…so Colin Ryan as L, huh? #ffxiv

Li’l Miki and Murderbot while I wait for my hold on book 5. If given the opportunity, I could see Miki doing flower crowns or friendship bracelets. #themurderbotdiaries

Playing the “guess what movie the local drive-in will be showing with the Mando movie” game. XD

I’m admittedly only halfway through the first Dungeon Crawler Carl book, but I had a vision… (But. Uh. Let’s not think about Chauncey in a dungeon and assume this is in some cozy crossover dimension. XD) #thehouseintheceruleansea #dungeoncrawlercarl

We lost Douglas Adams 25 years ago today. This has made a lot of people very sad and has been widely regarded as a bad move.

Me: “Welp, my Libby hold is taking a while to come in, so guess I’ll take a Murderbot break and check in with Carl for a while.” Libby: “HEY, GUESS WHAT? :D”

Instagram decided it was “guys crying in space” hours, I guess.

While I did read Project Hail Mary first, I did see posters but no trailers before doing so, so I did mostly see Movie!Grace while reading. My mental image of Rocky was very different. …so, yeah. 😅 Anyway, IYKYK. One of the things from the book I missed in the movie, but get why it was left out.

I will not publicly admit how long Husbando and I waited in this line, mainly because it was the last sticker we needed. I will say it was REALLY nice to have the line near the panel overflow area so we could see a good chunk of the lyrics panel while we waited. XD

Ink Long Dry, my beloved.

Finished the third Murderbot Diaries book, so here’s some silly “Murderbot hangs out on the Hail Mary” doodles. (Warning that the last one does contain a mostly-vague Project Hail Mary spoiler.) Space aroace movie night (plus Rocky) and some chit-chat.

Anyway, here's a better idea

It had to be done.

Catching up on some work in my office and, boy, FFXIV music is both excellent and terrible to work by. Excellent cos it’s good background working music. Terrible cos it just makes me want to go play. (Especially the starting city-state themes…)

Back home from FanFest/extended vacation! Plus new parks and 15 new credits to my coaster count. 🥰

Re: the discussion on FFXIV character deaths I’m seeing floating around, I don’t need the writers to kill characters. I *do* 100% need them to stop writing character-death fakeouts and resurrecting apparently-dead characters.

I’ve been reading The Murderbot Diaries (currently half-through Rogue Protocol, no spoilers, please!) and rotating crossover potential in my mind, particularly one with Project Hail Mary. Doodles to come eventually, but one scenario I won’t doodle:

Debating applying to a couple zines. Outside the XIV zone this time. :x

This has suddenly got more attention on Tumblr. XD I wonder if it got shared someplace.

So, I started playing FFXIV around the time 2.2 came out. So I can’t really say what it’s like playing ARR fresh straight through. But! I will say I didn’t realize how hooked I was until The Banquet. My affection for the characters snuck up on me and it was A Time. In short, I vote don’t skip ARR.

Welp, Libby holds dictated I put Carl on hold for The Murderbot Diaries and… Wow, ouch, my “Robot/AI find their humanity” trope weakness. Books 2, 2.5, and 3 are already checked out. Sorry, Princess Donut. (I have DCC as a physical book, so it ain’t going anywhere.)

Last night’s setlist at #ffxivfanfest from my notes.

This was, indeed, quite the thing to experience, lol. That and the collective “WHAT.” when the raid teaser rolled.

Husbando and I are at FanFest today! Feel free to DM if you want a sticker! (Wearing a Hildi shirt today and carrying a Gen Con messenger bag.)

Last novels I read and loved were The House in the Cerulean Sea, its sequel, and Project Hail Mary. …I’m now three chapters in to Dungeon Crawler Carl and, wow, the mood whiplash hit like a truck. 🤣 Already having a blast with it, tho!

