#like im so so serious. trust. its so lance

[heynhay]

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[autisticlancemcclain]

fic rec friday 33

welcome to the thirty-third fic rec friday! where, on friday, i rec five of my favourite fics.

1. Rose-Colored Boy by melancholymango

“I missed you, you know.”

“Yeah?” Lance sighed, warm and giddy, clearly not absorbing how serious the words truly were. Keith nodded his head for a few seconds, not trusting himself to speak around the size of his emotions. He was suddenly brought back to the years alone on the whale, when all he’d had to keep him going was memories of his friends, of Lance.

“Yeah.” Keith said, more certainty in his voice now. He reached down, hesitantly threading his fingers through Lance’s and giving his hand a squeeze. Lance tensed next to him. “I still do.”

“I mean, I’m right here.”

“Are you? You still seem pretty far away.”

again i know im not really big on those fics that make the team out to be deliberately cruel, but sometimes its cathartic tbh. sometimes you remember canon and ur just like yeah what if he got angry. what if someone got angry for him. what then. and mango gives us that

2. Swamp of Sorrows by SwissArmyKnife

Pike gets exposed to acidic ooze, which leads Block (& Keith) to make a few discoveries about their party’s rogue.

“We can't leave them like this,” Meklavar said of Valayun and Pike, who’d been laid beside the fire. "Look at how bad those welts are." She came up with a bottle of oil and a cake of soap. "I can smell water nearby. We can get them washed and roll them in a blanket to sleep off the spore. What do you think?"

"I think it's our only choice," Takashi said.

monsters and mana fic!!!!! everybody say YES to righteous anger on pike’s behalf. and also say yes to pike bc i love him. this fic is interesting bc its a little tense and awkward bc this ragtag team of misfits doesnt quite trust each other yet but they also cant quite stop themselves from caring about each other. so even though they dont all agree on eveyrthing and dont agree about all, they do agree that pike needs more care than he got. also unrelated but the fact that shiro’s m&m name is fucking takashi kills me every time like man just wants to be himself 💀

3. Beneath the Champagne Sea by SwissArmyKnife

The paladins make a diplomatic visit to a planet with sexual dimorphism roughly opposite that of Earth. Women are larger and more powerful, while men are leaner and smaller. Cue their horror at gaunt, sickly Pidge and mild disgust with the ’womanly’ Shiro. Lance hits the sweet spot. He's got the build and features to draw the eyes and the charm to keep them. Their hosts are quite taken with him, in particular the daughter of the queen, whose forwardness is a comic reversal of Lance’s usual dynamic with women. Lance likes the attention and finds her intriguing, but eventually things take a discomforting turn.

Lance tried to step around her, wanting to walk away from a conversation that seemed less and less likely to end well, but Leh’n seized his wrist before he could. Her grip was tight, and freeing himself would require an act of aggression, which he still wanted to avoid. ‘Think of the mission, of how important it is to get the castle up and running again,’ he coached himself.

Still, that did nothing to stop his blood pressure from skyrocketing as Leh’n leaned closer and said. “I am not accustomed to reluctance.”

i swear to god that ive recced this before, but i couldnt find it in my records so here it is!! this fic is endlessly fascinating. the exploration of gender roles is super interesting, considering who is impacted in this fic and how. the discussion about beauty standards, power imbalances, the alien wrench in things was so cool! and i think lance, who is very much someone who rides that gender lines in terms of presentation of hobbies and even chracter traits, makes sense as the main character here. interesting think piece. 

4. you had me at merlot by @ryomakun

“Oh my God,” Lance says as he covers his face. Keith’s tinny voice blares from his laptop speakers: “What do you call a fake noodle? An impasta.” See, this joke might have been funny if someone charismatic and charming had said it, but Keith’s flat voice and even flatter expression effectively kidnaps, tortures, and then decapitates any chance of it being remotely humorous.

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Keith accidentally starts a YouTube channel. Lance, of course, refuses to be left out. It goes about as well as you'd expect. (Ft. copious amounts of wine and a truly shameless number of references to MyDrunkKitchen, DailyGrace, and general pop culture)

this fic is HILARIOUS. its one of the firsts i ever screenshotted for the scrapbook i have of fics that made me laugh out loud. i offer you this one part that really made me giggle: 

““It tastes good,” Keith says petulantly as he glares at the accusing finger Hunk has pointed at him. “No offense Hunk but that stuff you gave me for my twenty-first tasted like feet and antiseptic.”

“That was a merlot,” Hunk wails. “The good kind, too!”

Ignoring them, Lance stands in front of the rum selection. This is why he didn’t want to bring anyone. They might call him loud and embarrassing, but at least he doesn’t yell inside WalMart about the virtues of a “real red wine.” An elderly couple passes through, eying the bickering three. Lance resolutely pretends he is here shopping by himself.“

the way they are so ridiculous that LANCE of all people is embarrassed of them...cinema. also this fic is peak bc it has klance as enemies to lovers and childhood friends to lovers at the same time. iconique

5. Flayed by @admiralcanthackett

Lance gets hit with a face full of spores and it leaves him wracked with pain. Touch is the only relief he can find.

yes i know i tag this author all the time but in my defense there was a point in my life where i was OBSESSED with faer fics. truly. anyways this one has unexpectedly protective keith, like to a very high degree, and im loving the heavy themes of trust and emotional as well as physical vulnerability 

that’s it for today!! i’ll see y’all back next friday for the next fic rec post!!!

[scattered-winter]

potential AU with fun facts (haha funny story this is actually an AU i'm writing I need ideas lol)

BOM!Keith runs into Lance, Hunk and Pidge who are searching for a supposed superweapon in an attempt to defend themselves from Alteans and Galrans that are trying to find the colony that humans fled to after Earth was destroyed

Keith thinks to himself "wow these guys are annoying and weird I sure do hope I never see them again" before the Blades immediately order him to find the Lions to keep it out of human, Altean and Galran hands

AHLSKDGOUSDJGLKSDHG THATS SO REAL. im actually SO fascinated by this concept i would love for u to tell me about it sometime 👀👀

but the things that immediately come to mind for ME are as follows:

i'm assuming keith is still half human, so maybe there'd be a part of him that is curious/fascinated by these other humans right up until the point where lance opens his mouth. and then keith is like hmm no thank u

so i'm taking a wild shoot-in-the-dark guess and saying (at least for the purposes of answering this, idk what u have in mind for this) that instead of being destroyed the alteans fought back and so the war is mostly between altea and the galra ? and earth was caught in the crossfire ?? in which case if I was doing something like this i would want a lot of focus on both sides of the conflict because something about me is that i LOOOVE political intrigue. if allura is the leader of the alteans, how long has she been leading? what mindsets and attitudes does she have as someone who is leading her people in war? if she's searching for voltron to try and beat the galra to it, but she didn't spent 10,000 years in a cryopod and thus doesn't have the connection to the lions that she has in canon, how is she going about the search? are there breakoff groups of alteans, similar to the blade of marmora? etc etc. this isn't really a Fact per se it is just things my worldbuilding brain is immediately jumping to when presented with some of these concepts. i am genuinely obsessed with this i NEEEEEEED to know more about this au ,, pleas ,,

so if this au is kind of humans vs alteans vs galra, i imagine things would be.....interesting once team voltron (comprised of all three) got together. especially if the garrison trio now have personal stakes in the war (their planet was destroyed and their people are being hunted) because i think they would be much more serious about it right off the bat. there could be a Lot of struggling to trust each other shenanigans afoot

i can already SEEEE the klance arguing scenarios. if keith (doesn't want to be there) is forced to spend lots of time in close proximity with lance (planet was destroyed by this guy's race) it would be SO DELICIOUS..........i love their rivals to lovers thing but if its more like enemies starting out ??? incredible fantastic no notes

if keith grew up in the bom (one of my FAVORITE aus to mess with btw) then if it were me doing an au like this i would put soooo much bom culture in it. i love alien cultures i love worldbuilding and most importantly i love crying about it. xox

send me a potential au and i'll tell you 5 things i would do!!

[pretty-setter-bois]

sensitive

request; Voltron request, how do the paladins deal with a crush who they find out is very sensitive physically, (they are human not alien), their hearing is sensitive and can hear things others usually don’t, sensitive to light so wears a cap all the time, a creature attempted to attack crush once and crush without looking just slapped it, knocking it out, they can’t be snuck on?

summary; the paladins have known their crush to have very sensitive senses, but what happens when they take out a whole creature on their own without trying?

word count; 906™

warning; maybe a few swears here n there, but none ღ

SHIRO

it would put him at ease

he’s v trusting of you ( already head over heels + been stuck in an alien ship for months? bond 😍 )

wants to bring you on missions but also fears your safety

once he tried to protect you on a mission,,,, didn’t end well.

you ended up protecting him n he was in awe

was liek,,,,,

‘i’m not supposed to be feeling like this, how is this so hot-’

that’s sum lance shit nvm

anyways thinks of you as a valuable asset to the team, and just dotes on you without noticing

even keith noticed whew

in general, would be really good ab it, not too over the top but acknowledges it at the same time

8/10

keith

at first he’s all angsty and thinks you’re trying to kill them ( s1 keith rip )

but the more time you spend together, the more it grows on him

this one time while you were on a mission and someone was sneaking up behind him

like one of haggar’s scary testbots

crush was in front of him, with their back facing him, like literally 2m away and distracted

without even turning around, you throw a knife

at first he thinks its aimed at him n ducks, then realizes it went higher

you weren’t really one to miss,,,, you were like,,, the sharpshooter

sum lance shit again im srryyy

then he turns around

he find this giant galra robot, the knife supposedly for him stabbed in the chest

he turns around to thank you, but you’re already leaving.

