#lotor deserves happiness

[whatsgoodshomies]

More of our Lord Lotor 🛐

ALSO, UPON REWATCHING VOLTRON NGL I KINDA FEEL BAD FOR LOTOR AND HIS MOM LIKE THEY DESERVED SO MUCH BETTER

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This is just breathtaking holy—

[callum-23]

CASUAL RANT BUT

Lotura could have been such a beautiful ship. LIKE OMFG THE WASTED POTENTIAL.

Lotor and Allura were basically perfect for eachother. I really love their dynamic together, they really deserved so much better. They both didn't deserve to die ☹️

If lotura was endgame, we could have had a better character arc for Lance. Maybe it would teach him to move on, or maybe recognising his other feelings for a certain mullethead 🤗

Let's face it, Lotura would have had a more satisfying ending for Allura.

They both value peace throughout the galaxy, and protecting their people, and an ending of them finding happiness after the war and settling down and ruling together would have been a much more satisfying conclusion than Allura sacrificing herself to save the universe. (Should have sacrificed voltron itself instead 😔)

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I debated a long time on whether his right or left leg should go, but I thought losing his left leg would be ‘symbolic’ of him slowly being distanced from the rest of the team in seasons 5 and 6. The exact opposite limb as shiro, the left side motif for Hunk and Pidge, and the lack of change on his right for Keith. During the later seasons, it kinda hurt to see him only every confiding in Allura, who’s attention was split from Lotor, and the mice, who are known snitches. I didn’t want to cut the right, as that would symbolize his loss of Blue and… his loss of Blue. It felt redundant to the red bayard. Actually, let’s talk about the red bayard for a moment.

As I see it, there are two pivotal reasons as to why Lance got a new form for his bayard: The Altean Broadsword.

The first reason is his character growth. Lance is the ‘class clown’ character of the paladins, but that persona is not as viable in a war as it is in a classroom. Lance has had to mature very quickly due to the circumstances surrounding his requirements as a paladin. The Altean Broadsword is a symbol of both his maturity as a person and his maturity into the solider role. Zarkon was the only other paladin known to have more than one form for his bayard, and held a strong connection to the Black Lion. Lance’s ability to have not just the basic rifle, but a sniper rifle and a sword shows his connection to Red, and possibly his nature as a blue paladin: flexibility. His bayard forms allow short to mid to long range that the other paladins don’t have. His ability to listen, adapt, connect, and support is reflected in his bayard.

The second is less happy. The Altean Broadsword could be a reflection of Shiro/Kuron’s need for Keith as the right hand of Voltron, and how Lance has been Keith’s ‘replacement’ multiple times. Lance was Keith’s red paladin before he was Shiro’s, and the two of them had to adjust how they view each other in Lance’s new role. Since Shiro was the clone, there could have definitely been great reluctance to treat Lance as the red paladin and right hand, but rather as another subordinate. This reluctance would have stemmed from how the Empire, and specifically Haggar, views the roles of each paladin, and how the other paladins were ‘subordinate’ to Black Paladin Zarkon. With Allura’s bayard being a whip, Lance’s original semi-long to mid range of combat was covered for the season 1-2 team set up in Blue. With Lance being in Red, a swordsman was missing on the team, and that role defaulted to Lance. He once again was a replacement for Keith, like back in the Galaxy Garrison. Keith leaves, and Lance fills in. This reasoning definitely does not help Lance’s declining mental strength when it comes to being respected by the team and feeling like a seventh wheel.

Overall, I do not think that these reasons are mutually exclusive to one another. I think both are true to varying degrees. Lance had a very complicated character growth arc that was overshadowed by Lotor, Shiro’s return, and the mess that is season 8. That’s not to say the other things weren’t important, and there were others (Hunk) that DEFINITELY deserved more attention, but there were things that could have been worked on. Lance manages, throughout the show, to be a parallel character to, well, everyone. A competitive pilot like Keith, caring and trusting like Hunk, inquisitive and quick thinking like Pidge, supportive and motivational like Shiro, and opinionated and just like Allura. But what does that leave him as?

