#awkward pidge

[kismetconstellations]

@sockdooe, This is the full original image:

According to the Tumblr post I originally snagged it from, it's an early piece of promotional artwork, meant to depict Keith as the series's central character. Shiro is shoved into the background, presumably to illustrate that he was intended to fulfill a Doomed Mentor role.

[assassin-artist]

drew Pidge (belongs to @dovahcaine) hugging my 3 elden ring characters....

[mushed-kid]

pidge stole her brother’s look and turned into an awkward loser nerd looking person, and that might just be because of her personality, but we also know that matt is such a … idk also a nerd loser, but why does he pull it off so well???

why does he manage to look cool doing it? how

[oliveden]

the thing about the general keith au is that keith might have had his childhood on earth, but he was in space for far longer.

this doesn't mean he's completely out of touch with his humanity, but when you're a general of a warrior race and your enemies-later-allies are a group of children, he can come across as callous sometimes.

he's not cruel for the sake of being cruel, but general keith would make choices that canon keith never would.

[empty-blog-for-lurking]

Honestly screw fanon romantic and platonic relationships. Tell what character pairings (with little to no interactions in canon) which fandom insists would be great friends but you know it in your heart would kill each other without hesitation

[icypantherwrites]

New Fic: Twist and Turn

Summary: Keith is absolutely not watching his teammates play a game without him and he most definitely isn’t wishing he could join them. Not at all. Besides, even if he did want to play, he knows he’ll just ruin it as he and fun don’t really mix.  No. It’s safer to just stay here, out of the way. 

Story snippet:

And before Keith could second guess himself he was on his feet and headed towards the game — faintly hearing Shiro’s surprised call of his name and clearly not expecting Keith to abruptly head over to the group — where it looked like Lance had just claimed his fourth victory based on his crowing.

Lance’s eyes snapped right over to Keith, his lips pulling up into a large, cocky grin that sent every alarm bell ringing and telling Keith he’d just made a huge mistake coming over here.

Damn him and his recklessness. 

“Come to play, mullet?” Lance’s hands gravitated to his hips, challenge clear in the pose. “You think you can beat the amazing Lancey-Lance?”

Keith’s brain blanked.

If he said yes then it was a challenge and it would escalate.

If he said no then Lance would tease and taunt and it would escalate.

And this, Keith realized, was why he always fucked things up.

He literally didn’t know what to say and now he was standing here like an absolute idiot and he needed to say something, anything, what the fuck did he—

Read it here

[bosspigeon]

Moss was a busy boy tonight! fought a spectator... convinced various animals to mutiny.... freed some gnome slaves. became a mushroom messiah....

[weaponizedducks]

lance mcclain wears jorts unironically and i believe that wholeheartedly

[i-am-married-to-keith-kogane]

Keith dating hcs please!! and im so glad that their is people still doing voltron! i love that show so so much and I feel like the fandom is dying so quickly😭

hiii!!

ofc i can do keith dating headcanons lovely! im so glad you like voltron too, its taken over my life once again and its sad coming back to the fandom with just a little of us left but i want to continue posting/writing about voltron to keep it alive on tumblr with some other talented creators!!

✦KEITH KOGANE DATING HCS✦

✦before confessing his feelings to you, he had to ask lance for some help

✦it took a lot of contemplating and hyping up but he finally got there!

✦keith would struggle a little at the beginning of the relationship since he's worried you'll leave him for someone better. he would spend nights just staring at his ceiling and thinking how much better off you would be with someone else.

✦though overtime those thoughts would fade away but not completely.

✦he would try to flirt with you, but he'd become very flustered and awkward but you thought it was very adorable by the effort he'd put into it!

✦he is very against PDA (aka public display of affection)!!

✦if you break it, expect a very grumpy, pouty and flustered keith.

✦keith is VERY clingy in your relationship, he’ll just want to constantly be near you especially in social situations.

✦keith gets jealous, he just does. he's scared people are gonna steal you from him.

✦once while on a mission with him, this alien took it upon themself to start flirting with you (because who wouldn't😍), keith caught up on this and let me tell you, he was mad.

✦he completely broke the 'no PDA' rule. he wrapped you around in his arm and said "excuse me, but she's taken" with a deadpanned face. man was not having it.

✦i feel like his galra side would make him very territorial, which includes things that belong to him and his personal space.

✦your his and he's yours.

