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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)
12 Jun 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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16 Jun 2026
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Life...uh, finds a way by Scythling
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
09 Jun 2026
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After saving Grace and nearly dying in an alien atmosphere, Rocky lays an egg before going dormant.
Turns out being isolated for years and then nearly dying will force biological imperatives onto injured Eridians, and this one leaves Ryland Grace utterly baffled.
Aren't Eridians supposed to lay eggs in clutches? Only fused eggs are supposed to be viable, but when Grace accidentally touches the egg with his bare skin while trying to save it, that's apparently all the genetic fusion required for life to begin.
Ryland Grace skips a few steps when it comes to making a baby, and I test the limits of Eridian biology.
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11 Jun 2026
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Atavism by my_heart_of_heart
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
25 May 2026
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So I can't die.
I was in undergrad when I finally couldn't deny it any more. I'd been hit by a car and walked it off with barely a scratch. Though, really, "can't die" was a wild oversimplification of something I still didn't fully understand.
Aka Grace remembers that he's literally indestructible at the worst possible moment. This complicates things.
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10 Jun 2026
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a deconstruction of boundaries by Grapesey (YumGrapeJuice)
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
16 May 2026
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“Grace can feel song, question?” Rocky asked, slower than usual. The cooing had lulled him, too.
“I… Maybe? Yeah,” Grace whispered, and Rocky had to focus to understand the slurring.
“Humans can feel sound, question?”
Grace huffed a small laugh. “Sometimes, yeah. For example, when the sound is… very low and loud, we can feel it in our chests.”
“Song is neither low nor loud.” That would have an entirely different effect.
“I know. I can still feel it, I think. It’s strange.”
“Good strange, question?”
“Good strange, yeah.”
Grace could feel sound. Grace could feel Rocky’s songs.
Hmm.
Rocky discovers nature's laws aren't as inflexible as they'd thought. He puts this to good use.
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10 Jun 2026
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Gifts Make Grace Leak by ExecutiveCucumber
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
21 May 2026
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Knowing that your teacher leaks is one thing, but seeing it happen is a completely different experience.
Grace's Eridian students get a bit of a surprise when they manage to make their leaky space blob teacher emotional. It does not go well.
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10 Jun 2026
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Curiosity kills by Soowshie
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
22 May 2026
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Something was standing above his towel.
No… someone.
They seemed to be observing the towel, claws tapping against the material with what he took as curiosity, pinching it between the appendage.
Was it Rocky? It’d make sense, the Eridian would certainly have something harsh to say about him leaving his stuff laying around. He always had some mean quip to insult his shoddy human memory.
He opened his mouth to defend himself before Rocky could say something snappy, when the figure then moved, stocky legs rising from beneath their carapace and lifting them to their full standing height.
They were tall. Too tall.
That wasn’t Rocky.
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Grace receives an unexpected visitor one night in his home on Erid.
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10 Jun 2026
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Sirius, brightest star in the sky by runoti
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
10 May 2026
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Grace squeezes out a wet chuckle, thick with emotion, before suddenly falling silent. Its mouth does that strange up-down up-down movement, like it’s trying to figure out if it’s perplexed or amused. “Wait a minute—“ The human flops on its side to face them.
“Rock, that almost sounds like I’m your kids’ \.\\.”
“New word.”
“Uh… companion animal.”
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Grace and Rocky talk about evolution, family dynamics, and dogs.
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08 Jun 2026
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better than your best by Goldmonger
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
15 May 2026
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“Rocky, I’m here, okay? Come back to me, pal, please.”
Of course I will, I think, drawn to that voice, that strange, wobbling voice, which I care about without knowing exactly why, and I should – it makes me angry, not knowing – I should know –
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08 Jun 2026
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"I'll keep you updated. In the meantime, go back to sleep. When you need to worry, I'll tell you."
"Heh." Ryland ran his hand down his face. "It's terrible you know that it actually makes me feel better. What would I do without you?"
"Explode at a colleague at a conference and get expelled from academia and become a middle school teacher." Eva said, promptly.
"Wow, you've thought about that way too hard." Ryland laughed. "Middle schoolers might not vape in class, though. Maybe I should switch."
"Let's not joke."
or: fourteen conversations where ryland grace doesn’t realize eva stratt is a time traveller
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08 Jun 2026
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Past Lives in the Stars by tinallie
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, The Martian (2015), The Martian - Andy Weir
14 Jun 2026
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Every screen in the room blazed with the same breaking news feed. An alien voice had just asked for him by name on live television.
“Mr. Grace?” little Jamal whispered from the front row, eyes huge behind his glasses. “Is that really you they’re talking about? Like, you you?”
Ryland’s mouth opened, but nothing came out. His heart slammed against his ribs like it wanted to escape and hide under the desk with the class hamster. He was just Mr. Grace. The guy who drew cartoon planets on the board, who stayed late helping kids glue together messy dioramas of the solar system, who once spent an entire lunch period comforting a sobbing girl because her goldfish had “gone to the great fishbowl in the sky.” He graded spelling tests on vocabulary words like photosynthesis and asteroid. Aliens did not know his name. Aliens did not ask for science teachers.