I really went on a rant there but would love to hear other people’s thoughts about this. Yes, both the leg and what I wrote. You can also request art! I mainly do Voltron art but I do have experience with other fandoms (The Owl House, My Hero Academia, Star Wars, She-Ra, etc.), and would love to fulfill some asks.

[canonmisogynyvictimstournament]

PROPAGANDA

ALLURA (VOLTRON: LEGENDARY DEFENDER)

1.) Okay so, they really wanted Allura to be a #girlpower icon, but the way that came about is that they basically stripped her from having emotions. She only cries once in the whole show, and it was in the first season (when the show was actually good.) After her one cry she basically becomes a leader figure who doesn’t get to bond much with the other characters. They then decided to pass her around as a romantic interest to three different men. The first one was only set up, but she ends up dating two of them within the show’s short run. The second character they set her up with turns out to have enslaved her people. The third character they set her up with has been shown to be interested in her through the shows run. Despite Allura’s consistent lack of interest, she ends up being pressured into going on a date with him. Despite it being a terrible date (in my opinion) they decide to peruse a relationship. The relationship is terrible and they really only spend time together to rant about their problems. At the end of the season, the very same one where this relationship started, Allura sacrifices herself to save the universe. This stupid fucking decision not only came out of nowhere in terms of in-universe logic, but also that her death is treated as sad because the guy lost his girlfriend. Most of the other characters don’t really morn her, and the guy she was dating just becomes sadly obsessed with the idea of her for the rest of his life. Not really the nice send-off for the #girlboss.

2.) She was given plenty character, but not a lot of things to do narratively speaking.

She wanted to free the Galaxy from tyranny. She's the leader even though she doesn't pilot the black lion. She's can talk to mice. She's kind, and she's among the the last of her kind. Her home planet was destroyed. She kept going even when things looked horrendous. She had to wait 10,000 in stasis sleep before she could fight to protect others. Because her father wanted to protect her and made the wrong decision in not fighting the Galra with Voltron. She had to destroy the AI of her father when he was corrupted in season 1. She had to deal with her Dad dying twice.

She had cool powers like shapeshifting but didn't get to use them often. She starts piloting the blue lion, at season 3. Her father worked with the big bad Zarkon and she is portrayed just to hate him. When it was more like she was completely betrayed by him.

She didn't get alot of interactions with the other cool female characters. Even Pidge who was on her team, which can only form Voltron through teamwork. 8 seasons and they never talk about how how much they miss their families. Pidge's main motivation is finding her father and brother. It would have been perfect. The only time they hangout is to get Allura ready for a date.

She was distrusting of all Galra since there empire wiped out her kingdom. But when she got an arc about learning to not distrust all Galra. It functionally ended with Prince Lotor of the Galra making people batteries out of the survivor's of her kingdom.

Then she was basically relegated to her relationship with Lance's interaction wise. She didn't get many interactions with anyone else she was close to in the season she died. Not even with Coran, the guy put in stasis with her.

For the finale she dies sacrificing herself to restore all realites. She had to give up her new family and her people. She would do that, I just don't think the writers had earned doing that. She deserved a happy ending. She never gets to see that her sacrifice even brought back her planet.

3.) season 8. Season 8. SEASON 8. Allura deserved so much better than an out of nowhere romance arc with Lance and then dying without being able to say goodbye to Coran (her royal advisor, closest friend, and last remaining member of her family and her planet). AND they had her give Altean marks to Lance right before dying, leaving him with a constant reminder of her for the rest of his life!! Why!!!!!!!!! AND THEN THE LIONS FLY BACK INTO SPACE TOWARDS A NEBULA SHAPED LIKE HER, LIKE THE WHOLE FINALE WAS SATISFYING AND NOT A MASTERCLASS IN UNSATISFYING CHARACTER ENDINGS!!!!!! Allura you will always be the confident princess and leader of the rebellion in my heart i am so so sorry season 8 happened to you

MIKAELA BANES (TRANSFORMERS)

1.) mikaela's case is so egregious that i struggle to really properly word any propaganda beyond 'just look at the movie. look at it.' but congrats to mikaela banes for getting in! was thinking of submitting her along with my arcee but couldn't even like. begin to describe it. agh.

best i can really say for her right now is 'open her tfwiki article, open sam's, look at the pictures, compare how they frame the two, you will see what i mean then and there.' but i might do a rewatch of the bayverse transformers movies just to be able to get all my more complex thoughts in order to actually submit a breakdown of her. which is not something i want to do, but if anyone deserves it it's mikaela. she deserved so much better.

