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[ohquail]

SBG as Voltron AU

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The roles

Black Lion: Tyler He's very much leadership material and with Ashlyn as Allura, it gives Tyler the perfect opportunity to be leader when she's not around yet give her the ability to run things like she does in the comic and Allura does in the show.

Blue Lion: Taylor She's thoughtful, caring, puts others first, like Lance did with everyone (LANCE STOP GETTING HURT), and Allura did at the end of the show.

Red Lion: Aiden Very loose and fast, likes to live on edge, very much a second hand man and doesn't take leadership even when he could, allowing Tyler and Ashlyn to take over. But also protective of everyone, like Keith is of Shiro and King Alfor was of Allura.

Green Lion: Logan Probably the smartest in the group when it comes to school like things. I think that he would struggle in the same way Pidge did when connecting to nature, in the "I like being inside but if I have to connect to the tree I will"

Yellow Lion: Ben Big guy, smart, compassionate, thoughtful, just like Hunk and Gyrgan.

Ashlyn is Allura Ashlyn is Allura because she fits the role of Red as much as Aiden does. So when/if Aiden gets the Keith running off to galra arc, Ashlyn gets the red lion :D

Alex is Coran

Maverick is Zarkon

Ryan is Thace

Jasmine is Haggar (without the weird, being honerva bit? like no romantic feelings please)

Charlie is Sendak (Maybe I'll draw these later)

Continue for Chapter 1: (This will be a continuing series & I will be splitting episodes into one-two chapters depending on length)

“You come up here to rock out?” Aiden asked, removing Logan’s headphones slightly. Logan jumped, whipping around to see who was behind him. “Oh, Aiden, Ben.” Logan greeted with a sigh of relief, “No, um, just looking at the stars,”

Aiden and Ben exchanged a glance. "Stars?" Aiden echoed, lifting his gaze to the empty canvas of the sky. "It's a little cloudy tonight, don't you think?"

Logan shrugged, “So?” “Where'd you get this stuff? It doesn't look like Garrison tech.” Aiden frowned, giving Logan a confused look. “I built it,” Logan sat up proudly and grinned at Aiden and Ben. “You built all of this?” Aiden asked as Ben bent down to touch one of the pieces of equipment. Logan reached over and gently smacked Ben’s hand away, “Stop it!” He turned his attention back to Aiden, “With this thing, I can scan all the way to the edge of the solar system.” “That right?” Aiden asked, a smug grin on his face, “Would you say, all the way to Kerberos?” Logan froze, slightly glaring at Aiden. “You go ballistic every time the instructors bring it up.”

Logan glared at Aiden. The blonde continued, “What's your deal?”

Ben reached towards Logan’s equipment again. “Second warning Ben!” Logan turned and scolded.

“Look, Logan, if we're going to bond as a team, we can't have any secrets.” Aiden squatted down to Logan’s eye level. Logan sighed, “Fine. The world as you know it is about to change. The Kerberos Mission wasn't lost because of some malfunction or crew mistake.” Ben reached over to touch Logan’s computer. “Stop touching my equipment!” Logan demanded.

Ben made a face of disgust before sitting back and nodding that he’d listen this time. Logan continued, “So, I've been scanning the system and picking up alien radio chatter,” “I’m sorry what?” Aiden asked, blinking in disbelief. “Aliens? Really?” Logan nodded.

“So, you're insane. Got it.” Ben’s phone spoke out for him. “I'm serious.” Logan promised, “They keep repeating one word, ‘Voltron.’ And tonight, it's going crazier than I have ever heard it.”

“What is Voltron?” Aiden asked as if Logan had all the answers.

“I have no clue,” Logan gave a helpless shrug.

Suddenly the PA activated, “Attention, students. This is not a drill. We are on lockdown! Security situation Zulu Niner.” The gentleman on the comms instructed, “Repeat: all students are to remain in barracks until further notice.” “What's going on?” Aiden asked, a frown as he looked up at the PA system. “Is that a meteor?” Logan asked, squinting through his glasses. “A very, very big meteor?” Aiden asked, in disbelief as he turned back around. Logan grabbed his binoculars from his bag and held them up to his face. “No. It's a ship,” Logan looked slightly panicked. Aiden grabbed the binoculars and pointed them at the sky. “Holy crow! I can't believe what I'm seeing! That's not one of ours.” “No. It’s one of theirs,” Logan shook his head and started packing up his stuff. “Where are you going? We’re under lock down,” Aiden furrowed his brow in confusion and upset.

“I've got to see that ship,” Logan told Aiden, grabbing his binoculars back before dipping over the short edge of the building they were on. Aiden watched for a moment as Logan hit the ground and started running towards the airship that had now crashed into the ground. “Come on Ben,” Ben grabbed Aiden’s arm before the blonde jumped off the building after Logan. “This is the worst team-building exercise ever,” He had typed into his phone. It read the message out loud before Aiden laughed and turned to jump off the building.

The sound of multiple Garrison vehicles departing to the crash site erupted from the building just before Aiden landed with a thud on softened earth, a cloud of dust billowing around him. Ben touched down more gracefully, landing on the balls of his feet. His eyes remained focused on Logan's receding form.

——— As soon as they approached the crash site, Ben and Aiden noticed that Logan had set up his computer behind a rock formation. Aiden and Ben ran over and crouched down with Logan. “What are you doing?” Aiden asked, looking over Logan’s shoulder to see the computer. “Trying to hack into their security cameras,” Logan shushed Aiden with his finger. “You can do that?” Ben’s phone spoke out for him. “Yeah,” Logan answered without anymore explanation. Aiden and Ben glanced at each other with concerned emotions etched onto their faces. “They set up a camera in there and I grabbed its feed.” Logan moved the computer for Ben and Aiden to both see.

“Look!” Aiden pointed at the screen at a teenage boy struggling against restrains. A staticky voice came through the feed, “Hey! What are you doing?” The boy asked, continuing to struggle. The head of cadet training, Iverson, motioned for two people in hazmat suits to hold the boy down. “Calm down, Tyler. We just need to keep you quarantined until we run some tests,” Tyler continued to struggle against the people in hazmat suits, “You have to listen to me! They destroy worlds!” He grunted as one of the people threw his shoulder into the table, “Aliens are coming!” “That's Tyler! The pilot of the Kerberos Mission! That guy was in our class!” Aiden looked completely shocked.

Ben watched the video feed for a moment longer, his fingers quickly tapping on the screen of his phone. “Guess he's not dead in space, after all,” the robotic voice echoed around him.

“But where's the rest of the crew?” Logan asked, his eyebrows furrowing as he scanned the screen for the other crew members.

“Do you know how long you've been gone?” Iverson asked Tyler. Tyler shot Iverson a disgusted look, “I don't know. Months? Years? Look, there's no time. Aliens are coming here for a weapon.” Tyler continued to ramble, “They're probably on their way. They'll destroy us. We have to find Voltron!” “Voltron?” Logan asked, staring at the screen in disbelief.

“Put him under,” Iverson instructed, “Until we figure out more,” Tyler freaked out, “Don't put me under! No! There's no time!” He assured them but one of the hazmat suited people stuck a needle into his arm.

