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The Red Dwarf 30-Day Challenge!
Day 12 - Favourite Series 2 episode
Thanks for the Memory
This one is very close to being my all time favourite, if only it wasn’t for all those pesky series five episodes and their extreme awesomeness. It’s definitely my favourite of the early seasons and makes my top 5 for sure.
Unfortunately, I’m tired and headachey today so I don’t have the energy to ramble on about why I love this episode so much, so let’s do it quickly...
drunk!Rimmer, triple fried egg sandwich with chilli sauce and chutney, Lister giving Rimmer his memories was sweet even if it did all go wrong, Rimmer being happy even if it was brief, Rimmer trying to insert his fist into his mouth, Lister in advance knowing that he would do that, observation dome scene!, Rimmer’s whole ‘interpreting the alien’s speech’ thing, “And the jigsaw must mean you”, Lister showing that he cares about Rimmer, the way the whole thing made sense in the end, everything about this episode is amazing.
And that is all.
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Chapters: 11/? Fandom: Red Dwarf (UK TV) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Dave Lister/Arnold Rimmer, Brief Yvonne McGruder/Arnold Rimmer, Brief/one-sided Dave Lister/Kristine Kochanski, Kryten/Camille Characters: Dave Lister, Arnold Rimmer, Holly (Red Dwarf), Hilly (Red Dwarf), The Cat (Red Dwarf), Kryten (Red Dwarf), Kristine Kochanski, Chen (Red Dwarf), Selby (Red Dwarf), Olaf Petersen, Yvonne McGruder, Frank Todhunter Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Retail AU, 2010, Drug Use, Slow Burn, Pining, Board Games, Mental Health Issues, Alcohol, Customer Service, Sexual Content, Fluff, Hurt/Comfort, Enemies to Friends to Lovers Summary:
Dave Lister, who's had what you could call pretty smeggy 23 years, is currently trying to make it work in London by doing bare minimum. Rimmer is a neurotic, hard-working retail employee who wishes they never had the misfortune to hire Dave Lister.
(I’ve never posted my fanfic here yet because I was scared and unconfident, and most of you might have seen it on AO3 but, anyways, I want to share. It’s still a WIP, and it’s AU, so whoever might be interested in a Red Dwarf retail AU, maybe you’ll like it! I’ve been agonising over this story for years and I’m proud I even started posting it at last, and I think about deleting it every day but.. I’m trying to just keep doing, even though it’s never good enough for me! :)
Anyway, chapter 11 is up.)
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🤣🤣🤣🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮
“Meghan’s a fantastic cook 👩🍳 and will be making Archie an organic birthday cake 🎂 during lockdown” (not quoting verbatim because I couldn’t read properly through tears of laughter). Oh my days, still playing oneupmanship (sorry Smeggy’s a feminist oneupwomanship) against Kate. KATE!!! I mean why would you even bother? The race is lost before its even been run.
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hey emmie,
so your birthday is nearly over, and you’ve nearly been 20 for a day (yayyyyy). i’ve been trying to write this for 2 weeks and it’s never sounded good enough for you, but i woke up this morning and just sorta wrote it, so hopefully it makes sense and it’s not just a bunch of words thrown together by a sleep deprived individual.
i met you at a weird time in my life, i was in the best place in my life, i had finally got a group of friends who stuck around, i was getting good grades, people didn’t seem to hate me as much anymore, i was actually functioning half decently. but mentally i wasn’t quite coping (i mean i went 7 months without having a break longer than 3 days so that says something) i had always been a ‘happy’ child, so no one really noticed that my smiling and my laughs weren’t always quite real. but you did, i haven’t even met you in real life, solely based on my words could you tell that i needed someone. i’ve never had someone like you, i’ve never trusted someone like i trust you, thank you for being that support that i can lean on, thank you for being there when no one else was.
now in no way am i a shy person (usually) i mean i sometimes get shy over compliments but i think most people do, however when i first joined the group it was through you. i’d never talked to people on tumblr, i’d spent a year scrolling through it never once talking or having friends on it. and then i found your moodboards account and it was gorgeous and every single one of those moodboards are stunning and i fell in love with it. and then there was that whole panic where you worried over me complimenting you, and i worried that i’d somehow offended you, but soon after that we started talking and i was so happy, i had a friend. and then through you i met shims, lexi, naomi, and so many other amazing people, and i finally had something i’d never really had before, a family. sure we were chaotic and evergrowing, but isn’t that what a family should be. it’s amazing to have so many people to rely on, and the only reason i have that is because you brought me in, a scared little 14 year old from australia, who has a massive temper when it comes to people being twats.
i know you sometimes struggle with believing in yourself and believing some of the things that we say, but these things are true. you are amazing and unique i have never met anyone like you, you’re stunning and absolutely gorgeous i’m being serious you are so so beautiful, you’re wise and caring i mean you’re my grandpa of course you’re wise hehe, you’re so fricking smart too and you always know what to do to help people to calm down and sort things out logically, i swear i could ask the most random question and you’d come up with a helpful answer to it. those are only a small part of why i love you, there are so many other reasons, i love every single part of you, and i think i always will.
