#arusians

[mushed-kid]

explain the girl voltron thing im curious

okay so im rewatching voltron and in season 1 episode 3, they meet arusians (aliens living on arus, the planet where the castleship is located in the start). They meet one arusian that is their bravest fighter and has been sent to check why the lion-goddess is upset at them. Allura tells them she voltron is there to protect them and everyone else in the universe.

tldr: The arusians see voltron as goddess and they say ‘she’ when talking about the giant robot. Aka. voltron is a woman.

[ivorygotnobars]

Say what you want about Voltron, but nothing will make me laugh harder than that one Arusian scene where the King is like 'Oh, lion Goddess didn't like the dance...MOONTOW! Start the sacrificial fire! We gotta throw ourselves in bitch.'

[non-plutonian-druid]

the concept for this is "what if voltron aliens were like, a little bit less humanoid." Galra (and alteans, not pictured) get to be the most humanoid because theyre main characters lol

[ID: various voltron aliens redesigned to remove many of their humanoid features. The Galra are largely unchanged; the only difference is that they have six limbs. Keith is demonstrating standing on four limbs; he looks not unlike a centaur, although the "horse" part is just a continuation of his body, not a horse (and is also the same color as his human skin, because it is human skin. sorry not sorry). Kolivan is demonstrating standing on two limbs, and towers over everyone else. Krolia is demonstrating standing on all six limbs, which looks uncomfortable but possible.

There is also an example of an Olkari; whose face is unchanged but now is built similar to a praying mantis; a Puigian, who retains the approximate locations of the face markings and horns but looks more like some kind of deer creature; an Arusian, which is built like a snail; and a mer alien, which now looks like a fish with hands and antennae. The Olkari is based on Ryner, and the mer alien is Plaxum. End ID.]

[tarantula-hawk-wasp]

Cannot focus on grading bc I am thinking about the hello kitty vld au. Not coherently just rotating it in my mind

[embersofhopevoltron]

Klarpxe when she sees pidge for the first time

I’M NOT THE SHORTEST ANYMORE!

Tag your OC that’s the shortest/smallest compared to your other OCs.

You know the one.

[keithkog]

Did a challenge the Arusians set up where I’m supposed to save Lance from getting sacrificed, and it was easy. Basically one part was trivia (what’s lance’s favorite food? whats his worst fear?) all that stuff, and then a ‘parkour course’ but it was made for Arusians so it was kinda easy. One of the hard parts was actually untying Lance, that took me half an hour at least.

Got a certificate at the end that we were legally married on Arus though, that’s cool. Happy second wedding I guess, I’m going to rest now.

-Keith

[sonekwi]

☆ ⸻ the white paladin, keith x reader

chapter five: training

characters/parings: keith, female reader

genre: fanfiction

summary: the team spends the day training, but barely any progress is made.

word count: 2,977

links: previous, next, wattpad, masterlist

     After getting the Black Lion, the team had to act fast. Sendak was entering the Arusian atmosphere.

     At first, you guys weren't entirely sure what to do. You had only fought aliens once before, and even then you didn't defeat them. You just managed to get away.

     Unfortunately, that uncertainty almost caused you all to get captured. But the others had managed to form Voltron by some miracle, quickly saving you from the hands of Sendak at the last second.

     After that, you and the White Lion helped Voltron take down Sendak's ship. And it felt nice fighting alongside the others. It felt nice knowing you had an important role, and not one where you were sitting on the sidelines.

     Now, you lay in your bed staring at the ceiling. You're bored out of your mind and replaying the battle in your head can only entertain you so much. You wish you could access the internet, watch some Netflix, or listen to Spotify. But out in the middle of the universe, cellular service isn't a thing.

     You sit up, deciding you might as well wander around and get familiar with the layout of the castle. You toss on your hoodie, forever grateful that you brought it with you the night you left Earth, and leave your room.

     The empty, quiet halls of the castle feel weird to you. You're so used to the crowdedness of the Garrison, the constant noise of chatter. You begin to imagine what the halls would have been like ten thousand years ago. Probably filled with royal servants waiting to answer anyone's beck and call.

     You don't get far from your room when you pass by another. You stop, hearing the scraping of metal on the inside. You backtrack a bit and peek through the open doorway. Keith sits on his bed, sharpening a knife.

     "Hey," you say, knocking against the door frame.

     "Oh, hey," Keith says and quickly sets the knife down. "What's up?"

     "Nothing. Just bored," you shrug and enter his room. You plop down next to him.

     Keith smiles softly, "And you want me to make you not bored," he says.

     "Obviously," you smile and roll your eyes. "I do have a question though."

     "Ask away," Keith says.

     "What does your bond with the Red Lion feel like?" you ask, bringing your leg up to your chest. You hug your arms around it and rest your chin on your knee. If you can gain some insight on this Paladin-Lion bond, maybe you can figure out if that's what you feel with the White Lion.

     You never did get the official declaration like the others did. You don't know what the White Lion's personality is like, or what its Paladin should be like. You don't even know if you are its Paladin, or if you even should be.

     Coran said it was unfit for battle... yet it seemed to do just fine fighting Sendak.

     "I... don't know," Keith says softly. "I'm not sure how to describe it."

     "Okay, I just– I feel something strange with the White Lion. Almost as if it's... tied to me, tied to my energy," you say.

     "That seems about right," Keith says with a shrug. "I mean, I felt something pretty similar when we found the Red Lion. That was the moment that I knew I was its Paladin."

     You nod, "Okay, so I'm not crazy, the White Lion chose me."