The trio outside the tent watched as Tyler drifted off to sleep. “They didn't ask about the rest of the crew.” Logan frowned. “Why didn’t they ask about the rest of the crew?” “What are they doing? He's a legend. They're not even gonna listen to him?” Aiden exclaimed, throwing his hands up in exasperation.

“We have to get him out.” Logan decided, shutting his computer and stashing it into his backpack. Before Aiden and Logan could jump the gun and rush into the tent to save Tyler, Ben held up a hand as he tried to quickly type out his thoughts. “I hate to be the voice of reason, always, but weren't we watching on Logan’s computer because there was no way to get past the guards?” “That was before we were properly motivated,” Logan assured Ben with a pat on the shoulder before a large explosion rang out on the opposite side of the canyon.

“Is that the aliens? Are they here? They got here so quick!” Ben’s phone rang out after a moment. “No, those explosions were a distraction, for him.” Aiden pointed at a hooded figure parking a hover bike before they rushed into the tent where the Garrison was keeping Tyler.

“The Garrison's headed toward the blast, and he's sneaking in from the other side.” Aiden frowned.

“Who is that?” Ben’s phone asked before Logan and Aiden both jumped over the wall. “Only one way to find out!” Logan called up to the tall boy before the blonde and brunette started to sprint towards the tent.

Ben hesitated, glanced toward the distant explosion once more, then sprinted after them, his phone clutched tight in one hand.

Inside the tent, Tyler was still unconscious, his face pale against the cold metal table. Two people in hazmat suit were examining the unconscious boy as the hooded person walked into the tent. “These readings are off the chart,” One man said before the other noticed the hooded figure. “HEY!” The man shouted, pointing a gloved finger at the intruder.

But the hooded figure moved with a speed that didn’t seem quite possible. They knocked the two men unconscious swiftly and efficiently before rushing over to the table and yanking off their hood. “Tyler?” Taylor asked, her eyes seemingly playing a trick on her. She unbuckled her twin brother from the table before wrapping his arm around her shoulder. “Nope.” Aiden walked in with Logan right on his tail. “No, you— No, no, no. No, you don't. I'm saving Tyler,” “Who are you?” Taylor asked, before looking at Logan. “Logan?” “Hi Taylor,” Logan waved before looking around the tent. “Where’s the rest of the crew?” “No time for that! We need to get out of here before the Garrison grumps come back,” Aiden insisted.

Text from Logan’s phone rang out in the silence. “They’re on their way back. Now.” Logan pointed at the entrance where they had left Ben on look out.

Taylor glared at them, her eyes flitting between Aiden and Logan. But she could feel Tyler sagging against her, his breaths ragged. “Come on,” Taylor sighed, motioning with her free hand for Aiden to walk with her.

Logan followed after them, casting a nervous glance over his shoulder. "We're coming out," Logan sent a message to Ben, who was still outside the tent. As soon as they got outside, all 5 of them loaded onto Taylor’s hover bike, “Can we catch a ride with you? Thanks!” Aiden smiled at the hispanic girl as he climbed up on the bike after her.

“Is this thing going to be big enough for all of us?” Logan asked, as Aiden handed him Tyler. “No,” Taylor started the bike and took off as the Garrison professors and admin started to approach the tent. “Why am I holding this guy?” Logan asked, adjusting Tyler’s weight on him but careful not to let the boy fall off the bike.

“Can't this thing go any faster?” Aiden questioned, with a judgmental tone.

“We could toss out some non-essential weight,” Taylor shot back with a smirk on her face.

“Oh, right!” Aiden looked around for something to toss off the bike, “Okay, so that was an insult.” “Big guy! Lean left!” Taylor instructed to Ben. Ben leaned as instructed. His silent compliance added a much-needed stability to their chaotic escape. Tyler groaned softly in Logan's arms, stirring but not waking.

“Aw, man! Mr. Harris just wiped out Professor Montgomery! No, no. He's fine,” Logan assured the rest of the group. Taylor rolled her eyes.

“Big guy, lean right!” Taylor instructed Ben again and he did as he was told. “Guys? Is that a cliff up ahead?” Logan asked with stammer in his voice.

“Oh, no, no, no!” Aiden protested. “Yup,” Taylor smirked and pressed on the gas pedal. “No, no, no!” Logan and Aiden screamed as the bike approached the edge of the cliff.

“What are you doing? You're going to kill us all!” Logan asked, regret of this adventure seeping into his voice. “Shut up and trust me!” Taylor commanded, her grip tightening on the handlebars. As their speed increased, the ground beneath them dropped away and for a moment they were suspended in air.

————— In the morning, Taylor walked out to where Tyler had been admiring the sunset. “Hey Ty,” She greeted her brother.

"Hey Tay," Tyler responded, not taking his eyes off the horizon. He was sitting on a rock, legs folded beneath him in criss cross applesauce.

“It's good to have you back,” Taylor moved and sat down next to Tyler.

Tyler turned and looked at her with a faint smile on his face. “It's good to be back,” Taylor smiled back before laying into the questions, “So, what happened out there? Where were you?”

“I wish I could tell you, Tay. My head is still pretty scrambled from the whole experience,” Tyler shook his head softly. “I was on an alien ship, but somehow I escaped. It's all a blur. But, how did you know to come save me when I crashed?” “You should come see this,” Taylor stood up and offered Tyler her hand.

——— “What have you been working on, Taylor?” Tyler asked as Taylor yanked a cloth off the cork board on the wall. Logan, Aiden and Ben paused what they were doing and looked over at the twins.

“I can't explain it, really,” Taylor looked at the bulletin board, “After getting booted from the Garrison, I was kind of lost and found myself drawn out to this place. It's like something some energy, was telling me to search,” “Search for what?” Aiden asked. “Well, I didn't really know at the time until I stumbled across this area,” Taylor pointed at a picture that was almost out of her reach, “It's an outcropping of giant boulders with caves covered in these ancient markings. Each tells a slightly different story about a blue lion, but they all share clues leading to some event, some arrival happening last night,” She turned to Tyler, “Then, you showed up.” A thought dawned on Tyler, “I probably should thank you all for helping Tay get me out of there,” He extended his hand towards Aiden. “Aiden, right?”

Aiden nodded and took Tyler’s hand in his. After a firm handshake, Tyler moved to Logan and Ben. “The quiet guy is Ben. I’m Logan. So, did anyone else from your crew make it out?” “Uh, I’m not sure. Everything is a bit of a daze still,” Tyler frowned, “Sorry,” “It’s okay, don’t worry about it,” Logan assured Tyler.

Ben typed up something on his phone, “Yeah, sorry to interrupt, but back to the aliens. Where are they now? Are they coming? Are they coming for us? Where are they at this very moment?” Everyone chuckled at the automated voice messing up a few words at the general repetitiveness of the message. “I can't really put it together. I remember the word ‘Voltron.’ It's some kind of weapon they're looking for, but I don't know why,” Tyler paused, “Whatever it is, I think we need to find it before they do.” Ben quickly typed up another message, “Well, last night, I was rummaging through Logan’s stuff, and-” “Why were you going through my stuff?” Logan asked, cutting off the automated voice. Ben rolled his eyes softly before typing out a new message and letting it play. “I watched a lady bug crawl in. But, then, I started reading his diary.” “What?” Logan asked, grabbing the book Ben pulled out of his pocket away from the taller boy. Ben’s message kept playing out of the phone, “I noticed the repeating series of numbers the aliens are searching for -looks a lot like a Fraunhofer line.” “Frown who?” Taylor asked with a frown on her face.