“you’re welcome.”

ever since he’s been feeling weird

then remembered that one time lance talked to him bc he was ‘captain’

so he decided to talk to our resident love expert

“remember when i said (Y/N) was a spy?” keith starts, sitting on lance’s bed with his elbows propped up to hold his forehead.

this was upon inviting himself into the former blue pilots room, of course.

“we’re not doing this again. (Y/N)’s awesome! how could they be a spy.”

“that’s it. just when i start to think that they’re not, i start feeling weird. maybe they like, imprinted on me.”

“just like haggar imprinted on you and we got tracked? that was a total bust, buddy.”

“it feels different, though.”

“different how?”

“like, my heart starts racing, my palms get sweaty, and my breath gets caught in my throat.”

“dude, don’t tell me you’re being serious.”

“what do you mean?”

“are you seriously that dense?”

“you’re dense!”

“at least i’m not dense enough to not know who i have a crush on!”

“you have a crush?”

lance facepalms, letting his hand drop to its original place.

“you. you like (Y/N).”

keith’s eyes widen, as his arms lose control and drop onto the mattress. he leans back, but his arms catch him.

“you okay, man?”

mans pulls a 360 n straight up moon walks outta there

he liked you?

took him a while to accept but after he did, he always tried to be protective of you

didn’t work, as he got his ass saved everytime

either way it was in interaction with you, sooo

9/10

lance

at first, he tries to hit on you like every other cutie he’s met

but when you just ignore his advances, our boy gives up

he realizes that he was lowkey bein disrespectful and lays off

then in a mission

he watches you

beat a whole hallway of sentries

without even trying

like,,,, one step = one sentry down

mans knew he was in luv

one problem... you didn’t take him seriously

so he does the one thing he good at

sweettalking, but with a twist

“woah! that’s amazing! i didn’t know you could do that!”

“thanks, i guess.”

that failed

he’s amazing at reading people’s body language, tones, etc

that backfired badly, so he tried another attempt

in small lil ways he tries to let you know he cares

having ur back in a mission

more like u having his back but,,, it’s the thought that counts

stopping in front of your door to ask questions at like,,,, 1am

knows ur sensitive so offers hats ( whatever he can get from coran )

slowly makes his way to ur good side

10/10 :)

hunk

bby

was always on ur good side

notices the small things n figures it out

always knows you’ll have his back in a mission

first time he witnessed it in action,,, he rethought his entire existence

‘woah, they’re amazing...’

from then on small feelings begin to grow

asks you to help him bake

calls u his ‘lucky charm’ bc u know all the spices by scent

rlly adorable ab it

11/10 :))

pidge

techno wiz type beat

figured it out when she had to evaluate everyones blood pressure n senses with coran for a checkup

it was a tuff mission and allura wanted to check you were ok

so when it was your turn

she noticed that all your senses were more heightened than average

scent, sight, taste, you name it

was so amazed

was alr crushing on u from before, this was a bonus

used it as an excuse to talk to you

thinks ur amazing

helps make special lenses that adjust your eyes to the light

when you ask for glasses n say that u want them to pay tribute to the inventor, her heart melts

8/10

[glorywaited]

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1. FIRST NAME  :  miyeon

2. STRANGE FACT ABOUT YOURSELF  :  i have ridiculously long hair tbh u can just call me asian rapunzel !!

3. TOP THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU FIND ATTRACTIVE ON A PERSON  :  eyes, face shape, legs  (  im weak i just rly love thighs okay but also t-tiddy....n chest....  )

4. A FOOD YOU COULD EAT FOREVER AND NOT GET BORED OF  : kimbap n dak galbi with cheese !! n i’ll never get tired of rice in any form tbh but i looove spicy spicy food i’ll never tired of spicy !!

5. A FOOD YOU HATE  :  raw onions

6. GUILTY PLEASURE  : oh on here it’s...eugene/cass ships lmao

7. WHAT DO YOU SLEEP IN  :  i have usually cute pyjama sets n soft short shorts but i often lose my shirt especially when it’s too hot but i also have very cute comfy fluffy blankets i like to curl up in completely !!

8. SERIOUS RELATIONSHIPS OR FLINGS  : oh i don’t mind both types !! when i’m serious tho i am very serious but when i’m on my own i like some flings but not incredibly often i usually stick with friends i trust for those thing much more often n daily !!

9. IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN THE PAST AND CHANGE ONE THING ABOUT YOUR LIFE  ,  WOULD YOU AND WHAT WOULD IT BE  :  many thing but i won’t feel comfortable to share such personal thing

10. ARE YOU AN AFFECTIONATE PERSON  :  mmmm depends !! culturally it’s weird to hug so much especially people u don’t know but i do become much more affectionate when i trust someone n am close !! i like to be physically close to people i love !! n i like making people happy it makes me very happy too !! but initially i keep distance from people lil bit

11. A MOVIE YOU COULD WATCH OVER AND OVER AGAIN  :  into the spider-verse !!

12. FAVORITE BOOK  :  i can’t think of ones people will kno here but i dont read too often for pleasure rly ?? my most recent favourite book from past year i guess is the lo.st lag.oon tho !! its not rly canon but i liked it a lot n take headcanons from it anyway that i’ve had since i start this blog last year !!

13. YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO KEEP ANY ANIMAL AS A PET, WHAT DO YOU CHOOSE  :   i have always want specifically a snowy owl since i was very little !! they’re so beautiful n elegant n i just have always adored owls, i have owls on my pants rn !! && ive always want !! bunnies !! i have a kitty rn !!

14. TOP FIVE FICTIONAL SHIPS   (  IF YOU ARE AN RP BLOG  ,  YOU CAN USE YOUR OWN SHIPS AS WELL  )  :  for cass in canon !! i rly adore eugene && cass, raps && cass, lance && cass, adira && cass, stalyan && cass, eugene/cass/raps OT3 !! for this blog outside of her canon muses i rly love some  ships i have with elsa && cass, anna && cass, honeymaren && cass, hiccup && cass, bh6 fred && cass && OCS && CASS !! i have...a lot of wants for crossover ships too...i can list so many lmao...i cheated on this one bUT !!

15. PIE OR CAKE  :  pie, i rly love fruits n fruit flavours most !! but i prefer other sweets than cake or pies tho

16. FAVORITE SCENT  :  sweet peas, rose, lavender && fresh cherry blossoms !!

17. CELEBRITY CRUSH  :  oh !! chungha... n sunmi !! the entirety of kard...

18. IF YOU COULD TRAVEL ANYWHERE, WHERE WOULD YOU GO  :  oh i love paris && want to go to hawaii in america !! so pretty. but i love most singapore n want to go again !! i rly love travelling n have travel several places !!

19. INTROVERT OR EXTROVERT  :  introvert but i will become more open with people i trust !!

20. DO YOU SCARE EASILY  :  i don’t at all it’s kind of a funny thing with my friends try to scare me but i just stare them back lol !! but i can become startle easier because of ptsd but i wouldn’t count much as...actually scare

21. IPHONE OR ANDROID  : iphone

22. DO YOU PLAY ANY VIDEO GAMES  :  yes always !! i played league a lot when i was younger && now i play a lot of ove.rwa.tch. i like a lot of fps games now rly but i like to play more casual stuff on my spare time too. rn i’m replay the biosh.ock games n i’m on the second one now !!

23. DREAM JOB  : professional dancer or film or photography

24. WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH A MILLION DOLLARS  :  make better life for me n my friends n make sure i’ll be stable n fine for the future !!

25. FICTIONAL CHARACTER YOU HATE  : i dont ?? think i hate many if i don’t like things i just kind of...ignore n go about my business but i have had characters ruin for me from bad people

26. FANDOM THAT YOU WERE ONCE A PART OF BUT AREN’T ANY LONGER  : i was in the league rpc n ovw rpcs until recently but i wouldn’t say i rly left them ?? i have verses on here for both too n i have a ovw ashe blog i need to be more active on....n a nee.ko blog.... i’ve just been so depress lately it’s hard to write anywhere hh i miss them sm :’(

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[sodasyrup]

I love,,,,, domestic lava au... You should do more of it. I'd love to know more about reka and monty too!

BWAAA...

Okay as I said it’s an au with kittie (6kuro) so I’m gonna grab the things it said and I said lmao

warning its a LONG disjointed post bc im too tired to make. a good post fdhghdf

lovelypeaches08/28/2019cole and kai would settle down real late like....in their late thirties because they want to keep their children as safe as possible, being elemental masters and having enemies and all

at first wu wants them to fight longer and shit but hes OLD so who cares and theres probably conflict on thatbut kai and cole are old enough to realized they dont have to be controlled

so they get married, symbolically if anything, because they've been dating for probably a little over a decade now and known each other even longer, AND been living together for the same amount of time

theyre the first of the ninja to settle down, and they buy a small house in a village thats maybe an hour away from ninjago city

the tininess of the house is made up for by the largeness of the yard, where cole likes to garden, especially fruits and vegetables

cole works as a stay at home free lance artist, doing stuff like commissions, book covers, comics, etc for moneykai does something that puts his charisma to use, probably something in business that lets him advertise and talk a lot..he could never settle down for a stay at home job or anything, even with all his thrilling ninja stories

they have enough money from donations and awards to thrive off these jobs, and ninjago probably pays them kind of like retirement

cole cooks for kai so he always has a meal ready when hes home, so then kai cooks on the weekend

anyways, they have two kids, about 3 years aparti haven't figured them much out yet, but kai and cole cook and bake with themcoles parenting style is very protective and rather spoils them, while kai lets them do whatever as long as its not immediately dangerousthey balance each other out well, so their kids grow up loved and well rounded

lovelypeaches08/28/2019coles always buying them sweets and treats and Kai pretends to be annoyed but thinks its really cute

