#like im not really a klance shipper or anything

[cometblaster2070]

scheduling my weekly 20 minutes of reminiscing about the paladins of voltron and how i loved their found family dynamic sm.

man at one point i didn't even care about the plot i just wanted the characters to have sleepovers and bond and shit

[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

[bonbon-acide]

KLANCE MOMENTS THAT STILL LIVES INSIDE MY HEAD AFTER 8YEARS BUT WITH THE EYES OF A 20YO

1. We are a good team

Remember how we were all so moved up by that one scene where they just stare at each other and say something meaningful AFTER A FIGHT (where Lance was severely injured). We were all freaking out but it was totally normal that Keith would be emotional by the fact that one of his teammate was okay, we were just freaking out bc the scene was in purple bc the spaceship was infested by the galra which means everything was totally not trying to say anything else, it was just coherent :,)

2. Lance and Keiths drones scene

We were so thirsty for anything that even just a little fight (which was totally a daily occurance) would be turned into something else. Like yeah they were bumping into each other but people were freaking out by saying they basically accidently kissed like what????

3. The elevator scene

Okay imma be honest this scene is quite suggestive especially when your primarly audience are teenage girls that are into shipping boys. But now that i look at it with my adult eyes i just cant imagine how incomfortable that must been to be back to back topless with someone you can't stand. Like the friction of the skin it itches my brain. Also the shot of Keith's foot? Was it really necessary

4. Keith? My man

Again what were we thinking??? They just bonded over a little something ofc Lance was happy that Keith was being nice with him bc he thinks that he hate him (which he don't). I dont even know what to say but dear god that scene was so important to klance shippers. Anyway we were thirsty god

5.Scene where Lance goes to Keith to talk to him about not feeling like he belongs in the crew after Allura piloted the blue lion

Basically just a normal conversation. They've been through so much together and Keith is their designated leader, so ofc hes going to talk to Keith about his place in the team and ofc Keith is going to reassure him that his place is with them bc he actually cares about him since they need to bond to form Voltron??? But yeah this scene is cute and it still makes me go aaawww

6.Blaytz (original paladin of the blue lion) being implied that he might be queer

Okay Ive only remembered this while rewatching the show but i remember everyone went crazy bc if the original blue paladin was queer (implied during one scene that didnt even last 3sec) that means Lance was queer as well. Like what were we thinking??? Were we out of our minds (yes definitly and im still ashamed) (but shoutout to Blaytz for being the best original paladin nothinh can makes me hates him)

7. The sunset scene

OKAY LISTEN IDC WHAT YOU SAYS IDC ABOUT ANYONE'S OPINION BUT THIS SCENE HAS ME BAWLING

AS A 20YO WATCHING THE SHOW NOW, THIS EXACT SCENE CONVINCED ME OF KEITH'S FEELING FOR LANCE. IDC ABOUT ANY OTHER "SUGGESTED KLANCE" SCENE BEFORE THIS ONE, THIS SCENE IS THE ONLY OFFICIAL KLANCE SCENE AND IDC IF ANYONE SAYS THAT KEITH SAID THAT BC THEYRE JUST FRIENDS.

AS A GAY MAN WHO HAD AN HOMOEROTIC SITUATIONSHIP WITH ANOTHER GUY BEFORE, I CAN TELL YOU THAT YOU ONLY SAY THIS KIND OF STUFD TO THE GUY YOU LIKE BC YOURE TOO AFRAID TO TELL YOUR FEELINGS TO YOUR FRIEND IN FEAR OF REJECTION AND BECAUSE YOUVE JUST LEARNED HES GOING ON A DATE WITH AN AMAZING GIRL AND YOU ONOW THEYLL BE HAPPY TOGETHER WHILE YOU JUST WATCH WONDRRING WHY YOU NEVER SAID ANYTHING

(this scene hits too much home than it should be and i think i only speaks with my feelings for this one)

ANYWAY

As a 20yo person with 8years of hindsight I'll say that Keith definitly had feelings for Lance, the sunset scene was placed on a perfect time while this dialogue could have been said anywhere else in the season or even the show, and Ive just recently refinished the entire show and Keith never said something so emotional to someone except Shiro (but he considers him as a brother and he was about to kill him so i understand the whole emotional dialogue).

As for Lance, I doubt he has feelings for Keith canonically but hey that doesn't mean we can't imagine things.

Looking back now, I realize how fucked up some of us were for this ship and we probably bored everyone of the cast with this freaking ship. Honestly Voltron is such a good show with good animation and well written characters and we shouldnt have been so angry that a silly little ship wasnt endgame while they gave us such beautiful content for two years(except the end of s8, sleep with one eye open).

Be fucking grateful you dipshits. We werent queerbaited, we had others queer reprensation throughout the show (alien lesbians my beloved) and Voltron isnt a romance show

But still kind of sad that Klance isnt canon but thats my 12yo talking i guess

[spinnedcycle]

Well I really enjoyed s4 and seeing tumblr shit on it because for once it didn't feature a lot of Keith or Lance is a huge buzzkill

Like people say it got rid of character development but nah man - Keith may have gotten better as a leader but he'd still much, much rather Shiro do it. And hes not going to kick Lance out of red. He feels the most useful place he could be is out throwing his life in the line

He needs to fucking confide in his friends about his feelings if you ask me but I feel like the shows building up to that

This season and last season combined are just "what if Keith leading and no Shiro? What if Shiro leading and no Keith?" It's exploring what the show is like minus both of the main spotlight characters. It's not going to stay this way

And Lance? Chill guys, he got good moments last season, he'll get more. Last season didn't feature much Pidge but I still enjoyed it because I know she had stuff coming and every season doesn't have to focus on your fave

The real tragedy is Hunk

[avianurges]

For the ask meme- yes. The whole fucking alphabet. Any fandom of your choice for any of them -kipp

LMAO THE WHOLE THING? THIS SHOULDNT BE ALLOWED-

A - Your current OTP(s)/OT3(s)/OTX(s)

Honestly besides the Constant love for Mell and Kai, Ash and Eiji from banana fish, and Reki and Langa and Joe and Cherry from sk8 right now. Also i like Lawlight from specifically the 2015 death note tv drama. OH. AND ALSO. SEKI AND SHIMIZU FROM OYASUMI PUNPUN I LOVE THEM

(Side note ngl Detective Roberts and His Ex-Wife are v nice together i like them)

B - A pairing you initially didn’t consider but someone changed your mind

Ellspen from Self Aware. LIKE LISTEN. I KNOW I WRITE THE THING. BUT I NEVER CONSIDERED THAT UNTIL READERS STARTED SHIPPING IT

C - A ship you have never liked and probably never will (be nice)

Uhhh idk I never thought about it. Ig i’m not really a fan of Aizawa/All Might? that’s the first ship to come to mind. oh and also Hawks/Endeavor. not my cup o tea, never will be

D - A pairing you wish you liked but just can’t (again: be nice)

Any ship with Tanaka from haikyuu that Isnt him and kiyoko. like art of him and enoshita or him and noya are Cute, but i just dont ship it

E - Have you added anything cracky/hilarious to your fandom, if so, what

Does writing “Regenerate, Fate” count

I also have Goose Yagami meme and the yelling cat meme but it’s death note

F - What’s the longest you’ve ever been in a fandom

BNHA fandom has been since... november 2017ish

G - Do you remember your first OTP, if so who was in it

.........................................................................Klance.