The marker slipped from his fingers and clattered to the floor.
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08 Jun 2026
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From the Library of the Petrova History Commission by GoldenForests, jestayork
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
12 Jun 2026
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About Us
The Petrova History Commission is an international organisation dedicated to the preservation of information pertaining to the Astrophage Crisis. Our curators have reviewed hundreds of thousands of papers, millions of novels and billions of webpages to build a comprehensive and easily searchable database on what life looked like during our darkest times.Library > Webpages
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What are yalls biggest lab pet peeves?
this guy in my class keeps forgetting to shut the fume hood and its driving me completely insane!!!!You're talking about Ryland Grace, aren't you? I'm in the same prac block too. I swear that guy gets a hit from dosing on hazardous chemicals.
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31 May 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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28 May 2026
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Teacher Grace's Extraordinary Curriculum by Acewithapaintbrush
Fandom Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
02 Jun 2026
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Grace has always been a teacher and it's not any different on Erid.
These are his adventures with his pebbles (and Rocky and Adrian of course)
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24 May 2026
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We Can Meet Again Somewhere by thatisnotokay
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
18 May 2026
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"Speaking from a selfish perspective, I hope you stay. But, we also have another offer."
Ryland looks down at his best friend, eyebrow raised. Curiosity pushes the burgeoning tightness enough for him to ignore. "Yeah? What's that, Rock?"
"We can build onto the Hail Mary— a spaceship large enough to carry you, me, and other scientists. We go to Earth with you," Rocky trills. Ryland can't believe his ears. Rocky's carapace tilts in the way that means he's smiling. "We live on Earth, learn from the humans, and return in our own time."
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Or, Rocky offers to travel back to Earth with Grace. Featuring best mate Adrian- Language:
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19 May 2026
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the subtle grace of gravity by disasterdrow, Taraxinium
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
19 May 2026
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Mica handled a lot of unpredictable situations in their job as an emergency hatchling guardian. It came with the territory – there were all kinds of reasons a pebble too young to be alone might need watching by someone who wasn’t a cluster member. But Mica had never had a situation like the call they received from the space science cluster.
“Engineer Rocky is on that ship, apparently injured, and he’s brought back some kind of alien with him. It’s very young, only IIVI years old, it doesn’t have any of its own kind, but it learned some Eridian from Engineer Rocky. Can you come and watch it while Engineer Rocky recovers and we work out what it needs?”
or, Grace gets babysat by an Eridian.
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18 May 2026
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Fragility not Foreseen. by CyberneticGhosts
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
03 Jun 2026
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Less than 2 months away from Erid. In the process of the Hail Mary evading an exoasteroid, Rocky falls from top to bottom of the ship.
In normal circumstances, Rocky could shake it off. Maybe a little sore, but okay.
In this case, Rocky cannot.
Rocky is scared.
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12 May 2026
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forever altered by deervsheadlights
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
16 Apr 2026
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Grace is put on cleaning duty and gets a mysterious fourth bag of vodka for his troubles.
Rocky begrudgingly takes on the role of Designated Driver slash Space Blob Supervisor, and receives a different kind of gift in return.
“Grace. What are you doing?”
Grace's mouth, still smushed against my xenonite, curves upward: Contentment, happiness, satisfaction. Interesting, that it should be prone to smiling when made stupid by ethanol, but not so much when it gets stupid because of a lack of sleep.
“‘s called a kiss, buddy. I‘m givin’ you. A kiss. ‘cause you're my best friend annnnd I like you. And y’nno what, you're actually pretty nice. When you’re not goin’ outta your way to be mean to me, that is.”
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12 May 2026
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what exists beyond, beyond, beyond by tardigradeschool
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
16 May 2026
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"Many stages in Eridian reproductive process. Rocky Adrian laying cycles finally sync up recently. So, Rocky Adrian think finally time for eggs. Adrian lay five eggs, very good. Only, strange thing happen. Rocky only lay one egg."
“Oh,” I say. “That’s unusual, right?”
"Very," Rocky hums.
My throat tightens. "Does that mean there's something wrong? Are you sick?"
Rocky makes a gesture I usually interpret as "not exactly". "Not sick," he says. "But doctors still worry. When Eridian start to make fewer eggs, this usually means laying period of life is over soon. Rocky very young for this. Rocky supposed to be in ideal time of life for laying. Rocky younger than Adrian, even." He shifts on three of his feet. Already, my mind is racing ahead, wondering -- "Doctors told Rocky to ask Grace, is this radiation side effect, question?"
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12 May 2026
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A series exploring the biological, cultural, and linguistic differences between two members of a very unconventional (but good) social group on a little spaceship far from home.
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01 May 2026
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Sol Friend Grace by fantom_noise
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
05 Apr 2026
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Grace and Rocky arrive at Erid. Grace is starving, sick, and trying his darndest to make a good impression. The Eridians are equally curious and concerned for their new alien friend.
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30 Apr 2026