did it Grace,” I heard Rocky, who was still half curled around me, “we saved Erid!”
They had a future.
And that meant that it was legitimate and unfaltering hope that Sol would be saved and Earth too. And that made me sob even harder.
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The story of Ryland Grace’s stay on Erid and how to become an Eridian (as a human)
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21 Apr 2026
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Ryland Grace's Vlog Channel by Siraphism
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
12 Apr 2026
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The Hail Mary has sent off its Beetles and Eva Stratt is the first to dissect them for the data within. If anything, she’s simply glad that Ryland Grace, as odd as he may seem at first glance, is thorough. His logs, both visual and written, go over everything in pretty good detail.
She’s also come to learn that he has a pretty bad habit of leaving the camera on when it isn’t meant to be.
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21 Apr 2026
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“What if other Eridians… want Grace gone. Question.”
“Ah, that’s okay. Won’t be the first planet I’ve been kicked off of.”
“Grace.”
“It was a joke!”
“Bad joke. Not funny.”
“… it was a little funny.”
There are unknowns on Erid, unknowns inside the Hail Mary, unknowns within the beings upon her. But little by little, second by second — they’re known.
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18 Apr 2026
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“Grace!” Rocky says. “Look!”
I look. Then I gasp.
“Is Adrian!” Rocky says.
(or, what happens once Ryland Grace becomes the sole human inhabitant of Erid.)
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- Part 1 of Project Hail Mary
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13 Apr 2026
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Without a Doubt by voidknight
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
14 May 2026
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Petulantly, Rocky says, “Grace sound stupid. Like child.”
“I’m just talking how you talk, buddy.”
“Yes. This is because I talk like child, to speak to stupid human.”
“Well, you don’t have to do that,” I say without thinking.
“♪♫♩as this♪ when, underst♪♪♫d ♪me, question?” Rocky says.
“What?”
“Can♪♪♫will understa♫d it ♫think talks♫♪ as this♪ Eridian you♩♫, question?”
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13 Apr 2026
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Between Villages by LuinDae
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
08 Apr 2026
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”Eridians are waiting on the decision about Hail Mary flying back.” The last part was said quietly, almost like Rocky was reluctant to share it.
I froze for a moment, suddenly struck with the realization that I haven't thought about Earth and going back to it for many weeks now.
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13 Apr 2026
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The Astrobiology Immersion Program by startingatmidnight
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
10 May 2026
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It's not every day you wake up with five arms and no eyes, but Ryland Grace stopped having normal days a very long time ago.
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09 Apr 2026
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Project Saving Grace by ajsmellslikebooks
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
25 Apr 2026
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In relative terms, the trip from the Tau Ceti system to the 40 Eridani system takes the Hail Mary a little over three Earth years.
This is what happens when you put two snarky aliens in a small, enclosed space for that long.- Language:
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09 Apr 2026
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Major Tom to Ground Control by tallboy_benny
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
24 Apr 2026
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Eva Stratt has never been a woman who hesitates.
She’s made countless decisions after decisions throughout her life, often regardless of the consequences that may result. She’s not an idiot. She’s well aware that there will be consequences, and she’s equally sure that the consequences will be of little concern. The end justifies the means — her actions will be judged, but at least they will have happened.
But here, alone in a Russian conference room, for once in her life Eva Stratt does not know what to do.
OR; The beetles make it home.
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08 Apr 2026
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Striking a Chord by startingatmidnight
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
04 Apr 2026
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Living on a spaceship with an alien that exclusively speaks in song can really recontextualize karaoke for a guy.
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07 Apr 2026
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Leaving a Mark by startingatmidnight
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
31 Mar 2026
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Ryland has a tattoo. So does Rocky. It's not the same thing, but it also really is.
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03 Apr 2026