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When Eridians die young, they sometimes lay eggs as the body's last-ditch effort at preserving the species.
When Grace meets Rocky, the Eridian is not alone on his ship.
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17 Jun 2026
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Grace finds out about an interesting cultural difference between himself and Rocky.
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17 Jun 2026
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Give me your words, give me your soul by yellow_corvid
Fandoms: Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary - All Media Types, Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
08 Jun 2026
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On the trip back to Erid Rocky is excited to spend quality time with their favorite human, but Grace is acting…strangely. They are unbearably quiet. The longer it goes on the more certain Rocky is that there is something very wrong.
“I trust you with my sad experiences. I tell you about crew deaths and how it make me feel. Rocky trust Grace. Now Grace trust Rocky.”
“What— what if I wasn’t a good person like you? What if I was actually a coward and a liar? Would you still trust me?”
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- Part 1 of Touch Averse Universe
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16 Jun 2026
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rocky escape closet by nambi
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
14 Jun 2026
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Rocky emerges, and his body language alone is enough to get me going. I struggle around my laugh, clamping my hand over my mouth. He waits patiently for me to gather myself.
“Eridians are gay,” he declares. “I escape closet for all of them.”
I fail. I tuck my glasses into the collar of my shirt so I can put my head in my hands, wiping tears as they come.
“Rocky,” I say between giggles, “Rocky, I don’t think—I don’t think you can apply human sexuality to Eridians.”
Something in him shifts, then. He perks to attention from his relaxed state, and though he has no eyes or facial features, I swear I can feel his gaze narrow on me.
“I also read about gay rights,” he says slowly, warily. “Read that gay humans are hated some places. Bad.” He comes closer, looking up at me with all the accusation his flat face can muster. “You hate gay, question?”
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Or: Rocky learns about another human custom, and as always, he makes it Grace's problem.
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16 Jun 2026
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My Mate is Different Now by v838monoceros
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
09 Jun 2026
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Rocky comes home with a strange alien and a promise to save the world.
Adrian waited years for this, alongside the other loved ones of the science team. Waited with hope, then doubt, then sorrow. And now, their wait is over. Their mate has come home.
They are happy, of course.
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16 Jun 2026
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god's silence never breaks by longwaytogallifrey
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
14 Jun 2026
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I think if I’d woken up alone on a spaceship with amnesia and two dead bodies, I might’ve gone crazy right there and then. But the good thing about being alive is that you’re never alone.
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A Project Hail Mary daemon AU.
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Over My Head by Phloxglove
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
08 Apr 2026
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"It comes naturally to you. In Eridanese, we are typically very literal. Figurative speech is reserved for art or profanity, so it doesn't come naturally to most of us."
Huh. That's interesting. Rocky never had much trouble understanding me. Maybe he has a poetic soul. Or maybe he swears like a sailor. Probably the latter.
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15 Jun 2026
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Hail Mary, full of Grace (are you sure about this, Stratt?!) by Des98, princelokiofasgard
Fandom Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
10 Jun 2026
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15 Jun 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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15 Jun 2026
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oh my god this is literally such an amazing fic i fucking love language. i fucking love language!!!!!!
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rocky, most beloved by nambi
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
31 May 2026
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I’m safe. I know this. As foreign as it feels to give myself credit, I know I helped save Erid, and that every sentient being on the planet knows it too.
And yet, something small and primitive in me can’t fight the brief flash of fear that zips through me when Adrian skids to a halt before me and I am forced to look up at them.
For a moment, they just stand there. I am reminded of the first time I saw Rocky, atavistic horror battling with fascination, coming together in a trembling awe. I feel no different looking at Adrian than I felt looking at Adrian, a vast expanse of green before me, knowing I am the first human to ever witness it, finding beauty in it as much as knowing it could spell my doom under the right circumstances. The light of my dome shines down on them, casting a dozen towering shadows over me.
“Hi,” I manage, forcing myself to swallow through a dry throat. If this is who Rocky chose to spend his life with, they’re cool. They have to be.
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Or: Rocky introduces the two people he loves most.
