Fic: Why. PG.

[roadstergal.livejournal.com]

Another Starbuggers vignette. A followup to kahvi's Who, and I owe one rather central image in this fic to hers.

Lister and I - we weren't even friends.

Crit is always good. Written for fanfic100. Little Damn Table.

Comments

[eastpath.livejournal.com]

I like this bit... it's somewhat sad, and yet somewhat angry at the same time.... :) I enjoyed!

[roadstergal.livejournal.com]

Sad and angry is most of VII, for me. ;)

Thanks! Glad you liked.

[eastpath.livejournal.com]

Yea! No doubt ;)

I didn't get to see as much of VII or any of VIII - much to my frustration. I need the DVDs!!! Gahhh o-O

[roadstergal.livejournal.com]

Well, VII and VIII are different animals from the rest of RD. Rob Grant definitely brought a lot to the show, and I missed his touch. But Messers Barrie and Charles suddenly started getting along with each other, and it's just lovely to watch them work together, especially in VIII.

[eviltigerlily.livejournal.com]

Ye gods! Are you two ladies having a "who's more disturbing" competition?
How the hell did you manage to make the image of Rimmer naked scary? The mind boggles!

The dream scene was fantastic. I could tell it was a dream almost from the very begining and I think it made it even more disturbing somehow. And there was wonderful Cat.

*curls into a ball*

Now somebody write something happy! Please?

[roadstergal.livejournal.com]

I try. :)

I found the mental image of Kahvi's utterly sexy, but this is where it went. :p

Well, I'm writing something right now, and it's not... quite so depressing...

Danke for the feedback!

[kahvi.livejournal.com]

Now somebody write something happy! Please?

*in the manner of Reinforcements from Cheat Commandos (http://www.homestarrunner.com/cheatcereal.html)*

Did somebody say my name? Not that I can promise anything what with ShadowCon going on, but I do have a very happy fluffy thing going on...

[eviltigerlily.livejournal.com]

Oh go on write something! Pretty please?

[roadstergal.livejournal.com]

Happyfic!

[zekkass.livejournal.com]

Lister's dreams don't leave him alone, do they? Every time I turn around, they get weirder. (Not that I'm complaining, mind you.)

I swear, you two are out to dump SMAC angst on unsuspecting viewers. Keep it up! (Only make it a little happier next time, please.)

[roadstergal.livejournal.com]

Heh, yes - I just don't think that Blue dream would have come out of nowhere...

Kahvi is the Keeper Of The Happyfic, but it looks like she's on the case.

Thanks for the feedback!

[day221b.livejournal.com]

Ah geez...

Where to begin? Someone needs to have a serious chat with Lister's subconscious. Poor guy. There's so many conflicting emotions for him to deal with in this fic.

He really does need Rimmer around to keep him sane, doesn't he?


Great job! Scary, erotic, sad, funny and terrible. Great writing. Great fic!

[roadstergal.livejournal.com]

Yeah, a lot of what happened in VI/VII did seem... lingeringly disturbing. You know you're not doing so well when it's up to Rimmer to keep you sane, after all. :)

Thank ye! Glad you liked.

[kahvi.livejournal.com]

I didn't feed you back for this one? What am I, stupid?

Chilling, very chilling stuff. But good, as always. I love how accurately this manages to portray how dreams feel like - or at least that's how they feel like to me. Goodness.

Great sword details, cobos would approve. He's always going on about how swords are heavy, and that people need to keep that in mind.

"I am here to punish your prurient association with that foul fiend, Lister of Smeg."
*grins knowingly* Clever.

"Dave?" he asked, his voice small.
This just says so much about Lister. This whole sequence.

Lister hacked at the light bee with his sword until it split open, sparking, because damn it, Rimmer would never learn...
Gods, such an image. Such a sentence!

she don't go around smellin' like Gary, Indiana.
Hah! (I've been there. :p)

Cat speaking French scares me.

[roadstergal.livejournal.com]

Eh, I've been writing while you were stuck in the convention. :)

Well, that's how vivid nightmares are for me. Especially that bit at the end where you're trying to figure out if it was real or not. Why can't good dreams be that real? :p

Ach, I have had a much better view of Lister since I started writing with you! Glad you liked, thanks for the feedback!