the kids go to a small school on the outskirts of ninjago city, and get asked about their parents a LOT. they kind of like the attention but it gets irritating

moving on to the other ninja who also start to settle down,jay doesnt really want kids, so he passes on his powers with ~science~ or something, but only when hes a lot olderhe does engineering at borg industries or something, and he messes around a lot but gets away with it bc hes the blue ninjahes like kai and coles kids Fun Uncle, since he lives in a big apartment in downtown ninjago city, with a bunch of cool techkai and coles family often take elongated road trips therejay thinks hes a cool relative but besides being super lenient hea actually kind of embarrassing lol

nya settles down a bit later than the rest of them, because she wants to live her ninja days to the fullesti could go on about my domestic samurai au but her and pixal have a kid who gets nyas water powersnya is much more eager to train her kid than cole and Kai are (they want to start properly training thwir children when theyre like 16, much to wus disappointment)nya doesn't force anyrhing on her kid but she doesnt protect her kid from the fact they'll have to train sooner or latershes determined on still changing the world, so she's a strong political leader, with innovative ideas who doesnt approve of ninjagos government and wants to change it for the betterShe also lives in downtown, but isn't as fun as jayher kid is younger than kai and coles, but kai and coles kids look up to them because they're very independent and skilled! their mom is also super cool, but not in a silly way. she rocks leather jackets and drives her kid around on a motorcycle

lovelypeaches08/28/2019zane is tricky for me...i like to imagine him sticking with lloyd to being a ninja or whatever, since hes going to be alive a lonnggg timehe also wants to respect wus wishes, so he teaches students and fights alongside lloydhe does so much less however, and finds a lot of time to visit his friends

kai and coles kids are shy around him at first, him being a nindroid whose still a ninja, but hes so much nicer and softer than expectedhe always brings them presenrs and enjoys quality time with them, so he's basically their favorite uncle

now lloyd continues his master training, to become the next master after wu dies. hed be the one to guide the next generation of elemental masters as well as their parents in training thembut don't worry, he gets a break too, since the other ninja help him out. hes much less burdened then wu was in the later years of his lifeok thats all i think

My commentary now

little boy whos like 3 and super wide eyed and excited and loves pink (when he foudn out zane at one point had a pink gi he asked if he could get one too)older girl around 6 whos a big daddys girl and loves to garden with cole and make mud piez

the little girl is the fire em - she had temper issues linked to autismz which they worked through her with early and never thought of it but she has a big passion for gardening they mistook for elemental connection when rly she just LUVS IT

little boy is em of earth - hes a natural born leader and stubborn, wide eyed and excitable. again bc they worked w both their kids about their tempers and such they never realized he was just naturally good at keeping his composure. also a lot like jay keeping morals upnaturally strong but both their kids are and i hc the super strength doesnt come in until peubertyz

shes a bit of a late bloomer with em powers but one day their little boy accidentally makes a pot hole inside the kitchen bc he was excited over zane cookingthey took too good of care of their kids and his true potential was simple bc he was a litol kid which was im going to live my best fcuking life with friends and family *rips a hole in the ground

kai and cole are the gross sappy parents that trade kisses n their kids are like thats DISGUSTING youre DISGUSTINGLY IN LOVE

Kittie pointslovelypeaches08/28/2019YEAYEYAYAYYEYAYAYEoh god the little boy is part scenecorelikenot full on scene but like punk y2kwhich is a part of scenealso at first cole and kai are super concerned being a ninja will be as mentally damaging and ack as it was for them at times, but lloyd and zane are genuinely good mastersbutnot to get sadbutwhen tragedy does happen somehow, since neither Lloyd nor zane can ease that, cole and kai are so good at helping their kids e thatthey help them recover from it without downplaying their kids concerns and feelings amd give good advice and loveand make being elemental masters a lot easier for their kids than it ever was for them

me again.....

they always get so fucking scared thokai custom makes weapons for themarmor too he spends hours upon hours making sure its perfect and even prays over them to keep their kids safe

anyway when kai n cole visit w them (idk if theyr just adopted at their current age or like.... adopted as babies or surrogate or?? idk but) they visit lloyd and kai softly says "Look! its uncle lloyd" and lloyd starts SOBBING hes just fucking bawlinghis eyes out and when kai offers to for lloyd to hold him lloyds just like are you suure arre eyyuuu thherye so smsmm all kaiii are yoruur suureee thheyrey babbeises

nya is hesitant but ends up being a really good aunt, i meanshe took care of kai /j

zane is a fav uncle and hes always making sweets for them jay is. also sorta a fav bc where zane comes jay follows and jay has a sweet tooth and also makes Cool Toys + hey wanna prank your dadsalso im dramatic and likekai and cole sitting down and having a convo about master wubc he was sorta a shitty mentor and they really REALLY dont want their kids going through any self confident issues nor over stressing bc theyr KDISeventually kai and cole talk to master wu and actually has wu face his terrible practice towards kids and wu accepting he was.............................a bad 'parent' in a senseblebleblelelelelelellekai works but cole absolutely watches over any training when wu is there at first but lloyd is the master now and lloyd is like..........................i dont want kids to go through what i went through kai is like i trust you but also i will murder every single one of you in this dojo if you ever hurt my little girlim doing what i do and taking an au and running im sorry ghdghdfhJACK RAMBLES....their son refuses to wear shoes he lieks dirt on his feet they never really think much of it but its actually really comforting for him to feel the earth under his feet and feel stablethey think its just a stim thing maybe? theyr unsurebut! turns out him Element(also a fear of heights)lloyd tries to be a serious master but hes a big ol goof and can easily be manipulated

ironically.......its the lil boy who often is like HEY!!!!!!!!!!! WE GOTTA TRAIN!

kai and cole agree not to tell anyone what theyre thinking of naming their little boy until he arrives so when the day comes kais holding this tiny little boy and holds him out gentlyand lloyd is already EMOTIONAL because this is a BABY and lloyd softly asks his name n cole cuts in like "hes named after a really brave dude, montgomery. but we're thinking monty as a nickname"lloyd, choking up:(hc garmadons first name is montgomery)

the girl is Reka which means sweet in maori (a personal headcanon for cole) and shes their sweetheart

lovelypeaches09/04/2019bhrnrng this is in domestic au but col and kai teachign their kids instrumentscole and reka wud play piano duets togetherand monty doesnt like instruments much but he likes to singlike a LOT he belts out a song for everythinghe just lieks his own voice

burdletutt09/04/2019HNGGG HFHMONTY LOVS BEING LOUD

lovelypeaches09/04/2019YEAAAHhes like the type who makes a song for everythingmonty voice we rr goinggg to the parkkkkk and the grass isss.........GREEENNNNNNN and there are LOOK THERE ARE SQUIRRRELSSSS and a playground and the skyyyyy isssssssssssss...*deep inhale* BLUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE1E!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!kai and cole: you are literally so talented

jay tries really hard to be the Cool Uncle at firstbut Monty just :^TReka gives him an awkward chucklewhen jay stops being Cool ™ hes goofy and thats when they start giggling and liking him more

[applecherry108]

first of all hooooooooolyyyy shiitttt

FUCK tungle. it took like 30 tries to log in on desktop. admittedly, i was using the wrong password at first, BUT, even when i remembered the right one it kept giving me shit. This is what i get for being L337 i guess... -_-

anyways, im only on desktop so i can add a readmore to say:

i just,,,,,hate voltron. okay? It sucked. it fucking sucked. i watched the first season and it was like, okay yeah, this has potential. and then s2 was like, okay yeah not as good but maybe s3 will pick up...

s3 didn’t pick up. it was just one long death spiral by the same idiots who fucked up the atla sequel. i hate their writing, i hate their story plots, i hate how they butcher any good ideas they have, and i especially hate their inability to have good character AND plot development happen at the same time.

I got swept up in storm of klance and that’s about it. i have soft spots for other ships but at the end of the day i don’t care. i just don.t fucking,,, care???

the fandom is a mess, the crew was a mess, everything was a fucking mess from the get go.

Like who tf is this show written for?? it has to be for like, 8-10 year olds. It has to be. Everything is just so....stupid. Nothing is ever properly explained, motivations never really given, everyone is just a 2 dimensional cardboard cutout of a trope. And that pisses me off so much bc like??? other shows aimed at young kids can still have great world building. they can have good world building and characters and overall story and still be cheesy and a lil dumb. cheesy and a lil dumb is completely fine!! but voltron is just so...godammn... BORING!! it’s like i WANT to like the characters but its just so goddamn hard when everybody is so fucking flat. by all rights, i should want to marry allura. shes everything i loved when i was little, from her color pallet to her princesshood to her white fucking hair!! i should LOVE allura but i don’t!! i kind of hate her. why?? i don’t know!! shes so...boring! and flat! and fucking PASSIVE! everything in this show lands so fucking flat holy shit.

pidge at matts “grave”? yikes, that was second hand hard to watch for like.... “oooh this is so serious!” but the buildup wasnt there...it was kind of funny tbh... and HELLA awkward...

don’t get me started on lance and hunk. bolin was my favorite look character for the first few episodes and then he got knocked to Comic Relief and had maybe two (2) importantish moments. he/they may be part of the main cast but they’re not main characters. they feel like background props to the Actual Main characters.

which brings me to keith.

