Fic: Knighty knight. PG.

[roadstergal.livejournal.com]

The whole Ace conversation prompted this one. Spoilers up through Stoke Me A Clipper.

"I did something right!"

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

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[lady-draco.livejournal.com]

"He taught Lister to play the skin flute, I'll bet my Reggie Williams CDs."

*laughs loudly* Ahhhh ... what a special line!

"Fuck me up the arse with a rabid porcupine, I did something right!"

Hee! *grins*

You've outdone yourself with this one, matey. Are you sure you aren't channeling Rimmer? Never mind that. I already know you are. I thought that was brilliant, mate. Bloody brilliant. =D

[day221b.livejournal.com]

Oh man! A story with bite! I'm so glad the Ace discussion was able to inspire you. Great fic!

[eviltigerlily.livejournal.com]

*whimpers*
Angst.... It just makes me sad.
I'd stop reading it if it wasn't so damn good.

[nessaancalime.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes, great voice and I am totally buying this!
But I started to think: we had a long discussion on Lister getting rid of Rimmer. But turn it around - why aren't Rimmer just as happy to get out? He has been doing nothing but bad-mouthing his company for years, and now he has an advanced dimensional ship and freedom to go off where he like and find better company. I guess the obvious idea is that he is afraid of being Ace. Maybe. I think he is afraid of being alone.
In Rimmerworld he was devastated by the idea of being on his own so long. Ok, so it may get a little boring, but he is in no real danger and they will come for him. But even before he finds out exactly how long it will take he is clearly unhappy about being on his own for an extended time. You can write it down to cowardliness - company is safer. But I think it goes deeper than that, I think Rimmer craves company, probably due to deep fear of being abandoned. The more you think about, the more evidence there is for this through the series.
Of course he must have figured out what Lister did once he had time to think. How would Lister know about the knight at all unless he was it? Lister really puts him in a position where he has no choice. He has no valid excuses left for not to go, so he goes even if he hates the idea of being on his own.
So he takes the jump, he is on his own, and nobody can force him to do anything. I know it is a popular thing among writers to make the computer in the ship capable of forcing him, but I can not see anything in canon to suggest that. On the contrary, the computer tried to talk Ace out of doing things that were too dangerous.
So it is down to him what he would do. He has no interest in the Ace thing. He has an interest in being less a coward, more of a nice guy, but he can be that without doing the whole Ace thing. Rimmer may claim he wants the life of a hero, but in reality I think all he wants is a nice safe everyday existence with people who actually care about him personally.
My money is still on him finding a nice place to settle down, be a help to the community without risking his life every day, and occasionally sending a thought of regret as to why he could not have achieved this with the company he originally had.

[kahvi.livejournal.com]

Hello again; still no time to comment or concrit, which I should do more of - I just generally get so caught up in the story. Sorry about that. :/

I just stopped by to say that... Um... I might... You know... *cough* Write something to fit in with this, if that's OK.

[zekkass.livejournal.com]

Aww. It hurts, and yet it's good to see Rimmer-as-Ace happy...

I loved the OOT reference. For one of my least favorite episodes, it really did change Rimmer (and everyone else) a lot. Hm. Now I'm wondering which episode factored the most in Rimmer's growth. It's probably SMAC, but what else factored into making him capable to become Ace?