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15 Jun 2026
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False Friends by IvyLee
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
07 Jun 2026
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In linguistics, a false friend is a word in a different language that sounds similar to a word in your own, but differs significantly in meaning. No word in any Eridian language could possibly be mistaken for English. But Erid absolutely has false friends.
In his right mind, Grace would easily identify the mistaken assumptions inhibiting his integration on Erid. They are:
1: A molecular biologist and a sapient rock can cobble together translation software that reflects the etymological nuance of an entire alien language.
2: Eridians are enough like humans to have an area 51 and look forward to using it.Unfortunately, Grace hasn’t been in his right mind in years.
Or: a ‘Return to Erid’ story where Grace struggles to touch down alone.
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- Part 1 of The Gift Receipt Rockimatic Universe
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15 Jun 2026
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Your Presense Is Bliss by savingstars
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
15 Jun 2026
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"Calm down, calm down. Whatever is the matter? You've returned much earlier than you said you would."
Rocky hums loudly before straightening its body up, legs all standing straight. I chuckle quietly at the action.
"Grace! Grace is-!" It whistles harshly again, pushing all the air from its vents before starting again. "Adrian overfeed Grace." It dips its carapace low again as it thuds its rear leg against the ground. Very judgemental.
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15 Jun 2026
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rocky and the real pebble by secondchildrestlesschild
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
13 Jun 2026
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@ziplocmags on twitter: “shortly pre-launch adrian gives rocky an egg-shaped carving as a reminder to come back safe to them so they can start a family once their sun heals and rocky has given that imaginary pebble a thousand different lives over the years and years and years he was alone.”
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14 Jun 2026
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What if Adrian and Rocky weren't mated before the Blip-A left on its mission?
What if assumptions were made when Rocky showed up around seventy years later with an alien in tow?Bookmarked by sproutCell
14 Jun 2026
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Teacher Grace’s Earth Human Romance by ketonebodies
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
01 Jun 2026
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“Earth spider animals are so beautiful and intelligent,” Teacher Grace said compassionately to Combustion-Fighter. A thrum of spider animals was going by on the street as it said this. “I wish there was a way I could talk to them and teach them about magnetism.”
That was called ‘foreshadowing.’Three Eridian kids try and write a romance novel about their teacher.
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- Part 1 of Spaceship Pals Forever!
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13 Jun 2026
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Dirty Films and Star Saviours by TheTearThatHangs
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
09 Jun 2026
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The Eridian Board of Film Classification were elated to have received an influx of human motion pictures due to the latest, cutting edge developments in screen-to-texture technology. The association now had the all-important task of rating the films according to their appropriateness for families and pebbles.
To their revulsion, they discover that most human films involve filthy, scandalous eating scenes and food references, hardly appropriate for an adult, let alone innocent pebbles.
Grace, enabled by Rocky, decides that he needs to put them onto the concept of mukbangs.Or; what films can you think of that don’t involve food or eating in some way? Yeah… Grace really should have thought about Erid’s food aversion more before he sent them every film humanity had ever created.
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13 Jun 2026
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Back on Earth (not back home, not anymore, not for a very long time) I think I remember there being some kind of rule against teachers having their own kids in their classes.
It was never relevant to me, what with my somewhat impressive lack of Earthly connections.
It’s relevant now. Very relevant.
Rocky and Adrian's pebbles' first day as Grace's students is not the most relaxing of days on Erid.
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13 Jun 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 Jun 2026
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After The Skeld by the_angst_alchemist
Fandoms: Among Us (Video Game), Among Us (Animated Series)
11 Jun 2026
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Maroon is an editor, not a reporter. Even so, the Urbania Tribune sends them out to talk to the two survivors of the Skeld, to a small house on the outskirts of the city.
Unfortunately for them, the story is a bit messier than they expected.
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- Part 3 of Blue and Lime Survive AU
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11 Jun 2026
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"Rocky is..." Rocky paused. The sound he made was low, the Eridian equivalent of a long exhale, the kind that preceded news that was anything except good. "...not well."
There was no such thing as a safe dose of radiation. No threshold below which you were one hundred percent safe.
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- Part 4 of PHM fics
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11 Jun 2026