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⌈ Secret Post #6115 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

I feel like with Rimmer being 'unlikable' - as in his whole walk of life from his own family to friends and work colleagues expressing some kind of dislike for him, or at least judging from Rimmer's own pov - is part the reason why he wasn't written as the main lead like Lister.
I mean, he straight up admits that he has an admiration for fascist dictators during Margaret Thatcher's time as prime minister (when she was often described as such for all the shitty things she was doing before getting out in 1990, which reflected A LOT on the media being made at the time) - which is something he got away with as a side character but probably not as a 'main'.
In addition to the fact that Lister, with all his own faults, was definitely the character with more compassion to help/understand others (ie: wanting to understand who Cat was whereas Rimmer would have had him off the ship, or how Lister wanted to help Kryten break his programming - even with Rimmer on several occasion throughout the series where he would listen to so much of his messed up life and sometimes tried to help or attempt to give words of comfort). He wasn't perfect by no means - none of them were - but Lister was the one who helped to band the group together in a way that I don't think Rimmer would have been able to do.

This of course isn't to say that Rimmer's episodes weren't the most interesting ones either, I do agree with you on that OP. But I think if it had shifted for Rimmer to be the lead, something would have been lost in conveying those interesting parts of his character.

[(Anonymous)]

I like your analysis!
Yes, Rimmer is interesting, but never actually likable. But that is the very reason why Holly chose him above all the rest of the crew as someone to keep Lister sane. And the show was definitely less engaging when he was gone. He's not the lead, but he's definitely a catalyst, and an essential one at that.