wow, am I behind (and just generally being a tit)

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Well, maybe not a tit, so much ... mainly just clueless about behind-the-scenes, fandom, etc. etc.

It all started when I wanted to see if there was any review of the second RDX episode taping; someone posted a link a few weeks ago to the G&T episode one taping, and, sure enough, I found the report on Ep. 2. (No real spoilers, BTW.) I liked reading about how they've filmed something referenced on RD before but never filmed (though apparently my memory is shit enough that, unlike some of the commenters, I haven't the foggiest clue what it could actually BE). I also enjoyed the idea of the cast interacting with the audience before filming and "not skulking in the shadows like on some sitcoms." But really, can we imagine any of these guys skulking anywhere? Also, the in the comments, the discussion about Rimmer's relative cuntiness in RDX characterization (boy, you UKers really seem to love using that word, LOL).

Anyway - I started navigating around on the G&T site, reading other stuff, especially reviews. Holy coats, there's really a lot of facts I don't know about this show, its production, background stories (no, I'd never heard Doug and Rob say that Rimmer and Lister were based on themselves, but I am not one whit surprised - I would say it also lends some credence to the remark someone made about Rimmer/Lister not "sounding" as good in the writing after Rob left, except that I have always liked their interaction, yes, even in S8), and the like. A DVD set called "The Bodysnatcher Collection" is definitely something it sounds like I should get my hands on, but I'd never even heard of it before today; apparently it has episode/extras commentaries with Rob and Doug, brought together again well after their professional split to do this. (Which was nice to read, since while it will realistically probably never happen, lends a sliver of hope that maybe Rob could involve himself once more with RD writing at some future point.)

I'd forgotten what it was like to know so much within a fandom (not that I do, here, but seeing others who do, I mean); I remember being in the TNG fandom just a few years after the series started in 1987, and learning all I could and listening to fan and actor stories and the like. (And for those of you who were in a fandom pre-Internet, a sidebar: Isn't it amazing how much we fans of something were able to find out and hear without a Google go-to or email? That's what you call dedication - or insanity.)

All right, there's my pointless rambly post; hey, at least I gave you a link to a taping review! Anyone else as clueless as me, or do you all know everything, LOL? Thoughts generally?

Red Dwarf Fic: Discovery (NC17) 4 parts

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Discovery
by kronette
Rating: Mature/NC17 for sexual situations
Paring: Rimmer/Lister
Spoilers: It's based around Back to Earth timeline, but I don't mention Kris and this Rimmer didn't become Ace.
Notes: I've been working on this during my Christmas break/vacation. It started from a cut scene from one of my other stories that I had to use. That scene is in part 4.

A teaser:

There were very few things to do in space when you’re dead. After the arguments, near-death experiences, viruses, laughter, GELFs, Simulants, time travel, parallel universes and Guess That Smell, there wasn’t much left.

Well, that is, until Arnold realized he may possibly be leaning towards the off chance that he harbored what one might call the inklings of feelings towards one Dave Lister. Not his otherwise normal feelings of disgust and annoyance, but good feelings, the ones that made his stomach do loop-de-loops and caused his hologrammatic blood flow to redirect when his traitorous mind drifted into dangerous territory.

The whole story is at my journal