#Commander Ladnok

[galraluver]

pls do 4 galrans of ur choice writing a loveletter!

Sure thing 🥰 I intend on making this as cute as possible 💕😊

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~ Thace ~

~ Thace is a little bit of a hopeless romantic like Ulaz, but unlike Ulaz he's not always the best at expressing his romantic interest for you

~ He loves you more than life itself, so he decides to attempt writing a love letter as a way to confess those feelings for you

~ While he writes the love letter Thace lets the words come from his heart, just as he would have done if he was confessing his feelings for you in person

~ He had only one chance to write a love letter to you and he wanted to do it right, he ended up obsessing over it for nearly a week

~ He felt that writing a love letter shouldn't have taken so long to write, and yet by the time he perfected it he was still hesitant to give it to you

~ Ulaz has to give Thace a pep talk before he leaves the envelope containing his love letter to you in front of your door

~ In the end, you reciprocate his feelings and within a week the two of you become a romantic couple

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~ Ulaz ~

~ Ulaz is a hopeless romantic and a complete sweetheart even though he acts stoic and a bit distant when others are around, but when it comes to you, his true love, he wants you to know how much he truly loves you

~ One of the most romantic things a person can do at the beginning of a relationship is write a love letter to their true love, so that's exactly what he does

~ The two of you can't be together all the time yet because of his position amongst the Blades, so writing love letters are his way of being intimate with you whenever he's away

~ Obviously there's no mail service in space, so he has Keith deliver the letters to you

~ He writes down how he feels about you in the most personal, sincere, meaningful way possible that will have you swooning as soon as you read the letter

~ While Ulaz writes the letter he writes poetically from his heart and re-reads each sentence after he finishes writing them to make sure there's no grammar mistakes and that nothing sounds cringey

~ Writing a love letter is the most heartfelt way one can express their feelings for someone they love deeply

~ Ulaz knows that you'll absolutely love the love letters he wrote for you

~ And you do; they're the most romantic thing you've ever read and you do your best to write love letters in response

~ Until you and Ulaz are permanently reunited with each other, you both send each other love letters that you both save for momentum

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~ Ezor ~

~ Honesty, Ezor could just tell you that she likes you since your bedroom is right across the hallway from hers aboard Lotor's main ship, but she wants to do something really cute and she decides to write a love letter to you

~ Of course, she takes her time to write it to make sure it sounds sincere, genuine and very loving

~ Ezor isn't really good with poetry and ends up asking Lotor for advice because she's not necessarily the best at long declarations of love

~ Lotor helps her out because she's one of his oldest friends and he wants to see you and her end up as a couple

~ Ezor doesn't have as much patience as her teammates, she really likes you and she just wants to tell you

~ She ends up confessing her feelings for you in the love letter just to get it over with

~ It would crush her if you didn't reciprocate her feelings, at least with the love letter she wouldn't have to face that rejection in person

~ In the end, after you find the love letter in front of your bedroom door, you seek Ezor out and the two of you end up together as a romantic couple

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~ Ladnok ~

~ Since Ladnok is a high ranking commander in the galra empire she has the privilege to take anyone as a romantic partner, even a servant

~ Ladnok likes you more than anyone and she thinks the two of you would be a good match for each other, and she can tell that you have a slight crush on her, so her way of letting you know that she's interested is by writing love letters to you

~ Writing a love letter to someone is a very serious thing; Ladnok takes her time to write the first one since she wants you to know how she feels about you, but at the same time she doesn't want to come on too strongly

~ Ladnok makes sure to include how much she truly values you as a person rather than a servant, the last thing she wants is to accidentally make you think that she's taunting you

~ Usually interspecies relationships are looked down upon in the empire, although since both you and Ladnok are women it's more accepted

~ Honesty, Ladnok felt a little nervous when she wrote the letter because she was expressing her feelings for you on paper, she just wanted you to know how much she liked you

~ Once the letter is complete and perfect Ladnok gives the letter to you personally

~ After you read the letter you swoon, and it isn't long before you accept her offer to court you

[swordwing2117]

Ladnok is not impressed.

acrylic

[juskla]

whispers i ship them

UPDATE: i drew them

[deathblossomlp]

All the Galra from S5

I saw a few posts listing the major Galra from the Kral Zera episode but none listing all of them so here we go. In chronological order! 

Under the cut because it’s quite long, we got a lot of lovely Galra babes this season to appreciate.

Unnamed Galra Commander 

Lieutenant Letch

General Branko

Commander Sniv

Commander Sendak

Ilun

Vrek (left)

Unnamed BoM Spy

Warlord Ranveig

Commander Gnov

Quartermaster Janka

Commander Trugg

Comander Ladnok

General Sideburns (he’s actually a lieutenant but shh)

The Archivist

Random Ship Lieutenant (”Return fire immediately!”)

Random ship Lieutenant (Fire on Gnov!”)

Krolia

Those Two Galra

And just for lols

Funsen

That’s all of the lovely Galra we got this season! There were a bunch of  bg Galra too, but that’s for another post. This one feels bloated enough already.

[purpledragonsart]

For some reason I’ve seen almost no fan art of all the female Galra Commanders from season 4 even though their designs were so cool? So uh here’s me rectifying the situation.

Part 2

[mateushonrado]

Status Post #6754: Female Galra (part 2)

Galra Empire Generals

First row: Ladnok and Trugg (now deceased)

Second row: Zaiforge commander and unnamed Galra general who retreats

[awkward-tension]

You know what I appreciate about voltron?

How diverse their galra gals are

I mean

Look

How big and unique

These gals look

All of them can step on me and I'd thank them

[nefariouslycrafted-archive]

@empurist continued from [ x ]

   Something in Commander Ladnok’s tone catches her attention, her eyes flicking to her form as she stands diligently against the wall. Everything about the Commander’s body language suggested an acute discomfort, so much so that she felt the need to turn away. How curious.

   “ A downright nuisance is what they are. ” she sneers, wiping some stray blood from her face. Her posture loosens as the fresh thrill of violence relaxes her somewhat, their final screams still thrumming through her mind. She angles her head more towards the other Galra, unable to keep the honest curiosity from her voice.