H - What is your favorite source text for fandom stuff (e.g., tv shows, movies, books, anime, Western animation, etc.)

(ngl i dunno what this Means so sorry if my answer doesn’t make sense but-) I really like anime and animation, but also i really like comics and manga, more so now that im Making a comic

I - Has tumblr caused you to stop liking any fandoms, if so, which and why

I don’t think tumblr’s ever stopped making me like a fandom, but just like. stop going in tumblr’s tag for it. for example 15ish year old me was NOT ready to see the things in the undertale tag that i did. oh god the horrors.

J - Name a fandom you didn’t care/think about until you saw it all over tumblr

i dont think tumblrs ever led me to starting a show/getting into a fandom, but pinterest has. most of my fandoms have been through seeing random things on pinterest ngl

K -Say something nice about someone in any of your fandoms

Vigilantedekus is The Best and I Love Them

L - Say something genuinely nice about a character who isn’t one of your faves (chars you’re neutral on are fair game, as are chars you dislike)

Matsuda from death note might’ve been played as the “Funny because he keeps fuckin up” kinda chara, but i do like that he was the one to shoot light and that he had that kind of outburst about light’s dad. BUT ALSO MATSUDA’S THEORY IN THE END OF THE MANGA? RIGHTS.

M - Say something genuinely nice about a ship that you don’t ship (or its shippers, or anything related to you)

i dont have anything specific in mind, but all fandoms have DOPE artists

N - Name three things you wish you saw more or in your main fandom (or a fandom of choice)

head empty no thoughts

O - Choose a song at random, which ship or character does it remind you of

Right now “The mind electric” reminds me of Jamie from SA, “Butterfly’s Repose” reminds me of Mell And Kai

P - Invent a random AU for any fandom (we always need more ideas)

uh uh uh uh Self Aware but without Aviancorp. That’s the only difference. The au is just what kind of ripple effect it would have on everyone and their lives

Q - A ship you’ve abandoned and why

nothing’s coming to mind

R - A pairing you ship that you don’t think anyone else ships

Sobs. Seki and Shimizu from Goodnight Punpun. I only say them for this because theres So Little People who know them

S - Show us an example of your personal headcanon (prompts optional but encouraged)

Athen (my oc, Choosing(02)) wants to see hatsune miku because he uses a voicebank to speak and “! she sounds like me!” 

T - Do you have any hard and fast headcanons that you will die defending, about anything at all (gender identity, sexual or romantic orientation, extended family, sexual preferences like top/bottom/switch, relationship with poetry, seriously anything)

I’m going to do these with my OCs instead. because while im the author, they’re headcanons because most of them i cant Really make canon: 

Athen has a mothman pajama set. He and adam have matching “Humanfucker”/”Robofucker” shirts

athen Has seriously wondered if adam would leave him for mothman

athen gets a pet roomba named Hal

Jamie would be a good parent

Sam (one of the dead kids from Subject 402/SA-) would’ve been a soccer player if she lived

Letho (the Other dead kid) would’ve been an art student

if jordan(Kai) had a Normal Life and WASNT a human experiment, he wouldnt be very accomplished in school despite being a genius, he’d be kinda a delinquent and getting in trouble a lot

If mell had a younger sibling, people would probably think HE’S the youngest one. they would not believe he were older if they were close in age

U - 5 favorite characters from 5 different fandoms

Mob from Mob psycho

L and Light are tied

Aizawa and Shinsou and Deku are top faves ig

ash and eiji from banana fish. love them. AND SHORTER> LOVE HIM

i like punpun as a character but if i had the chance i would prolly throw hands

V - 3 OTPs from 3 different fandoms

Mell and Kai - Self Aware

Shindeku OR tododeku - bnha

(Letho and (Redacted)) - Self Aware (but like. the au if letho Lived)

Ash and Eiji - Banana Fish

W - 5 favorite ships and 5 kinks you like best for said ships

I think we all know my fave ships from this post so far. no need to do this question lmao

X - top 5-10 characters who are yoUR PRECIOUS BABIES AND YOU WILL DIE DEFENDING THEM

MOB. WOULD KILL FOR HIM BUT I KNOW HE WOULD BE :( AT ME FOR IT

ngl there aren’t many Precious Babies. like I’d say Hinata is a precious baby but haikyuu ends when he’s like fuckin 30 so what counts as a precious baby hmmm

Y - What are your secondhand fandoms (fandoms you aren’t in personally but are tangentially familiar with because your friends/people on your dash are in them)

my dash gets so much TMA

Z - Just ramble about something fan-related, go go go (prompts optional but encouraged)

this post is long enough,,,

[sideshowaarti]

Don’t ya just love how season 8 appealed to everyone.

Hah.

Like the Klance shippers, Allurance shippers and the LGBT community..

Haha oh wait.

They sucked at all that.

Don’t ya just love how they had a great buildup and story line throughout all season 8?

Yeah! Actually that part was great!

And then they ended it with no relevance to any characters capabilities, talents or interest!

Hah yeah. Wow.

Like I’m sure hunk just wanted to be a cook aaaaaallll his life, right?

...Oh wait, he wanted to be an engineer.

And I’m sure Pidge just wanted to give up everything she enjoyed like video games and fun to build robots.

... not so bad but still not fufilling her evolved interests and talents, huh?

Not to mention, Keith just looooved the Galra right? Now he’s just helping them. Putting his motorcycle hobby, flying and high talents to shame by, yes, sure, helping. But is he happy? I’m sure he’s ecstatic in Montegomery and Santos’ eyes.

... actually I take that back. All of his interests were kicked to the curb. Wow nice!

And what the actual heck happened to Axca. And Veronica? Did they have a thing? Was it just bad writing? Like. Did she ever get over her racial insecurities. Did the garrison fighters ever make that up to her. Was it ever clear what her connection to the Koganes actually was?

Oh wait.. no!!

And Lance. Oh don’t get me started.

We’ve just seen him loooove farming huh!

He’s always been into that, right? Simplicity? And dirt and flowers. You know all that. He’s just such a fan of farming! We’ve totally seen that right!

...oh wait we haven’t! HE ACTUALLY WANTED TO BE A FIGHTER PILOT AND ENJOY LIFE WITH THE FUTURE MRS. BLUE LION. HE WANTED FAME AND FUN. HE WANTED TO ENJOY LIFE BUT HE GOT STUCK AS A FARMER BECAUSE THATS JUST WHAT HE LOOOOVES DOING, RIGHT? IM SURE IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HIS RACE RIGHT?! THEY CANT BE FIGHTER PILOTS OR ANYTHING COOL, HUH. FARMING IS WHAT THEYRE MADE FOR, HUH? And guess what!