2.) She was the female character played by Megan Fox, and Michael Bay wanted to make sure everyone watching knew this was a woman played by megan fox. She is the quintessential "not like other girls" (in fact, this is the second sentence of her wikipedia page - "She is differentiated from "typical" women in her age group, having inherited mechanical skills from her father") who has guy interests, but is still hot and wears crop tops and jean shorts. I remember two things from that movie, Bumblebee and the scene where she is working on the car ~sexily~, which today genuinely seems like a parody, but was included entirely earnestly (I wasn't going to add a picture from this scene, but it was literally the first and third pictures that showed up when i googled her)

3.) Mikaela is so sexualized it's unreal. Like, I feel I really just need to submit this screenshot:

Look at the way she's posed, the way she's dressed, the fact her head isn't in the shot. It's pure objectification, like the kind that should be in textbooks as easy examples. The way it emphasizes both her butt and her boobs but also shows her stomach is just astonishing. God it doesn't even show her FACE. This shot really amazes me, just good god.

And then there's also this famous shot:

It's so aggressively sexy, so much a pose and not at all a way a real human would position themselves. The way her ass is popped out, the way her hair is flipped, jesus christ. Someone needs to put Michael Bay in misogyny jail.

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Happy holidays to you 🎄🎁🌟❤️

*whispers* , who do you think deserves better

Lotor or Ben Solo/Kylo Ren

First of all: thank you so much! Happy Holidays to you, too!! I hope you are enjoying this holiday season with your loved ones 🎄🎀☃️💖

And second of all: NOOOO Anon how could you make me choose??! 😭😂😂

My gut reaction is to say both of them, but that's not really the answer we're looking for here, is it? Hehe. So I have tried to seriously consider this and provide a sincere answer to your question.

A quick heads up, I will be mentioning reylo and lotura here and there throughout this little essay!

The most fun part about comparing Ben and Lotor I think comes from the fact that these two are suuuuper similar to one another. I covered this a tiny bit in this ask where I talk about how protective the two of them are, but to reiterate:

Both Lotor and Ben are from sci-fi/fantasy franchises that were released around the same time, both have troubled relationships with their fathers, both are great swordsmen and pilots and engineers, both murdered their fathers, have complicated childhoods, rarely show their true faces to others, killed their dads, fell in love with fierce and powerful women, kissed said fierce and powerful women before shortly dying afterwards, said bye-bye to papa by doin a lil stabby stab, became intergalatic leaders of the most powerful empires in the universe -- oh, and did I mention daddy issues? You tend to find that a lot with long-haired emo boys from fiction. It's just the way it is. And for these two in particular you can also sprinkle in a little "mommy issues" just for funsies.

But in all seriousness, Lotor and Ben share a LOT in common, which is pretty crazy! So who deserves better, really? In order to make a fair judgment my first thought was to take into account their crimes and if they were able to redeem themselves in the end. But this is also fiction. As soon as people slap the label "toxic" on a character or ship, I usually tend to tune them out. This is by no means a hot take, but fiction is a form of escapism. It is a way for people to experience a thing (e.g. horror, adventure, romance) without actually having to experience it. So if we have a couple of sad boys who murder and manipulate people but also want to find love, who's gonna stop us from rooting for them? Absolutely no one!

I digress, but my point is that I usually don't care which character did what and why they're a bad person for it. But even then were Ben and Lotor really all that bad? After all, we learned from "The Rise of Kylo Ren" comics that Ben was ultimately not the one responsible for destroying Luke's Jedi school, and in TROS we found out that he was being manipulated by Palpatine the entire time.

