#anti lotura

[soniccrystal]

Hey, hey, you

you

I don't like your girlfriend

No way, no way, I think you need a new one

Hey, hey, you, you, I could be

your girlfriend

I thought about voltron today and this song really fits Lance perspective on the allurance relationship and Allura really can do way better than Lotor and let's be real Lance would so sing that

[atypicality]

what are your hypocrite ships?? like, these ships are basically the same ship in a different font but u pretend not to see the similarities

mine are:

i hate catradora but love togachako

and

i hate zutara but love lotura

[bornfromthecosmos]

Been eons but fuck it! Aiden deserves a epilogue, I think its important for him to realize how traumatic his relationship was with Marmora, I was leaning into it towards the end before I abandoned everything all together but Mainverse! Aiden gets with Rosa and completely retires from piloting Green to becoming a engineering professor! I believe the last "episode" was when Aiden visited his two younger siblings- vowing to do better for them... he ends up mentoring Elitor as Blue decided to pick her! Aiden was apart of the Garrison for decades before retiring indefinitely after his third born... Rosa and Aid have twins of their own! They have sunday dinners with Merc and Lance- and Aiden finally views Merc as family!!! He's warmed up!! They bond over how fuck up Marmora was. What a creep.

To conclude Aiden finally rid himself of that dingy shack and found himself surrounded by the embrace of those that love him.

Now for my hardcore canon divergence au of BP! Aiden? He had a lot more twists! I was teasing/testing the idea of him being a clone of a dead version of himself or a druid experiment gone wrong... including a arc where it's revealed Akane was working with Haggar to triple cross Merla- (the daughter of Lotura!) who wants to eradicate all that sympathize with the Empire- I was only beginning to delve into Quintessence and it's colour properties AND Merla and Jeremy's son being the red paladin, needless to say a lot of plot of planned.

Aiden returning to Black and his team- more Aiden and Marx as co leaders or just bonding in general.

Yuki and Rosita are the precursor of Lumity- go back and read/watch their scenes.

I wanted to explore a possible anti hero arc for Jeremy... ouu omg I was excited for his arc in general- it was just beginning to heat up for his character and I was excited for how the shift of Allura griefing her dead child to the dead child being revived and slightly corrupted being groomed to kill her own birth mother.. being intrigued by a human group and falling for one of the pilots.. leading to James

Endgames that were teased but I might as well feed yall!! Jeremy/Aiden- they get together during a diplomatic mission that ended up being a set up- scenes of Aiden teaching him to cool his temper and giving him pointers on diplomacy and losing themselves in eachothers gazes... THEM! BEING! A! POWER COUPLE!" They're fighting back to back and cover eachothers's weaknesses while they were harmonious before.. this is after Aiden's crush wears off and they start naturally connecting.. Jeremy looked at him one day and said "fuck."

Yuki/Rosita.. or Aster??? I honestly think if they kept going there would've been a rift.. oh and Yuki would've sacrificed herself in a "Bury-Your-Gays" fashion! Period! Maybe Jeremy but after Aiden-Yuki passes and its more out of comfort now.. they thought they could love eachother as they did when they were kids.. before their dead lovers.

Ryou and Marxal deserve the cosmos!! Marx is a diplomatic symbol becoming extremely efficient with politics.. aside from that though he loves coming home seeing his trophy husband passed out in the dirt with their dog playing dead to be silly- I actually can see this couple being veryyy passionate compared to Yuki x Rosa(upon "rewatch" these two were a bit.. rushed and forced- we should've nurtured it a lot more.)Ryou is a social worker at the Galactic pit. He takes in experiments and every other child that's been harmed and makes it his duty they find their happiness like his teammates and husband did for him.

THE WHITE LION WAS GONNA GE MARX'S ARC. DONT ASK! I teased it for Rosa and Aiden interchangeably.. but honestly it could be a Jeremy and Marx moment.

[strscrossed]

VOLTRON?!

...being part of the voltron fandom is the equivalent of living in fucking hell...

