#giant mermaid pidge

[discordiansamba]

Hunk is a dragon. He puts the gentle in 'gentle giant'. The paladin armor can handle a lot of shapeshifting, but it can't handle him turning from humanshape into dragon form... at least until Coran modifies it.

Pidge is a mermaid. This delights Lance to no end, because he is still fascinated by mermaids. She also hates the fact that the Garrison is located in the middle of the fucking desert. Her dad had his pick of bases to work at! Why did he pick this one?

Only Hunk and Lance originally knew that each other weren't human. They all start out trying to keep things under wraps, but Lance is forced to crack first. He kind of needs human blood to live, and Hunk's actually a dragon so he can't help him, so....?

Wait. Wait. What do you MEAN mullet is THE ONLY HUMAN ON THE SHIP?

there is something funny about the concept of all of the paladins being supernatural creatures but in space so Allura and Coran's only real frame of reference for what a human is is Keith. which. yeah.

[chibi-pix]

Okay, so @rueitae mentioned in a tag about the mermaid AU since it’s been so long since I’ve drawn for it. So! Here I am, redrawing part of my first picture of the giant!Mermaid Pidge AU. It feels nice being able to draw this again, especially since it feels like my art has changed since then.  Fun fact! When I first came up with the giant mermaid AU, I was watching Jacksepticeye’s playthrough of Subnautica for the umpteenth time. It somehow got me wanting to have such AU, giant creatures and all. While drawing this one, for that feel again, I decided to turn it on again.  For those interested, this AU has a fanfic called Deep Waters. You can read it here. The AU is Plance, Pidge x Lance, in the long run, even if this picture isn’t exactly that, it’s just terrified Lance and curious Pidge. 

Anyway! I hope you guys enjoy this redraw! I’ll admit, for a moment, I forgot how I used to draw water and bubbles. Oops. But! I think I got it! Well! Until next time!

[autisticlancemcclain]

Should Lance have told the team earlier?

Yeah, probably. But he didn’t, so it was moot point. It was too late, now — at this point, he feels like it would be almost insulting.

Like, how the fuck is he supposed to say ‘hey, y’all. Y’know how we pilot a mecha mind-meld robot lion together? And we’re supposed to trust each other implicitly? Well! You see, twelve years ago, me and my dumbass sisters went on an adventure in a little moonpool we found. This pool happened to be magic, and now whenever I touch water I grow a fucking tail.’

Yeah. No.

Lance had the perfect opportunity to say something after the real life, genuine, actual occurrence of a mermaid planet he rescued came up in conversation. He could have dropped the bomb then. Hell, he could have removed a glove or something while he was down there and then at least Hunk would have seen!

But alas, Lance had been a bit preoccupied with, y’know, freeing a race of enslaved, brainwashed alien mermaids to be thinking that far ahead. He feels like he has an excuse for that one.

His excuse for his continued silence on the matter?

Well. He has anxiety. Also, he’s a chronic people-pleaser. He’s a little freaked about the reactions forthcoming for keeping such a huge secret, as well, so he feels like he’s trapped in a feedback loop from hell.

On top of that, the explanation of the mermaid incident is objectively humiliating. He can’t even blame genetics or a curse or anything. He just shares one brain cell with his sisters, and unfortunately they left it at home one night and were turned into creatures of myth.

All this is to say that yes, Lance fully understands that his current situation is 100% on him (well, 99% on him. Maria gets 1% of the blame for all eternity as jumping into the moonpool was her dumbass decision). Lance looks up to where Keith is standing, slack-jawed, towel dropped to the floor, staring at what is unmistakably a giant tail in place of Lance’s legs. He has not blinked in several minutes.

“Would you believe that you’re sleep deprived and this is a dream brought to you by your unyielding lust and thirst for my otherworldly form?” Lance tries.

“You’re a fish,” Keith breathes after several minutes of stunned silence.

Lance can’t help the haughty snoot, as ridiculous as he knows he’s being. “Half fish,” he corrects. “I am still very much half god of sexy. You know what, I don’t even have this thing —” he flips his tail, causing Keith to jump, which makes Lance smirk despite himself and the situation — “all the time, so technically I’m only a quarter fish. An eighth, maybe.”

“Why the fuck are you a fish?!”

Keith’s tone has quickly shifted from one of bewildered and unbelieving astonishment to one of alarm. Perhaps the movement startled his caveman brain.

“Perhaps your caveman brain was startled by the sudden movement,” Lance says out loud, fully aware he’s being a dick. “But I don’t believe that’s any of your business. I can be half fish if I so please, and you can’t stop me. Maybe I want to be half bird, next! Or half butterfly!”

“Lance, what the fuck are you talking about?”

Lance throws his hands up, and allows himself to feel some of the panic he feels brewing in his chest. “I don’t know! I’m stressed out! You weren’t supposed to be in here! I was supposed to be able to dry off before anyone saw me! I think I’m allowed to be a little nonsensical for a while!”

Lance can feel the burn of tears in his eyes, and is humiliated to feel himself begin to cry. Aw, man, fuck, is the mermaid thing not bad enough? Does he really have to fucking cry in front of his esteemed rival?

“Please don’t cry,” Keith says, visibly panicked.

Lance sobs, which prompts Keith to surge forward.

Keith carefully kneels down next to him, giving the tail a wide berth, and and hesitantly pats Lance on the shoulder. “Uh, there there?”

Lance wails harder. Oh, why couldn’t Hunk have found him? Or Coran? Or even Pidge! Why did he have to get stuck with the one who handles emotional people the way one might handle a particularly volatile and rabid squirrel?

“Uh, it’s all going to be good!” Keith tries again, increasingly frantic. “I’m not mad! Just a little surprised! I didn’t know you were a mermaid, so I think that’s justified a little! Sorry! Please stop sobbing!”

Despite the misery of the situation at large, Lance feels laughter bubbling up his throat. Maybe it’s hysteria, maybe it’s the overwhelming emotion. Maybe it’s the fact that Keith’s panicked face is always funny. Regardless, he knows that if he starts laughing right now, his tears and snot still running down his face, Keith will absolutely freak out and go get backup, and Lance would like to keep this clusterfuck of a situation on a need-to-know basis, thanks.

He takes a deep breath, and then another, trying to get his emotions under control.

Fine. This is fine. All he has to do is convince Keith to keep his mouth shut, and then he can continue to be devoured by guilt and plagued with the burdens of secrets for the rest of his time in space, which could be decades. All is well.

“Please don’t tell anyone,” Lance begs the second he has the tears mostly under control.

“Why?” Keith responds automatically.

Lance blinks at him, incredulous.

“Uh, I mean, sure. I’ll keep your gigantic secret for you. No problem. I love lying to people, especially about the fact that mermaids exist on Earth. This is fine and good.”

Lance rolls his eyes, dragging a hand down his face. “Look,” he says carefully, “this is a… perilous situation. I understand that me keeping a big secret is not great. But… I’ve grown up knowing that this is a secret that could get me killed, or hurt, or worse, even.” Lance ignores Keith’s mutter of “What the fuck is worse than killed or hurt?”, continuing on his tirade. “I’m not ashamed or anything, and it’s not that I don’t trust you guys, but this is kind of a huge deal. I’ve never had to tell anyone about this before, I don’t even know where to start. Hell, I didn’t even know if anyone would’ve believed me —”

“I would’ve,” Keith interjects. At Lance’s look of confusion, he clears his throat, glancing down. “Believed you, that is. I would’ve believed you.”

“Oh,” Lance says. He doesn’t really know what to make of that, or the weird feeling it brings him. “Thanks, I guess.” That feels inadequate, somehow, but he’s not sure how else to respond.

He coughs, running a hand down his scales. “Oh, I’m almost dry,” he comments.

Now Keith is the one looking at him in confusion.

“Watch,” Lance says, and in seconds, Lance closes his eyes as he feels the familiar, tingly feeling of his body turning back human.

When he opens them again, Keith’s jaw is dropped, and he looks almost as shocked as he did walking into the pool and seeing the… situation for the first time.

“I’m only a mermaid when I’m wet, Lance explains.

Keith snaps his jaw shut, shaking his head. “I guess it can’t get any weirder,” he says idly.

Lance snorts. “Just you wait until I tell you how I got into this stupid conundrum.”

part two

[has-brain-rot]

I FINISHED SEASON 2 OF VOLTRON

OKAY SO SO SO that was a WILD season and the showdown in the last 2 episodes? it was so dramatic and deserved. Really interesting to see the mages(?) get more screentime (though barely) because they are so funky. what are they doing why are they there. but anyways like last time I'lll put the rest below xD

BACK ABOUT THE MAGES. I don't remember their names but the head mage gives off "puppeteering-everything-from-the-background" vibes. I wouldn't be surprised if they turned out to be the real mastermind behind it all. Like if the magic was used to corrupt some minds and help build the empire. Although I don't know what that would do to the world building?

Shiro. WHERE DID SHIRO GO. Like they went HARD on Shiro this season. He's trying his best but life keeps attacking him. The mind battles he has are super cool and WOW this man can fight. but also Shiro do you ever sleep. does he sleep. does he believe in self care. I don't think he's ever heard of sleep before.

Pidge gives off some of the vibes of Haruhi from OHHC. They both have similar genders. Love how she gets time to shine at the tech planet!

Hunk being a master chef is cool, especially considering he's probably never seen any of those ingredients before. Still kinda disappointing that they made 3/4 of his personality food. I also think he'd be good at hugs lol

Keith my man are you okay?? I'm getting vibes of orphan club which like same xD. But also now that Shiro is gone Keith is probably going to have to take over? The red lion has shown to act independently so if Keith takes over the black lion then they could still form voltron? (the black lion has show to not care as mucha bout who's in it, at least compared to the red lion.