just know that the chaos family is always there for you, we love and support you and we always will. yeah we are a random bunch, none of us are the same but that’s what makes us special. we are all so different yet together we shine. and the reason this family exists is because of you, without you there would be a massive hole in the family that could never be fixed or filled. this year is going to be a good one, yes we may all encounter some rough patches, but we will get through them together.
emmie you are so strong, you’re our rock the one we can always rely on, thank you for being there for us. i am so so proud of you, and i hope you had the very best birthday, and i hope one day i can be there in person. i love you emmie, and those three words aren’t enough to express what i feel, but they’re the only words i have. i love you i love you i love you, you’re an angel.
so to my friend, my emmie cutie (softie), my grandpa, and i mean sorta my mother (a better version than the original) thank you, for making this year so enjoyable. thank you for everything, you deserve the world but i sadly can’t give you that so hopefully these words are enough.
love smeggy 💜💕💜💕
@cypher-yngi
#i hope to god this makes sense#cause otherwise i apologise for this lot of gibberish#i love you emmie so so much#you mean the world to me#youre an angel#i love you i love you i love you#💜💕💜💕#for emmie
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RD ponderable
I want to talk about the episode “Officer Rimmer.”
Specifically, I want to talk about the officer/superior/hero aspect of it.
Unlike what some may think, 99.999 of us fans know the difference between canon on the screen or page, and fanon or quasi-canon based on something the creator has said. With that in mind, presume that something Doug said to a small coffee talk audience at DJ 2013 is The Way Things Are - namely, that the Rimmer in Series 10 (and presumably in BTE and forward) is the original holo-Rimmer who went off to serve as Ace for a while and then came back.
Rimmer is still the ship’s bastard, but he’s mellowed noticeably in series 10-11 and is even bearable most days. But when he’s made Officer Rimmer, he turns into his smeggy old self - power-grasping, attention-hungry, rabidly bossy, and unerringly selfish. And it all seems to be in pursuit of being recognized, of being acknowledged THE LEADER of all an sundry aboard ship. “Acknowledge my giant balls!” Even in Series 10 he nearly bunged things up just to prove he was a Big Man to his brother.
My discussion questions are related to this: It’s been stipulated that Ace Rimmer is universally (or multiuniversally) hailed as a hero wherever he goes, or at least in enough places that he would be treated as such in most places he goes. Yet Rimmer still clearly craves the limelight - and among three other losers (in his view), no less. So,
1. Did he simply not get enough adoration and accolades as Ace? Is Rimmer the inevitable product of Trumps continuing to breed?
2. Was he a bad Ace? After all, since it’s never said one way or the other on the show if this Rimmer is a returned Ace, if he indeed IS, did he elect to leave that role or was he kicked out and replaced by ... I don’t know, the Wildfire’s computer? The Multiversal Association of Ace Replacements? Spanners?
3. Did he have his memory of being Ace erased? The only reference to anything having to do with that time is a couple of throwaway lines in “The Beginning,” in which the other three not only don’t remember what he did fondly, they are reluctant to give him any credit whatsoever.
4. Was he an OK Ace and chose to come back, only to find life was sadly unexciting aboard Red Dwarf, so he reverted to his Prime Directive of “drive Lister crazy to keep him sane,” and being a complete asshole as Officer Rimmer was a surefire way to do this? (Perhaps remembering how he treated the others when they were all under quarantine years ago?)
5. Something else entirely?
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Oh fuck off you pathetic, childish pair of twots. Harry is sixth in line to the throne, yes he will move up to fifth when Prince Charles inherits the Crown. Are the pair of you really that shallow that you’re throwing your toys out of the pram because you didn’t appear in a photo? Guess who else didn’t appear in it? TRH Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis who are both above you in the line of succession. We’ve always known Harry was jealous of the fact William would one day be King but, to be jealous of a six year old child is beyond the pale. Also, blaming the Queen for not treating them as “senior” royals by not having a photo of them on her desk during the Christmas speech is disgusting and disrespectful. Why would she have your photo on display? You went on tour and released an unauthorised documentary claiming your lives were really difficult and your mental health was suffering. You kept all details regarding the birth, Christening etc of your son looked down tighter than Fort Knox, you took multiple holidays abroad whilst refusing to spend any time with HMTQ , Prince Philip and other family members and friends during the break at Balmoral then, because you’ve both worked so hard during the year especially Smeggy who was on “maternity” leave, you refused to attend Christmas at Sandringham or make the effort to see Prince Philip whilst he was in hospital preferring instead to spend it in Canada living it up on a freebie 6 week break whilst constantly leaking information about what you were doing whilst we were all trying to have a break from YOU. You pair of complete and utter ingrates, if you had a couple of brain cells between you, you might have managed another thought regarding the lack of photo of your sorry arses and considered HMTQ was being kind and trying to retain the privacy you’ve been constantly telling us you need. I hope you both lose every single perk of royal life either of you has ever enjoyed you selfish, self centred, ignorant idiots. Now,
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