Stella I admire you so much even more now.😭

and it’s worse because I hated lance and almost all of his ships by the end and I wrote lotura (which lol after season 6) until 2021 🥲🥲🥲

it was hell alright. that fandom’s toxicity is so legendary, the whole anti shipper/proshipper nonsense started with klance vs sheith.

god…I do not miss the 4 years I spent in that fandom.

[gaykeithbilance]

:)

[rorylum]

My super hot take

[arsonmurderandkalluring]

Keith liked Allura and Allura liked Keith but then Keith left for the Blades so Allura leaned into Lotor who did a genocide so she rebounded to Lance after Keith came back still liking Allura but he knows how to stay the fuck out of other people’s business so he said nothing meanwhile Pidge liked Lance but also knows how to not be an entitled brat over people not liking her so she didn’t say anything either yes I am taking digs at Lance’s disgraceful attitude here also Hunk liked Shay who liked Hunk back and they probably worked out ok Romelle’s not dating Matt for some reason what a waste

Wait what were we taking about—

[devilsofficialfanfic]

If I started a fight with someone, and they died, I would be a murderer.

Allura literally murdered Lotor, and y’all still ship them? Ok

[pearlynn59]

A healthy reminder to the people watching ALTA for the first time or rewatching it again:

Zutara and Reyl0 are NOT the same, nor are they comparable in anything other than color scheme and height differences. Please stop lumping them together.

Same goes for L0tura. Please. They are all different ships with different stories.

[frozenoverblackballoon]

A year ago tomarrow Voltron came to an end.

And poeple still ship Lotor with his abusive murderer! Rise your standards poeple! He deserves better! 

[dchan87]

🔥 voltron

Shiro should’ve stayed dead, sheith sucked and should never have been popular, same with klance, lotura and allurance, and it’s been 7 goddamn months, I don’t give a flying fuck anymore, I just want to get over this shit.

[deepestuniversallove]

Fucking pissed off about the Altean Colony and a rant about Allura and why I hate her

So, I am putting together a mega-video with all Lotor scenes including all scenes with his generals, and just... ALLURA IS SUCH A MEGA CUNT, HOLY FUCK!

I am putting this under a read more, because it is just me, angry-ranting. Any stupid anon messages will be deleted on sight, so don’t even think about it!

How can people still like her? How are there still Lotura shippers? How can they call Allura still a Princess after she has forsaken all of her Princess duties? I have been rewatching Season 8, episode 2 and 6, and am SCREAMING.

WHY HAS SHE FUCKED OFF TO EARTH INSTEAD OF GOING TO THE DAMN COLONY AND APOLOGIZING TO THE ALTEANS THERE FOR KILLING THEIR LEADER AND AT LEAST PROVIDE FOR THEM SO THAT THEY DON’T FEND FOR THEMSELVES?!! 

Killing Lotor has only brought negative consequences that could have been avoided if she had only listened to him! Even more upsetting is the fact that she just fucked off and left the Alteans at the colony alone to fend for themselves. Instead, she should have taken Romelle, let her be her guide, and fucking go there, and teach them about the old Altea and actually lead them like the princess she is supposed to be!

But NOPE, by going to Earth and just leaving them to fend for themselves, she just opened them up to be usurped by Honerva - who only had to mention that she is Lotor’s mother to be revered as a Goddess. If Allura had been there to do her goddamn duties, this would have never happened. The destruction of Oriande (the last remaining artifact and place of the old Altean culture, I might add!!) only happened because of her damn stupidity. Had she led the new Alteans, Honerva wouldn’t have destroyed that place or exploited them for her own purposes.

"Honerva has exploited vulnerable people - MY PEOPLE, and bend them to her will!", Allura says in Episode 6 of season 8. Honerva also says that those are her loyal acolytes and servants. NO, NO, NO. Those are neither Allura’s nor Honerva’s people! THEY ARE LOTOR’S PEOPLE! HE SAVED THEM, HE KEPT THEM SAFE. THESE TWO BITCHES DID NOTHING, YET WANNA CLAIM THE COLONY AS THEIRS?!! FUCK OFF WITH THAT SHIT!!