Ben typed a reply quickly, “It's a number describing the emission spectrum of an element, only, this element doesn't exist on Earth. I thought it might be this Voltron. I think can build a machine to look for it, like a Voltron finder,” Aiden stared at his cousin in shock as the tall boy pulled a piece of paper out of his pocket. Ben typed up one more message before opening the paper up. “The wavelength looks like this.” “Give me that!” Taylor demanded before holding it up to the picture she had pointed to earlier. The two pictures, the graph and photograph, matched up perfectly.

———

“Okay, I admit it. This is super freaky.” Aiden mumbled under his breath as the group traversed the desert plateaus. “I'm getting a reading.” Taylor looked at the small device that Ben had put together and given her to read. “This way,” She pulled Logan, who’s bag was filled with the rest of the equipment and attached to the device in Taylor’s hand, in the direction of the reading.

After a while of walking, they came across a cave. Adorning the walls was several carvings, no, hundreds of carvings of a female lion.

“Whoa.” The group looked around and gasped simultaneously. Tyler turned towards Taylor, “What are these?” “These are the lion carvings I was telling you about,” Taylor assured Tyler, before dragging her hand over the dust on the wall. Immediately the carving lit up bright blue and shined in Taylor’s face. Taylor jumped back into Tyler’s arms as the ground crumbled beneath the small group. Everyone screamed as the floor collapsed and shot them down a slide like earth fixture. “TAYLOR!” Aiden complained as soon they landed. “Why do you and Ben feel the need to touch everything?” Ben turned and glared at Aiden, but remained quiet as usual. “I didn’t know that touching the wall would make the floor collapse,” Taylor told Aiden, everyone turned toward a large giant Lion with a force field. “Is this it? Is this the Voltron?” Tyler asked. “It must be,” Logan took the tracker device out of Taylor’s hand. “This is what's been causing all of this crazy energy out here.” “Looks like there's a force field around it.” Aiden point out as Taylor and he started to walk up to it.

“Does anyone else get the feeling this is staring at them?” Taylor asked, moving slightly. “No,” Tyler followed his sister and the blonde up to the lion. “Hm, yeah no. It’s definitely following me,” Taylor decided. Aiden walked up and gently put his hands on the force field. “I wonder how we get through this,” Taylor smirked as a idea popped into her head, “Maybe you just have to knock,” She rapped her fingers against the cool energy field, it immediately fell away. “AH!” Taylor jumped back slightly. A vision of a large robotic man appeared in all five kids minds. “Woah,” Logan looked up at the lion.

“Uh, did everyone just see that?” Tyler asked, rubbing his head slightly. “Voltron is a robot.” Aiden muttered as if in a trance, “Voltron is a huge, huge, awesome robot.” “And this thing is only one part of it! I wonder where the rest of them are.” Taylor mused as she walked up to the lion. “This is what they're looking for,” Tyler whispered, mostly to himself. “Incredible.” The lion stood up as Taylor approached, and Ben and Logan screamed. “Come on babies! Let’s check it out!” “Hate to be a voice of reason, like ever, but Taylor stop touching things!” Aiden ran after the girl as she darted into the Lion.

Tyler motioned for Ben and Logan to follow him after the other two. Ben typed something up on his phone quickly, “Isn’t this a bad idea?” “Yeah but it’s a fun idea, live a little,” Tyler smirked before walking up into the lion as well. Ben and Logan glanced at each other once before following Tyler into the ship. As soon as they entered the lion, Aiden turned to them. “Okay, guys, I feel the need to point out, just so that we're all aware. We are in some kind of futuristic alien cat head right now.” “Yup,” Taylor smirked, moving to sit down. She put her hands on the controls.

As soon as she did, a deep purring spoke through her head. “Woah,” She turned to the rest of the group, “Did you guys just hear that?” “Hear what?” Logan asked, looking at Taylor. Taylor looked around the small cockpit, “I think it's talking to me.” She mumbled, before moving the controls around. The lion immediately took off, and the lion shot out of the cave.

Aiden, Logan and Ben grabbed each other and screamed. Tyler started at them in disbelief for a moment before turning his attention to Taylor. “Careful Tay,” He pointed out a rock formation. Taylor responded immediately, moving the controls around to avoid the obstacle. “You are the worst pilot ever!” Logan screamed as Taylor sent the Lion into a spiral.

With an eager grin, Taylor turned to the others and exclaimed, “Isn't this awesome?” Taylor asked. “Make it stop.” Logan begged, “Make it stop,” “I’m not doing anything.” Taylor promised, “It's like it's on autopilot.” The Lion steered itself towards the atmosphere, “Where are you going?” Aiden asked, stumbling as the lion rocked violently.

“I just said it's on autopilot!” Taylor insisted, “It says there's an alien ship approaching Earth. I think we're supposed to stop it.” “What did it say, exactly?” Tyler asked, leaning forward to look out the window.

“It's not like it's saying words.” Taylor felt the eyes of all 4 boys fall onto her in disgust and disbelief, “It's more like feeding ideas into my brain, kind of.”

“If this thing is the weapon they're coming for, why don't we just, I don't know, give it to them? Maybe they'll leave us alone.” Ben’s phone read out for him. Tyler turned, offended, “You don't understand,” He assured Ben, “These monsters spread like a plague throughout the galaxy, destroying everything in their path.” Ben gulped, clearly distressed but Tyler continued, “There's no bargaining with them. They won't stop until everything is dead.” “Okay, he gets it,” Aiden defending, “Don’t lay into him like that,” They all turned to see an alien ship entering the space around Earth’s atmosphere. Taylor interrupted the boys before a huge argument could erupt, “Okay, I think I know what to do.” She pushed the controls forward and the lion shot forward into the sky.

“Hey! This isn't a simulator,” Logan reminded Taylor as the Lion reached the exosphere. “That’s good. I always crashed the simulation when I was in school,” She smirked at Logan who gave her a panicked look. “That’s not calming!” Logan told Taylor as the girl moved the controls around. “Let’s try this!” She exclaimed as she pushed the controls forward. The jaw of the lion open and a beam of energy shot out towards the alien ship. The energy beam hit the side of the alien ship, causing a series of bright, violent explosions to ripple across its metallic hull. “Nice job, Tay,” “I think it's time to get these guys away from our planet.” Taylor said, piloting the lion away from Earth. They got a good distance before the alien ship started to follow them. “Oh no,” Tyler mumbled under his breath. “They're gaining on us!” Logan panicked, pushing the back of Taylor’s seat. “It's weird. They're not trying to shoot us. They're just chasing.” Taylor observed, her fingers nimbly adjusting the controls as she kept a steady eye on the pursuing ship. Aiden put his hands up to get everyone’s attention, “Okay, seriously, now we think having aliens follow us is good? I am not on board with this new direction, guys.” “Where are we?” Ben’s phone read out, the digital voice cutting through the noise in the cockpit.

