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    “They gave us like, four different apartment complexes to choose from.” Claire stabs her fork into her lasagna again, scoops up another bite, but waits to put it in her mouth. “I don't think you picked the place one of your brothers lives in on accident.”

    Courtland blinks once, the only tell that he's been caught off guard. 

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    Or, Courtland's introduction back into his younger brothers' lives is...not the smoothest of rides.

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    08 Jul 2026

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    “When dead whales sink down to the sea floor, they become a whole”—Grace waves his hands in a big circle and draws out the word to emphasise his point—“ecosystem for a tonne of bottom dwelling creatures down there.

    “To them, it’s the equivalent of an oasis falling from the sky and landing in the middle of a desert. It can feed them for decades, and gosh, the microbes that can be found there. I would love to study a whale fall...if they weren't at the bottom of the ocean. Eugh.” He shudders dramatically. “If I never have to go in a submarine, I will die happy.”

    Eva wonders if the whale died happy. Or, at least, happy to know its death would bring life to so many. Surely that was a comfort when faced with the end.

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    (or: Eva drifts along a sea of memories, in which whales swim ever underneath)

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    06 Jul 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 56

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    CHEM1120
    Amazing professor who really cares about his students. His lectures are well-organized and informative. Quizzes are pretty easy, and he's always available to answer any questions. He's super understanding of extenuating circumstances, too: he'll give you an extension if you need one. I really recommend getting to know him and talking to him after class.

    BIOL1010
    very, very hot man. But seriously, an excellent teacher.

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    Or: the rise and fall of Ryland Grace's academic career, as told through his ratemyprofessor ratings.

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    28 Jun 2026

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    “Eye movement detected.”

     

    For Courtland and Colt, it's been the mere blink of an eye.

    For Ryland, it's been nearly eight months of fighting to survive in the situations he has found himself.

    So, when Court and Colt finally do wake up, mission completed, travelling away from Earth, and are faced with a brother who they don't quite recognise, how do they even begin to get back some semblance of normal? And more importantly, of family?

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    27 Jun 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 93

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    Sent to a universe without heroes after the battle at the Statue of Liberty, Peter Parker tries to move on and build a life where Spider-Man never existed. He goes to college, retires the suit, and becomes a biologist studying gene editing, evolution, and radiation. But when the sun begins to die and a miscalculation costs the lives of two astronauts right before launch, Peter agrees to take their place aboard the Hail Mary, convinced that saving this Earth might finally make up for abandoning his own.

    Ryland Grace wakes with no memory of who he is, where he is, or why he is hurtling through space. Then he finds Peter Parker.

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    21 Jun 2026

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    Colt is thirty-five when he loses his brother.

    He’s seventy-three when he sees him again.

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    19 Jun 2026

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    It was easy when the only people Stratt had to manage were adults. There are many that act like children, of course, but they are, ultimately, still adults who can deal with disappointment and difficult circumstances well enough that she doesn't have to feel guilty about it. A six year old child, on the other hand—

    She was not prepared for this.

    Or: PHM AU where everything's the same but Grace is a single dad.

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    13 Jun 2026

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    Library > Webpages
    Search: "Ryland Grace", Oldest First

    🔍︎ Click to view preview

    77 years ago
    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.

    The world's reaction to Ryland Grace over the decades, in the form of archived internet posts.

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    12 Jun 2026

  9. Public Bookmark 42

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    The year is 2049. It has been twenty-seven years since the launch of the Hail Mary. It has been a year since the arrival of the Beetle probes and restoration of the sun, with the Hail Mary itself expected to arrive soon.
    It has been a year and four months since the launch of the Jupiter Orbital Initiative (JOI) VII, a mission designed to collect data about the potential resources held by Jupiter and its moons. Where once it was another desperate gamble by humanity to find something that might help them survive as the sun dimmed, its purpose has since changed shape; now, it is simply another endeavor of science, and a way by which the Hail Mary may safely return home.
    However, unlike previous missions in JOI program, the JOI VII is a manned research station.
    Well. It’s got a sentient being aboard, anyway.
    . . .
    Despite his initial reservations, Grace is excited to be returning to Earth, and even more so to introduce it to Rocky; it really seems like Earth is ready to welcome the Hail Mary with open arms- heck, they were even given a pit stop in the form of the JOI VII! But why does the JOI VII commander look exactly like him? And why is he so cagey about his past?

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    29 May 2026

  10. Public Bookmark 39

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    “...the losses include Martin DuBois, Annie Shapiro, Yao Li-Jie, and Olesya Ilyukhina, the entire team assigned to the Hail Mary mission, including potential replacements for each position.”