     "Why would you think you're crazy?" Keith asks, giving you a confused look.

     "The last two days don't feel real," you say and stare at the floor. "One moment I'm in my dorm room, the next I'm in a completely different galaxy fighting aliens. This all feels like some weird fever dream."

     "Well, I'm pretty sure this isn't a dream," Keith says, "Because it'd be really weird that we're having the exact same dream."

     "Yeah," you sigh.

     "Hey," Keith nudges you. "I'll be here to keep you grounded. I'll tell you as many times as I have to that this is all real."

     You smile, feeling a warmth spread within your chest. Back at the Garrison, Keith was always holding you steady. Whenever you were feeling homesick or the self-doubt was creeping in, he was there for you. You're glad that didn't change.

     "Promise?" you ask, looking up at him.

     "Promise," he says.

The castle alarms go off and Allura's voice shouts throughout the halls. Your heart begins to pound wildly as she alerts everyone to a Galra attack, and both you and Keith jump from the bed and run out of the room.

You burst into the bridge room, where Allura stands with her arms crossed and a frustrated look on her face. Shiro is already there, and Pidge and Hunk run in shortly after you. Lance, however, is nowhere to be found.

The alarms stop and Allura sighs.

"I guess this isn't an actual attack," Shiro says.

"And it's a good thing it wasn't because it took you too long to respond. You must always be ready to battle with Zarkon," Allura scolds, pacing in front of the group. She then gestures her hand at you all, "I mean, look at you! Shiro is the only one in uniform! Where are you guys' bayards? And where is Lance?"

Just as your brother's name leaves her mouth, he enters the room. You slap a hand over your mouth to suppress your laugh. The sight of your brother dressed in a matching set of pajamas, a bathrobe, and slippers fashioned after the Blue Lion is almost too much to bear.

"Good morning everyone," Lance says, "What's going on?"

Allura shakes her head. "Coran and I have been up for hours getting the castle back in order. We had to run a rest on the alarms, so we decided to test you as well. Guess which one failed?" she growls, staring all of you down.

Hunk yawns, "Hey, you guys got to sleep for ten thousand years. Monday night, I was on Earth, and so far I've flown through space, fought some evil aliens, and eaten weird goo in a castle. It's... a lot to process."

You purse your lips, No kidding.

"You must understand the stakes of our mission," Allura says, pulling up a screen. She presses a few buttons and the map of the universe fills the room again. "Over the last ten thousand years, the castle picked up distress beacons from the following locations, so we have to assume that Zarkon has conquered almost the entire known universe."

The majority of the blue stars, galaxies, and coordinates turn red. Only a small chunk of the map remains the same. Allura spins it so that the chunk is in the center of our focus.

"Earth is over here, so an attack on your planet is inevitable," she says. "And our mission is to free all planets. Coran and I are getting the castle ready to leave Arus. In the meantime, you need to learn how to form Voltron again."

Shiro nods, "The princess is right. Let's get to our Lions and start training."

⁀➷

You sit in the White Lion, watching the others try to figure out how to form Voltron. You wish you had a bowl of popcorn because some of their ideas are absolutely ridiculous. If they knew what they did to form Voltron when fighting Sendak, maybe it would be easier for them.

But, you're not entirely sure what they did either. It just kind of... happened.

At least you can spend the time theorizing about the White Lion's flaws. So far nothing feels broken or useless about it. It flies just fine.

You wish it would talk to you like the Blue Lion talked to Lance.

"I'm sorry to interrupt, but I may be able to help," Allura says over the intercom. "Yesterday, you didn't form Voltron until you were in the heat of battle. I need to run a diagnostics test on all of the castle's defenses, so this should help!"

"Oh, crap!" you jump out of the way of a laser blast. The particle barrier rises around the castle, the turrets ruthlessly engaging.

"Allura! What are you doing?" Keith shouts.

"Like I said, running a diagnostic test and inspiring you!" she repeats, her voice too cheerful for the situation. "I believe in you, Paladins. Let fear be your guide! Form Voltron!"

She's freaking crazy! you dodge another blast, adrenaline pumping through your veins. The White Lion growls and you can feel its annoyance.

"Please, stop, have mercy on us!" Hunk begs as he narrowly escapes the blasts.

"You think Zarkon is going to have mercy on you?" Allura asks, "He's probably on his way right now to destroy us all!"

Lance turns the Blue Lion around and heads towards the castle. "Screw this! I'm getting out of here!" he shouts, but the castle's barrier repels him, knocking the Blue Lion to the ground.

     Your dashboard flashes red, warning you that the turrets have locked onto the White Lion. But, just as soon as it happens, the shooting stops and the castle's barrier drops. You pause, wondering what the heck is going on.

     "Uh... so much for that," Pidge comments.

     "I don't know about you guys, but I'm heading back inside," Hunk says and the Yellow Lion flies towards the castle.

You shrug and do the same. As you bring the White Lion to its hangar, the large doors open upon sensing its presence and allow it inside. And when its large claws touch the ground, it lowers its head to let you out.

You sigh as you exit the Lion, and just as you are about the leave, you feel something pull on your energy. You stop in the entryway and glance back at the Lion. A wave of loneliness washes over you.

You look around the hangar, now realizing it's where King Alfor had stashed the White Lion. You can only imagine how long it stayed in there before being sent away to an unknown place, only to be alone again.

You're also now realizing that the Voltron Lions are much more sentient and emotional than you originally thought. 

"Hey, (y/n)–"

You scream and jump out of your skin at Lance's sudden appearance. "Don't sneak up on me like that!" you glare at him.