Kissing an Altean automatically makes you.. that’s right! Altean! Now he.. what? Rules alteans?

Whatever happened to the Alteans? The Colonies?

Romelle just became a cook, with Hunk?

No Closure between hunk and shay? Is that what a relationship is? More bonding between hunay then Allurance and now she just works for him? For hunk? Wow what relationship goals! Great job at that endgame romance man.

What ever happened to those alteans? The ones that were sacrificed for Honerva and her time rift whatever that was. Were their lives nothing.

And seriously. Just kill Allura! That’s a great endgame bro!

LOTOR.

“Enough of your games, where is Lotor?”

Lotor just died? No closure? No Last Words? Yeah nice. So was he even really a bad guy? Here honerva was just boot licking him till the end so did he even kill anyone? He was forced to watch his creations of colonizations get destroyed. Wow nice closure. We got to see him and his reactions! Hah great reunion between him and his mom by the way. Wow! Such details! I wish I could write like The Voltron Crew!

Whatever happened to Matt and his new gf? Closure, I think not!

We never even got a great end with Slav or any of the freedom fighters! Devastating!

Season 8 just seemed like one drunk fan fiction that was going great at first until they took too many shots of trying too hard and bad writing and totally lost control. The last episode was a mess. But before the alcoholism kicked in, it was great!

So in the end,

Don’t ya just LOVE how they appealed to everyone?

Klance

Allurance

!?!?!

Even canon ships! They couldn’t do service to!

Hunay

Or Adashi

HUUUHHHHHH.

Lauren and Joaquim.

Are you happy now?

[voltron-ish]

Like Two Weeks??

I forgot season 7 was released only like two weeks ago and so much has happened? Literally feels like a month went by lmao.

I’ve aged 5 years. Here is a list of things I sorta remember but everything kind of blurs together?

•all hell breaks loose

•Hunk stans are Living™️

•Lance stans are Dying™️

•Keith stans are ??? confused

•People claim queerbaits

•People call them snowflakes

•(actual dialogue i read on twitter)

•”voltron didn’t queerbait you, you queerbaited yourselves”

•this person whipped the longest list of conspiracies, interactions and promises made in interviews with DIRECT quotes and pictures and i jusT sat there laughing my ass off

•Cus like ;; both these people could’ve contributed to the fandom is some positive way but they argued online KNOWING the other person wouldnt change their perspective

•Suddenly people overly praise the season (like chill Sharon) or they’re pure assholes about it

•Some of the tweets were funny though don’t lie to yourself

•(tbh i try to stay neutral bc i see both sides and I’m sick of being sad)

•Neutral party simutaneously combusts

•First shiro cosplayers had to change their wig colors now they gotta figure out how to work his new arm lmao

•Kinkade can step on us all

•So can Matt

•Where did all this heterosexuality come from?

•LOOK i’m a slut for Allurance (or any Lance ship) but it came out of nowhere.

•Do it right if you’re going to do it at all?

• A x C a ? !’x ?

• the lesbians are diddly dead

•There’s a positivity week thing going on and I appreciate whoever started it

•Leakira rises

•”It’s a reboot”

•”You can’t reboot cus copyright”

•”It’s an AU you know we can’t really afford to reboot anything lmao”

•??? Somehow people made it negative?

• Klance conspiracy theories still make sense even tho Klance is dead af

•Like six feet under dead

•asdeadasadam

•Sheith shippers ;; that ship has been shot in the head twice, put in a bag and thrown in a river but ya’ll still stand

•Respek to all of you

•Hunay is canon

• I Love Romelle

•The entire holt family basically owns the show, they had more screentime than half of the paladins good god

•I really didn’t see anyone using the DOT to harass the creators (not saying there wasn’t people doing it bc this fandom has assholes in it) but there were more individuals upset over the creation than those using it to be rude or mean

•But go oFF i guess

•All of you are in your feelings bc Shaladins and Klancers is still a thing

•both sides suck??

• i reblogged klance and this person asked me to unreblog because im a shaladin (i like shance shut up)

• but i tell certain shaladins i like klance and they automatically assume the worse like lmao

•imma just reblog what i like and be happy

•Never saw a fandom literally divide itself like this- I’D RATHER BE A FURRY THAN JOIN ANOTHER FANDOM LIKE VLD

•All the concept art was cute tho (for DOT)

•Adam vine on loop (i actually still cry ((seriously)) but death jokes and vines help me cope)

•James is still a rude boi and if he wasn’t attractive half of you would hate him

• But I totally understand because I’m in love with Lotor

• VLD taken off the LGBT+ list on Netflix

•Apologies from LM and JS.

•MFE spin off?

•I will throw hands if they get a spin off before Lance even gets some proper flash backs

•I know Keef’s the main character but I will literally take 1 (one) minute of Lonce development

• idk how klance is still top in the fandometrics but at least Lance is #1 somewhere bc it’ll never be in VLD

•im bitter bc i love him and ur lying if u think he really got all he deserved during this shows two years of airing

Comment what I missed because there’s a ton but I’m too tired to keep going

Edits:

•How could I forget JEITH and KINKANCE

•Veronica! Veronica! Veronicaaaa (to the tune of that Heather song)

• “DON’T YOU TOUCH HER” our heroic son protecting pidge is my kink

•Dirty Laundry is now Dirty Launbee and im sad but i just cant not laugh at that

•The Marks We Make is also gone ?? Like all the klannce fics are going one by one lmao

• The Klible is gone :)

•We got shieth shirts. Not sheith. S h i e t h.

• now we have klance shirts and apparenlty lance was white washed

•how is dreamworks/vld gonna profit off of lgbt ships but not make any canon?? Que??

[langst-wins]

the last thing i'm gonna say about voltron, unintentional queerbaiting, and major s8 plotholes, and then imma shut up and let y'all be free from my long bitch ass s8 posts so we can get back to regularly scheduled klance fanfics & fanarts

yes, they queerbaited us with shiro as rep. not in the sense that he wasn't queer but in the sense that they hyped us up for his relationship with adam, made us think we were gonna see an adashi reunion, and we ended up getting like 90 seconds top of LGBT content over the entire series.

no, I highly doubt they did it intentionally. yes, they did admit they fucked up and apologized several times. yes, I appreciate the apology and I understand that they're human beings and people make mistakes and overlook things sometimes. like they said, they never meant to make anyone feel baited. they really thought they were going to get a good response. lauren called voltron a "learning experience" in the open letter to the fandom after s7. I think she meant learning experience in general ofc but I think she also meant they've learned how to and how not to do LGBT rep in a show.

but I will absolutely be taking any promises of LGBT rep from lm and jds with a grain of salt. i will absolutely be watching their future works from afar and not getting myself too invested until the series ends and I can watch it as a whole while knowing what to expect.

