#doug dwarf

[trashfr0g]

Got any headcanons on the dwarves and their children?

A few, but my favorite one comes FIRST AND FOREMOST: trans Doug Dwarf IS REAL IN MY HEART OKAY

Her name is DAPHNE because that's a better riff on Dopey's name anyway!

I headcanon dwarfs as being a fantasy race separate from humans with an affinity to the underground who happen to commonly have dwarfism genes, which is what the seven have (and Daphne, because Devie should've always had Evie be the tall gf and I will die on that hill), but one doesn't necessarily need to be short to be a dwarf! Planty of tall guys like her brother Derek are still dwarfs despite their heights, they just didn't get the dwarfism gene lol

I'm not the biggest fan of canon!Doug's personality if we're being honest, a lot of the character choices reek of desperation and come off more annoying than endearing in my opinion. I just feel that the message of 'finally being seen for more than just my looks!' is kinda lost there when... The only reason Doug was ever on Evie's side is cuz she was pretty and he had a crush on her 💀. Still, the potential of Devie is extremely cute to me and I feel like it doesn't take much work to make them work!

I've got an alternate first meeting for them with this HC under the cut 🤭 plus some more notes!

I would say that after their first meeting all Devie really needed was a moment where Daph actually SEES EVIDENCE of Evie being smart instead of just jumping to her defense bc she's pretty. My thought process was something along the lines of Evie accidentally showing her up constantly (bc she's cheating with the magic mirror) and Daphne being both baffled and slightly angry that she's being knocked out of the top student spot by someone who ISNT EVEN PAYING ATTENTION (cuz Evie is ofc too busy making googoo eyes at Chad to even pretend like she's actually working hard for her grades) but then the two of them end up getting paired up for a hands on chemistry assignment and Evie is able to figure everything out without even thinking of consulting the mirror due to her experience with making her own makeup using whatever she had available to her on the isle.

And boom! Daphne now knows Evie is authentically smart and just needs a chance! It makes the whole 'being acknowledged' message just work so much better!

I also feel that Evies whole entire relationship with being so obsessed with princes reads as very... Comphet-ty to me. Of course she APPEARS attracted to Chad but when they finally get a moment alone the FIRST things she asks about is how big his CASTLE is!!! 😭 Like Lord. Whoever wrote Evie and actually thought that was straight behavior has to do some PERSONAL soul searching LMFAO

Anyway, obviously most of what I wrote here is just total rewrite so... Oopsie daisy. But I subscribe to the trans HC anyway! I think that a lot of her awkwardness in dialogue and character choices could end up being excused with her just being really insecure in who she is as a person while she's figuring all these things out about herself. Plus the hair in the third movie... I mean, need I say more? Classic t girl cut ✋🤚 no one shoot please.

Anyways enough of this agenda. Here's some more HCS!

- everyone in the dwarf family knows at least a little sign language! Dopey is mute (in some sources selectively but in others completely) so I like to imagine that he knows sign language and his brothers learnt it with him in solidarity! Since it's used so commonly around the house Derek and Daph are fluent in it too and their cousins know a couple words here in there. I also think Daph would've taught Evie just a bit of sign language so they could talk (sign?) shit about Chad directly in front of his face LMFAO

- Snow White is the godmother of ALL the dwarf cousins which is why she has no descendants of her own in the franchise. Shes too busy spoiling her godkids!!

- Evie always has this line about canon!Doug not being a 'real prince' but instead the 'prince of her heart' - but the thing is, the dwarf cousins have actually grown up with very refined educations that they basically ARE royalty in all but blood! Snow White made sure that none of them ever wanted for anything and they each have their own rooms in her castle. She personally funded every single one of their hobbies which is why so many of them seem to excel in the things they're pursuing

- most of them have poor eyesight but that's just a general trait of dwarfs as a species. Their eyes are pretty sensitive to sunlight but they can see exceedingly well in the dark or underground!

- even though the dwarfs were EXTREMELY touchy about Snow's whole... Stranger danger don't let anyone in the house etc etc rule, Daph was one of the only students we saw be open to the VKs coming over- and I'd like to believe it's a general trait that most of her cousins shared! Snow isn't a girl that likes to dwell on the horrible things that happen to her, she chooses to place EXTRA importance on how the dwarfs welcomed her into their home despite not knowing her and how their KINDNESS towards a STRANGER is the reason she is who she is today! So, even though the seven like to keep to themselves and are usually highly aware of the dangers strangers pose, almost all of the cousins are EXTREMELY sociable individuals

- a lot of the 'Name Jr.' dwarf guys don't actually share the traits their fathers are named after to the point that most of them are oxymorons. Their friends usually nickname them after traits that ACTUALLY suit them

- at least one of them has an EXTREMELY guilty pleasure of really liking apples that they have to hide from the rest of the family... Not sure who tho

That's all I got for now! Thank you so much for the ask! Sorry for derailing a little in the beginning but I brought it back in the end 💪💪💪

[ssphiree]

met a bunch of red dwarf people at cons recently & have been collecting their autographs on my hamburger telephone

so far its been signed by doug naylor, hattie hayridge, craig charles, chris barrie, mark williams and danny john jules :D