   “ You look shaken. Speak freely, what’s troubling you? ”

[etherithical]

Pidge Whump Scenarios (UPDATED: Seasons 1-4)

Please do not read this if you faint of heart. I do not want to ruin your life through my cursed Whump scenarios😅😈

Just some ideas if you have writer’s block or want to evolve some of these things for my (or your own/other peoples’) BTHB prompts! I kept them vague so you could add your own things. Most of them are AUs, are Pidge focused (y’all know me), and are placed in the order of the episodes.

Disclaimer: Many of these ideas are heavily inspired by some other amazing Pidge Whump writers out there. While I tried my hardest to keep ideas original and creative, be warned that some stray very close to what is already out there.

Whumpers: -Law Enforcement (considering the prior to Voltron prompt)

-School bullies, gangsters, blackmailers, pretty much any human that sucks and uses Pidge as their punching bag

-Commander Sendak

-Lieutenant Haxus

-Bounty Hunters, although who would want to injure their precious cargo? -Subcommander Ylvik (Note: Lead Galra on Shay’s Balmera. He is not seen on screen, but mentioned when Prorok states that he has command of said Galra’s fleets)

-Commander Prorok

-Macidus and those other Druid creeps

-Chief Information Officer Plytox (Not seen, mentioned)

-Zarkon? (Note: Considering he is more of the kill, no prisoners type of guy, you’ll have to tread carefully with this one. He should have a reason to keep her alive other than “Hey I like torturing young children cuz I’m a creeeeep!”

-Haggar (Note: Another one you should be careful with. While there are a TON of Whump fanfics with her, I don’t see her as really that sadistic. I mean, she interrogates prisoners, but that’s for the Empire’s villainous plans rather than her own personal enjoyment. Again, you’ll need a reason other than she wants to have fun.

-Commander Branko (Commander on Olkarion)

-Unilu traders?

-The Warden from Escape from Beta Traz

-Lotor

-Lotor’s Generals (I think it would be cool to see Narti as the Whumper. Kinda creepy since she can’t see or talks, so she’s just hurting Pidge and saying nothing the entire time)

-Commander Hira and the evil Alteans from the Alternate Universe

-Lambonite Scavengers (Seen in The Legend Begins)

-Evil Matt...? 😏

-Bounty Hunter from Reunion

-Evil AU version of Pidge, resentful of our beautiful girl’s happier life.

-Commander Throk

-General Raht

-Ladnok or Trugg (female Whumpers are 👌)

Scenarios/Prompts:

1. Pidge’s secret about being a girl comes forth before the Blue Lion is found. You can play this idea a bit: Maybe Pidge is arrested, or maybe Iverson doesn’t want to tell the truth about Kerberos, so he takes matters into his own hands? It’s up to you

2. Not a specific episode, but Pidge is made into a Robeast?

3. Fall of the Castle of Lions/Return to the Balmera. Pidge fails to save the Castle of Lions from Sendak. This one could go in several unique ways depending on personal choice. Here’s some ideas if you need some inspiration.

-Haxus defeats Pidge, but instead of killing her, he tortures or maims her.

-Keith and Allura are unable to get in on time, and Sendak has Pidge.

-Sendak convinces Pidge to turn herself into him.

4. Rolo, Nyma, and Beezer take a certain little Green Paladin with them instead of (or along with) the Blue Lion. Hunk is infuriated at the rest of the team for being too trusting, and by doing so letting the Bounty Hunters escape with their friend.

5. Pidge is caught in a rockfall in Return to the Balmera. (Note: Subcommander Ylvik is the name given of the lead Galra on the Balmera, though he is not seen on screen)

6. Pidge catches onto the infected Alfor’s plan. Unfortunately, he gets to her before she can tell the others…

7. Macidus finds Pidge, Lance, and Hunk and takes her with him to Central Command. Now we have both a Paladin and a princess captured! YAY!

8. Voltron is defeated in The Black Paladin and Pidge is the only Paladin left alive. Zarkon chooses to keep her alive (Why? As a pet? To entertain his soldiers? Because one of his subordinates insisted?). Maybe Thace could be the caretaker, sneaking in food and medicine when no one is looking?

9. An idea for Across the Universe: Pidge is injured on her landing on the trash nebula. Nevertheless, she must manage to build the satellite, with a little help from the Green Lion and the trash floofs, of course!

10. Greening the Cube. Pidge is captured during the mission and the Commander (no name given) either makes her his slave, or, due to her unbelievably strong connection to the world around her, experiments on her.

11. In Eye of the Storm, Pidge is hit by one of the lasers in the teludav. While she survives, the hit causes severe damage to her body that can’t be easily fixed, or not at all.

12. Pidge and the Green Lion fall into the acid in The Ark of Taujeer. This one is a good option for Plance, since Lance and Pidge were working together to sew together the planet’s crust.

13. Pidge is captured in Space Mall and sold as a slave by a group of Unilu.

14. There already are some Escape from Beta Traz whump scenarios out there, so this one was a bit of a challenge. One idea is that the Warden catches Pidge while she is hiding under his desk, and forces Lance and Shiro to face an ultimatum: leave Slav, a vital part of the plan to defeat Zarkon with him (and Laika, too!), or leave Pidge, their friend and the Green Paladin, at his mercy.

Another idea is that everyone gets caught. Because Pidge was pretty much the one conducting the mission from the Control Center (and through that, causing all the trouble), the Warden beats her up.

15. Not tied to an episode, but let’s imagine for a moment that for whatever reason, team Voltron believes that Pidge is half-Galra rather than Keith. Pidge, already reeling from the false disbelief, experiences Allura’s racism, which grows increasingly detrimental to her confidence. And, Keith, who knows he is Galra, is unsure whether to tell everyone. I don’t see him as the “I’m afraid she’ll act the same way toward me as she is with Pidge” kind of guy, so you’ll have to get a little creative. Either way, once the truth comes out, Allura is terribly guilty and Pidge is furious at Keith for not saying anything while she suffered in silence.

16.Pidge is hit by the laser-eyed monsters… well, um, lasers in Stayin’ Alive.

17. The plan in The Best Laid Plans and Blackout fails. This one is almost identical to the The Black Paladin idea, except later in the show. I like this one a bit better as the hatred for the Paladins is higher, seen as they managed to get as far as they did, with the downside of losing Thace as caretaker.

