Things You Love About Red Dwarf

[janamelie.livejournal.com]

Slashy or otherwise?  Most of us would probably cite the humour, slash-friendliness and the attractive and (usually) lovable characters.  Including myself, but being more specific, here's a random list off the top of my head.

"Would you describe the accused as a friend?"  "No, I'd describe the accused as a git."

The colourful fruit setting off Cat's pink jacket in the "Learning To Lie" scene in "Camille".  And of course the scene itself.

Lister's eyes.

Rimmer's face, in general.

"Everybody's dead, Dave."

Holly giggling and fainting when she meets Ace in "Dimension Jump".

Every syllable of Mark Dexter's performance in "Trojan".

The flashback scene in "The Beginning".

Rimmer's blatant jealousy of the friendliness between Lister and Ace.

Lister's white longjohns in "Duct Soup".

The Kiss.  And The Hug.

Rimmer getting oiled in "Terrorform".

The off-screen camaraderie between the cast.

Canon m-preg and female AU.

Rimmer's exam terror (especially in the book.  Most of us have been there to some extent).

Dave Lister's optimistic grin.

The Kryten / Lister friendship, especially in Series IV.

Rimmer's gradual journey to being more sympathetic.

Cat's outfits and self-confidence.

"Or we could use the teleporter."

"I hardly said anything.  Apart from "Geronimo" ".

The drunk scene in "Thanks For The Memory".

Etc, etc.

Thinking about it, another thing I enjoy is the fact that we can discuss and enjoy these characters without having to justify horrendous things.  For example: "I know Character A murdered Character B, but B deserved it!  He raped A's wife / kidnapped A's kids / committed mass murder".
To which a B fan replies: "But he had a terrible childhood!".

This isn't a dig at any particular fandom or show - I myself have enjoyed some shows with characters like that.  But then when I start to think about it, it starts to spoil the show for me.

I'm glad the Boyz from the Dwarf remain largely likable even under analysis.  Which isn't to say they haven't done some questionable things (I'm glossing over Series VIII here), but the comedy aspect keeps things lighthearted more often than not.

So, enough from me.  What do you love about the show?

Comments

[kronette.livejournal.com]

The entirety of Thanks for the Memory. I tried to have it on as background noise and I couldn't not watch every nuanced performance. It's a damn near perfect episode, on par with Gunmen, I believe.

The original opening theme

Rimmer oiled up in Terrorform

The first m/m kiss I ever saw - Blue

Rimmer's series X uniform

Lister's series 7 white long johns and his series X red ones *mrowr*

Cat's beige outfit from Future Echoes. Such a lovely ass, Mr. John-Jules!

Tongue Tied 'reproduction system baby' to be exact

Rimmer's shoulder shimmy to change from hard light to soft light in Entangled

Kryten falling in love with Camille

[janamelie.livejournal.com]

Totally agree about having to watch "Memory" properly. Maybe it's just me, but there are very few Dwarf eps I can just have on in the background. Only a few Series VIII ones, actually. :)

I do agree that Danny has a great arse. I feel slightly sorry for Cat that more people don't include him in fics in a sexual way, but I just don't feel it. There's no point if your heart's not in it.