[grinchwrapsupreme]

thinking about Red Dwarf again and something I've never been able to articulate about it is the way in which its continuation impacts the story specifically because every time they make new content with it they confirm, by virtue of the show existing, that the crew still hasn't gotten home

Like when they finished in '99 there were 10 years in which the audience could reasonably hope that maybe they succeeded, but then Back to Earth airs and no, sorry, they're still out there. And then there were 3 years of hope followed by "No, sorry, they're still out there" and it just keeps going and every time they release a new series or a movie or a special it continues the story, yeah, but it also canonizes the fact that they are not home yet, because it's not like Voyager where the crew eventually sees Earth again and the audience can breathe a sigh of relief, no, the crew is trapped on the ship in deep space so long as Doug Naylor keeps coming back

And I just think that's a really interesting effect of the medium on the story because whenever there is no series the Red Dwarf crew is the Schrodinger's Cat of lost voyages, both alive and dead, both home and lost, and every few years they open the box again and confirm the cat is still dead and we KNOW that Lister dies on the Dwarf we KNOW, it's been canon for decades, but maybe this time it'll be different, maybe if we leave the box shut they'll get home

[oldschoolfrp]

The dwarves of Earthfast, mighty warriors in mighty helmets (Doug Chaffee, AD&D 2e and Battlesystem Forgotten Realms accessory FR12: Horde Campaign, History of the Tuigan Wars, TSR, 1991)

[transhologram]

PARENTS FOUND MY SIGNED RED DWARF SHIRT LETS FUCKING GO!!!

[garfbees]

I think it's really interesting how over the course of the series Rimmer goes from a shitty little fascist to a pseudoliberal wokescold, and I think the cause for this is very likely Doug Naylor becoming an old fogey.

It's clear that at the beginning of the series Rob and Doug were very conscientious about social issues, wanting the show to exist in a setting without racism and discrimination, but I guess that changed at some point.

I feel that the best example of this is in the episode Fathers and Suns, in the B plot about Chinese whispers. Rimmer is set up as pretending to care about racism for the sake of looking like a better person than the rest of the cast, and it's very clear that the logic of the narrative is that it's absurd to care about it. The same episode features Taiwan Tony, a character voiced by a white man doing a deliberately offensive impression of an Asian accent. The point is very clear. This stuff is fine and funny, and if you say anything about it you're a self important SJW scold just trying to make yourself look better.

From the beginning, Rimmer is (understandably) set up as the bad guy, the one in the wrong. Seems that what Doug thinks of as wrong has changed.

[tuff-the-dwarf]

No cuz I need this Eiffel in my blog

[thatsnoneofurdamnbiz]

i desperately need more people to go listen to wolf 359, ESPECIALLY RED DWARF FANS, like omg it's so damn good you'll love it sm, i promise- or if you've already listened to it, THEN HMU BC I NEED TO SCREAM ABOUT IT 😭😭

[spacecorpdirective68250]

[waxdroid]

i feel like in the early seasons rimmer and lister's animosity towards each other is more pronounced because the reality that they're never going back to earth hadn't set in yet. they were still holding on to the hope that they'd get out of the whole "stranded in deep space" situation Somehow and would never have to see their annoying colleague again, instead of acknowledging it as the huge & permanent change to their lives that it actually was. maturing + mellowing with age and having no one else to hang out with (besides kryten and cat) for decades definitely helped to turn the hatred into a genuine if reluctant friendship but im still convinced that them accepting the hand they were dealt in regard to the big picture played a huge part in solidifying their relationship

[helmstone]

Red Dwarf — new episodes coming next year

Red Dwarf — new episodes coming next year

The British Comedy Guide reports Red Dwarf returning to television with new three-episode special. It seems there’s a 3×30 minute special happening, with no clear indication where it will be shown. It’s due in 2025. Filming starts in October 2024, with Craig Charles, Chris Barrie, Danny John-Jules and Robert Llewellyn all returning. The article goes on to cover the acrimonious rift between…

[a-literal-toaster-wtf]

red dwarf fun fact the A in dwarf actually stands for autistic because nobody on board is allistic actually. thank you for listening

[dizzydizney]

Pairing up the dwarfs and mermaids Seven Brides For Seven Brothers style and no one can stop me!

[synchrogirl12]

Dwarf Cousins Moms

Hey, so I'm working on a descendants fic right now that has Evie meeting Doug's family and all the dwarf cousins mentioned in the books, but I can't figure out what to do for their moms. (I have Doug's already but none of the other dwarfs.) If anyone has any ideas on who the dwarfs would be married to or if I should just make oc's let me know. Any ideas are greatly appreciated!

[garfbees]

So strange to me that Rimmer gave up his one shot at success as a member of the space corps for the sake of a woman he had known like a day while Lister, canonical hopeless romantic with the biggest soft spot for sappy shit like that, totally fucked Kochanski's chances of getting back with her Dave, and probably did so on purpose. Like what the fuck, man

[bisquick-thyne-noble-toad]