Minor Characters And Rare Pairings

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Reading Sallycandance's comment in the previous entry about it being nice to read a fic partly told from Petersen's POV got me thinking about other minor characters whom it would be nice to see more of in fic, whether as part of a L/R story or in their own right.

Of course people are already doing this - I've tried to flesh out Todhunter's character in my current WIP and "FSOS" has good roles for Kochanski, Petersen and even characters who barely appear in canon such as Sam Murray and Petrovitch.  But it's always fun to throw ideas about.

Personally, I wouldn't mind seeing Rimmer and Lister from the perspective of semi-canon "RD's first gay couple" - the aforementioned Sam and his boyfriend Rick Thesen.  It'd be interesting to see if they picked up on the vibe between our Boyz.

I've mentioned before how it would be good to get more female characters' viewpoints, so I'll just list a few of my faves - KK, Nirvanah, Lise Yates, Mellie, Pree and Wendy (Rimmer's classmate in "The Beginning").   The same goes for male (to all appearances) characters like Hogey, Howard, "Jesus", Andy from "BTR", George McIntyre, Michael McGruder, "Dungo", Captain Platini, Ackerman and too many more to list.

So which characters would others like to read more of, whether in a "background" way or in their own fics, erotic or otherwise?  You never know, if you detail it here someone may get inspired and write it for you. ;)