#pidge and rover

[breeberrypies]

happy birthday pidge 💚

[jiveyuncle]

Immediately thought of this meme

Don’t bash Kosmo, Keith will fight you

[sukoshininja]

Voltron: Legendary Defender S01E01 - The Rise of Voltron

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[chibi-pix]

After drawing Katie as a young professor in a magical academy, I wanted more. And I've had constant ideas (but no writing yet). And this time, Katie performing a sort of risky spell to help Daniel out with something. And! We get Pidge! Katie's big brother! And a ninja! I loved the idea of putting him in ninja-like garb.

Anyway, I hope y'all enjoy this one! Commissions are available on my Ko-fi. Until next time!

[oransloran]

HAPPY (belated, but I drew most of the outline on his) BIRTHDAY, PIDGE HOLT FROM HIT ANIMATED DREAMSWORK SHOW, VOLTRON LEGENDARY DEFENDER!!

Favorite little slimeball full of awh tysm.

[keithbutgay]

favorite voltron character go

do i even need to say it?

[j-esbian]

ok here is my hot voltron take in 2024*

it’s all right. it’s not a masterpiece but that’s ok. it holds up and i still think it’s fun

i feel like it suffered from a lot of factors while it was coming out. the rushed production (76 episodes in just 2 years), fandom expectations exploding and exceeding what the show had ever planned to do, the creators running their mouths and people putting more faith in word of god than what made it into the actual show, etc.

it’s not the pinnacle of television. i think a lot of people had high hopes when it came out; i remember a lot of folks talking about how the people who made it had worked on the last airbender, so they were expecting a similar caliber. i think a better analogy would be that this is a mech anime for western audiences where mech animes aren’t really a thing. but it struggled to deliver on that

i do think the biggest thing it suffered from was the production schedule. i still don’t understand why it was divided up the way it was, into a bunch of small, unevenly distributed seasons. there’s a lot of things that could have been executed better, but didn’t get developed in the way they should have. and the final product (for a lot of the character stuff specifically) feels like a line of tropes strung together rather than a coherent narrative, and the plot had very little thought put into it long-term (there’s almost entire seasons that give no screen time to haggar/honerva and like. maybe we could have spent a bit more time showing her pulling the strings and manipulating zarkon/sendak/etc. rather than Only focusing on them, in the seasons where they’re the villains). this is generally something i associate with things that lasted past their expiration date (like supernatural lol). i would have to look more closely into the development of the later seasons, because it really gives the impression they just had to run with their first thoughts and didn’t have time to flesh things out properly, especially in contrast to the seasons with lotor because they were almost cooking with that

for example, they almost sold me that allura had developed feelings for lance, but then in order to make it clear, they started making her all blushy and awkward around him because That’s A Trope People Understand That Means A Girl Likes A Boy, when that was really never who she was. they reached for it as shorthand to signal to the audience but didn’t really think too deeply about Who they were applying it to. the whole thing with shiro’s partner (and ambiguous autoimmune disease that exists only for one scene) would have been nothing if the creators hadn’t hyped it up so much beforehand, and if a little more time had been given and a little more care had gone into the scenes where that mattered, and if there had been literally any indication of it in the previous 6 seasons. they could have thought about how audiences would interpret pidge’s gender fuckery and done something to address that to avoid accusations of queerbaiting. it just added drama to season 1, they made a bathroom joke in season 2, and then forgot it was ever a plot point. whenever keith is on screen he’s the main character. he has the most developed arc out of any of the paladins (finding his family, becoming a leader, learning to not be such a loner) but again, whole swathes of episodes go by without him. and in his absence no one else really takes the spotlight. it just focuses on plot. hunk doesn’t really get anything to do until season 7, and it’s a very good scene where he’s jealous of lance and pidge for having their families back but it also feels like the first time he’s taken seriously in 60+ episodes. et cetera.

