i think if you sat Rimmer down in front of a computer with a pile of strategy games for a few hours it would fix him
Was chatting to another nurse about the floor I’m on right now, and that nurse said, referring to the charge nurse tonight, “oh yeah, she’s a power hungry monster, she’d be charge nurse every shift if she could.” And then later the nurse said she had only stayed long (a 16 hr shift, can you imagine) because her girlfriend was also working late, and I was like “oh who’s your girlfriend?”
And the nurse said, “it’s the charge nurse.”
And I was like, “the power hungry monster?”
And the nurse was like “yes 🥰🥰”
you know what keeps me up at night?
the relief on Rimmer's face in "Blue" when Lister hugs him. you can see the desperation in his eyes and it HAUNTS me.
and i know they make out right after and it's great lol, but something about the sheer, desperate need in his eyes when they finally embrace fucking kills me.
this man is so touch starved. and what makes it worse is that this is Lister's dream. he's imagining this being Rimmer's reaction to being hugged. somewhere in Lister's mind, even if it's subconscious, he knows how badly Rimmer needs to be held. HE KNOWS.
[ source for screencaps here ]