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In Honerva’s case, it infuriates me the most that she has simply taken what Lotor has sacrificed so much to build. He created a place, a refuge, for the last living Alteans, trying his hardest to keep it safe and away from his murderous parents, who he knew would exploit the shit out of it! And in the end, he was right. Honerva did take it all. Took the Alteans and made them in a blind religious cult that followed her every command. Took Lotor’s Sincline ship and made it BOW TO HER. Went and destroyed Oriande, the realm that Lotor always dreamt to find!

As an abuse victim, this is my biggest fear also: that my narcissistic mother will take away everything I have ever built, all progress I have tried to make in moving on from her and the carnage she has caused in my life. Just the prospect alone that she may even possibly be able to take away all of that drives such FEAR into my heart and that Voltron showed Honerva succeed to take away EVERYTHING FROM LOTOR EVEN AFTER HIS DEATH... makes me sick beyond belief as an abuse victim. Fuck the writers of Voltron for writing this steaming pile of shit

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And Allura...NOPE, I am sorry. She is no princess, she lost that title when she left “her people” with no leader. Honestly, she should kiss the ground at Lotor’s feet because there would be NO ALTEA AT ALL if he didn’t have the interest to collect all Alteans and bring them to a safe place. If he hadn’t done that, then there would be only her and Coran left as the last living Alteans. She would have never even known of Oriande. Without Lotor, she would have died twice over - once when Zarkon was readying his weapon to wipe them out and injured Lotor swooped in to kill Zarkon last second, and the second time at Naxzela, when everything was set to explode and kill them all - and they would have died had Lotor not swooped in. After all this, She owed it to him to hear him out and explain more about what Romelle was talking about.

I am sorry, but she doesn’t get to claim them as “her people”, since she literally did nothing for them. Except bring more misery to them. Not to speak of the second colony that was lost and probably full of people that needed Quintessence to be ressurrected. Lotor haters can fuck right off with the accusation that Lotor was killing Alteans. Because what kind of murderer would store away all the bodies in STASIS PODS? Heck, if he had killed them, he would have been better off just chucking those corpses into the nearest Star to burn to a crisp, as that leaves no evidence of the crime. You cannot tell me that this isn’t what you wouldn’t do, dear reader. I mean, imagine you were Lotor and really wanted to kill Alteans. Would you really be SO DUMB to leave evidence of your crimes like this? I mean, come the fuck on!!

But the simple fact that he kept the Alteans in those pods suggests to me that may have had plans to revive them once he got access to the Quintessence field. I mean, think about it! Maybe that is why it was so pressing for him to reach that place!

But back to Allura... I really don’t get the Lotura shippers here at all. Allura was a racist against the Galra, which was clearly seen in the episode when she interacted with the alternate reality Alteans. Commander Hira called the Galra “A SCOURGE”. Allura didn’t correct Hira at all at this moment, meaning that she probably agrees with that. Not to mention that she was HAPPY at the prospect of using the Hoktril-mind control machine to force other alien races to “join the peace movement”. That speaks VOLUMES about her character. Oh, and not to forget that utter disregard that she displayed to the Blade of Marmora and the distrust that she showed Keith as soon as she knew he was half-Galra by blood.

And you mean to tell me that she loved Lotor?

I never heard more bullshit in my entire life.

Had she really loved him, she would have given him a chance and heard him out! But it’s pretty telling that she immediately judged him because he is a worthless Galra just like Zarkon, right?

HOW CAN ANYONE STILL SHIP LOTURA WITH A STRAIGHT FACE? After all the shit she has done to him and all the abuse? Putting him in solitary confinement after he saved their lives, KILLING HIM WITH THE POWER OF THE “LIVE-GIVERS” that she wouldn’t have had in the first place, would it not have been for him!

