#i was going to get something else. but it was voltron!!!!!

[bleh1bleh2]

Guess who just went out to dinner and got a VOLTRON (!!!!!) ipa

[thowawayuntilfurthernotice]

Now, correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t the whole point of Netflix originals is to give people an incentive to sub to Netflix to watch a particular show or movie that they can’t watch anywhere else?

What is even the point of labeling something a “Netflix original” if it’s just going to get removed from the service regardless?

Yes, I am aware of the fact that Dreamworks owns the rights to Voltron, but it still doesn’t make any sense to remove the series from Netflix when it has been an “original” for eight years now.

If the Netflix exclusivity deal wasn’t a permanent thing, then they should have been upfront about that.

Anyway, keep buying physical media and keep pirating everything that never got released on DVD/Blu Ray.

[keiffeine]

HELLOOOO ^^ i just read again ur jealous keith nsfw and i was just wondering if u still wrote for vld!!! need more jealous keith content pls🤲🤲 anyways i love ur writing!!! keep it up!!!<3

with gender-neutral reader.

genre: suggestive towards the cut

author’s note: super duper freaking late on this anon. so, so sorry, but thanks for your request!! it is so hard to get my ass to write and it’s the first time i’ve posted something in so long. (all 5 active keiffeine fans cheering rn.) some hcs are sort of repeats from the first part—just think of it as a revision. ;P a little rushed towards the end!

reposting, plagiarizing, modifying, and translating is not allowed.

part one of jealous keith here!

• keith hates when he has moments of jealousy. he feels like he’s being ridiculous. he trusts you, and he knows that you’ll never leave him, but he can’t help it. the stupid voice in the back of his mind keeps feeding him false ideas and he just can’t seem to quiet it down.

• this mostly occurs during diplomatic events, when aliens are chatting you up, making you laugh and smile. he feels his stomach coil uncomfortably. what are they saying? are they making you swoon with stupid jokes and witty pickup lines? do you think they’re more attractive than he is?

• the thought of walking over, pulling you away with a half-assed excuse is tempting, but he forces himself not to. he doesn’t want to look like some sort of pathetic, possessive boyfriend who couldn’t stand not having his partner’s attention on him.

• he’s very avoidant about it, as he’s not a fan of talking about all the jealousy stuff. if he thinks he’s ridiculous in his own mind, it would be even worse telling someone out loud. at some point, shiro asks him what’s wrong, notices the way keith’s got a tight grip around his cup. to which keith responds—“it’s nothing.”

• at the end of the night, keith’s still noticeably tense even when you return to your shared room. the tension between you is thick and uncomfortable. keith avoids your eyes, jaw clenched as he takes off his paladin armor.

• you follow suit and start stripping to get ready for bed, too, but the silence is absolutely killing you.

• “keith, are you alright?” you ask, turning your head to face him. you’re met with his naked back, muscles flexing with every movement. in any other scenario, the sight would’ve turned you on, but you can’t think of anything else but to resolve this awkwardness between you.

• “yeah, why wouldn’t i be?” keith responds. it’s a little too quick, as if automatic. his voice is stiff and clipped, and it makes you bite your lip nervously.

• you turn away and slowly pull on a shirt. it’s silent again for a good minute until keith suddenly presses up against your back, hands wrapping around your middle. he pulls you closer so your back is pressed right up to his bare chest, the heat of his body melting through the fabric of your shirt.

• you suck in a breath when keith presses his lips to the back of your neck, trailing down slowly, ending at your shoulder. he’s silent, and then: “i love you.” it’s soft, quiet. there’s a hint of nervousness to it that makes you borrow your eyebrows.

• “i love you, too,” you respond, cheeks growing warm while you turn your head just slightly to look at him over your shoulder. “you’re sure you’re okay?”

• “just…” keith bites his bottom lip, choosing his words carefully. “just wanna show you how much i love you.”

• he takes you to the bed, the rest of the night going by in a blur. keith’s on top of you and your lips clash in passionate, messy kisses. eventually, your clothes come off one by one, scattered all over the floor, with your legs hitched onto his hips. “you’re mine, okay? no one else’s.” keith grunts, hips snapping against yours, causing you to gasp. you almost see white for a split-second, voice caught in your throat so you nod instead.

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[honeyspeeches]

theory that Keith really was in love with Lance makes season 7 and 8 almost comedic at times. Keith letting Lance get away with shit because “anything you say gorgeous.” only early season 7 but him letting Lance pick the lion arrangements and trusting him to lead the team the next episode. moral of Voltron (2016): gay people will be your boss and make that everyone else’s problem

I love this ask because it's so funny, and at first I was only going to respond with my agreement that Keith is really just outing himself as in love with Lance any time he has to interact with him, but then I started wondering... does he out himself?? is it visible through his actions after season 6? Which led to the question,

Does Keith have a soft spot for Lance after his return?

We know thanks to this analysis that Keith definitely has a soft spot for Lance in the first three seasons, before he leaves. But when he comes back, the first thing he does is yell at Lance. This is very out of character for Keith, given what we've seen from his reactions to Lance since season 1. Keith is very rarely actually angry at Lance, like he seems here in Season 6, Episode 4. And here I discuss why he reacts that way. So it seems like, after season 6, something changed, and Keith hates Lance now. But... Is that true? What does Keith's actions tell us?

Let's have a look together, shall we?

Their first interaction, despite popular belief, is not Keith yelling at Lance, but actually here:

[Season 6, Episode 4: The Colony, 05:05]

Lance commenting on Keith's appearance. Which we know Keith hears, because he reacts:

[Season 6, Episode 4: The Colony, 05:10]

His expression changes, turning more serious. Okay... that's interesting... Why was it necessary to cut to Keith while Lance is still speaking? Usually, this type of shot is used to indicate that the receiver heard the person speaking, and to show us the receivers reaction to what is being said. This is evidenced when Keith reacts to Hunk saying that Lotor is in the Quintessence field and we see Keith's expression change again and him saying "Oh, no". So, we know that Keith heard what Lance said, not just by the shot, but also because his expression changes. Keith reacts to Lance commenting on his appearance by changing the subject and asking where Lotor is. And it seems his impatience reaches a head when Keith lands and they have their second interaction here:

[Season 6, Episode 4: The Colony, 06:05]

Wanna know something interesting about this?? Keith's expression changes again when Lance says this and walks towards him, because THIS is his expression while Lance talks:

Keith is not frowning nearly as much as when he yells at Lance. That means he reacts again to Lance commenting on his looks. Again, I examined here what lies behind Keith's reaction, but as far as we've seen, this pretty much sets up the "Keith dismisses Lance because he doesn't take him seriously," impression that the casual viewer gets (and many fans when the season was released...)

In fact, Lance talks to Keith multiple times in this episode, but Keith never answers him.

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[starcurtain]

3.4 Leaks

Been seeing a lot of leaks for HSR 3.4 and...

I know everyone is freaking out about this, that we'll have to fight our old friends, claiming this will be a new cycle already, but I don't think it makes sense for that to be the case--all the other cycles of Amphoreus have started in peace, with non-corrupted titans. If "restarting Amphoreus" doesn't reset the system back to the start of the cycle before the world was ending, then what would be the point of restarting it at all?

Perhaps they're going to go with "Wahhh, the restart didn't work because all the demigods are corrupted by the black tide, ohhh nooo, you have to defeat them first!" Which I guess could work, if being a bit boring...

But personally I wonder if this isn't something else: I feel like everyone is forgetting that Phainon still hasn't passed the World-Bearing Coreflame trial.

My guess is one of four things:

The World-Bearing Coreflame trial will require Phainon to face the memories of those he lost, and these forms are a reflection of what he believes is the suffering of his friends. Defeating these forms will become symbolic of freeing them from the miseries of the current, corrupted cycle in Amphoreus.

Restarting Amphoreus/completing the "Genesis" requires Phainon to use the powers of multiple coreflames, so he has to defeat manifestations of the other coreflames in order to claim their powers.

Restarting Amphoreus requires accurate memories of everyone, but Phainon's memories of his friends are now twisted by his experiences with the titans, so he needs to defeat them and bring back his "true" memories in order to produce the good end.

Maybe, MAYBE Phainon loses it in 3.4 and this is Mydei, Castorice, and Hyacine trying to stop him, but this still seems odd--how would we restart Amphoreus in order to get them into titan form, but still be the bad guys enough to provoke all three of them to attack?

