@sunnyskiesart_: I feel like this part isn't talked about nearly enough, ans how abruptly that routine ended... #projecthailmary #rylandgrace#projecthailmaryedit #projecthailmarybook #evastratt
Marissa, the fact that he was invited by colleagues and FRIENDS to watch the arclight footage, the many people he befriended on the Vat, he had people. Maybe not family persay but he had FRIENDS, people who miss him!
2026-08-20 20:08:18
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blinkfragment0 :
Stratt refused to see him (and probably anyone related to the Taskforce) as anything more than a tool
2026-08-20 19:14:05
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Issmebitches :
Aroace coded Ryland Grace being seen as a life less valuable because of the lack of immediate legal family will haunt me for a while
2026-08-21 07:22:08
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Astro 🪐💫☄️🌌 :
What kills me is that Eva was clearly projecting, bc Grace so obviously had people who loved him, but Eva closed herself off completely
2026-08-20 23:21:14
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✨️Bex✨️ :
ik they cut it bec it wasn't plot related but I was sad they never really mention Marissa, in the movie, because she implys that Grace very much ISN'T alone. He has a forfilling life! he has a best friend, he has a restaurant where he's a regular, he has enough going on for him and his best friend to have something to discuss every Thursday
2026-08-20 19:49:21
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Nerdy-CatMom :
Marissa really told the roommate “I’m taking Ryland in the breakup”. Dude was gold even before studying Astrophage.
2026-08-20 23:33:26
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Mars :
This part is interesting to me because the way it’s narrated, it has some obvious plot holes, and some questionable dialogue. Specifically, he says they’ve been doing it for nearly 20 years, but if you do the math with the other age/time references in the book, he should only be like 30 at most in this scene. I wonder if, since it’s one of the first memories that comes back to him, it’s maybe misremembered, or a combination of a bunch of different things that his brain is trying to make sense of as it fights the anesthesia.
2026-08-21 01:34:49
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Reshie :
I'm the only one bugging on "almost 20 years ago" because actually what the fuck
at the end of the book he says he *thinks* he's 53... after 16 years on Erid and the 3-4 years it took to get there
... he can't be 30 and have met someone in grad school 20 before that. but if he narrated the whole story from Erid it doesn't work either it's more than 20 at that point haha
2026-08-20 20:29:32
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Born2Lose :
The plaque at the table he always sat at 😭😭😭
2026-08-20 16:34:59
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mel :
rip movie marissa 😭😭😭
2026-08-20 22:00:17
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Spoopy :
She made it into the movie too! If you look closely he's sharing an earbud with her while the watch the newscast of the arclight prone recover on his phone!
2026-08-21 18:31:10
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GirlWhoSings :
Ryland Grace had people. The memory drugs are what makes him, and Stratt, unreliable narrators. Stratt assumes he can drop everything because he holds no one. Marissa is on the Petrova TEAM before Stratt is in his timeline... it's her job to know such things. Marissa has clearance and Ryland casually talks about Space with her every week. Marissa probably recommended him... He begs Stratt to stay on after the initial findings about Astrophage not because of his Ego, because he had a panic attack in class as he looked at all the faces of the children who would encounter famine and war and begged to be involved. Begged to work on the project to save them. She told him he had nothing... he remembered having a reason to swallow his pride.
2026-08-20 22:38:42
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a :
Every day yall find new ways to break my heart
2026-08-20 18:16:02
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totally_not_callie :
My favorite part is that they “met almost 20 years ago in grad school” and somehow he’s In his thirties on the Hail Mary
2026-08-21 22:20:28
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Kris :
It pisses me off when fanfics pretend Grace had no friends. I get that the movie didn’t have time for Graces life as much as the book did. But he clearly was loved.
2026-08-21 00:02:43
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Oddity :
To me personally, Strat actions and choices only makes sense if she was considered a backup for one of the three as well. She was a historian so I think maybe the Pilot as she doesn’t have the basic acknowledge for it, but would have attended all the meetings for flying the ship and could’ve figured it out in a pinch. I truly think her character only works if she was just as willing to throw herself into the fray as she was Grace it just ended up being her instead.
2026-08-21 00:56:26
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Angel Duck 🌻 :
I love the fanfics but it kind of gets annoying when someone tags they read the book but characterize Grace as having no friends or good experiences with friends like Marissa 😩
2026-08-20 22:47:33
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isabellebottoms :
Grace does mention having other friends in the book too like damn 😩 and stratt read him to filth, wish that made it in the movie
2026-08-20 22:34:51
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🍉🌹Tea/Percy🌙🍉 :
it really is heartbreaking to know that he HAD people he had so many people he was so important and loved, i feel like the movie didn't talk about that enough, they took away so many of his friendships and connections to people
2026-08-21 01:15:16
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spidey🚀🪨 :
YES MARISSA MY GOAT MENTIONED
2026-08-21 02:14:17
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Addy/Shannon :
GRACE DRINKING GUINNESS RAAAAGHHH 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪
2026-08-20 17:00:13
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Caro🌙 :
As someone who had made really good friends with my exs dormmate, I feel for their friendship and I know she misses him hella too. 😭
2026-08-20 21:14:08
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