    Eva Stratt cannot fail. Ryland Grace can give more than his life to the project.

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    20 May 2026

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    The deaf spot of all Eridians is silent, open air. A piece of the crumbling biodome’s ceiling finally snaps from its connection point and plummets. It falls towards the abandoned shore, unapologetic to anyone who may already be down there.

    Rocky can’t realize something’s quickly approaching them until it’s far too late.

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    Set hundreds of years after the end of the book, a case of wrong-place/wrong-time leads Rocky to a catch a glimpse of what and who might be waiting for them beyond.

    (Rocky finally gets to see Grace again)

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    19 Apr 2026

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    The sun is dying.
    The mission is a suicide run.
    There's an alien made of rock and jazz.

    And Dr. Ryland Grace has just realized the only other human on board is hot...and British.

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    16 Apr 2026

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    Lots of shit happens between Ryland leaving earth and the thousands he stays on Erid.

    Name is based on 1984, the year of the Hail Flutie, one of the most famous Hail Mary passes out there (thank you @eridiancreatureorsmthidk for the name :) )

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    11 Apr 2026

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    It’s been nearly 27 years since Eva Stratt forced Ryland Grace to board the Hail Mary and sent him off to his death for the greater good of mankind. Meanwhile, Eva and the Project Hail Mary team have been fighting a losing battle against the cooling sun—and their own demons—trying to make sure there were still people to be saved by the time the crew could send a solution home. Right on schedule, the beetles are returning to Earth, hopefully with the answer to saving the world. But Eva has something else to worry about; there’s every possibility Ryland Grace’s last words would be coming home, and all the time in the world couldn’t make her ready to face the consequences of her actions, or what will happen when her colleagues find out what she did to their friend.
    It was time to find out if it was worth it for her to sacrifice Grace, and her soul, to save humanity. And to find out if she was ready to face him after all these years…

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    05 Apr 2026

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    Despite how annoying they are, Yelena loves her team, and will do anything for them.

     

    Or; six times she comforted the Thunderbolts*, and one time they comforted her.

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    21 Feb 2026

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    Ava’s exhaustion in the absence of pain — after Janet, after everything. Ava’s exhaustion, and the unexpected vulnerability that comes with being so tired.

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    Ava falls asleep in Bill’s arms.

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    28 Dec 2025

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    "This one was your dad’s," Bill said softly, pulling out a small, intricately carved wooden spaceship. It was clearly handmade, a little rustic, but full of character. "He gave it to me the first Christmas after we started working together. Said we were going to change the world with our research. He was such a dreamer, your dad."

    He placed it in her hand. Ava stared at it, her fingers tracing the carved lines. He saw a flicker of something in her eyes, a memory, a pang of loss, and his heart ached for her.

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    ava celebrates her first christmas without her parents, as well as her first christmas with dr. foster

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    26 Dec 2025

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    WHAT IF: Cooper answered the call from his mom and didn't take the job for the beta testing. WHAT IF: Now, six months later, he and Sonja are in a quickly developing relationship. WHAT IF: Sonja's anxiety just gets to be too much sometimes.

    She lives in London, he lives in New York. They often don't see each other for weeks at a time. And even when he is there, she can't help but think of everything he's doing when he isn't.

    Or, Cooper finds Sonja having a panic attack and pulls some braincells together to help her through it.

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    29 Sep 2025

  19. Public Bookmark 42

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    when kamala khan realizes there’s no one looking out for the next generation of heroes, she takes matters into her own hands and assembles a new team: the young avengers, made up of powerful, wildly unqualified teenagers just trying their best.

    their rising success throws them straight into the crossfire of thunderbolts politics, new avengers bureaucracy, and valentina allegra de fontaine’s truly unhinged idea of “mentorship” and "branding".

    the young avengers can only watch and sigh as they manage to deal with threats more effectively than two entire teams of properly-funded, fully adult avengers. maybe the world really, really needs the young avengers. like, desperately. please, the avengers(squared) are going to kill eachother before doing literally anything of help.

    OR kamala is getting together her own super-hero team: the young avengers. it goes surprisingly well. art first.

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    15 Sep 2025

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    Throughout his life, John always felt different. Not different enough to be shunned, but different enough to notice how people looked at him when they thought they were being subtle, how they'd laugh at him after he asked a question, and how, no matter what he did, it was never how other people wanted it done.
    The only issue is when his newfound teammates begin to notice these flaws.

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    5 times John Walker exhibited autistic traits, and the 1 time that everyone finally got with the program.

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    13 Sep 2025

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