Fifty Shades - The appendices
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Petersen
Olaf’s career continued to go well over the years. His restaurant maintained its success and he ended up opening an equally successful chain. He went through three highly eventful marriages and had several children whom he loved but found it hard to keep track of. He managed to (mostly) stay sober. He remained close to Lister and Petrovitch but never liked Rimmer. At the age of seventy he relinquished management of his restaurants to a protégé and retired to a more sedate life back in Denmark with his fourth wife. At the time of Lister’s death they had not seen each other for several years but still remained in close contact. He died in his sleep age 102
Petrovitch
Petrovitch remained working for Rimmer Inc. Around eighteen months after Lister’s kidnapping, a new colleague joined his research team. She was a brilliant scientist and could speak several different languages – including Russian. They got married a year later and had two daughters whom he doted upon. His daughters became unofficial cousins to the Rimmer-Lister children and they all remained close as they grew up. They were bridesmaids at Genevieve’s wedding. Petrovitch died at age eighty-five but chose to be brought back as a hologram so that he could continue his work and research alongside his wife.
Howard Rimmer
Howard continued to work as a porn star for another ten years, after which he decided to continue his efforts behind camera and became a director instead. After John’s arrest, Frank kept his distance and more or less disowned the whole family. They never found out if he had a terrible secret too. As a result, when Mrs Rimmer finally passed on, Howard inherited her entire estate. He maintained contact with Lister and Rimmer and although he and Arnold never really became close, they did develop a curmudgeonly tolerance for one another. He would turn up at the hub now and then with outrageous stories to tell and presents for the children. Sometimes he stayed for dinner. He liked to tease that it was a shame Rimmer had met Lister first because he ‘could have made that kid a star’. Whenever he said this, Rimmer threw things at him. Lister developed an odd sort of affection for Howard over the years and, on one occasion, he even secretly agreed to let him film one of his movies at their ‘holiday home’ on Europa. He kept this nugget of info secret from Rimmer until the day he died (however he confessed it later on with very interesting results). Howard never married – ‘too much choice’ – and seemed content with that. He died of a heart attack aged eighty-eight while having a threesome. All who knew him agreed it was how he would have wanted to go.
Taylor
Taylor continued to work as Lister and Rimmer’s bodyguard until he turned fifty, then reduced his duties to chauffeuring only until retirement, when he made the decision to move to Earth to be near his grandchildren. As a retirement gift, they bought him a lakeside retreat in the US where he could go to relax. Every year until his death he sent them a Christmas card of he and his wife standing out on the deck. She was the only other person he ever told the truth to about what really happened in the alleyway.
Mrs Jones
Henrietta Jones stayed on as the family housekeeper/governess/surrogate mother/grandmother until she was diagnosed with terminal cancer at age sixty-eight. When offered the option of being resurrected as a hologram, she firmly declined, saying she had ‘better things to do in the afterlife than spend eternity hoovering this apartment’. Lister and Rimmer were saddened, but not surprised. They both knew that in her heart she was hoping to be reunited with her lost husband and son. As her illness progressed, they moved her into the hub and she was cared for by the best doctors money could buy. Lister, Rimmer, Jim, Bexley and Genevieve were all with her when she died. They built a fountain in the central plaza outside the Rimmer Building in her memory and donated all the money thrown into it to charity each year. The first Christmas without her was the worst. Lister tried to make Christmas dinner the way she used to, but it wasn’t the same. Viva found him crying quietly in the kitchen over a tray of burnt stuffing and hugged him. After that, they made it a new tradition that he and his daughter always made the Christmas dinner together.