*big caveat that i just finished season 7, and season 8 was where i lost interest and never finished. i know The Big Thing that happened in season 8 and i can see where they were coming from. i’m sure they were thinking about doing a Big Damn Sacrifice and making some statement about the loss of the Old World to give birth to the New. i just don’t think they were mindful of 1) who they were sacrificing or 2) the fact that they were telling this story in the real world, where there’s countless other stories about black women being denied happiness in order to further someone else’s story. i don’t think this show Uniquely Hates Women because it has the same level of sexism that’s present pretty much across the board in modern sci-fi. they didn’t need to shoehorn in the romance but they clearly tried to be more mindful than the original (instead of Zero female paladins, there were two for most of the show.) they definitely had huge blind spots and i’m not excusing that but i do think that doesn’t cancel out everything else. it seems to be due to obliviousness rather than active malice. but again, i have yet to watch the final episodes

[blanceyblance]

A study on Lance's underrated role on the team. Pt 4

Pidge

It is a common interpretation to see Pidge and Lance's relationship as very sibling like, and I can see why.

Since the very first episode we see Lance being very perceptive of her.

It is funny how bossy Lance is in the simulator, but he does care about his team following safety measures.

After they crash the simulator and Iverson badmouths the Kerberos Mission crew, Lance prevents Pidge from going off and getting in more trouble.

And this ends with him in the end of Iverson's irritation, reminding him he is in this class because the best pilot left. This visibly affects him but later we see he doesn't harbor any ill feelings against his team.

He plans on taking Pidge with them for a fun night in town, and he is being a rebellious teen here but also keeps mentioning how important it is for the trio to bond as a team.

Later in the roof, is his observation about Pidge's strong reactions to any mention of Kerberos and his insistance that they need to bond as a team that convince Pidge to tell then about what she was investigating.

And it may seem that Lance is using the "team bonding" as a excuse to just hang out but it is something he mentions constantly and Pidge has noticed it. We see in a flashback of Pidge's first meeting with them that Lance was eager to welcome them into the team and get to know their new member.

And even if Pidge blew them off quite rudely, Lance still tried to include them.

In the comics, Pidge mentions "team work" and "team awareness" as some of Lance's strenghts. So Lance being heavily team oriented has not gone unnoticed by her.

Back in the topic of perception, the rooftop was not the only moment we had of Lance being observant of Pidge's behaviour.

In the Game Show, Lance had trouble recalling Rolo's name, but had the detail that Pidge liked Beezer very present.

And it's Lance's awareness of Pidge's behaviour and her absence around Rover that made him realise that robot was an impostor.

Speaking of "The Fall of the Castle of Lions", is in that episode where Pidge reveals she is thinking of leaving Voltron, and while she is the one with a made up mind Hunk also expresses his desire to leave and being unsure of being in the team. Allura herself says "This team is falling apart." It takes Lance getting hurt for the team to spring to action and that helps both of the members being hesitant in staying reach an understanding of the importance of being a Paladin. Pidge in particular since she realises she has not being present for her team that much (Lance and Hunk) but she is willing to help them now.

Even by accident, Lance helps the team stay together.

This episode also has the moment where a hurt and weak Lance shots Sendak to get him to drop Pidge. Later it's implied that Lance doesn't remember this moment, so he was barely conscious.

Again, a barely conscious and weak Lance decided to use his remaining strenghts to help his friend in peril.

This is not the only moment we see Lance being protective of Pidge, in later seasons, where the team gets captured by Zethrid and Ezor. To get them to talk, Zethrid assumes the paladins have a soft spot for "the small one".

She is right, but the first (and only one) to react in that moment is Lance.

We also see this protectiveness in more subtle ways, in the episodes where they are talking about the possibility of getting Sam Holt back.

At first he looks on board with giving Lotor because of his personal grievances with him, but then understands how serious Pidge is about this and even looks a worried at her outburst.

And then, when Zarkon double crosses them and doesn't give Sam back, Lance is the first to react and tells the team to go down and help.

Lance just really dislikes seeing his friends in any kind of distress.

