basically a summary of my new fic
Ryley Is Quieter Than Before
Once again, I drew this forever ago, but I’m still pretty proud of it. Once again, this is Subnautica fanart. Personally, I headcanon that Ryley stays on 4546B instead of going back to Earth, but I still do have ideas of what would happen if he went back.
He would feel like he doesn’t fit in, he’d want to go back. He’d miss the creatures, he’d regret not staying and seeing what happened to the Emperor’s young, he’d feel disconnected from people. His sister would be happy he’s back and he would be happy to see her, but his smile would be forced. People would give him weird looks, he’s the guy who spent more than a year on an alien planet, what if he’s sick? The only times he’d leave his apartment would be to get groceries and visit the beach. Before he left, he never really liked the beach, but once he got back? All he wanted to do was be near water. Of course, his sister would worry. Wondering what happened to her baby brother. Why he all of a sudden can’t talk. And why he spent so much time out there by the ocean.
I hope you guys like this, I’ll see you tomorrow!

Alterra sucks. No one who's spent months on 4546B should actually want to return to the company that sent them there in the first place. Marblemelons Lantern Fruit Bulbo Trees and Chinese Potato are perfectly fine if eating fish disgusts you. Water Filtration Machine and Thermal Reactor more than satisfy water intake. Live down with Mama. Munch on Lantern Fruit while watching the Sea Dragon yell outside your window. Raise that half-eaten fruit and cheer him on! CHEERS!!!
Right, everything about this is right-
Mama and seadad ,,, ryley would get a kick outta that.
Imagine he gets his pda into a real ai and creates a robo body after some studying in robotics (with the help with those robot crabs and warpers ad well!) then he'd have a friend to sit there with him and curse at alterra, the total losers
Imagine this, a subnautica AU where nobody dies and you collect party members instead. Basically, whenever you go to a lifepod (assuming they’re all in good condition,) you meet an Aurora survivor who joins you to survive. Depending on you and your crews actions, the Sunbeam could either land but barely dodge the QEP, or be blown to bits by the QEP. If the Sunbeam crew lives, they’ll join your already massive party. In this AU, the Neptune rocket is large enough to hold all of your group members and carries you safely off of the planet. (If the rocket isn’t big enough you’re able to build multiple rockets.) Everone becomes close friends over the journey and end up sticking together after landing back at Alterra.