“Edge of the solar system. There's Kerberos,” Logan pointed at the moon of Pluto. “That’s impossible, it took us months to get out here,” Tyler gasped in disbelief, “We got out here in five seconds.” A spherical opening, a distorted sphere with a glowing center opened up in front of the lion. It was a good distance away but the Lion seemed to be dead set on going through.

“A wormhole of sorts, where does it go?” Logan asked Taylor, who struggled and said she didn’t know.

“Tyler, you're the senior officer here. What should we do?” Taylor looked up at her brother.

Tyler looked at the other kids, “Whatever is happening, the lion knows more than we do.” Tyler looked at Aiden, who nodded, “I say we trust it, but we're a team now. We should decide together.” Taylor glanced around, all for boys nodded at her. “Alright, guess you’re all skipping class tomorrow,” She pushed the controls forward and the Lion shot into the wormhole.

———— As they exited the wormhole, an entirely new vista unfolded before their eyes. Kaleidoscopic patterns of nebulae painted the alien sky, with twinkling stars that seemed to breathe and pulse with life. “Where are we?” Ben’s phone read out again, its digital voice sounding even more surreal amidst this cosmic seascape.

“I have no clue,” Logan answered, “I don’t recognize any of these star patterns,” “Me neither,” Tyler looked out the window at the sky. “We must be a long, long way from Earth.” The lion approached a earth like planet, “The lion seems to want to go to this planet.” Taylor told the boys, “I think I think it's going home.” The lion soared into the planet’s atmosphere, plunging through plumes of vibrant, iridescent clouds. As they broke through the final layer, a sprawling cityscape came into view, nestled amidst a lush expanse of emerald-green forests and crystalline rivers.

"Doesn't look like anything from our textbooks," Aiden remarked, his eyes wide with awe.

“Um, is it just me or is anyone else having second thoughts about flying through a mysterious wormhole? Why are we listening to a robotic lion anyway?” Logan asked as the Lion approached a castle like building. “It got us away from that alien warship, didn't it?” Taylor shot back. “I don't know if you noticed, but we're in an alien warship.” Tyler pointed out, patting Taylor on the head.

“Oh, are you scared?” Taylor teased. “With you at the helm? Terrified,” Tyler poked the side of her face before turning his attention to the castle they were approaching.

The castle was enormous, a towering structure of gleaming spires and arching buttresses that seemed to shimmer with an ethereal light. As they landed, Tyler pulled everyone’s attention to him. “No one's happy to be in this situation, but we're here now. If we want to get through this, we've got to do it together.” “Yes sir,” Aiden gave a teasing salute.

“Don’t do that,” Tyler crossed his arms.

“Look at that castle though,” Taylor got out of the pilot seat and tried to book it out of the lion. Tyler grabbed her arm and stopped her, “Keep your guard up.” “Is something wrong Tyler?” Logan asked, cautiously prodding for information. Tyler turned to him, “My crew was captured by aliens once. I'm not going to let it happen again,” As soon as the kids were out of the lion and walking up to the castle, the lion moved. “No! I knew it was going to eat us! No!” Logan screeched, covering his head with his hands. The lion roared and the entrance to the castle opened. “No, it’s just opening the door for us,” Aiden pointed out, touching Logan’s shoulder. The slightly taller boy looked up and sighed in relief. Taylor ran into the castle, “Hello?” She called out into the pitch black foyer. “Taylor! Be careful!” Tyler scolded his sister as the boys walked in after her.

“I am!” Taylor promised, “Hello? Is anyone there?” “Please hold for identity scan,” A voice called out before a beam of light scanned over the five kids.

“What? Why are we here? What do you want with us?” Logan asked as the beam stopped scanning them. Lights leading down the hall flickered on, “Guess we’re going that way,” Aiden started walking down the hall. As they all walked down the hall, the lights continued to flick on, lighting and leading their way. Eventually, they were lead to a room with two cryo-pods. Ben typed up a quick message on his phone and played it out for everyone, “Where are we?” “It's some kind of control room,” Logan observed, scanning the unfamiliar technology around them with a hit of curiosity. “Are these guys dead?” Aiden asked, tapping onto one of the cryo-pods. The pod opened with a hiss of air and a red headed girl fell out, her knees buckling as she called out, “Dad!” Aiden leaped forward and caught her, “Hello there,”

“Who are you? Where am I?” The girl asked, looking up into Aiden’s eyes. Aiden smirked, “I’m Aiden, and you’re right here in my arms,”

"Quit the flirt, Aiden. We're not in a rom-com," Tyler grumbled, stepping forward and offering a hand to the girl. “Who are you people?” The girl asked, pushing Aiden to the ground as she took Tyler’s hand. Tyler helped her up. “Where is King Mike? What are you doing in my castle? “A blue lion brought us here,” Taylor butted in. “How do you have the Blue Lion? What happened to its paladin? What are you all doing here? Unless,” She paused, “How long has it been?” “We don’t know what your talking about,” Logan said as the girl pushed away from Tyler and walked over to a small panel sticking out of the floor and started typing on it. “Why don't you tell us who you are? Maybe we can help.” Tyler suggested, sticking his hands in his shorts pockets. “I am Princess Ashlyn of Planet Altea,” Ashlyn informed the earthlings, “I've got to find out where we are and how long we've been asleep.” Logan looked over her shoulder, “Okay, that's how that works. What is that language though?” A man groaned before Ashlyn could answer. He fell out of his pod before jumping up, “Enemy combatants!” “Nope! Nope!” Taylor assured him otherwise, “We’re friendly, I promise,” The man looked skeptical but stood at ease. “It can't be.” Ashlyn gasped, covering her mouth. “What is it?” The man asked, suddenly very worried for the princess. “We've been asleep for 10,000 years.” Ashlyn stared forward, “Planet Altea and all of the planets in our solar system have been destroyed. Alex, Father is gone. Our entire civilization,”

“Maverick,” Alex shook his head is disbelief. “Maverick?” Logan asked in confusion. “He was the King of the Galra. A vile creature and enemy to all free people.” Ashlyn started to sink onto the floor. “I remember now, I was his prisoner,” Tyler crossed his arms over his chest. “He's still alive? Impossible!” Alex stared at Tyler in disbelief and distrust. “I can't explain it, but it's true,” Tyler nodded, “He's searching for a super weapon called Voltron.” Ashlyn stood back up, “He's searching for it because he knows it's the only thing that can defeat him, and that's exactly why we must find it before he does,” “We?” Aiden interrupted, “Why us?

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[figgiforever]

Whix Chenn - male humanoid with violet skin. Jedi Padawan of Bess - Tiggi's childhood best friend among the Jedi. Whix befriended her padawan, Ksulia Illdalé. During joint missions they grew closer. They bonded over their frustrations over their masters - Whix wanted to learn how to fight but his master was a better diplomat and negotiator than a fighter. Ksulia's problem was the opposite. Their friendship managed to learn both wisdom and combat skills from both masters. Slowly it was turning into something romantical... Until Ksulia left the Jedi Order. Whix always blamed Tiggi for that.

