#red dwarf bracket

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AND THE RESULTS ARE IN!!!!

THE MOST BELOVED RED DWARF CHARACTER IS....

*kryten voice* MR LISTER!!!!

Thank you so much to everyone who participated, I'm going to make some statistics but I'm also busy so that will take a while 😬 but! To tide you all over please expect a bonus round soon!

[tongue---tied]

Well I can’t say I’m surprised

Rimmer (specifically your hologram man)

Lister

Voting ended onDec 4, 2023

Please tell me why this was the photo I chose

anyway, for the final time, propaganda under the cut!

Hologram Rimmer

Worse than the alive Rimmer he’s lived(?) longer and therefore has more trauma, plus the added horror of being a hologram, mortality, existentialism, and being (even more) touch-starved. He’s a main character. How can you not.

Lister

He’s everything. The last human. Just a guy. A slob. A god. A depressed alcoholic. A father. He is the definition of the main character.

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BONUS ROUND

HOLLY SHOWDOWN

pre-transition Holly (aka Norman Lovett's vers)

post-transition Holly (aka Hattie Hayridge's vers)

Voting ended onDec 20, 2023

These two were originally meant to be in the main bracket but. I forgor 💀

SO BONUS ROUND!! You were promised one way back before this even started so good luck!

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Holo!Rimmer vs The Cat

Rimmer

The Cat

Voting ended onNov 11, 2023

Propaganda under the cut!

Hologram Rimmer

Worse than the alive Rimmer he’s lived(?) longer and therefore has more trauma, plus the added horror of being a hologram, mortality, existentialism, and being (even more) touch-starved. He’s a main character. How can you not.

The Cat

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).

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We’ve got the bracket! Sorry it’s really fucking blurry idk what to do about that and I’ve got no clue how I could describe the image 😭 but polls are coming soon!

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BOYS FROM THE DWARF SHOWDOWN!

The Cat

Kryten

Voting ended onSep 3, 2023

Oh boy, our first main character matchup, propaganda, as always, under the cut!

The Cat

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).

Kryten

Why I think Kryten should win is because he wouldn’t think he would be able to. He’d see himself as too worthless to even be able to be entered in the first place. So basically he should get pity votes… actually no, he shouldn’t. He deserves to win because he gives, and he gives, and he gives, creating himself as a reflection of who they want him to be instead of figuring I out for himself because he’s scared to lose the crewmates, the friends he’s made for seeming too opinionated or rude or otherwise not what they want him to be or who he thinks they want him to be. He’s a sweetheart who tries to go the extra mile but misses barely, either causing disruption or, in Nova 5’s case, complete destruction. He’s pushed either to be a servant or copy of Lister, neither of which are who he truly wants to be, but he feels that by adapting Listers’ selfishness and deceit through learning and observing that it’s get him closer to becoming more human-like. All he wants is a garden, and to take care of only that garden instead of being bound by a code he never asked for. But if he’s not useful, then he’s insulted and belittled, not that he wasn’t insulted or belittled to begin with. And being useless is something he fears more than anything. Even though he is just as deserving of a happy ending as Lister or Rimmer or Cat… the former two receive a lot more attention than him or the Cat… which goes without saying if Kryten loses before Cat I will vote for Cat because he’s also entirely deserving of praise [and not just because of his beautiful ass] In the books, Kryten spends most of them wanting to either kill himself for not being what he was made to be. But in the end, he kills himself to save Lister and the Cat, his last bit of ‘usefulness’. He doesn’t just deserve to win, he deserves to be happy instead of living a life hurtling through deep space ironing someone’s’ socks. He deserves his garden, he deserves to enjoy nature fully instead of rushing through an episode, he deserves to sit without worry and love himself and just allow himself to exist. And to realise that nothing was his fault, that he doesn’t have to bend over backwards to meet anyone else’s’ standards. He deserves to win because he’s not ‘so much more’. He just is. And I will spread every bit of propaganda I can even if it’s a futile attempt, because he’s been a comfort for me since I literally six years old, before rediscovering him at twelve, before letting myself enjoy him years later when I realized just how important he is, how much I relate to him, and how wonderful he is as a character in general. Via @cinnamon-phrog thank you again!!

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im so surprised at the result, theres so much love for rimmer here that i thought he'd win. im glad lister won

Ik I honestly thought rimmer would win too, but I'm still happy he got so far :) (plus it's funny that Lister beat him by 'only the narrowest of narrow margins')

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I understand it’s been a while but I’ve been very busy with my a-levels, so I’ll start working on round 5 on Sunday at the latest!