ALSO the red lion acting independently feels kind of like a parallel to hyper-vigilance. Keith doesn't feel safe often so his lion is always on guard and ready to protect, unlike a lot of people who generally don't have such a hyperactive "I must protect myself at all costs" mentality. It's the constantly engaged survival instincts you honour

Love how lance is just some guy. I am not invested in him and I feel like he would not be invested in me if we ever met xD. Love how he's just some guy while Shiro has gone through insurmountable psychological and physical trauma. he's just there.

THE MERMAID ADVENTURE WAS SUPER NEAT. LOVE HOW THE QUEEN DIDN'T TURN OUT TO BE BAD (maybe? it felt a little rushed when it got to that point). The suspense of figuring out what was causing the mind control was pretty neat. Also the giant worm beast was living it's life. technically wasn't decimating the mermaid population so.. (joking joking I just really liked its design)

Black lion trust battles are super cool. But I gotta say the black lion has like, reverse trust issues. please just stop trying to pick the genocidal dictator that keeps killing millions of people. please. Though it does make me wonder if part of the reason the black lion accepted Shiro so fast was because Shiro reminded the black lion of the previous paladin? With the arm and vibes and everything?

Coran is growing on me. he's just built like that and honestly good for him. He's like a space dad. Also emo Coran is great, might be a heavy stereotype but you know what we can ignore that and let him own it. Give him back that haircut. Also how he speaks sometimes makes me think that he's not from the same planet Allura is? Like maybe he's from a sister planet of a species that evolved extremely similar but not identical. Because he can't do everything Allura can. UNLESS Allura can do it because she's a princess whichhhh eh. It's cool for her but also tiring to see the whole "royal families are good and deserve their positions because they are inherently more special and valuable" sort of message.

ALLURA. QUEEN. SHE IS FLEXING HER POWER AND I SUPPORT HER ON THAT ENDEAVOUR. She was being mean to Keith but all things considering I can understand her hesitance considering everything. Stills sucks that Keith had to go through her projections. but also DAMN when she blends in to sneak onto the ship I loved seeing her fight. like her fighting style there was literally "what if I just slam everything together". I love that for her

also Keith being only half(?) human is really cool but WOW the team was not very understanding. Just let the guy be. He's trying his best but he also needs time to process and adapt. And I don't think he adapted too well if his first(ish) reaction to being part galra was to throw himself into enemy ships and nearly die AGAIN

red lion going feral is cool. Love how it has a stronger personality compared to the others, but it makes the other lions seem less powerful? not powerful perse but more so they get almost kidnapped a lot more and don't really do anything about it while the red lion will fight for its own freedom.

ANYWHO I should probably go watch the third season because I MUST know where Shiro went. is he okay <- judging by his character he is one of the MOST least okay characters.

[dnightshade0]

Voltron: AU I thought up but never put on paper

Voltron/Inuyasha AU

Team voltron as Yokai/demons

Shiro- great bird demon

Keith- half demon lava cat

Lance- ocean dragon

Hunk- mnt. Demon/giant terra tortoise

Pidge- Kitsune/fox demon

Allura- priestess

Coran- allura’s vassal/advisor

Voltron alien team AU

Shiro- human

Keith- galra

Lance- mermaid

Hunk- Balmeran

Pidge- Olkari

Voltron/transformers AU

The team are their lions and they transform into individual cybertronians.

They are a team of combiners

Voltron/Pokémon AU

Shiro- braviary

Keith- houndoom

Lance- greninja

Hunk- tyranitar

Pidge- kecleon or pikachu

Allura- sylveon

Coran- Stoutland

Voltron/fnaf AU

Shiro- the night guard

Keith- foxy

Lance- Bonny

Hunk- freddy

Pidge- chica

Voltron/fullmetal alchemist AU

Homunculus team (THEY ARE NOT THE REAL PALADINS. they were created.)

Shiro- pride

Keith- wrath

Lance- envy

Hunk- gluttony

Pidge- lust

Voltron lion warriors AU

The war is over, but a new threat appears. The paladins discover their lions secret origin before they were giant robot lions.

The paladins gain their lions essence and power and become lion warriors.

In this reality, it turns out the lion had names!

Shiro- black lion- Throx

Keith- red lion- Kavalar

Lance- blue lion- Solarus

Hunk- yellow lion- Vox

Pidge- green lion- Floronia

 voltron vampire AU

Lance gets knocked into a crate while on a mission on a galra ship and finds an unusual amulet that turns out holds the soul of a vampire from the dark ages/Middle Ages. While on another mission he gets mortally wounded and is dying. The vampire in the amulet saves him by turning him into a vampire.

Lance continues through his adventures with team voltron while learning how to live his new life as a vampire.

Voltron mummy AU

I wrote a short backstory idea for the blue lion and her paladin.

In a past life, lance was an ancient Egyptian street urchin that was sacrificed to the “lion goddess” because of a corrupt priest who used the blue lion’s request to find her paladin as a way to gain power.

In the story, lance is the reincarnation of the Ancient Egyptian boy.

(I have thought up a lot of story details, plots and funny moments with all these AU ideas but never had the motivation or encouragement to actually write them.

I always figured no one would show an interest in what I come up with so I didn’t bother. It’s really heart breaking when you think up something and post it just for no one to be interested in it. No one has ever commented on my ideas so I never have the motivation to even try writing anything.)

[rueitae]

any plance fic recommendations? I’m new to the fandom and am looking for some good ongoing fics to keep up with!

Welcome to the Garden corner of the VLD fandom! Glad you’re here! This list is by no means all encompassing - I would ask my fellow Gardeners to help out with any currently ongoing plance fics that I have missed!

Also, I’ll point out that everyone I list here, you should definitely check out the rest of their libraries too for some fantastic finished works.

Firstly, @canadiantardis, myself, @ashkazora, and romwaeta on Ao3 are people i know who are taking requests for our Bad Things Happen Bingo cards. So you can request a square for Plance, and we have all been uploading them to our Ao3 accounts.

https://archiveofourown.org/users/Canadiantardis/pseuds/Canadiantardis

Connections by Canadiantardis  (Altean Pidge AU)       

https://archiveofourown.org/users/Rueitae/works

https://archiveofourown.org/users/ashkazora/works

Secondly, @anchoredtether is also taking bthb requests on her card to write the plance Galra AU Shatter and Tessellate by AnchoredTether 

Where the Sun Meets the Ocean by AnchoredTether   (Atlantis AU)

Where Sapphire Roses Grow by  AnchoredTether  (Beauty and the Beast AU)

The Vacant Ether by AnchoredTether  (post s8/kind of s8 fix it? fills in canon gaps for post canon mystery)

Defenders of Aurita by AnchoredTether  (monsters and mana universe epic)   

Thirdly, subscribe to @seeds-of-the-garden for plance prompts on Tuesdays and Fridays. Find the Ao3 collections below:

@fromageinterrupted

 Sprouts: Seeds of the Garden Prompts Filled by Me. by Fromageinterrupted     

Seeds by Rueitae   

@fallen-angel-nightshade    

Longing For You by N1t3sh4d3               

And now, for some ongoing plance fics that I am aware of:

@rosieclark 

the need for speed(o) by RosieClark  (University water polo AU)

stars by RosieClark  (demon/contractor AU)

@vivalachocolate

Blood Moons and Bad First Impressions by 13Vivacious13  (urban/modern fantasy shapeshifter AU)

@chibi-pix

Deep Waters by Chibi_Pix  (modern/futuristic with Pidge as giant mermaid)

@cgf-kat

Stay With Me by cgf_kat (shameless self promo because I’m co writing this AU with her, AU where Sendak destroys Earth and Pidge and Lance are the last alive and prisoners)

By A Thread by cgf_kat  (futuristic with time travel shenanigans)

The Proxy by cgf_kat  (dystopian cloning shenanigans with shady vld canon technology) 

@hushman

Well you're a Leo and I'm a Crime Boss by Hushman  (Pidge is a crime boss and Lance is a civilian)       

@dreams-of-kalopsia

Interpretation is in the Mind of the Beholder by Dreams of Kalopsia (Sir_Arghs_III) (canon divergent cute and flirty shenanigans)       

@petalpidge

let the bullets fly, let them rain by shadowstint  (bnha AU)

@a-haunted-sock             

Whistling Past the Graveyard by  a_haunted_sock  (Frankenstein AU)        

@alwaysinsonder

sword & shield. by AlwaysInSonder  (BBC Bodyguard AU)

baby mine. by AlwaysInSonder (post canon angst with plance child)        

@rainforestgeek (who I believe is still taking commissions!)

If you lose your strength to stand (I'm gonna reach for your hand) by rainforestgeek (canon fix it)

@truegryffindorforever2

Days and Nights in the Garden of Voltron by PlanceGardener21  (post s8 dating adventures)

@toocool2btrue

Plance Detective Au by Toocool2btrue

@madiletio        

Little Wonders by Madiletio    (post canon)               

Others that I don’t know the tumblrs off the top of my head:

What choice do we have? by GrayRivers (post series married plance with kid called back to war)       

Honestly, I Just Do Tech by Cookiemonster2000  (high school theater AU)

This Must be Karma by TopShelfOfficial (modern AU with miscommunication)       

Voltron Final Season Rewritten by GrandAdmiralMatt  (I’m so sorry i haven’t gotten a chance to read this, Matt, i totally plan to)     

Moving Forward by loOkMA_iTyPeLiKeDiS  (another I haven’t read, but is on my list)   

One Shot Collections:

watering my plance by poweradequeen

Plance A-Z by Fairia  @aknazer     

Tumblr Prompts - Planceby rainforestgeek

Plance Oneshots, Fuck you. by JollyProbiotics      

I hope this list is helpful! I’ve listed everything that I could think of that I’ve personally read lately that is ONGOING, so I’m sure there is more that I might be missing. There are plenty more writers out there with finished works that you can find in all of our bookmarks and such.