FUCK keith.

that’s my reaction after every! new! season!! is just,, FUCK keith. god the show functioned SO WELL without him. he’s just so...idk. i also don’t care. what was his character arc anyway? it SHOULD have been about learning to love and trust others but we only get that in lip service and speed run character development (i hate the quantum abyss...so much... like yeah, who cares about SHOWING our characters mature, let’s just tell that it happened in afucking montage.) if keith were a properly developed character he shouldve remained PASSIONATE and idk, run support?? that boy SHOULD have piloted red, end of story. period. keith doesn’t need to lead he needs to learn to TRUST others and that insludes trusting other WITH HIS LIFE. i won’t rant about how we should have had black paladin lance, but keith should have never ever been black paladin. even after he “matures” he still sucks at. he’s this awful,,little,, Shiro 2.0. and I hate it. i ahte it and i hate shiro just a little bit. even though he was arguably the most likeable character, he shouldve stayed dead. or missing. or whatever. he didn’t need to come back and they didnt need to make keith a little offbrand clone of him. i ESPECIALLY hate that they aged keith up 2 years for no goddamn reason other than to make him the Adult (tm). keith’s dedication to others was gre4at, but it should have, and im failing for this word here so forgive me, climaxed? cresscendo’d? whatever. /resulted/ in him playing support. not leader. lone wolf keith doesn’t need how to lead his pack, he needed to learn to HELP his pack. to be a TEAM PLAYER. he didn’t want the responsibility of leading bc guess what?? some people hate leading!! there’s nothing wrong with wanting to be support! keith’s entire arc is a huge mess of missed opportunities and a grand illustration that he is lm’s and jds’ favorite, just like fucking mako.

i won’t rant about mako, but just know i fucking hate him and the special treatment he gets, and good LORD does keith take over mako. keith isn’t space zuko he’s space mako and it fucking SHOWS.

okay, i’m losing steam here, but like.... so apple, why tf where u voltron 24/7 if you hated it so much? because homestuck was over and i needed a new hyperfixation. and i really had to force it for vld tbh. and at the end of the day, it wasn’t so much about the show itself as the potential of klance (or sheith, up until s3). between the interviews, the coding, the fucking EVERYTHING--it really felt like it could be canon. i knew in my heart it was queer baiting but i had HOPE dammit. hope that this could be killer representation, hope that these characters would delvelopment into something incredible. again, there was so much POTENTIAL. and all of it was wasted. everything really came to a head during the fucking game show episode. it was like lm and lds giving everyone who likes lance the middle finger, really driving home that “no no, he IS just stupid. he’s the comic releif. there’s nothing deeper about him and no one will stand up for him bc they all think of him as such.” and that just....broke my heart. we were so...SO close to lance actually mattering but nope! bolin’d again! and what was his purpose in s8? why to be an accessory to allura of course!

i’ve seen a lot of people really divorce themselves from canon and live solely for fanon, esp fanon klance but like.... i can’t. i just can’t. it’s so fucking hard to work with these cardboard characters. you can only draw so much depth onto them, you know? until the very last moments they had potential, but then it all got snuffed out. but who cares about canon? why bother with it? because! we don’t have a solid consistent fanon version of them! no one sat down and delivered the ten commandments of “here’s what we agree k and l are actually like” it’s stupid and it sucks because everyone has their own little differences and its so so tiring to basically be interacting with minutely different ocs all the goddamn time. canon matters bc it gives everyone the same base to work with. like a cooking showing with the same basket ingredients, but now it’s like.... ya’ll don’t wanna use the mandatory ingredients (and why would you? those canon ingredients are like, a century egg and spoiled sardines, they’re awful.)

okay, and im at work and just came back to this and dont remember my train of thought so like... what really threw all this into sharp clarity was the recent steven universe episodes. they were so...GOOD. so fucking good. so much plot and foreshadowing coming to a head. it was such a wonderfully satisfying payoff that it made me remember what a GOOD show is like, how vld is so very very /bad/. the difference is fucking striking. where one is an intricately woven tale with excellent character development and clear story AND character arcs, that can progress AT THE SAME TIME, one is a hacked together flaming dumpster firing that constantly falls flat and doesn’t know where its going or why. and it s so BORING! like fight scenes can be amazing! they can be well coreographed and tense! and we as the audience can be anxious about the outcome! and vld just wasn’t that! it was boring repetetive action in the least exciting way. and where su set up a lot of potential, holy shit they DELIVERED on that potential. not just for rep, but for characters! for story! for plain ol simple character interactions! and then, again, two dimensional cardboard cutouts.

and now with this difference in good vs bad show so very clearly highlighted for me, i just.... i can’t, anymore, with vld. it sucks. it sucked and i can’t pretend or force a fixation with it that just isn’t there, and truthfully, probably never was. maybe that’s why i’ve been struggling to finish my fic, struggling ever since i posted the last chapter, ever since s7, which, again, that game show was really the nail in the coffin as far as holding onto any hope that this tire fire would ever pick up. like a physically feel ill trying to finishing this stupid fic bc i don’t care so hard. i don’t care and i just... really want to be over it. im sick of seeing it everywhere, im sick of the drama, of the Discourse. like all fandoms have their issues, but hold fuck does vld fandom have a massive Purity problem. like, god, let people ship whatever. who cares. die mad about it.

like homestuck, idk if i’ll ever fully ween myself off vld but i want to move on. i want to enjoy Other Things without having this lackluster weight on my shoulders. and more than anything, i want to stop feeling like im obligated to like the same shit as i did two years ago, or last year, or hell, last week! feel free to unfollow, but yeah i just.... really needed to let this out in a proper post and not in the misc tags somewhere.

[clandestinian]

i’ve been Thinking (pre-s8 melancholy, yk) and i’ve noticed a few parallels with klance and sacrifice. first of all, they are the only two characters who have repeatedly openly sacrificed themselves to save someone else(and in pretty dramatic ways too might i add).  also, they’ve both attempted to sacrifice themselves for each other.  keith in this case sacrificed himself for lance by joining the blade and allowing lance to keep the red lion after lance vented to him.  lance sacrificed himself for keith in a few subtler (but still valid!) ways, such as venting about leaving the team(expressing that he thinks keith is worthy of staying and not himself), and the whole vent moment in general, he sacrificed his dignity and “rivalry” to truly open up to keith in that moment.  on a more physical note, the most recent sacrifices (keith-shiro, lance-veronica) are both... uh... INTERESTING. for starters, both scenes play out the exact same way. keith and lance both have a long moment where their eyes are open and the scene seems to be centered around their eyes, making the emotions more noticeable and profound.  this is a scene vld wants you to remember.  then they both close their eyes, slowly, painfully, realizing what they must do.  so yes.  these scenes are very powerful, truly showing a moment of the familial bond and the honest nature of the character. interesting how they decided to make a parallel between lance and keith there, hmm? hahah i’ll get to that later but. anyway.  you’ve probably already noticed the familial bond wording there, yeah, these scenes are extremely family-oriented(shiro’s keith’s brother, veronica’s lance’s sister), but they also seem to describe a lot of the show, y’know? voltron is very centered on friendship, trust, teamwork, etc. and these are peak moments of loyalty, trust, and honestly, love.  lance’s love for his sister led him to sacrifice himself for her.  keith’s love for shiro (familial!!!!!im tired of this) led keith to sacrifice himself for shiro. actually, now that i’m thinking about it, love is actually one of the main focal points that separate l+k from the rest of the characters, at least at this point in the series. lance has always been outwardly flirty, but never outwardly... lovey. the only real time he’s done that was when he talked about missing his family back home(allura does NOT count for this! it was still inwardly lovey, he had no intention of sharing his feelings about allura with anyone, the mice just betrayed him. the vent w keith sadly, doesn’t really count in the “lovey” genre, although it certainly is up to “intimate”s standards). this sort of “flirty shell” to hide your feelings behind is something that’s consistent with lance throughout the show, the shell slowly losing its walls as the show continues.  One of the kickstarters for the slow dissipation of his shell was the klance vent/bedroom scene, but whatever im getting off track.  keith has been pretty hopeless with emotions in general, a direct result from his tragic past, which (dun dun duuun!) had to do with love. everyone he loved left him, even shiro, gof that fight must have been painful sorry im writing this at 3am.  ok, so.  lets go through the list just to make sure i’m right.  is allura struggling with love? no. she recently had a tussle with lotor, but she hasn’t struggled with love in the past and she’s seemed pretty okay after lotor’s death all things considered. love has not been a constant struggle in her life. is hunk struggling with love? no, he’s got shay and his fam bacj and they’re all so cutehddkj. is pidge? no, she’s been united with her family for a while now and its all p chill. is shiro? well, yes actually, but not in the sense that it’s been a constant hindrance in his life.  is coran? ...no.  all the other characters have had a run with love, but there’s still two that haven’t been satiated yet.  k+l.  //note: yes i know all the allurance stuff at the end of s7, ughdhd. however, i may have (MAY HAVE, jesus i feel like im jinxing all of s8) found some faults with those bad boys.  first of all, lets reference the klible a little bit here and state that lance doesn’t deserve to be a rebound.  he needs to be picked first for once in his life, to be shown that he’s worth it.  secondly, let’s remember how The Feud! was going to be the final episode. if it was the final episode, directly after all the allurance stuff happened, why would lance still pick keith??// ok so we’ve identified keith and lance as the only ones who still have somewhat of a love arc, and who have also had almost identical love-centered sacrifice scenes.  im going to point out the significance of these scenes again. the show is aimed for children, so when they want a scene to stick out, they will usually rely on heavy aesthetics or some drastic contrast to really grab attention. with keith we can really see the aesthetics there, lord. i dont even have to say anything. with lance they use the contrast bit, as most younger kids see lance as this fun, happy character instead of serious, solemn, and desolate. these scenes were meant to stick with you(note on this, just because they use different methods of getting your attention does not mean that these scenes are not strikingly similar. no other characters have had scenes like these. good day). and the uncanny similarities between the scenes? while both being mega important scenes to remember?  and both being love related????????????? i dont wanna get my hopes up, but i have a feeling we may be in for some klance. 

