The fact that you held back your appreciation of utter trash fire characters for your sister's sake is very cute.
Lister really is a very delightfully catnippy blend of snarky humor, stubbornness, loyalty and heroism.
I love this description! He's a compelling character, it's true.
What's that one episode where he goes completely badass on the enemy-of-the-week, the one where he says "You killed all my friends today"? That episode really got to me.
Cut to LISTER looking over a railing. The INQUISITOR is dangling from a rope over a very long drop.
LISTER: Welcome back on-line. INQUISITOR: What are you doing? LISTER: One way or the other, you killed a lot of my friends this afternoon. In fact, you may never get on my good side again.
LISTER lights a cigarette. He drops the lighter to demonstrate how long the drop is.
LISTER: Oops.
It also really struck me, in part because, as you say, it's badass as hell, and in part because it's an unusual moment of sincerity; it's rare for Lister to outright describe the others as his friends.
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The fact that you held back your appreciation of utter trash fire characters for your sister's sake is very cute.
Lister really is a very delightfully catnippy blend of snarky humor, stubbornness, loyalty and heroism.
I love this description! He's a compelling character, it's true.
What's that one episode where he goes completely badass on the enemy-of-the-week, the one where he says "You killed all my friends today"? That episode really got to me.
It's 'The Inquisitor'! From this transcript:
Cut to LISTER looking over a railing. The INQUISITOR is dangling from a rope over a very long drop.
LISTER: Welcome back on-line.
INQUISITOR: What are you doing?
LISTER: One way or the other, you killed a lot of my friends this afternoon. In fact, you may never get on my good side again.
LISTER lights a cigarette. He drops the lighter to demonstrate how long the drop is.
LISTER: Oops.
It also really struck me, in part because, as you say, it's badass as hell, and in part because it's an unusual moment of sincerity; it's rare for Lister to outright describe the others as his friends.