Also, and I can’t stress this enough, if you read them, please PLEASE leave a comment for the author telling them what you enjoyed about it. There is nothing that motivates someone to write more for a fic than a thoughtful comment. Happy Reading!

[angels17324]

The Violet Paladin (Keith x Reader) Ch. 15

Hows quarantine treating everyone? I know I don’t have to explain myself on not posting but guys I want you to know I am a health care worker I’ve been at work for almost 10 hours a day everyday for the last two weeks on both days and nights. So I love you all I know I am trying to keep writing but its hard. Guys if you don’t need to go out please don’t stay home find some new fics to binge read or shows to obsess over I don’t want to lose anyone to this virus.  Word Count:   Update Schedule: Unknown (Im gonna try and set myself a goal of updating on  Wednesdays call me out if I forget guys!!) [Masterlist] [Prev] 

When I got back on the castle I learned that Shiro would be in one of the healing pods for a while. I still hadn’t told them anything about what happened, but I’d rather tell them at the same time then one by one. We were all in the healing bay watching Shiro.

“Is he okay?” Hunk asked when we heard Shiro groaning. 

“Sometimes the healing process causes involuntary brain waves,” Allura explained. 

“It looks like he’s having a bad dream,” Hunk mumbled. 

“He just got blasted by a space witch and mauled by giant lizards, what dream could be worse than that?” Keith asked. We all waited for a short while longer before he started to wake up. We had all gathered closer and smiled at him when he opened his eyes. He told us about having a dream of a Galra soldier helping him and some coordinates in his arm. 

We waited for Shiro to get dressed before walking down to the green lions hanger. Lance was filling Shiro in on what had happened with him and Hunk and Mermaids? I wasn’t really sure, I was just thankful the attention wasn’t on me, I don’t even know how I’m going to tell them. 

“(Y/n)?” I heard Hunk called out. 

“Huh?” I looked to see everyone was staring at me. 

“You were kind of zoned out there,” Lance looked me. 

“Oh…” I breathed. 

“You know you’ve been acting really weird since you got back, you’re the only person who never shared what happened while we were all separated,” Pidge crossed her arms. 

I sighed, I was going to have to tell them sooner or later and I might as well just get it over with, “I don’t really even know where to start,” I stated. “A lot happened honestly,” I guess I should just ease the information in. “Well, I guess I can start with I crashed onto this planet where I was met by a girl who ended up being the planets princess,” I said I wasn’t trying to be vague but I’m still not sure how they will take it. “She ended up taking me to the queen, where I found out I was on the home of the original Violet Paladin, and at first the queen wasn’t very happy learning that I was the new paladin,”

I explained a bit of what I learned like how they had closed of all communication with the rest of the universe, and how the only reason I think they hadn’t been attacked is because in the Archives I learned that they never shared the location of their planet with anyone. Coran shared that not even Alfor or any of the other original paladins had been to the planet and that I was the first ‘outsider’ I bite my tongue to hold back from correcting him at least yet. “Okay but none of that explains why you’ve been acting weird,” Pidge said ever observant she is. 

“It might just be easier to show you then tell you.” I pulled out my phone I had snapped a photo of the picture that the Queen showed me and I showed it to the group. 

“It looks like you, but it’s not,” Pidge state. 

“Is this some creepy twin in space thing?” Lance asked. 

“No, how do I put this… it’s true it’s not me, but it’s also not a twin thing… I mean, except the actual picture in this is over 28 years old.” I explained, I could almost see the wheels turning in their heads. “It’s my mom!” I exclaimed not really being able to take it anymore. 

“How!” Pidge was the first to speak up since she was the only person here to ever meet my mom. 

“Wait what?” Lance was the next one to speak up. I explained to them as much as I knew which still wasn’t much other then the fact that she was the queen’s little sister. It felt so much better to have this off my chest. We continued to the hanger to find out what if anything was in Shiro’s arm. The whole way down Lance kept questioning me about everything, I was kind of annoyed but I just ignored him. 

While we were waiting for Pidge to find the coordinates I just kept thinking about everything that's happened. I wonder if my mother would have ever told me about this? And if that was why she was mad that I had joined the garrison.

 Eventually Pidge found the coordinates, but Allura didn’t seem too happy about trusting something from the Galra but we went ahead and used a  wormhole to get to the base. In front of us were these large crystals they were kinda cool. 

“Well this is it. No signs of life, living or otherwise.” Coran said. “I don’t want to bring the castle any closer those xanthorium chucks contain highly unstable nitrate salts even bumping one can blow us straight to Wozblay,” Okay slightly less cool. 

“Are you sure this is right?” Shiro asked. 

“These are the coordinates Number Six gave me.” Coran said.

“Hey! My decryption is solid,” Pidge defended glaring at Coran. 

“We’ve gotta be missing something,” Shiro said. We ended up waiting a few minutes before alarms began blaring. 

“There’s an intruder in the Castle!” Coran shouted. Allura found him on level five. We all suited up and went down. We each began running through the halls to find this guy. Lance was the first to find him. I began to head back towards Lance listening to Corans commentary. Next they ran by Pidge. I soon found him dragging Pidge and being followed by Lance, and I joined following them. 

Then Hunk who somewhat blasted at us. We all chased him but kinda lost him as he ran towards Keith. That was the only good part of Coran’s commentary is we knew where this guy was. By the time Hunk, Lance and I caught up with Keith was quite literally hurled at us knocking the four of us down. 

We watched as Shiro and the guy were at each other’s throats before they both backed down. And that’s when Allura slammed him into the wall. When Shiro explained that the guy was the Galra soldier he’d remembered. 

We eventually had him chained up in our common room. Ulaz was apparently a Galra soldier in this secret underground revolution called the Blade of Marmora. The coordinates we had were actually corrected its just the base was hidden in a space fold. Honestly you could feel the tension between everyone from Allura’s mistrust of Ulaz, to the rest of us kinda being on the same side as her, except Shiro. 

Everyone except Lance, Allura, and Coran took the Red Lion to the base. We learned that they had several members in the ranks of Zarkon’s army including his main ship which is why we got away last time. Pidge asked about her family, which Ulaz agreed to transfer prison data to the castle of lions. 

“What’s that weapon you carry?” Keith asked. 

“It’s a ceremonial blade that each of our members carry,” Ulaz explained. “Oh, nice,” Keith said. Alarms began blaring again. We opened a screen to see another one of those stupid robeasts, but how did it find us this time? Before we left, Ulaz gave Shiro coordinates. Allura blamed Ulaz for us being found, but this time I think I agree with Shiro I don’t think Ulaz told Zarkon we were here. 

We waited in our lions but soon the fight was on. But this thing was nearly impossible to beat, it sucked in the crystals before blasting us, or it tried to suck us in. Ulaz left after the base was revealed… maybe he’s not one of the good guys. No time for that though as the beast tried to suck in the castle. We managed to stop that, but our plan to blow it up after didn’t work. It tried to suck us in again. 

“I’m going to take this down from the inside!” We heard Ulaz call. 

“No let us handle this!” Shiro tried. 

“Voltron is too important,” was the last thing he said to us before he flew into the beasts mouth, just as we thought it didn’t work it started to fold in on itself. He opened a space pocket inside the beast.

When we returned to the castle no one seemed in too high of spirits. I decided to walk around for a bit too maybe clear my head. So much has happened in the last couple of days its been a lot to process. Honestly, how long had it been since we’d left earth? It didn’t seem like that long but there was no day in night in space, we had a schedule but it was more like we slept for a few hours and we stayed up until we were ready to pass out. 

I finally decided maybe going to bed would be the best option right now to clear my mind. I slowly walked down the hall being quiet because I’m sure everyone else is probably trying to sleep now. I was almost to my room when I noticed Keith in front of my door. 

“You need something?” I asked. 

“Oh yeah, I just wanted to talk,” He said.

“About?” I wondered what he wanted to talk about. 

“A few things actually,” He said. “Would you mind if we went in my room for a minute?” I blushed a bit at the request but nodded I did tell him we could talk if he ever needed to. We went to his room. We both sat on his bed. 

“Alright what’s up? I’m not the only one who’s been acting kind of weird lately you’ve gotten more reckless,” I said noting his behavior from the last few days? Weeks? But it was more than that almost like he was also being protective. “Remember that sword Ulaz had?” He asked.

“Yeah, you seemed pretty interested in it,” 

“Well it’s because of this,” Keith pulled out a dagger from under his pillow, it had a weird marking, kinda like Ulaz. 

“Where or how’d you get it if you don’t mind my asking?” I looked at him. “I’ve kind of always had it, I thought it was weird but now it's even weirder because the marking is similar to Ulaz,” Keith explained. “That means the Galra were on earth at some point,” 

“But Ulaz also did say that only the Blades of Marmora had them,” I said. “And I’d reason that if my mom and possibly my dad made it to earth without being detected by the garrison then who’s to say someone else couldn’t? And for all we know, maybe it was imbedded in a meteorite or something and your parents found it and thought it was cool,” 

“You might be right,” He smiled a bit. 

