#terrorform

The third wheel energy when Kryten puts his hand on Rimmer’s knee in Terrorform is crazy

So...I just saw the Terrorformer episode of Red Dwarf. I knew about That One Scene of Rimmer held captive. What I really want to talk about is how the newly risen ghosts of his self-esteem are dressed as pink-clad musketeers. When he faces the physical manifestation of self-loathing, he is stripped and bound, oiled up and very vulnerable. When he regains the slightest bit of confidence and self-worth, those manifestation are dressed up in unapologetically frilly period costumes. They aren't emasculated by it or anything less than a invigorated by the affection that made them manifest. I know Rimmer's desperate attempts to be seen as macho are played for laughs but damn, it really illustrates just what a vice grip toxic masculinity has on him, particularly the kind that his family promoted. It seeps into everything else.