[sunfish999]

if y’all ever wanted to know anything about me... i tried

hm I’m bored (i say this as i should be doing geometry homework

1. read: probably the paladin prophecy, or the finisher (just books i’ve read like 500 times, idk about understanding but--) watch: the vampire diaries? (idk i watched the entire series in 7th grade wygonnad) or aquamarine movie? listen to: XYLO, LUME, more specifically Need Nothing by Verite 

2. bro i have no idea who they are actually but I’ve seen like 2 fanfic writers who write exactly like me and seem to think exactly like me i love that. also a reg writer? uh probably mark frost? i aspire to write like f scott fitzgerald but it never gonna happen hun (cos i wanna major in physics not literature lmao)

3. holy fuck lets pick like 3 fandoms, aight? uh first lets go w my hero academia? tokoyami ofc? next... percy jackson bich-- nico LMAO no maybe bianca? hm HARRY POTTER -- ginny prolly although i dont want to date harry (oops) The maze runner? tommy actually ;; naruto? fucKINH ROCK LEE BABE uhhhsdfhh star wars is anakin and voltron is lance (or pidge actually) i should stop buuuut yeao ok

4. i think my name is fine but i aint gonna share it here (also kinda wish my nickname was charly though thats all im gonna say ALSO yes laurel is a faux name yes 

5. human being because i do nothing. lol but yes i think that who i am as a person should be based off my actions, for it is how i act that shows other people who i am, not ‘who i am inside’ dont make fucking excuses for your actions people 

6. yea i believe in 1 god and i was raised as a catholic christian but i am accepting of all religions and views

7. i mean kinda??? idk im very polish and so i eat lotta polish food (gr8 stuff right there) but im just american so yea 

8. muscial artists, well bitch i only started actively listening to lots of music (aka spotify) like last year but i listened to ari grande when i was young ofc but i dont rlly feel connected to her. maybe like, adele? probably her yea 

9. yes i am a visual artist (preferred medium is watercolor) i looooove singing although i suck so i just do it for fun, i played the french horn for 2 years (also suck so not really lol) um i also write for fun and im good at writing informative essays (my school is big in the english program lol) i was also in 3 plays but i dislike theatre so no. also i like clothes i am a fashion artist wow

10. tf? idk? i have like 3 mottos: “if you want something done right, do it yourself” “the answer to existence is not why we are here, but how we affected others during our time here” “jack at all trades, master at none, better than a master at one “ “you don’t have to speak to be present” “consider how hard it is to change yourself and realize what little chance you have in trying to change others” “do the scary thing first, and get scared afterwards” “the very fact that you're actively looking for ways to become kinder, and attempting to understand your flaws and change them for the better is fair proof that you as a person, are kind.” OK YEA MAYBE I HAVE A CREED SO WHAT 

11. ideal day lol art, reading, and binge watching tv in bed while eating. otherwise spending the day meditating in a forest in spring where its warm but not too warm and just not speaking the entire day 

12. both. i have 3 cats and 2 dogs. love all of them dearly though i’d consider myself a human puppy vs a human kitty (im not a furry calm tf down)

13. outdoors, if you mean nature. if you just mean social activity, then indoors 

14. as i said before, i like singing even though i suck, in grade school i learned the ukelele, piano, and french horn. i remember none of that now 

15. influential books my ass. LETS GO: 1. into the wild (krakauer) 2. Fahrenheit 451 (cant remember author name but its fucking iconic and a classic and it made me think) 3. just gonna go an put harry potter because that shit changed my life 4. the hobbit? idk, iconic 5. i wanna read more literature-y books soon but whatever, i feel like i should say the great gatsby but honestly with writing my essay and everything i just dont give a shit anymore

16. ok i feel like if my parents werent as strict when i was younger id have less depression and be less stressed but then i would also care less about my grades and being kind and i like that about myself sooooo 

17. lol this is EXACTLY me guys because its fucking anonymous as hell because i know none of you (except for like 2 mutuals but ive never met them irl but they’re cool) i dont trust my friends. or family, for that matter

18. my patronus is a wolf thanks for asking; and my power animal: symbolizes instinct, intelligence, and an appetite for freedom. embody personal power and balance between self-control and animal instincts. a guide to inspire you to live more freely

19. im a gryffindor, i took the pottermore test twice and got it both times, also, i took it doing the opposite and got slytherin, so i aint them (but i love slytherin sooo)

20. fuck are you serious? honestly hogwarts would be awesome as hell but probably middle earth because it still got the magic but it gorgeous as hell 

21. yea i’d probably say i love easily since i like barely talk to my crushes and yet i think i really really like them because GODDAMN 

22. school. daydreaming. eating. phone. drawing. 

23. i feel like once i move out for college i’d like em a heck of a lot more, so probably like at least once a month? when i’m older? like at least once every 2 months? i love my extended fam though

24. oh fuck my friend from school and i fucking liked chinchillas when we were little, we always text each other the same thing at the same time, i always know what shes thinking and what the basis for her actions is. shes the bff that doesnt always act like it all the time 

25. fuck yes 

26. pansexual and PROUD but still in the closet except for the whole internet and 3 friends 

27. ok honestly i feel like i dress kinda like a basic girl just more minimalistic and modest but i kinda totally want the gays to recognize me and also i fucking want those patterned polos because hell to the yes. and also i want bangs but i do sports and i feel like id look ugly because everyone says they would (waiting til college, naturally) otherwise love my freckles and real dark eyes

28. honestly, probably like a 2-3. i don’t care SO much about what people think, but i’m fucking annoyed by really dumb things super easily. i’m just really good at hiding it so no one ever knows 

29. why music wtf OK: 1. need nothing - verite, 2. lover like me - off bloom 3. strapped - FOOL 

30. why the FUCK all my quotes are in my creed bitch lemme search :

“growing up is giving up” 

thanks for listening to my TED ED talk aaaaand i hope you know me a bit better and i hope i didn’t accidentally give away too much info and someone will come kill me ok BYE 

[homestucky]

sum thoughts on this most recent voltron biz. spoilers

ok im actually liking this show more now. 

its giving the characters that had potential but werent giving serious roles some actual development. hunks doin great, pidge too. even corran. 

tho alluras romantic stuff is always gonna feel like a bit of a predictable drag to me at least she gt to throw whatshisface around like the sack of crap that he is lol at the beginning i swear shwe had like no personality i like her bein feisty and stuff

anyway yeh i was into it. 

keith 10/10 face stripe, good kitty

damn shiro joining the white hair club? ok ok ok

also when he was all like shiro the friendly ghost then he was all like sleeping beauty what a whirlwind man

i want to see that space wolf more or maybe just cuddle it idk

also keith is like old now????? older

he got to hang out w his mumma thats cute tho we didnt rlly see

only character that hasnt gotten very interesting stuff to do so far has actually been lance like hes doin ok but hopefully some good stuff to come. hes a good friend boy w good potential

i never trusted that bitch lotor...........................................

ive been noticing some pretty nice foreshadowing like not the subtlest but i think it makes for a more interesting watch than previous seasons where theyd have episode after episode of farting around on dumb lame planets where all the alien locals would talk like all stilted and say like ‘i know not’ instead of ‘i dont know’ that PISSED me off why would aliens talk like that!! come on

w h y  are those mice even there why were they ever there i love cute animals but come on why

[shootymcshoot]

heblo, its time for Big Season Recount by ur homie Riem, feel free to add shit u liked or hated to it whenever u want, analysis much appreciated 

(please dont interact with this post if you’re a shala or piladin tho, lets be civile here and respect boundaries) 

this season we’ve got:

pidge being fucking badass as hell

FLASHBACKS WITH HOLTS. THEIR RELATIONSHIP IS SO WHOLESOME 

matt puns (blz i need a pun showdown between him and hunk, PUN BUDDIES)

BROGANES HUG

apparently we have a nerd trio now?? bless??

hunk nerding out with holt sibs!!! (i still need more also it was p much spoiled by fart jokes later on but,,, a man gotta take what hes given i guess)

a much needed break from keefer, i actually enjoyed when he showed up? he looks happier with marmorites tho i think it will be a rocky journey and i think at some point we can expect more conflicts of morals between them. also the voltron team dynamic feels off-balance without him around? it feels artificial. 

ALLURA IS STILL A PALADIN AND WRITERS APPARENTLY DIDNT FORGET ABOUT HER MAGIC 

after giving it some thought i still dont trust shiro-kuron??? he feels very Off (or im just paranoid). tho im not rejecting the possibility of him still working out how to deal with shit that happened to him while he disappeared, hence weird behaviour and why black rejected him in s3. 

IS NARTI DEAD OR NOT? @ BUZZFEED UNSOLVED BLZ RESPOND 

ALSO WHILE WERE ON FISHY STUFF: i still dont trust lotor. at fucking all. did he help? yes. did he drop his evil motives (whatever they might be??) tho? definitely not. i doubt his sudden changed of heart, he has something up his sleeve (mm the alternate universe portal thing?? his obsession with quintessence???)

WHERE ARE THE GENERALS NOW?? what are they about to do? will they just roam through space? will they join voltron too??? what are their goals now?

can we take a second to appreciate all the women galra generals introduced to us this season. blz. 

also can we take another second (OR TWO. OR MAYBE ALL OF THEM) to appreciate women in resistance movement????????? their designs but also personalities?? that they were commanders, too?? like, blz. they’re amazing and i hope they’re thriving. 

ok heres my moment to gush about lance because im weak ok: i cant believe he apparently can do acrobatics?? hes so talented???? my sweet lover boy farmer son. let him s h i n e. also as much as im sad that he didnt really have more serious moments, his pep talk for allura?? fucking amazing. im so, so, so happy they animated this scene im still not Over It Okay. 

little negative here but: was the scene with matt, allura and lance really necessary ldks. like lance blz drop the jelly, matt calm ur pea coloured pants down and let allura Live lksdj. blz.