Lemme give you an analogy about Allura’s racism:

Allura to me is like a Nazi paired up with a half-minority, half-German man. And Allura is a really indoctrinated Nazi. As soon as she hears one rumor about Lotor being bad, she immediately jumps on to shoot him - because his minority side makes him tainted of course.

And you consider this romantic?

Fuck off with this bullshit. 

Allura is a vindictive cunt, never thinking things through and being as un-diplomatic as can be. Or maybe she is even too inbred, seeing how her parents look like they could be closely related, I dunno.

[thorias]

One more time for the people who just aren’t getting it... 

LANCE IS NOT ALLURA’S REBOUND! 

Just because Allura had the audacity to kiss someone else before she started having feelings for Lance does not make him a rebound. There is a difference between rebounding and liking other people before you figure out who the right person for you is. 

If Allura had started dating Lance immediately after Lotor’s betrayal just to make herself feel better, THAT would have made him a rebound, but that’s not what happened. For starters, they haven’t even gone on a date yet. Also, Allura waited almost an entire season before she started displaying clear feelings for Lance, and even with the shortcut they took, the trip back to Earth must have taken several months at least. That’s more than enough time to get over a guy she barely had a thing with in the first place. 

And I would argue that she didn’t even need that much time. Allura seemed to have pretty much gotten over the Lotor fiasco by the end of season six. She was angry, she cried once and after that, she felt better. Hell, even during the crying scene, she wasn’t upset about Lotor hurting her feelings so much as she was upset with herself for trusting him. 

It was a pretty quick process and she’s shown zero, I repeat, ZERO signs of being hung up on Lotor since then. You know why? Because Allura’s feelings for Lotor were never that deep to begin with. They weren’t built up very long, she made heart eyes at him for a couple episodes, kissed him once and then the whole thing fell apart. It may have hurt at the time, but it wasn’t some epic romance struck down by a cruel twist of fate. It was a surface level infatuation that got wiped away the moment Allura realized that he was a monster who was just using her to achieve his own goals. This is hardly something that would color all her romantic interactions for the rest of her life. As early as 7x03, when she mentions Lotor, she doesn’t even sound upset about him anymore, she only expresses regret that she got duped by him. 

As for the argument of why Allura didn’t return Lance’s feelings immediately when the mice told her about his confession, put yourselves in her shoes. If you were crushing on someone when, from out of nowhere, you discovered that one of your best friends, whom you’ve never considered a real romantic possibility before, had been harboring feelings for you, odds are, you wouldn’t instantly stop liking the other person and realize that your friend is the one you’re supposed to be with. Why? Because there are a lot of complicated emotions involved and those things take time to process. 

In AOS, when Jemma found out her best friend was in love with her, she waited an entire season before she did anything about it, not because she didn’t feel the same way, but because she’d been blindsided by his confession and it took a while for her to figure things out. Sound familiar? 

When Allura found out how Lance feels about her, she didn’t do anything about it, but she didn’t do anything to discourage his feelings either. She certainly didn’t confront Lance about what the mice told her and let him down easy; had she really not felt anything for him, that would have been the kind thing to do. Instead, she kept it to herself and mulled it over, during which time, she and Lance continued to grow closer both before and after Lotor’s betrayal. This is not a rejection and it’s not a rebound, it’s Allura taking the time she needs to figure out how she feels. 

And once she’d done that, well... 

[sonicrainbooms]

[gaykeithbilance]

lotor and allura never had that much chemistry. also, allura is a lesbian. why? because i say so

[shiroallura]

professional vs emotional support, and why allura needs both {a meta}

EDIT: wrote 90% of this before s7. some stuff could’ve been touched on more, but overall i’m tired and just finished the last section today when looking through my drafts. anyway, if we’re in the mood for salt, or just more reasons as to why the relationships vld tries to pull in canon are almost always unhealthy, have fun!