18. What if… In Red Paladin, Voltron for some reason was doubtful about the attack of Puig, so Pidge offered to go in by herself (since the Green Lion can turn invisible). While Lotor and the gang expected evidence that there ‘is no Voltron without the Black Lion,’ taking Pidge to interrogate her is an easy alternative. Or, if this one doesn’t excite you, he can capture her when Voltron was set up (since the other Lions and their lack of experience flying leaves for an easy capture on Lotor’s part).

19. Fairly similar to 18. Lotor’s plan in The Hunted to flush out the Lions and capture them one by one mostly or completely succeeds. Either way, Pidge and possibly a few more of the Paladins are captured.

20. In Hole in the Sky, The Alteans attach some sort of alternate version of the Hoktril to Pidge, one that leaves her with free will but the inability to do anything but what the Alteans want. Sort of as a punishment for trying to mess up their plans. This could be a part of a larger plot: Where Commander Hira manages to cross through the wormhole and begins to take over the universe. Maybe an enormous war between the alternate reality Alteans and the Galra Empire could start. Or else this could happen to Pidge when the others are trying to escape and she gets caught and left behind.

21. While The Legend Begins doesn’t give me an AU, an interesting idea came to mind. We know that the original Paladins of Voltron fought evil before the Galra took over the universe. At the beginning of the episode they are fighting Lambonite scavengers. What if 10,000 in the future, they or some other ancient menace came back to exact revenge on the Paladins. And while they can’t hurt dead people, torturing their successors is an easy second best.

22. Let me just spill my Reunion ideas here. For just some general angst, you could just have Matt be dead. Imagine Pidge has been gone for vargas, so the Paladins go and search for her, only to find her literally hugging onto a gravestone, her eyes wide, and when they try to move her she is reluctant to leave her brother’s side and unresponsive when they try to talk to her. She constantly holds on, it doesn’t seem like she recognizes (or cares about) her friends beside her, and Shiro has to drag her out so they can leave. Another option, a darker one, is that the Bounty Hunter wins and takes Pidge and Matt to the Galra. A fun idea to play with, if you ask me. And if you’re willing to go even darker, making Matt evil and having him actually hurt (or… torture) his sister is an idea I’ve played with for the longest time.

23. The Galra catch on to the Paladins’ in The Voltron Show and the ‘propaganda’ it’s spreading. Zarkon or some other Galran in power organizes an attack during one of the performances, when the Paladins are vulnerable. Most of the Paladins manage to escape but Pidge is captured. Or the performances from the Voltron Show create enemies… and people who should definitely be avoided for each Paladin. Pidge is captured off guard by a stalker who wants to make her ‘his dog.’ (If you write this I would rather it not be NSFW. You can be you but please use your own ideas for that)

24. Pidge and Hunk fail to disable the Communications Station in Begin the Blitz. Because of their failure, the Voltron Coalition takes serious losses, and Pidge is brutally beaten as punishment while Hunk is forced to watch. Another one is because they lost Lotor as a bargaining chip, Ezor, Zethrid, and Acxa capture Pidge in order to reenter the ranks of the Galra Empire.

25. Somehow, Pidge is the only survivor in the entire Coalition after the massive explosion in A New Defender. The Galra choose to keep her alive as a prisoner of war… and for some fun. And alternative to this is that Pidge survives and manages to escape the Galra, but is a fugitive of the Galra Empire and constantly in peril of being found… and paying the price

Feel free to use these or change these however you like! I honestly don’t care how you use them; the purpose of this is to inspire you, not hold you back! I’ll update it once I’ve finished rewatching seasons 5-6.

You can request me to do my own ideas for my BTHB card, although I would like to see some of your own personal improvements/additions as well!

[drawnandredrawn]

YEAR LONG VOLTRON ART CHALLENGE --ORIGINAL VERSION

Okay so, was talking to @giugiuryu​ about this challenge, and decided that yes, it was time to write this list up and post it.

So below the cut here we have 365 Voltron art prompts, one for each day of the year!  This list was written up by my lovely wife @wireslide​ and is very, VERY informed by her personal preferences and headcanons.  So I invite anyone and everyone to join me in the fun of doing this challenge, but also to make changes to the list where you see fit.  Don’t want to add stuff from the comics?  Want Lotor prompts?  Need the entire ‘draw these two people together’ section to be exclusively your OTPs?  Make it so!  I, for example, will NOT be doing the list exactly as posted, but making a few changes where the daily prompt doesn’t really catch my interest.  So think of this as a framework and jumping off point for your ideal year of Voltron.

And please, please tag me if you plan to join in!  I’d love to follow and watch your progress!

PART 1: DOODLES, SKETCHES, AND STUDIES

FOCUS ON STYLE - Sketch the topics below and get into your style

Bayards

Haxus (head/face)

Space Mice

Markings/scars

Insignia

Sendak (head/face)

Shiro  (head/face)

Lance  (head/face)

Keith  (head/face)

Pidge  (head/face)

Hunk  (head/face)

Allura  (head/face)

Coran  (head/face)

Nyma  (head/face)

Trigel   (head/face)

Rollo  (head/face)

Zarkon  (head/face)

Gyrgan  (head/face)

Blaytz  (head/face)

Matt  (head/face)

ANATOMY STUDIES - Spend time understanding how their bodies fit together

Arusians

Galra

Olkari

Bi-Boh-Bii

Krellians (insectoid)

Mu

Taujeerians

Krellians (draconic)

Kotka (domestic)

Yuppers

Slav

Bob

Mer

Balmerans

Borf (Kosmo The Space Wolf)

Alteans

Narti

Unilu

Kotka (wild)

Yalmor

Dhavdabau

Kaltenecker

Kova

Ranveig's Beast

Myzax

Balmerans (different)

Krellians (draconic-dragon form)

Galra (different)

Chameleon/Drazil

Baku

INORGANIC - Study by sketching or painting

Accessories

Chain Sword

Sendak's arm

Kuron's (fully activated) arm

Shiro's Altean arm

Rover

Beezer

N-7

Galra Sentry

Altean sentinel

Altean Target Drones

Lifegiver Statues

Kral Zera Altar

Marmorran Blade

BOM Mask

Druid Mask

Lance's Rifle

Space Junkyard

Altean Broadsword

Hunk's Bunker Buster

Pidge's Grapple Taser Thing

Haxus' Legs

Myzax's Weapon

Balmera Crystal

Galra Connective cables

Komar

Zaiforge Cannon

Zaiforge base

Robeast Prorok

Xanthorium Crystals

SHIPS - Like...ships.

