#the galaxy garrison

[anxious-alyssia]

thoughts and opinions on James Griffin from Voltron, Cannon and/or Fannon version.

oMG THANK YOU

I LOVE James.

I love him but know almost NOTHING about him (canon and Fanon wise)

I hate how he would bully/pick on Keith but he grew up, grew out of it, therefore I love him. I also love his character design, hehe

Watching Tiny Keith beat him up was thrilling and one thing I wished happened in season 8 is when the paladins (+ Coran, can't forget Coran he's such a gorgeous man) and the pilots and the people from the garrison were having one of their many meetings (I think it was the first one they had, actually. I can't remember) and I someone said smth that someone else didn't agree with and Shiro was try calm them down and they just weren't having it and James started yelling at them about chain of command and following orders from superior or some shit and we see Keiths face and I cannot put into words how badly I wanted someone to point out that Shiro technically wasn't their leader anymore and that current leader (Keith) had yet to tell them to shut up and how dare you you need us to save your sorry asses stfu and aahshdgdjdjdjdgfg

But they're not like that and they wouldn't say that but every time I think of James I think of this and I just sit and think.

My all time favourite ship with James is Jeith/Jaith because YES??? There probably was a time when I knew of another ship w/ him but now I can't think of not one.

We don't see James a lot but for the little we do see he has so much character development and I just love him so much like he was this shitty little asshole and then he's grown and responsible and there is no grudge or anything with Keith or anybody- I mean, why would there be? Canon doesn't add the details, just the basic outline and it's up to fanon to fill it in :) (says the girl who doesn't even know the Fanon)

I love James yelling, being yelled at, spying on people, and I wish we had more of him

I read this ask, started to answer it, then spent so much time just thinking about James instead of actually typing, lmao.

[chronicloner]

#VOLTRON IS TRENDING WE R SO BACKKKKKK

[lilflowerpot]

Heyyy I hope your doing well and I hope your resting and not wasting all your free time answering these! Don't forget to drink alot of water and sleep at least 6 hours night. I just wanted to know your thoughts on how Lotor would react to being at the garrison. Meeting his last bullies, classmates, least favourite teachers and so on. How would he respond to both them and Keith. Would he show him off more or something like that? Again rest plenty and only answer when you feel like it.

@stinkyexhaust: So if Lotor were to find out about how much of a prick James was to Keith, how do you think he would react? I mean I don't hate James in fact I think he honestly could have had way more screentime to showcase more of his personality and backstory, especially in regards to Keith.

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Honey if I only got six hours a night I would be the living dead, but this is very sweet of you nonetheless ♡

I've been asked something of a similar vein once before, as well as the Garrison's reaction to Keith's relationship with Lotor, and I'll repeat now what I said then: it's an important thread of the keitor dynamic (to me at least) that Keith & Lotor strengthen one another by allowing for personal growth beyond simply fighting on their partner’s behalf. So while Lotor mightn't be fond of certain figures from Keith's past—particularly given the little he learnt in chapter 24 about Iverson's handling of the Kerberos fallout—he knows and respects that Keith is more than capable of fighting his own battles, and wouldn't want to interfere with that (something something, galra sense of honour, you get it).

...All that being said, would our favourite prince be practically chomping at the bit to let it be known that he is the man who gets to stand beside Keith Kogane, Blade of Marmora, Paladin of Voltron, and Love of his Life? Yes. yes he would.

With regard to James specifically, it is my personal reading of his relationship with Keith that it was a very poorly handled mutual crush, and yet it was this very antagonism between them that pinged the galra part of Keith's brain in all the right ways. The altercation canon showed us in s7ep01 (which, despite LB being canon-divergent post s4, does in fact remain canon within my narrative bc I actually thought every insight we were given into James & Keith's past was impeccable) wherein James insulted Keith's parents, was a classic case of projection on his part; James strikes me as a privileged kid whose family expected nothing less than perfection—for him to be the best of the best at everything at all times—so I think that effortlessly-exceptional Keith getting the group into trouble simply because he was bored led to an exceedingly cruel comment,,, but I don't believe James actually knew Keith was an orphan when he said what he said.