✦surprisingly the only thing that he let pass from his 'no PDA' rule is hand holding, ONLY if he knows that no one else notices (especially Lance or Pidge, they just love to tease him).

✦but they know, they're just snickering quietly to themselves, but shiro keeps them quiet for keith's sake(space dad!!)

✦okay if you guys sleep together, keith demands morning kisses. its the first thing he needs wants. when he wakes up don't be surprised to be showered in kisses!

✦this man does NOT care about morning breath, he just loves you so much!!

✦though, if you sleep in your own beds let say, he'll just brush his teeth (as will you🫵)

✦i feel like keith's hugs will be super comforting and long, especially if he's feeling a little sleepy (and he may just hug you around the other paladins if he is really tired)

✦(yk sometime you just got to break the rule, he just can't resist hugging you. it just makes him feel so warm and comforted.)

✦we all know that keith loves you to bits but he does get embarrassed about what the others will think when they see him so lovey dovey and intimate.

✦he needs to keep the tough guy act okay, its a full-time job (its really not)

✦but just keep reminding him to be himself ☻!!

OKAY WE'VE MADE IT TO CUDDLING!!!!

✦(im sorry i just love cuddles💗 ahhhh)

✦this man would sell his soul for a cuddle from you. IN PRIVATE sadly.

✦he loves little snuggles before drifting off to sleep after an exhausting day.

✦he loves when you pepper kisses all over his face, neck, collarbone and shoulders

✦he also loves when you play or run your fingers through his hair, he finds it so soothing.

✦also don't deny any of his affection! IT WILL SEND THIS DUDE INTO SEVERE POUTY-NESS.

✦he just loves you so so so much!! so it will break his heart (not literally).

✦your the definition of the sun to his moon.♥︎

(i dont think i used that correctly ☹︎ but trust the thought process)

✦you always have to remind him that if he dies, you die too. in hope to make him less reckless on missions (he's still reckless).

✦also before he leaves for a mission he always gives you a sweet little kiss at the forehead/temple and definitely expect a kiss when he gets back!!

☾ ⋆･ﾟ:⋆･ﾟ

✦in the end he loves you dearly and would do anything for you ☻♥︎

★。＼｜／。★

-love,

. marra✧˖*°࿐

★。／｜＼。★

[kismetconstellations]

@sockdooe, I could genuinely write up multiple essays about how poorly a lot of the general relationship-building and maintaining is handled in this show.

There are some truly excellent, stand-out moments between the main cast and the aliens they encounter, like Shay and the Balmerans, and even Slav, and the main cast and the Holts, the Blades, and members of the Garrison.

Shiro and Pidge's older brother-little sister relationship in the early episodes will forever be dear to my heart,

to the point that I cherish even the crumbs we get in the final seasons.

The banter between Shiro and Allura in Collection and Extraction is top-notch.

Not to mention everything else about their relationship when it's acknowledged.

Shiro and Keith have their deep, abiding bond.

And Hunk has amazing moments with darned near everyone, because he's Hunk.

But, yes, so many inter-team and beyond relationships were established, just to be tossed away.

Where's the resolution for Lance's failed attempt to connect with Shiro in the Astral Plane? Why did Shiro start riding in the Green Lion with Pidge on the journey back to Earth after so much significance was given to the literally death-defying depths of his and Keith's devotion to each other? Why set up Acxa having a thing for Keith and Keith going out of his way to save her,

only to do nothing further with their relationship and later hint at a romance between Acxa and Veronica?

(Have a bonus really awkward closeup of Shiro from that episode, as if he isn't disrespected enough in this grueling nightmare of a season:

It looks like they tried to make him white.（πーπ) )

Shiro and Hunk barely talk to each other, despite being the support pillars of Voltron, and its voices of reason. You have two half-Galra main characters, and they- according to what I've read- never have a single conversation? But, we can do a poor man's recreation of Shiro's confrontation with Zarkon in the Astral Plane, only with Keith, this time, so it's "better" because it's one Galra Paladin calling out the other as unworthy, even though said Paladins have absolutely no prior history with or emotional connection to each other and have done nothing between them to earn this moment.

Why did the Real Shiro and Matt never interact with each other at all after Shiro sacrificed himself to save Matt's life?

The majority of this can be explained by the simple fact that somebody in charge hated Shiro, and didn't want to have to do anything with him, anymore. The rest of it is just... sheer, bewildering, aggravating beyond all comprehension incompetence.

