Fic: Kryten. Implications of R/L. PG.

[roadstergal.livejournal.com]

Gapfiller for Blue. Spoilers up through that episode. Concrit always very much appreciated.

Oh, how Kryten longed for the good old days!

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[squiggle-bat.livejournal.com]

What a complete and utter bastard!

"Painfully neat handwriting"

Just as with his wonderful revision timetables, one could just imagine a young Rimmer focussing on making his handwriting perfect to cover the fact he's got no idea what to write about in his exams!

"And any lingering sexual desire I might have had for Lister is rapidly being cured by the fact that he is picking bits of curry out of his teeth with a set of medical forceps that I am not sure if he washed first."

This has got to be my favourite line in the whole thing. I choked on my tea while reading it :D

One thing - did Kryten discover beforehand that Rimmer had gone on to be Ace, or was he reacting purely to Lister's changing memories?

[roadstergal.livejournal.com]

LOL!

Yes, that's what I was thinking of - going along with the painstakingly colored timetables of bookverse.

I always assumed that Lister told Kryten the truth as part of telling him about the dream. It's the context for the dream, and there's no reason not to tell Kryten - I assume that the only reason he lied in the first place was to get Rimmer's arse moving.

Thankee for feedback!

[kahvi.livejournal.com]

You know, I've always thought that both Kryten and even Cat secretly knew all along. I just... Fits. (Yes, I've got bunnies. I've got bunnies and WIP's coming out of my friggin' ears, man! *sigh, mumbles something about home exam*)

[roadstergal.livejournal.com]

Yes, it certainly would be a little odd, in their eyes, to have a little coffin for Arn that they follow to a pink planet with a lot of other coffins...

I can see it going either way. Kryten would certainly think that something is amiss, I think, but then again, he's somewhat inclined to believe anything Lister tells him. Since we know from Rimmerworld that Cat can smell the difference between a human and a hard-light hologram, he'd know the Ace who visited in SMAC was a hard-light hologram, but I dunno if he'd really care enough to go anywhere with that later. He just wants to know where to get a good 'do. :)

However, I do think that Kryten knows the truth by the time Blue rolls around - after all, if Mister Rimmer really is dead and gone, he has no reason to be so insistent about bringing Lister around to hating him again...