He’s Kenough. Seriously though, he’s just as traumatised as the rest of the crew but he never gets enough recognition for this. He was abandoned at a young age for being uncool, and now his entire life revolves around being cool, even when usually there isn’t anyone who’d care to see it. One headcanon I saw that I really like and fits this is that his real name is Duane Dibley, but he told the other he didn’t have one because it’s not a cool name. That’s just another reason why ‘Back to Reality’ must’ve been awful for him (I mean it was awful for everyone, by design, but I digress).
*desperately pushing my attraction to Rimmer into a box* SO. At first sight, he seems like Rimmer but just not traumatised at all and with everything going right for him. HOWEVER, he was 8 when their oaths diverged, meaning his family bullied him up till (and probably a little past) that point, so he still has a fair amount of the trauma that rimmer does. Also, he smokes, which is probably a coping mechanism for him, which contrasts nicely with Rimmer’s hatred for smoking. Plus the fact he was so willing to abandon his own reality in favour of discovery on a highly dangerous prototype? Smells like there’s something he’s avoiding, or rather, even though he has so much influence and is everything his parents wanted for him, he still feels stifled.