I dont think they MEANT harm but y'all...they fucked up. they know it, and they apologized. it shows maturity that they apologized in that open letter after s7 and at the final nycc panel, and again, I appreciate that.

but I would rather they have not said anything about LGBT rep, ever, and just let gay shiro be a nice surprise. then, the minimal rep we received would have been wonderful and a nice warm surprise instead of a huge disappointment. it was only a disappointment because it didn't live up to the hype they made for it. and I know the hype was partially due to marketing they had no control over, but it was absolutely partially them, too.

they didn't promise LGBT content in LoK and canon korrassami ended up being a nice surprise even though it was minimal. that was how they SHOULD have done shiro's sexuality if they knew it was going to be a small thing. I would rather they have kept their lips zipped about LGBT, not announced gay shiro ahead of time, and just it be what it was when seasons 7 and 8 came out.

again, I dont think the bait was intentional, but it was bait all the same.

you are not crazy or too sensitive if your feelings are hurt/you feel baited by this show. you are not a shitty person if you just dont trust them right now. dont let people tell you otherwise. it's okay to take a step back from their work and wait to see how their next show plays out before you get involved.

i really do love voltron, even though s8 was confusing af, seasons 1-7 were LIT. I enjoy bits and pieces of s8 but mostly it was a let down. not only because of rep, just because a lot of things didn't make sense to me and a lot of the problem solving just felt way too convenient.

like I feel like every conflict in the plot was resolved way too easily and/or in ways that didnt make sense. and I feel like most of the characters' futures in the credits didnt really match up to those characters personalities. specifically lance, hunk, and keith.

lance staying on earth with his family, spreading allura's message to carry on her legacy? makes perfect sense, valid af. lance becoming a farmer? not so much. I feel like he would have been better suited as teaching classes as a pilot instructor at the garrison or smth similar. altean lance still gave me whiplash and left me confused af but he looks so damn 👌👌👀👀🙌🙌😭 with his cute ass altean marks that I'm just gonna let that one go for the sake of aesthetic.

hunk becoming a chef? not ooc necessarily but I feel like he would have been better suited as a diplomat. y'know. ambassador to earth sort of thing.

keith aiding in recovery efforts and being a humanitarian (...alien-itarian...? idk). okay let's be real we all knew this edgy boi has a soft ass heart. I think hes just mature enough now to let his walls come down and not be afraid of caring ig. which is sweet and nice and all. but I feel like he wouldnt...JUST be doing that. like he would still want the battle and the adrenaline and the badass mf fight sequences. that's kinda his Thing.

shiro marrying a rando? I would have preferred adam to not die and them end up getting back together once shiro returned to earth. i just feel like there was no reason to kill off adam? shiro has already suffered so much, what was the point? but i'm not gonna hate on curtis bc we dont know jackshit about him and for all we know he could be a bombass dude. shiro looked happy tho and it's better than him being forever alone so I can hesitantly accept that ig. but on one condition and one condition only: their ship name must be shirts. if their ship name is not shirts then I dont want it

allura's death was pointless. i havent seen anyone disagree with this one so far. her life was full of suffering and then she died. like can we all just agree she was done dirty and it was entirely unnecessary.

dont come @ me with "you just dont like s8 bc your ship wasnt canon"

that's not it at all.

they could have made this season so amazing and still not have made klance canon. they could have left me disappointed in no klance but still happy because the finale made my heart go dynamite BOOM. I could have ended the last episode with no canon klance and still been smiling because the plot was bitchin' and the characters were all alive and happy.

but they didnt, so I wasnt. it just...wasnt a good season. it had good aspects, yes, but as a whole? meh.

season 8 was poorly handled. it really was. it had so much potential to end with EVERY character having a positive ending and still have an actual satisfying conclusion to the war. I know they wanted to show how heavy and serious and heartbreaking the war actually was, but you can make an emotional, heavy finale without killing off a main character and leaving her main character love interest lonely and grieving. like im sorry killing allura and leaving lance sad and lonely was not necessary at all to the plot it just flat out wasnt. they did those characters dirty and they did allurance shippers even dirtier.

allurancers cheered seeing their ship canon then had it ripped out from under them and my heart honestly grieves worse for my allurance and allura stan fam than my klance fam. they did y'all so wrong and i'm sorry it had to go down like that.

sheith shippers got fucked over when all that development and relationship and growth culminated into basically nothing in the final season. like as a broganes stan even i was taken aback by the sudden radio silence between them so I cant imagine how let down actual sheith shippers feel.

us adashi shippers? obvious. adam's death was not necessary. and dont tell me it was to show the heaviness and realness of death in war because vld does NOT have a track record of dead characters staying dead. they could have at least gave us some mild development with shirts (lmfao im so sorry but shirts) and let us see more of curtis as a character. like...literally just two 60 second scenes would have been nice. they could have easily fit that in.

us klancers got fucked over by unnecessary parallels to canon ships. they could have made it a cute platonic friendship in s8 and let us enjoy it and proceed to enjoy fanon klance without all those blatant parallels to shay/hunk that just left us confused. and the parallels in earlier seasons. like why did you have to make so many parallels to romantic moments and romantic tropes if it was platonic. why did you have to go and do that. what was the point.

s8 could have ended in such a way that shippers of every ship in the fandom were satisfied with the finale because their faves were treated right and the plot was fire. it had so much potential in the first half and could have been so damn good.

it wasnt though. the entire thing was so confusing and nothing about it felt like vld. It feels like a spin off or a reboot. I dont like s8 as a whole and I doubt I ever will. it might grow on me in time but I'll never fully like it, y'know. everything about it felt so tilted and off and just wrong.

but it really just be like that sometimes ig.

[valhalla-awaitsfor-us]

5, 7, and 20 for MHA.

Hi! Im really sorry for the late reply. I ws feeling sick and I wasnt in the mood to do anything. But Im back!!

5 ) Has fandom ever ruined a pairing for you?

Im a veteran on tumblr at this point, and also a multishipper. So Ive seen a lot of shit and shipwars, and let me tell you, there is always a ship that started all innocent and cute and suddenly the shippers start acting like animals. In voltron those shippers were klance, and they ended up ruining the ship for me. I ddin't ship them hard (because plance was always my otp, shoutout to the garden!) but they did have potential. In the case of bha there isn't a ship like that... yet. Sadly lot of krbk shippers are starting to act really mean to other shippers (especially bbks). so yeah... I do like kiriaku, but Im wary of the shippers

7) Is  there anything you used to like but can't stand now?

Nope, for now I havent change my mind about anything. The things i like, I still like, adn the things I dislike... i kind dislike them more hahah

20) What is the purest ship in the fandom?