Black Lion

Red Lion

Blue Lion

Green Lion

Yellow Lion

Altean Pod

Galra Fighter

Galra Cruiser

Taujeerian Ship

Olia's ship

Olkari Fighter

Lotor's Flagship

Blade of Marmora Outpost (Ulaz's)

Lotor's Crazy Ivan Ship

Galra Bridge

Olia's Bridge

Castle of Lions Bridge

Lion Cockpit

Robeast Coffin

Altean Pod Cockpit

Galra Hangar Bay

Altean ship

Komar Mech

Honerva's Mech

Sincline

Angel of Death (fusion mech)

Mobile Suit Zarkon

Galra Central Command

Castle of Lions

IGF Atlas

VAGUE TOPICS - more abstract prompts. Doodle, sketch, and study whatever comes to mind for these.

Power Source

Oriande

Alchemy/Alchemists

Monsters & Mana

Lion Goddess

The Rise of Voltron

Space Mall

Hole in the Sky

The Voltron Show!

Kral Zera

The Black Paladins

Lion's Pride

Clear Day

Battle Scars

Blade of Marmora

Druids

Battlefield Loss

Gladiator

Altea

Remembrance

Galaxy Garrison

Crown

Sacred

Forgiveness

Space Madness

Blood Ties

Microwave

Down Time

Rebels

TRANSPARENCY

Oldadins

Rebirth

Redeath

Alternate Universe

Bargaining

Escape

Family

Arena

Daibazaal

Arus

Quintessence

Balmera

Olkarion

Princess

Firstborn

Sheath

Ressurection

Altean Colony

Betrayal

Love

Memorial

Bounty Hunters

Space Pirates

General/s

VREPIT SA

Distortion

Sacrifice

Redemption

Vengeance

Heritage

Magic

Food Goo

Feels Bad, Man

Freedom

Addiction

Birth

Death

Adam

Justice

Peace

PART 2: ONCE MORE, WITH POLISH!

A COAT OF POLISH - move of out sketching, move into more detailed and polished figures! Lines!  Colors!

Wing Commander Shiro

Lance

Hunk

Pidge

Allura

Keith

Shiro

Coran

Young Zarkon

Young Alfor

Trigel

Gyrgan

Blaytz

Young Honerva

Krolia

Ezor

Zethrid

Throk

Morvok

Macidus

Romelle

James Griffin

Nadia Rizavi

Veronica 

Sam Holt

Matt Holt

Young Sendak

Young Haxus

Ladnok

Ranveig

Herschel

Slav

Hira

Moxilous

Empress Allura

Gladiator Shiro

Pike

Block

Meklenor

Mystical Archer of Valyuun

Thunderstorm Darkn'ess

Paladin Shiro/Jiro

Dakon, The Dark Wizard

Honerva

Young Lotor

Young Allura

Antok

Regris

Kolivan

Acxa

Narti

Lotor

Thace

Haggar

Emperor Zarkon

Adam

Ryan Kinkade

Ina Leifsdottir

Iverson

Colleen Holt

Sendak

Haxus

Gnov

Trugg

Sniv

Olia

Curtis

Taavo

Firstborn Allura

Gladiator Lance

MULTIPLE FIGURES - FRIENDS, ENEMIES...SHIPPERS!  Ink me your lines!  Time for multiple figures!  Swap duos out as pleases you!

Shiro & Lance

Hunk & Keith

Shiro & Keith

Zarkon & Honerva

Shiro & Sendak

Keith & Adam

Shiro & Matt

Coran & Kythalian

Allura & Lance

Shiro & Ulaz

Pidge & Matt

Shiro & Gary

Lance & Blue

Shiro & Black

Allura & Romelle

Acxa & Gregory

Narti & Ezor

Antok & Kolivan

Pidge& Keith

Lance & Lotor

Shiro & Hepta

James & Keith

Acxa & Narti

Ryan & Hunk

Veronica & Nadia

Romelle & Acxa

Hunk & Lance

Keith & Lance

Zarkon & Alfor

Zarkon & Sendak

Kuron & Lance

Shiro & Adam

Keith & Matt

Allura & Shiro

Shiro & Ezor

Pidge & Haxus

Keith & Sendak

Ezor & Zethrid

Zarkon & Black

Hunk & Romelle

Acxa & Ezor

Narti & Lotor

Keith & Regris

Shiro & Curtis

Kuron & Lotor

Acxa & Zethrid

Krolia & Keith’s Dad

Acxa & Veronica

Lance & James

Ryan & Shiro

PART 3: BACKGROUND = CHARACTER

BACKGROUND ADDS CHARACTER - Add extra detail, backgrounds, and extra figures.  Create polished images from more abstract prompts.

Voltron

Black

Blue

Oriande

Galra Sentries

Ryner

Plaxum&Crew

Olia&Crew

Robeast Zarkon (life support armor, from Blood Duel)

Close-up Deltarian Host

Space Pub

Altea (Pollux)

2+ Lotor's Generals

Galra Teeeeth

Sphinx

Shuttle Crash

2+ Garrison Brass

Quintessence Processing

Cloning Facility

Evil Wizard's Lair (M&M)

Red

Yellow

Green

Blade of Marmora HQ

Space Pirates

Alternate Universe

Melenor

Blades of Marmora

Rollo, Nyma, Beezer

2+ Oldadins

Rift-Steeped Lotor

Daibazaal

Altea (Arus)

Feyiv

Yalex Temple

Keith’s Dad’s House

Atlas Bridge

Space Whale

Quintessence Poisoning

Dream Machine

FUCKING Y I K E S - Multiple characters and complex scenes.  Push yourself.  Try poses with multiple characters interacting and scenes with difficult perspective.

Current Paladins

MFE Pilots +Ronnie

Keith +Family

Lance + Family

Shiro, Adam, Iverson, Matt

Altean Alchemists

Medical Area

Central Command

Space Mall

Space Battle

Oldadins

Galra Command Circle

Holts

Hunk + Family

Garrison Trio

Slave Market

Space Junkyard

Coronation

Tavern/Inn (M&M)

Wedding

PART 5: LEGENDARY ARTIST

CONGRATULATIONS, THIS IS THE HOME STRETCH!  IF YOU WERE NOT A LEGENDARY ARTIST ALREADY YOU SURE ARE NOW!  Don’t feel like these prompts need to be finished in a day.  Take your time.  Think of the most epic scene you’ve wanted to draw and call upon your powers to make it so.  Savor your victory.  Flaunt your mad skills you funky little artist.

