About The Fanlistings
The Fanlistings is the brilliant idea of Janine, who wanted to create a page to honor her favorite show ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer") and thought it would be interesting to find out where all the "Buffy" fans were from. Now, there are thousands of Fanlistings, for actors, tv shows, movies, books, practically anything you can imagine (there's even a Fanlisting for "The Fanlistings" itself!). But for each topic, there can be only one Fanlisting.

About Forced Perspective: The Beka Valentine-Tyr Anasazi Fanlisting
Why Beka and Tyr? In a word: "chemistry." On the surface they seem very different. Beka, the daughter of a drug-addicted smuggler and a woman whose history has remained unrevealed, is the fiercely independent human captain of the cargo ship, Eureka Maru. She's tough, caring, and deeply in debt. Despite (or perhaps because of) her own dysfunctinal family, she has created her own family (Harper, Rev, Trance) out of a group of misfit space travelers. Tyr, the son of Barbarossa and Victoria Anasazi, is a remnant of a Pride destroyed and forgotten. He's used his genetically engineered intellect, weapons ability (and considerable brawn) to create a life as a high-priced mercenary. His goal is to one day rebuild Kodiak Pride, with him as Alpha, and he has forsaken any emotional entanglements along the way.

Despite their vastly different lifestyles, they have a great deal in common. Most importantly, they're both survivors, and both admire something in each other. They're both cynical and self-interested, though they've come to believe in the new Commonwealth and their mission to help the people of the galaxies (Beka, more than Tyr, but "Belly of the Beast," showed how far he has come since the first episode.)



"Forced Perspective," the name of main Beka-Tyr site as well as the fanlisting, comes from a first season Andromeda episode. In the ep, Beka and Tyr are left behind on the Andromeda Ascendant while the others go looking for parts for the ship. Left alone, and bored, they talk and work out before having a very memorable gourmet dinner. This episode is the one that truly made me a Beka-Tyr 'shipper, which is why I chose the name.