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  1. Public Bookmark 99

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    Two-body problem: A problem of classical mechanics to calculate and predict the motion of two massive bodies that are orbiting each other in space.

    “Adrian, just a small warning: the Rocky that came back might not be the Rocky you know. It’s classified, but my friend is one of the comms specialist on the space elevator. They told me things. He acts… weird. He doesn’t sleep, and neglects the medical and psychological exams. I’m not sure he’s here, if you know what I mean."
    “Where is he, then?” Adrian’s musical notes come out discordant.
    “Wherever his human companion is stuck. If the alien dies, Rocky might never come down from the stars.”

    Or; twenty-three friends leave for the most dangerous mission known to Erid, two strangers return.

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    23 May 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.

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    22 May 2026

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    I lived with this hunger long before the Hail Mary. This is nothing new. I’m fine.

    Right up until Rocky asks another question.

    “When last time you touch other human person skin, question?”

    Oh. Oh no. “When I… a few days after I first woke up here.”

    Rocky starts to relax for a split second, but then tightens when something occurs to him.

    “Grace crewmates dead when you wake up. You said this, statement. You not even know your own name, remember nothing, see dead bodies, confirm?”

    I nod, because if I open my mouth I will gag.

    “When last time Grace touch ALIVE human person, question.”

    I swallow thickly. I don’t answer aloud because I know Rocky can hear the hitch in my breath. My stomach churns with fresh bile. He senses my vital signs tick over into stress patterns and goes very, very still again.

    “Grace. When last time, question.”

    I clench my jaw so hard my temples ache, and beg him with my eyes to just stop.

    “Grace. Please say not when… when Evil Stratt humans put you to sleep.”

    I can taste grass.

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    AKA: Grace starves for more than just food on the journey to Erid.

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    20 May 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 86

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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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    19 May 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 16

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    The journey to Erid will take 3.7 years and the Hail Mary was originally designed for a one way trip. As the ship falls apart Grace and Rocky discover that living in a confined space does not draw people closer.

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    18 May 2026

  6. Public Bookmark 94

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    Eridian Grace was raised on earth and packed away to go on the Hail Mary expenditure, with very little knowledge on how to be a proper astronaut. When Rocky meets him, he’s confused as to how there’s another life form that looks like him, he then learns the truth, and he’s pissed

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    16 May 2026

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    A collection of short stories about Ryland Grace if he was Deaf. Less a cohesive and linear story told in small pieces, and more a handful of fics all orbiting around one idea.

    I'm hearing, and my knowledge of sign language and Deaf culture is limited to what I learned in my classes and my conversations with d/Deaf people. If I made any mistakes or misrepresented anything, please tell me! My goal is to be as accurate as possible and I mean no disrespect.

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    15 May 2026

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    At our next Maximizing Rocky Happiness meeting, I pitch my idea to Adrian over a walk down the beach.

    They don’t say anything for several seconds after I finish my explanation. Maybe it was a bad idea to share. Finally, Adrian asks, their tone dry, “You want to put Eridian eggs inside squishy human body, question?

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    Chapters:
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    10 May 2026

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    “Grace lie,” Rocky says impatiently. “Stop wasting time. Tell what is wrong, now.”

    Well, I’m not doing that. Even if I wanted to, I don’t know how I'd even begin explaining to Rocky that the only thing wrong with me is the fact that I want him to pin me down with his voice, shake out half a dozen orgasms, and then knock me out for good measure.

    So we're going with plan B: time to fool the walking lie detector.

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    08 May 2026

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    Grace and Rocky are separated shortly after arriving in Erid. In an attempt to cope (with sickness, with loneliness, without Rocky), he knits a smaller, softer version of his best friend. A version he can touch.

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    07 May 2026

  11. Public Bookmark 66

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    Grace never really had time to process a lot of the memories that returned in the midst of their world-saving mission. Now, with him and Rocky on the long haul back to Erid together, problems are making themselves known.

    He's not a coward, and he'll do anything to prove it.