[alluraaaa]

bonus points: same goes for keith and allura

no klance fic is accurate if lance doesn’t share absolutely everything with hunk. they’re 100% the type of best friends where if you tell something to one of them then assume the other knows as well. keith thinks he has a fun inside joke with lance after they shared a very tender private moment but when he makes it lance AND hunk laugh and keith is both mortified and confused beyond belief

[blanceyblance]

Lance is such an interesting character to me in part because of how the narrative wants to portray him to the point it becomes contradictory.

His "arc" is supposed to be "cocky and immature teenager grows from his need for glory into a reliable team member"

And he does! He becomes Keith's right hand man, taking charge in battle, covering the team's backs and becoming an emotional support for other members when the time was needed.

But he is also a Comedic Relief™

Other characters have comedic relief moments too, like Hunk's love for food, Pidge's excitement about tech, Keith being socially awkward, etc.

And as aggravating as Hunk's fat jokes can be they don't contradict the fact that he is a brilliant engineer and became a brave paladin. Keith's social awkwardness doesn't contradict the fact that he became a capable leader.

But then you have Pidge and Hunk, making fun of Lance being "naturally dumb", and then a space deity calling him "the dumb one"one moment then following Lance's orders in battle and having him give emotional speeches to others the other.

The writers want us to take him seriously and see he is growing only to make fun of him when its needed for a laugh.

I feel the episode The Grudge is a good example of this:

Lance finds a way to find where they left their Lions.

Hunk and Allura seem impressed but Pidge dismisses it.

That would be the end of it until later when Veronica is talking with "Keith" (actually a hacker pretending to be him) and the says "Lance has it figured out", Veronica then in a sarcastic way says "Lance, the navigation genius".

Keith agrees and that's what clues them about something being wrong.

Is it a joke about Keith being openly nice to Lance? A joke about Lance's navigation skills?

Either way, the joke is at his expense, even when early in the episode we see him actually suggesting a way to correctly navigate.

In the end what I'm trying to say is, that the writers want to have their cake and eat it too. Showing Lance growing and being capable but also making fun of him and not really having that much respect for his character.

[mistkisbiggestfan]

heyyyy i just wanted t ask if you could post a part two to white lion i have reread it so many times its totally ok if you are taking a break to work on mental health or would prefer writting stuff you choose this just a silly little request (sorry i there is spelling mistakes my english isnt that good)

Pidge / Reader | White Lion - Complete rewrite - Part I

Rewrite of the fic I still have up on this blog!!

A/n: I'm back?? I think?

Words: 1221

With insomnia nothing’s real, you learn that early on, everything’s far enough to be impossible to reach. Stuck inside an endless loop, a sort of unbreakable cycle. Back then; you were not ready for failure of any kind.

As a White Paladin of Voltron your sole mission was to protect other paladins and people around you. That’s all the White Paladin was, a glorified version of a healing pod, and you hated it. Everyone neglected you, not as a friend of course, but as a valuable fighter and defender of the universe. A medic was what you were made out to be, a brute by nature and a pacifist by force, all you could do was save, even if you tried to charge into battle you were quickly pushed off – back to the sidelines. Allura told you before; each Lion has a unique bond to a specific, and only one, Paladin. Sealed by fate, with no choice, you stayed.

The only one treating you fairly was your lover, Pidge. Both young prodigies, top students of Garrison, with a heart of gold and a particularly sharp and witty comebacks. Made for each other it seemed. They actually appreciated the help they got from you during and out of battle, that was, to your dismay, cut short. As war with Galra raged on, everyone forgot about any other struggles disregarding the threat across the universe.

Soon, Pidge began to share the view about you with other paladins, bit by bit, you realized that now, not a single soul believed in you being anything else but support — You were young, skillful in this specific subject, and rather weak at first glance, but you were more than that, more than what they made you out to be.

Often, on different restless nights, you were left wondering certain things. ‘Am I just a waste to them? Keith already said that, do others agree with him? What does Pidge think?’ All loose questions tied neatly with a string of paranoia and a hint of anxiety building up.  And like that, the overthinking pursued. No one even noticed you staying out of conversations, blindly following orders, no one noticed because it was making everything so much easier. Hunk asked you at times; “Hey Y/N.. you seem quiet lately, everything alright?” But just a few words were enough to shoo him away. “Yeah, don’t worry about me. I’m the White Paladin, remember?” You often said, but you never voiced the rest of this sentence you grew to mutter each day: “The one who is supposed to help.” And Hunk, begrudgingly, let go.

