Dylance

Dylance is the non-binary ship between Dylan Hunt and Trance Gemini from the Andromeda fandom.

Canon
When Dylan and Trance first met, they were on opposite sides of a life-and-death battle for control of the warship, the Andromeda Ascendant.

Dylan, a renowned captain who was betrayed in battle, was frozen in time when his ship got stuck on the edge of a black hole. He woke up from his hibernation state to find that Andromeda was being looted by mercenaries and even without fully understanding the situation he decides to fight the invaders. On the other hand, Trance, a mysterious alien of an unknown species, worked as a doctor on the rescue ship, Eureka Maru, whose crew was hired by mercenaries to plunder adherent ships lost in a battle and were surprised to find this one was not so abandoned as they thought.

Though everyone on Maru's crew was conflicted about what the mercenaries were doing – hunting the captain like an animal to steal his ship – Trance was the first to object and sided with Dylan, quit her job, and insisted they return the ship to its true owner. But the leader of the mercenaries attacked her as a reprimand for her disobeying him and Trance ended up badly injured while Dylan, in his hiding spot, could only watch through the ship's surveillance cameras, filled with anger and sadness at being unable to do anything for her in this situation.

Hours later, after many fights and struggles, the leader of the mercenaries, predicting his defeat, betrayed them by pushing the ship back to the collision course with the black hole to destroy everything and kill everyone. Dylan came out of hiding and revealed himself to the others saying he had a plan to save them all and Trance convinced everyone that following his lead was the only way to survive.

With the obstacle overcome and the mercenaries defeated, Dylan asked the crew of the Eureka Maru to become part of his new crew and help him restore order and peace to the universe. Trance accepted saying it "could be fun".

Season 1
The relationship between Trance and Dylan continued to grow and evolve with each mission they ventured into together. He has always been curious and impressed by Trance's mysterious and enigmatic personality and the secrets she hides. While Trance has always shown an unshakable faith in Dylan and his sense of justice, repeatedly showing that she would be by his side no matter what.

At one point, Trance became someone Dylan could count on to calm people down and create unusual allies, find clues and secrets as a spy, or distract enemies with his hyperactive personality. In addition to being by his side to give the best advice in decisive moments. Just like she could always count on Dylan to do the right thing and be the hero she looks forward to in every situation and the one who was always there to take care of her and cheer her up when she makes a bad decision and things go bad.

Season 2
With Trance growing and getting older in an unconventional way, their dynamic has changed and Dylan has to deal with the frustration of all the secrets she kept from him while getting used to her new personality and appearance. Angst was common among them, doubts and suspicions always arose in their conversations, and she had to prove herself to regain his trust as she tried to protect her true origins and the most sensitive parts of herself.

But with time and many missions together, they were able to get closer again and realize that what really mattered was that they were fighting for the same goal.

Season 3
Their dynamic reached a new normal, with Dylan accepting that her secrets didn't matter more than their connection and he learned to respect her boundaries, just as Trance was more open to revealing some small things about herself to him. Only for the relationship to be shaken once more when, in a battle, an army of her species decides to collaborate with the enemy, and Trance, in conflict, ends up not being able to choose a side and completely abstaining from the fight with the excuse that she feels sick. Dylan sees through this and after winning the battle goes to see how Trance was feeling and it turned out to be the worst fight they ever had with each other. He's hurt that she didn't choose his side in the battle and she's frustrated that she can't explain why going against her people is so difficult.

Season 4
The relationship changes again when Trance finally reveals her secrets to Dylan – and only to him – so they can both save the rest of the crew and the ship together. With full knowledge of her true nature, Dylan became more confident in their relationship, and made him extremely protective over Trance, even helping her hide the truth from others. Just like she acts as the guide Dylan needs to reach his fate. Thus, they became each other's confidants, always talking in moments of insecurity to share support for each new challenge and exchanging looks when difficult decisions needed to be made.

At the end of the season, in yet another difficult situation and an impossible battle to win, Trance is determined to stay behind to finish the enemy with a self-sacrifice attack, but Dylan is insistent that he would never leave her behind. Unfortunately, Trance knows him better than anyone and manages to convince him that this was the only way to win the bigger war that was to come. They shared a gentle goodbye kiss, wishing to meet again somewhere in the future.

And as Dylan escaped through the portal between universes, Trance flew in a kamikaze attack to destroy the entire enemy fleet at once.

Season 5
Trance and Dylan are reunited in an unknown system, but Trance has lost her memory and control of her powers, and now, with their roles switched, Dylan is the one who acts as her guide in the search for answers and a way out of that place disconnected from the rest of the universe.

At some point, while searching for a solution, they discover that Dylan is her Protector, the title for the special connection that beings of the Trance species create with other individuals, making their relationship and devotion to one another that much stronger. This also explains the strong connection they've always had with each other since the beginning.

In the final battle, Trance’s people once again ally themselves with Dylan's enemy, an evil entity that wants to reshape the entire universe, and this time, Trance chooses to side with him and repudiate the orders of her people.

In the end, Dylan and Trance fight together against the Abyss entity to save the universe.

Moments

 * Dylan comforted Trance about her fly skills
 * Trance stopped Dylan from revenge on an old enemy.
 * Dylan called Trance his lucky charm.
 * Dylan was concerned about the plan to send Trance to spy on a suspicious ally.
 * Dylan invited Trance to dance as a song accidentally starts playing on the ship's bridge.
 * Dylan and Trance flew together in his Slipfighter to face the terrorists.
 * Dylan hugged Trance to comfort her in mourning.
 * Dylan gave Trance a goodbye kiss.
 * Trance helped Dylan to feel comfortable with his true nature.
 * Dylan took Trance in his arms when she passed out.
 * Trance disowned her own people to fight alongside Dylan.

Quotes
"Perhaps you were not made for times like these. Then again, perhaps... you will go where i will be waiting."

- Trance's goodbye in season 4 finale.

"I'll be there for you, Dylan."

- Trance responds Dylan's call for backup.

"But on this plane, right now, my place is with you. My Protector."

- Trance to Dylan in season 5, episode 13.

Fanon
The relationship between Trance and Dylan has grown and evolved a lot along this journey, to the point of becoming one of the most – if not the most – important relationships in the series.

Unfortunately, since it belongs to an old TV show, the Andromeda fandom – and the Dylan x Trance fandom, for instance – is barely active these days and it's hard to find fanficion or any other fan work about them.

On AO3, Dylance is a very rare pair with only 4 stories focused on them.

Fandom
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