Carlos Chiriboga
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If you're looking for the self-insertion character in Project Hail Mary, it's Strat.
Strat is less who I am, but who I would love to be.
Wouldn't you love to just cut through any and all red tape?
Wouldn't you like to just be able to just say, no.
We're going to do it this way instead.
Like, you have an objective, you're working toward that objective, and literally everyone on Earth has to get out of your way.
Isn't that an awesome power fantasy?
With a phone call.
Heavy burden.
Seems intense and stressful.
But it's kind of a cool power fantasy.
Wouldn't you like to be able to... And also...
She has the luxury, in my opinion, of having an absolute clarity of morality.
She's like, this isn't something that is like really you, you know, maybe feel one way, feel another way.
She's like, my job is to save humanity from extinction.