For Lotor, we never really got a clear picture of what exactly he was doing with that Altean colony. To this day I still don't get it! In S6E6 he says, "Many Alteans perished in my quest to unlock the mysteries of quintessence." But then in S8E13 Allura says, "Lotor may have been misguided, but ultimately he wanted to preserve life." Like, what does any of that mean?? There are cracks in the armor, Anon! Cracks!!! Not to mention all of the theories with very convincing evidence that there were a ton of changes made to season 8, and unfortunately I don't think we're ever going to get a solid answer from the showrunners as to what was really supposed to happen.

In the end, the complicated and morally gray choices that Lotor and Ben made throughout their lives are what make their characters so interesting! They did the wrong things for what they believed to be the right reasons. If they didn't come across as the mysterious and devious fellas as they did when we first saw them, we wouldn't be such big fans of them. We would've chosen someone else 😉

So any bad deeds aside, maybe we oughta take a step back and do one last comparison. Most notably, comparing how they died. Ben died saving the person he loved, while Lotor died fighting the person he loved. I would have to argue that Lotor's death was far more gruesome and superfluous than Ben's. Not only did he go mad from all of the raw quintessence coursing through his body, but we find out in season 8 that his body had remained in his ship for three whole years, decayed and melted (seriously whose idea was it to share that imagery? I'm scarred for life) and left to sit there by his own mother.

Ben's passing was also deeply upsetting. I cried in the theater. But you can't deny that it was a peaceful one. From the way his body faded into nothingness, leaving beind only his clothes, the audience is able to assume that he became a Force Ghost (or did he? 🤔). He was battered and beaten, but he brought the woman he loved back to life, and in giving his life to her and helping her defeat Palpatine, he redeemed himself. And not only did he redeem himself, but he was also able to reconcile with both of his parents.

Lotor didn't get to do either of those things. He never got the chance. He was manipulated by both of his parents, and he never had the opportunity to redeem himself on his own terms. You know, for someone who directly influenced the entirety of season 8's plot, Lotor is hardly in it! I suppose he sort of redeemed himself, at least in Allura's eyes, but he was long gone by then. He wasn't around to see any of the stuff going on in season 8, stuff happening specifically FOR him because his mother wanted him back. In season 6 he went out like your average cartoon villain--dying because of his own hubris while the heroes looked on. In season 8 we only get: a flashback episode, him showing up in Allura's bedroom ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°), and him copied and pasted into the background as a ghost in the finale, almost like something is amiss in this scene (cracks in the armor, Anon!!!). UGH. You hate to see it.

But at the same time, I'm not too upset that Lotor died if I'm being completely honest with you. At least not anymore, anyway. Don't get me wrong, at the time I cried when his death was confirmed, and then I cried again when Allura died. But at least they get to be together in the afterlife. Ben had a lot going for him. He was only 30 years old when he died, and that's still very young. He could have had a long, happy life with Rey, and to truly redeem himself in the eyes of the resistance, could have devoted his time to restoring peace and order to the galaxy, as well as teach the new generation of Force-wielders alongside Rey.

Lotor, on the other hand, was 10,000 years old. The idea of having lived that long is not only unfathomable, but the fact that he probably spent most of that time being completely alone is just... really, really sad. If I were him I would have been ready to kick the bucket, too. I think the kindest thing to do for him at that point was to give him a peaceful, as well as justified, departure in the series finale. Allura had suffered as well. She had lost everything, just like him, so the two of them finding peace in the afterlife would be the most merciful conclusion, I believe.

Soooo I'm gonna cheat again with my answer 😂 Who deserves better? I would say BOTH of them deserve better, but in different ways. Ben Solo deserved to live, while Lotor deserved a better death.

Thank you so much for this question, Anon! I really had to think a lot about this one, and even though in the end I couldn't actually choose between the two, I still enjoyed coming up with this long-winded answer haha! If you have any further insights you would like to add, or if you even disagree with any of the things I've said, please don't hesitate to say so! I am always happy to discuss anything Ben or Lotor-related 😁 My love for these boys knows no bounds 💖

[empressgeekt]

Future Voltron Multiverse fic plans

There are many tropes that I love in fanfiction. However one of my favorites is dimension travel, So, I was stoked when VLD introduced the rifts and multiverse...and then I was severally disappointed when they didn't dig into that further. So! I'm doing it myself!!!

