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Lauren ([personal profile] laurenthemself) wrote in [community profile] reddwarfslash2006-09-07 07:36 pm

Question!

Okay, so it has nothing to do with slash, but it has plenty to do with RD.

In Balance of Power, as we know, Lister takes (and fails) the Chef's Exam. But how is it assessed?

* Lister obviously can't assess his own cooking.
* I doubt the Cat would trust Lister's cooking enough to eat it, and during S1 is too self-centred to do such a thing anyway.
* Rimmer's soft-light, and wouldn't do it either.
* Holly doesn't exactly have taste buds.

So how can the exam be assessed? I mean, I would assume that at least part of the requirements for passing would be that the food was edible... but there's nobody who can judge that!

Thoughts?

[identity profile] cheezdanish.livejournal.com 2006-09-07 02:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, that's why he got the boot, love. Nobody around to test on. Automatic fail.

[identity profile] roadstergal.livejournal.com 2006-09-07 03:53 pm (UTC)(link)
That is hideously mean, but very RD. All of Rimmer's mucking about with Kochanski's body for naught. All of Lister's preparation for naught.

It would certainly explain the look on his face when he got the results. "No tester. Auto-fail."

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