And I know I said Keith and Allura's parts were going to be the longest but turns out that the 10 pic limit is still my enemy and there is still some things I want to talk about related to Lance and Pidge interactions.

[Masterpost] [Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4] [Part 5] [Part 6] [Part 7]

[torveiglyart]

Favorite scene from each season of VLD?

Ahhhhhhh okay 8 scenes let’s go

S1: Lance talking to Coran about Earth (then saving him from bomb-Rover)

S2: Pidge being awesome and figuring out the Olkari stuff immediately

S3: Sven and Slav. Just. Them.

S4: I wasn’t a huge fan of season 4, so uhhhhh ariel dancing Lance

S5: “Lance…” “What!?” Shiro fades away

S6: Keith and Krolia bonding 🥺 and getting to see more of Keith’s past. Also, (not fave) Krolia learning his dad died through visions??? ow??

S7: “I voted for Keith. He’s our leader plus he’s half galra so I think he’s, like, the future.” “I just don’t want to be stuck here for eternity with Lance.”

S8: Okay this is like a very small thing and surprisingly not the sunset scene, but when they’re on that volcanic planet with the low-oxygen atmosphere, Lance just seems fine?? Like, we see Pidge and Hunk struggling, and Lance pauses to let Allura catch her breath, but he’s otherwise okay? I have no clue what the canon explanation for that is but I like to think it’s proof of him being a swimmer ‘cause he’s used to exercise in low-oxygen environments.

[xxking-glitcherxx]

Voltron x Arcane au:

Shiro - Jayce

Adam - Viktor

Allura - Mel

Keith - Vi

Pidge - Jinx

Lance - Caitlyn

Hunk - Claggor

Matt - Mylo

Coran - Heimerdinger

Haggar - Singed

Zarkon - Vander

Lotor - Silco

Rolo - Ekko

Sendak - Ambessa

Rover/Beezer(can't decide) - Isha

Haxus - Salo

Ulaz - Steb

Zethrid - Sevika

Krolia - Jinx and VI's mom

Luka - Maddie

Shay - Shoola

Veronica - Cassandra

Ryner - Irius Bolbok

(Still not sure who should be Loris)

Druids - Black rose

(Don't know who should be Lest or Sky)

Romelle - Alora

What do we think, chat?

[jiveyuncle]

The tech gremlin ✨

[sukoshininja]

Voltron: Legendary Defender S01E01 - The Rise of Voltron

part 123/157

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[chibi-pix]

I love Realities Collide. And I was thinking of this piece with DotU Keith and was like, "I should do another." So. Taking a VLD screenshot and redrawing it for Realities Collide, I got this, substituting VLD Lance talking about whatever it was on Puig that he told Pidge about to DotU Lance, getting some of his favourite coffee to enjoy with the sassy paladin, and chat about missions and things they've done. And who better to snuggle in with them than Kosmo and Bae Bae? Though. Uh. Pidge, I know you're blind, but find a way to monitor your coffee more? The last thing we need is a coffee addicted teleporting cosmic wolf.

Also, this was the screenshot I worked with.

Yup, I enjoyed changing it and letting Pidge be more relaxed and enjoying herself. Originally I was gonna have her sass DotU Lance, but I opted to have them both bond, like siblings. As they deserve. And they would. Especially if Pidge starts telling Nanny off. DotU Lance is gonna sit bac, enjoy the show, and encourage his newfound reality sister.

Anyway, I hope y'all enjoy this one! Until next time!

[i-k-quotes-after-dark]

Keith, after pinning Pidge to the ground during some sparring: I feel like you got captured on purpose.

Pidge: Getting captured on purpose can be a viable strategy.

Keith: I suppose that's true.

Pidge: My safe words is Rover.

Keith: What?

Pidge: What?

[queengeni]

"Y'know rover, I haven't always been there for my team. But this time, I'll''

JSIAKSJSKS I LOVE YOU PIDGE 😭😭😭