2026 list is live! Everything starts on May 1st. Be sure to use the tag #coastermaynia2026 so others can find your work and tag us to be shared! Feel free to work ahead, but posts will not be featured until each coaster’s day. #personifiedrollercoasters #artchallenge #drawingchallenge

The things Rocky finds on the portable human thinking machine… Rocky would totally be a thoosie. Grace would hold the loose articles. (Inevitably, I will always tie my special interests back to roller coasters.) #projecthailmary

Got to ride Phantom Theater Opening Nightmare today! (Didn’t get a keychain, though, boooo…) Spoiler-free thoughts: Very cute and still a bit unbelievable this is in my home park. The interactive element is the weakest bit. It works well enough, but doesn’t add much. Hope they keep it maintained.

Another quick, goofy #projecthailmary doodle. What if Yao and Ilyukhina had survived? Chaos. Yao would be the adult on the ship and know no peace. Ilyukhina and Rocky would be an absolute menace. (But Rocky would still take most to Grace, methinks.)

Jayih’a has several sisters. He doesn’t have much of a relationship with them, due to him leaving his tribe per Seeker custom. …and, yanno, then he got stuck in Garlemald for years. But he’s recently reconnected with his eldest sister, and they’re pretty close. She updates the rest of the family.

Stephen has a bit of a chip on his shoulder when it comes to Thancred, due to a very early ARR comment. I can’t remember the exact line, but he just COULDN’T do some menial task because he was just a poor, fragile bard and made Stephen, a bard, do it instead. Stevie is still salty years later.

…I always forget my mom follows my IG account until she likes something I’ve posted that may or may not be cringy. Well, at least I already took her to see my current fixation, so she at least gets the jokes, I guess?

Project Hail Mary species swap! I’ve seen a lot of amazing, gorgeous human Rockys, but, personally, I think he needs James Ortiz’s fabulous, floofy hair. Don’t quite have a set design for Eridian Grace, but still. #projecthailmary

…now I need to doodle the Stratts…

The Project Hail Mary train chugs on. Anyhoo, not posting fully here because of huge end-of-story spoilers for both the book and the movie, but did a li’l silly comic with book!Grace and Movie!Grace chatting. Liked how this page came out. Full comic here, SPOILERS: www.tumblr.com/rajamitsu/81...

I am still behind on FFXIV, but since the spoiler is out on the official channels… (Will still be vague!) Good things truly do come to those who wait. 💚

Not adding it to the media list cos I’ve already seen it several times, but saw Interstellar again. April is Crying Over Space Month, apparently.

Sticker’d the space bros. Ordered expecting two for my Husbando and I, but got sent extras.

I haven’t been doing artist alleys for a while for several reasons, but I am extremely tempted to compile all these doodles into a zine…

Another small bit of Project Hail Mary silliness. Vague book spoiler? Book!Rocky meets Movie!Rocky. (And their Graces. Kinda.) I fully subscribe to the “Rocky swears like a sailor” fanon.

I realize this has temporarily become a PHM blog, but I realized I have failed as I have not yet drawn a hug. It feels like a requirement. 😂

Not gonna lie, I actually really love these egg glasses on Lala!Mystic. #ffxiv

“Who’s ready to save the future?!” So, I saw Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die a week before seeing Project Hail Mary. Major mood whiplash. But also couldn’t help but picture Grace getting voluntold into a much, much worse/scarier “save the world” situation…

My children’s librarian brain kicked in and immediately recognized the publisher from the “6 TITLES” tag. (It’s ABDO. ❤️ them!) And, yes, these kinds of books books are awesome.

One more bit of Project Hail Mary silliness: Since Grace showed Rocky his namesake movie, figured they’d probably watch a couple others when they had down time. But maybe letting Rocky explore what’s out there with the human thinking machine wasn’t the best idea…

“Knock knock.” “🎶Metal friend already inside. Why knock, question?🎶” Cleaned this up. TARS and Rocky = Best space bros. #interstellar #projecthailmary

I am cleaning this up and I am sorely tempted to make it into a charm someday… May do a sticker tho.

I’m sure there’s licensing stuff that may have prevented it, but, man, I still kinda wish the drive-in Husbando and I haunt would have had their double feature with Project Hail Mary be Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die. Would have been a really neat contrast.

“🎶Hello, metal friend!🎶” Saw a comment saying Project Hail Mary’s Rocky should meet Interstellar’s TARS and had to doodle it. Gotta love snarky space buddies. #projecthailmary #phm #interstellar