Season six greatly teased both L0tura and Allur@nce as ships, and why they wouldn’t work (which also contributes to why I don’t ship either of them), but as I was mulling over both these relationships the past couple days, I realized it boiled down to one very similar but fundamental contrast: Lotor and Lance don’t support Allura the way she needs to be supported. 

I’ll be talking about Lance first, Lotor second, and Shiro last (bc what am I, a non-Shallura shipper?) so allow me to elaborate, and hopefully I can properly explain what I mean.

I’ve talked a lot about, in the wake of s5 and s6, why I don’t personally ship Allur@nce and why I don’t think it’s the right romantic relationship for either of them. 90% of this talk is because of anons in my inbox, not me of my own accord but I have made a few posts, like this one here. And I’ve been ruminating on this for awhile, that while Lance is a good friend and does support Allura well... he only knows how to in one way. Emotionally, and through relationship advice.

Namely, Lance doesn’t know how to support Allura professionally. And this goes beyond him not knowing when and where there’s a time and place for fighting (which is more prominent in s1/2, but has carried on into season six as well). 

In 1x02, Allura and Coran run a drill of a ‘fake attack’ to see how quickly the paladins show up. They show up late (I imagine the castle is huge and easy to get lost in) in the Alteans’ eyes, but Allura can still recognize that at least one person came through substantially: “Look at you! Only Shiro is in uniform.” The rest of the paladins are in their sleep clothes, or in their day wear. Lance doesn’t even show up at the same time as the others, and strolls in, completely unaware and uncaring of the situation. If this had been a real attack, only Shiro would have remotely stood a chance. It’s the first (or second) real test of the Paladins as paladins, and Shiro delivers; Lance barely even shows up.

But wait, you say. That’s in the beginning of season one. Lance has grown since then!

And he has, in a lot of ways. He’s slowly letting go of his need for parades and glory. He’s working on putting aside his rivalry with Keith. He’s working on letting go of his feelings for Allura. He’s become a much better pilot and team player, a more active listener, and more serious and compassionate when it matters. 

But we’ve come to season five and six, now, and the ways he’s able to support Allura as a partner, and the ways he’s not, are still glaringly, obnoxiously obvious. Like the scene in 5x01 for example.

Lance: Princess? The meeting’s about to start. Allura: I’m almost ready. If I’m expected to lead this, I need to know what I’m talking about. Lance: Yeah, but no one expects you to memorize everything. We can have a script-screen for you, or you could just jot some notes down on the inside of your hand, I mean I do it all the... time. I’m kidding!

Lance comes in to get her, assumedly sent by the team, and Allura shows that she’s still working. She explains what she’s doing, shows a hint of nervousness. So the respectful thing to do would be to stay quiet so that she could focus, or reassure her in a way that would be helpful. Instead, he’s just a distraction, and it ends in him backing off, realizing he was being a bit of a nuisance, and Allura giving him a death glare. Five seasons, and two seasons of their development in. 

As for the two times Lance has majorly supported Allura, the body language and conversational topics of which are exceedingly similar, both were emotional. They were about reminding Allura of her responsibility and importance (which, how important it is for Princess “the universe depends on me” Allura needs to be reminded of which can vary from situation to situation, although I do think Lance made the right call both times). Both conversations revolve around a third party love interest that Allura is struggling to deal with: in the first, she feels like Shiro has become her enemy. In the second, she knows that Lotor truly is, and her faith in her own judgement has been shattered (and even then, she doesn’t blame ‘Shiro’ or show any regret in trusting him, soo... that’s That). 

Compare that to how Allura reassures Lance in 3x02 when Blue is rejecting him:

A: Lance, what’s wrong? L: I don’t know, Blue’s shutting me out. Maybe Pidge was right. I am just the goofball. Not only am I not meant to be the leader, I guess now I’m not even meant to be a paladin. 