CORAN TOOK LITERAL BUG DRUG I GUESS. I GUESS THATS A THING AND IM STILL NOT RLY OVER IT.

also another second of appreciation for voltron force inspired theme in that same ep, i still cant believed i watched this show.

BE BOOH BOP IS OFFICIALLY MY BOYFRIEND I CALL DIBS, boy literally saved the day.(also boy howdy his tux sure was classy!)

petition to make haggar main villain? shes 509865478658759 times more badass than lotor and zarkon combined, the gurl is The Shit

also: I Did Not Expect Intergalactic Nuclear Weapon To Be A Thing a story by me (i fucking called it btw)

ALLURAS FACE WHEN SHE WAS TOLD TO PLAY KEITH? a highlight of the season honestly

also also, let us all celebrate the comeback of my Favs TM Nyma, Beezer and Rolo. (lets take three (3) seconds to appreciate them, blz.)

also most important thing in the show:

kaltenecker is back thus confirming what i always knew which is that lance loves milk and has very strong bones, thanks for coming to my ted talk. 

[edsbrak]

how about a modern!shance au where lance is driving his rusty old hand-me-down car one day and it breaks down, so he looks around for the closest mechanic shop to fix it up.

so lance goes there, fully expecting a grumpy old man to greet him but instead, enter shiro. lance is so caught off guard by how gorgeous this man is he barely remembers any details about his car, but luckily shiro is patient and eventually works out the cost and estimate to fix it. lance is so charmed, and soon he relaxes more and starts to make jokes, even a flirt or two to test the waters. hes not sure what chances he has here, but shiro doesnt seem bothered by it, even laughing along with everything, and lance wishes he didnt have work later and would much prefer to stay here and chat with this beautiful mechanic because whoa. 

a few days later (and having thought about shiro a lot) lance goes back to collect his car, and shiro catches him up on all the new updates until soon lances realises oh, im not going to see him again. he loses his nerve to ask him out, because really, shiro is a friggin catch. so they part with a handshake and a sour feeling in lances gut.

but then, not week later, and lance gets the idea of bringing in another car so he gets to see shiro again. he borrows his brothers old honda and drives over. shiro looks surprised to see him, but not disappointed, and smiles and gladly says hell help to fix up this car for lance too. lance beams, goddamn butterflies in his stomach, and savers every damn second.

the days go by, and soon the weeks as well. lance asks his family or friends if they have anything they need fixing, finding any excuse and gladly brings it over to shiros shop (one time he brought his dads old radio, claimed it was priceless)(another time he dropped off an old clock he claims his grandma would cry if it ever broke)(one time, he came around with nothing, offering shiro a coffee and going on about his day). most days he lingers around and chats to shiro as he works, and lance learns a lot about him and feels himself fall more and more for the guy, thrilled that shiro enjoys his company just as much.

at this point everyone is wondering why lance hasnt just asked the man out yet? “because oh my god boy youve got it bad.” and lance will flush crimson but never deny it. “its scary, okay?” hell protest weakly. 

and so one day, after walking back and forth in front of the shop and trying to finally muster up the nerve, he swallows his fear and steps inside, the familiar chime of the bell going off. he walks over to shiros office, opening the door without even thinking, and finding shiro in a mess at his desk, small parts littered everywhere and a youtube video on how to fix clocks currently playing. 

lance pauses, eyeing the scene curiously until shiro finally looks up and notices him.

“oh - lance - I -”

and lance is so confused. “wait, i thought you said you knew how to fix clocks?”

and shiro becomes really bashful, rubbing at his neck and refusing to meet lances piercing gaze. “uh, i kind of... lied?”

“what?” lance is so lost. 

shiro starts stammering. “I, uh, said i knew how so i could... keep seeing you. i.. didnt want you to leave and find someone else to fix it.”

and after what feels like ages lance... starts giggling. he cannot believe it, honest to god cannot believe how lame they both are to have not even realised that it was mutual. so hes full on laughing now, and shiro takes it the wrong way and grows hurt, so lance sobers up quickly and closes the remaining distance between them to smile so big and wide, his face heating up.

“I wanted to keep seeing you too. shiro, shiro i brought in three cars to see you, shiro, man, i had to look up what parts were even called just so i could figure out what the hell i needed you to fix.”

and shiro breathes out an awed “oh” and lance is so happy he feels like he could fly, holy shit. shiro stands up, and when he reaches out to gently brush their fingers together lance is pretty sure he has a heart attack right then and there. and then shiro says in a really soft voice:

“you’re so beautiful.”

that’s when lance is sure hes died and gone to heaven above. lance.exe has stopped working. hello, 911, id like to report a murder.

“god, shiro, have you even seen you?” he laughs nervously, shying away. 

“im serious,” shiro pushes gently and picks up a hammer without breaking eye contact. “this is not ...a drill.”

and lance feels his eyes grow wide, so completely gone he cant help but blurt “oh my god marry me.”

shiro grins, his thumb rubbing lightly across lances fingers. “let me take you on a date first. but perhaps we should take my ride, yeah? not sure i trust you behind a wheel just yet.”

and lance punches him playfully, but his heart wont stop beating loudly in his chest because he finally has a date with shiro.

[hidge-resource]

Do you know of any good hidge fics?

oh BOY you have come to the right place. here’s some gud guds

Smells Like Team Spirit - garrison trio fic, super hunk-centric, hints of hidge. STELLAR characterization of hunk and super interesting side characters, the slowly developing friendship b/w lance n hunk and pidge is really sweet to watch. hasn’t updated in a long time and last update ended on a bit of a cliffhanger tho. i’m still holding out for an update :”) i wont give up on this one its too good

Splanky - HIDGE GROUP CHAT REQUIRED READING LOL... all we do is yell about it tbh. it’s a modern swing dance au, finished, 18 chapters. slowburn hunkpidge but not to the point it’s annoying lol, dance scenes that are Really Well Described to the point it got me into swing, shay and pidge are roommates and actual friends and i luv their relationship, side klance and shalluratt, hunk and shay dated but shay isnt portrayed as a bad guy and still has healthy friendships w hunk and pidge, Dancing Is The Vertical Expression of A Horizontal Desire: The Series

 (( mom @ladymac111​ wrote it and she could probably describe it a lot better but TRUST ME IT’S REALLY REALLY GOOD. ladymac writes a ton of hidge (sfw and not) my other fav is T4 because chronically ill!hunk and yall know how mod rover lives for disabled and chronically ill characters ))

Exceptions - my fav mf fic of all time... cfpepperz is my idol... mostly friendship, hunk n pidge shenanigans that gets serious sometimes, ongoing, COMES WITH ART!!!!, chapters feel like they could legitimately be episodes of the show. pepperz just has this WAY w them i would literally die for her pidge... neurodivergent pidge, Hunk’s Hug Bank, more dancing, cool original alien species, Careless Whisper memes, hints of side shallura and klance

‘Til We’re Old And Stinky - pidge can’t cook for shit: the oneshot, basically. i love it i love shenanigans like this

A Dream From Far Away - i couldnt describe it right, best group chat could come up with is “basically this atmospheric psychic scene between pidge and hunk just like ... clinging onto each other so they're not alone after the wormhole thing “ ... it’s a super pretty and eerie oneshot and i love it. it evokes so much Feeling that i cant describe its just super pretty imagery and thats the best i can put together

you have pretty eyes, he wrote. - only good coffeeshop au on the got dam planet. side shayllura and klance, hunk writes notes on pidge’s coffee cups, i would take a bullet for hunk

Keith Kogane’s Guide To Extracurricular College Planning - ok this one is klance centric and i usually dont rec klance centric stuff bc im desperate for hidge content where the hidge is actually the center but... this one’s got REALLY good side hidge trust me. kickball game scene cleared my skin and watered my crops

Troubleshooting - another cute oneshot bc boy i love them. hunk codes and pidge tries to fix it

Debriefing - set right after tears of the balmera. hunk and pidge discuss events of the week and pidge tries to prevent hunk from starting to crush on a boy that doesn’t exist. sometimes i forget this one exists and then i find it and reread it and get excited again

Drafted Confession - i got oneshots for days my guy. pidge is too chicken to send an email and allura can’t figure out who she keeps bringing home drunk from college parties

there’s more out there but you gotta dig thru the tag, if i remember any other gud ones i will update. the tag’s less than 200 fics so it’s not that hard to look through rip

- mod rover

[just-shaladin-things]

(1/4) confession: i hate l@nce. hate him. so much. he's such an asshole! like i get the writers are going for 'wannabe casanova' but what they've got is a boy that only is insta 'nice' to hot women (in the mermaid episode he was like :/ to the squid head girl until she took it off and was totes hot at which point he immediately did a 180 to ;D), hits on literally everything resembling female, and doesn't take no for an answer. like, a//ura made it pretty clear she's not interested in L@nce.