     "Whatever," Lance rolls his eyes. "Everyone's going to chill in the lounge if you want to join."

     You glance back at the White Lion with an apologetic face. You feel bad, but you should be bonding with your team when you can. There will be plenty of time to bond with the White Lion later.

     Lance leads you through the castle and into a room. A conversation pit sits in the center, and the others (except Shiro, Allura, and Coran) are already relaxing on the couches. You step into the pit and plop down next to Keith.

     Hunk tosses you a water pouch. You take the plastic straw glued to its side and poke it through. It reminds you of a Capri Sun.

     "I can't imagine how mentally drained you guys are," you say, recalling all the different things they tried to form Voltron.

     "No kidding," Pidge grumbles.

     "I don't understand how forming Voltron can be so hard," Hunk says with a sigh. "Why can't there be a button for it?"

     Lance lays down on the couch and rests a leg on the back of it. "Who knows? I just want this day to be over with."

     The doors to the room slide open and Allura and Coran walk in, the two of them talking about the castle's mechanics. But Allura stops upon seeing you all in the lounge.

     She smiles brightly, "You guys did it! You formed Voltron!"

     "No," Keith says, "The shooting stopped and the particle barrier shut down, so we just flew in."

     Allura's face falls. "What?"

     "Oh, sorry!" Coran says, "I had to turn off the castle's defenses to test the fire suppressors."

     You shrug. Either way, you're not complaining. With everyone being all over the place and still trying to adjust to this new life, adding more chaos isn't going to help.

     Shiro enters the room, "What are you guys doing in here? We're not taking a break."

     "He's right," Allura nods, "You should be training."

     Hunk groans. "We've been training. When are we going back to Earth?"

     "Well, I'm not going back until I find my family anyway," Pidge says.

     "Guys," Shiro says and rests his hands on his hips. "There won't be an Earth unless we figure out how to fight Zarkon."

     "How though? You guys haven't been able to form Voltron again," you say and take a sip of your water.

     Coran joins the conversation, "Well, I'm not surprised. The original Paladins fought hundreds of battles together side-by-side. They were like a pack of yalmors linked at the ears!"

     You raise a brow, what the heck is a yalmor?

     Lance sighs, "Yeah, that's definitely not us."

     "During the last attack, you're survival instincts forced you to work as a team," Coran explains, "But that will only get you so far. You'll have to become a real team if you want to form Voltron."

     "You should try working out on the training deck!" Allura suggests.

     "There's a training deck?" you ask.

⁀➷

     The next few hours are spent listening to Coran ramble on about being a team and doing various trust-building exercises. At the start, you're all for it, but as time drags on you get less and less enthusiastic about it.

The group is getting nowhere. Lance and Keith can't stop bickering, Hunk and Pidge would rather be doing other things, and Shiro is getting more and more agitated. You're honestly surprised he hasn't lost his cool yet.

     You sit on the floor of the training room with your back leaning against Lance's. Coran hands out refreshments while the group takes a much-needed mental break again.

"You have been working hard," Coran praises. "You guys should relax a little–"

"What are you doing?"

You groan and roll your eyes. Anytime the group tries to sit down and chill for a bit, it gets interrupted.

Allura stands before all of you, her hands on her hips. There's a disapproving glare on her face.

"You're supposed to be training!" she scolds.

Coran defends everyone, "Just resting a bit. You know, you can't push too hard.

"What do you mean?" Allura growls, "Get up, you lazy lumps. It's time you faced the Gladiator!"

"The what now?" you ask.

But your question is soon answered when the princess has the six of you positioned in a defensive ring, an Altean android standing before you. It bears a lengthy spear, the ceiling lights gleaming off of the blade.

You activate your bayard and shield, watching the Gladiator like a hawk. Beside you, Keith holds his sword close. You share a glance and smile at each other. If this is anything like the Galra soldiers you fought, this should be easy!

     "To defeat the Gladiator, six Paladins must fight as one," Coran explains.

     At his words, the Gladiator lunges towards you. Panicking at its immense speed, you stumble out of its way. But its reflexes are even faster. You aren't even given a chance to fight back as it knocks you off your feet and hits the butt of its spear against your stomach.

     You slowly pick yourself up, watching as the Gladiator turns to your teammates. It effortlessly takes out Hunk and Pidge, the two now lying in a pile on the floor.

     You feel like this is way too difficult for people who have little to no combat experience.

     Lance tries to shoot the Gladiator down but misses most of his shots. The ones that do make contact are deflected off of the Gladiator's spear.

     "Oh no!" Lance cries out. The Gladiator disarms him in a flash and throws him across the room into Keith. The two fall to the ground.

     Shiro stands before the Gladiator, probably the only one who truly stands a chance. Your eyes widen as his robotic arm glows a purplish-white, the scalding heat distorting the air around it. When was this a thing?

     The Gladiator attacks, but Shiro doesn't move. You recognize what's happening and quickly rush over to him. He froze like this on the Galra ship.

     Metal clashes on metal, and the Gladiator's spear pushes against your scythe. You groan, struggling to counter its strength. You have to think quickly.

     You swing your scythe to the side, hooking the Gladiator's spear in the crook of the curved blade. With the small opening you created, you swing the other end and pierce through gaps in the Gladiator’s armor. Sparks pop and sizzle, but the fight isn't over.

     The Gladiator aims its attack at your head and you barely dodge. It seems completely unfazed by the damage you caused. And in an instant, your butt hits the ground.

     Allura walks over and stands scowling. She powers down the Gladiator with a simple touch before beginning her lecturing and scolding. "That combat simulator was set at a level fit for an Altean child! You're not even close to working as a team, let alone ready to face Zarkon!"

