http://felineranger.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] felineranger.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] reddwarfslash2012-06-29 05:54 pm

Query

Hi everyone

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...

[identity profile] janamelie.livejournal.com 2012-06-29 07:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Good point about the inconsistency with "The Last Day". Another of Rob and Doug's plot holes. ;) And yes, in the future attitudes to adoption may well be more relaxed.

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.