Even if I don't like them, izuocha is pretty damn pure... BUT ALSO KIRIDEKU!!! So cute, I look at them and I wanna cry

[catradora]

im not disagreeing with you here, and i might not articulate what i want really well through a single message but: f/f shippers are mostly lesbian and bi women who carry their shippers on their backs, as opposed to straight girls with mlm ships, and theres only so much we can do with the little content were given. bubbline vanished for ages, with huge spiked for weeks after anything new, its not fair to place the blame on a minority for not upholding themselves among overwhelming het content

yeah im hoping i read this right, you mean it’s harder for f/f ships to have new content when everyone flocks to m/m or m/f right? because if so yeah! artists and writers work so hard on their works and f/f content just doesn’t pull the attention other fandoms get. it’s completely understandable content creators would stay close to popular ships, the sad part is that all of the popular ships tend to be m/m. everyone has a comfort ship so i hope my previous messages weren’t coming across like ‘you can’t like m/m or m/f pairings.’ shipping is fun! do what you want! BUT, i’m sure it’s addicting to put art out for klance and get a quick 5k notes whereas f/f content gets lucky for half that. which like you said, the attention really comes with spikes in canon. because this is a predominately c/a blog and i have bias, catradora seems like the most obvious endgame (romantic or platonic), they flirted, tension filled danced, and held hands around 20 times so why is the attention falling with all that canon content? it can’t be because only 1 season is out. lots of ships have thrived on less

[stardustizuku]

Can we talk abt the fandom's lack of creativity when it comes to shipping? Almost everything is solely Dekubowl and that's cool and all but what about bakubowl? kamibowl? MOMOBOWL?? Like c'mon fandom there are more characters that need loving as well 😥

the dekubowl actually goes far back into fandom history. It was the fandom’s poor attempt to do damage control when it came to ships. 

You have your sheith and your klance, your makoharu and your rinharu, your usuk with fruk. it’s bound to happen. 

when this fandom was still an embryo i took a peak, and no one knew exactly what was going to be what. no one knew who these two big mlm couples would be, sincebnha escapes a bit the usual formula,  and they didnt want to get into a fight. Most shippers came from relatively chill fandoms, so they thought it would work…

“We ship everything!” to avoid getting into fights. and well, it worked for a while. 

turns out bnha got…a bit bigger than expected. 

the dekubowl has been declining slowly as the entirety of the fandom went to each corner and it became obvious who the two big ships were. and even when the dekubowl has been milder now…you can see who exactly runs it. often tddks, who hate bakugou and just want him to lose lmao -i was one at some point shrugs-. 

but since im a deku stan more than anything, i’m okay with it. 

thats the main reason behind the dekubowl. its not an exclusion of characters, it’s more of a phenomena that was bound to happen somewhere, and bnha was the one place to a large enough cast, a lovable enough mc, and an undefined “partner” by the beginning of the series. 

on itself its a very peculiar case lmao. 

REGARDLESS -sorry for the tangent- the fandom really lacks creativity when it comes to ships. 

This is coming from someone who was in the hetalia fandom way back when -throw stones at the end of the essay please- and let me tell you it’s falling incredibly short. 

Back when fanfiction.net was a thing, you could only list one ship -TWO WHEN THE UPDATE WAS RELEASED and that was like…woooow-. So people would throw ANYTHING at you. 

And that was a very pleasing way part of reading fics. You got to explore new ships, and could see the writer’s personal taste shine through. I liked it it was fun. 

You’d have crack ship all the way through, everything was free game. You did have the “default ships package” but most people played around, and threw them out of the window. You’d have a myriad of ships in the background, and it was AWESOME 

that’s why i hate it soooo much when they do this kind “default ships package” of thing in bnha. Always choosing the same things, always going through the same path. 

it standardises things and i hate it.  

i once read a very good tddk fic, because it had such wild ships i was having a BLAST with it. bakugou was dating kirishima and ochako, i think kaminari was dating sero, and tsuyu …i dont recall prob mina?…it was wild and i loved every second of it.

 And i have the vague idea -dont take my word for it it’s expeculation more than anything- that it’s because of anti culture. it’s permeating in a very toxic way. 

because you’re not allowed to ship this because its toxic, you’re not allowed to ship that because its straight, and you’re not allowed to ship what not because age gap, power dynamics, canon content, non canon content, it’s cliche, it’s ooc, it’s harmful for lgbt people, its stereotype it’s this, it’s that…

in voltron -for example- no one is allowed to ship ANYTHING other than klance. and because for some reason those shit holes are coming to bnha, they’re creating fear in the community. They don’t want you to ship anything other than what their “default ship package” has told you its okay. 

that’s why everyone attacks  you if  you think ts*chako is bland. that’s why everyone thinks you’re weird if you ship hawksdeavor, that’s why everyone riots when you say you ship bkdk. 

that’s why we can’t get more ships that the default ones. 

this purity culture is killing creativity. i know artist that don’t want to draw stuff that isn’t “safe”. writers who don’t want to cross the line. 

and its pretty damn awful. 

for people who claim to be protecting and creating wholesomeness, they sure are killing creativity in here. 

It also doesn’t help that bnha has underdeveloped characters and sexism keeps popping up in fandom, but that’s another can of worms and this response is already super long lol. 

[midoriyasbones]

look. im going off anon for this, which is something i never do tbh. i ship sk. i ship it like hell. but i like kl too, and when i saw that post, i laughed. it was a good joke, and tbh i was like "wtf why cant u see keiths hand maybe he IS holding lances hand". people go on and on about klantis, but there are sheith shippers who take it way too fucking far sometimes. you don't deserve hate or problems for that. you seem like a genuinely nice person who doesn't deserve crap for what you ship. (1)

¡you deserve as much happiness with your ship as we get with ours. as much as id like things to be canon, i realize that it might not be, and no matter what, no one deserves to be hated on or pestered because of what they ship. klance is a damn beautiful ship, and some sk shippers need to realize that by harrassing people over ships, they have sunk to @ntis levels. so you keep on shipping your great ship and dont listen to what anybody has to say about it. youre doing amazing sweetie. (2)

ALSO another thing that some sk shippers need to realize is that kl shipper =/= anti!! sure, it's definitely a thing (oh boy is it a thing) but just because someone ships kl doesnt mean theyre an anti! sometimes the sk side of the fandom can be pretty damn hypocritical too, and it pisses me off. sk is a good ship. kl is a good ship. one ship is not inherently better than another, even in regards to whether or not itll be "canon". just let people enjoy what they want! sorry for venting a bit. (3)

OH FRESHLY BREWED JUNIBERRY??

(for context, here’s the s8 poster shitpost in question, here’s me popping off, and here’s me popping off part 2 electric boogaloo i was MAD last night akdsjfjksakfj)

i’m gonna start of by saying that i don’t think this is actually an s/k vs k/l situation? because this behavior is NOT a thing reserved to s/k shippers, it’s just that as that ship has exploded in the past year so has the number of people who are s/k shippers doing this so it just feels like it, but i see it across the board. it’s not s/k thing and i don’t want it to be labeled as such. it’s just that because s/k has become so big you can find more examples of it than if you went searching in s/l, a/l, p/l, etc. could some of that behavior be s/k vs k/l? i’m sure you’d be hard pressed not to find at least one person like that out there, but i actually believe this stems from more of a non-k/l shipping fandom issue than anything else.

i feel like i should address what counts as ant¡ behavior, especially as an ex-ant¡ myself. but that’s probably a post i’ll make separately from this one though as i want to be able to word it correctly and make it so that people don’t feel like i’m coming for them or their ship. the fact is that some people genuinely don’t recognize their behavior for what it is because it’s almost been reinforced that they’re doing the right thing by so many for so long they’ve let themselves go unchecked and because of that it’s just spiraled out of control.

