Staying Sane

[felineranger.livejournal.com]

So here's a thought. In KK2's universe, Holly chose to bring Lister back as a hologram, even though they'd split up before the accident. What does this infer about their relationship and, by extension, Lister and Rimmer's?

Does this mean that although Rimmer is the best person to keep Lister sane, that Lister is the best person to keep Kochanski sane? In Balance of Power, Holly says he made the choice based partly on conversational word count. Surely that can't be the case in Kochanski's universe, as they only dated for a few weeks. Is it maybe based then on the idea of a project? Lister works on making Rimmer a better person, while Kochanski works on making 'her Dave' more refined?

Maybe KK2's Holly made a choice based not on who would keep her sane but who would keep her safe. Holly chose the person who loved her the most. Who would never get sick of her company, who would follow her through any danger, forgive all arguments and devote his entire existence to keeping her going.

Maybe our Holly made the same choice.

Comments

[lordvalerymimes.livejournal.com]

Why the fuck are people so goddamn touchy about slash? The fact that people who you can literally choose to ignore and have NOTHING to do with, like to write stories about two characters being in a relationship, why does that make you "bristle"?

That whole attitude about slash just gets my feckles up. No one is making you read it, or subjecting you to it. You don't like it, ok, don't read it then. Why get pissy that it exists at all?

Sorry, ranty today.

[janamelie.livejournal.com]

I totally agree with you, but I'm kind of embarrassed because I feel as though it looks (to people who don't know me well) as though I was trying to start wank again. :o

I truly, truly wasn't. I only linked to that drabble because (a) it fitted what I was talking about and (b) I felt it deserved a wider readership. I deliberately linked to it from a different blog to the one we're talking about.

Having said all that, I know that comment's from 2 years ago, but yes, it was the accumulation of three or four years of reading stuff like that which made me see red a couple of months ago. So, outsiders reading this, now you know. I do not have some kind of vendetta against other areas of fandom. Just tired of that kind of attitude.

If you'd like to discuss this more in private, LVM, I'm fine with that. Or not. Whichever. :)