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I don't have much by way of big work accomplishments, but I will gladly put "teaching a trans boy how to tie a tie" and "repeatedly teaching kids to make weapons" in that column.

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The last couple weeks have been busy as hell, but at least the boys get a beach break (except for Rimmer).

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Lister is a more forgiving man than I am because I still think Rimmer deserves an ass-kicking for cutting off his locs in Bodyswap. Dude, do you have any idea how long those take to grow?! His were really uniform too, so I assume they were getting regular maintenance.

I know Cat's hair is usually straightened, but I like the idea of him helping Lister out with his hair. If nothing else, he got the shaved sides in Series 5 somehow. Most of the people I know who wear locs regularly seem to start with double strand twists, so I tried drawing him with those up top. Unfortunately, I still don't know how to draw hairlines well. Sorry Lister.

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I've been thinking about what might have happened if the roles in Parallels Universe had been reversed. Deb and Dave both see future echoes of themselves with twins in the Smegazine comics, so I think it could have happened. In this case, Deb Lister gives birth to twin girls, Jan and Becky, who start aging quickly and have to be taken to their dad's universe instead. I don't know if are would have still had a kid with Ace in this case. Who knows? She would figure out a way to visit at least.

Dave is surprised and woefully unprepared, but he adores them. Rimmer takes a much longer time to warm up to them, but he gets there. He gets along a bit better with Jan, who develops an interest in machines, but he still models ties for Becky and let'ls her paint his nails. He never passes his astronavs, but he helps Jan study to get her engineering certification. Becky's favorite person in the universe is the Cat. Unlike Jan, she doesn't mind being used as a clothing model, but she demands suits instead of dresses from age 8 onward. If she had a vision board, Janelle Monae and Amber Ruffin would take up most of it. She's a very skilled tailor and jewelry maker.

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I attempted to draw Nirvanah from memory? Could have been worse I. like to think she was tired of fighting to maintain her place on the holowhip, being so low on the ladder there. Maybe that's why she reached out to Rimmer. I think she, Rimmer, and Kochanski have a fair bit on common that would be work exploring. Also, I like that Kochanski and Rimmer both had teddy bears. It's cute.

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It's that magical time of year when my workplace A/C breaks down. I don't quite like how the first sketch turned out, but I'm trying to finish every page I put in this new sketchbook.

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As adorable as I find the High crew, I still find it odd that High Cat's mode of creative and intellectual fulfillment didn't include sewing. I know it was a dog at Cat's vanity in part, but he does find fashion creatively fulfilling. Also, Lister has been banned from producing scarves, hats, and potholders since quarantine.

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Forbidden obligatory beach episode

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you ever think about red dwarf introduced a trans computer, selfcest, and mpreg in the opening credits of an episode that was intentionally too fast to read and then just got on with life?

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Commander Slut and his not at all obvious attachment to the Listers.

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Someone asked for the link to the Red Dwarf Smegazine where Ace goes to the genderswap universe, and I finally found it! Bless you, Internet Archive folks who upload these. It's from the June 1992.

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Now with captions because my handwriting is bleached out and damn near illegible:

TOP LEFT

Deb Lister can be seen in a T-shirt and vest, hugging her children to her chest with a smile. Jim stands on the left, smiling and holding Lisa, who makes an annoyed face as Deb ruffles her hair. Bexley stands on the right, holding onto Deb's arm with a small smile.

DEB LISTER: Bring it in now! Give your mum a hug.

CENTER LEFT

Arnold is lying face up on a bed. Jim is groaning in bed next to Arnold with a bit of chocolate staining his face. Bexley is dressed like the Cat in a white zebra-print outfit, lying asleep on top of Rimmer with a partially eaten chocolate bar in his hand. Lisa is lying on Rimmer's shoulder in a cat-eat onesie, whacking him in the face with her hand. Dave calls to him from off screen while Arnold gives a thumbs up.

DAVE LISTER: You good, Arn?

LISA: Bah!

JIM: Hyurk!

BOTTOM RIGHT

Jim and Bexley Lister stand next to each other in costume. Jim is dressed in a homemade shutter costume over a sweatsuit. He sticks his tongue out at his brother, who is dressed in a version of Cat's black and white zebra print suit. Bexley laughs hysterically.

BEXLEY: Hahaha! You look like such a git!

CENTER RIGHT

From left to right, Lisa, Jim, and Bexley stand in JMC uniforms. Lisa is dressed only in a big dress shirt and grabs at Jim's tie. Jim's shirt is partially undone and he holds his tie out for Lisa to bat at. Bexley balls his fists at his sides and shouts.

BEXLEY: There's only three of us! Why do we have to wear smegging uniforms?!

ARNOLD (offscreen): It's about looking professional, so shush! Class has started.

TOP RIGHT

Dave confronts Arnold with a frustrated expression wile Arnold continues reading a book without looking up.

DAVE: You can't keep giving 'em detention every time they piss you off!

ARNOLD: It's called discipline, Listy.

DAVE: It's been six hours, Rimmer!

RIP to all my careful ballpoint pen shading that was murdered by the scanner. The Red Dwarf crew has their work cut out for them attempting to give the kids a normal-ish childhood. Trick or treating is more of a three day scavenger hunt than it used to be, but they manage. Rimmer's attempts at schooling are not the most effective. Kryten is more patient and generally better at not getting into arguments with eight-year olds. Also Deb still gets to spend ample time with her kids because I say so.

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Some Hollies because I really like her <3 i like both of them to be honest. That top left sketch is my favorite thing I've drawn in a while.

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More Red Dwarf work doodles. Season 5 was very fun and sure gave a lot of insight into Rimmer's psychological issues. Mr. Flibble is adorable and scares the fuck out of me. The small, angry Rimmer in a star wars bikini was my coworker's idea.

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I cannot draw Lister consistently at all, sorry. Here are some more doodles of the twins. If they had been raised on our Dwarf, they probably would have gotten roped into being Cat's tailoring assistants. They don't like it, but helping sew is way less boring than being models.

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So...I have some thoughts about That One Comic where Deb has a one night stand with Ace. Keep in mind, I have only read a few snippets, so this is probably highly inaccurate.

Long story short, Deb gets pregnant via Ace, so she packs up Arlene and the boys to visit our Red Dwarf for help. She figures more hands on deck means less danger for her or the kid should any time-bending fuckery ensue. Dave gets to bond with his sons a bit while Arlene is busy slutshaming Arnold, who insists it was a different Ace visiting their universe. She has a baby girl, who they eventually decide to name Lisa (Lee for short). She starts aging quickly like her brothers (which proves Arnold's protests correct), but she doesn't get as old as her brothers do before they fix it.

Lisa is very fond of the skutters. She wants to be a mechanic and will tinker with any machine within reach (sorry Kryten). Jim and Bexley love her and roughhouse with her a lot when she's bigger. Arlene and Arnold never stop feeling weird about technically having living descendants.

Side note about Bed as well! He still suffers an accident in the gender swapped universe, but they kinda know it's coming, so he's put on life support immediately. He also has two genetically identical relatives who now have scars from providing skin grafts. He's pretty scarred up and has some nerve damage but he's chilling :-)

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I don't know what's wilder: that this show has a canon mpreg cliffhanger or that they completely glossed over it when the next season started.