The fic will be taking place a year post-canon, but Allura will still be alive, because she deserves a happy ending with her goofy red paladin. Yes, I'm keeping Allurance, I'm giving the ship the chance it deserves, and I don't care what anyone thinks, this is a canon-ship, and I'm tired of Klance trying to snuff out any other possible ships in this fandom. Ships, I will also include will, be Kacxa, Krolia/Keith's Father (I'll be naming him Kenneth in this, as that is what Keith's father was named in other continuties of voltorn), Hunk/shay (minor), Ezor/Zethrid, Shiro/Adam (maybe I'm still working on how to fit in their storyline), Kolivon/Antok (only in flashbacks so far cause Antok is still dead)...and will see what else happens, This is most going to be focusing on the Gen Relationships (AKA Friendships/Family relationships) in the story.

The main plot will be kicked off after two blade agents from another, dying reality end up traveling to the main one. After the fact the two realities, the main one and scrapes of whatever was left of the dying one, merge, destabilizing space. Now rifts to other realites are opening and shutting at random, and letting things from other worlds in, the timeline is shifting, bringing people back form the dead, and sending our heroes to other ones.

Currently I'm planning on three different main travel archs, One to the Voltron Force universe, one to the 80s Voltron universe, and one to a universe where voltron is newly created and the orginal VLD paladins are still in control.

This fic will also include, Blade/Good!Lotor, Keith grows fangs, Humans are f-ing weird, Blade!Acxa, Blade!Ezor, Blade!Zethrid, Krolia has claimed Shiro as her own even if no one else realizes it, BlackPaladin!Keith, Galra head-canons, Trying to understand what the heck is Altean Alchemy, Altean!Vince?, Pidge being a master of Chaos, Good sibling relationships!, Minor/Major OCs, There's going to be a lot of head-canons in this, Coran gets to be a Pop-pop in the epilogue, Awkward as f Zarkon, Mild Themes of Racism towards Half-breeds, The holts take no sh*t from anyone, Voltron teams interacting with their dobblegangers, Garret makes an appearance, the rift creatures will try to kill everyone, Nerdy!Lotor, Pidge, hunk and Lotor are bros, Shenajens and Hijinks, ShortHaired!Allura, Team Voltron sticks together, laughs together, and fights together, Cultural differences, some parts will be funny, some parts are super sad.

Let me know if your interested in this future work, and I will post a link when I upload the first chapter

[galraluver]

I read the fic where Lotors sister was the Embodiment of azula so I was wondering if u could do a different one where His sister is the Total Opposite of Azula?

Ah, I know the one you mean. Of course I can 😊😁

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~ When Lotor's young he really wanted a younger sibling and when he received news that he's going to get one he gets excited

~ But only when he's alone because his parents hate any kind of happiness

~ When you're born Lotor is in awe of how tiny you are

~ From that day on Lotor takes it upon himself to protect you

~ As you grow to be a toddler you're the sweetest sister he could ever have asked for

~ You often follow him around and copy some of the things he does because he's your favorite person in the entire universe

~ Because you're sweet and adorable there's one foot soldier in particular that enjoyed bullying you

~ Every time it happens Lotor's there to defend you

~ Eventually that foot soldier disappeared after Zarkon heard about an adult bullying you

~ As the two of you get older and people start hating your older brother more you're always there for him

~ You stick up for him too because he doesn't deserve the treatment he gets

~ You and Lotor become inseparable during your childhood together and even after the two of you become young adults

~ Zarkon and Haggar aren't too happy that you and Lotor are so alike, so when the time comes they send you with him to collect quintessence from planets

~ And, when Lotor gets banished because he's not ruthless enough you get banished for the same reason

~ It's difficult for both of you at first, but then you and Lotor start the altean colony together

~ You also convince your brother not to harvest the alteans for their quintessence, so everything turns out fine

[write-it-motherfuckers]

FMK with Hades (Lore Olympus), Lotor (Voltron) and Meire Link (Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust).

