Fic: Recalled. NC-17.

[roadstergal.livejournal.com]

Title: Recalled
Authors: kahvi and roadstergal
Pairings: Rimmer/Lister
Rating: NC-17, for this part (6 of 6).
Disclaimer: We do not own them, and we make no money from this.
Note: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5. This part takes place during and after Out Of Time; spoilers through there.

"Wha, the EPGC? They sent me a letter. I tore it up."

Comments

[tawg.livejournal.com]

Forgive me, I think I've quoted damn near the whole thing...

He remembered something that Frank had laughingly said to Howard while elbowing him in the ribs.
Yay for mentioning Rimmer’s family. I mean, the rest of the Rimmer herd shaped who he is so much. It’s good that you worked them into this… trying time of Arnie’s.

Lister leaned down again to lick it, wanting to lick every part of the man in turn. He'd need some sort of chart to check them off, so as not to miss anything.
Proof that Rimmer has been an active influence on Lister. Of course, if it were Rimmer making the chart it’d all be divinely shaded with such painstaking detail that Lister would’ve passed on and been brought back as a hologram by the time it was finished… and that would require a whole new chart.

They looked like liquorice treats, or panic buttons, or...
Oh, this bit really kind of hit home Lister’s under nourishment and Rimmer’s concern. Panic buttons indeed.

"I have to make fun of you... for something. Since I'm a smeghead."
Once again, a very apt summary of Rimmer’s character, and his purpose. I think Rimmer’s consistent criticisms and jibes do drive Lister to prove himself, to make use of his potential… and give him an eating disorder. *smacks Rimmer*

give the git a goited clue
Oh, try saying that when you’re drunk.

It was generally agreed that Rimmer's body was not one meant for display
The boy needs to start spending time on CBP.

Lister wanted his balls to match his uniform?
Made of velour?

There was no taste there, either, and that body glistening with simulated sweat
Oh God’s yes. I really adore how you’ve played with Rimmer’s hologramatic status. It all seems very… probably I guess. You don’t give his body any attributes that don’t make sense, like his projection tasting of something.

Holograms hovered uncertainly outside doors, biting nails that would re-grow even before the bitten-off fragments hit the floor in a shower of tiny blue sparks.

That’s a beautiful image, it says so much without actually, y’know, saying it.

AJ Rimmer, intrepid commander! Not Smeghead, chained to a post and having his libido tweaked by Lister


The EPGC was hilarious. And it was good because it was true to their individual senses of humour, but with all the aggravation removed. That was a very intimate scene, and it made sense damnit! The whole arc led up to that moment very smoothly, very delicately.

Aww, and then you hit us with Peterson angst! Bad! And by bad, I mean good. Because it’s written so well, and it explores the characters, and it’s quite a beautiful subplot. But it cancels out the warm fuzzies. Hear that? No fuzzies whatsoever!

... pleasewritemore.

[roadstergal.livejournal.com]

Proof that Rimmer has been an active influence on Lister. Of course, if it were Rimmer making the chart it’d all be divinely shaded with such painstaking detail that Lister would’ve passed on and been brought back as a hologram by the time it was finished… and that would require a whole new chart.

Oh, god! You have to work this into a fic somewhere.

Oh, try saying that when you’re drunk.

*snrk* The next time Kat makes it over here, I will do just that.

That’s a beautiful image, it says so much without actually, y’know, saying it.

Ja, that was a Kat-bit - wasn't it lovely!

Honestly, I think that's what's at the basis of the whole R/L thing; their interaction with just enough understanding between them to alleviate the aggravation.

Ach, thanks again for the lovely feedback!

[kahvi.livejournal.com]

I think I might have started something scary - I forgot to actually ask roadstergal about it, but I think she picked up on my "something-not-quite-rigth-about-Howard" reference and took it in a wonderfully disturbing direction. One of the things I love about writing like this. ;)

Made of velour
LMAO! I want to read yer fic!

Erm, I have written stories in which Rimmer does have a taste. *shrugs* Hard-light holography is good like that; it's not explained in detail, so you can get away with pretty much anything. I agree that no-taste sounds reasonable though. Depends on my mood. ;)

Thank you - the blue-sparks image was one of mine. :)

I really liked that moment too - I agree with you; it was comfortable (though not, perhaps, entirely) and happy, and had them laughing together. A prefect ending.

...Except for the Petersen angst. ;) Heh, no, it was planned that way. But you know, his forgetting had to be explained too. I don't like it when characters are just ignored. Take the ending of Twelfth Night, for example. Antonio follows Sebastian to Orsino, even though he knows he will probably get arrested doing so. They two are close friends, and a relationship between them is more than hinted at. He clearly cares very much for Sebastian, enough to risk his life. But when he is indeed arrested, we hear nothing more of him, as the play shifts focus to the happy couples that can now be together, and the siblings that are finally re-united. Does Antonio die? Does he spend the rest of his life in prison? How does he feel about Sebastian's marriage? We are never told, and I feel Shakespeare did this on purpose. Some stories are like that, he seems to say, and what of those abandonned characters?

*looks at above paragraph* Great, first I compare RD to Ibsen, now friggin' Shakespeare??

Mmm... Writing more... < /Homer Simpson>

Thank you! :D