Since we know that we're going to a non-destroyed version of Aedes Elysiae in 3.4, my guess is that the trial of the World-Bearer coreflame will actually be an involved process that might take most of the patch (or, alternatively, that we'll be using Oronyx's power to rewind time because there's something we can only achieve by going back to Aedes Elysiae). My guess is that the entire patch will be about exploring Phainon's past--both the past he supposedly thinks is real (Aedes Elysiae) and hints of the actual truth of what's occurring with Cyrene, Lygus, etc.

Therefore, if we're walking in Phainon's past and present, him being tormented by memories of the friends that were effectively sacrificed to get him to his current position makes perfect sense.

Frankly, I would be shocked if these bosses end up being actually Mydei, Castorice, and Hyacine, and not "It's a manifestation of the coreflames' power," "It's part of your trial to defeat these shades, Phainon," or at most "It's a corruption of the black tide" or something.

I do half expect them to combine and form Voltron to create 3.4's super boss, though.

Basically, I'm not worried lol.

[cosmicpack]

A klance ending.

Where after everything is said and done; Allura lives, Lance takes time off to be with his family (not a farmer, just a break). Lance and Allura break up shortly after the war. They both realize they were two hurt people trying to find comfort in each other, but Allura was using Lance as a rebound and Lance realizes they both deserve better. It’s mutual and only a little awkward.

Keith is helping the Blade of Mamora make the transition into a relief group.

He taken on a leadership position (along side Kolvian and Krolia)

Acxa joined as well and together they convince Ezor and Zethrid to join.

Note: I wish more people added them in post canon fics. I think it’s so funny that they are now Keith’s squad. And I think there is a lot of fun that can be had with those relationships. Whether wholesome as Keith unknowingly expands his found family, or angst as the girls compare their new lives to their lives with Lotor, but that’s another post.

Anyway Voltron has their one year post war meeting. And Keith is telling everyone about the Blade work and how they are working with the rest of the Galra to figure things out.

Lance teases him about them asking Keith to lead and Keith turning it down. When Keith confirms, they all laugh.

Everyone stops laughing when Axca, Ezor and Zethrid show up running towards Keith.

Keith is out of his chair in an instant. He worried something horrible has happened. Is Krolia hurt? What about Kolvian? Did something happen with the blade? There are planets with extreme prejudice against the Galra and they’ve had attacks against their relief teams before.

He’s not ready for what leaves their lips.

Apparently after Keith refused to lead, no one has been able to gather enough support to become the leader of the New Galra government. Keith was an easy pick because of his connections to the Blade, Voltron, and the Atlas. He has fallible connections and experience. No one else can gain the over all support he did.

And you know he’s also pretty. Like unfairly so (for a halfbreed) and somehow the remaining candidates come to the conclusion that whoever can gain Keith as their mate will be the one to lead the Bew Galra Empire.

After all if Keith doesn’t want to lead he doesn’t have to, he can just sit in the arm of whoever is leading. Give the people reassurance that they are in good hands.

So know at least 15 different Galra, from members of Zarcon’s old regime, to High ranking Blade members, anyone who wants to lead the Galra. Are making their way here to try and court Keith and or force him into Marriage/Mating.

Shiro is instantly in over protective Big Brother mode. They need to get Keith out of there.

Kolivan and Krolia had sent Axca, Ezor, and Zethrid for that reason and to back Keith up if he had to fight.

The rest of Voltron is moving to try and help Keith.

But Lance

Lance is a mix between indignant for his friend who has somehow become a trophy for people to win. Enrage that there is talk about people trying to force Keith to mate them. And also a burning need to keep Keith safe.

But there are also old feelings. He’s mature enough now to know he’s had a crush on Keith for a long time now. And now Keith is apparently the most desired bachelor in the universe!!!

Anyhow I think you can have a lot of fun with this

You can have Keith dealing with a lot of stupid/rude proposals

Gossipy Girl squad. They’d do anything for Keith but they are also going to Mike each of these horrible proposals

Jealous and protective Lance

Big brother Shiro

Maybe even bring in the Lions being protective

You can also go the route of lance just declaring that he and Keith are engaged/courting.

He’s trying to get everyone to stop bothering Keith.

But it puts these two, who have been pinning for each other for years in a fake dating situation.

Also Lance suddenly is enemy number one for anyone wanting to ascend to the Galra thrown.

I just think it’s a fun idea

Part 2

[erinwantstowrite]

do you have any advice how to get over the fear of posting fanfiction?

idk if you would relate to that but for some reason I just can't publish anything online that isn't my original work, idk if I'm scared that fandoms are going to bully me or that nobody will read it or something else

I know these fears are irrational, but I would love to hear if you had any advice for me

you gotta jump headfirst into it. like this:

when i was 13 years old i wrote a mary sue oc for a marauders fanfiction, named Lana Portland, who could see the future and fell in love with Sirius Black. her one goal was stopping the prophecy and saving everyone, but she died, came back to life at her own funeral, and then disappeared off the face of the earth because she lost her mind. what happened to her? she could only have a sane mind while she was an owl, her animagus form, but no one knew she was an animagus. you'll never believe what owl she was: Hedwig.

if the Erin writing to you right now was the Erin from about six years ago, they would NEVER have admitted that. however, the Erin I am now can. why? because the embarrassment i felt when i turned 15 and hated looking at it has worn off.

Now Erin has finally come to terms with the fact that being "cringe" is a hell of our making. 15 year old Erin was absolutely sure they'd get bullied to hell and back if anyone knew what they had written at 13. they were much more mature than 13 year old Erin, because they wrote Voltron fanfic, not Harry Potter

being scared of what people thought of my writing was a huge obstacle to overcome, and that's because writing is intensely personal

at first, i wrote my Voltron fics with the fandom in mind. i really wanted some validation, but i was miserable and hated writing. eventually, i went back to my roots of just... writing with only myself in mind. and i was happy again, posting with barely any thought to if someone would like the fic. so sure, reading any of my old works would make me want to throw myself into a pit of fire, but there's something freeing about knowing i had posted them. i am where i am now because i hadn't worried about what people thought of it when i was writing it.

over the years, i've found that fics i wrote that were intended to make absolutely everyone happy with me were my worst fics. i didn't enjoy making them, and people still found a way to be dissatisfied with something i've done. the fics where i do absolutely anything i want, even if it ends up making no sense, were the fics i had the most fun writing. and i didn't regret making them

all this to say: treat your fanfic like it's your own original work, have your fun! don't worry about if people tell you "Character would never do that, you are awful." because 1) who cares, and 2) you can block them, and they can block you

now let's say you're no longer scared of getting dunked on for your writing, so you posted it. good job! now you're wanting people to read your work, but you're scared they won't.

this part is complicated because you could do all the "right" things and still get nothing. that can be making sure you're tagging your fic correctly, or making a bunch of posts about your fic and asking people to read, etc. so, before you focus on getting more people to read, you should remind yourself that even if absolutely no one reads your fic, that doesn't mean you should be ashamed of your work. this also ties back into being content with your writing and doing it for yourself first and foremost.

my favorite fic i've written is "Coffee Jelly Disaster." it's only 900 words, it's not nearly my best writing technically, and barely anyone has read it. that last part ate at me when i first posted it because i thought more people would read it. but i still love it! it's so simple and i had fun

when i started writing LoF it was just for me and my friend, and then it got popular because i made a couple of silly tiktoks, which were also for me and my friend. i hadn't expected so many people to tune in when i started, because i had a couple of well read fics before, but nothing like this.

you don't have control over that kind of stuff because there's a lot of different favtors. and it really depends on what fandom you're writing for, too. Saiki K is not nearly as big as Spider-Man and Batman.

so the way i see it, if you post and get two hits and one like, that's still somebody out there who saw your work and wanted you to see they liked it. if you never post it at all, no one will. you gotta take the first step forward to get somewhere, and eventually you'll be running. we end up regretting our inactions the most

[forestleavescat]

Moominvalley: Or Not at All

A long post about Moominvalley through the different seasons. Planning, potential, promises, and outcomes.

This won’t go super far into detail about season 4 but it will talk about a certain outcome as well as handling of characters and relationships. If you don’t want any spoilers or info on the fourth season steer clear

(I’m not the best with titles)

I watched season 4 of moominvalley last night and I was pretty dang disappointed in how certain things were handled. Don’t get me wrong. There was some nice stuff. But it still felt like it was largely missing what made me love the show so much from the start. As well as things I had been looking forward to from the books. Above all else, I feel like their handling of the fandom’s favorite pairing was bad. I can’t even begin to put into words how upset I am since gutsy and by extension moominvalley felt like a company that wouldn’t do this. I want to put my thoughts on paper so to speak. 

