#ace/lister

[ocean--grey]

I really like the idea of Dimension Jump kind of acting as a “catalyst” for eventual Rimster.

Ace and Lister were so close and friendly with each other in that episode (such as with their nicknames, Ace singing Rastabilly Skank with Lister, etc.), and Lister genuinely liked spending time with and talking to him. If they genuinely hooked up during that episode, I think that would be the prompt for Lister to realise he may have positive feelings for Rimmer (rather than just hate and irritation).

In a way, I’m imagining Lister crushing on Ace, and when the feelings are reciprocated, him realising that when Ace leaves he’s going to be on a spaceship with Rimmer and a LOT of unresolved feelings.

[the-golden-oath]

Stroke Me a Skipper

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Summary: Lister doesn’t want Ace to leave. Not just yet.

Words: 3,757

Chapters: 1/1

Rating: Explicit

Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply

Category: M/M

Fandom: Red Dwarf (UK TV)

Relationships: Dave Lister/Ace Rimmer, Dave Lister/Arnold Rimmer

Characters: Dave Lister, Ace Rimmer

Additional Tags: Episode: s04e05 Dimension Jump (Red Dwarf), just guys being dudes, Cigarettes, Shotgunning, Hand Jobs, Rimmer’s not in this but Lister thinks about him almost constantly, one instance of fag used in the gay way and several in the cigarette way, listy does not stop thinking about dear ol’ rimsy the entire time, I cannot stress this enough, no beta I’ll be back for breakfast

[gcballet]

Red Dwarf as tweets/textposts pt.3

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[odo-apologist]

[ye-olde-tardis]

Imagine: dying Ace appoints a teenage Rimmer to take his place. Rimmer grows up as Ace. In every universe, he finds himself and a Lister. Always together, always some sort of dynamic duo. Except.... this Rimmer never even *met* his Lister. He left his universe too soon. Think of the loneliness that he'd feel, realizing he never got to meet the one person he's supposed to find in every reality.

[backcornerdwarfer]

So they made a thing

[theodorasbistuff]

I did a thing.

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Edit:

Image description: a photo of a cross stitch. blue letters read 'Smoke Me a Kipper, I'll Be Back For Breakfast.' to the left of the text is a herring flicking its tail. end ID

(ID courtesy of @what--the-helliot)

[red-wop]

Guys, I know we've all watched Dimension Jump and gone "God, Lister is so starstruck with Ace" but theres a moment which I'm not sure I've seen anyone comment on from Rimmer and Lister's conversation at the end of the episode:

And I'm probably reading too much into everything but the moment where Lister pauses, to me at least, looks so much like he genuinely considered Rimmer's statement for a moment before realising that it's just another version of Rimmer he just imagined that with. And it's Rimmer, the person he's told himself that he really shouldn't like and who he knows probably really doesn't like him either. But yet he's just momentarily imagined getting married to some version of him anyway.

It's also the breath he takes which my over analysing brain has gone and taken as a steadying himself breath from that thought of marrying Ace.

And also, you can only just tell, but just before he begins to speak it almost looks like he was intending to say something else?? Before then realising that he needed to actually respond to Rimmer.

ALSO! He never denies any of the stuff Rimmer says about him and Ace, it's always just a subtle change in topic like "I don't understand your attitude Rimmer, he's you". It's more like he's responding to Rimmer's general and more intense snideyness towards and about Ace instead of the claim that Lister and Ace could be together, very subtly avoiding the topic

ANYWAY, tee hee I love over analysing things which were almost certainly not intentional by actors. The pause and breath could very well just be Lister being shocked that Rimmer's being quite so jealous about Ace

Idk lol

[thatsnoneofurdamnbiz]

this song fit too well- 🤭🤭

[itsfuntobeavampiree]

[grimlers]

Some red dwarf posting..

[divinity-in-chaos]

Thinking about Rimmer and he is the most character to ever character, huh?

He’s an asshole. He has a crush on Jesus yet is not Christian. He makes most things worse for himself and blames everyone else. He’s a coward. He’s rude and unfriendly, yet still makes that fucking heartfelt sandwich speech. He once lived with a clone of himself and drove himself to move out because he couldn’t stand it. He’s autistic. He severely hates himself yet has a massive ego. He literally almost killed himself through a being that was born from his own self-loathing. He’s so deeply in the closet that he’s misogynistic. He’s canonically asexual and has only had sex once for 12 minutes before he died. He has been dead for 3 million years and is entirely composed of light and machinery. He gets uncomfortable when his female self flirts with him. He has failed the same exam over 11 times. He has cross-dressed. He absolutely can’t stand his alter ego even though everyone else loves him. He’s been bought back to life and he kneed death in the nuts when he was about to die again. His first kiss was his uncle who woke him up snogging him thinking he was his mother. He claims to be unable to stand his roommate but has been living in close quarters with him for 30 odd years. Oh and best of all: he committed genocide which killed everyone on his ship as well as himself- and it was an accident.

[gcballet]

Red Dwarf as tweets/textposts pt.8

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[odo-apologist]

"I can fix him" "I can make him worse" yeah well I can encourage him to take on the identity of an idealized version of himself and leave everything he ever knew behind including me

[iiep-wop]

YALL IM FINALLY OUT OF MY EDIT BURNOUT!!!!

Anyway Dave Lister everyone!!

[haventacluewhatimdoing]

Just watched Stoke Me A Clipper for the first time and I am FEELING things. The first 2 eps of s7 are the first ones where there's no real animosity between Lister and Rimmer at all - the odd friendly insult but really not much more. The genuine animosity of the earlier series slowly evaporates series by series, but by s7 it has GONE. Rimmer's smug expression when Lister ate the guy in Dallas is testament to that - he finds a laugh and a tease, but he actually barely mentions it, something that NEVER would have happened in s1. And the whole Lister training Rimmer is just so sweet and wholesome, and Lister would never have done that back in s1. There's just so many tender and loving moments between those two where you can see they care for one another, and just as I settle into their first proper friendship dynamic, Rimmer goes and LEAVES. Not to mention that final hug broke me just a little bit. But Rimmer bares his soul to Lister when they're standing by the railings, something he would have rather died than do even a series or two ago without being spectacularly drunk. They really do get on now and I'm crushed that that dynamic has been scuppered by Rimmer leaving (which I always knew was coming, but was still a bummer). BUT I haven't seen any of the rest of s7 yet, so I'm interested to see where it goes!