     "You know what?" you growl as you stand up. Your eyes lock with hers and you step closer. "I'm sick and tired of you acting like you're better than us. Unless you put yourself through the same crap as us, you can just shut your mouth."

     "(y/n)," Shiro says, his voice low with warning.

     You clench your jaw and leave the training deck before you do or say anything you'll regret. But you're right. If Allura showed just a morsel of empathy and understanding, maybe she would see some progress

[ohquail]

SBG Voltron AU - Part 3!

Chapter 1 <- Here Chapter 2 <- Here

Before this chapter starts I have some things to day about some of the names and the plot. Okay first. I skipped episodes 2-3 because I think they're boring and nothing much happens, but I did recap them. Second, there's a very very minor character in SBG that Charlie talks to, his name is Hudson.

Hudson is Haxus, Sendak's right hand.

Continue for Chapter 3:

The newly-formed Voltron paladins, Tyler, Aiden, Taylor, Logan, and Ben were able to defeat Charlie, the galran commander that attacked planet Arus.

A few days later, after intense training to be able to form Voltron again, while some of the team was getting to know the local arusians and Tyler and Logan were trying to locate Logan’s grandfather on the wrecked ship, the team was attacked by a Robeast. This Robeast was a massive version of a monster that Tyler had fought during his time in Maverick’s prisons. Thanks to the Tyler’s knowledge, the team was able to take down the Robeast with no casualties. ——— “The monster fell from the sky! It was an epic battle, but Voltron was victorious!” The king of the arusians cheered. The arusians that were supposed to represent Voltron fell over. “No. I said, Voltron was victorious!” The crowd cheered as the actors quickly fixed their mistake. “Thank you, Your Majesty, for that… wonderful production.” Ashlyn smiled, holding a small device in her hands. She turned to the crowd. “It saddens me that we must leave tomorrow, but we must continue our battle with Maverick and spread peace throughout the universe.”

The red head turned back to the King Arusian. “Your Highness please accept this gift.” Ashlyn held out the small device in her hand for the arusian. “This will allow you to contact us anytime you need help. Arus will be the first planet in the Voltron Alliance!”

The Arusian king turned to the crowd, “Hoorah!” He exclaimed holding up the device in his hand. The crowd cheered. “You know we need something like that,” Aiden suggested to Ben and Logan. “What?” Logan asked. “You know, like, a cheer,” Aiden smirked, “Like, a team cheer that we do.” he elaborated, his eyes bright with mischief.

Ben nodded while Logan looked suspicious. “Example?” Logan crossed his arms.

Aiden looked up at the ceiling for a moment before a light bulb went off in his head. “How about, uh “I say Vol” and you say “Tron.” Vol!” “Voltron?” Logan responded, his voice laced with skepticism. “No. No. No. The instructions are in the cheer,” Aiden shook his head. “I say Vol, you say Tron. Vol!” “Voltron,” Logan responded again, this time with less skepticism but more confusion.

Aiden sighed in disbelief. “We’ll work on it,” He told Logan before taking a sip of his drink. It was extremely bitter and gross. It sent a jolt through Aiden’s body. He groaned before turning to Alex near by. “Alex, what is this?”

“Oh, this is Nunvill, the nectar of the gods.” Alex explained.

“It tastes like hot dog water and feet,” Aiden frowned, looking down into the cup. Alex nodded, before dipping his fingers in his glass and tossing it towards his hair. “Yeah, makes a wonderful hair tonic as well,” Aiden bent over and threw up at that. Alex chuckled before walking up to Tyler who was standing guard at the entrance to the castle. “Not feeling well? Try some Nunvill. Settles the stomach and brightens your smile,”Alex humorously offered, holding out his glass.

Tyler furrowed his brows and shook his head, “I'm not sure we should be letting everyone wander in and out of the castle like this,” He looked off into the distance. “It doesn't seem safe,”

“Oh, these Arusians won't hurt anything much,” Alex winced as a plate shattered behind them. “Besides, it's only fair to let them see the inside of a castle that's been sitting on their planet for so long,”

“But who knows when Maverick will attack again? I'm going to do a perimeter check, just in case,” Tyler said, adjusting his armor before walking off. ——— Taylor walked up to Princess Ashlyn, “Hello Princess,” She greeted before jointing the red head leaning against the banister. Ashlyn looked over at the hispanic girl, “Is something on your mind Taylor?” “No,” Taylor shook her head, “Just…” She pointed down at the boys being idiots, “…didn’t want to hangout with them,” “Fair,” Ashlyn chuckled, “They are a bit rowdy and loud,” Taylor looked down at the dance floor for Logan. “He was just with Ben and Aiden,” Ashlyn looked down, “Who? Logan?”

Taylor nodded, her gaze scanning the crowd. "Yeah, he was with them but, now I can't find him." Ashlyn squinted her eyes, trying to catch a glimpse of Logan in the bustling crowd.

"There," Ashlyn pointed towards a corner of the hall where Logan was dumping food into his book bag. “What is he doing?”

“Let’s go find out,” Taylor suggested before starting to make his decent down the stairs.

As Taylor and Ashlyn approached Logan, they watched him hastily stuffing what looked to be an entire feast into his bag. He didn't notice them until Taylor cleared her throat, causing him to jump.