Kochanski
Kristine Kochanski enjoyed a long and rewarding career in the space corps. She did not see Lister very often due to the nature of her work but they kept in contact over the years. She married a nice man and they had a son and a daughter. At the party for Lister and Rimmer’s 21st wedding anniversary, they noticed Bexley chatting up her daughter and joked nervously about history repeating itself, but nothing ever came of it. At the time of Lister’s death she was living in a pleasant nursing home back on Saturn. She still had all her marbles but was frail and prone to falls. She shed a tear at the news of his death – and a few more when she awoke from a nap a few weeks later to see him sitting at the end of the bed, looking as if he’d just stepped out of a memory. He held her hand and told her that if this was what she wanted for herself when the time came then he’d make it happen. She shook her head. “I’ve lived my life,” she told him, “And it was good. I’ve done everything I wanted to do and I have no unfinished business. My husband’s gone and my kids are grown. I’ve got no use for immortality.”
“Really?” Lister teased gently, “You’re all done here? No regrets?” She reached up and touched his smooth warm cheek with one trembling crooked hand and smiled sadly.
“Just one.”
The children
All three of the Rimmer-Lister children grew up happy and healthy. Of the two boys, Bexley had to be pushed a little more to achieve (he’d inherited the apathy that had undermined Lister’s early education) but loved animals and made this his focus. Rimmer managed to keep the ‘no pets’ rule in force until the twins 10th birthday, when he came in from the office to find a small, apparently turbo-charged black kitten tearing around their sitting room. “What was I supposed to do?” Lister asked angelically, “She followed me home. I couldn’t very well chuck her out once the kids had seen her, could I?”
“We live on the 200th floor of a skyscraper. It did not follow you home.”
Bexley eventually qualified as a veterinarian, specialising in endangered species. He wrote several books and became a high-profile authority on the subject.
Jim was driven from a young age and was always keen to join the space corps. After graduating from the academy with honours, he expressed his intention to become a test pilot. This did not go down well with his parents. Lister begged him to reconsider, Rimmer ordered him to. Neither approach worked. After months of debate (and several fiercely intense arguments between Rimmer and Jim) both his fathers had eventually conceded that he had to follow his heart and supported his career choice, although it terrified them. He enjoyed a phenomenal and unusually long career for a test pilot, earned several medals and commendations for his bravery and achievements, and retired at age 55 as Commander James Rimmer-Lister, having clocked up over one hundred successful missions. His friends and colleagues called him Ace. Rimmer didn’t mind.
Genevieve was the only child who showed any interest in the family business. She attended a prestigious university back on Earth and gained a Master’s degree in Combined Sciences and Business Studies before taking up a post in Research & Development under her father at Rimmer Inc. She proved to be an extremely intuitive and capable businesswoman, and on her 30th birthday Rimmer officially made her his second-in-command; amending the company protocols so that in the event of anything happening to his projection, she would assume control of the company rather than Lister. Lister considered this a huge relief. Over the following years, Rimmer gradually released more and more responsibility for the running of the company to her; and after Lister’s death Rimmer finally decided it was time to retire for good and formally relinquished control of the business, appointing her as the new company CEO. She did a damn fine job.
Lister & Rimmer
Dave and Arnold made the most of their afterlife together. When they felt that their family no longer needed them, and that they’d seen everything their universe had to offer, they decided to spread their wings a little further. Wildfire was sitting in a museum, where she had stayed untouched for decades. They decided that was a crying shame. Rimmer bought her back, Lister lovingly refurbished her. And when she was good as new once again, Ace Snr and Spanners decided to see what adventures the multiverse might hold.
Petersen
Olaf’s career continued to go well over the years. His restaurant maintained its success and he ended up opening an equally successful chain. He went through three highly eventful marriages and had several children whom he loved but found it hard to keep track of. He managed to (mostly) stay sober. He remained close to Lister and Petrovitch but never liked Rimmer. At the age of seventy he relinquished management of his restaurants to a protégé and retired to a more sedate life back in Denmark with his fourth wife. At the time of Lister’s death they had not seen each other for several years but still remained in close contact. He died in his sleep age 102
Petrovitch
Petrovitch remained working for Rimmer Inc. Around eighteen months after Lister’s kidnapping, a new colleague joined his research team. She was a brilliant scientist and could speak several different languages – including Russian. They got married a year later and had two daughters whom he doted upon. His daughters became unofficial cousins to the Rimmer-Lister children and they all remained close as they grew up. They were bridesmaids at Genevieve’s wedding. Petrovitch died at age eighty-five but chose to be brought back as a hologram so that he could continue his work and research alongside his wife.