It’s insanely disappointing to know that this company has been queerbaiting since day one. This show is a huge comfort to me and it was nice to watch since it helped me feel more at ease with my own sexuality. But now that feeling has been largely reversed because I know that those moments were manufactured to sell the show only for them to drop them by the end. So let’s look at things

Queer coding has existed for a long time. It’s helped creators give hints and nods to a character’s identity or hints of a relationship when times and places don’t exactly allow for it. There are many stories that have queer coding and give this beautiful subtext that those in the community can enjoy. Even though it would remain ambiguous whether a character was gay or two men or women were dating, the coding allowed it to be suggested even when it wasn’t allowed given the time period. 

Queerbaiting is almost the opposite of this. Queerbaiting comes about more from existing in a time or place where it is accepted but instead of giving genuine representation, a person uses the desire to see that representation to sell a product. Moments between characters that are clearly more than friendship only to disappear - often replaced by a hetero pairing. (Tbf the character who was implied to have feelings for someone of the same gender would still be bi or pan but it stings when the idea of something between two people of the same gender was suggested but removed) Queerbaiting has been an extremely frustrating thing to experience in fandom spaces. Series like voltron, sherlock, supernatural, etc. You get invested in these characters. There’s a possibility and every moment that suggests it could be more gets you hooked. Similar to how miraculous viewers became invested in the romance that’s hinted since day one. If you put the time and effort into using that for a story and draw people in with it only to take it away it’s bordering false advertising. It sucks because you spent time caring about it and waiting to see how it would play out. 

I mean just look at this. The moominvalley team did this deliberately. I mean, they included that one scene in the teaser which made it seem like more snufmin. It felt like a taste of what the season would offer but in reality it was one of few crumbs. And I mean crumbs. Because compared to the other seasons there was hardly anything. Their moments didn’t have this underlying feeling that they usually did. Every other season felt like it had underlying feelings to be explored. But here it became hollow. And snufkin took a backseat to a lot of the action this season

 But they definitely knew that the fans were interested in this pairing. It’d be tough to get into the moomins without knowing about this part of the story and community. And they acknowledged this idea of moomin and snufkin multiple times in interviews and qnas. 

And voice actors aren’t the ones who decide but there were more than just vas discussing this.

This series started off with their relationship. Episode one ended with the first mention of snufkin who’d be returning to the valley in the very next episode. That entire second episode gave a clear look into how their relationship would develop throughout the series. Moomin waiting for snufkin longingly while snufkin took his time until showing up felt right all while missing moomintroll. This episode has a sort of sense that there could be something more to them. Especially seeing as moomin is more focused on snufkin than snorkmaiden, his love interest. The following episode gives us this:

And while moomin wants the dragon to be his loyal pet, we know that “And just promise me this, that you'll give me all your kisses Every winter, every summer, every fall”

is referring to somebody other than that. This leaned much heavier into the potential for something beyond friendship between them.

There are the usual moments that could go either way, with focus between them and close contact.

This is more similar to other adaptations where they have a clear, close relationship. But in most of those you could come to love the pairing but you generally know they won’t do something unambiguous. Just the occasional scene that could be read as potentially romantic.

Moominvalley doesn’t strictly stick to this though. It feels similar to the original works where there is something ambiguously there. Then it further implies that there will be something important between them storywise. You get Tooticky saying that there are other lost souls waiting to be heard before the camera cuts to Snufkin leaving the valley alone.

And this didn’t really get fulfilled in any real way. Yet it implies that the future of the series will go in a direction where moomin is the one to help snufkin in some way. That part isn’t even romantic, but it goes to show that they stopped focusing on this important connection between them.

Their relationship in season 2 continues very beautifully. Moomin immediately wants to go make sure snufkin is okay when the volcano’s gonna erupt. There’s an entire conversation that highlights their difference of perspective with loving vs possessing in regards to the ruby and the hobgoblin. Something that is linked to their relationship and things they need to figure out. Then when they have to leave the valley, moomin wonders if he’ll ever see snufkin again. On top of that, he and snorkmaiden have their break up.

Which I want to talk about their relationship a bit. A majority of the episodes that feature them as leads do it with a wedge between them. Their relationships is honestly not great going both ways. They clash and are generally unhappy. And usually moomin has to apologize for something that doesn’t exactly feel is entirely on him. Little My I get. I mean he didn’t think the note would get to mymble but this was still a genuine mess up on his part. But he ended up on a rock in the middle of the sea over the ghost episode. And snorkmaiden spends much of their time making a home together getting angry because he misses his family and hasn’t come to terms with saying goodbye to them. There are times they’re together where he’s selfish and she’s just angry at him. They don’t feel like a happy couple to cheer for. Back in 90s moomins I actually did like them. They were cute. I was a bit divided between that and snufmin because there were these moments that really did count for a lot and had such a wholesome feeling. But moominvalley honestly made me cheer for a break up. Meanwhile, he and snufkin have this relationship that they’re navigating in moominvalley. They don’t argue much even when they have different perspectives. Moomin admires snufkin and in some ways tries to emulate him. But all while still being his own moomin and figuring himself out.

The two are still given parallels in little moments such as zooming in when they take each other’s hands.

So back to season 2 and how it handled snufmin. When moomin leaves the valley we see snufkin dealing with that absence for a change. He begins to understand how moomin feels when he’s gone. While he’s at the moomin house he seems pretty in his element for the most part. He seems happy to play along and give toffle an idea of what the moomin family was like. But in that there are scenes where he’s looking for a note. We see bits of how much he misses moomin and wants to know where his friend has gone and when he’ll be back. This is the beginning of a shift in their relationship. Because snufkin gets to feel what moomin feels like. And when he hears that the moomins are coming his face lights up the way moomintroll’s would.

They’re often portrayed in a way that shows that they’re the most important person to the other. There’s this sort of soft undertone that seems to suggest feelings. And all while their relationships grows and changes and they become all the better for it.

Also there’s this

Season 3!

Season 3 felt like there was a change in direction. I feel at this point that there was deliberate queerbaiting but I also know that there was a shift somewhere around season 3. We got the music cut. The voice actor for moomin changed. There were some adjustments with the writing team. But they still deliberately put in scenes with this duo. And with romantic framing. I could be convinced that season 1 and 2 were made with the idea of them as endgame in some capacity. That the queerbaiting wasn’t from day 1 and that it began here. There were really great moments with them. But it feels like they shoehorn snorkmaiden in as a romantic interest again. A lot of episodes with her here don’t exactly make it explicit but there are some that nail it in. They reunite and it almost feels like they’re back together again without a full conversation. Especially with the final episode. I feel like the narrative would’ve been richer if they hadn’t done that considering the way they’ve been building snufmin up.

But I’ll focus on moomin and snufkin for now. When snufkin sees moomin again moomin goes for the greeting he’s been used to but snufkin gives him a hug. That description alone won’t do it justice though. The music rises as it zooms in on their eyes as they make their way to each other. When snufkin hugs moomin you can see the joy from both of them. It shows how their greetings and by extension their relationship has evolved over the seasons.

And then it cuts to snorkmaiden.

This becomes a notable pattern in season 3. It’ll give a really meaningful scene that pushes snufkin and moomin in a more romantic light only to undercut it by reminding you that snorkmaiden is here. It’s at this point where it feels like they know a ton of fans are here for snufmin. They include the pairing. But they also seem to be reminding us that snorkmaiden is here to stay and in a more romantic way. But there’s still this hope, especially if you recall everything from seasons 1 and 2 and the way that they felt. Especially if you rewatch them right before watching season 3. And the show very clearly uses that and makes it feel like there’s a chance. Makes the viewers hope and stick around to find out.

So let’s go through season 2. Moomin and snufkin make some progress on their relationship. They’ve switched positions now and have more of an idea of how the other feels when one of them leaves. And from there they communicate that. Especially moomin. This is shown to a degree in the episode with the fairgrounds. Again in lonely mountain. There are also little nods here and there about their relationship. But again. Lonely mountain is the big one. It starts with little my getting on moomin’s case for worrying over his ‘precious snufkin’

As usual moominmama also seems to act like she knows there’s something more to his relationship with snufkin. Papa remains oblivious though. There’s a parallel between the parents and snufmin too. But the most well known part is this

look. there’s nothing remotely platonic about this. This is one of those things that someone straight and homophobic could detect. The point where they’d stop arguing ‘they’re just friends’ because there’s no way that’s all. I mean just listen to moomin’s “yes” when snufkin goes to add something. There’s so much hope and feeling in that word that I would love to get my hands on the script to find the voice direction for that. I mean come on

And better yet it ends with an interruption so we know they’ll have a whole heart to heart later. A conversation where they lay out their feelings. The feelings that were clearly present here.

