(in reference to this post)
Trying a new style for faces? Just because I couldn’t get Grace’s features right ? It’s more likely than you think.

In hopes it hypes me up to start a little comic for their meeting! (haha, look at me, promising myself things like that)

Soooo… I fell into the Project Hail Mary fandom (and RGCU too but that’s another rabbit hole). The movie was so good, the characters made me weep, the soundtrack is immaculate. And I never read a book so fast in my life.

And now Cal Kestis and BD-1 have to share their place as favorite characters ever in my heart with Saviors of the Universe, Dr. Captain Ryland Grace and Rocky.

I want to see or read them interact like.. it would be so interesting??? Two pair that you cannot separate, destined to find each other, dare I say soulmates, all guided by hope. Their respective missions mainly fueled by wanting to save the future generation.

Grace and Rocky with the Mantis Crew ! Cal and Grace both being touch-starved tired humans who need to SLEEP, Grace immediately seeing that Cal was robbed of his childhood, Cal picking up echoes of Grace, living THAT haunting chase scene… BD-1 and Grace talking about struggling with amnesia, BD-1 trying to ease the never ending pain in Grace burned arm and fragile bones, Grace giving him little scritches on the head and nearly crying every time he SITS because? It’s so cute???? Or even Cere and Grace talking about their love for teaching, their students being their main reason to fight. Greez putting some food in that poor man, getting to see the Hail Mary and marveling at what a beauty she is. Merrin falling in love with Earth the more Grace talk about it, him showing her the “Don’t go crazy room” and every thing Earth has to offer.

Rocky and Cal bonding over engineering and spaceship, Rocky being curious about light saber because he can hear it but not “see” the light itself, Cal helping with the xenonite suit so he can upgrade from the hamster ball, Rocky watching Cal and Grace sleeps. BD-1 and Rocky immediatly hitting off, little droid chirps and whale songs strangely letting them communicate easily, the Eridian letting the droid scanning every inches of him. Rocky telling Cere the story being each of his markings, learning about tattoos. Greez being annoyed by Rocky being a menace but accepting him because he watches the kid sleep, and also because Rocky thinks Greez is the best designed being in the Mantis with his four arms. Rocky and Merrin bonding over the fact that they had to bury (or whatever Rocky did for his crewmates) their friends who they couldn’t save, and being little shits to Greez.

Grace would be obsessed by the Midichlorians and Rocky would be so so sooo curious about Ilum and the Kyber Crystal songs.

And now I need to draw all of that (also PHM had me a little to hyped about Star Wars: Starfighter, woopsies)

Cal Kestis Week Day 6 - Koboh

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Koboh has so much to offer and so many characters whom which Cal vibes so well with, it was too difficult to choose one thing so here we are, Cal thinking with a peaceful smile of all the people he met on Koboh.

Hair cut at Doma’s (and looking at some new discutable fashion choices), playing Holotactics with Bhima and Tulli, diving with Skoova to look at the fishies, gardening with Pili, negociations with the Jawas and fixing whatever Turgle did to make them angry…

And a little Spider-Man Meme because the scene with Caij and Boba made me think of it. (Better quality meme under the cut)

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Cal Kestis Week Day 5 - Bogano

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Who I am if not a good person to give Cal a good nap in the grass on Bogano after seeing him picking a blade of grass as soon as he left the Mantis and Cere to go explore the planet. And with an affectionate BD-1 and a plush- erm, a Bogling to keep him in the perfect company EVER.

Cal got a sunburn after this but, hey, it was worth it (Greez does NOT approve)

Cal Kestis Week Day 4 - Shattered Moon

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A warrior’s death on a shattered moon, by the hand of a Jedi with a heavy heart.

Yeah, I love to break my own heart along with Cal’s.

Cal Kestis Week Day 3 - Ordo Eris

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I hate Sorc Tormo with a passion, because of him I had to draw an Oggdo!! (and Cal had to fight one, poor soul). BUT he has very good taste in music (Cal approves) so he his HALF forgiven.

(In advance : sorry for all the arachnophobes who will see the Wyyyschokk)

Cal Kestis Week Day 2 - Coruscant

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I don’t think Cal has been back on Coruscant in over 10 or 12 years. He was once a happy-go-lucky, ever curious and rowdy padawan, playing with the Clones and pranking Jedi Masters and Temple Guards.

Cal was so heartbroken to see the imperial banner on the walls of the place he once called his home.

Cal Kestis Week Day 1 - Bracca

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I personally think that even in the rush to hide, Cal still took the time with the little means he had to do a funeral pyre for his master, burning his corpse with the the escape pod, hiding any trace of his own survival and throwing his padawan braid in the fire, which hat he had to cut himself.