Keith outright believed you were too young and just a nuisance on the battlefield; you suspected he had something against you because you caught onto him and his feelings regarding Lance, as he, himself, wasn’t yet able to face those feelings. The thought that someone knew made him defensive. At least Lance was oblivious enough for this to not be too much of an awkward situation, from what all others knew, besides you it seemed, Lance and Keith hated each other. Or, at very least, strongly disliked each other's presence. At first, before you became a nuisance, your insomnia induced night walks roaming the Castle grounds were often guided by different team members, Shiro eased your mind by comforting, Hunk baked with you, Coran told stories of the White Paladins before you — not many, but still. Allura didn’t have to say a word, as you treasured her camaraderie dearly. Lance made a habit of beauty sleepovers, and even Keith offered you a sparring match from time to time, even though he still argued with others he disliked you greatly. At times like these, you often resided with Pidge. They had a bad habit of staying way up into the night to focus on their work, not from their insomnia, but from a severe case of workaholism.

You liked to walk into their room quietly, your own feet dragging you to their room as you hadn’t even registered. You walked all the way there, sitting down beside them as they worked away on their laptop. Without a word, passing out from exhaustion next to them, feeling safe enough to let go, even if it was only for an hour or two. Waking up tired, but not overwhelmingly lonely and disoriented, as their hand around yours grounded you like an anchor. But what times often do is change. Comfort made you weak enough to believe it’ll last forever, but with a heavy heart you realized — nothing does. Your life hit a rocky path, if it can still do that after getting dragged against your will into an intergalactic war with all hopes resting on you and other bunch of dysfunctional young adults, your insomnia got worse, getting pushed off to the sidelines too.

You were a Paladin, and with an actual bond with a Lion no less, so why were you stuck organizing missions with Allura as Coran talked your ear off? Was it stupid you were jealous of each successful mission, as they came back in glee and the thrill of winning yet another battle? Maybe. Did you still feel through it like an overwhelming blade stuck inside that twisted each time you realized you were just a backup plan? Yes. All you wanted was to prove yourself, you could be useful, really. But each time Shiro said that you’re enough, you felt as if the words hitting your ears were hollow. No one assisted your nightly walks anymore. Pidge was busy. Way more busy than you had ever seen them, there was no comfort in the galaxy you could give them for them to stop their work for even a second. Realizing that leaving them alone was the best thing you could give them, you did just that, and to your small heartbreak, you received no words addressing the fact, no complaints either. Getting as desperate as walking into the training room, in case Keith was staying up late too, you often were met with nothing. Sometimes, Keith was there, but most times your ears were met with sharp yet tired words; “You shouldn’t train this late, a medic shouldn't be half-dead each day.” And with a roll of your eyes, you often walked out.

Sometimes, you stood there a second longer, savoring the meeting, and letting the hatred built up as your mind was screaming: “I’m not just a medic! I’m a Paladin just like you!”. But in the end, you sat in that cold, and now, lonely, room of yours.

Your eyes scanning over the same wall you always faced. Tired gaze raking through the metal, dissecting it into pieces, logic you couldn’t grasp. At times like this, moments before shutting off from complete exhaustion, even you had no idea how to comprehend the drive that was pushing you at such times.

Maybe tomorrow, it’ll all make sense. Maybe tomorrow won’t be just a copy of today, which was just a copy of yesterday.

At least, tomorrow, you’ll finally go on a mission, after this whole time, which felt like eternity and a second, all too far to understand and grasp. With that thought, you had no idea what came next, as your exhausted body hit the bed.

You passed out.

Again.

[gardenof--eden]

Trying to go to sleep, making myself cry instead

Lance sits on the edge of his bed, glaring down at his hands as the clench and unfurl. “So, like-“ The words can’t seem to come out right. Maybe, if he glares hard enough, the problem will go away. “How much of this is okay?”

Keith tilts his head while he watches Lance, gaze so soft and lips slightly pouted. It’s a wonderful expression, one that Lance is steadily growing used to being directed at him. “What do you mean?”

He sighs and leans to the side, until his shoulder connect with Keith’s. He slumps, curling up into Keith’s space. “I’m a very affectionate person—“ Keith laughs “—but I don’t want to do too much. I guess, that I’m trying to ask is, what are your boundaries?”

