Talk:Andorian

Does Fanlore have a policy on how to deal with the Star Trek books? Officially they're not canon, but unofficially the writers of the new movies have said they hold more weight now - they also have a consistent canon of their own regarding Andorians which doesn't really reflect what's on the screen.

For example, Shran has a half-Andorian half-Aenar child with an Aenar woman he falls in love with - the series presents it as a very heterosexual marriage, whereas the book series goes back and fills it in with the other partners required for the child to be born in a novel. These books and the series were basically running concurrently. (I have no idea how Enterprise fans resolved any of this - I know there is Archer/Shran out there.)

So this is not really fanon, as it's in pro-books, but it's not really canon either. --Skywaterblue 00:05, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

I'd say if there's a fan response to certain tie-in novels, then they're worth mentioning. It might be a good idea to add something along the lines of: The characteristics of Andorians established in tie-in novels are taken as canon by fans [if that's the case] and give examples of meta discussions and fanworks that assume these traits. (I didn't know about the four genders!)

How about renaming "The Fanon Andorian" to something like "The Influence of Tie-In Novels" and then creating another section for fanon that doesn't originate in the books.--æthel 01:13, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

I took the section and split it into two (Beta Canon) and (The Fanon Andorian). Seeing beta canon listed as fanon was bugging me tbh and I think the subject of how fans interacted with the beta canon on Andorians could probably be added to the new section. -- Error cascade (talk) 06:07, 24 March 2021 (UTC)