Weesh - Tiggi's "brother", 7 years older, Weequay. Stays close with his "brother" Tiw since they were kids, as adults they both became smugglers. Weesh is known for being a ladies man and boasts that he "made love with 5 girlies one night". Even when they were kids he irritated Tiggi a lot and she liked Tiw more. Though one time Weesh got badly hurt and Tiggi worried about him a lot. That's when she relized that no matter how irritating he is, he's her brother and she cares about him. And he cared about her in his own way. He taught her how to fly - by throwing her down one of Coruscant's canyons when she was an infant. Tiggi's favourite memory with Weesh and Tiw is when they were taking her on "actions" to steal speeders. They both died because Weesh was drunk and caused a space ship accident.

Tejla Wandea den Ksheen - the ruler of planet Aast; mother of Tiggi's childhood best friend, tejlessa Minessa den Ksheen. Wandea wasn't supposed to be a ruler (on planet Aast women inherit the throne). She wanted to travel across the galaxy with her husband (his dream). But her older sister was killed by the pirates and she had to rule and stay on planet. By the traditon she couldn't leave the planet until she gives birth to a child who will inherit the throne. That child was Minessa. Her father wanted a second one - a son - to travel with him but they never had one. Minessa shared her father's dream and he decided to train her and prepare to go with him. His plans got interrupted when he got kidnapped by the pirates. Wandea asked Jedi to help and they sent Tiggi with her master. He went to rescue the husband and left his padawan to protect Minessa. Unfortunately pirates killed him before he managed to rescue him. In the meantime Minessa and Tiggi became friends. Wandea liked her too. She was always welcome on Aast. Tiggi came back later with her own padawan and during the Clone Wars to defend them from Separatist army. After the war Tiggi and Fi got invited to Minessa and Lio's wedding. During the party Wandea shared with her some dirty family secrets...

Xoll and Xill - Tiggi's "brothers", 2 years younger, Nikto. Not necessary twins but everybody thought they are because they looked very similar and always stayed together. When they grew up they left Coruscant and worked in mines. During Triple Zero events Tiggi met Xill for the first time since joining the Jedi Order. He told her that Xoll died in the accident in mines. Few days later he hanged himself because he couldn't find sense in his life without his twin brother.

Yong Chen - Asian looking human male. A technician working for the Empire to survive, to protect his family and earn money to take care of them. But they took them away from him anyway. When Tiggi and her team kidnapped him to destroy some imperial facility he begged them to let him go or the Empire will hurt his family. But they found out and told him the truth, the Empire already killed his family. It broke him down. They took him to their base and tried to convince to join the Rebellion. He refused at first but Tiggi made him change his mind. Runi trained him (Runi -> Niner and Parja's daughter, Tiggi's right hand), then he joined Tiggi's squad - Patchfinders. A big robotics and mechanics enthusiast. He gets easily carried away by his emotions and doesn't believe in himself. Runi helped him gain more confidence and find the courage. At first he's afraid of her but slowly they fall in love with each other. They'll get married and have three children.

Xien Shev'la Skirata- son of Runi and Yon-Chu, the oldest child. Calm, obedient, doesn't talk much. He has two younger sisters that intimidate him. He has two names, first one chosen by his father and the second one by his mother by their respective traditions.

Yi Akaanir Skirata- the youngest daughter of Runi and Yon-Chu. Black hair died to blond on top. Feisty, cocky, stubborn, rebellious, boyish, a great warrior always ready to start a fight. Likes to tease her older brother. In contrast to her older sister she never wears a dress, she feels more connected to her mother's culture.

Oooof... this is all of them.

OC alphabet soup:

Some special characters: Q, V, Z, Y, W, X

I checked my notebooks and with surprise (positive) I realised that I have characters for all these letters! All of them are part of Figgiverse. Let's meet them :)

Qeila "Killer" Sichan - [I have mixed feelings about her and she might change in the future but I'll tell you what I have so far about her] Human female. Long, straight, black hair braided in small braids. Many piercings and tattoos. Hourglass body type, thin waist, generously curved hips and chest; she knows how attractive her body is and uses it to her advantage. She's not interested in stable relationships. More importantly, she's also an independent, strong woman. She runs her own mechanical workshop and is so good that Tiggi often uses her services even though Qeila flirts with all of her subordinates (at that time Tiggi serves in Special Ops and leads a small team of clones). I don't know if I'll keep this part but I thought that she would marry Mereel. Just imagine these two flirting with each other shamelessly causing a headaches to everybody in Kyrimorut and then everyone's surprise when they decided to stabilize their lifes and get married. (Fi would have to collect Tiggi's jaw off the floor) They would have 6 extremly pretty, strong and confident daughters.

Viriam Padé - Half mirialan half human female. Her family didn't accept her human side so only her Mirialan side is tattooed (in her case the border between two types of skins divides her body almost perfectly into two sides - human on left and Mirialan on right) so she paints one half of her face to make it fit the other one. She always felt like an outcast until she met a young Jedi - half Togrutan half human - called Tigg and found a new home among Skirata clan. Tigg is a son of clone commando Dev from Yayax squad and Gok'kie, Tiggi's favourite older sister. He's named after Tiggi, obviously. They met accidentally (or by the will of the Force) during one of his missions. Many members of Skirata clan joked that there is a romance sparkling between these two but they stayed friends. Tigg was devoted to Jedi Order and he decided to not start his own family (at this point in Figgiverse Jedi are allowed to be in a relationships but most of them decided to stay unmarried, because it's hard to be a good partner, parent and Jedi at the same time; Tiggi admits that too).

Vuun "Iridia" Kirti - Jedi Knight, Zabrak female. She was given nickname "Iridia" because as a kid she was quite conceited and proud that she is from Iridonia and not Dathomira. As an adult she is composed, scrupulous, disciplined, obedient and a bit rough, especially towards men. There is a childhood trauma behind that. Not many know about this story but Tiggi does (she know many things but mostly keeps them for herself). Once during Clone Wars Iridia has been sent to 501. Legion for inspection, just a regular check-out of the state of the army (and Anakin's competence by the way). Only Dogma was happy about this. Until he realised he fell for this "colder than stones on Orto Plutonia" (as Lio stated) woman. He shouldn't feel attracted towards the Jedi officer and feels very conflicted about this. Fortunately or not Iridia leaves soon. I didn't decide yet how exactly but they will meet again, Dogma will save her during Order 66 and after the war they will get married. I already designed a son for them and I need him in the story in the future so it's sealed, they'll be together, that's their destiny :)

Zijka - light pink Twi'lek female. Tiggi's younger "sister" (another orphan from Coruscant Underworld; she didn't grew up with Tiggi but with the rest of her "siblings" who stayed there). As a kid she got badly hurt - both of her lekku got caught off. She's been outcasted for that and Dewrec took care of her, like he did with Tiggi and other orphans. Zijka was six at that point. It happend shortly after Tiggi left to join Jedi Order. During Clone Wars Zijka has a boyfriend that breaks up with every now and then but she always comes back to him because she's afraid nobody else will ever love her because of her scars. And because she is blindly in love with him. Her siblings try to persuade her out of this toxic relationship but she doesn't listen. It starts to irritate others because she never does her chores - she's either busy preparing for a date with her beloved or crying and depressed because he left her again. She also befriended Laseema at some point before the war so during Triple Zero events Tiggi already knew her through the sister. She also asked Laseema to help them and talk with Zijka. Eventually she manages to end with that toxic relationships. Close to the end of the war she even finds someone more worthy of her love who accepts her as she is... a clone trooper :)

Werda - Etain and Darman's second child, Force sensitive female. More similar to her mother but has black hair and brown eyes. Quiet, composed but deadly mandalorian warrior. As stated in book they planned a second child somewhere close to the end of the Clone Wars. In Figgiverse they decided to wait until they their new life in Kyrimorut gets more stabilized. Besides they already had many poeple to feed and weren't fully independent from outside sources of food. Also other couples wanted to start their own families too. Etain and Darman decided to not be selfish and wait. Which is why Werda was born in 13 BBY. She was always fond of Aku which she showed by throwing her toys at him. After he joined Empire and later came back home she greeted him by standing menacingly at the door in silence, he tried to explain but she rushed to him, kissed him on the lips then punched for leaving her without word. Later they got married and had a daughter named Kebii'tra. She gave him as many troubles as he gave Tiggi but she always obeyed Werda.