“What else do you want to talk about?” I asked. I could tell there was something else, we didn’t know about the Blades until today so he hasn’t been acting weird because of that. 

“Oh, well, how do I put this…” He said looking down. 

“Keith-” I was cut off, I was so shocked Keith was kissing me! 

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[taytei]

Ancient AU stuff

just in the case that i never get around to making more art for the au (which is entirely likely cause, this is me. I create AUs and then never touch on them again, or at least not for several several months) So I thought I’d share some of the concepts and ideas behind it

General world building:

In the old world, there were 5 basic territories: ocean, skies, earth, forests, and the fire lands. And they all lived in a very tentative harmony, never really mixing or interacting, except for when the leader of each land would gather for an annual meeting and political planning and such. It was peaceful, but they weren’t really working or living together as one world, so to speak. They were cautious and wary of how different everyone was from one another from the other lands.

Lance and Keith meeting as little babies, very much on accident, was the catalyst that sort of got the territories to communicate and learn from one another, and actually start living in harmony and exchange a deeper trust.

As centuries and eons passed, more communities opened up, and the whole “gods” concept kind of faded. Lance and Keith are the figureheads of their respective lands, but they don’t really have that many responsibilities, since the world is still very much in harmony. The world is in a modern era now, and they’re still around, young and beautiful as ever, even though they’ve been around since pretty much the dawn of creation.

other little factoids

Lance calls Keith “Fluffy” cause Lance has literally only ever known water, so when he met keith and his dry fluffy hair, it just stuck. Though Lance has a multitude of nicknames that he bounces between on any given day.

when they were younger, there were several times where Lance tried to bring keith to his underwater home, but since he was too young to give keith “The Blessed Breath” (a magical enchantment that allows people to breathe underwater), it never really went according to plan

The mermaid Tail Lance has, when he’s older, he’s able to shift out of that form. But as a baby up until he’s about 6-8, he’s pretty much stuck with the tail, until he’s finally old enough to shift it into legs (and then has to learn how to actually WALK)

Keith isn’t EXACTLY a dragon, his species didn’t really have an exact name, but dragon is what people started referring to them, and it was close enough. They have dragon like tendencies.

Such as collecting hoards of things they find precious

so naturally young Keith tried to bring Lance back to the fire lands on one or two occasions, trying to add him to the hoard (Lance was encouraging to a bit of an extreme degree as he is always eager to see anything outside of the ocean)

And that’s how Keith’s nickname for Lance kinda came about. his “Shiny”, cause Lance’s scales glitter and sparkle a lot like the jewels and gold Keith has back in his land.

(kinda a cheesy, maybe change later kind of fact, but I had this idea that Keith has nicknames related to the sun that he sometimes gives to lance, but they have a waaaay deeper significance that he was originally willing to let on. His people draw power from the sun, and he ... kinda considers Lance’s his Sun? i know, hella cheesy, but i’m a romantic at heart).

Keith couldn’t really fly until he was about 8, but that’s considerably young, since most fledglings wings don’t fully develop strong enough muscles for flight until they’re 10.

Lance helped him practice flying by encouraging him to jump off high cliffs and be cushioned by the ocean if he fell, and Lance was always there to drag him back to land.

they didn’t start dating until they’re almost adults, but they danced around each other for literal centuries before they got each others hints

Lance’s True Form is large enough that he could cradle a fully grown person in one hand (A little smaller than Te Fiti from Moana), and Keith’s True Form isn’t much smaller.

Lance has a giant Trident, that he shrinks down into a necklace for easier transportation

“it’s a bitch to get through airport security when at full size, man”

They like to go to human ports and go to cafes and diners for dates, even if they find needing to wear the human glamour a bit tedious sometimes. (humans are more than aware of their species, it’s just a matter of maintaining space and property damage).

Some people don’t realize that they’re basically gods, just mistaking them for basic ocean/fire citizens

one scene I had in mind went

Waiter, clearly taking a jab at Lance’s ocean-descent: sorry, we don’t serve fish here

Lance, without missing a beat: that’s cool, i was thinking of getting the chicken alfredo anyway

and sometimes this one ice scream shop skims Keith on his scoops just cause his very presence melts ice cream sometimes

Keith: “do you think if we told them we were basically their gods, they’d give me extra toppings”

or

some rando: “you guys are Ancients??”

lance: “i mean, i know we don’t look a day over 2500, but keith’s hair is a dead giveaway.”

Facts about the others, vague cause i rarely think beyond lance and keith

All the paladins are Ancients, except for Pidge, who’s a New Age, but joins them in figurehead ranks by sheer force of persistence.

Shiro is the sky/air Ancient. Still figuring out what to do with him other than giving him massive wings that can cause storms.

Hunk is the original Earth Ancient, a bit like a Golem. He can move literal mountains if he sneezes.

Pidge joined in a few eons later, as the newest figurehead for the Forest - some kind of Technology Fairy, that can code trees (exactly like the olkarians)

And Allura is the Cosmic goddess that created the damn planet in the first place

if you guys have any other kind of questions, feel free to ask, but this is about as much as I’ve thought up so far!

[angstalottle]

A Pirates Life For Me

There were three things all pirates feared.

The dreaded Galra armada.

Running out of rum.

And the mermaids that followed their ships just waiting to drag down any sailor unfortunate enough to fall into the water.

The voltron pirates considered themselves the acception to the rule as Hunk had long since figured out how to always get them a supply of rum and the Galra ran from them in fear.

Even the dreaded mers never seemed to bother them, leaving the ship and her passengers untouched.

Everyone had their own theories about why this was with Hunk and Pidge believing the type of wood their ship was made from had somthing to do with it.

Their captain, Shiro thought I was because they tossed their old food over board and the rotten smell made them stay away.

Keith thought it was because of the one time he fell over board during a storm.

“I’m telling you guys I got the ugly bastard right across the back!” Keith demonstrated by slashing at the air in front of him. “It was so surprised it threw me back onto the ship.”

“Sure buddy whatever you say” Lance laughed leaning over the edge of the crowd nest that he had long since claimed as his own.

“It’s true! I scared all the mermaids off!” Keith yelled glaring up at him.

“You gotta admit it seems pretty hard to believe” Hunk smiled sheepishly “no one even saw you fall into the water.”

“But it’s true” Keith yelled tugging at his hair in frustration.

“Look mullet if it means so much to you I’ll say you fought off an entire fleet of mermaids to keep us safe.” Lance winked blowing a kiss down to him.

Keith grumbled but was too caught off guard by the display of affection from his beloved to really care.

“Whatever the reason for them ignoring us we have to be smart with the advantage it gives us. Mainly that I think we could pass trough Altea point.

The ship fell silent at the captains words.

Altea point was the fasted rout to smugglers cover that supposedly held treasure beyond their wildest dreams. But anyone that got too close found their ships smashed against the rocks that filled the waters lured to their deaths by the mermaids songs.

“Shiro you can’t be serious.” Lance was the first to speak grabbing a rope and sliding down to the deck with the others “that’s suicide.”

“I hate to say this but Lance has a point” Pidge added.

“Hey!”

She ignored his complaints and instead rolled out the map and examined it closely “Even if the mermaid may leave us alone that doesn’t mean we can get around the rocks or the unpredictable current.”

Hunk leaned over and tapped a clear area “what if we approached from here though? The currents fast but in one direction. So long as we follow it we should be able to get through.”

Lance watched in horror as his friends seemed to decide this as their course of action.

“Wait! Wait you all can’t be seriously considering this?!” He looked to Keith hoping he would at least back him up.

Instead all he saw was a look of excitement for adventure in his eyes.

Lance sighed “fine... but if we die I’m so haunting your asses.”

A round of cheers erupted and everyone began preparations for the passing.

All except Lance, who quickly climbed back to the crows nest to hide from the rest of the crew.

It wasn’t until the sun had long since set did Keith come to find him.

Climbing into the small secluded spot with a bottle of rum as an offering which Lance took and took a few gulps from.

“You want to tell me what’s got you so upset?” Keith asked settling in next to Lance watching the stars.

“Other then us heading right for the most dangerous place in the entire ocean?” Lance laughed bitterly “other than that little fact I’m just fine.”

“Lance... please I know there’s more to it” Keith turned Lance’s face towards him brushing his thumb across his jaw line. “Please.”

Lance sighed as he scooted closer and rested his head against Keith’s shoulder.

“The Altea point is where I watched my parents die.”

The news startled Keith so much it took everything he had not to jump up and stare at his beloved. Instead he hummed in acknowledgment, a soft way of encouraging Lance to continue.

“I was only a little kid at the time and we had all gone to the passing together but... we didn’t know we were being followed. One minuet everything was fine and then there was blood and screaming and then... then I woke up in chains on a Galra slave ship. They scooped me out of the water and sold to whoever was buying. They passed me around as a pretty trinket until you guys saved me.” Lance grew more and more quiet as he buried his face into Keith’s chest “I... I don’t want to lose you guys because of what could happen there.”

Keith’s fingers began to slowly run themselves through Lance’s hair. “I promise you. No matter what happens I will always love you. And I will always save you.”

Lance didn’t answer, instead he hugged Keith a little tighter content to just lay there with him.

It took a few days traveling before they finally made it.

The Altea passing and the most dangerous part of the entire ocean.

Ship wrecks marked the way like clouds filled the sky on a shady day.

The ship was quiet, no one able to bring themselves above a whisper as they passed the monument to just how many lives had been lost in the name of adventure.

“Here comes the current” Pidge announced as the ship began to rock violently side to side.