Except they don’t

Anyway the season goes on. Moomin, snufkin, and obligatory third wheel sniff go on a journey to take the sun back after it was stolen. They get it back and the season ends with a beautifully queer scene that promises more to come from these two.

Except that a few minutes prior snorkmaiden calls moomin her soulmate and they have their usual thing. And even after snorkmyden really did get some good content this season.

Look, I know that snorkmyden was probably not on their minds throughout production. There’s a difference between the way they handle snufmin and the way they handle snorkmyden. Both duos get great development in their relationships but while there are a ton of cute moments between snorkmaiden and little my, it never feels like there’s a focus on making that endgame. It feels more like snufmin did in some of the other adaptations - something with cute moments and a genuine bond that could be seen as romantic but it’s highly unlikely it won’t be. I want to say this since this series didn’t feel that way for snufmin. It felt like the first chance of it working out fully. I put a lot of scenes in here showing it but the first two season really show it in a way clips and gifs can’t. There’s just so much there and it’s beautiful and sweet. It feels hopeful for them.

Until season 4. Season 4 feels like the team shrugged off all of it. They step even further away. It’s like season 3 but without any of the scenes between them. Suddenly, you’re looking at scenes between them where they talk and have physical contact but the deeper feelings are completely gone. It’s like the anime. Where you can smile about it and think ‘aw them’ but you know it won’t happen. They heavily lean to snorkmaiden and moomin instead. This is the final season. They know people will watch to see if moomin and snufkin go anywhere romantically. And even if people don’t finish it, they’ve got people paying for memberships just to see if it happens. So it doesn’t matter if it doesn’t happen. Because they’ve secured the views and the money.

I do want to say that when I refer to it as becoming canon I don’t know if they’d call each other boyfriends or even kiss. But I would expect them to acknowledge it as there being something more. Like the series ending with them having a discussion about how much they mean to each other. Something that shows they’ll go into the future and continue to get close. Physical closeness like a hug or one putting his hand on the others or even just leaning against each other. Whatever it would be I’d expect more than this. Because they very clearly built these two to be inseparable in that one required the other to undergo their full arc. The show starts with a promise that their relationship will be close to the story. But then season 4 hardly shows snufkin at all

This is what queerbaiting is. And I never expected it to happen with this series. Not after the team talked about it with care. It’s such a gut punch after waiting for five years to see how it’d turn out. I don’t know if they always intended it to be a way to bring in customers. Maybe it was initially going to work out but they changed it between season 2 and 3. I don’t know. But this. This really is queerbaiting. We live in a time where gay relationships are more accepted. They show up in the media more. We’re finally at a time where this relationship could be made more explicit instead of having this ambiguously romantic subtext. And if someone made a new adaptation of moomins and didn’t do that, that would be perfectly and completely fair and okay. If they didn’t consistently imply that there could and even would be something more. But here they used a very old and well loved pairing to gather fans and make money only to never have it come to fruition. Season 4 of moominvalley felt like companies on july 1st. I literally can’t think of a better comparison for how it feels. The first video starts with the quote “The Spring Tune is where we say that this series is going to be different. That you’re going to have to wait and give it time and just be patient. And wait for the story to unfold.”

And so many people did. But then it turned out like this. And I don’t know if that was always the intention. Because it feels like that interview was suggesting that it would go in that direction. But heck. The whole series up until season 3 felt like it would go in that direction. And then it didn’t.

Gay representation is something that has a huge positive impact on the lgbtq community. Even more so on the world overall since it allows people to see these relationships and shows that it’s okay for people to be gay. And it would be even nicer for a series that started off with that subtext got the full representation now that we’re in more accepting times. And it felt like it would be even more meaningful with recent treatment of gay stories.

Our flag means death was cancelled, shadow and bone, the owl house had its final season drastically shortened, good omens is only getting a single episode for their finale

Many are just getting dropped and in a time where this community needs them more than ever. These are shows that make people feel seen. Shows that bring a feeling of joy and comfort and acceptance. And it’s even worse to see that there’s still queerbaiting now. This could’ve had such a beautiful ending and likely would’ve been loved for many years to come if they committed to what they’d built up all this time. How could someone take a series created by a woman who not only added subtext in her original stories but was bi, and use it to build up a romantic story just to bring in money and then toss all that development away. I don’t know what else to say other than this is queerbaiting. And the gay community deserves better. I really did believe that moominvalley would do better by us.

[theresattrpgforthat]

A magical girl or superhero game with mechanics around working together/combo moves in combat

THEME: Magical Girl / Superhero Collaboration!

Hello there, I'm not sure if what I found exactly hits the mark of what you're looking for, but I hope that somewhere in my library there's a game that gets what you're looking for! There will be a nice long list of former recommendations at the bottom of this post.

Henshin, by Cave of Monsters Games

Henshin! A Sentai RPG is a storytelling tabletop game about young heroes with transformative powers who battle both monsters and personal problems. It borrows from a Japanese superhero culture of color-coded masked teams, giant robots, and over-the-top special effects. Anyone can tell fun, collaborative stories in Henshin!, regardless of familiarity with the tropes, and the game showcases a diversity of settings and characters for every player.

In Henshin, each playbook comes with a Special Turn, which allows you to manipulate a resource called tokens, provided you do something that involves the other members of the group. Henshin also has a special set of moves called Squad Turns, which allow you to work together to unleash your Ultimate Attack, or to turn your mechs into their Ultimate Form.

I think that this game would be a pretty easy game to hack into a magical girl game if you're not quite bought into the Sentai genre.

By Our Powers Combined, by ManOKentGames.

By Out Powers Combined is a chanceless, measureless, open perfect information, small models count miniatures skirmish game of synergistic superhero combat. Play is based on relative positions, teams become more powerful the more of their allies they can draw line of sight to and ultimately win by combining all of their powers. The game is designed to represent a team like Voltron or the Planeteers struggling to combine into the powers of their final form.

In this game, your team becomes more powerful if you can line up enough allies in the right position, and create the perfect synergy to unleash a combination attack. From what I can tell, this game does expect two players to control multiple superheroes, with each side creating synergy with their own allies. If you want a game where a group of players are all working together to defeat a single goal, you might need to look somewhere else.

Crisis Angels, by arisia.

Crisis Angels is a pen-and-paper RPG about transforming heroines battling cosmic horrors and inner turmoil. Players take on the roles of combatants in a long, hidden war against fearsome entities bent on humanity’s destruction. Each character has it in her to become a heroine capable of triumphing over these horrors — but only if she doesn’t lose herself in the process.

Crisis Angels uses a mechanic called Bonds to encourage teamwork. You can use your Bonds to calm your teammates when they get too close to hitting a Crisis, make a request of a teammate in situations where you might need them to do something they normally wouldn't do, or add to a teammate's roll. Interestingly enough, Bonds don't have to be used purely for teamwork - you can also use your bonds to heighten the conflict, by attempting to push a teammate into a difficult position, or taking away from a result when they roll.

Prism: Together As One Once More, by byfrancita.

Now, and in the name of love, justice, and friendship, go save the world from the forces of evil!

Prism is a tabletop RPG where you play as magical protectors in the style of Sailor Moon, Magic Knight Rayearth, Cardcaptor Sakura, and other Magical Girl examples in media.

You and your group are a facet, a part of the soul of a Goddess that was shattered a long time ago, and now is reincarnated in you all, so you can accomplish an important mission, and find strength in the power of love, justice and friendship!

In Prism, you can all work together to do something called a Group Check, which asks your group to each roll individually, and then compare your results. If you all pass, you accomplish your goal with style. If less people fail than succeed, you succeed with a complication. If more people fail than succeed, there's a failure with a silver lining, and if everyone fails, you reach disaster. Out of all the games I've listed, I think Prism might be the closest to what you're looking for.

Masks, by Magpie Games, and Ribbons by Eva Terra.

A giant robot is smashing down Main Street. Your best friend tried to kiss you. Your mom thinks your grades need work. Your mentor thinks your team is bringing you down. Oh, and your costume is ripped.

Just another day in Halcyon City…

Monsters from the moon are wrecking havoc downtown. Your rival's face is on the billboards selling toys. You're running out of estrogen. Your parents think you should quit and inherit the store. Your friend wants you to do vandalism. You didn't even have breakfast yet and you have fifteen minutes till class.

If you want to emphasize Teamwork, MASKS has a resource called a Team pool that can be spent to add +1 to your roll. Adjacent to the teamwork mechanics, there's also Influence, which can be used to complicate your team's relationship among the different members.

