There's a thread on TOS about the morality of Rimmer sleeping with McGruder while she was suffering from concussion.  Personally I've always assumed that if she'd been discharged from the medibay then she was sufficiently "with it" to know what she was doing.  I also accepted the "Last Human" retcon which explains a lot more about what went on that night.  (Spoilers in the thread just in case anyone hasn't read it.)

But reading some of the points brought up in this thread makes me uncomfortable.  Wondering how others interpret it.

http://www.reddwarf.co.uk/forum/messages.cfm?threadid=B9128677-1999-AFED-B439706F293BF2EA

Sorry to bring up such an unsavoury topic, but it's something that clearly had a big impact on Rimmer and is referenced quite a lot in the series.

For those of you who don't regularly tune in to Craig's show on 6music I urge you to catch up with last nights show on iplayer. They've gone through the bbc archives and pulled out 3 poetry recordings that Craig did for John Peel at the tender age of 17 and they are amazing.  Hardcore stuff but it will give you goosebumps.

Time again for pondery ponderings from my brain. This is the "I'm kind of bored and killing time not to work" edition (normally I like my job, but this one project is SO BORING).

Maybe I'm retreading an old conversation that I just can't find, but - what if Rimmer had gone into stasis and Lister had died? Is Lister who Holly would've made a hologram to keep Rimmer ... as sane as Rimmer gets? How would the dynamics work? The way it is, Lister is a guy of action and able to physically back up his desire to act, while we know Rimmer is a coward who often avoids conflict - can you imagine Rimmer trying to avoid other ships, planets, etc., and Lister trying to talk him out of a runner without being able to force anything (at least in the first 5 seasons)? Or would Holly side with Lister more often than not and refuse to move the ship, give him holo-ciggies, or whatever?

And other relationships. Let's assume Lister was never caught but Frankie had her kittens anyway, so there's a Cat. How would that work with him and Rimmer as the only two alive? Especially, what about Kryten? He's shown he can take orders from both humans, but the living one usually wins out - what if his primary corporeal influence was Rimmer and not Lister? (We'll assume Rimmer did bring him on from the Nova 5, for housework if nothing else.) What about Ace? Would Rimmer be goaded into taking over for him if he's alive (or, more fascinating, would he be more "heroic" or confident on his own somehow and not feel he has to prove anything to Lister or himself)?

As for development, would either Lister or Rimmer have evolved differently, reversed? Rimmer, knowing he's the last man alive - has "beat out" everybody else for a change? Lister, not ambitious but suddenly in a position of being able to do little; might it actually rankle him into any ambition? What episodes would be different or moot? Would Bodyswap have happened if it were up to Lister to request or force the exchange? (Pobably not?)

And yes, assume this is after the bad drive plate repair and Lister was of no help - or more likely, Rimmer was trying to prove something and didn't ask for his help. That would be in character, IMO.

I have just dipped my toe into the world of Red Dwarf slash for the first time (well, the writing of it at any rate!), for this year's Queer Fest. janamelie suggested I crosspost here with it. :)

Title: (Being Dead) Not the Setback It Used To Be
Pairing: Lister / Rimmer
Rating: 12
Word Count: c. 1,800
Summary: Written for Queer Fest 2012. My prompt was: Any fandom, any character, a character returns from the dead with different ideas about their orientation or gender identity. Did they 'come back wrong' or are they just finally discovering who they really are? Rimmer convinces himself it's nothing but a glitch in his programming.

You can find it on my LJ or at the AO3.

Whip It
Red Dwarf Universe
Lister/Rimmer


Synapis: Rimmer is showing his ‘domesticated’ side while dancing provativally, while Lister looks on – just read it!! One shot. Post Legion.

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