Allura v. Haggar

Galra Arena Fight

Kuron And The Clones

Empress Allura v. Zarkon (Alternate Universe)

The End and Beginning of the Multiverse

[swordwing2117]

commander ponytails

[juskla]

Bad Romance Bisexual Intergalactic Warlords.

“Ladnok, wait. We said we wouldn’t get back together.” “One night never hurt anybody~” “We both know that’s not true.”

i have fallen head over heels for this pairing. officially tradnok trash🔥🔥🔥 i made this art to be the icon for my new sideblog @tradnok, but i also wanted to post it here to share with all of my fellow Galra lovers<3

[art tag] [twitter]

[mateushonrado]

Status Post #5516 (reblog): What about this Galra general at Naxzela right over here?

Galra women + Haggar are gifts we don’t deserve 

[rosiebrie]

Reference: Galra Voice Actors

I like making lists for fun so... I made a list of the VAs of all the named Galra and some that are unnamed, but had speaking roles (but not all of them). Lemme know if I made a mistake so I can fix it- all the information is from the wiki and from GenerationWest’s “Complete Series Edition” of Voltron Characters and Voice actors.

Antok- Trevor Devall

Beta Traz Warden- Fred Tatasciore

Big Armored Pirate on Zethrid and Ezor’s Crew- Fred Tatasciore (s7)

Commander Bogh- Trevor Torseth

Commander Branko- Ike Amadi

Commander Drick- Grey Griffin

Commander Gnov- Cherise Boothe

Commander Ladnok- Katie Lowes

Commander Mar- Kevin Durand

Commander Morvok- David W. Collins 

Commander Prorok- Keith Ferguson 

Commander Sendak- Jake Eberle

Commander Sniv- Nolan North

Commander Throk- Tony Curran

Commander Trugg- Laura Post

Doctor Haggar- Grey Griffin

Emperor Zarkon- Kevin Durand (pre-corruption), Neil Kaplan (post-corruption)

Female NY-Accented Galra Pirate on Zethrid and Ezor’s Crew- Kari Wahlgren

Fentress- Kari Wahlgren

General Acxa- Anika Noni Rose (until “The Hunted”), Erica Luttrell, Cherise Boothe (“Kral Zera”)

General Ezor- Kimiko Glenn, Kimberly Brooks (for one line in s8)

General Herreh- Mark Rolston

General Narti- None

General Raht- Bill Millsap

General Zethrid- Jamie Gray Hyder

Governess Dayak- Andrea Romano (young), Mary McDonald-Lewis (old)

Hawkins- Fred Tatasciore (s7), John DiMaggio (s8)

Ilun- Cherise Boothe

Keith Kogane- Steven Yeun

Kolivan- Mark Rolston

Krolia- Ana Gasteyer 

Lieutenant Haxus- Robin Atkin Downes

Lieutenant Hepta- Matthew Mercer

Lieutenant Letch- Nolan North

Male Pirate that Messed with Pidge's Bayard on Zethrid and Ezor’s Crew- Tony Curran 

Medic Who Delivered Lotor- AJ LoCascio

Prince Lotor- AJ LoCascio

Quartermaster Janka- Fred Tatasciore

Regris- Josh Keaton

Thace- Mick Wingert 

That One Female Commander from Season 4 (can’t remember the ep, tell me if you know)- Jessica McKenna

The Archivist- Michael Bell

Throk's General Friend- Travis Willingham

Ulaz- Arnold Vosloo

Varkon- Fred Tatasciore 

Vrek- None

Vrepit Sal- Fred Tatasciore 

Warlord Lahn- Ray Chase

Warlord Ranveig- Angus Sampson

[mateushonrado]

Status Post #6771: Galra Empire (part 2)

Row 1: Trugg (Laura Post, deceased), Ladnok (Katie Lowes) and Zaiforge Commander (Jessica McKenna)

Row 2: Herreh (Mark Rolston) and Sniv (Nolan North, deceased)

Row 3: Archivist (Michael Bell), Ranveig (Angus Sampson) and Janka (Fred Tatasciore, deceased)

Row 4: Gnov (Cherise Boothe) and Macidus (Chris Diamontopoulos, deceased)

[kcwcommentary]

VLD5x05 – “Bloodlines”

5x05 – “Bloodlines”

This is another episode full of inconsistent writing. It’s inconsistent not just from one episode to the next, but also inconsistent within just itself. I feel such frequent inconsistencies in the writing is significantly the fault of Tim Hedrick as the show’s Story Editor. Maybe I’m wrong, but I would think that that job title would come with the responsibility to organize, inform, and edit the writing of each episode so that it remains consistent. In interviews, the staff of the show have talked about the show’s writing process including receiving notes from various parties and making revisions, but so many of these episodes feel like they were made off of a first draft script.

As much the inconsistency of writing is my biggest complaint about this episode, the behavior of Lance, Hunk, and Pidge in their final scene in this episode really disturbs me.

We start with Sam is getting ready to leave on a shuttle and head home to Earth. Shiro jokingly tells Sam to tell Iverson he’s “going to kick [his] butt for strapping [him] to that table,” seemingly referencing the first episode when Shiro returned to Earth after his year in captivity. This feels so weird because Iverson, what little we’ve seen of him to this point in the show, is not someone I would think as being the kind of person who would be receptive to a joke like this.

Hunk gives Sam some messages he had everyone record to be given to family back home. I really like this touch, and I like that Hunk specifies his message is for his mom only. This is the 44th episode of the show, and we mostly only know about Pidge’s family. There’s been some of Allura’s relationship with her father and a little with Keith’s dad (though that was a hallucination). We really should know more than we do about their families by now. Sigh, the show has Hunk joke about how Lance’s message is probably just flirtation to a girl. It clearly bothers Lance, and Hunk responds, “I was just joking around.” Personally, I severely hate that phrase because of how often people who say it use it as a way to dismiss a person’s clear dislike of how they’re being treated.

Lance gets teary thinking about his family. This is a nice side of Lance to see.