Howard Rimmer
Howard continued to work as a porn star for another ten years, after which he decided to continue his efforts behind camera and became a director instead. After John’s arrest, Frank kept his distance and more or less disowned the whole family. They never found out if he had a terrible secret too. As a result, when Mrs Rimmer finally passed on, Howard inherited her entire estate. He maintained contact with Lister and Rimmer and although he and Arnold never really became close, they did develop a curmudgeonly tolerance for one another. He would turn up at the hub now and then with outrageous stories to tell and presents for the children. Sometimes he stayed for dinner. He liked to tease that it was a shame Rimmer had met Lister first because he ‘could have made that kid a star’. Whenever he said this, Rimmer threw things at him. Lister developed an odd sort of affection for Howard over the years and, on one occasion, he even secretly agreed to let him film one of his movies at their ‘holiday home’ on Europa. He kept this nugget of info secret from Rimmer until the day he died (however he confessed it later on with very interesting results). Howard never married – ‘too much choice’ – and seemed content with that. He died of a heart attack aged eighty-eight while having a threesome. All who knew him agreed it was how he would have wanted to go.
Taylor
Taylor continued to work as Lister and Rimmer’s bodyguard until he turned fifty, then reduced his duties to chauffeuring only until retirement, when he made the decision to move to Earth to be near his grandchildren. As a retirement gift, they bought him a lakeside retreat in the US where he could go to relax. Every year until his death he sent them a Christmas card of he and his wife standing out on the deck. She was the only other person he ever told the truth to about what really happened in the alleyway.
Mrs Jones
Henrietta Jones stayed on as the family housekeeper/governess/surrogate mother/grandmother until she was diagnosed with terminal cancer at age sixty-eight. When offered the option of being resurrected as a hologram, she firmly declined, saying she had ‘better things to do in the afterlife than spend eternity hoovering this apartment’. Lister and Rimmer were saddened, but not surprised. They both knew that in her heart she was hoping to be reunited with her lost husband and son. As her illness progressed, they moved her into the hub and she was cared for by the best doctors money could buy. Lister, Rimmer, Jim, Bexley and Genevieve were all with her when she died. They built a fountain in the central plaza outside the Rimmer Building in her memory and donated all the money thrown into it to charity each year. The first Christmas without her was the worst. Lister tried to make Christmas dinner the way she used to, but it wasn’t the same. Viva found him crying quietly in the kitchen over a tray of burnt stuffing and hugged him. After that, they made it a new tradition that he and his daughter always made the Christmas dinner together.
Kochanski
Kristine Kochanski enjoyed a long and rewarding career in the space corps. She did not see Lister very often due to the nature of her work but they kept in contact over the years. She married a nice man and they had a son and a daughter. At the party for Lister and Rimmer’s 21st wedding anniversary, they noticed Bexley chatting up her daughter and joked nervously about history repeating itself, but nothing ever came of it. At the time of Lister’s death she was living in a pleasant nursing home back on Saturn. She still had all her marbles but was frail and prone to falls. She shed a tear at the news of his death – and a few more when she awoke from a nap a few weeks later to see him sitting at the end of the bed, looking as if he’d just stepped out of a memory. He held her hand and told her that if this was what she wanted for herself when the time came then he’d make it happen. She shook her head. “I’ve lived my life,” she told him, “And it was good. I’ve done everything I wanted to do and I have no unfinished business. My husband’s gone and my kids are grown. I’ve got no use for immortality.”
“Really?” Lister teased gently, “You’re all done here? No regrets?” She reached up and touched his smooth warm cheek with one trembling crooked hand and smiled sadly.
“Just one.”