Worthy - a clone trooper Tiggi and her squad met during Clone Wars. His battalion got stuck in jungle and thought that their Jedi general left them there. Because of that they were hostile towards Tiggi (or any Jedi that would show up). [insert a scene similar to Order 66 here but with Tiggi]. Fortunately her team assured the suspicious lost soldiers that she is trustworthy. It took them long time to allow her in their camp. During their first shared meal she met Worthy, without a name at that time. She proposed him that name but he refused. He didn't feel worthy of it. Later he got sick but his brothers didn't allow Tiggi to heal him until last minute. She saved him with the Force but it was so exhausting she lost consciousness. Lio was mad at them for not allowing her to do it earlier when it would be easier. He also explained to the healed soldier why she sacrificed herself like this - because he was worth it. After that he took the name she gave him.

Heh, it got too long so I'll put the second part in the reblog.

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Ok so maybe this is absolutely Batshit Insane, and if so please someone prove me wrong, but one theory I have for who Nonas identity could be that maybe she just... is Gideon. Like, "Nona" (i.e. the person we see on the cover) is just what Gideon does with Harrows body after being stuck in it for a like a year or something.

She has the gold eyes, she has the same body type as Harrow, she kinda the same skin tone (though it's hard to tell with how little skin Harrow shows on her cover).

Nona is just Harrows body sans-skull paint, with Gideons mind and amazing fashion sense. And maybe because of all the lobotomising Harrow did to her own brain, every time someone calls Gideon "Gideon", she hears "Ortus", and Harrows body starts to bleed. And obviously Gideon doesn't want to hurt Harrow so she gets people to call her something else. Nona.

I can even see how Gideon would come up with a name like that. Aside from it clearly being a Niner name, which Gideon probably thinks Harrow would approve of:-

Ianthe: "Well if I can't call you GideonOrtus, and you insist upon running me through with your sword every time I call you Goblin, what should I call you?"

Gideon: "...Nona your business."

Idk I'm sure there's already been info released that makes this impossible, I haven't been following the news super closely, but I think it would be cool.

[gideonbulletin]

TOUCHED BY OUTSIDER

CAPTAIN 

Care for some tea, Commander? 

COMMANDER 

Why yes, Captain. That would be lovely. 

Captain pours Commander some tea. Alien runs by and knocks it from  the Captain's hand and leaves. Cadet and Grunt chase alien. 

CAPTAIN 

How rude. 

COMMANDER 

I vote for sub-intelligent life forms. 

CAPTAIN 

Noted. They do appear to be quite savage. 

Grunt and Cadet bring in one of the aliens they've captured. CADET 

Yee-haw! We got one! 

GRUNT 

On your knees, maggot! 

Grunt forces alien on to its knees in front of the Commander and  Captain. Commander waves a device in front of it.

COMMANDER 

Scanning... imaging... OH! 

CAPTAIN 

What is it? 

COMMANDER 

Special alert from the Inter-galactic shopping network. That new phase  scanner is 50% off this week. 

Explorers gather around Commander. Alien sneaks off during following. CAPTAIN 

Buy it! Buy it! 

COMMANDER 

I love this new app. Makes purchasing so much easier. The deals I'm  finding are amazing. 

CAPTAIN 

Uh... which one of you was watching the alien? 

Cadet and Grunt look at each other. Grunt punches Cadet. CADET 

Ow! 

GRUNT 

Get moving! 

CADET 

I'm an officer. You're supposed to listen to me. 

GRUNT

You're like 12. How did you get in officer training? 

CADET 

I was on this colony ship and impressed one of the Space Explorers with  my incredible intelligence. 

CAPTAIN 

And it doesn't hurt that your father is an Admiral. 

Commander laughs. 

GRUNT 

Move it! 

CADET 

I'm so reporting you. 

Cadet and Grunt run after alien. 

COMMANDER 

Commander's vlog... Spacedate Niner-Ought-Ocho-Alpha... CAPTAIN 

You so have something in your teeth. 

COMMANDER 

Thanks. 

Commander uses video screen to check teeth. 

CAPTAIN 

I think you're still recording. Streaming live. 

COMMANDER

Great. 

CAPTAIN 

Think we can get those aliens to sign the Galaxy Confederation Charter? COMMANDER 

I have ways of making that happen. 

CAPTAIN 

Promise me you won't chop off one of their hands again. That was so  gross. 

COMMANDER 

Worked didn't it? Hand print signature was a sure thing after that. CAPTAIN 

But you got alien goo all over the WeePad. It still doesn't work right. COMMANDER 

Fine. Do it the hard way. 

Cadet and Grunt drag in an alien (can be the same or different one). CAPTAIN 

Hello, good alien. Please sit. 

Grunt forces alien down. 

CAPTAIN (CONT.) 

Care for some tea? 

COMMANDER 

This is going to take forever.

GRUNT 

Want me to do the hand thing? 

Grunt pulls out a huge knife and holds up alien's hand. COMMANDER 

The captain here doesn't like that. 

CADET 

That's against our Galactic Confederation Code! 

Grunt laughs and puts knife away. 

GRUNT 

We're a long way from the GCC, Cadet. 

Cadet points proudly to a badge on uniform. 

CADET 

Where-ever you see this badge, the GCC is the law and I shall... 

Grunt grabs the badge off Cadet's uniform and tosses it away as far as  possible. 

CADET (CONT.) 

Hey! 

Cadet goes after it. 

CAPTAIN 

So, my friend. What kind of tea do you like? I can generate any number  of flavors. 

GRUNT 

Make it extra hot.

CAPTAIN 

No torture. 

GRUNT 

Commander? 

COMMANDER 

Listen to the Captain. 

GRUNT 

I'm so transferring after this mission. 

CAPTAIN 

So savage. I know none of this means anything to you but I simply need  your handprint. It says you agree to the GCC and your planet and all the  resources here will belong to us. In return, we give you this shiny new  GCC badge! Each one is uniquely engraved with an unduplicated  number and a holographic image of our supreme leader. 

Captain holds out badge to alien. 

CAPTAIN (CONT.) 

It's shiney. 

Alien slowly takes and looks at it. 

CAPTAIN (CONT.) 

Pretty. 

Alien throws it at Captain. 

CAPTAIN (CONT.) 

My eye! It hit me in the eye!

Grunt is laughing. Commander grabs the alien's hand and sticks its  hand print on to the WeePad. 