Oof when I tell you there was absolutely zero competition here. Vampire Hunter D is one of my all time favourite films. And despite never having watched Voltron, due to some of the absolutely delicious writing of some of the people I follow, I am also very familiar with him😏. Unfortunately, as a fandom I'm unfamiliar with, Hades never stood a chance.

Fuck Lotor I adore this dramatic bitch, and I adore the people who write for him even more. I'm just going to pretend I don't know how that show ends, for my own mental stability 🙃

Marry Meier When I tell you I ugly cry every fucking time I watch that movie. They deserved happiness dammit 😭

Kill Hades Sorry handsome

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(Couldn't find an image I was certain wasn't fanmade.)

Thank you so much for playing with me Darling!

[lilflowerpot]

i just saw your reply saying you wrote keith with your experience with autism in mind without realizing it! i just want to say that i love how personal this fic is for you, whether you intended it or not! like, looking back and realizing you connect even more with your character (bc you’ve developed keith so well he’s practically yours) is so cool!! and the autistic-coded-ness fits with the character so well, it fits with his foundations from the show and also the world you’ve built

anyways yeah just came to say i love that for you, as a huge fan of your work!

anonymous(2): Hello!! I recently read your little blade fanfic and I'm about to re read it as well, I love it sm! I saw that another person had said they related to Keith in relation to their autism and I'm so happy they did because I do as well!! I love seeing representation like that even if it's unintentional lol, and I was wondering if you had any autistic headcanons for Keith and or Lotor and if being galra effects that? If not that's totally chill! I hope you have an awesome day or night!

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Thank you both! I'm honestly so happy to see so much love for autistic-coded Keith, he deserves it ♡

I don't explicitly have any autistic headcanons for either Keith or Lotor, because (as anon 1 said) it wasn't entirely intentional on my part. When writing Keith, I knew from the start that I wanted to explore his galra side and how that element of himself impacts his experiences, and obviously because he looks human this was always going to manifest in his instincts/behaviour; what with the galra being aliens, I wanted them to feel more nuanced than simply "tall purple humans" which lead to me playing around with the differences in how they might express themselves and the ways in which this might have caused Keith difficulties in the past.

Autism itself manifests in different ways to different degrees in different people, but broadly speaking it's a variation in how the brain works as opposed to the majority. According to the NHS, the key traits include:

difficulty communicating with / understanding the thoughts and feelings of others, unintentionally coming across as blunt / rude / uninterested, and misreading tone / intent in others

struggling with anxiety in unfamiliar situations / social settings, often preferring a set routine with clearly defined "rules", and difficulty making friends (and/or preferring solitude)

heightened pattern recognition, attention to detail, and senses

over-stimulation from things neurotypicals might consider mundane, such as bright lights / loud noises / strong smells / eye contact / physical proximity and/or touch

self-stimulating behaviours (stimming) often repetitive movements / sounds that can serve a variety of purposes

a keen or intense interest in a particular subject area / activity

These, obviously, are only the very broadest of strokes (and I comped together many of the bullet points for brevity's sake) but as you can see a lot of them are applicable to Keith—not only in LB, but in VLD too! As such, I don't think it's especially surprising that in dissecting his character so as to better understand and therefore write for him, I ended up creating a lot of overlap between autism and the galra, with the latter becoming a metaphor for how the former sees people (like Keith!) being "othered". With regard to Lotor, it's actually quite interesting because his galra/autistic traits are considered "normal" in Imperial society, whereas it's everything altean about him that has been met with reproach.

[imjustheretoseetheprivateblogs]

I swear Voltron would be so much better if they sacrificed the lions instead of Allura! It would make way more sense, then the lions wouldn't have had to fly away randomly like that.

I personally hated Allura, I'm a Keith fan and I didn't appreciate the way she treated him after his trials. But even I can agree Allura didn't deserve to die, she lost so much in her life. She was deceived by Lotor, and then haunted by him in season 8, that episode gave me nightmares. She was such a great character, she could've ended up as the queen of Altea, and Lance could have gotten a happy ending instead of living on a farm left to forever long after his lost love.

I don't even understand why she dies it doesn't make any sense!

