Bloody
Mary is the name given to the ship between
Simon from Iron Lung and Ryland Grace from Project Hail
Mary.
The crossover ship came about due to both films releasing around the same time, as well as both being sci-fi films. Fans thought that since both
Simon and Grace are traveling through space, there is a chance that they may come across
one another. There are also not that many characters to ship
Simon with in Iron Lung and fans needed to reach out to other media for ideas. The ship quickly took off with it gaining more traction in the month following its creation, with it often trending on
tumblr as a result.
Due to Markiplier, who was the writer, editor and director for Iron Lung, being online very often, the prominence of the ship on
tumblr has had fans point out that he could very easily find out about it. Some fans think it would be funny, and want him to find out, while other would prefer to keep the crossover ship just to fans. Especially those that think Markiplier might
get a little bit too into finding out people ship him with Ryan Gosling.
On AO3, BloodyMary is the fifth most written ship for Ryland and the most written for Simon. It is the fifth most written ship in the Project Hail
Mary (2026) tag and the most written in the Iron Lung (2026) tag. There are currently 320+ written works.
Person 1:
Man, I love Bloody
Mary
Person 2: Oh, the drink?
Person 1: No, the ship between Ryland Grace and Simon from Iron Lung
Person 2:
Person 1:
Person 2:
Person 1:
Person 2: What the actual
fuck
