Levels of canon (heavy on the Homicide/L&O/Bab5 references)

[kellinator]

Last night TNT was again airing the first Law and Order/Homicide crossover, Charm City/For God and Country, and it hit me at some point near the end: I am convinced that at some point during that crossover Tim Bayliss and Claire Kincaid got it on. Or at least made out passionately in the alley behind the Waterfront.

It got me thinking about the different levels of canon and subtext which relate to interpersonal relationships between characters. They don't have to mean sex but they usually do because what's the big deal about showing two characters are buddies? Shows will usually come out and show that. There are a few types:

• Official Canon: It happened onscreen and there's no denying it. Example: Sheridan and Delynn, Falsone and Ballard *retch*. Personally, I think people are least interested in these because it happened, we know it happened, reading between the lines is much more interesting. (Note: I am still only halfway done with Babylon 5. If you spoil me, I will gut you.)
• Semi-Official Canon: You thought you could read it between the lines, and then one of the head honchos confirmed it in an interview. Examples: Jack and Claire, Susan and Talia, Tim's love for Frank
• Official-in-My-Head Canon: You think you can read it between the lines, nobody's made it official but you're still convinced. Examples: the above-mentioned Tim and Claire, Munch and Kay (at least on his side), Alex and Olivia
• Because-I-Said-So Canon: There's absolutely no evidence, but that's not stopping you. Examples: Most slash, almost anything edie22 writes, anything I write in which Munch and Kay are actually having sex.

So, what are your favorites in the last three categories?

Comments

[kellinator.livejournal.com]

Oooh!! Actually I have read this one!! It's terrific!!

[chicating.livejournal.com]

Thanks...if I die now, fandom will say "Oh, man, Dumpster Sex Woman died." But I thought it was a nice echo of that Emma Zoole thing.
Munch and Kay were the most fun to make teens of. Frank was the hardest...I was most like Teen Timmy...my God, so awkward.

[kellinator.livejournal.com]

Dude, I don't think Frank EVER was a teenager.

Hey, have you read any of the stuff at Autofocus? Site seems mainly dead, but there's a lot of good reading.

http://evolfic.com/autofocus/index2.html

I'm assuming you've checked out 11 Cents and Schism's webpages? MORE QUEER EYE DAMMIT!!!

[chicating.livejournal.com]

Yep...some excellent writers at autofocus...wish they hadn't scattered to the four winds quite so much. I love Jason Shadrick's MunchnKay...there's one in particular that I read a lot for...um, research purposes.Yeah, that's the ticket...all about the narrative arc. And Gordon Pratt committed suicide.
I'd love to write more QE but I have Kay's fashion sense.(when I'm not pseudogoth.).I need some technical advice for Afters for the guys