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want to share some of your pride headcanons? i’ll put some questions in more!

1) hc sexuality for each of the main characters?

lister - bisexual

rimmer - gay but thinks he’s straight because he has gender envy for the women he “fancies”

cat - pan and says ‘woman’ thinking that’s a synonym for ‘person’ because cat language doesn’t have genders

kryten - attracted to electrical appliances ofc

2) when do you think the characters worked it out (if they do)?

i think lister has always experimented with men and loosely known but hasn’t quite clocked that bi = gay too. he’s all like “i can’t be gay can i?” to kochanski in series 7, but it’s because he’s thinking that would be insinuating he doesn’t like girls as well.

i think rimmer has always known because of how he insults the concept of being queer it is soooo… directed at himself. he does not admit until he returns from being ace though. i think he and lister are a thing in my head by m-corp because i love the angst of lister not remembering they’re together.

cat’s always known and cool about it

3) do you headcanon any characters as trans?

i don’t think lister counts as a headcanon tbh XD

transfemme rimmer <3 trixie labouche <3 alas it will never be admitted. still goes by he/him pronouns because the internalised transphobia and fear of parents is so bad that she/her causes anxiety rather than feeling affirming.

4) what would the red dwarf crew wear to a pride parade?

lister’s normal clothes and leathers but with some snazzy head accessory, like rainbow sunglasses or a massive pride hat.

i feel like rimmee is absolutely nothing UNLESS he got SO drunk before, in which case he would go in “drag” (and feel secretly affirmed). it’ll be like… frank ‘n furter drag.

i feel like cat picks everything rainbows out of his wardrobe but refuses any like “official” merch because he doesn’t want to wear anything he might see someone else wearing.

5) do they own any pride merch? (like pins etc)

lister does….

that’s it. see above question.

6) what's the characters' queer anthems that they just scream the lyrics to?

lister’s giving something david bowie like boys keep swinging or 70s rock queer in general

very drunk rimmer is giving kylie minogue’s can’t get you outta my head

cat would, well, cat walk to vogue.

7) if you said yes to trans headcanons, what's the backstory behind their trans names?

i feel like rimmer would be so impacted by the shit that happened in better than life trixie labouche has to be chosen out of respect for what that poor woman was going through.

i have no idea for lister. maybe it was david as in david bowie. or some footballer called david. it definitely comes from a celebrity.

8) who did they come out to first?

lister never officially came out to anyone he just… was and everyone went with it.

rimmer came out to lister first when he came back from being ace.

9) what's a popular LGBT+Q headcanon in the fandom you personally disagree with?

no not really. sometimes i think lister’s trans and other times i’m unsure just because sometimes he says very cis man things. but the evidence is also undeniable for lister being trans, to the point the guy who picks up his cardboard box called the baby him “her,” so…

10) any queer rairpairs you like?

i explore mellie and ace a bit too much in my fics XD (a queer pairing because i hc ace as bi and mellie as trans)