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    07 May 2026

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    The humans threw Grace away. Grace, who worked so hard to save them, who came back for Rocky when he realized the taomoeba would eat through Rocky's ship. Grace, who gave up his chance to go home to save Erid too.

    And then Rocky finds out exactly how Grace ended up in space.

    They're not giving him back now. Grace will always have a place on Erid where he's beloved and cherished the way he should be, even if it takes Grace a while to believe he's worth that. Rocky may or may not have plans to fix up the Hail Mary for the trip back anyways- there were a few things they wanted to say directly to Stratt's face.

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    06 May 2026

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    Grace and Rocky arrive at Erid. While Grace is more than happy to be one-step further from death, he has yet to confront his very human brain about it. Memories of his time on earth, near-death experiences in space, and being suddenly surrounded by giant alien spiders is a recipe for disaster. Luckily, Rocky is there to help him every step of the way.

    or

    The Eridians have a lot to learn about their new alien roomate.

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    12/?
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    04 May 2026

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    It had been a long and difficult 27 years since the Hail Mary had launched. Not as terrible as it could have been, but not easy. Humanity had survived and adapted, as it always did. There had been terrible wars. There had been incredible acts of kindness. There had been massive scientific breakthroughs. And now, there were two distant blips of Petrova-light, picked up by the Deep Space Network, hurtling home. Two probes, braking hard as they hurtled toward Earth holding the secrets to its salvation. They were late, or at least, not very early, but they were here.

    Grace may have made his peace with dying to save Rocky, but Rocky insists they return to Earth.

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    03 May 2026

  15. Public Bookmark 13

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    On the way to Erid, an asteroid collides with the Hail Mary.

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    03 May 2026

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    “Grace must not continue to have nightmare,” he states after a moment, “nightmare make sleep bad. Bad sleep bad bad bad for human health.”

    ”I know,” I assure him, my voice now sounding more like my own and less whiny, “just not sure what I can do about it. Trauma can take a lifetime to get over even at the best of times, and this,” I wave my hands around to indicate Mary and our general current situation, “is not the best of times.”

    Grace is desperately touch-starved and suffering from constant nightmares about the day he was forced onto the Hail Mary against his will. Rocky will fix, and Grace will discover some deep-seated truths about himself along the way.

    So basically this is me dumping everything possible onto my traumatised space cinnamon roll Ryland Grace, who is not a real human and is actually every single anxiety disorder stacked on top of one another, wearing a trenchcoat and crying. But it's OK, because Rocky is a very clever Eridian, and he will fix his leaky space blob whatever it takes. Mostly film canon but elements taken from the book. I'll leave an apology here in advance, you'll probably need it.

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    01 May 2026

  17. Public Bookmark 5

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    Any other night Beau would have thrown back the sheets and told Yasha to fuck her senseless.

    But that wasn't the game tonight. Tonight they were going to try something new.

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    27 Apr 2026

  18. Public Bookmark 41

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    Caleb can’t sleep.

    Not with the scars. Not with the itch. Not with the memories.

    Not with Trent Ikithon still living somewhere in his head.

    One night, he finds a Twitch stream.

    The man behind the screen name ‘LogicalGhost’ is calm, brilliant, and impossible to look away from—playing horror games like they’re puzzles and speaking with a quiet certainty that makes the world feel less overwhelming.

    Caleb tells himself it’s just a distraction.

    But he keeps coming back.

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    18 Apr 2026

  19. Public Bookmark 30

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    what's left if you rip the magic out of a wizard's head?

    (or: essek gets seriously brain whammied, recovery eventually ensues)

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    11 Apr 2026

  20. Public Bookmark 69

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    After Lucien, after Ikithon, after everything, Essek is on the run, and that means he and Caleb spend far more time apart than either of them would prefer. But Essek has a spell that will collapse the distance between them—at least in dreams.

    And oh, does he ever have plans for his beloved when they see each other again.

    (Or: Essek uses the dream spell to visit Caleb while they’re apart, and takes him on a wildly imaginative sexcapade.)

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    Chapters:
    10/10
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    Comments:
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    69
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    15,908

    06 Apr 2026

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