And this resonates with Allura, because hasn’t this been her journey in this episode too? Pidge called her “the decision maker” and yet Black doesn’t accept her. She goes to Red next, because “How can I allow others to risk their lives in battle and not be prepared to do so myself?” and her father’s Lion rejects her. And yet when Lance is given what she actually wanted, when she still has nothing, Allura doesn’t hesitate at all. She doesn’t show any hurt from Lance basically laying out her own insecurities on the table of a situation that’s already happened to her, and that he has now decided means that he’s not a worthwhile member of the team. She’s emotionally cognizant enough to focus on the mission even when Lance doesn’t, and starts making an immature jab at Keith, even while the team are basically fighting for their lives.

L: What was that? A: It’s the Red Lion. You must go to it. L: No way. Keith probably trained it to bite my head off. Maybe it’s roaring for you. A: I would love nothing more than for that to be true, but I know the Red Lion is not meant for me. It is choosing you. L: I don’t understand. A: My father built Voltron but he knew Zarkon was a better leader in battle, so he became Voltron’s right hand. Lance, when you accepted Keith as the new leader of Voltron, it proved that you value a strong team over your own need for glory. Just like my father. L: I won’t let him down. A: Go.

She creates an emotional base with Lance, and talks about her father, because after all, it was his Lion, but ultimately brings Lance back around to the mission through both personal and professional praise. It sets up a mindset of him supporting Keith, instead of against him. She states Lance’s good qualities, shows him that he’s worthy of her father’s Lion. She shows no ill will whatsoever in Lance receiving what she wanted and was deemed unworthy of, smiling even before it’s revealed that Blue is choosing her.

Lance, although accepting of Blue’s decision, is still clearly saddened by it and says “If I had to lose Blue to anyone, I’m glad it was you.” Changing Lions is still a loss to him, even if it’s a technical gain to Allura. So while Allura is capable of supporting Lance emotionally and professionally simultaneously, Lance? Not so much.

But wait, you say. What about when he inspired her to charge up Voltron at the end of s4? And yes, he did, but once again, let’s take a look at the actual dialogue of that scene: “There’s a reason the Blue Lion chose you. You’re the one who brought everyone together. You can do this. Every moment we’ve had together, they’ve all led to this day. This is your destiny. You are the heart of Voltron.”

Lance largely repeats her words from the pilot back to her (especially the destiny phrase), but he still keeps it personal. He ties it back to their Lion. He keeps the emphasis on Allura, and her alone. He invokes destiny, an idealized emotional concept. He talks about the sum of their experiences. He calls her the Heart. And once again, this was clearly an emotional experience for her, given the grateful look on her face and the fact that she takes time to thank him, afterwards. 

So while the value of Lance’s emotional support cannot and should not be understated, we never see Lance seriously stepping up to take weight off her shoulders. We never really see him share the burden of leadership. The only season he comes close to doing so is in season three, and even then, that’s not the type of relationship he has with her. He has it with Keith, who he supports as a leader (largely by going along with Keith’s plans or cleaning up Keith’s messes, but still). And even then, Lance isn’t a co-leader with Keith. He’s a right hand, a second in command. The distinction can be subtle, but it’s still important. And even then, it means degrading Allura to third (maybe even fourth) in command behind people she used to be in charge of. Great.

And as Allura says after restoring him in 6x01, “I owed you one,” is a concrete description of their relationship. Allura helps Lance deal with a new Lion; Lance helps Allura deal with a new Lion. Lance saves Allura from a blast, Allura brings him back to consciousness. Lance helps Allura emotionally, she compliments him. Lance comforts Allura about with Lotor, and Allura places a hand on Lance’s shoulder after he breaks down crying about Shiro. Their relationship is an obligation, and never would have happened if the real Shiro had been in the picture for s3-6, because the show knows, subconsciously, that Shiro was her pillar of support in s1/2 and someone needed to fill that void when he was gone.

I’ve talked before about how what Allura really needs in a relationship is a devoted partner and equal, in both her professional and personal life. She doesn’t need someone who’s going to crack a joke, or flirt, or distract her (or be distracted). She needs someone who sees she’s struggling, and offers to do half the work. She needs someone who’s going to step up and match her in her work ethic.