Everyone scrambled to their stations fighting against the ocean Itself to stay afloat.

It seemed like hours and more scrapes and bumps then they were comfortable with but finally the current slowed and they found themselves in calm water just on the other side of the deadly passing.

Applause erupted from the crew, everyone yelling and celebrating, all to busy to notice how the water in front of them swirled and a giant woman with hair as white as sea foam and eyes as blue as the sky rose up blocking their way.

Her giant hands grabbing hold of the sides of the ship looking down at it like a child would a play thing.

“Ready the canons!” Shiro yelled but was drowned out by a screech from the mermaid.

“They canons won’t do any good” Lance grabbed Keith’s hand and pulled him into a kiss “time to keep up with your promise” he winked as he ran towards the mermaid.

Keith’s eyes widened sure Lance was about to sacrifice himself with a flash of blue surrounded his body.

Where Lance once stood now was replaced by a merman with hair as white as sea foam, eyes and tail blue as the sky and a face that they all knew as Lance’s

“I am Prince Allance of the south waters! I was stolen from here as a child and these humans saved me!”

The crew could only watch in shock as the giant mermaids expression turned from one of confusion to unadulterated joy.

A pink light surrounded her blinding everyone for a moment.

When it died down she had shrunk and was now hugging Lance like her life depended on it.

“My dear little brother I thought you were dead.” She cried.

Lance chuckled “sorry about that Allura... they cut off my fin I could swim him but I wanted to see you everyday.”

Keith finally stepped forwards his eyes finally falling to a scar across his back “you were the one to save me... during that storm and I...” Keith covered his mouth in horror “oh god Lance I hurt you.”

Allura bared her teeth at him but was stopped by Lance who simply laughed “you didn’t know it was me dummy. For all you knew I was trying to kill you. Now quick moping and meet my sister. She should meet my beloved... as long as you guys don’t mind I’m not human.”

Shiro frowned “lance did you risk not ever being able to come home to your family because you were scared we wouldn’t want you anymore?”

When Lance nodded he was promptly tacked to the floor with a hug from his captain.

Hunk and Pidge quickly joined in while Keith wormed his way closest so he could kiss Lance on the lips.

“We all love you because your Lance, we don’t care if your human or mermaid. Your still you and your still part of this crew.”

Lance couldn’t help but laugh as he looked around, he was surrounded by family, some he had thought he had lost a life time ago, some he had found along the way and some he intended to make his husband some day.

From that point on there were four things all pirates feared.

The dreaded Galra armada.

Running out of rum.

The mermaids that followed their ships.

And the Prince of the ocean that if any creature of the sea or land should harm would have to face the furry of the queen of the mermaids and the Voltron Pirates.

[ao3feed-klance]

Abysmal at Best

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/2H1E9V6

by Dark_Diamonds

Keith loves to swim, and he loves having some time to think to himself, so when he finds a hidden cove away from the eye of the public beach he thinks he's hit the jackpot. However, when a giant, venomous, possibly human-eating creature from folklore decides to make his little hideaway its new home he may be biting off more than he can chew. The mermaid is just happy to have new friends.

Words: 9585, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Voltron: Legendary Defender

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Keith (Voltron), Lance (Voltron), Adam (Voltron), Shiro (Voltron), Pidge | Katie Holt, Hunk (Voltron), Allura (Voltron), Coran (Voltron)

Relationships: Keith/Lance (Voltron)

Additional Tags: klance, mermaid, mermaid lance, Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Fantasy, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/2H1E9V6

[b-kitsune]

Chapters: 4/? Fandom: Voltron: Legendary Defender Rating: Mature Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Keith/Pidge | Katie Holt, Keith & Pidge | Katie Holt, Keith & Shiro (Voltron), Matt Holt/Shiro, Allura/Lance (Voltron), Keith & Lance (Voltron), James Griffin/Pidge | Katie Holt Characters: Keith (Voltron), Keith's Father (Voltron), Pidge | Katie Holt, Pidge | Katie Holt's Family, Lance (Voltron), Hunk (Voltron), Romelle (Voltron), Shiro (Voltron), Matt Holt, Krolia (Voltron), James Griffin (Voltron) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Fantasy, Alternate Universe - College/University, Alternate Universe - Soulmates, Socially Awkward Keith (Voltron), Keith (Voltron) is a Mess, Female Pronouns for Pidge | Katie Holt, Sassy Pidge | Katie Holt, Romantic Soulmates Summary:

‘’Maybe in the future, you may find strange things in the water. Like giant squid, ghost ships ...’’

‘’A mermaid…’’

‘’Yes! Why not? A mermaid too.’’

[tobiologist]

my 2018 fic masterlist

here it is, everything i’ve written this year! from chapters of ongoing fics to 30 days of klance ficlets to exchange gifts, all of it is listed below. hope you enjoy, and thank you for everyone’s continued support!! 💖

TOTAL: ~73.9k+ words

poetry

✰ instagram account

keith/lance

✰ the world could be ours (post season 5 oneshot) [2.3k]

“I haven’t spoken with any of you, one-on-one, in ages,” Keith admits softly. At this point, he isn't sure whether he's indulging Lance or himself. “At least that’s what it feels like.”

Lance grins. Brilliant and radiant, like maybe he could care for this broken boy after all. “Then come back to us.”

or: Keith's resolve is crumbling, and Voltron may be where he belongs after all.

✰ “the way i said i love you” (series of brief oneshots) [~8k]

(14) a whisper in the ear // (31) in awe the first time you realized it // (13) in a letter // (20) as we huddle together with the storm raging outside // (15) loud so everyone can hear // (3) a scream // (21) over the shoulder // (19) with no space left between us // (8) in an apology // (2) with a hoarse voice under the blankets // (23) through a song

✰ 30 days of klance (short oneshots for each day in june) [~27.6k]

day 1: first date // day 2: coffee au // day 3: road trip // day 4: morning // day 5: sleepover // day 6: movie night // day 7: favorite au (space pirate au) // day 8: fantasy au // day 9: mermaids // day 10: autumn date // day 11: winter date // day 12: spring date // day 13: summer date // day 14: ghost au // day 15: witch au // day 16: date on another planet // day 17: sunset // day 18: first kiss // day 19: carnival date // day 20: halloween // day 21: ancient roman au // day 22: family // day 23: pick a song lyric // day 24: rival sports team au // day 25: hidden talent // day 26: crossover // day 27: texting // day 28: movie au // day 29: otp with pets // day 30: closing time (superstore au)

✰ the planet lenides (preview of the full piece for the @extrasolarzine a klance charity zine project) [~2k]

✰ someone i forgot to be (post season 6 oneshot) [1.6k]

“I wanted to tell hi— them how much I worried about them.” Shiro pauses, gaze wandering to some point in the distance. “But I had trouble admitting it to myself. And to them.”

“Why?”

“Let's just say that… although it shouldn't be an issue anymore, it is.” Shiro returns his attention to Lance. Staring straight into his eyes with staggering intensity.

or: Shiro helps Lance confront puzzling emotions with reassurance and stories of the past.

✰ and still we orbit (ongoing, post season 6 fix-it fic, chapter 1) [8.6k]

“The whole thing really makes a guy think. About, well, everything. Lance almost wishes he could go back in time and tell little Lance what he’d experience in the future. Tell him stories of their missions and battles, stories of the stars.”

or:

After years in space, the team is finally headed home, but not without plenty of obstacles along the way. Weapon tycoons and giant tarantulas, heated battles and cooking lessons, rekindled relationships and broken trust. Yet through it all, the paladins never stray far from each other's orbits.

✰ this, our town of halloween (long oneshot, halloween and bday fic for @angst-in-space ) [7.9k]

“Yeah, well, it’s written all over both of your faces,” Lance hisses. “It’s not a big deal.”

Pidge taps her chin. “Oh, you mean Keith, the local introvert and your ex-rival, creeping out of his cave to go to a huge Halloween celebration with you and your little niece and nephew? Of course that’s not a big deal. Silly me!”

Or: Lance invites Keith to Disneyland on Halloween and glimpses an entirely new side of the boy he has a stupidly massive crush on.

✰ am i scaring you tonight? (long oneshot, halloween gift exchange fic for @bleulily ) [9.1k]

“It wasn’t me.” Keith lowers his voice to a conspiratorial whisper. “Lance, it wasn’t me.”

“What do you mean it wasn’t— oh. Oh my god. Wait.” Lance slaps a hand over his mouth. “It’s happening.”

Then, Keith feels it. A small gust of air brushes the shell of his ear. It trickles across the nape of his neck and down through the open collar of his shirt. He’s hit with another full-body shudder. Holy shit.

Or: Keith is roped into spending Halloween with ghosts, and Lance acquires a new good luck charm.

✰ please come home for christmas (oneshot, holiday gift exchange fic for @kci-ths ) [4.5k]

Feeling brave, Lance carefully turns his head. Keith glares at where his hands rest against his thighs. Lance tracks the motion of his fingers, twiddling with a piece of fuzz on his jacket sleeve, the edge of his phone screen.

Lance prompts, “When you got there?”

“You weren’t there.”

or: The Holidays are here, Keith struggles to surprise people, and Lance runs into the last person he ever expected to see at the airport.

gintoki/katsura

✰ “the way i said i love you” (series of brief oneshots) [~1k]

(16) over and over again until it’s nothing but senseless babble

catra/adora

✰ thankful for you (brief oneshot for thanksgiving) [1.3k]

What’s wrong with me? Adora squeezes her eyes shut.