but yeah, just because someone ships k/l doesn’t mean they’re an anti! i think that sometimes people just jump the gun, and honestly i’m not going to make excuses for them anymore. the thing is it’s not even that every sha/adin shipper has been personally harassed for their ship, because statistically that’s just not possible. i really don’t think people are writing anons, @ ing in posts, etc to every single sha/adin out there. and before you come for me saying i could never know what it’s like, i have had my inbox flooded by both sides, i have been vagued about by both sides, i have had call out posts, sha/adin twitter memed me (briefly, but tbh im not mad about that IT WAS FUNNY), i was on vld.flops, and at one point i’ve had law enforcement involvement (to be fair, that was for ant¡s coming after me, not sha/adins) like i’ve been through that. that’s personal harassment. and yeah, seeing ant¡s post mean stuff in the tags, seeing them go after your favorite blogs or your friends, and in general just... their overall disrespect towards people in general is pretty bad, but none of that warrants you walking around with a chip on your shoulder or being able to just ‘go off’ at any and all times. even if you have been personally harassed once or even multiple times, you don’t get to do it back. that’s not how you enact change.

anyways, if you don’t like k/l and k/l shippers that much, and seeing them reminds you of bad things, i don’t blame you at all, but that really doesn’t excuse shitty behavior. as we say in the pro ship side of things, blacklist is your religion, and if you need a more heavy duty option (that removes the post entirely from your dash, as in the whole ‘this post is blocked because xyz’ won’t even show up the whole thing is just gone), xkit is free! if seeing it bothers you that much, don’t go scrolling through the tags, don’t go scrolling through blogs, don’t go after people bnf vague, and if you do see something, just scroll past it. in all honesty by commenting you’re just worsening the already oozing, festering, cluster fuck that is this fandom even if that post in question is by a hateful person, and that’s the at best scenario. at worst, you look like a dumbass who takes everything way too seriously by picking on a person who just made a shitpost for fun.

thank you so much for the encouragement, it really means a lot especially knowing that you’re part of the s/k fandom. having that support and knowing that not everyone is just going to think i’m a raving, rabid k/ancer uwu for getting upset over constantly being unfairly jeered at does help a great deal! im just... tired of feeling dread when my ask box lights up, or my stomach getting sick when i scroll through my activity feed. i know im usually a low sodium blog (and we will be returning to low sodium hours shortly) but i think this is something that needs to be talked about. people shouldn’t be able to get away with this behavior.

[average-trickster]

VLD7 spoilers ahead:

I liked a lot of stuff about this season, but i hated a lot of it too: 

- Hunk finally has the arc he deserves, his characterization is extense and I’m really happy with how they portrayed it, he was awesome, Hunk brought the team together, his interactions with keith were great and he was really cute, hot and inspiring;  - Romelle was portrayed as a really relatable character and she was really fun to watch, I loved every scene she was in;  - Pidge also had their moments, their family had a lot of characterization, we gt to see they metting their family and it was sweet and meaningful, Pidge was really badass in a lot of scenes an it was awesome; Pidge wasreally really cute in the whole season too;

-KOSMOS WAS THE BEST BOY EVER, HOW DARE THEY HURT THE DOGGY, YOU DON’T HURT THE DOGGY;

- The art was amazing, I was baffled with it, everything looked so neat, the fighting scenes were so well animated, I was completely awestruck;

- Keith trusted Lacne to lead the team momentanly and it was sweet, Keith acknowledging Hunk was also one of the cutest parts of these season, Hunk deserved this;

 - So. Many. Hot. People. I was fauning after everyone, Allura was really hot, Romelle too, Hunk was soooo hot in some scenes, I was thirsting so bad guys. 

 - Shiro’s prosthetic was beautiful, it didn’t hide his disability, it made his disability an advantage and it was beautiful;

 - HUNK AND LANCE’S FAMILIES WERE SO BEAUTIFUL, I GOT SO EMOTIONAL ON THOSE PARTS;

 - The micy & kosmos saving everyone cause Coran is too much of a gorgeous man to work alone;

 - The paladins in their lions with their companies, Pidge highkEY ignoring everyone to play videogames and then having to deal with everyone’s nightmare xD;

 - Lance’s interactions with Romelle were adorable, she’s so funny;

 - Keith being able to have SHiro back was beautiful, I’m so happy for them;

 - VERONICA MCCLAIN WHERE DO I GET A PIECE OF THAT;

 - Shiro and Keith leadership scenes wer awesome, Keith has matured so much, I’m really pround of him;

 - Sam HOLT TAKING OVER EARTH;

 - tiny Keith was adorable and the first episode as really enjoyable, it felt like a follow up to season 6, it was meaningfull;  - Everything (plot wise) from ep 7 to the part where atlas randomly turns into a big-voltron was quickpaced but enjoyable,the earth episodes were the coolest of the whole show for me and I loved the traitor plot they put in there;  - The hinted at alien lesbians;  - Coran was so silly and cute, i loved him;  - The ‘‘lets torture pidge cause they are the weak of the team’‘ part was really cool and i loved it;  - The garrison cadets were awesome and I loved them all, (keith’s former bully was kind of a bitch, and his manerism gave me a lot of keith vibes but I liked him a bit) The mute undercut guy and the smart yellow freckled person were awesome and I loved themm. BUT  - The whole season was kind of a confusing development. The first episodes were really slow and boring, they wasted time on stuff that didn’t matter, the paladins randomly appeared on other planes of existence because of a space thing they didn’t even explain properly;  - The filler episode wasn’t nearly as enjoyable as the one in season 6, they called and portrayed Lance dumb, multiple times, when every other paladin did fairly well. The most enjoyable time was when they showed the importance every paladin had to each other and how all of them thought they mattered to each other (I don’t buy Keith’s bitching, actions are worth more than words);   - God Allura who came out with random convenient magic for every bad situation was really weird for me, has been since last season.. ressurecting lance and shiro, ending stuff with the power of quintenssence just because... well, it was kind of a low point for me;  - Again, Atlas wasn’t build to be a big voltron so it made absolutely no sense that it turned into one by God Shiro’s powers?;  - As a lowkey allurance shipper, that was really low for me because it came of nowhere. Allura didn’t like Lance like that, there were no signts, she was sad when she found out about his feelings, both Allura and Lance deserve better than that;  - Lance, in the last seasons had had almost no screen time at all, he has been made into a joke and it was no different this season. He had really good moments, Keith trusted him as a leader, Lance has really awesome in some moments but because we were promised screen time for Lance and because this has been going on for so long, I’m disappointed he didn’t got better;  - The Klance QueerBait: Im disappointed but not surprised; The one that hurt me the most was when they were drifting in space (for no good reason) Lance said Keith ‘’maybe shouldn’t have even came back’’ when Lance was the loneliest in the ship after Keith went away. Lance was utterly alone and felt the worst at those moments. I know it wasn’t from the heart but it hurted me and I don’t know how to deal with it given the rest of these last seasons;  - Acxa x Keith was the most disapointing thing I’ve ever seen, they had no interest on each other, they had no conection whatsoever, they have nothing between them and I really hope she’s Keith long los sister because if not, I’m not going to watch this happen;  - Shadam/Adashi: Well, voltron you really fucked up on this one.   I think the worst was how much you advertised this, you made us feel like we had a guaranteed gay relationship and then ripped it from us for what? shook value? When all the heterosexual relationships went fairly well? But you didn’t advertise these heterossexual realtionships like you did with adashi so what was the problem? Also, you could say it was not queerbait cause Shiro is still lgbt but why would you rob Shiro his fiancee? Like rena said on twitter, Shiro has suffered so much and everyone returned to their families, had their happy ending, but shiro has ptsd, was tortured, died, and returns home to be alone. You didn’t even say they were planning to get married on the show, if you didn’t watch the enterview, you wouldn’t even know they were planning on getting married. But no, his dead was fast and meaningless, he didn’t got anymore flashbacks, we got nothing else about him, you did’t spend more than 5 seconds mourning him, it was empty and careless. We don’t know anything else about adam, you used him to get your lgbt coverage and that’s why you queerbaited us. And you know what is so sad? You were there when some of us watched the first episode, you saw how happy we were about lgbt representation, you saw us yelling and crying in happiness and you ignored all of it and followed a trope we’ve been watching again and again and again and again.