COMMANDER 

Done. Let it go. 

GRUNT 

No souvenirs? 

COMMANDER 

Gross. No. 

Grunt let's go of alien but it doesn't run. Alien goes up to Captain who is  still crumbled over. It touches the Captain's wound. Captain flinches. The alien spits on it's own hand and then touches the hand to the  Captain's eye. 

CAPTAIN 

Hey! Oh... that feels good. 

Alien pulls away and Captain's eye is okay. Captain looks in  amazement. 

CAPTAIN (CONT.) 

Thank you. 

Alien walks away. 

COMMANDER 

That was different. 

CAPTAIN 

Quite. 

COMMANDER

I think your eye is a slightly different color now. 

CAPTAIN 

I can see better too. 

COMMANDER 

This requires further study. 

CAPTAIN 

We'll report to the GCC and get authorized for a return voyage. COMMANDER 

To the shuttle? 

CAPTAIN 

To the shuttle. 

GRUNT 

Totally asking for a transfer. I didn't get to kill anything. 

They exit and a rocket blast is heard. After a few moments Cadet  returns. 

CADET 

Where did everybody go? 

THE END.

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[Image Description taken from Alt text:

Over an image of station deep space nine is the title Reasons Ben Sisko is the Best Dad.

Over an image of Ben and Jake looking out a starship window at ds9, Supports his son: emotionally

• From episode one we see Ben Sisko doing his best to care for his son, and the two have a close bond.

• He tells Jake they can take their favorite holoprogram to the new station, and sympathizes that staying in quarters is boring.

• Jake knows his dad loves him, because Ben makes sure to show it.

Over an image of Jake writing on a pad, Supports his son: career-wise

• Ben does his best to get Jake a job on the station that he won't totally hate.

• When Jake says he doesn't want to join Starfleet, Ben 100% supports him.

• Ben celebrates Jake's writing accomplishments, even if he feels parental apprehension about Jake's future.

• Ben encourages Jake to live his dreams, even if it means Jake living on another planet.

Over an image of Ben showing an unenthused Julian and curious Odo is text that says, Takes care of his people:

• Ben invites his senior staff, his friends, over to his quarters and cooks them a meal.

• He is literally taking care of his people, ensuring they have delicious, well-made food.

• He took the time to plan and cook for a get-together for his senior staff during their free time, tries to make sure everyone is comfortable and has a good time.

Over an image of Nog is the text, Family doesn't stop at blood: Nog

• Ben begrudgingly accepted Jake becoming friends with a Ferengi.

• Was willing to give Nog a fair shot when Nog wanted to join Starfleet.

• Endorsed Nog as the first ever Ferengi in Starfleet.

Over an image of Ben hding Cassidy as she holds a bouquet is the text, Family doesn't stop at blood: Kasidy

• While Ben is at first hurt when he learns Kasidy is breaking the law, he doesn't hold it against her and the pair reconnect when she's out of prison.

• He caught her red handed smuggling for the Maquis and unquestionably accepted her back into his life when she got out of prison.

• Married her even though he believed it would ultimately lead to heartache.

Over an image of Ben somberly raising his glass of alcohol to the camera is the text, Protects his people

• Ben has made hard choices in the past, and he does whatever he can to keep his people safe.

• Perhaps in learning from Kasidy, Ben is willing to break laws if the results call for it. He will do what he perceives to be the moral thing, even if it is illegal.

Over the image of the Niners baseball team hanging out in Quark's after the game is the text, His people love him back

• Ben Sisko inspires respect, loyalty, and even love from his family.

• No matter what, they will come to his aid, whether it's his life on the line, or his pride.

Over an image of a smiling Ben reaching to hold Jake's cheek is the text In conclusion

• Ben Sisko loves his family.

• If he considers you his family he'll make sure you know you're loved.

• That love is abiding and unconditional, Ben Sisko loves you no matter what

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Here are my thoughts/theories on the thing I just posted

Time To Say Goodbye (Unreleased Tracks): 

- "You split, and take in every time you see a fake and counterfeit. In the mirror you appear to see fear and whisper ‘this is it’ at the mirror. You appear to see nothing else, but yourself as a face, a hollowed-out space" (See Clear)

 For the evolution of Blurryface, this is the first mention I can find of split personalities or split faces. There are some unreleased tracks I haven't found yet, so there may be more before this.

- "Leave me with the razor, just in case I fall face down on the ground and somehow I found another strength to lift my face and make a sound, and muffled though it may be, and crazy it seems, I never felt closer to you, just crying as you torture me." (See Jumpsuit & Nico And The Niners) 

This is also the earliest occurrence of the razor blade metaphor, so far as I know, which I assume is to represent suicide or self-harm

Clear (Regional at Best): 

- "I wish that I had two faces to prove which theory works; yelling on the street corner or cleverly masking your words. I’ll take my face off at the door because I don’t know who they will take me for." 

This is the first well-known occurrence of the two faces metaphor and then it goes on the low for a while.

Goner (Blurryface): 

- "I have two faces. Blurry’s the one I’m not " 

No longer on the low, Blurryface makes his distinct appearance in the album of his name. 

Stressed Out (Blurryface): 

-My Name’s Blurryface and I care what you think

Doubt (Blurryface): 

- "Gnawing on the bishops. Claw away at the system. Repeating simple phrases. Someone holy insisted. Want the mark he’s made on my skin to mean something to me again." (see Jumpsuit video) 

This one is fun. As we all know, the enemy, for lack of a better word, of Trench is Nico and the Nine Bishops of Dema who are trying to impose a system of Vialism, which is a religion or system of beliefs not well understood at the moment. However, looking at the album Vessel, and a very similarly written belief "Vitalism" which is a theory that life is imparted to the body via the addition of spirit or soul, it's not impossible that this is a reference to the connection between the human soul and its body (or vessel). Given the themes of suicide found throughout Trench,  this is a clear transition between the two albums. 

Jumpsuit (Trench): 

- "I’ll be right there, but you’ll have to grab my throat and lift me in the air. If you need anyone, I’ll stop my plans, but you’ll have to tie me down and then break both my hands." (See Cut My Lip)  

Right, so we established with Time to say Goodbye that there is an attraction to abusive situations that exists in TOP music. Being the beginning of Trench, this is an explanation of why Clancy is a part of the Dema system. There's a certain appeal the abuse and the pain caused by following the bishops (an appeal to stay in the darkness of depression). However, Clancy is wearing his Jumpsuit (rebel clothes) at this point already, which is the part of him that wants to be safe of the pain (that wants to be happy) trying to shield him from the illusion that he wants to stay in the city.

- "They want to make you forget. Save your razorblades now, not yet" (See Time to Say Goodbye) 

The Bishops are trying to make you forget that you can be happy. Save your razor blades. Don't kill yourself (???)

Cut My Lip (Trench): 

- "I keep on going back even though it’s me I abuse. I’ll keep on going back even though I am bruised, face of contusions, know I’ll keep moving ". 

This one is obviously another reference to that attraction to pain, depression, oppression, darkness, etc. However, this one sets up that Tyler/Clancy has tried to leave the situation before, but he keeps going back or being pulled back, even though he knows it will hurt him, and starts to imply that maybe he doesn't want to be drawn to that darkness anymore.