"Logan, what are you doing?" Ashlyn asked, her brows furrowing. Logan looked down at the ground for a moment before turning to the others, “I got some information from the galra cruiser that crash landed on Arus. About where my grandfather and friend might be,” “What?” Taylor asked, “Are you saying you’re leaving?” Logan looked down again, ashamed, “Yeah,” “But you can’t!” Ashlyn’s face turned hot red. “Logan, you’re one of five paladins, you have a sacred trust to defend the universe.”

"I know," Logan replied, his voice barely louder than a whisper. "But I have to find them. My grandfather, my friend...they're out there somewhere, and I can't just abandon them." He zipped up his bag, now bulging with food supplies, and slung it over his shoulder. “I should go tell everyone else,” He decided, leaving Taylor and Ashlyn stunned as he walked off to outside.

Outside, Logan walked up to Tyler, “Hey Tyler, there’s something I need to tell you,” ——— “Logan, no.” Tyler shook his head. “The download from the Galra ship was enough to at least get me in the right direction to start my search,” Logan explained to their small group that had gathered outside. “I have a pod all ready to go.” “You can't leave,” Aiden frowned, crossing his arms over his chest.

“You can't tell me what to do!” “If you leave, we can't form Voltron,” Tyler pointed out, “And that means we can't defend the universe against Maverick,” “You're not the only one with a family,” Aiden added, “All these Arusians have families. Everyone in the universe has families,” “Yeah, I have a family,” Ben interrupted, his phone speaking for him “They live on Earth. I want to be with them. Is that, like, a thing that can happen?” “You want to leave too?” Ashlyn asked, shocked.

Ben shrugged, before turning back to his phone, typing out his response. “Of course I do! Look, Voltron is super-cool, don't get me wrong, but I never signed up for a lifetime in space, fighting aliens.”

Aiden clenched his hands, before turning to Logan. “You're putting the lives of two people over the lives of everyone else in the entire galaxy!” He angrily shouted. “Aiden, that's not how a team works!” Taylor stepped in just as Aiden was about to grab Logan. “People have to want to be on it,” “They can't be forced,” Tyler agreed, pinching the bridge of his nose. “Look. Logan, if you want to leave, we won't try to stop you. But really think about what you’re putting at stake here,” Everyone fell quiet for a moment. “I'm sorry. You're going to have to find someone else to pilot the Green Lion,” Logan decided, before walking off. Phantom, the little robot, whirled before following him.

“I can't believe it,” Ashlyn sighed, putting her hand on her forehead. “This team is already falling apart. How will we ever form Voltron?” ——— Alex walked onto the bridge. “Mind if I join you?” Alex asked Logan who was searching the computer for coordinations, “Heard you’re leaving the team?” “Yeah. I just need to get the coordinates for my destination,” Logan told him, “I have a pod ready to go and the bay door is open I just need the correct coordinates to start my journey,” Alex watched the green paladin for a few more minutes before Logan pulled a thumb drive of out the altean computer and started walking away.

Alex followed Logan out of the room, passing Phantom going towards the Castle’s crystal. “Hello Phantom,” Logan half continuously greeted before realizing he left his bot in the pod bay. “ALEX! LOOK OUT!” Logan pulled the Altean out of the way before the fake Phantom blew up. ——— The lights around the castle flickered off. “What’s happening?” Taylor asked Ashlyn.

“I'm not sure,” Ashlyn started to run off towards the bridge, “But I have an idea!” The paladins looked at each other before chasing after her. They all entered the bridge, coughing and waving their hands around to clear the dust. “Alex!” Ashlyn cried as the man struggled to get up. Ben and Tyler rushed forwards and helped him up. “The crystal!” Taylor pointed out. The dust cleared more, revealing a unconscious Logan. “Logan!” Aiden rushed forwards with Taylor to check on the green paladin, “Logan?” The unconscious boy groaned as Aiden turned him over, Logan! We need to get Logan to the infirmary,” Aiden told Ashlyn. “Without the crystal, the Castle has no power,” Ashlyn looked scared. “He doesn't look good,” Taylor frowned.

The King of the arusians ran into the bridge, “Lion warriors, our village is under attack! We need help!” “Let's get to the lions,” Tyler shifted all of Alex’s weight over to Ben.

“You can't,” Ashlyn stopped him, “They're sealed in their hangars. There's no way to get them out,” “We're defenseless,” Alex coughed.

“Will you not help us?” The King Arusian asked. “We'll help you. We just…” Tyler told him, Logan groaned. “This is bad,” “We have to get a new crystal to get the Castle working again.” Ashlyn put her fist into her palm. “But, to get a new crystal, we need a ship,” Ashlyn furrowed her brows.

“The pod Logan was loading, we can use that! He told me that he left the bay door open.” Alex’s eyes light up like a light bulb, “I can use the scanner in the pod to see if there's a Balmera nearby. Ben, you come with me,” Alex pulled away from the yellow paladin’s support. “I'll need someone big to help me carry the crystal,” “A Balmera?” Taylor asked, taking in Ben’s confused look.

“It's where the crystals come from. I'll tell you about it on the way! Come along!” Alex and Ben took off down the hallway, Taylor furrowed her brows before chasing after them to make sure they got in the pod safely. “Aiden and I will head down to make sure the Arusians are okay and take care of the threat,” Ashlyn decided. “And I’ll stay here with Logan and make sure he’s okay,” Tyler offered. Ashlyn and Aiden nodded before running off down the hall to get to the village.