“I'm thankful…” She manages between pants, “I'm thankful for—”

As if the thought alone summoned her, an unmistakable voice crackles through the air. “Hey, Adora.”

or: When Adora is asked what she’s thankful for, the answer surprises even her.

[chibi-pix]

Pidge sitting on a sandbar, her “knees” up, she’s like a little island for Lance to just perch himself on so they could enjoy each others’ company in the ocean and talk.  Oh how I missed drawing giant Pidge with her itty bitty boyfriend. So now here we go!

[sp4c3-0ddity]

2018 Year-in-Fic

so following @rueitae‘s example (because i’m curious about what i’ve been up to this year too) and building off my 2017 list, a Summary of Fic: 2018 Edition:

(For convenience, you can also find my fic master list here and ao3 account here)

STATS:

Gen/non-plance fics:  15

All right, let’s start with the fic that is not plance from oldest to most recent. An asterisk* denotes if it’s tumblr exclusive

Assassins (3109 words) - Allura tries to go about business as usual, despite their “guest” - Gen, mild Allura/Lotor, canon compliant through season four

Marathon (1081) - Pidge just wants Lance to get off her back about team bonding. / (She has fun anyway.) - Gen, Garrison Trio, pre-canon

Imprinting (540) -  A flock of baby "ducks" adopts Hunk as their mother - Gen, canon compliant

Fanfiction (884) -  Pidge has a skeleton in her closet, but she made the mistake of saving it to her hard drive - Gen, canon compliant

Everywhere Cats (7363) -  A mysterious mishap transforms the Lions of Voltron into...cats, who are more troublesome for their Paladins than for Zarkon's Empire - Gen, canon compliant crack

A Rational Fear (3786) - Alteans aren't as fragile as humans, but they aren't invincible. / Or, Allura's injuries demand a stint in a healing pod; her reluctance can be easily explained - Gen, very mild Allura/Lance, canon compliant

Adrift (1621) -  Krolia's translator breaks, but that's not why her sadness is so hard to bear - Gen, pre-canon

Displaced (1318) - Keith confuses his target for someone else. / Neither of them are happy about that - Gen, Keith/Matt, time travel AU

Seek Water’s Run* (~2300) - Gen, Garrison Trio, Abhorsen (Fantasy/Zombie) AU

Crushed* (~900) - Allura/Lance, canon compliant whump

Knowledge or Death, Gun or Blade* (~2000) - Acxa and her Blade trials - Gen, canon divergent/speculative

Pigeon Bait* (~1200) - Hunk rescues a pigeon - Gen, modern/college AU

Price of Pride* (~550) - Matt talks to the Green Lion - Gen, canon compliant

Trickle* (~1000) - Keith wanders a death-scape - Allura/Keith, canon divergent (probably) 

Viable Pets* (~2000) - Hunk adopts a space chicken - Gen, dubiously canon compliant

Okay, this is where it might get a little confusing because i’m a dumbass sometimes...

plance fics (not collected): 32 wtf

Ordered from oldest to most recent; does not include anything posted (or to be posted) in this collection; anything exclusive to tumblr is denoted with an asterisk*

Growth (14042) -  Lance finds his soulmate; Pidge does not - soulmate AU in canon

Misdirection (5328) -  Lance pays attention, and Pidge just may come to enjoy a camping trip - modern AU

Fakeout (7840) -  Shenanigans turn dangerous when Lance and Pidge overhear what they should not - canon compliant

A Promise Broken, a Promise Made (5294) -  Pidge getting caught up in a project is nothing new, so why, exactly, is Lance so upset this time? - canon compliant

Facing Reality (14182) - Lance skips Fourth of July weekend with his family to spend it with his girlfriend's family instead... / ...only Pidge isn't his girlfriend. And her family is missing. In a completely different reality - modern/roommates AU...of a sort

Spill Your Thoughts (24962) - Mom bought me this notebook hoping I’d “organize my thoughts” or “find therapeutic value in it” or something like that. Personally, I think she’s just hoping I’ll leave it lying around somewhere so she can snoop into what’s going on in my life when I don’t want to tell her. / Mom, if you’re reading this, it’s not going to work because I do not need to keep a journal. So what if I don’t have any friends to vent to? / aka an AU where Pidge's journal is just that and nothing more - modern/high school AU in journal format

Infatuation, Actually (10418) -  Pidge never learned basic gun safety. Lance suffers the nonfatal consequences - love spell AU in canon

Fatalistic Daydream (27873) -  Being a low-ranking Galra soldier stationed in a virtual backwater isn’t stopping Pidge from finding out what happened to her family. But the secrets she’s keeping from her friend Keith on top of the unwanted attention of an Altean prisoner-of-war are definitely...slowing her down - somewhat Gen, everyone’s an alien AU

Living Nightmare (1892) -  Lance's isolation doesn't seem to be ending anytime soon, even if he's out of solitary confinement - outtake of Fatalistic Daydream, technically gen

Frog Pond* (~3000) - Lance kisses a frog on a dare - modern/fantasy AU

Water Rescue (19229) -  They start as strangers, but one day they may grow to be something more...familiar - fantasy AU inspired by @rueitae‘s Seasons of Magic

Dip* (~400) - They dance - canon compliant (?)

Sleep Cute* (~450) - Sleepy cuddles - canon compliant (?)

Tidal Lockdown (20937) -  An ex-rebel enlists Pidge and Lance to find her missing grandson, but on a planet populated by criminals and where the sun never sets, they can only trust each other... - canon compliant (?)

Double Life (2312) -  By day, they’re a secretive criminal-entrapping hacker and her minion; by night, they’re a flashy magician - excuse me, escape artist - and his ‘brilliant’ assistant - modern AU

Spellbound* (~3500) - urban fantasy AU

scaled to size (14747) - Lance returns to Altea triumphant, claiming to have slain a fearsome dragon and intent on collecting his reward from Prince Lotor. But not all is what it seems... / Or: The tale of how Lance survived a dragon despite leaving his heart behind - fantasy AU featuring dragon!Pidge

a prince, missing* (~7000) - Lance is a kidnapped prince and Pidge is his reluctant bodyguard - fantasy AU

a small step and a giant leap (47005, WIP) - Lance wakes when he shouldn’t to an angel of death standing over him. / It’s a first, but it won’t be the last - vague fantasy/modern AU

Full Circle (10275) - “I’m happy to be back, but I kind of don’t want to be.” / Lance, surprised, stared at Pidge. “What do you mean?” / “It feels like the end, doesn’t it? We’re back on Earth - back where we started - and it feels like we’ve come full circle.” / “Yeah, but circles just keep going, don’t they?” / Or, Lance and Pidge return to where they started, but it will never be the same again - canon divergent

Breakfast Date* (~600) - post-canon

(don’t) call an ambulance* (~3700) - modern/mafia AU

Final Lifeline (14466) - Pidge always plays to win, but this time the odds are not in her favor. / And if she loses, Lance may get worse than being fed to the Snick... - canon divergent

Misfortune Favors the Brave (26492, WIP) - Foreknowledge of a death doesn't make it any easier to prevent, but Lance is determined to try. / Even if it means breaking Pidge's heart. - canon divergent

Found and Lost* (~4800) - post-apocalyptic AU featuring android!Pidge

why not?* (~100) - drabble

Dueling Hearts (36213) -  The king of a planet that Voltron is attempting to sway to the Coalition misinterprets the nature of Lance’s relationship with Pidge…and promptly challenges him to a duel for her hand in marriage. Lance accepts immediately, much to his teammates’ (especially Pidge’s) mortification. The only problem? Lance still hasn’t figured out how to unlock his bayard’s broadsword form at will - canon divergent

And Everything Was Fine (6416) -  Pidge finds the reality where everything turned out fine; needless to say, she’s pissed - mostly Gen, mild post-canon fix-it

No Sky Like Home (6808) -  Pidge hesitates to say yes when Lance asks her on a date - post-canon

plance fics in collaboration: 3

And now the fics i did in collaboration

Smack, Kiss, Fall in Love (19589 / 2) - Pidge was only at the Garrison to find her family, not her soulmate. Lance had always had a picture of a his 'perfect' soulmate in mind. / ...until reality smacks them both - soulmate AU in canon done round robin-style with @hailqiqi

To Sail, To Break, To Earn (10268 / 3, WIP) -  Cursed by the witch Haggar, Lance, with the crew of the Blade of Marmora, sails the sea and preys on Zarkon's fleet. They are confined to the waves and forbidden from dropping anchor at port. But the deadline draws nearer, when they'll become the soulless servants of the same emperor they forswore, unless they rejoin Zarkon willingly...or earn the heart of a mermaid - in collaboration with @rueitae

It’s Beginning to Look a Lot like A Christmas Carol (14384 / 3, WIP) - Lance is no Scrooge, but when he gives up a family vacation and declines an invitation to his friends' holiday gathering, he finds himself the target of a ghostly intervention. / It's a tale as old as time...or as old as the nineteenth century, and if Lance doesn't learn his lesson, he just might be forgotten - post-canon, in collaboration with @hailqiqi and @rueitae

plance fics, collected:

I’m cheating on this one. Referring to my collection Strangeness and Charm, from about Chapter 48 onward are the 2018 chapters. Last year’s word count was 73407 and this year’s word count is (with the exception of some fic saved as chapters not yet posted) 200794. here are the longer/more notable (in my opinion at least) samples that probably should’ve been posted separately:

Future (~6000) - prompted historical/arranged marriage AU

Captive (~5200) - moderately gen AU where Pidge, Lance, and Hunk are captured by pirates

Another Time (~3700) - reincarnation AU in conjunction with canon

Masquerade* (~1300) - super tease-y fantasy AU and if you don’t have the song from Phantom of the Opera stuck in your head from just reading that title i envy you

Tease (~800) - “If you love it so much then why don’t you marry it?” - canon compliant

A Pirate’s Life for Me (~4000) - Pidge is captured by space pirates - canon compliant

Absence Makes the Heart Grow (Fonder) (~7200) - Pidge finds Lance on Earth - canon divergent AU that was hilariously accurate in retrospect

like a masochistic moth to dragonflame (~3200) - the aftermath of the battle against the Coranic Dragon - piklavar, Monsters & Mana AU

Steal to Save (~800) - Pidge “loses” her glasses - canon compliant

to trust a thief (~3800) - followup to other piklavar fic

Deadline (~1000) - Stressful countdown to Lance confessing - canon compliant

Glint of Silver (~5200) - Pidge’s double life just might endanger her werewolf roommate - roommates/urban fantasy AU

masks for two* (1500) - Lady Katie learns she and her fiance have more in common than expected - historical/thieves AU

Bad Press* (~1500) - It’s not easy pretending to date your celebrity friend - fake dating AU

a personal mission* (~780) - Lance is on a mission - canon compliant (?)

the eve of it all* (~1800) - Lance stands Pidge up on game night - season eight fix-it, canon divergent

okay that ended up being way longer than i expected...