And I think that that, along with being Altean, is one of the things that attract her to Lotor. Because in him, she finds someone as fascinated by Altean history and alchemy as she is. They spend hours working on the sincline ships together, they’re mutually complimentary, she gets to carry on her father’s legacy. I’ve long thought that an important part of Allura’s arc will be her deciding to make her own path, instead of just trying to follow Alfor’s, but that’s another post for another day, as we’ve seen with Lotor, imitating Alfor can often lead her astray.

Because the problem with Lotor? He supports her professionally, not personally. He lets her work herself to the point of collapse before calling the day quits. He always brings up her father to further his own desires. I’ve written before about Lotor and Allura’s relationship (in s5, as it was post s6) on both sides here. When she cries and doubts herself, he does nothing to comfort her, and only her tears landing on the compass stone salvage the situation. Lotor consistently emphasizes that he cannot do things without her, and when you look at their alchemic projects, or relationship, and pay attention to who does what for the other, it is constantly Allura giving all the time. She helps Lotor achieve his dreams, build his ships, patch together his empire. You could argue that Lotor reaffirms her worth as an alchemist, but she’s the one who figures out how to get them into Oriande, how to get past the guardians, how to get out of the booby trap. She never needed him to begin with, except for the tracking crystal.

And even then, it’s clear that Lotor had another motive, for himself, for unlocking those secrets. There is nothing that Lotor does simply for the sake of being there for her, or caring for her, or at least, nothing that doesn’t also ultimately benefit him (and we see this come to a head in s6). Lotor represents the side of Allura she pushes towards to ignore the way she often neglects her emotions until she can’t anymore. He is cold, and entirely work focused, and taking, never giving. He is the professional side she would let herself break under, if there was no one there to pull her back.

What Allura needs is not a partner who can only commit to her emotionally, because as much as Lance might like the social life of a king, he’s far too attached to his family and doesn’t have the attention span nor patience to handle the politics and paperwork that would come with it. Nor does she need one that only pushes her professionally, as it would just lead to her never taking care of herself, or feeling frustrated that her partner isn’t pulling their professional weight in their relationship. Allura doesn’t need someone who supports her but doesn’t understand her. She needs a partner on equal ground, who gets what she’s going through better than anyone, who can support her but also challenge her, who can and has always respected her boundaries and compliments her in every way.

So, in other words: Shiro.

My supportive Shiro series is a basic catalogue of all the times he’s supported her, as allur@nce is the ship that gets lauded as being so supportive and... not only is it really not, but also, imagine waiting two seasons for your ship to have any interaction beyond invasion of boundaries and annoyance? Can’t relate.

We’ve all written meta about the Hand Touch, so I won’t go over too much here, but what is notable about 2x05 is that after Allura collapses in a life threatening situation that Shiro cannot control, he spends the rest of the episode doing his best to take care of her. He takes charge, leads the team, never places a burden on her shoulders, and stays by her side throughout it, even when she tries to blame herself.

A: It’s me. It’s been me [whose been tracked] all along. S: It doesn’t matter princess. We’re in this together, we’re gonna get out together.

He doesn’t say that she’s wrong. He says that even if she is being tracked, it doesn’t matter, because they are still in this together. He constantly takes the weight off her shoulders whenever he can, lets her have the final say on all matters that she’s around to actually weigh in on. 

And as I started this meta before s6, I won’t be touching on either s6 or s7 in detail (although they continued the previous patterns, with the two times Shiro supports Allura again is addressing her personal fears through a professional lens, and then professionally again on Earth).

But really, which man would you want, even by just going off each one’s first interactions? The one who catches but flirts with you when you’re clearly distressed, the one who terrifies you and nearly kills you, or the one who calmly and immediately offers help (when seconds ago he was saying they all had to be on their guard) and never wavers for even a second afterwards?

Honestly? It’s hardly a competition. It’s just too bad that VLD’s decided to rig the game.