You know, I wouldn’t have been so sad if there were at least some other interactions between them, or memories/flashbacks about them. But you used Adam as your head line when he became nothing but a footer line on the show. You advertised the relationship you knew would be the most important to us before destroying it And you know what hurts the most? You mourned and cared more for the white women that almost killed the entire human race by not listening & being arrogant that you did for Adam, the gay POC character that gave his life willingly and needlessly to save his planet. Her dead had so much intensity, she had time to speak and try to redem herself, she was made into a hero. We didn’t care about that bitch, she was a rules-lover, selfish women that didn’t know anything about zarkon or the galra but still thought Shiro & Sam & everyone else were wrong in how they were approaching the enemy. We all knew Zarkon would end earth with or without lions and she couldn’t accept that, she was an arrogant twat and you treated her like she was  the best person ever because she sacrificed herself after being proved wrong. And being cruel: I wonder what they told the families of the ones she, the hero,  send to their deaths when everyone told her it was the wrong decision.  You mourn that women like an hero, and you treat Adam, our hope for canon representation, the symbol of our identity, the hopes we had on this show since the begining, as a footer. I hope you give us something about Shadam/Adashi in next season, if you want us to stay, if you want us to respect you again. I’m more than happy with some flashbacks from Shiro and a deep meaningful conversation, I’m happy with anything that makes their gay relationship strictly visible because that what was you showed us was going to happen and that wasn’t what you gave us, you own us an apology. Shiro and Adam deserve better.

[thekrawra]

MY THOUGHTS ON VOLTRON LEGENDARY DEFENDER

season eight post masterlist

wowie. its been a wild ride to get here, but the final season of voltron is coming out on friday. this is literally just word vomit over all my thoughts on the show: the good, the bad, and everything in between. it will probably be long. but here we go:

voltron is literally the only show i’ve kept with the entire way through. normally i find that after a while tv shows lose focus, and are constantly told to keep going if its popular, even if they don’t have stories to tell. i have to applaud the creators of vld for sticking to their story. they knew what they wanted, and they didn’t extend the series past the point where the story was over. 

i also think there was a super dedicated fandom, but i think it, like most fandoms had its issues. the large majority of the fandom seemed to be klance shippers. there is nothing wrong with this. nothing wrong at all, however it gets to a point when people only watch the show under the expectation that klance will be canon. that isn’t cool. voltron is not, and will never be, a romance. its a children’s netflix cartoon. the writers and creators don’t owe anyone anything, and klance doesn't have to happen for voltron to still be a good show. 

with all that being said: i love this show. so much. and the reason i love it, is literally because they use parallels, symbolism, themes and foils so well. like this show is full of meaning that lies just under the surface. the black bayard, the red lion, the blue lion, literally every weapon in the show and who it belongs to, the go paladins vs. the original paladins, the use of colours to define character relationships. like literally i could talk about it all day. there is so much symbolism, strong general themes, as well as individual character themes, a diverse cast of characters that you can root for, various people that parallel and foil each other, interactions that call back onto previous interactions. generally, this show puts a tremendous amount of thought into how they portray things and what each thing they put on screen means, and its one of the things that make this show so good. 

i also love how this story is told. i think lance is a great protagonist (i firmly believe lance is the main protagonist, while this is an ensemble show, lance is the one who introduced us to the story, the world, the character, he was the first one we met, he has had the most development, and he’s just ah such a good character i love him), i think our opinions are very quickly formed through his eyes and we see the changes in the characters as he does, its so subtle and so clever and is just really really fun to watch. 

i think its neat how everyone has interpreted the story a little differently though. sees values in different parts, and parallels in different places. its all just really cool how the show has been presented and how it allows for so much room to interpret. 

to be honest, i think i would prefer it if the show ended without any romantic pairing, because it continues to let the fans decide. so much of the small detail of this show is in how the audience sees the events, and its so neat how we each almost have seen and interpreted the story of voltron a little differently. i think that unless whatever the final romantic pair is adds something to the story, its almost more satisfying to get and ending where no romance is developed, and we get to decide for ourselves how these relationships work. it lets anything really be canon in our own personal stories. 

all that being what it is, i think voltron was great. from season 1 to season 7, there's always something that makes me excited, something to analyze, and its a great show for casual fans, or hardcore ones. 

im going to miss the show when its done. its been a great ride. and remember: no matter what happens in season eight, its been a fun journey. think of all the people who found inspiration to write or create amazing fan art in the show, everyone who found it entertaining, everyone who was emotionally affected by any episode, any character arc, anything at all. no matter how it ends: it was a good time. 

peace out fellas.

[pwnyta]

5&6 for uh BNHA, Marvel, and Voltron?

BNHA-

Do you have a NoTP in [insert fandom here]?

I dont really like any Bakugo or Mineta ships. I especially dont like BakuDeku... though BakuDeku shippers seem pretty chill. I block them anyways because I just hate the ship that much but its never anything personal. 😂

Has fandom ever ruined a pairing for you?

KiriBaku. I think KiriBaku is the most tolerable of Baku ships but whenever I see someone obnoxious in the tags... theyre usually a KiriBaku. So its the most tolerable ship with the least tolerable fandom. (not that I think ALL KiriBakus are like this obviously... im just sayin. Someone like you for instance? STELLAR.)

If they just said they didnt like particular ships and characters itd be fine but they insist on trying to make it a big deal because they dont like the ship rivalry and its extremely obvious when a ship like KiriMina (considering the two are good friends whove known each other longer than most of the class A relationships other than maybe Baku and Deku) is thrown under the bus.

I havent gotten to a point where I just block any of the shippers of it I see... unlike some other fandoms and ships.

MCU-

Do you have a NoTP in [insert fandom here]?