——— “It's our first bit of luck.” Alex said, pointing at the scanner on the pod, “There's a source not too far. We won't need a wormhole to get there, thankfully,” “Looks like Logan made some modifications to the pod,” Taylor pointed inside. “This one looks like cloaking device. This one looks like tank of booster fuel,” She pointed at both of the modifications Logan added. “Using that mid-flight would turn the whole pod into a bomb!” Alex turned to Taylor, offended. Ben gave Taylor a silent worried look. “Okay then… maybe don’t use that one?” Taylor chuckled to lighten the mood. “Be safe you two,” Taylor looked worried as she stepped away from the pod. “And good luck.” “We will. And thank you, Taylor,” Alex assured her before the pod took off. Taylor sighed before walking off to the bridge again. Phantom looked at her and whirled before following. ——— Tyler walked down the main hallway, “Hang on, buddy.” He told Logan, who was slung over his shoulder. “Help is on the way,”

Tyler pressed on, his grip firm around Logan's limp body. Every step echoed through the metallic corridor, a stark reminder of the dire circumstances they found themselves in. He glanced down at Logan, his face pale and slick with sweat.

"Stay with me, Logan," Tyler murmured, his voice barely a whisper in the tall hallway. He stopped in his tracks as a figure appeared in the doorway. “Charlie,” He growled at the Galran solider who entered with what was left with his crew. “Stand aside,” Charlie demanded. Tyler laid Logan down on the ground gently before making sure he was out of the way. “No. You're not getting in,” “Yes. I am,” Charlie assured Tyler before flinging himself at the paladin to fight.

Tyler braced himself for the impact, muscles tense and ready. He dodged the first swipe, retaliating with a powerful punch that caught the Galran solider off guard. They grappled fiercely, their violent dance sending echoes down the hollow corridor.

As soon as Tyler got the upper hand, a voice rang out. “Let him go or your friend won't make it!” Charlie’s second in command, Hudson called out, two centuries pointed their guns at Logan’s unconscious face. Tyler faltered for a moment and gave Charlie the opportunity to knock him out. ——— Ashlyn and Aiden ran up to the arusian village, “What's happening?” Ashlyn asked the king. “Look! Attackers!” The king pointed at the middle of the village where some centuries were standing around. “I'll go in for a closer look.” Aiden said, sliding down the bank into the center of the village “Stay here with them,” He instructed Ashlyn. “Aiden!” She called after him. “Don’t worry I’m durable!” Aiden told her before jumping down into the village. He carefully approached the village homes and took a peak at the centuries. One tipped over and crashed. “What?” It was a trick. “Oh, no,” Aiden’s eyes widen before turning on his helmet. “They tricked us!” He told Ashlyn over the comms, “It was just a diversion to separate us and thin the Castle defenses!” He ran back to her and the two immediately started to book it back to the castle. But just as they were starting to get close, the particle barrier started to activate and go down. They started to run fast but they were too late. Both of them slammed their bodies into the particle barrier. “We're too late.” Aiden banged his forehead into the barrier in frustration. "Damn it," he hissed under his breath, pounding a gloved fist against the solid energy field.

“No! They have control of the Castle. They're taking Voltron!” Ashlyn sobbed, hitting the particle barrier repeatedly.

“Can we break through the barrier?” Aiden asked, looking around at the barrier. “No.” Ashlyn shook her head, “And whoever has taken the Castle has a crystal, which means they'll be able to fly the ship. We have to stop them,” “Uh… how are we going to do that?” “Aiden, can you hear me?” Taylor called through the comms.

“Taylor, is that you? Where are you?” “I'm inside the Castle. Charlie has taken over and he's preparing for launch,” Taylor explained, bitting her lip. “He's got Logan and Tyler.” “Taylor, listen.” Ashlyn interrupted, “If they've started the launch sequence, then we don't have much time before liftoff to stop it.” “What do I have to do?” Taylor asked, her voice barely a whisper. She reached up and pulled Phantom down as it started to float towards the bridge where Logan and Tyler were being held.

“You have to get down to the main engine control panel and disconnect the primary turbine from the central energy chamber.” Ashlyn instructed, “If you can do that, Charlie will have to reset the whole system. That might give us enough time to find a way to stop them,” “On it,” Taylor whispered before quietly running down the hallway with Phantom on her trail. ——— Alex and Ben approached the Balmera, “Is this the Balmera planet with the crystals?” Ben’s phone asked.

“It's not a planet. Balmera are ancient animals. Petrified, but still alive.” Alex explained, “Their bodies naturally create the crystals that help power mini Altean ships. I often accompanied my grandfather to visit these majestic creatures when he was building the Castle of Lions. I'll never forget the first time I saw the sparkling surface of a Balmera. You're in for quite a treat.” They broke the atmosphere of the Balmera only to see if covered in Galra mining equipment. “Oh, no. This is horrifying. The Galra have turned this into a mining colony! They're completely destroying it! They have no regard for the poor creature!” Alex frowned, just as they were spotted by a galran fighter ship.

“Hailing unidentified craft. State your ship ID, entry code, and landing destination,” The galran solider instructed. Ben gave Alex a panicked look.

“Just stay calm.” Alex hushed before turning on the radio. “We don't really need to land. Uh, we're just looking around, if that's okay,” “Unidentified craft, land immediately and prepare to be boarded.” The galran solider instructed.

“Okay. Thank you. See you down below,” Alex turned off the radio before kicking up the pod’s gas and flying it into one of the many deep caverns of the Balmera.

The ship shuddered as it entered the cavern, lights flickering. Ben's hands tightened around his phone as he braced himself against the sides of his seat. His fingers flew across his phone screen, a soft robotic voice echoing his typed words, “Alex?” “Not done yet. Hang on!” Alex prompted before pressing the controls forwards and shooting down the Balmera cavern more.

