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I have an idea for a fic but before I run with it I just wanted to double check something with the hive mind! As far as I can remember, there is no canon explanation for what happened to Listers adoptive mother - we know his dad died at 6 and between 11-13 he was living with his gran and after that ended up in an orphanage school but I don't think we're ever told exactly why? Have I missed something or is there a generally accepted fanon explanation? Answers on a postcard please...
I have an idea for a fic but before I run with it I just wanted to double check something with the hive mind! As far as I can remember, there is no canon explanation for what happened to Listers adoptive mother - we know his dad died at 6 and between 11-13 he was living with his gran and after that ended up in an orphanage school but I don't think we're ever told exactly why? Have I missed something or is there a generally accepted fanon explanation? Answers on a postcard please...
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Date: 2012-06-29 05:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-06-29 05:41 pm (UTC)I stress this isn't MY opinion, just what I imagine an adoption agency would think.
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Date: 2012-06-29 06:26 pm (UTC)But yeah, even a couple adopting would have had to have some money to do it. But to get back to the OP's question, the Kryten line below is the only reference I can remember. And even that's goofy, because remember how Lister made such a big deal about never having had a mum in "The Last Day?" You would think if there'd been an adoptive mother, he would have referred to her, at the very least (even to say that she died when he was very young or some such - hell, he could've gotten double the sympathy for having lost TWO mothers!).
This just reinforces my feeling that each successive episode of Red Dwarf is taking place in a different dimension where canon deviated just slightly from the previous episode/dimension.
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Date: 2012-06-29 07:50 pm (UTC)It doesn't necessarily cost that much money for a British schoolkid to visit Paris though - I went with my A-Level college when I was 17 and there are deals available for students. I also visited Cologne when I was about 14 or 15 with my school and again, deals were made. It may have been an exchange thing; I can't remember. But my school wasn't a fee-paying one.
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Date: 2012-06-29 06:09 pm (UTC)Kryten - I was created to serve. That is my purpose, to serve others and have no regard for myself.
Lister - You're beginning to sound like my Mum!
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Date: 2012-06-29 06:21 pm (UTC)I'd love to see this section of Lister's childhood explained. Rimmer harps on about his smeggy upbringing, but there's never been anything to suggest Lister's upbringing/family circumstances were any less dire.
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Date: 2012-06-29 08:06 pm (UTC)In an AU fic by Diminua, Rimmer (who's considerably different to our Rimmer; his Lister is basically the same) thinks to himself that it's not surprising Lister was adopted quickly as he was probably a smiley, instantly lovable child. This Rimmer, on the other hand, was taken away from his parents when their abuse was discovered and has grown up in care. He believes that his carers only looked after him because it was their job. He's reserved and wary of others, but has accepted his homosexuality and is more at peace with himself than our Rimmer. Especially when he and Lister get together. :)
EDIT: Here's the relevant chapter of the fic in question: http://diminua.livejournal.com/26540.html
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Date: 2012-06-29 09:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-06-29 09:42 pm (UTC)The "Kryten" quote, which is all we have to go on, does suggest a woman with a martyr complex. You might also want to think about the references in "Duct Soup" to Lister being overweight for a couple of years in his teens.
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Date: 2012-06-29 10:00 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-07-02 03:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-06-29 11:05 pm (UTC)But again, take it as a guide for fic, that someone could have that kind of issue (as the young woman I know does), not my expert opinion on psychology. Because I'm so not.
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