If you want to play as Magical Girls, Ribbons is a hack that provides an alternate setting, as well as some advice on how to convert some of the playbooks into Magical Girl characters.

For Further Reading...

Superheroes, Kids-Only Recommendation Post

Superheroes Part 1

Superheroes Part 2

Superheroes Part 3

Magical Girls Recommendation Post

Short-List of Magical Girl Recommendations

Fun, Fantastic Youths Recommendation Post

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[voltronisanobsession]

Hii, I hope you are having a good day or night! I've recently read your platonic yandere voltron things. And I was wondering if you would make some more headcanons? Or stories with platonic yandere? Here are some ideas you could write either a few headcanons or a story about, for if you have low inspiration. Kidnapped reader with platonic yandere voltron, maybe by an alien species who wanted to help the reader? How would the team react? What would they do? Or maybe the reader get really sick which isn't easily cured cue the panic from the team? Again, just so you know I really like your work! So keep up the good work, and thank you for making your works in the first place! Take good care of yourself, and stay hydrated!

Yandere Voltron’s Reaction to Reader being Taken

O M G DONT EVEN PLAY WITH ME RNNNN!!!! I absolutely LOVE yandere voltron like they’re so fun to write for🤞😜 I love the idea of the group just going crazy if reader were to escape UGHH

tysm pookie, take care of yourself too and ENJOY THIISSSS

OK YOU JUST SPURRED IDEAS INTO MY HEAD

I can already imagine the group going crazy when reader suddenly gets swept up right from their grasp out of nowhere by some random spaceship

I know you said some kind of an alien species taking reader but hear me out

It’s LOTOR AND HIS LITTLE GROUPIES OOOOO

It’s painfully obvious that you’re the real star in voltron seeing as how possessive and protective they are of you, hiding you away whenever danger is nearby

So it only makes sense to Lotor to just kidnap you as leverage for his plans

Little did he know that you would be THANKING him for taking you away from the group lmao😭

Imagine your tied up and homeboys getting ready to explain his super mastermind plan to you when all of a sudden you start rambling about how good it feels to be away from them

“Nothing personal, you were the only thing holding that sad excuse of a team together, so I needed you out of the picture for now.” Cue smirk

“UGH THANK GOD! I was literally starting to lose my mind in there, you have no IDEA how needy they all are.”

Now cue a dumbfounded Lotor

He was not expecting reader to be so relaxed considering how he just snatched you up out of nowhere

You’re just chilling while looking around his ship, maybe making conversation with his generals

You finally get a break from the constant attention and possessiveness, ANYTHING is better than being around the group

While you’re happily talking your voice away with Lotor a group, everyone in the castle is freaking the fuck out

It’s bad enough that they let you slip away from their grasp, it’s worse knowing it was Lotor who took you away💀

We all know how Lance feels about Lotor so I think he would have one of the more extreme reactions to you being taken away

Probably starts pointing fingers and starts blaming everyone for not being able to keep you safe

Lowkey begins targeting Keith because it’s somehow always his fault when something goes wrong💀💀

Lance might even starting crying and wailing out for you with Hunk when the situation finally hits him

Keith is also another one to have a more violent outburst during and after your disappearance

He’s someone I see with strong emotions that he doesn’t know how to handle yet so we already know how he might act

Agitated? Yes. Scared? For you, yeah. Furious? Oh honey absolutely.

Keith might have almost caught you too, but he didn’t. He’s so angry with everything and mostly himself that’s he’s pushing everyone else’s buttons, trying to convince the group that the only right choice is immediately going after you

He’s too anxious now that you’re not in his line of sight, making him kinda desperate to get you back again

Hear me out but I think the calmest ones would PROBABLY be Shiro and Pidge

Now I’m not saying that they’re CALM but they have the nerves mostly in tact

They’re already trying to locate where you are with the secret tracker that have on you so it doesn’t really benefit them to try and blame someone for what happened to you

Pidge’s hands shake while she’s working her whizz tho. She has to type, erase, and retype every now and then because of how nervous and anxious she is

She’s so used to having you around that now her brain can’t function properly without you

She doesn’t want to lose you like how she lost her brother and father so Pidge is trying her best to have a one track mind

Shiro on the other hand is more level headed

He really does try to calm the group down as best as he could but with Lance and Hunk crying, Keith yelling at them to get up and do something, Pidge taking a long time to track you down, and Allura and Coran seemingly in an entire different universe, he can’t help but feel the pressure of this disaster falling on his shoulders

This man is ready to just end Lotor when they find him like I’m not even joking

Everyone is getting on this man’s nerves and knowing that you’re trapped with Voltrons enemy doesn’t really make him feel any better

Hunk might even strike fear into Shiro while he’s babbling on about if you’re hurt or not, if they’re torturing you to get any information out of you etc

Poor Hunk is a flood gate at this point. One moment you’re right next to him and the next you’re not

He’s having a complete meltdown in a corner, maybe trying to comfort himself with a small picture of a selfie you both took together

This dude is already imagining all these terrible scenarios you could possibly be in which makes him feel even more terrible

Quite literally feels like he’s gonna throw up now when he begins thinking about how he’ll never see you again

Allura and Coran are surprising quite and calm during all this

They’d keep to themselves but know that they’re going through some extreme inner turmoil

It’s kind of like Allura disconnected herself from the world ever since you’ve been taken

Her skin itches to run out and grab a pod to find you herself but she knows it’s a brash idea

The only thing she does is mull over the idea of making Lotor regret messing with Voltron

BUT TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORTT

They are willing to do anything to get you back, not caring for the description they’ll leave along the way

The longer your gone the less control and stability they’ll have as a group

Desperate and irrational are some words to describe them during your being away from them

They will stop at nothing to have you back with them, some more destructive and violent than others

No one holds back when getting you back from Lotor, leaving his ships wrecked and forcing him to put his plans on pause as he recovers

Who knows, maybe him and his group might’ve grown similar possessive feelings towards you as well with the time you spent with them? HMMMM

[theoriginalriffles]

klance fic recs pt.2 (as of June 2025)

to see my first rec list, go here. organized by word count <3

You can't even light blunts in space by hayleykiyoko // 5k // Canon

writer's synopsis:

After Lance is in a healing pod for record-breaking time, Keith is surprised to see him come out different.

my notes: basically, Lance loses his memory in the pod, and the paladins make Keith be the one to take care of him. this fic is genuinely so funny and cute, Lance is such a lovable shithead here. ps there's no actual weed usage here lol.

To All Seven Moons and Back by UndimmableSpark // 5k // Canon

writer's synopsis:

While exploring a rainy planet with an abundance of moon related culture, Keith does his best to puzzle out how Lance feels about him.

my notes: sooooo sweet and precious and silly. neurodivergent Keith you've got my heart 4ever!!

you're my pepsi-cola, I'm your coca-cola by laallomri // 9k // AU

writer's synopsis: “Are those Victoria’s Secret?” Keith freezes. He can’t tell if it’s judgmental, or curious, or—what—but he turns, slowly, and faces the boy. He looks normal. Not like he’s going to say something rude about the origin of Keith’s pajama pants. “Yeah,” he says cautiously. “My friend got them but they didn’t fit. They were on clearance so she couldn’t return them, so I use them instead.” (Keith really hopes confirming this isn’t a bad move—) “Aw, man,” the boy says, and Keith only has the barest second to panic before: “My sister likes their pajamas so I was hoping to get them for her for Christmas. But I guess if it was on clearance they might not be selling them anymore.” College AU/(Sort Of) Soulmate AU

my notes: we got trans keith, we got romellura, we got subverted soulmate au, we got awkward sweet pining. AKA it's a banger! this one was so tender and teenager-y i loved it.

i don't wanna let you love somebody else but me by ericawrites, killproof // 16k // AU

writers synopsis:

A stellar collision is the coming together of two stars caused by gravity, gravitational radiation, or other mechanisms not well understood. Any stars in the universe can collide. Keith and Lance do.

my notes: okay that synopsis doesn't set you up super well for what this fic actually is, but it's a celebrity au that has a mixed media format (transcripts, interviews, social media posts, as well as prose) that focuses on coming out, fan interaction, and our classic one-sided-rivals to friends to lovers. this was soooo 2018 but soooo sweet and funny.