The pod wing crashed into a piece of the galran mining equipment and sent a shower of sparks into the air, illuminating the darkness of the cavern. A deafening sound filled the tight space, reverberating off the stone walls. “Hold on!” Alex shouted over the noise as he wrestled with the controls, attempting to stabilize their rapid descent.

As soon as they landed, Ben turned to glowing eyes in the nearest cave. He quickly typed out something on his phone, “Alex, what lives at the bottom of these mines?” ——— Taylor grunted as she pulled open the doors of the turbine. Phantom floated in before she jumped inside. “Okay, Ashlyn, I'm near the turbine.” She glanced up at it. “I think it's started.” “Then you'll have to hurry. Cross the catwalk to the main column in the center,” Ashlyn instructed.

“Okay,” Taylor said, her voice echoing through the turbine chamber. She turned her jetpack on and flew over to the control panel. “Now, open the hatch. Find the central computer control hub and enter the following sequence,” Ashlyn continued, her voice echoing through the radio with a steady pace that belied the urgency of their situation. “Wait, wait, wait, wait! Which one is it? All the labels are in Altean!” Taylor groaned, “I can't tell which one it is! Ashlyn? Ashlyn? Uh…” Meanwhile outside, “Taylor? Taylor!” Ashlyn turned to Aiden, “I've lost connection with Taylor!” The ship started to rumble. “Oh, no! It's taking off!” Taylor looked at the wires in the control panel. She summoned her bayard and looked in between the wires and the weapon. “Welp, whatever.” Taylor shrugged before slamming her bayard into the mass of wires. The control panel lit up like a Christmas tree, an array of colors flashing as alarms blared before the turbine shut off. ——— Tyler groaned as the Galran soldiers started to panic around him. “The main engine just shorted out!” Hudson exclaimed, “We have a saboteur.” “Find him and take him out.” Charlie demanded, two centuries turned and ran out of the room. “Commander Charlie, I've received a transmission generating from somewhere inside,” Hudson played the audio.

“There's not much time before they get the ship running again. You must shut off the particle barrier so we can get in.” Ashlyn’s voice rang out through the bridge. Tyler grunted slightly at the sound of her voice. Taylor’s voice rang out, “You got it. Tell me what to do,” Ashlyn continued, “The particle barrier generator is beneath the main hull.”

“She's telling the intruder how to take down our defenses!” Hudson told Charlie.

Charlie smirked, “Yes, but she's also giving away his location.” He turned to the last two centuries, “Find that room. Kill the paladin. Repair the engine. Emperor Maverick has commanded us to bring him Voltron.” He turned back to Hudson, “This ship will rise before day's end,”

[chibi-pix]

Why did this take me so long to decide to finish? I STARTED IT IN JUNE OF 2023! But, I finally finished it. Technopathic Katie in an old Arusian ship (Crossed Signals) and going in when she sees things. What's she seeing? The past. Like she did in that one episode on Olkarion in season 8. Gods, i wish we had more of that. And. Pidge and Hunk don't know what the hell is going on with her, why she's in the ship, or why her eyes are glowing this time while she's spaced out. Don't worry, guys, I think she'll tell you after this one.

Anywho! I hope y'all enjoy this one! Commissions are available over on my Ko-fi. Until next time!

[atla-what-is-this-site]

broke: Coran is like a father figure to many of the paladins

woke: Coran is that one uncle who you’re pretty sure is drunk all the time

h y p e r w o k e: Nunvil is the Arusian equivalent of Alcohol, which Coran gave to Lance, who is underage. Therefore, Coran fits all necessary criteria for being a Vodka Uncle.

[discordiansamba]

anyways spitballing some facts about the accidental paladin matt AU:

Matt and Keith are very much the 'why is it when something happens around here, it's always one of you two' duo.

Turns out spending several years fighting in a space war where killing is kind of a necessity fucks up your morals. just a little bit. Matt goes from "killing is wrong" to "a little murder for a good cause never hurt anyone" overnight.

People think Matt's listening to music when he's training at the Garrison but he is in fact listening to science and engineering audiobooks. It's great! He's working on all of his muscles at once!

Matt's bayard takes on the form of a staff. Because of course it does.

Matt's knowledge of the future isn't exactly flawless. A lot of what he knows about the paladins adventures before he reunites with Pidge is based off of stuff he's been told by them, so the details are off in places. For example he knows that Sendak takes over the Castleship during the party with the Arusians, he just... doesn't know how.

He also never knew that Pidge tried to ditch the paladins to find him and their dad. Which she still tries to do in this timeline, only she's looking for her dad and fully expects him to agree to come with her... which he does not do. So they fight.

Matt knows where to find their father but knows that a.) they can't do this alone, b.) they can't just leave all of those other prisoners behind and c.) he's pretty sure that like. right after this the paladins have to go save that Balmera and that's *kind of* the more pressing time concern.

Matt and Keith are sparring buddies. Matt helps Keith with his homework back at the Garrison. They watch terrible sci-fi movies together. They're best friends, though Keith will never admit that much... only to have his best friend and his brother be declared dead after Kerberos.

Pidge and Keith team up to find answers. She still ends up enrolling in the Garrison under an assumed identity.

Keith is itching to find Shiro. Matt would love to help him, but he's kind of at loss as to where Shiro would be. Even if he was rescued by the same rebels who freed him, there's no guarantee that they'd have the same job.

Matt gets the white streak and Shiro gets to keep his black hair. They keep their respective canon scars though.

Matt introduces Coran to memes. What has he done.