You've managed to sum up a lot of people's post-S2 complaints. I feel that the problem with Allura's death is that it feels like it was done for reasons of "I want a character to die because that's what epic series do" instead of "this death is the culmination of a character's arc and their actions."

In fact, a lot of the darker aspects of later VLD seasons seem to be done out of a desire to be "the next Evangelion" or something similar, rather than an interest in seeing how these events would affect the characters and their world.

Allura choosing to live for the future and her people would be a proper end to her arc and the culmination of her character (namely her dedication to winning the war above all else), and I feel like VLD not really delivering on that hints at the drama that went on behind the scenes.

[i-miss-lotor]

My third eye suddenly opened and now I'm stuck thinking about a crossover between Stranger Things and Voltron, specifically the parallels between Billy, Max and Lotor

I mean. Just think about it. They had Neil and Zarkon as abusive fathers. Lotor had to kill his own dad, since Zarkon did try to enslave or kill everyone who didn't agree with his species, and all he got that it was for the greater good. No one said anything, not a 'sorry you had to go through that', not a question about his feelings on the matter. Just a 'good job, moving on'.

And Lotor spent so much time trying to be good. Trying to connect with others, trying to be better than his dad. He thought he finally had a place in the world, had people who understood and loved him. Only to get betrayed again and again and no one was even willing to hear him out. Between the pressure and the quintessence, of course he snapped. And they didn't try to save him.

Billy, on the other hand, didn’t try to be good, because he knew there was no point. He knew he was never going to be good enough even though part of him wanted to. He couldn’t keep inside all that hurt and he tried to be more like his dad, he wanted to feel like he has power and not just some weakling, so he took his anger out on others all the time. Of course people didn't like him. Of course they hated him. He was a mean asshole.

So when he died, I wonder what the others told Max. I wonder if Max got the same treatment Lotor did about Zarkon's death, because Billy was mean and killed people (possessed or not) even if he did die a heroic death, I wonder if she had to hear things like 'it's for the better', 'he deserved it'.

And it hurts to think about that Max saw Billy as he was, late or not, that Max was willing to be there for him, while Lotor didn't have a Max. He should have had people to care for him and hear him out, he thought he did, but well. There are no happy endings for them.

[the-lightning-strikes-again]

Hello hello , can you please provide some soft Lotor pics , if not it's fine , Happy Holidays and thank you for lovely writing and art ❤️💜💖🤗🥺

Hello, and thanks for your kind note! Happy holidays to you! While I've been trying to update some stories in the free time I've had, I'm not much of an artist myself. But if you're looking for soft Lotor art specifically, I can make recommendations for you to check out!

Adorable-Soft Lotor by @vanillafry: https://vanillafry.tumblr.com/post/171524409164/when-you-have-art-block-you-draw-softlotor-with

Sleepy-Soft Lotor by @effits-franki: https://effits-franki.tumblr.com/post/173867077478/a-really-quick-lotor-doodle-he-slep-do-not

More Sleepy-Soft Lotor by @aealzx: https://aealzx.tumblr.com/post/636278519350116352/hhhhrrrrggggg-i-feel-super-shy-putting-these-up

Soft Lotot with Kova by @elynnart: https://www.tumblr.com/elynnart/181254093312/lotor-deserves-the-entire-universe-and-you-cant

Happy-Soft Winter Lotura by @ziksua-blog: https://ziksua-blog.tumblr.com/post/171562946539/hello-i-love-them-together-hahahaha

Sad-Soft Lotor by @lancemyboi2k17: https://lancemyboi2k17.tumblr.com/post/181198836945/finally-home

Sad-Shirtless-Soft-Lotor by @kir-tata: https://kir-tata.tumblr.com/post/172525052211/lotor-again-lonely-and-sad-sketch-with

Sexy-Soft Lotor by @z-nth: https://z-nth.tumblr.com/post/172982306895/minty-fresh

Funny-Soft Lotor by @33-ko: https://33-ko.tumblr.com/post/172043870159/oh-no

Basically, I should like to link just about every Lotor and Lotura artist around a;ldfjas 