BREAKDOWN:

Ship breakdown:  

plance wins so easily it’s not even funny. oddly enough considering my current feelings on the pairing Allura/Lance takes second place (though only by very weak implication in one case and...by a very wide margin). and then there are the other mostly implied (Allura/Lotor, Keith/Matt) that occur once each plus an Allura/Keith fic and a gen fic that’s also technically Krolia/Keith’s dad

and then there’s my apparent thing for Hunk bonding with birds

Character breakdown:  

Pidge and Lance because *jazz hands* plance. i suppose Hunk and Allura may be split for third place

Characters that had the main focus:

*sweats* hilariously i think it might be...Lance?? i feel like many of my longer fics (whether one-shots or multichapter) end up in his point of view, notably a small step and Misfortune. Pidge is an easy second place though, and which of the two i favor changes. Pidge is, in a sense, a little easier to write but Lance, depending on the tone i’m going for, can be wild fun because he’s so ridiculous sometimes

SPECIFICS:

Best title?

uh...i’m capable of having decent titles?? thing is, my titles tend to be on the nose or else something i forget i need till the point i’m posting a fic, but i like Everywhere Cats partly because it was very much inspired by a simple children’s song i remember my sister playing when she first started learning piano. i also like Facing Reality as a title because of the word play i can be clever

...okay i’m going to stop here because i keep looking back and realizing i like more of those than i thought i did

Worst title?

many of them are so...plain that i’m not sure i can pick just one. sure, they tell you what the story is about, but there’s nothing hidden in them...they’re so bland. throw a dart at a board with all my one-word titles and you’ll probably hit something

Best first line?

let’s go with a masochistic moth to dragonflame:

Pike is smitten the moment he sees her, and it only grows worse when the words family heirloom cross her lips.

Worst first line?

i think my first lines in general are...decent?? nothing spectacular, just meant to convey what’s going on and why it’s important (or that’s what i try to do at least), but out of laziness i’m going with the one from Everywhere Cats:

Hunk settled his helmet onto his head as he walked into the Yellow Lion’s hangar, feeling wonderfully light at the prospect of this mission.

Best last line?

Adrift made me so emotional when i was writing it that i have to use this one:

“Love,” [Krolia] said, “can you turn off the lights? I’m showing Keith the stars.”

Worst last line?

i tend to end my fics rather abruptly (i really really hate unnecessary bits tacked on when everything is pretty much resolved) and/or on dialogue and i’m usually thoughtful of how i end it so i’m not even gonna skim through the rest of my fics because this one from Assassins is just so boring:

She followed General Sahr inside, and this time both Coran and Lotor came with her.

GENERAL:

Looking back, did you write more fics than you thought you would this year, less than you thought, or about what you predicted?

yes, yes i did. also looking back at last year’s list i didn’t even get any of the goals i set accomplished...whoops??

What pairing/genre/fandom did you write that you would never have predicted last year?

uh...Keith/Matt i guess?? maybe Allura/Lance too because i really don’t like that pairing now (though i used to be indifferent or else somewhat like it) so it’s like a retrospective “well i can’t believe i managed to write them as a romantic pairing”

What’s your favorite story this year? Not the most popular, but the one that makes you the happiest.

always will i answer this question with scaled to size because it actually does make me happy, especially thinking of all the pain and suffering i’m only somewhat exaggerating i went through while conceiving of it thanks to a computer mishap (and, tbh, my own neglect), and ultimately all it took to revive it was a timely prompt from the Pidgance Positivity Discord and dare i say it ended up far better than planned??

Okay, NOW your most popular story.

on ao3 by kudos and excluding my collection that’s Smack, Kiss, Fall in Love (i can’t tell if it’s the magic of collaborating with someone like @hailqiqi or the allure of a soulmate AU or a fic with that many chapters). most by comments/bookmarks and second most by kudos is Dueling Hearts.

by notes on tumblr would be Sleep Cute

Story most underappreciated by the universe?

oh gosh i don’t know. throw a dart at my gen fics and you’ll probably hit one?? or else To Sail, To Break, To Earn, my collaboration with @rueitae, could use lots more love i thought you guys liked mermaids

Story that could have been better?

all of them??

Sexiest story?

uh well i’ve never posted anything more explicit than simple foreplay so i suppose that would be Final Lifeline but i also want to make note of like a masochistic moth to dragonflame because i think i did well with a touch of Unresolved Sexual Tension and Bad Press was almost candid about that sort of thing and Lance almost propositioned Pidge by accident

Saddest story?

it’s probably a toss-up between  Final Lifeline (major character death on top of a possible awful future), Misfortune (predicted character death), and a small step (they can’t really be together)

Most fun?

Bad Press was a riot while i was working on it. Everywhere Cats was a lot of fun too, as was scaled to size (though tbh i have fun writing a vast majority of my fics...)

Story with single sweetest moment?

nothing really stands out to me at the moment so this is mostly a cop-out (and Pidge and Lance are at their best when they’re teasing each other anyway) from scaled to size:

“Is there…any room for the brave and dashing knight that rescued you in that future?” Lance whispered.

“Maybe, if you find him.”

“Hey!” Lance exclaimed, pulling away from him slightly.

Pidge snickered and wrapped her arms around his neck. “But there’s room for the brave boy that grew into his too-big britches.”

“Yes, but I’m a knight now too,” Lance pointed out.

“Should I call you Sir Lance now?” Pidge raised an eyebrow while one of her hands wandered into his hair and pulled his head down. “But I think I like Lance better…”

Their noses brushed, and Pidge’s warm breath caressed his face.

Lance’s eyes slid shut when he kissed her.

Hardest story to write?

most likely Displaced because i’m not really into Keith/Matt as a romantic pairing (and it ended up more gen anyway) and i wasn’t really enamored by the idea so i was mostly just trying to wrap up what i had without getting into the concept too much

Easiest/most fun story to write?

the night i bolted out of bed possessed by a spark of inspiration thanks to this art to hammer out Masquerade will forever live in infamy

Did any stories shift your perceptions of the characters?

i don’t think so??

Most overdue story?

scaled to size if only because of the frustration i associate with its inception ;_;

Did you take any writing risks this year? What did you learn from them?

collaborations, for one, not that it’s especially risky, but i’d never done one so that was fun!! Smack, Kiss, Fall in Love oddly enough validated by typical “write on impulse” style though...

for another, i published a fic in a zine!! also i participated in a Bang and a gift exchange, neither of which i’d done before

also posting the start of a multichapter fic not yet finished is a risk that hasn’t quite payed off yet *sweats*

What are your fic writing goals for next year?

no idea. i’m decidedly not a very goal-oriented person, but for now i think i’ll keep it simple and finish my four dubiously active WIPs, write something amazing for the Plance Mini Bang (which i’m also mod-ing oh boy), and outline as often as possible to ease the writing

[pftones3482]

Making Friends

I had the sappiest, sweetest fic idea, and here it is. Post season 7. 

Under a cut for length. 

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There was nothing on TV. Granted, Keith supposed after fighting off a war lord and a giant robot, he couldn’t really expect much to be on television save for the news, but he was BEYOND bored at this point. He had been ordered by Shiro and the doctors to stay in bed. His concussion was worse than the other paladins, and his ribs were pretty badly injured when they found him.  

Allura’s hips had been dislocated, Lance had a concussion and a fracture in his left leg, Hunk had a concussion – he was the least injured of the paladins due to Yellow’s incredible armor – and Pidge had a concussion and several sprained limbs.  

They were lucky, Keith knew that. They should have been dead. They almost were dead, if what he heard was right.  

But he was so bored. His mother and Kolivan had to leave during the daylight hours, in order to help with repairs and debriefings, and Shiro was essentially running the Garrison at this point, with the help of Sam and Iverson, of course. Coran had been by Allura’s side non-stop, and while Romelle and the space mice had visited a few times, Keith didn’t have much in common with them. They were sweet, but it was awkward when they were all alone together.  

Due to allergies, Kosmo wasn’t allowed in the hospital wing, and Keith missed him desperately. He wasn’t allowed to leave his room without an escort, and his ribs hurt so much that he wasn’t sure he wanted to.  

Keith was lonely.  