Critical Hit by orphan_account // 21k // AU

writer's synopsis:

It’s the year 1986 and Lance just wants to do three things- 1. Hang out with his friends, 2. Maintain his high scores at the Dreamworks Arcade, and 3. Live life like a Hughes movie, not necessarily in that order. Everything’s going to plan until some asshole called ‘Firelord’ get’s the high score on Lance’s best game- Voltron: Legendary Defenders. And now? Well now, it’s on.

my notes: i loooove a good highschool fic + this has a great retro feel + stoner keith (my current obsession)!!! the rivalry dynamic was so good in this and I loved the pidge/hunk/lance friendship. too good!

hey, mom, i met a boy by mothpoem // 30k // Canon Divergence

writer's synopsis:

“Sweetheart,” says Lance, his hair longer, his shoulders broader, the slope of his nose uneven now where it didn’t used to be, “you don’t know the half of it.”

my notes: i have so many thoughts about this one but: if you've ever wanted to know what Keith saw on the space whale? yup. this is 30k of that. and almost all of it is Lance, ofc. beautiful prose and great humor just- yes.

A Rioting Blue by heavily_caffeinated // 30k // Canon

writer's synopsis:

As they broke into the ship, sliding quietly along a shockingly understaffed storage deck, no one thought to grab Lance. To touch base, maybe mention that the priority was the prisoners of higher standing with bigger pockets, which required a level of secrecy and nonchalance. And this requirement would need him to contain his emotions throughout the mission, even if his teammates were to fall or get injured. Even if he found Keith and wasn’t pleased with his treatment. He would need to remain calm. The monarchs were the priority. This lack of forethought led to what is considered one of the worst intergalactic shipwrecks of all time. After all, Keith Kogane was always Lance’s first priority. *** After Keith is abducted, Lance fights to get on a Blades mission to break into a Galran ship imprisoning hundreds. He keeps his own mission to himself. Step 1: follow orders until he can’t. Step 2: find Keith in the prison and break him out. Step 3: kill anything that slows him down. 

my notes: i realized that I hadn't really read much angst this month so i picked this one out of my marked for later folder and JESUS. wow. great choice. i need more of the paladins getting angry/vengeful/violent/lowkey crazy and this absolutely served that. the lance yearn was insanely well done. A+

and then... an honorary mention. not a klance fic, but so good I had to share.

Before The World Was Big by sh_ootingstarzz // 2k // Pre-Canon

writer's synopsis:

He’ll never be seven again; he’ll never be seven again, laughing in the backseat of his Dad’s pickup truck, and that terrifies him. Or growing up—in all the wrong ways.

my notes: literally so good. get ready to cry about Keith, like, hard. we got the mommy issues, daddy issues, religious issues, internalized homophobia, just slap, slap, slap, slap, ur dead and ur crying. ATE IT UP.

[thats-rough-buddy04]

After almost five years I decided to rewatch Voltron.

1. Because it’s getting booted off of Netflix

2. I wanted to do more of critical analysis of it now that it’s been so long since I watched it . Does it hold up? Do I view the characters the same as I used to? Trying to separate that fanon from canon.

3.I also wanted to see how plausible was Klance and was I being delulu all those years ago? Like I know of the art done by story board artist and stuff but just by the show itself, do them being together romantically make sense?

This is my season 1 analysis because doing it by season makes the most sense.

So season 1 was still pretty solid. The pacing was very quick and it was hard to digest what was going on cause it just was rapid shot of information. I think the biggest offender of this was the first episode which just everything was moving so quick. I feel that could have been a longer episode and it would have helped the flow of the first season a lot. Like they are on Earth for like 15 mins, and within that 15 minutes we are introduced to most of the main cast, already introduced to the first piece of Voltron, then boom space. Bring back 24 episode seasons especially if most episodes are 20 mins.

The main cast quickly got over being in space and you know having to pilot a huge mech pretty quickly which like if that was me I would be freaking out for awhile. Like it was maybe a minute and then everything was chill. Again everything was just quick pacing wise.

I still really like the fight scenes both with the mech and on foot. The animation pops off and it’s a fun watch. The humor for the most part was fine, like I didn’t think it was outstanding but I’m also not in the target demographic anymore. Like the simple joke about the sounds of a blaster was funny and it made me laugh. But there is jokes where I’m just like oh….. but they quickly move on from it so it doesn’t bother me as much. For Lance being the supposed comedic character I thought Hunk was funnier because Lance is not funny he’s mean.

With that Lance is just plain mean to Keith, when Keith has done jack shit to him. Keith will only retaliate after Lance says something to him. There was about one time Keith started it but who can blame him when Lance is constantly being a bitch. Which meanness comes with insecurity and it’s obvious he struggles with insecurity even if they haven’t really touched on that yet. Lance also almost dies multiple times this season which i don’t have much to comment on just that he almost gets sucked out of an air lock and Keith has to save him.

The Main Cast:

Shiro: His character arc hasn’t happened yet but the crumbs have been laid. I like him alot. I think how quickly he becomes dedicated to Voltron is believable because of how much he suffered in the Galran prison. Like he doesn’t want what happened to him to happen to anyone else. He’s the most serious out of the bunch but it makes sense since he’s seen what the Galra can do.

Pidge: I don’t much to say about her. When I was I younger I didn’t have much to say about her and I don’t have much to say about her now. Doesn’t mean she’s bad, I don’t really have much a a connection with her. I do really like the story line about finding her family though and I’m excited to rewatch that payoff.

Hunk: Like with Pidge I didn’t have a feeling either way for Hunk when I was younger but where that differs is that I appreciate him alot more now. That mini arc he goes through where he discovers how bad the Galra truly are, was pretty good. Him being the most scared to take risks then being the one urging the rest of the team to save the planet was a change of character but the was obviously the point. Also his relationship with Shay is super cute.

Allura: I adore her. She is serious like Shiro but again she had her whole race wiped out by the Galra, she knows that what they are doing is important. Yeah so she is bit tough on the paladins but she does it with the hopes they’ll be ready to save the universe. She is just a girl and I love that for her. The scene where she has to let go of her father for the final time is really sad because she is not just losing her dad but what seems like the last remnants of her home planet. I also just love her design, the pink is such a pretty color and suits her so well.

Coran: He’s funny, he’s silly. Still adore him, nothing can change that.

Keith: I adore this man. But season one Keith really doesn’t have much going on. Like he’s reckless and stubborn but that’s kinda all we know about him. His name is Keith, he was living in a shack, he’s good a flying and fighting, and he has a close relationship with Shiro but even that is shown for like a second in the first episode. I do know their dynamic is explored more later or which I hope so it’s been so long I don’t remember. I remember him being the more mean one but he’s not, he’s a guy and I love him for that. I also remember him being the super serious one but in reality he’s silly and goofy when he wants to be. He only gets serious when it’s mission time as he should be. I am excited to watch his full character arc but I can’t remember my opinions on it but I remember other people not liking it, so hopefully I do.

Lance: Lance is one of my most favorite characters ever. There comes a time in every man’s life where they must critique the things they love and now it’s mine. There isn’t much going on with him. He is there to be the funny guy which doesn’t work cause I don’t find him very funny. When his thing is to be funny it comes off as being mean makes it very hard to like him. I grimaced a couple times for what came out of that man’s mouth. I know he has a character arc but omg it’s so hard to like him at all season 1 for a character that’s supposed to be likable. That doesn’t mean there wasn’t moments where I saw the man I used to know but season 1 Lance very unbearable for the most part. I think I gasped audibly when he was like I miss Varadero Beach, cause I didn’t remember if the show itself said he was Cuba, I just assumed it was someone who worked on the show did. So I was like oh I’m dumb, it’s literally in the show.

Klance: For two characters that don’t have much going on this season, their dynamic is so odd. Like half their screen time is bickering, that Lance starts. They’re not rivals because Keith doesn’t view Lance as a rival, so it’s one sided rivalry. Then you think oh they just hate each other, but again Keith doesn’t hate Lance, it’s just Lance being a hater. But with that I can still see why people started to ship them. There were moments I was like wait…like when Lance asks Keith to save him after he gets chained to a tree. Keith response is a bit flirty to me and I was oh..wow. I see why people shipped them but I don’t see how they were thought as endgame, from just watching season 1.

I’m looking forward to season 2 but nervous for the rest of the series because I know the farther you get into the show the worst it gets. I don’t want to watch s7 and s8, there is no need to relive that. We will see when I get there though.

Also the fact it’s getting taken off Netflix is crazy. Like where is it going? Like I know it’s because of the contract with Netflix but I also theorize it might have something to do with the life action. If anyone wants to know where to watch after it does I can link it, cause trust I wanted to make sure I had a way to watch before it was gone for good.

[purplemoonabove]

Just great.

Lance’s heart was pounding hard to be out of his chest in a few hits. Hopefully it’s not loud enough for Shiro to notice and come by in witnessing this awkward situation. Just what he needed to increase his embarrassment: being caught in an unknown room with the guy he just confessed on wanting to kiss willingly, the same guy who just so happens to be like his younger brother.