- "Isn't what I want. Blood is on my tongue, I cut my lip" 

I'd like to put this one after levitate, because how I see this one is (because it's later in the album) it's taking place after Clancy has joined the rebellion (banditos) and has become somewhat used to not having to live with the pain as much, and then he gets hurt doing something strange (drinking from a rusty cup or can) and becomes aware of the fact that he doesn't want to go back to that life of pain. 

Levitate (Trench): 

- "My heart is with you hiding, but my mind’s not made. Now they know it like we both knew for some time I’d say. They’re smirking at first blood, they’re circling above, but this is not enough." (see Nico and the Niners) 

As the second song in the album, I've placed this one as the point in Clancy's life where he's actually considering joining the rebellion. he wants to go into hiding, to escape. His heart is with them, but he hasn't made the decision to escape yet.

  Nico And The Niners (Trench):   

- "What I say when I want to be enough. What a beautiful day for making a break for it. We’ll find a way to pay for it . Maybe from all the money we made razorblade stores… " 

This is the point where Clancy makes the decision to go with the banditos and escape Dema. He has decided he's tired of not being enough, tired of being in the city (and all associated metaphors) and he's ready to go. 

- "When Bishops come together they will know that Dema don’t control us…. "

 He has made the decision that Dema (Depression and other metaphors) don't control his life. he is ready to start trying to make his own decisions

- "I'm heavy, my jumpsuit is on steady . I'm lighter when I'm lower, I'm higher when I'm heavy, oh. I'm so high, my jumpsuit takes me so high I'm flying from a fire, from Nico and the Niners". (See Bandito) 

This is where things get difficult for me. He's flying from a fire, meaning he;s either being lifted up by the heat of a fire (but Nico and the Niners make neon, which is a heatless fire and therefore causes no air to rise, so where is there lift?) ir he's running from the fire from Nico and the Niners. The whole "I'm lighter when I'm lower, I'm higher when I'm heavy" bit has been nothing but a mental gymnastics act that hasn't ended yet. I have no idea what it means.

Bandito (Trench): 

- "This is the sound we make, when in between two places; Where we used to bleed and where our blood needs to be. I could take the high road, but I know that I’m going low. I’m a ban, I’m a bandito. I could take the high road, but I know that I’m going low. I’m a ban, I’m a bandito… " 

This is a transitional point for Clancy. He has decided he wants to be a Bandito, and they are on the edge of escaping. They are in Trench now, between Dema and whatever lays beyond. 

- "In city, I feel my spirit is contained. Like neon inside the glass, they form my brain" (see Neon Gravestones & Leave the City) Okay, here's the meaning of the Neon metaphor used again for Neon Gravestones. - but I recently discovered It’s a heatless fire, like the nicknames they give themselves to uninspire. (See Nico And The Niners & Leave the City) Okay, so neon is a heatless fire (as racked my brain above). It produces light, but there is nothing real to it. It is the illusion of heat, compassion, support, and love.

Neon Gravestones (Trench): 

- "Neon gravestones try to call for my bones, but the won’t get 'em" 

The illusion of happiness and finding love or a place where you belong in death leads Clancy to always be followed by thoughts of suicide, but he is trying to find his place in life and he has hope that it exists, so he won't give up. he has a fire within him, a real fire, which is keeping him away from the artificial light.

Leave The City (Trench): 

- "I’m tired of tending to this fire. I’ve used up all I’ve collected. I have singed my hands It’s glowing, embers barely showing. Proof of life in the shadows. Dancing on my plans… The burning is so low it’s concerning. 'Cause they know that when it goes out it’s a glorious gone. It’s only time before they show me why no one ever comes back with details from beyond... In time, I will leave the city. For now, I will stay alive." 

Clancy is starting to run out of motivation, his fire, his passion, his shield of yellow is fading. He can't keep going and he has to stop. He isn't giving up yet, but the depressive thoughts have reclaimed him. The perimeter escape has failed. The bishops have found him, or will find him, and he will be brought back to the city. He knows that in time he will leave the city, but for now, he has to dedicate what energy he has left to fighting the neon light (the appeal of suicide).

Twenty One Pilots Evolution

Quick lyric evolution thread. Not really quick, I spent three hours reviewing all of the songs for this.

Time To Say Goodbye (Unreleased Tracks): You split, and take in every time you see a fake and counterfeit. In the mirror you appear to see fear and whisper ‘this is it’ at the mirror. You appear to see nothing else, but yourself as a face, a hollowed-out space (See Clear)

Leave me with the razor, just in case I fall face down on the ground and somehow I found another strength to lift my face and make a sound, and muffled though it may be, and crazy it seems, I never felt closer to you, just crying as you torture me. (See Jumpsuit & Nico And The Niners)

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Clear (Regional at Best): I wish that I had two faces to prove which theory works; yelling on the street corner or cleverly masking your words. I’ll take my face off at the door because I don’t know who they will take me for. 

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Goner (Blurryface): I have two faces. Blurry’s the one I’m not 

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Stressed Out (Bluuryface): My Name’s Blurryface and I care what you think

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Doubt (Blurryface): Gnawing on the bishops. Claw away at the system. Repeating simple phrases. Someone holy insisted. Want the mark he’s made on my skin to mean something to me again. (see Jumpsuit video) 

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Jumpsuit (Trench): I’ll be right there, but you’ll have to grab my throat and lift me in the air. If you need anyone, I’ll stop my plans, but you’ll have to tie me down and then break both my hands. (See Cut My Lip)

They want to make you forget. Save your razorblades now, not yet (See Time to Say Goodbye)

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Cut My Lip (Trench): I keep on going back even though it’s me I abuse. I’ll keep on going back even though I am bruised, face of contusions, know I’ll keep moving 

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Levitate (Trench): My heart is with you hiding, but my mind’s not made. Now they know it like we both knew for some time I’d say. They’re smirking at first blood, they’re circling above, but this is not enough. (see Nico and the Niners)

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Bandito (Trench): This is the sound we make, when in between two places; Where we used to bleed and where our blood needs to be. I could take the high road, but I know that I’m going low. I’m a ban, I’m a bandito. I could take the high road, but I know that I’m going low. I’m a ban, I’m a bandito… In city, I feel my spirit is contained. Like neon inside the glass, they form my brain (see Neon Gravestones & Leave the City)

but I recently discovered It’s a heatless fire, like the nicknames they give themselves to uninspire. (See Nico And The Niners)

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Neon Gravestones (Trench): Neon gravestones try to call for my bones, but the won’t get 'em 

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Nico And The Niners (Trench):  What I say when I want to be enough. What a beautiful day for making a break for it. We’ll find a way to pay for it Maybe from all the money we made razorblade stores…

When Bishops come together they will know that Dema don’t control us…. 

I’m flying from a fire, from Nico and the Niners

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Leave The City (Trench): I’m tired of tending to this fire. I’ve used up all I’ve collected. I have singed my hands It’s glowing, embers barely showing. Proof of life in the shadows. Dancing on my plans… 

The burning is so low it’s concerning. 'Cause they know that when it goes out it’s a glorious gone. It’s only time before they show me why no one ever comes back with details from beyond. 

In time, I will leave the city. For now, I will stay alive.