Stony. FrostIron (any Loki ship TBH). BruceTasha. Stucky. ScarlettVision.

Has fandom ever ruined a pairing for you?

hmmm.... I dont think so. Not in MCU I dont think. The ships I dont like I never really liked in the first place so...I guess Stucky is the closest. A lot like KiriBaku I see the appeal of the ship though I dont partake... but JFC the shippers are just the fucking WORST. (Stucky shippers as of rn are significantly more obnoxious than the obnoxious KiriBaku shippers at their peak. Theyre more on par with Klancers.)

OR WAIT NO... I typed that all out and then I remembered I use to like Steggy. Talk about a garbage fandom. Theyre some really uppity ass bitches on that ship let me tell you. 

Yall can pretend Steggy wasnt some basic-ass, whitebread, het ship that barely knew each other and never even got together before Steve ‘died‘ but SURPRISE thats exactly what it is and the only reason the majority of the fandom are ok with it is because Peggy is fucking dead and cant get in the way of any other ship.

Yall can pretend Staron is the worst Steve ship but lets face it. Youre just threatened by its chance at being completely end game.

Gif is Me@MCU fandom: For the Staron shippers, with love.PWNYTA

VLD-

Do you have a NoTP in [insert fandom here]?

I think Klance is the only ship I really cant stand and that has a lot more to do with the fandom than the ship itself. I dont really like Lotura or really any Purple Loki ships either... but its a sort of casual dislike. He just reminds me too much of Loki.

Has fandom ever ruined a pairing for you?

I could have gotten over my dislike of Klance this last season if it wasnt for the fandom ruining. Also Adashi which I genuinely find cute to explore but LETS FUCKIN FACE IT THE MAJORITY OF ADASHIPPERS ARE KLANCE SHIPPERS PRETENDING TO CARE ABOUT ADAM BECAUSE HE WAS THEIR KEY TO GET SHIRO OUT OF THE WAY FOR KLANCE. @ ME ABOUT IT.

[juskla]

me, checking out a voltron blog: hm, i wonder what they’re like...?

their header: “#he’s looking at keith”

me: ...really? i mean-

me: a TRUE shipper would know the quote is “#he is looking at keith” not “he’s”

me: :D

AKA; HELLO, YES, IN LIGHT OF RECENT EVENTS THERE IS GOING TO BE A BIG SHIFT ON MY BLOG!

i have always been discourse free and hate free and clearly loving lotor ships, as those of you who know me know, but from this day forth, while i am planning to remain discourse free aside from this post and any replies about this post, i want you all to clearly know my stance on the discourse: i am very strongly pro shaladin. and not just for the stance. i ship sheith. it is fantastic and shiro makes keith so happy. why don’t i have a problem with sheith? 1) i don’t see them as having more than a 3 year age gap (considering it was confirmed that shiro had just graduated when he went for the kerberos mission, keith was not a first year when he dropped out, and the GG is most likely a 4 year institution/uni) 2) i see them as both adults, even when they were at the garrison 3) i don’t think age gaps, even if they did have one, are inherently unhealthy as long as both parties are adults. 4) no, i don’t think and have never thought they are related. i’ve posted a couple sheith posts before, and had it on my ship list for months, but now it will be appearing on my blog on a more regular basis. feel free to block the tag #sheith if you do not wish to see that, along with any other ship tags you may not want to see, because i will most likely post about some ships i don’t ship as well, and who knows... maybe i’ll hop on some new other ship trains too. I understand I may lose followers for this, but I will be instead gaining friends.

I AM LOOKING FOR NEW MUTUALS/FRIENDS WHO:

are pro shaladin***

post sheith

post lotor and the generals

post galra

post about any of the girls in vld

post about/have original characters

reblog/make art

reblog/make icons

reblog/make edits

make sicc memes™

***required, everything else is just bonus :D

PLEASE EITHER REBLOG THIS + TAG WHAT YOU POST -OR- LIKE THIS + REPLY WITH WHAT YOU POST -OR- INSTANT MESSAGE (not ask) ME A HELLO + TELL ME WHAT YOU POST IF YOU’D RATHER DO IT PRIVATELY ...AND I’LL CHECK YOUR BLOG OUT! if i like your stuff, i will follow you/follow you back, and i will try to message you too so we can become mutuals... and friends!:D

(notes/faq under the cut, reading is optional, but it may answer some questions)

things to note:

make sure that you either allow IM messages from everyone, or if not, that you follow me first so that i can message you and we can start talking :D

i will NEVER condone harassment of real people and their families/children over a fictional ship, there are a couple ships in voltron that do make me uncomfortable, and i just ignore it, because i know and understand other people don’t share my headcanons and may see those characters differently than i do, so they’re just my NOTPs.

while i prefer voltron-centric blogs, you don’t have to be voltron only, but please be voltron heavy

i do ship klance, but i am much more heavy into multiship, aliens, galra and rare pairs, so even if you have #klance blacklisted, i’m still open to being mutuals and you’ll only be missing select amount of my content

i carefully tag all of my content, so anything you blacklist, you’ll be good!

i post mostly original content! anything from art, to memes to edits!

i know i may get hate now, but this blog is discourse free and hate free, any hate will simply be deleted, or respectfully replied to with kindness

no, i do not support adult/minor relationships, and if you are an adult attracted to minors, please never interact with me or my posts ever

i’m not mass blocking all antis or saying you can’t follow me/interact with my posts, but i won’t follow you back or reblog from you if you are anti, and if you send me or any of my friends hate or harassment, you will not be welcome here

while i only actively ship sheith in the shaladin umbrella, i am open to following people who ship anything as long as you are pro shaladin, i don’t need to ship your otp to appreciate it

while i’m mostly looking for shaladin/sheith mutuals on this specific post, you don’t have to ship shaladin for me to follow you in general, neutral/ship-free/hate free and pro shaladins who don’t ship it are all great too, as long as you don’t identify as ‘anti’ or harass anyone for what they ship, i’m cool with you! and you’re welcome to message me too :)

this includes ex-antis, if you drop the label and change your ways, whether you switched to neutral or pro, you’re fine too!

also know, you don’t have to ship shaladin just because i do, if it makes you uncomfortable, as i said before, you can blacklist the tags, no problem, i’m not going to force anyone to ship sheith

thank you to the people in my life, old and new, that have given me the confidence and courage to come forward with my stance: @im-so-voltdone @kcgane @marmorababy @belovedsheith @cupidlance @adenna79 @purplerubyred @tiredgaykeith @cagethestars @lotors-saltwife @blacklionshiro @just-for-voltron @flusteredkeith @keiths-stupid-mullet @vld--mess @spicyboikeith @factorysaltedpeanuts @internetfeet @jaegereska @paladinwilla thank you all from the bottom of my heart, you’re all so kind, ok? thank you.

i’m sorry this took so long but, HI PRO SIDE! I’M ONE OF YOU! I’M A SHALADIN! PATIENCE YIELDS FOCUS, AS MANY TIMES AS IT TAKES, BUT HE LOVES KEITH, SHIRO LOVES YOU BABY!!!!!! :D