Talk about a feel of high school drama.

“Is he gone?”

His heart most definitely almost slammed itself out of his chest by the close whisper. His hearing was now impossible by the increased drumming. His mind almost forgot about the second presence in the room, a ninja with a bad hairstyle and good lips too hard to ignore when intoxicated.

Taking silent deep breaths, Lance’s head felt a little free from the fog of emotions.

“I think so,” he whispered. “I can’t hear him.”

“Good.”

A silence laid in between. Lance’s heart was calming down, but his mind was in a different state. Why did he run? Why did he have to make things worse by ending up in this room? He hoped the door is unlocked still. Last thing he needed was to be trapped in an unknown room for who knows how long.

A gasp then got caught off, Lance quick in noticing the lights came on. At his right, Keith touched a button and by how he was positioned, he was searching with success. The room had more space than a closet, but still too small even for a kid’s bedroom. If anything, it was just a spare room for any equipment the team wasn’t using at all and can leave behind here for any scraps to be used another day. Something that Hunk and Pidge, especially Pidge, could take advantage of in the future once he tells them about this. But as of now, it was just a room where two paladins had stopped their chase and use this as an excuse not to deal with the Space Dad right now.

While there was space, seeing Keith made as though suffocation was returning. There is an air vent in this room, too, right?

“Lance.”

He blinked, ignoring how his chest hurt at the reality: dead end. No where else to go. Would have been better to kick Keith out of his bedroom and let him wallow in his present bed. And yet, with those violet eyes staring with a seriousness too soft for battle, there was no point.

Better to deal with it now than to suffer seeing those eyes for days of avoiding.

“Did you mean what you said?”

Lance kept contact, searching in those eyes while trying to stay centered. With the serious came exhaustion, fading slow, as well as… wonder? Hope? Something open from the shield over his heart and mind.

“You… You’d still… kiss me if… if we—”

“If I knew saying and doing that was the only way to get Keith to actually stumble on his words, I should have done that a long time ago.”

Keith’s immediate response was the familiar glare, Lance huffing in humor as he broke contact to stare at the side wall.

“This isn’t a joke.”

“I know.”

“Why are you avoiding this now?”

Lance shrugged. “What sane person wouldn’t?”

“Lance, look at me.”

Darkness shielded his sight. He didn’t want to see those eyes deep into his soul. Not when sober and away from the drink.

“Lance…”

He grimaced. Keith’s voice is never that soft, that tender. He was rough and direct and forceful. This isn’t him. This isn’t a normal situation in Voltron. This is as normal as two teenagers can be on Earth, alone and having no other choice but to confront their feelings.

“Lance, look at me.”

He really is a ninja; hardly Lance picked up his footsteps that he was nearly less than a feet away, his voice opposite from his cheek.

“Please.”

Eyes then opened, adjusting a little in the light. Keith never begs.

Turning slow was the only preparation to see Keith’s eyes again, all open and vulnerable as a scared child but doing their best to stay strong. Has Keith always been this way since he was young?

“Did you mean it?” Keith then whispered, his eyes set on his to avoid Lance from breaking away.

Lance can’t.

Not like this.

Lance never saw Keith like this. He didn’t think it would be possible with his scowls and glares being so common for years… His smiles were rare, though, but out of his own accomplishments or any communication between himself and Shiro.

Everything new was a rare diamond, and Lance being the one to find it was a shock for him, too.

However, his mother didn’t raise a thief. He worked his way to earning things.

And if not…

He offered.

His heart was pounding up a thunderstorm, but Lance kept his voice soft, anyway.

“If I did… what would you do about it?”

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Part 5 / Part 7

[alohaasaloevera]

guys I’m honestly happy that klance didn’t become canon because I love how as a collective group of people we utilize our right to explore what could have been and create the most smoking hot scenarios ever and yes I obviously wanted more of their friendship growing into this bond stronger than anything else in the universe especially since Voltron has teamwork and family as one of their main lessons but that’s more of a development issue all around…ok besides that there’s something about klance where it provides this PERFECT environment for shippers to inhabit and FEAST upon. With klance, there’s a solid, engaging dynamic between the two set up, which is this weird one-sided rivalry that stems from Lance’s insecurity and his need to prove himself of his worth and Keith literally being one of the best pilots for his age but since they’re flung into space and chosen to become child soldiers in this 10,000 year old intergalactic war so they have to work as a team which surprise surprise forces them to put aside their differences and work as a team which is shown a bunch when Keith needs to become a leader and Lance steps up as his right hand and and they have some kinda tender moments that won’t definitely drive shippers into a shipping craze (or worse) SO YEAH you could see why people loved it with all the classic tropes and mutual growth all that schmooze (ALSO THEY KNEW EACHOTHER BEFORE THE MAIN PLOT??? Well maybe not like friends or even acquaintances probably BUT HELLO?????? EVEN MORE SHIT TO EXPAND ON????), and they share multiple scenes that could be interpreted as romantic but there’s no explicit romance. This environment is fucking dripping drenched flash flooded cornered by 1000ft tsunamis in all directions with potential for shipping, so when people saw this relationship between two bros with this sort of homoerotic (IM JOKING. Kinda.) unresolved tension towards each other and the POTENTIAL for a good slow burn rivals to friends to lovers, it was to no one’s surprise that they went APESHIT. Klancers made countless different ways where they get together whether it be pre-Kerberos, post-gettingthefuckoutofearth, the start of the show, the end of the show, after the end of the show, right smack in the middle, anywhere, anytime, for who the fuck knows why just ANY REASON DAMN IT it doesn’t really matter because people were pumping out fanfiction or fan art or any fan media of klance faster than I spit out a raw baby carrot after chewing it for one second and now we’re all wallowing about how it should have been KICK but the thing is that if VLD did KICK all the way to Altea, the production of these beautiful stories that so many people have and still are coming up with about klance kissing in midst of a battle, helping each other with their crippling nightmares, smiling for the stars or some other sad premise, and whatever is nestled in his pulse…just like uhhh the amount of fics like these that go into great detail about Keith and Lance in these random situations that end up with them getting together being produced would go down to some degree because of the fact that if the people’s beloved sharpshooter and samurai had ended up together like we had wanted, and the majority was satisfied with the ending the creators had given, people would have shifted from writing about “How could Lance and Keith get together?” to writing about “What could Lance and Keith do now that they’re together?” And like. There’s nothing wrong with that honestly I would be HYPED if klance was ever canon but there is profound beauty in the way the community is able to create more from less and turn a show that went to shit in the last few seasons shine even brighter than it did at its prime. Like I wouldn’t trade my favorite fics 4 anything.

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Ok another little thing I’m going to put here: With Klance, all I wanted was for them to be great friends 😭😭😭. I tend to prefer klance becoming canon in later seasons or at the end or even an open ending with no confirmed romantic relationships because I am a sucker for character development and the idea of Keith and Lance both harboring these feelings that at first are just admiration and respect but then escalate to yearning for one another or becoming close friends at the end of the show and getting to imagine anything I want post canon is EVERYTHING if you give me S7 Garrison klance I’ll keel over and thank you like I was a second away from dying of thirst and your gift was a truck load of water

[voltronhaternumber51]

pspspspsps Voltron rewrite stuff pspspspsps

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A steady hum filled her ears, her heart racing in her cold and stiff body, her vocal chords no longer raw from the cries and pleads that still echoed in her skull, reverberating and filling her with a sense of dread.

A cold burst of air surrounds her with an explosion of sound, too loud and too unfamiliar to her. It sounds like shouting— it sounds like—

A “Please!” bursts forth from her mouth, her body collapsing, her limbs still heavy and hard to move. The shouting comes to a stop, and something- someone catches her. For a tic, she sees jewel coloured eyes reflecting back at her, the same as her own, but it’s gone just as quickly.

Her heart drops in her chest, but she forces herself to swallow it down and to act as her Father taught her. Still, she can’t help the way her eyes narrow in distrust at the alteanoid that still holds her steady.

“Who are you?” Is her first question. Dark blue eyes blink at her, a furrow in his brow appearing along with a smirk that pulls at his concerningly blank cheeks. “Where am I?”

His mouth moves first, words in a language she is wholly unfamiliar with being spoken at her before she can feel the tell-tale hum of her translator coming to life. “—name’s Lance—“

Whatever else the person before her is saying gets drowned out by the noise in her still waking mind. The stranger in front of her does not understand her. Her eyes scan the room, the other pod in the room all but a flashing beacon of cold hope in her peripheral vision.