[mars-the-ethereal]

its 2am and im thinking about how much more lance mcclain deserved, he's not just comic relief, and he deserved so much more than to be an afterthought to lotor, he deserved a good future. he went to the garrison because more than a n y t h i n g he wanted to be in space and you're telling me he's content farming and telling kids about his dead ex who only used him as a rebound?? he was ready to give everything to allura and he wasnt even her first choice, he deserved the world yall, he looks so sad at the end of the show

sometimes i think about how lance deserved to be treated the way sokka was and i get really sad that he wasn't, that he faced so many of the same things sokka did but he didn't get the happy ending sokka did

they all deserved better and it makes me so so fucking sad

[lolabearwrites]

This is just a ramble post about my thoughts of S8 of Voltron. Biased shipping opinions ahead. This is not written in a neat order it's just bullet points of random thoughts

-Seeing non evil Zarkon and baby Lotor in the ending was so sad because like, Zarkon wanted to be a good dad he was excited too.

-In the dream-scape of the final EP when it shows memories of Allura and Lotor's time together then Haggar is like "he was happy...he deserved better" like no shit Sherlock. He should have gotten better by the writers just decided not to?? Like how they wrote him, I can't tell if they were trying to make him be irredeemable or not?? Because I would have loved some Zuko arc shit for Lotor. And Lotura I absolutely love them as a couple. Like I can say no to enemies to lovers I'm not that strong

-The ending scene after the "one year later" where Keith is standing Infront the Galra empire and giving his speech LOVED that. Especially because he was saying things like "We as the citizens of the Galra empire" or "cleanse the mistakes of our forefathers" just love that he accepts himself as part of the Galra race.

-It was so disturbing to me once we learned Haggar was using Lotor's ship with his melted corpse inside. Creeps me out a little ngl

-The lions should have been sacrificed instead of Allura. And the fact that they disappeared regardless just feels like an insult to injury.

-Allura's death really felt like a cheap way to get people to feel emotional about the ending. Also, no one really pushed back against the idea of Allura sacrificing herself, which I thought was odd

-If I hear one more time about how their strength comes from their bond and their friendship I will lose it. Especially given the fact that they seemed like co-workers this season.

-Yeah so, Broganes?? Ya know the ones who had the most fleshed out relationship the whole show? Nope. Guess not anymore.

-Farmer Lance? Wtf. No thankyou. Like, if he wants to do it for sometime to be able to heal after Allura's death that's fine! It's cool and makes sense! But for the rest of his life??? No.

-I am so happy Keith and Axcea (Acxa? I'm not sure how to spell her name, but she was one of Lotor's generals) didn't become canon. That came out of left field. Her and Veronica tho? Doesn't matter if it's a ship or not but I did enjoy their friendship, but again, don't know either of them as characters very well so not too many thoughts for them

-So the writers took Lance's character development. Crushed it. Stabbed it. Burned it. And threw it out a window. All he did this season was be Allura's bf. He is a good bf I'll give him that, but he has more to offer than just that

-Coran didn't get to say goodbye to Allura and that's one of the things I'm the most salty about.

[the-feral-gremlin]

23 and 25 for the pinned ask game! 👀

Thanks for the ask! You didn’t specify which fandom so I’m just going to assume Voltron. Also these are my opinions, I obviously don’t expect anyone to agree with them.

23. Ship you’ve unwillingly come around to.

Lotura/any (non proship) lotor ship. I kind of used to be one of those “grr I hate lotor” people when I was younger/first joined the fandom but since then I’ve come around to him and Lotura.

25. common fandom complaint that you're sick of hearing.

That Clone Shiro/Kuron was this asshole that abused/bullied the other paladins. First of all, He snapped at Lance once and yeah, maybe he didn’t have Shiro’s leadership style but like, he wasn’t abusive or a bully. Second of all, Kuron was made for one thing: to be a spy and destroy/gain information Voltron from the inside. That’s literally why Haggar replaced Shiro with him. He was probably tortured just like Shiro was except he didn’t get the happy ending he deserved, also he literally said in the monsters and mana episode that he wanted to be a Paladin again.

[From this ask game]