He sighed and turned off the TV, leaning his head back against the pillows and shutting his eyes,  dragging his hands down his face. The hum of his monitors behind him were comforting but almost grating, and he would have given anything for anyone to come visit him.  

He’d even take Slav at this point.  

What he got instead was the pitter-pattering sound of feet and then the squeaking of his bedroom door. He lifted his hands and his eyebrows in time to see a little girl peep her head in, eyes widening when she saw that he had spotted her. “Um...hello?” he tried.

She squeaked and covered her mouth with a bunch of paper she held clutched in her chubby fists. She couldn’t be more than five or six years old, and her hair color, her eyes, the familiarity of her face...

“You’re...Lance’s niece, right?”

The girl grinned, revealing a missing tooth, and bounced into the room, bobbing her head. “Yup!” she declared, sidling up to Keith’s bed like she had known him for years. She stuck out a hand, very formal. “My name’s Lindy!”

Keith cracked a smile and took her hand, shaking it firmly. “Hi, Lindy. Did you get lost looking for Lance?”  

She shook her head, nose wrinkling. “Nah. Everyone there is booorrrrinnnnngggg. All they wanna do is talk about fighting and stuff. And Alonso won’t give me a turn with the helmet.”  

Keith wracked his brain. “Alonso is...your brother?”

“Yeah! You wanna color?”

Keith blinked, staring down at her hands. Sure enough, alongside the wads of paper she had a box of very tattered, very old looking crayons. Keith couldn’t help but wonder how long she had been holding onto them during the war, but he shook it off. “I’m...I’m not a very good artist,” he managed, accepting the red crayon that she offered him.  

Lindy grinned again, blinding, and before Keith could say anything she had clambered up in the bed alongside him, snuggling contently into his side. “That’s’okay!” she bubbled. “Me neither! But Papa says practice makes perfect!”

Keith chuckled and twirled the crayon between his fingers, relaxing against the warmth of the small child. “I suppose he’s right. What should I draw?”

Lindy tapped her chin with her purple crayon, her lower lip puffing out thoughtfully. “Hmmm...ooh! You can draw Voltron!”  

Keith coughed to hide a laugh. “Uh, that’s kinda hard.”  

“I’ll draw him too, don’t worry! Here’s a green and a blue and a yellow annndddd a black! Now we have all the colors. I’ll race ya!”

She really was related to Lance, Keith mused in amusement as he reached for the black crayon and started drawing Voltron’s head. The pigtails, the giggles, the faint freckles on her cheeks, her laugh, her personality – must have been a family thing.

He moved on to the red lion, wincing as the shape turned into a sort of oblong noodle, and then green, down to blue and yellow. Lindy finished well before him, signing her paper with a flourish of the pink crayon, and then eagerly bounced on the bed as he finished up Yellow’s head.  

“That’s good!” she declared, shoving the pink crayon into his hand. “Now you gotta sign it!”

Keith did as she asked, a smile flickering on his lips, and when he was done he was surprised to get a blank piece of paper shoved in his face. “Another!” Lindy squealed. “This onnnneee....can be whatever you want it to be!”  

Keith hesitated, watching as Lindy bent low over her page - “No peeking!” - and started coloring furiously. He turned back to his own page and reached out, picking up the black, blue, and purple.  

His fingers moved for him, brain struggling to make shapes out of the lines he was putting on the page. This probably wasn’t great for his concussion, but honestly Keith couldn’t remember the last time he had felt this at peace. Olkarion, maybe.  

The lines turned into fur, which turned into eyes and a tail and ears, and then a very cartoonish but recognizable version of Kosmo was staring up at him, and Keith felt a small swell of pride in his chest. He had drawn a lot during his year in the desert, but there was a severe lack of art supplies – and free time – in space, so he had fallen from practice.  

“That’s your dog!” Lindy cried in delight, and Keith jumped, almost having forgotten she was there.  

Keith chuckled and took the offered pink crayon, signing his name at the bottom, a little neater this time. “Yeah, it is. I miss him.”

“Where’d he go?”  

“He can’t come in because some people are allergic to him in this wing. That’s okay though. Coran and my mom are taking care of him.”  

“The orange bushy one?” Lindy asked.  

Keith stifled a laugh. “That’s the one. What did you draw?”  

Lindy blushed and held out the drawing. “It’s for you.”  

Keith stammered a bit but took the offered paper. He stared for a moment, not quite comprehending, and then tilted his head, face softening. “Is this...us?”

Lindy beamed. “Yeah!”  

On the page, from left to right, was a big yellow circle with a smiley face on it’s head and an orange line across it’s head. He was holding hands with a much smaller circle, bright green, with two black circles on the face. 

She in turn held hands with a red square that had a dark splotch of black on top of its head and a triangle on its face, holding hands with a blue square that was slightly more detailed than the rest of the figures, the legs long and gangly and the hair a brown mop. 

The blue square held hands with a pink triangle that had a blue dot in the center of it’s forehead, the skin colored in with a dark brown crayon. Four tiny circles sat on top of and around it, and it was holding hands with a tall black square with a scribble of gray on the top of the head.  

In the back, Keith could see an orange figure and a purple figure waving, and he recognized the mustache and the markings on the faces.  

“This is...great, Lindy,” Keith murmured, something coiling in his chest. He handed her his Kosmo drawing silently, and she took it like it was a priceless artifact, setting it on his bedside table gingerly before turning back to him.

She beamed, her dimples showing, and Keith broke character for just a moment to wrap an arm around her shoulders and squeeze. “Thank you for keeping me company,” he said, soft. “I was pretty lonely before you came.”

Lindy clicked her tongue. “Lance says whenever people are lonely you gotta hug them. But he also says you gotta ask first, cause they might not like that. Can I give you a hug?”  

Keith smiled, cheeks warm. “Lance is pretty smart,” he admitted. “Yes, I would love a hug. But careful, okay, my ribs are still hurt.”  

Lindy nodded very seriously and crawled up onto his lap, leaning gently across his torso and wrapping her chubby arms tightly around his neck. Keith lifted a hand to her back and rubbed it, feeling a bit awkward for a moment before he settled into the hug.  

Lindy was remarkably gentle, shifting when Keith hissed or winced in discomfort, until eventually she was snuggled up on his other side, doodling hearts and stars aimlessly on her last piece of paper, sprawled across his lap. “Is space pretty?” she asked, her jaw breaking in a yawn.  

Movement at his door made Keith look up, only to find Lance hovering there on crutches, a genuine grin on his face and surprise in his eyes as he took in the sight of the two of them. Keith offered a sheepish smile and Lance rolled a hand, telling him to continue.  

“Space,” Keith said, lowering his voice a bit and rubbing a hand up and down Lindy’s arm as he locked gazes with Lance. “Space is the prettiest thing there is, I think. The stars glitter for light years, and the planets are wild and colorful and unlike anything you’ve ever seen. There are mermaids and giant bugs and aliens that can talk to trees. They’re all cool, in their own ways.”

Lindy hummed, her drawing slowing, and Keith let his thumb circle her shoulder. “I think the nicest thing about space though is that I made some very, very good friends.”  

Lindy yawned. “Can we be friends, Keith?”

“I’d love that.”  

[pterodotyl]

Alright. So you know I love you. You know I love this fic. That being said, what the FUCK was that!? What???? The fuck????? Was that????? WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE ANEMONE IS HUMAN WHAT THE FUCK I WAS HOLDING UP HOPE FOR THE KERBEROS CREW BEING ALIVE TOO BUT NA MAN IS THIS FUCKIN BAKU SHIT ARE THEY SACRIFICING HUMANS TO THE ANEMONE??!?! Oh my god that’s why it has the effect too this is fuckin genius and also my worst nightmare what the fuck man what kind of Steven Spielberg shit (1/?)

I can’t believe. It’s 4am and I’m just whispering “what the fuck” over and over again oh my god. I was so scared you were gonna hurt hunk but NOPE Keith is just a cat fish that’s fine that’s okay but what the f u c k  Has altea??? Just been sacrificing people to this thing???? Are the galra actually good?????? Are clean and allura even human??? What’s next is alfor the fuckin anemone??? Like don’t get me wrong I love this so much and I absolutely want you to continue but jesus christ

I came for cute mermaid story but with SCIENCE I guess I’m staying for the legit horror??? W h a t I just I didn’t see that coming at all. Like even with Keith being presented in a horror way but then we find out he’s like a cat basically that’s great! And then WHAM you just bring out the big guns like fuckin blitzkrieg on my mind oh my god. 

Okay I’m done screaming but like. I just wanna know. Was that?? Planned from the beginning???? 

Was the polpy/Growth/THING planned from the beginning? No. Not by a long shot. I was typing up Chapter 8: Permutation when I thought that it would be a little boring if they found the fallen ROV all by itself. So I thought about it for a bit...and then came up with The Growth on-the-fly as I pulled the end of the chapter together.

As for the most recent scene with Pidge’s reveal in particular: I’ve had that moment planned since I thought the polyp up and really figured out what I wanted to do with it and how it would tie into the narrative.

Ngl, designing Keith for this fic has been one of the most fun things about it--everything to do with him and Lance’s parts in this story have been my absolute favourites, and there’s just so much more to come. Making Keith bizarre and inhuman while still balancing in the fact that yes, he is a sentient and just as capable as his human self has been a really fun juggling act, especially when he’s not your typical mermaid.

Keith is basically one giant underwater cat...he’s so slow and lazy when he isn’t fighting for his dumb human boi’s life.

(P.S. I hope you know how much I love your asks, they’re always so fun to read)

(P.P.S. sorry for not answering your comments about everything else lmfdjgd spoilersss)