Violet eyes blink slowly at him. He stays quiet for a moment while he thinks. “I guess, hugs and stuff are okay? I don’t really know, this doesn’t happen for me a lot.” His shoulder tenses slightly under Lance’s cheek. “The way you are with Hunk and Pidge, it’s like you get up in their personal space without even realizing it. I think, that’s okay for me. It startles me, a little bit, but it’s okay. I… I like it.”

Lance nods, cheek squished. He isn’t used to Keith being so open with him, but it is really nice. It’s nice to hear this, to see that Keith can be anything but hotheaded. (Though, that may be Lance’s fault. Keith only ever reacts to how he’s treated, and Lance loves to instigate.) “so stuff like this?” He leans a little heavier on Keith for emphasis.

A hesitant arm moves to wrap around his shoulders, fingers hesitating over his bicep before finally settling down. Keith nods and lets out a slow breath, relaxing. “Yeah. This is nice.”

Lance feels himself smile before he realizes it. “Awesome.” His voice is slightly muffled from his face being pressed to Keith’s shoulder, but the other boy is too warm and comfortable for him to care much. “Let me know if I’m ever too much, okay?”

He feels Keith stare, so he lifts his head to meet those gorgeous violet eyes, brows furrowed, lips pushed into a deep pout. “You’re not too much. Why would you be too much?”

He forces himself to laugh and shake his head, pretend those words don’t mean as much to him as they actually do. “Because I’m just a lot, man! When I get comfortable, I get comfortable.” Lance sits up a bit straighter, not missing the way Keith’s hand slides down his arm to hold him better. “Like- with my siblings, my cousins! Hell, with Hunk and sometimes Pidge, too. I-“ He makes a face while he tries to search for the proper words. “Like kisses! Forehead kisses, cheek kisses!” Lance laughs and wills himself not to flush, thinking about doing that to Keith. “That’d definitely be too much for you, mullet.” Tease, defuse, don’t make it awkward or vulnerable.

But the look on Keith’s face is sobering.

Eyes wide, tiny crease between his brows, mouth downturned in a way that makes Lance want to kiss away the sadness- his snaps his eyes back up to Keith’s. “What?”

“I don’t think anyone has ever done that to me.” His voice is impossibly quiet, frown growing and- oh. Oh no. That is a problem.

“What?!” Lance sits straight up, turning to face Keith fully. Keith’s hand falls away from Lance’s arm, returning back to his lap. “No one’s ever kissed you on the forehead? Ruffled your hair back? Kiss you goodnight?” Keith’s frown keeps growing, shoulders slumping in the slightest way. And it is a problem. Lance moves before he can get in his head about it, planting a chaste kiss to Keith’s cheek.

The boy, in turn, faces him with wide eyes, lips slightly parted in the most beautifully breathless way. “Oh. That was… nice.”

And that’s how Lance ends up kissing every bit of Keith’s face, until he hears him giggle and break, until they’re lying back and cuddling, until they’re whispering softly to each other, until they fall asleep. And if Lance kisses Keith’s forehead one last time as the boy drifts off, well, that’s nobody’s business but his own.

[minamorsart]

To All the Boys I've Loved Before plance AU!!!! 💚💙 Inspired by this adorable fanart!

Reticent, socially-awkward Katie "Pidge" Holt is entering her junior year in high school, and she would much rather spend her time with her robots and technology than make any new friends or go on any dates. However, all of that changes when her private love letters, which she's safely kept hidden away ever since she was a little girl, somehow make their way to their intended subjects, and suddenly she's having to confront her past secret crushes that are not so secret anymore.

To her surprise, goofy and flirtatious Lance, one of the recipients of her clandestine love notes, approaches her with a deal: enter in a fake relationship with him to put the embarrassing letters to rest, while she helps him make his ex-girlfriend jealous in order to win her back. What starts off as an amusing charade slowly begins to blur the lines between fantasy and reality, and soon Pidge finds herself questioning if she'll be ready to let go of what she has with Lance once their little act is over, or if she'll have the courage to confess her true feelings and risk getting her heart broken.

[incorrect-kidge-quotes]

In my effort to watch as much VLD as I could before it left Netflix a thought crossed my mind

I don't know if it was an intentional implication (or even if it’s an implication at all, I could just be looking into nothing lol)

But, I appreciate the implication that Pidge has some sort of dance/ballet experience in the Voltron "on ice" style show

Like, look at these,

We know Pidge, she's our lovable, awkward, genius. But she looks all too comfortable doing these moves, at least in my opinion

Idk, even if I'm looking into nothing here, I feel it's a nice subtle addition to her character