Sam’s plan upon return is to get the Galaxy Garrison informed about the conflict in the universe and try to build some form of planetary defense system. I assume he’s taking some Altean schematics or something with him? Because Earth’s technology couldn’t possibly be advanced enough to fight back against Galra on its own.

Sam says his goodbyes and leaves through a wormhole.

This feels weird to me: Last episode ended with such a fundamental shift in the status of the Galra Empire, Lotor was able to take the throne because Shiro acted in defiance of everyone else’s desire to do nothing (even if they did show up at the end to finally help), and this episode’s first scenes are as if nothing has happened, as if last episode didn’t exist. I know the show has been holding off getting Sam out of there for a while, but still. Given the significant change in the story and the specific conclusion of last episode, this beginning is unexpectedly casual.

We finally touch on the recent events with the next scene, not through the Paladins, but with Kolivan and Keith. I had to rewind and watch this scene twice because it confused me. It starts with an establishing shot of some base close to a star. Inside, Kolivan says, “This base was, until recently, run by a Galra commander named Ranveig.” I thought Kolivan was talking about the base he and Keith were standing in. The images on their display are so small, at a sharp angle, and not prominent within the frame, that I didn’t realize that Kolivan was talking about one of the images on the display.

Also, Kolivan’s dialog seems anachronistic. He says to Keith, “a Galra commander named Ranveig.” Keith already knows who Ranveig is since last episode he got to the Kral Zera by sneaking onto Ranveig’s ship and spent some time listening to Ranveig talking while on his ship. But here, Kolivan’s dialog is as if this is Keith’s first exposure to information about Ranveig. Ranveig has apparently been developing a superweapon, which seems odd since Ranveig is supposed to be a frontline battle commander, a position which would not involve him in research and development. 

Kolivan tells Keith that the Blades “have a spy in Ranveig’s camp who’s managed to acquire high level security clearance. Since Ranveig’s departure, it’s possible she’s assumed control of the base, but we can’t be sure.” She apparently hasn’t been able to communicate with the Blades because two other Galra, Trug and Ladnok, who we saw last episode, are fighting one another in that area of space. Kolivan wants Keith to infiltrate Ranveig’s base, extract the spy, and destroy Ranveig’s weapon. 

Kolivan then launches into saying to Keith, “You cannot allow your feelings to cloud your judgement. […] Remember, the mission is the only thing that matters. Emotions are a luxury we cannot afford.” He then shows a picture and tells Keith the name of the spy he’s to extract: Krolia. Since this is not my first time watching, I know Krolia is Keith’s mother. But, without knowing that, Kolivan’s critique of Keith’s emotions seems like a total non-sequitur. It feels to me now that this line bit of dialog was written solely because the writer knows what’s coming, not because it would make sense for Kolivan to say it now. 

It’s also weird that Keith’s here with Kolivan. Last we saw Keith, he had been on Feyiv. Team Voltron was there too. Did they not bother talking to one another? It kind of feels like the EPs are trying to punish the characters and viewers by having this severe lack of communication between Team Voltron and Keith. It feels spiteful, like they’re keeping Keith totally disconnected because they were upset that they weren’t allowed to have Shiro dead and Keith replace him. Throughout the show, we’re told that Team Voltron, Keith included, are friends, but they’re never shown acting like friends. No one ever expresses concern about him while he’s gone; it’s like the Paladins don’t even know him.

The Paladins finally have a scene that connects to last episode. The Castle Ship is journeying to Zarkon’s old ship/base.

Allura says, “We have to do everything we can to support Lotor. This is our chance to promote a new era of peace.” Is she being a hypocrite here or has the show just been written inconsistently? Both last episode and the episode before that, Allura was against helping Lotor. Here, she’s talking as if she’s been supportive the whole time. Where was this perspective and attitude from her during the previous two episodes? If this is supposed to be a change in her opinion, it would be nice for the show to have her acknowledge having been wrong to reject Lotor. I wonder if the EPs and the writers even realize that she’s behaving fundamentally differently here than she did previously? And since everyone had rejected Shiro’s argument that they should help Lotor such that Shiro had to act on his own, where is the conversation between them now to reveal the aftermath of that socially?

Lotor welcomes them on board. He refers to them as “my friends,” and he sounds genuine when he says it. Like I mentioned last episode, I wonder if the voice actor for Lotor had been informed that his character was not being genuine during all these episodes because I very much imagine most actors would produce a different performance if the character is being genuine versus being manipulative and deceptive. He has had a banner hung from the ceiling displaying an old symbol from back in the days when the Alteans and the Galra weren’t at war. It’s so hard to read these statements and gestures from Lotor as if he’s a villain. Even if you want a character to be a villain who’s deceiving the story’s protagonists, you have to write that character differently than you would if they were being genuine. 

“Since I ascended to the throne, the Galra Empire has been torn apart.” Again, how much time is supposed to have passed between last episode and this one? Also, since Voltron was present for the different factions fighting each other at the Kral Zera, and Voltron specifically landed on Feyiv in observance of Lotor lighting the flame, I would think they already know the Empire is effectively in a state of civil war. But this line is as if it’s been a long time since Kral Zera and that Team Voltron doesn’t know what’s been going on.

Lotor again presents the idea that limitless quintessence (or seeming limitless, the show never really explains how the rift has quintessence in it, so we don’t know of any limits on it) is the key to getting the conflict within the Empire settled. He tells Allura that she’s the key to acquiring that limitless quintessence.

With Lotor’s consent, Shiro and Coran work to update their intelligence files with files from the Galra records system. Lotor invites Allura to come with him, and he leaves Hunk, Lance, and Pidge with an escort who’s ordered to take them wherever they want to go. For someone who’s supposed to be secretly manipulating everyone, Lotor is way more open in sharing what’s under his command with Team Voltron than a normal allied leader would be, let alone a deceptive villain. It makes Joaquim Dos Santos and Lauren Montgomery’s claim that Lotor is still being a total villain here seem dissonant with what’s actually on the screen.

Of course, Lance is jealous of Allura going with Lotor. Ugh.

Pidge decides to reprogram their sentry escort so that it can have fun. Sure. And then the episode undergoes tonal whiplash by transitioning hard into a scene of a space battle between Trug and Ladnok. It feels weird, but I actually find myself more interested in Trug and Ladnok than I do most of the show’s main characters so far in this episode.

