Back Where I Found You (L/R, M)

[rosecathy1.livejournal.com]

Back Where I Found You
Lister/Rimmer, M-ish.
Summary: A very, very alternative take on Back to Earth in which Lister and Rimmer are together.

I found the following a particularly apt explanation for why I wrote this: http://i.imgur.com/eYPJUZN.png :p

Comments

[janamelie.livejournal.com]

This is such a good explanation for the cold, emotionally distant vibe I get from the early scenes in "BTE". If Rimmer and Lister are in the early stages of a relationship, unsure how much they mean to each other, and then the spectre of Earth puts doubt in both their minds it makes so much more sense. Not only from a slashy perspective, the whole dramatic tone shift from Series VIII (plus the loss of Kochanski of course).

I realise it's not what Doug had in mind, but I prefer this version. ;)

[rosecathy1.livejournal.com]

Thank you. :) Yeah, though I changed some significant points of canon, I did approach this as a sort of explanation/fix for the elements of BTE that were weird to me.