(2/4) But he keeps flirting with her at very bad moments, despite her being annoyed with it, and tries to police her actions at one point??? (when her at Ke!th run off together he flips shit on her and tries to do an interrogation if anything happened like thats any of his fucking business). Literally the only girls he’s not weird about is P1dge and his mother. It’s fucked him over so many times! N!ma and the mermaids both should have been massive red flags, but he never changes!(¾) Not once does he connect the dots and think hmm maybe there’s a connection -NEVERMIND HOT GIRL. He’s completely oblivious from moral and logical standpoints. I hate it and I hate him. No amount of homesickness and insecurity is gonna make him likeable until he pulls his head out of his ass. Or at least gets called out by someone instead of being told ‘not now’ mid emergency. He doesn’t give a shit about them! That one mermaid girl he was hitting on, she died! Mid episode!(4/4) And L@nce didn’t even ask hey, where did she vanish too is she okay? He didn’t give a single fuck about the missing girl he’d been hitting on literally a day ago, he was too busy with the NEW pretty mermaid girl and the hot mermaid queen! I hate him, I hate how the writers handle him, and he needs to get called the fuck out by someone soon. Preferably A//ura. Or P!dge. Or Sh!ro. Thank you for hearing of my rage.

ok i was about to go to sleep but since its the l@nce ask i decided to wait a bit, because uhhh, welp he’s important to me and he’s probably the only reason why i still watch this show lfdkjgkf im going to try and be as, well, as objective and logical as i can so please bear with me also im sorry i cant really salt with you here. like, i partially salt with you but not entirely since, you know, l@nce stan thing and all that. okay anyway, here we go and it probs gonna be long so im really, really sorry or something. also also before i Really start i want to thank hd, jo and ciel bcos brainstorming with them was a top notch way to figure out what i want to say fldkgj

im gonna start with the flirting thing first in general, then move to @llura, then to other instances you brought up then to lance himself, just so we have some outline here okay? okay. so here i go:

the flirting thingy - i get why it bugs you and it bugs me too, especially with @llura. writers definitely overuse it and use it as a comedic device (not working but shhh). on the other side, aside from @llura (which im going to talk about more in a sec, pls be patient with me, pls) girls usually don’t react negatively to it? pl@xum literally kissed him on the cheek, aliens at the mall and on that first planet in s3 laughed and generally it seemed to be rather innocent if annoying because of how often it was portrayed. the flirting alone isn’t really bad, considering his insecurities and strive for attention its not surprising that he does it and its never a serious thing. and most of the team reacts with just groaning and rolling their eyes, no one ever told him, 100% seriously and definitely, to stop. the thing is, writers portray his flirting in a really shitty way (like most things, jesus christ) 90% of the time??? which brings us to the next point here:

@llura or rather how her and l@nces relationship was portrayed so far. now theres no denying it that the part where he keeps on flirting with her and she keeps turning him down and so on is, well, pure shit and we all want (or rather wanted it considering how he dropped the act in s3) it to stop. while it doesnt make it okay, its still important to note that he never really seems to be 100% serious with his pick up lines and it looks like he uses it as a way to lighten up the mood (cue him using them in, well, not really appropriate moments). and while we’re at it, lance hardly ever opposed to any of her orders (aside from the time when he and hunk argued with the rest of the team about coming back home but, like, can you really blame them for that?). also the thing that you brought up, him flipping his shit out when she left with keith was completely justified??? she and k/eith literally left without any notice??? when they were constantly followed by galra and there was a war going on???? of course he was worried out of his mind, who wouldnt! and when she was captured by the gala he was one of the people who wanted to go and save her. like, you cant really say he doesnt give a shit about her. its further proved by how he acted in s3? he completely dropped his flirting with her, never acted angry when she was chosen to be the blue paladin, he even said he was happy that it was her specifically! when sh!ro came back he never asked @llura to step down either, he thought she was better suited to do it than him he constantly checked if she was feeling alright in blue and we could see how much their relationship improved in this season. i would go as far as to say that they actually became a p good friends.

now, onto the other instances you mentioned:

pl@xum - here its kinda tricky tbh, on one side, yeah, its not really okay that he started to be all over the moon for her after she took of the squid, on the other hand he knew her for, like, a day at best?? its not really enough time to fall in love with personality itself (especially considering how much happened during that time?) and you cant really tell that being attracted by someones good looks is something bad? it was portrayed in shitty way but then again, its more of writers fault. and while we’re at it, even if he wasnt interested in her romantically, he never disrespected her??? he took her seriously after she and her group explained what they did and why they did it and helped her free her planet.

fl/rona - okay i seriously dont know why you brought up this? he had maybe one convo with her and during it or right after he was literally drugged with poisoned alien food, then he got kidnapped, stung by a squid and had to fight and save the entire kingdom. he probably thought she was in the palace or somewhere in their village? with so much happening of course it could slip his mind. 

ny/a - well, im not really sure how to approach this one but im gonna try. yes, l/nce going after her was reckless and not his best moment but also?? literally everyone on the team except for h/nk seemed to trust them? and n/ma not only reciprocated/pretended to reciprocate but also played at his insecurities (aka pulling the “if you wont then im sure k/th aka the boy that you consider ur rival aka the boy that is one of the sources of ur insecurities will take me to his lion). and lance maybe has a strategical mind and works good on missions and in the heat of a moment but? he’s also an insecure teenager and teens tend to do reckless things when they want to impress someone. plus, lance generally seems to be rather trusting? hes not as guarded as, lets say, k/eith, hes thrives on social interaction and likes meeting new people. you can see it in the way he wanted to hang out with p/idge in the garrison even though she probs always turned him and h/nk down or how he was able to confide in coran despite knowing him for week at best or in how quick he was to play around and take selfies with complete strangers from the planet he just helped save in s3 and how well he worked with blade of m/rmora in same ep. hes quick to trust and become friends, which makes him an easy target for people like n/ma but overall isnt really a bad trait. 

all in all, lance is a very, very complex character and cant really be judged only basing on his flirting. hes much more than that. and while i understand where you’re coming from i cant really agree with you fully. the way his flirting is portrayed is shitty but hes not a bad person at all. 

sorry its so long btw, im just,,, kinda passionate dl

[voltronassesposts]

hi emergency request here(even tho I feel bad abt it) lately Ive been struggling with an eating disorder (specifically bulimia) and no one around me is rlly taking it the right way I was wondering if I could get hcs of how the paladins would react/treat their s/o with an ed im doing okay so if this makes you too uncomfy/ur overwhelmed I understand its not the end of the world or anything, also thanks for doing these its really kind of you to take time out of your day for those having a hard time

hey, you have absolutely no reason to feel bad friend! if i can help in any way, i’m always willing. 

Lance

how is he supposed to react? he has no idea. you tell him and he’s so shocked he can’t move

“you’re… you’re serious, aren’t you?”

doesn’t know how he could have missed it. he knows you better than anyone, but he wasn’t able to see this? he’s very hard on himself

you kind of have to skip the whole ‘this isn’t okay’ speech, bc he doesn’t know how to be stern with someone who’s already suffering so much, so he just kind of watches you better and makes sure you’re not sneaking away to throw up

he might catch you one day while you’re puking, but all he does is pull your hair back and rub your back

“We’ll get through this. i promise.”

Keith

keith is very hot headed, and he yells, a lot. “What were you thinking?!” he doesn’t mean to, but he’s scared, and he doesn’t know how else to go about it

he realizes pretty quickly though that he’s yelling at the person he loves, and they’re the ones suffering, not him. he doesn’t have the right. he whispers an apology

he doesn’t tell anyone bc it’s not their business, but he asks others to tell him if you’re acting weird

he doesn’t have the strength to ask why you’re doing this or what you’re feeling

but he’ll remind you that you’re perfect with any body type and he wants to help. just tell him what to do

holds your hand, feeling impossibly smaller in his, and promises to take care of you from then on out

Hunk

“Oh… Oh wow, I didn’t know, I–” he stutters, tears pricking at his eyes “I’m sorry i let you go through this on your own.”

he doesn’t blame himself, he’s smart enough to know it’s no ones fault, but he’s still very sullen

he’ll take care of you by making sure you eat so you gain a healthy weight back. your skin might stretch from the drastic back and forth of your weight, but he’ll show you his stretch marks and give you all the acceptance in the world

whatever body you have, he’s okay with it, as long as you’re healthy, and he wants you to be to.

he’ll learn to notice when you’re having a hard time, especially after eating, and offer small things to distract you. he’ll take you for a walk, play a game, or just crush you in a bear hug

Pidge

it strikes her that this is a very real problem very suddenly. she’s never dealt with this, or witnessed it before. she’s kind of scared she’ll mess up tbh

but she puts on a brave face, says she knows you were going through a hard time, but now she’s here to get you on track

will be harsh when you need it, but also very soft depending on the situation. she’ll give you your space. it’s the best way of telling you she trusts you’ll get through this

if anyone mentions your weight, she’ll blow up, even if they didn’t say anything negative. is suddenly very protective. “just lay off will you?!”

she’ll write you little encouragements and deliver them herself or get rover 2.0 to do it. they’re always full of uplifting messages on how she believes in you. even if you have a slip up.

Shiro

he knew something was up, he just didn’t know what. you always wore baggy clothes to hide the change in weight

he takes you by the shoulders and looks you in the eye. they’re full of concern, but this is the lead up to the conversation you need to have

he asks you everything you’re feeling, absolutely everything, and takes a mental note of it all. he’ll encourage you where he needs to, but remind you that it has to stop before you hurt yourself

at the end of a long conversation on the hazards of eating disorders, he’ll just take you into his arms and sigh against your hair. this is the part you need the most.

“Don’t scare me like that, okay? I’m here for you. Anything you need…”

[askthealaskan]

OCT 16 2019

I woke up not knowing at first where I was. Boston. The answer came to me through a sleepy haze that only 4 hours of sleep brings. My plane was 2 hours late from my scheduled arrival at midnight and a ride to an affordable hotel an additional hour more. After a $50 cab ride I determined I needed a cheaper way back to the airport. So I asked the hotel, and checked with my phone, to find the best route. They both said catch the red train on the nearby MTA station. No problem I think to myself, Ill just catch a train. Twenty five minutes later a cab arrives. Is this guy the only cab in Boston I ask myself. It takes me awhile to realize I’m watching a species becoming extinct. Taxis are being “uberized.” I think to myself that I could be riding the last cab in Boston. We arrive safety to the station.

Ah the MTA. The station is humming and I feel like I’m back in a real city again. This must the MTA that Ive heard folk songs about the guy who never returned after getting on it.