The space combat scene is short, and then it’s back to Pidge and Hunk having successfully hacked the sentry. They blow up packs of food and run from some Galra who tell them not to. And then back to Keith arriving at the battle between Trug and Ladnok. This continual, rapid, drastic shift in tone is disruptive to the narrative.

Despite Kolivan having earlier told Keith that Trug and Ladnok “are at war over the territory,” Keith, upon arrival, remarks, “Looks like things have escalated.” They were literally described as being “at war” with one another, so what exactly was he expecting that would make this look like an escalation to him? Fighting like this is exactly what I would expect. It’s hard to not feel weird when this show has characters say things so nonsensical. His fighter gets hit by some debris, and he crashes into the planet. Despite the fighter being totaled, Keith is uninjured. He conveniently crashes near the base.

Inside, he sees Krolia, who sees him, but he reacts as if he doesn’t want her to see him. He sneaks to follow her, but she sneaks up to him too. He reflexively pulls his Marmora blade on her, while she simultaneously pulls a gun on him. This feels awkward, and not in the way the show wants it to be awkward. With them at a standoff with their weapons, Keith says, “Krolia,” in a way that sounds like he’s surprised to see her, it has the vocal inflection like he’s thinking, what are you doing here. But he was specifically following her after she had seen him, so why is he surprised that it’s her? She then responds, “You’re late.” So, she was expecting him? Why did she pull a gun on him then? The tension of this moment feels totally fake.

Meanwhile, Lotor is showing Allura “Haggar’s lair.” Allura sounds incredulous that he would show her this place. Lotor says he thinks the only reason the old Paladins were able to go into the rift was because of “Alfor’s Altean alchemy.” Okay. But then, he says he thinks there might be something hidden within Haggar’s room that will contain information she hadn’t been able to unlock. The Alfor statement does not connect to the Haggar statement, so it’s lacking a transition to explain the relevance from one to the other. Lotor thinks Allura can figure out whatever Haggar could not. Okay, but what does that have to do with Alfor?

Allura reacts harshly, walking away and saying, “I shouldn’t be here” like she’s intruding or in danger of being tainted by being in the room. I don’t understand this reaction. Why does she think this? The scene gives literally nothing to explain this reaction from her. It’s like her reaction was written for no other reason than to give an excuse for Lotor to take her hand, which he does and says, “Please. I cannot do this without you.” The tonal quality of his voice is not that of deception, even though that’s supposedly what he’s doing here.

She finds an Altean science log, which Lotor identifies as a science log written by Honerva. The fact that he can identify this information as written by her so quickly is unexpected. Has he read through these files before? He never knew Haggar as Honerva back in the day, and he doesn’t seem to know that Haggar is Honerva now either.

Allura’s surprised to hear that Lotor’s mother is Honerva. “The Honerva that discovered the rift on Daibazaal?” she asks. Odd phrasing since we know she didn’t discover the rift; Honerva was brought in by Alfor after he discovered it. Allura continues, “Then you’re half-Altean.” It feels weird that she doesn’t already know this.

Lotor says that despite his bi-species nature being considered bad by most Galra, he considers it a strength. We’ve seen more than enough to know that’s very true. The way Lotor talks, back in the day, Altean technology was superior to Galra. That makes it weird that the Galra were able to destroy the Alteans.

Allura ponders how Haggar could have gotten Honerva’s data, and Lotor responds that Haggar was “constantly seeking Altean magical knowledge that she could pervert for her own power.” I would expect Allura to bring up right now that she knows that Haggar is Altean. At the point of the finale of season two, Allura thought the only surviving Alteans were her and Coran. Learning that Haggar was Altean is not something that would ever cease to be eminently on Allura’s mind, yet the show has had Allura behave since then as if she hasn’t learned that about Haggar. Even if they don’t realize that Haggar is Honerva, the fact that Haggar is Altean yet Zarkon was so reliant upon her should tell Allura something. At the very least, she should be asking Lotor where Haggar came from, why Zarkon would put so much trust in an Altean since he hated Alteans. This episode does eventually get Allura thinking about this later, but I can’t help expecting it right now.

The episode returns to Pidge, Hunk, Lance, and the sentry goofing off. I don’t find any of it to be interesting.

Back to Keith and Krolia. Krolia asks Keith, “Why did Kolivan risk sending you here now?” This is more of the show being inconsistently written. Krolia’s question makes no sense given that in her previous scene she said to Keith, “You’re late.” If she was expecting him to be there, then why is she baffled that he’s there?

Keith answers that he’s there because Kolivan “has heard about Ranveig’s superweapon.” Kolivan specifically told Keith that they know of the superweapon because of Krolia having provided the Blades with that information. This line is like Kolivan got that information from someone else – he’s “heard about” from the woman you’re speaking to right now, Keith. Sigh.

Krolia details that whatever the weapon is, it’s the result of Ranveig experimenting with some “undocumented shipment of quintessence” that he seized. Is this the quintessence shipments that the Blades were tracking back last season, the quintessence shipments that Keith was so focused on investigating with the Blades that it caused everyone to yell at him in 4x01 “Code of Honor?” The way Krolia describes it, it’s like she doesn’t know anything about this quintessence. Whatever. Trug’s fleet has moved to assault the base.

Back with Lotor and Allura. He’s bothered by Honerva’s logs, saying that by the end of them, “it’s like they’re written by a different person. She’s frantic, paranoid, erratic. Her reason and intellect are gone, replaced by fear and paranoia.” This later description of Honerva doesn’t seem to me to be that different than how she behaved pre-quintessence poisoning.

Allura ponders about if Honerva “became corrupted the same way Zarkon did.” What’s kind of weird about this is that 3x07 “The Legend Begins” is framed as Coran telling a story. By nature of that episode’s use of a frame tale, anything revealed in the flashbacks would be part of Coran’s telling of the story. That episode tells of Zarkon’s quintessence poisoning, and it depicts Honerva’s poisoning too. The difficulties this show has had after that episode in trying to keep characters from realizing Haggar is Honerva makes me wish even more so that “The Legend Begins” didn’t exist.

Allura suggests that Honerva and Haggar are the same person, but Lotor instantly reacts harshly, saying, “That witch is not my mother.” Allura still doesn’t emphasize that Haggar is Altean, and I’m surprised. Lotor’s reaction hints that he’s constructed an illusory idea of what his mother was like, since he never knew Honerva.