Four other people in the room— staring at her with a look in their eyes that feels unreadable. Though they make no move to rush at her, she can still feel the echoes of explosions shaking her bones. They are intruders, a potential danger to everything she has vowed herself to protect. Whoever this group of people are, they’ve managed to force themselves through the guards, past her father, past—

It doesn’t matter that one of them looks to be a child. She cannot take any chances.

She rips her arms out of the stranger’s hold, kicking out her leg to knock them over and roughly put them into a restraining hold as they cry out in what Allura can only assume is shocked distress.

“Who are you?” She forces down any trace of shakiness in her voice, her words cutting through the air of the room like a sharp blade. Only one person puts their hands up in surrender. “What have you done to King Alfor? Why are you here?”

“We mean you no harm.” Says the man with his hands up, a scar across the bridge of his nose. He steps closer as the boy clad in red attempts to protest loudly, only to be cut off by the child loudly shushing him.

“Yeah! No harm!” The stranger wriggles in her hold, only stopping when she tightens her grip on his arm. “We come in peace!”

She cannot believe that these strangers would ask her to believe that— not when the universe is in the state it’s in.

“Who are you?” She repeats, a little louder this time. The scarred man steps closer yet again and speaks like he’s trying to placate her.

“We can’t understand you.” He says, gesturing to his mouth and speaking slowly, shaking his head. “Please— let him go.”

Allura swallows thickly, her heart rabbiting against her ribs as she looks over the group of people in front of her yet again. She cannot see any weapons on any of them, but that’s little reassurance. Allura knows that she is more than capable of fending for herself should they try and attack her, but it isn’t just her in the room. The quiet beeping of Coran’s pod reminding her of that with every pulse.

Coran. The look he gave her before she was forced into the pods is still fresh in her mind— it seemed to be something like regret. If it were just her, she wouldn’t back down, wouldn’t even think about relenting. But she has to think of her people. She has to think of Coran.

With a deep breath, she releases her grip from the person in her hold. He scrambles away, barely managing to right himself as he flees back to the group. The scarred man smiles at her, but Allura can see it for what it is, a wavering diplomatic expression. Fake.

“Thank you.” he says slowly. Allura can feel her brow twitch in annoyance, but she does her best to smooth it down. She can feel a tremor in her hands as she takes one of her earrings out and marches toward the scar-faced man, half translated protests coming from the group behind him. The man’s eyes widen as Allura grabs his hand and drops the earring inside of it.

“Put this on.” She tries to keep her voice steady as she points to her own ear. The man looks at her warily, before his eyes widen with a “Oh!” and he puts it on.

She steps back, standing as in front of Coran’s pod as she can without drawing attention to it, her blood still thrumming in her veins as she speaks again. “Who are you? How did you get here?”

The scarred man’s eyes widen, but he quickly schools his expression and squares his shoulders. He must be the leader of the group. She cannot let her guard down. “My name is Shiro. We came here in a… Blue Lion…?”

Allura’s nails dig into her palms, her breath stuck in her throat. There was no possible way that was true, it couldn’t be. None of the people in front of her were the Paladin of the Blue Lion, much less even an ally of Voltron. Something had to have happened— or…

She clenches her jaw. “How do you have the Blue Lion? What happened to its Paladin?”

“Paladin?” Shiro furrows his brow, confused. “I’m sorry- I don’t know what you’re talking about. Why don’t you tell us who you are? Maybe we can help.”

These people- they didn’t know— She couldn’t believe it, the only possible explanations would be that these people had managed to come here from some secluded corner of the universe, or…

“I am Princess Allura of planet Altea.” Do not waver, keep your head held high, she reminds herself. Shiro does not react to the name, does not have any glimmer of recognition in is eyes. Allura fears the worst, nausea burning at the back of her throat. She breathes out, doing her best not to show fear, show weakness, to these strangers in front of her. “I see.”

She steps toward the console, Shiro and the people he came here giving her wide berth as she places her hand upon the screen.

“Okay, so — how it works.” Says the child, leaning forward slightly to get a closer look.

“Hey! Don’t get so close! We — friendly or —-“ Is whispered quietly from one of the others. Allura frowns to herself, it seems that giving one of her earrings to their leader has compromised her translation device. She pressed her hand on the screen again, the lights in the room growing brighter while the noise of their chatter grows clearer, though delayed.

It’s the least of her concerns, however, as she watches Coran’s pod open with her nerves buzzing beneath her skin. The conversation dies down yet again as Coran stumbles out of the pod, looking disoriented before he immediately pulls into a combat position.

“Enemy combatants!” Coran cries out, still delirious from the pod. He staggers a few steps before lunging toward the person that had caught her earlier.

“Woah— hey!” The blue eyed boy side steps Coran, putting his hands out in front of himself in a poor imitation of a combat position. Allura feels her heart drop further. “What the hell?!”

Coran rights himself. “Quiznak! You’re lucky I have the old ‘Sleep Chamber Knees’. Otherwise I would’ve grabbed your head like this—“ Allura tunes him out, her pulse louder in her ears as she tries desperately to see how long it’s been. Everything else fades into an incessant buzz in the back of her mind.

The boy— he hadn’t any combat experience. That was clear. Their leader didn’t recognize her name, didn’t recognize the name of her planet.

Everything stops when she pulls up the information from the pods. The number is staggering, impossible, and yet she knows it couldn’t be wrong.

“It can’t be.” Her hand covers her mouth, her ears ringing in the silence that her words bring. A gloved hand falls on her shoulder, trying to comfort her. She can’t help but feel a little betrayed.

“What is it, Princess?” Coran’s voice is tense. Allura looks at him, at his weary face, and she knows instantly that he didn’t know how long it had been. How long it would be.

“We’ve been asleep for 10,000 decapheobes.”

Flashes of faces flood her mind, people she’ll never see again, never get to hold again. She can still feel how the castle shook with each explosion under her feet.

“Altea… it’s gone.” The words burn like embers in her mouth, she feels dizzy. “Our entire civilization, gone.”

Coran freezes, becoming stiff as she grips the console. The strangers in the room have the decency to not interrupt, and Allura prays to a god that she knows hasn’t been worshiped in more than a millennia that this is a dream brought on by the cryo-pods.

The cool metal of the console digging into her skin and threatening to split it open tells her it’s not.

Grief and anger flood her as she remembers everything that happened before she was tricked into the cryo-pod, fueling her to stay standing.

“Zarkon.” She spits out like a curse. There’s a sharp breath behind her and when she looks, she see’s that Shiro’s face has grown pale.

“Zarkon…?” He echoes, and the boy in the red jacket looking at him with a complicated expression. “I… I know that name.”

At this, Allura pauses, her chest growing cold. “How?”

Shiro looks past her into nothing, gripping his right hand into a fist. “I think… I think I was his prisoner.”

“He’s still alive?” Allura’s heart twists in her chest. All those lives, all the people she loved gone. But yet that scum of a man remained? “Impossible.”

“I can’t explain it— but it’s true.” He takes a deep breath, seemingly ignoring the searching look that the boy beside him is giving him. “He’s searching for this super weapon called Voltron.”

Voltron. The defender of legend that her father brought to life, the name echoed in stories told when she was young. The beacon of hope. Her last hope.

“He is searching for it because it is the only thing that can defeat him.” She forces her hands to unclench, not allowing the tears that burn her eyes to fall forth as the crown laid on her forehead weighs heavier than any legacy. “Which is why we must find it before he does.”

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blinks at you autistically. read my story, boy. coming to ao3 whenever i finish like at least three to five episode’s worth of chapters. also please be nice to me i am a VERY novice writer [sad hamster face]

[strawberrylovely]

you know that scene at the beginning of brooklyn 99 where jake is the last person to figure out that holt is gay?

i imagine that’s what the voltron paladins were like with shiro, having lance be the last one to realize he was gay.

keith of course already knew, pidge and hunk both figured it out at the same time because they’re so smart, allura figured it out when shiro said something effeminate in passing, i imagine coran is the one that immediately says “does anyone else get a little bit of a gay vibe?”

lance is the last one to figure it out and is like “there’s something different about that guy. i was talking to him about girls and he seemed super uninterested. maybe he’s a robot.” everyone else just looks at him like “really dude” but they don’t want to out shiro so they stay quiet.

lance keeps trying to talk to shiro about girls to no avail and finally lance is just like “bro what’s going on do you just not like girls or something” and shiro’s like “yes. i’m gay.” and lance is both mind-blown and also super embarrassed that he didn’t realize sooner. he takes a second to process and then says “so….you wanna talk about boys then?”