Special Occasions

[janamelie.livejournal.com]

This may seem a little random, but it's Mother's Day in the UK and I'm in a happy, fluffy mood, which set me wondering about which special occasions people think are best suited to the Boyz from the Dwarf, fic-wise.  With Lister's romantic nature, Valentine's is obvious, but getting Rimmer to join in would be the hurdle there.

Also with Mother's and Father's Day for obvious reasons, but Lister's unusual background has yielded a few stories there.  Kronette's given us a few lovely Christmas fics.

I have head canon regarding Rimmer's childhood experiences with Halloween which probably rules that out too, unless you're feeling sadistic.

Perhaps the more obscure ones like Pancake Day and Bonfire Night, which boil down to an excuse to pig out, are more IC.  (I have a bunny regarding the latter and Deb, Arlene, Jim and Bexley which will hopefully get written one day.)

And then there's the most personal one, birthdays or in Rimmer's case, deathdays as seen in "Thanks For The Memory".  I wonder if he now considers that to override whatever his birth date was?

Did Lister (or Cat) ever mention Gazpacho Soup Day again? :p

Comments

[rosecathy1.livejournal.com]

I would love to see more deathday parties in fic. Maybe not my fic because they're total fluff overload already :p but the L/R interaction in Thanks for the Memory is soooo sweet.

I wonder if there are mechanoid holidays that Kryten would celebrate privately until Lister finds out about them and turns them into parties. The day he got his serial number? Professor Mamet's birthday?

[janamelie.livejournal.com]

It really is, so much so that I ripped it off was inspired by it to write a fluffy little Christmas ficlet. *Shameless plug*:

http://archiveofourown.org/works/339585

I wouldn't say your fics were totally fluffy; there's enough angst in there to balance them out. :)

I may have to write a fic about all the crew's celebrations, if I can get it to cohere.

[rosecathy1.livejournal.com]

Do iiiit (although, of course, no real pressure at all, etc.). I could always use more cute!drunk!Rimmer.