Lotor asks Allura to close her eyes and “feel the energy around [her]” to continue looking for anything in the room connected to Altean alchemy. There’s some old rock with glowing marks on it. Lotor recognizes it enough that it makes him think of ancient Altean ruins on some planet. At some point in his life, he has investigated these ruins. Lotor in this episode is being depicted as someone who’s been eagerly seeking to connect to his Altean heritage. Again, this makes Lotor feel like a very genuine person, not someone who’s a villain secretly manipulating Allura. He describes the carving in the ruins he found as depicting the Altean use of a “compass stone” to lead to “the magical realm of Oriande, which houses the secrets of Altean alchemy.” Allura says she’s only ever heard of Oriande as a folk tale. If this planet Lotor references was held by Alteans, I would think Allura would know of that planet since she’s the princess of the Alteans, but she doesn’t seem to.

Keith and Krolia continue struggling on the base. They eventually get overwhelmed by Trug’s forces, who capture Keith during a fight scene. During that fight, Krolia had been using Keith’s blade, and she causes it to reshape. Keith is surprised. Trug tells Krolia to surrender, and Krolia offers to make a deal. Keith immediately yells at Krolia, “What are you doing?” Even with Keith’s primary characteristic in this show being him being hotheaded, I would think he would have something resembling a little patience in this moment.

Krolia tells him, “I left you once. I’ll never leave you again.” Seriously, she thinks bringing that up right now is a good idea? It’s like the show is more interested in performing the big reveal that Krolia is Keith’s mother than it is in having Krolia act like an experienced spy would act in this moment. It’s one thing for Keith to have issues with self-discipline and controlling his reactions to his emotions, but it’s another for Krolia to do so too. This one line is the only one in this scene she makes hinting at her being Keith’s mother, so it makes the line feel incomplete since the scene cuts after she offers Trug access to the weapon in exchange for her and Keith being allowed to leave.

Back to Allura, who thinks the compass stone should open. If I was holding a chunk of rock I had never seen before, I would not think it would open, so I don’t know why she does. Lotor is again supportive. Holds her hands in his. He is drawn with a soft, concerned look on his face. Nothing about him here reads as villainous manipulation. “I know you have the power within,” he says. That’s faith. Having and expressing faith in the protagonist is not something a manipulative villain would do.

Allura reacts to Lotor’s statement by saying, “What if I don’t?” She says that Alfor’s alchemical ability is one “few Alteans possess” and cites that Coran doesn’t have it. This is weird for her to say since she has frequently used power that Coran can’t, like every time she creates a wormhole, like when she healed the Balmera, like when she overcame Haggar’s effect on Voltron on Naxzela. It would be one thing for her to wonder if she could ever become as skilled as Alfor, but for her to doubt she has the ability whatsoever makes no sense.

She gets sad and cries and somehow that causes the compass stone to activate. That makes no sense either. It projects a map to Oriande.

Pidge, Lance, and Hunk strap the reprogrammed sentry to a Robeast coffin and launch it into space, the sentry saying it has “always wanted to see the stars.” One, it’s on a space ship, so just look out a window. But two, this sentry is someone that these three have been running around with, acting like they’re becoming friends, and they just strap it down and blast it off into space, some kind of in-vacuum functioning fireworks trailing behind it as it goes? This scene is disturbing. Lance says, “He’s my hero.” The three of them then salute the sentry. What the…? No wonder they were so easily able to write off Shiro as dead in season three, no wonder they’re able to so easily write off the clone’s death as insignificant in season six and beyond, they’re written to be weirdly dismissive of the death/destruction of people they pretend are their friends. Again, this scene is really disturbing, and it’s played as being humor.

Trug seems to have agreed to Krolia’s bargain. Krolia and Keith leave on a  fighter as Krolia gives Trug the access code. Trug orders them to be shot down. Trug is opening the doors to the weapon. Keith keeps yelling at Krolia about “handing that weapon over to Trug,” but Krolia counters, “No, Keith, I handed them over to it.” Krolia’s line is a really good one. Something growls in the shadows and walks out of the room and attacks Trug, who screams off screen.

Krolia gives Keith’s blade back to him. He asks her how she could use it, and she tells him that it used to be hers and that she gave it to Keith’s father. Her use of it was enough during the earlier scene to connect to this moment to let the reveal she’s his mother happen now. The line she spoke earlier – “I left you once. I’ll never leave you again.” – would work better here, allowing her to preserve her training and composure in the earlier scene, but still communicate the same information as a result of this story’s events.

The episode ends with a smash cut as Keith says, “You’re my” but before he can say, mother. I’m not sure the reveal is dramatic and unexpected enough to not have him say, mother, though.

So, this episode is weird. It doesn’t give me a sense of follow-up that I would expect given how the previous episode ended, nor follow-up on the social schism that was so prominent between Shiro and the rest of Team Voltron. It feels like this episode takes place a lot longer after last episode than it should. There are a ton of inconsistencies in the writing between this episode and others, both recent and more distant, but there are a lot of inconsistencies just within this episode alone.

I love how Lotor feels genuinely supportive of Allura, and I love learning that he seems to have spent time in his life trying to connect with his Altean heritage. That the EPs viewed all this as Lotor just being manipulative and deceitful makes me question their ability to even reassess their own creative work-product after it’s been produced. They might have had a goal in mind of having Lotor be a villain this entire time, but what they made does not depict him as a deceptive villain here. Writing a character to be a villain who’s being deceptively good is fundamentally different than writing a character as being good and then retconning them to be bad all along. This show does the latter with Lotor, even though the EPs think it does the former. This comes down to them not knowing how to construct a character.

I’ve grown tired of how disconnected the show has made Keith from Team Voltron. While I would have preferred the show to have retained the Paladin lineup as it was in seasons one and two, I’m not against Keith working with the Blades. But it would be nice if the show didn’t have the other characters act as if they don’t even know him. 

But I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that Pidge, Lance, and Hunk wouldn’t care about Keith given how they blast off the sentry in this episode. Though they treat him through most of the episode like they’re becoming friends, they end by disposing of him while enjoying doing so. They would not have treated Rover in season one of this show the way they treat the sentry in this episode. That they could take pleasure in disposing of someone is disturbing, and it’s more disturbing that the EPs and writers thought this was an acceptable behavior for the show’s supposed heroes.