The weird stuff that Pidge has been noticing about her brother for years now just keeps increasing once they get to space. It's probably just due to being imprisoned by the Galra... right?

[star-racing]

A snippet from chapter two of The Universes Edge, in which I finally get to introduce Allura

Arus was truly a beautiful planet. Largely untouched by civilization, it still boasted swaths of unmarred terrain, unexplored and uninterrupted. It was picturesque, the cliffs, the white rivers rushing through the otherwise thick blanket of lush, blue tipped leaves of the tall jungle trees. Even the ridge of volcanoes, sat ominously in the distance that loomed above them like a malevolent force waiting to bring what little progress the arusians had made to their knees, was gorgeous in it’s own, fickle way. It would all be gone in a years time, if the Galra ever got it’s hands on it. Like Altea, and so many others. Allura could see why this planet would be on the galran empires radar. The soil was rich, the climate tempered and stable thanks to the binary stars the planet orbited staving off any winter frost that might settle in for the crops to battle. It could easily be converted into an agricultural hub. The arusians had already begun the process, though on a much smaller, primitive scale than what Allura was used too. It was fascinating, watching a civilization develop in real time. Not that it mattered to the Galra. What the arusians were capable of, everything they might become one day if given time to develop and grow, they didn’t care. This planet, the people that inhabited it, they were ants. Microscopic and inconsequential in the grand galactic plan of the Galra. They would be decimated out of convenience, and the Alteans who had taken refuge on their planet for deca-phoebs would stand idle while it happened. It wasn’t fair, but Allura had been taught the hard way that life rarely was.

[lotorsshoulderpads]

Updated Pidge HCs :)

14 1/2 at debut

4"6

Bitter that Chip is taller than him, but even more bitter that their younger sister is taller than him

All three of them were adopted

Unlike Chip, little sister isn't biologically related to Pidge

Little sister is named Katherine, or Kat for short

Mama's boy

Child prodigy with a high IQ

Knows many languages to varying degrees, and it's something he works very hard on

He has finally accepted he simply cannot learn EVER language in his lifetime, so has designed incredibly advanced translation devices.

His favorite color is actually blue

Can play piano, but did not learn willingly. He hates the piano

Space mice have stolen his glasses more than once

LOVES apples

GREAT gymnastics skills, partly stemming from his biology as someone from Balto

People of Balto are on average shorter than Arusians or Earthlings, but he's still short by Balto's standards

Hunk and Lance are the only ones allowed to call him "little buddy"

Showers right before bed, resulting in That Hair

Tosses and turns a lot in his sleep

Crazy dreams but rarely remembers them

Has like 4 pairs of glasses bc he keeps breaking them. He rotates them out as her fixes them

Will end up with braces in his later teens

Has a gap in his front two teeth

LOVES sports, especially soccer

Adoptive family is pretty wealthy, and spoiled him rotten

Hates peanuts. Only eats peanut butter when it's with chocolate

Lance likes to steal his headband

Very sensitive to bright lights

Always chewing on things. never borrow a pencil from him

Can bake well, struggles with cooking

Very picky with his sweets. He hates when stuff sticks to his teeth

His room is a warzone

Keith gets on him about cleaning his room bc it's slowly becoming an actual hazard

When Keith pesters him, he calls him mom. It's catching on with the others.

Eyes are reflective, like a cat's

Sees very well in the dark

May birthday

Opposite of Hunk in the sense that on the rare occasion he eats beef, he wants that steak cooked to a crisp

Will never admit it, but he sees Lance as a big brother

Hunk is like the cool uncle tho

His favorite holiday is Halloween

The king of fidget toys

Chronic knuckle cracker

[swagging-back-to]

i think the entire voltron fandom can agree allura is not a likable character. all of my followers know my ENTIRE NOVEL WORTH of reasons for not liking her.

but during my rewatch of se 1 this one scene really irked me. shes standing on the ledge during the arusian party and overlooking the paladins. she watches as hunk and keith goof around and make the guests laugh and it ANNOYS HER. she is visibly and audibly unapproving, not even including her "i dont think theyre worthy" to the mice.

out of all the reasons she thinks the paladins "arent fit" for the job, INCLUDING THEM BEING 14-20 YEARS OLD, she doesnt like them ********because they were laughing with eachother at a p a r t y that a l l u r a put together and made them attend*********

alluras character niche has so much potential. her family. her planet, her culture destroyed and she has to pull together a ragtag team in the span of a few hours after reawakening.

but the writers ruined all yhat potential. and it isnt even a "after season three" destruction, she was written horrible from the very start.

It just really irks me that she doesnt think the team is unfit bc of their lack of training, the fact two of 5 of them arent even pilots and have zero flight training, the fact one of them is barely even a teenager, the fact one of them has severe ptsd from fighting and was only rescued hours before being thrown into another war, or any of the billion reasons.

it's because theyre laughing with eachother.

[keithkog]

Me and Lance landed on Arus today and the Arusians decided we should participate in one of their marriage traditions.

Basically Lance is going to be fake kidnapped and I have to go through a series of challenges to save him.

I’m not sure if the challenges are actually difficult though, we’ll see.

-Keith

[boyprinzessin]

I think fanon Keith doesn't give him enough credit for his social skills cause like yes he's awkward and really blunt but he seems to warm up to the team pretty quickly? Like I'm on ep 4 with the Arus party and he's joking around with Hunk and Lance and talking to the Arusians.

I think Pidge and Keith are both just awkward, guarded, and very goal oriented, which makes it seem like they hate people. Pretty sure both of them were friendless except for their Matt and Shiro respectively so it makes sense lmfao.