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reddwarfslash2010-04-06 10:28 am
veronica-rich.livejournal.com) wrote in reddwarfslash2010-04-06 10:28 am
Under other conditions ...
(I'm whiling away a couple of minutes waiting for a press conference to begin, so I thought I'd ask a question that's been hitting my brain for a while. I don't know if it's been asked before - but I will now.)
How do you guys see a relationship between Lister and Rimmer surviving under "normal" conditions attained after everything they've been through - that is, what if they DID get back to Earth like Lister says he wants, and there were people and jobs and homes and everyday concerns and just things we think of as "normal life?"
I guess what I'm wondering is if they were able to hammer out a romantic relationship as they are, would it hold up under other social conditions, all else being equal? I guess you should also consider the whole angle of homophobia as playing a part, if you think it still would be a problem in 3 million years. I'm not sure it would - I guess what I'm thinking of is more "oh, we're not the last two people left after all, anymore - hmm, do I still want you?"
Geez, I hope this makes some sense on the screen like it does in my head ....
How do you guys see a relationship between Lister and Rimmer surviving under "normal" conditions attained after everything they've been through - that is, what if they DID get back to Earth like Lister says he wants, and there were people and jobs and homes and everyday concerns and just things we think of as "normal life?"
I guess what I'm wondering is if they were able to hammer out a romantic relationship as they are, would it hold up under other social conditions, all else being equal? I guess you should also consider the whole angle of homophobia as playing a part, if you think it still would be a problem in 3 million years. I'm not sure it would - I guess what I'm thinking of is more "oh, we're not the last two people left after all, anymore - hmm, do I still want you?"
Geez, I hope this makes some sense on the screen like it does in my head ....
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Come on. You know who you want to do next. XD
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RIMMER: You know, honestly, this sort of thing is just absurd in the face of it. First of all, oysters don't actually hold tickets, and diamonds are manufactured by one of the most evil corporations ever to exist on Earth. Horses are completely unreliable and spook at the slightest provocation, and boats sink.
And don't even get me started on the inherently disgusting notion that wearing a particular brand of aftershave will get and hold the attention of some woman. If that worked, I'd have done it years ago. Women are fickle like that.
I don't find this commercial funny at all. Puerile tosh.
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LISTER: (drops towel, just stands there naked) Do I really need to make some speech, now, really?
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