The children
All three of the Rimmer-Lister children grew up happy and healthy. Of the two boys, Bexley had to be pushed a little more to achieve (he’d inherited the apathy that had undermined Lister’s early education) but loved animals and made this his focus. Rimmer managed to keep the ‘no pets’ rule in force until the twins 10th birthday, when he came in from the office to find a small, apparently turbo-charged black kitten tearing around their sitting room. “What was I supposed to do?” Lister asked angelically, “She followed me home. I couldn’t very well chuck her out once the kids had seen her, could I?”
“We live on the 200th floor of a skyscraper. It did not follow you home.”
Bexley eventually qualified as a veterinarian, specialising in endangered species. He wrote several books and became a high-profile authority on the subject.
Jim was driven from a young age and was always keen to join the space corps. After graduating from the academy with honours, he expressed his intention to become a test pilot. This did not go down well with his parents. Lister begged him to reconsider, Rimmer ordered him to. Neither approach worked. After months of debate (and several fiercely intense arguments between Rimmer and Jim) both his fathers had eventually conceded that he had to follow his heart and supported his career choice, although it terrified them. He enjoyed a phenomenal and unusually long career for a test pilot, earned several medals and commendations for his bravery and achievements, and retired at age 55 as Commander James Rimmer-Lister, having clocked up over one hundred successful missions. His friends and colleagues called him Ace. Rimmer didn’t mind.
Genevieve was the only child who showed any interest in the family business. She attended a prestigious university back on Earth and gained a Master’s degree in Combined Sciences and Business Studies before taking up a post in Research & Development under her father at Rimmer Inc. She proved to be an extremely intuitive and capable businesswoman, and on her 30th birthday Rimmer officially made her his second-in-command; amending the company protocols so that in the event of anything happening to his projection, she would assume control of the company rather than Lister. Lister considered this a huge relief. Over the following years, Rimmer gradually released more and more responsibility for the running of the company to her; and after Lister’s death Rimmer finally decided it was time to retire for good and formally relinquished control of the business, appointing her as the new company CEO. She did a damn fine job.
Lister & Rimmer
Dave and Arnold made the most of their afterlife together. When they felt that their family no longer needed them, and that they’d seen everything their universe had to offer, they decided to spread their wings a little further. Wildfire was sitting in a museum, where she had stayed untouched for decades. They decided that was a crying shame. Rimmer bought her back, Lister lovingly refurbished her. And when she was good as new once again, Ace Snr and Spanners decided to see what adventures the multiverse might hold.
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Date: 2014-12-03 09:27 pm (UTC)I will choose to believe that the other Lister and Rimmer eventually got together!
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Date: 2014-12-03 09:44 pm (UTC)The Howard one is priceless and I really want to know what the "interesting results" were. ;)
I really love the thought of immortal, totally in love Lister and Rimmer traversing the multiverse in Wildfire and maybe meeting more of their alternates. :)
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Date: 2014-12-03 10:58 pm (UTC)And let's be honest, Howard being the man he is, he wasn't going to find out his brother had a fully kitted out secluded sex retreat and NOT ask to borrow the keys at least once :-)
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Date: 2014-12-03 11:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-12-03 11:36 pm (UTC)EDIT: If I'd had Rimmer react really badly at the end of "Trouble In Paradise", for example. But I wanted to keep it light-hearted. :)
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Date: 2014-12-03 11:27 pm (UTC)There are so many fics which could be spun off from this series. Not that I have any plans to write more, just saying. :)
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Date: 2014-12-03 11:06 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-12-03 11:19 pm (UTC)The tearing up was more because of her reaction to meeting his hologram. *Sniff* Don't mind me, I'm a bit weepy today. :)
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Date: 2014-12-04 01:18 am (UTC)So ... the kids never did find out about their papas' painful proclivities? ;-)
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Date: 2014-12-04 10:06 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2014-12-04 05:12 pm (UTC)I KNEW they were going to go dimension jumping again! Just knew it! :)