I usually fly through these stations. I learned how in my backpacking years some 30 years ago before the internet was invented by Al Gore. Back then we had to carry guide books along to clue us into how each city’s system was set up. Still, we can have problems. My problem was since I was moving in, I was carrying all the luggage I was allowed by the airline to carry on the plane with me. I had two large bags each carrying just under the max weight level, and the two allowed hand carry bags. The killer was one of the hand carried items was small enough to qualify to fit as a hand carry, but it weighed as much as an anvil . I had devised a method of carry it all but it would take some organizing and a little time before initiating each stage of the trip.

There are two types of subway ticket gates in the world, one you grab the ticket back AFTER you pass through the gate and one when grab the ticket BEFORE you pass through the gate. Apparently in Boston its the later to the amusement of locals when out of towners try to pass through the gates with 4 bags at once without a ticket.

I refuse to be flustered I reorganize my luggage and instead adopt the New York attitude before I arrive at the platform. Im not sure what direction I need to go as a train pulls into the station. I quickly ask the guy next to me if the train is going toward South Station. I say it like Im going to “fire his ass” if he doesn’t give me an answer right now. It works and it is my train but not his. I scramble onboard with my bags in good order but take up two seats doing so. As the train gets closer to town the car fills up. Across from me the occupants watch me as I shift my bags around. They do it in the way big city people do - always avoiding direct eye contact but sneaking in glances when you seem to be not noticing. They are all women. One is black lady late 20’s and seems to be dressed for work someplace that requires uniforms. Next to her is a short older Vietnamese looking oriental woman sitting next to a young blonde white girl with a backpack. She soon reaches into her pack and grabs what looks like are lecture notes and is going over them with a high lighter ( do people still do that?) Standing next them is a young Japanese girl fashionably dressed with a handbag. She looks ready to do some serious damage to a credit card balance.

More and more get on the car and soon every seat is taken. As my train gets close to my station I begin to try to organize my burden in the only configuration that I have found that works. But that takes more time and space than a train stop allows. We arrive anyway and it is apparent I need help getting things off the train. The little Vietnamese lady speaks to me. Its obvious she doesn’t speak English but just as obvious she wants to help me. She offers to take one of the bags for me. I quickly evaluate my options and decide that I could probably catch her if she tried to take off with it. With her help Im able to get everything off the train. I start to thank her and retrieve my bag but she’s not done helping me. She takes off for the escalator looking back to see if I am following her. Nevermind that I had planned to use the elevator. I took off after her and up the escalator we went. When I reached the top she was just a little bit in front of me when I realized she was trying to take me to the airport train. She is thinking that’s where most people with luggage are going. I grab my bag and begin trying to communicate that to her while at the same time she is emphatically trying to explain in rapidly spoken Vietnamese that I needed to hurry. It becomes a bit of a scene and I hear a voice say “Can I help?” I turn around and a large nordic man with a beard looking like a New England Loster fisherman, however that’s supposed to look like, is standing there. It slows the Vietnamese Lady but doesn’t totally stop her. The fisherman explains to me where I need to go then hops on the train he was waiting for to come. The Vietnamese lady seems to have grasped my intended destination and takes me over to the elevator that I need to take me to the bus station. I thank her many times over and the door closes. Im free!

A friend recently told me I need to trust and let people help me. Today was reassurance that people are good and if you feel right about it, you should trust those instincts

Next its the three hour bus ride to Montpelier, the capital of Bernie Sanders land. I realize now that Boston is not the best place to fly into to get to where I’m going. Nothing really is. I booked the ticket, actually two because they limit bags to one per seat, before I left in case it sold out. No worries about that for this Wednesday departure . It appears this route is catered to students of Vermont University judging by the youthful faces hauling backpacks. A lady appears with a roster and checks for tickets. I fumble with pulling out my phone with the 12 digit ticket number. She grows impatient and waves me on board. It becomes apparent she has her own bus and is not the driver of this bus . The driver is beside her but he doesn’t speak. He has a scowling disposition that is clearly not suited for guest service. She’s obviously filling that role for him. I remember my days trying to recruit driver/guides to work the summers in Alaska. Very seldom did you find a candidate who could drive a 30 foot bus and have an engaging personality. My driver only mumbled stops. We took off for the three hour ride and it wasn’t until the bus arrived in Burlington that I should have gotten off a half an hour earlier at the park n ride. On the map It looked like the bus went right through MontPelier on the way to Burlington. Not so, it skirts the town. So I get off with the students and call my people at Country Camper. Its too late to pick up Morrison today so I tell them Ill catch the bus down in the morning. As I walk to a nearby hotel that wants to charge me a three figure price for a room, I pass by the transit station and see that there is a bus leaving for Montpelier in 20 minutes. I can get a cheaper room.So I haul my bags over to the bus stop trying not to look like the homeless person that I actually am. The bus driver pulls up and shakes his head at the load Ive got. He grudgingly allows me on the bus. He tells me that it wilI only be this one time. I assure him that it will never happen again. I pile my stuff in the front row of seats. The fare is $4 but I have no change. I show him a twenty Im about to put in the fare box. I tell him that since Im taking up four seats that I’ll pay for them. I try to explain that im a visitor and was not trying to disrupt his day. The next few stops he picks up regulars that catch his bus. We make the thirty minute drive over to Mountpelier and the bus empties most of its occupants at a park’n’ride. He ask me where Im getting off. I tell him Im not certain. He gets frustrated . I tell him im just trying to book a cheap hotel for the night and planned to get off where I could take a taxi to it. He says there is an Econolodge on his route and we head off. He takes right to the hotel and makes an unofficial stop in front of the hotel. He helps me to off load and wishes me well. The desk clerk who sees this comes down to help with the bags. I get to my room finaly and collapse.

People are basically good at heart and I am learning to accept their help.

In the morning Connor from Country Camper comes and picks me up. I have talked with many of the staff in the process of buying this rig. I know them by name, Conner, Dan, Thomas, Merwin, Krista. My arrival is highly anticipated, everyone wants to see the guy who came all the way from Alaska to buy the van. I try to explain that Alaska is far from anywhere else and if im going to fly it really makes no difference where Im going. The owner Lance pops out of his office to say hello and pretty soon I’ve drawn a crowd of curious employees and customers who want to see the Alaskan who came to Vermont to buy a camper van. When Im finally pulling out the staff has made their way outside to take pictures and wave goodbye. I have my Alaska License Plates on and looking good.

First stop is Walmart and Goodwill to get supplies. Lance has bought me a hotel room for the night. So I am staying I Downtown three blocks from the capitol. It reminds me of the Baranof hotel in the capital city I know so well. I don’t get back until 8pm and im starved. I try to google a close by place to eat. I head out but the place I chose cant be found. There is nothing else but this bistro. I enter and get seated. It becomes apparent that this place is out of my price range but im out of time. I order just the tomato soup. It was the best tomato soup I ever had.

The next day I drive out town with the goal of finding fall foliage. A storm hit the area and many leaves fell but the show was still good. I drive toward Green Mountain with the goal of generally heading toward Portland Maine. I follow my whims and that leads me to Darmouth before I turn to the north. I get tired so pull over on remote road and camp in my van for the first time. I have to admit I didn’t sleep well. The silence only accentuated the alien sounds that the coach makes. I ll get used to them.

In the morning I am up before the sun and outside early on the road. I see a spur road that the morning sun is lighting up nicely. I turn down it until I reach a good place to pull over and park. I take my camera and walk down the road and past some nice properties . I reach the end of the road when a car comes down the road with a yellow English lab sticking his head out of the window. The car stops and Im ready to explain myself and my intentions. No need to. Ive been approved by Blizzard Andy’s companion . Andy bounds from the car and offers to show me his property that I did not dare venture down without permission. He’s a carpenter and interested in my travel plans. I mention that I am looking for a builder for a piece of property that I own in Juneau. He is interested and we hit it off. Andy is in his mid thirties and unmarried. He hopes to build a house on his property one day. He was an extreme snowboarder on the circuit but one too many concussions ended his career. He gets around his home town of Romney New Hampshire and offered to take me around town. He takes me two a rock that has been split and craved by water. He waves at people he knows and they wave back. Its clear that he is well liked in the community. After touring and talking about everything from politics, travel, and even women we head for the ski resort in hopes of lunch and a possible ride up the lift for some potential great shots. Unfortunately the owners had closed the restaurant for a wedding. Back in town we went for lunch and Andy knows everyone. He introduces me and mentions my quest. They size me up like Im something the cat dragged in. Then Nick, the shop s owner, strides across the space between us to shake hands. Everyone else relaxes. Its clear that they are protective of Andy an want to be sure im not going to do him harm. But its clear by our banter that we share much already.

AFter lunch we visit Terry, a friend Andys my age who lives nearby. He is a graphic line artist and has a studio. When we arrive Terry is watching the last of a college football game featuring Terry’s alma mater Miami. We talk and Terry gets distracted from his game.It ends and we visit his studio. He teaches art at the local University and serves as the towns Bernie Sanders campaign chair. His wife pops her head into the room and Terry introduces me. She miles but then leaves without saying anything. Andy tells me she is battling Alhiemers disease. We don’t speak of it or of politics. We head out to his garage shop and Terry shoes me his work and how he makes his prints using plates. His work reminds me of a friend back home Evon Zerbets. After a while we leave but not after they share a bit of “Parkenson’s “ medication . Andy drops me off with Morrison . There is live folk music at the cafe that night but I regretfully decline the offer. In my younger days of trailing I would have been right there but “a man has to know his limitations” We say goodbye and exchange email . Hopefully Ii will see Andy again one day. In the morning I take afew shots down by the river that passes below Andy’s land then hit the road.

#AskTheAlaskan #morrison