Naturally, Keith (and we as the viewers with full knowledge of his backstory) assumes James intended to end that taunt with "before they died / abandoned you" but I'm not convinced. James could have just as easily been about to say "before they shipped you off to the military / halfway across the state / out of sight and mind" which I think is exactly what happened to him, leaving him understandably hurt, bitter, and desperate to prove himself. So yes, James—as a volatile teenager with abandonment issues, and oh look, who does that remind you of—fucked up, and payed the price of Keith's fist in his face; ultimately though, I think of Keith as having long since moved past it, and if he doesn't hold a grudge against Griffin, then why would Lotor? Particularly when, by galra standards, that specific instance was been resolved through rite of combat, and the rest of their relationship was, to an Imperial eye, just normal teenage brawling ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[atlas7seo]

I don't know if they ever touched on this, but I wonder what Pidge told her mom when she left for the Garrison. Like what can you tell your Mom who has just lost her husband and only son that you're going away for a little bit. How on earth did Colleen let her 14? I think 14 year old daughter like just leave? (She's 15 in season 8 but I refuse to believe they've only been in space for a year; she also says "running away" but i think that's in reference to going to space and not the Garrison? But idk)

[voltronkep1erhiyyih]

am I the only one that wants to go to the galaxy garrison? every time I watch voltron and the scenes at the garrison come on I just want to jump through the screen and walk around. one of the only ways to get myself to study is to pretend I'm studying for a test at the garrison lmao.

[divination1330]

We’re fandom posting, because my random career based knowledge needs to be used for something.

For Voltron -

Now, given Voltron occurs in the far future compared to our time, my knowledge is either useless or applications have changed. For example, kind of how in Star Trek you see kids learning advanced topics at a young age.

Shiro and Matt:

Here are some credentials that they would both have according to NASA’s current requirements.

Both at least have their masters, or are test pilot certified.

I can see Shiro being a test pilot school graduate and Matt having some sort of accelerated masters. Either way, they’re both highly educated. I’d love to write fics where the fact Matt has at least a masters and a couple years of work experience is mentioned, especially with how young he is. What was his thesis and major!

Also, after hanging out around pilots, I want to see Shiro with pilot-specific traits. No wonder this guy has nerves of steel and can escape a galran warship while half-drugged, he practiced emergency procedures and has undergone hypoxia training. With the education alone, I want to write fics where Shiro is very nearly enraged that he can’t figure out how the lions fly. Pilots typically have in depth knowledge of their aircraft. In general aviation, you are certified for the aircraft you train in and need separate endorsements for different aircraft after that. Shiro probably had highly technical and personal knowledge of the aircraft he flew at the garrison. Him learning to trust his lion is a big deal, especially since how it flies disregards all of his knowledge of flight and aeronautics. He also probably had 1000 of flight time in a jet aircraft, which, holy shit thats a lot.

Matt and Shiro have undergone astronaut candidacy school, and if NASA was the predecessor to the Galaxy Garrison, were called ASCANS. Do with that what you will. Astronaut candidacy school is a two year program that turns candidates into astronauts. They both learned Russian, how to scuba dive, how to fly jets, and the other basics of how to live in space. Afterwards, they received training for their specific mission or were assigned to a variety of roles within NASA, including public appearances (sound familiar? Maybe when Shiro met Kieth?) or Mission Control. Mission specific training can last three years.

Imagine Matt and Shiro in the same ASCANS group. The chaos!

Couples cannot fly missions together in space. Personally, I headcannon that Adam and Shiro had their relationship under wraps because of this. A lot of test pilots become instructors, and it has been a background for some astronauts, explaining Adam’s role at the Garrison.

Astronauts also need so many hours of jet flight logged a week. Don’t imagine Shiro and Adam dunking on Matt because he is horrible at flying jets.

(Shiro, over the radio: Matt-

Matt: Shut up Shiro

Adam: No seriously, Matt-

Matt: If you fucking say-

Shiro: Right rudder

Matt: I’m going to make you both smoking holes in the Arizona sand)

Military flight school is highly accelerated. Like, your private pilot training is done in a matter of weeks. Also, military pilots do not receive civilian ratings. It means that a trained fighter pilot has to sit in a tiny Cessna 172 (or any other small plane) and get certified like the rest of us. There’s a post-season 8 fic idea.

During the interview process for NASA astronauts, it’s been hinted at that the candidates are put through stress tests. At the very least, they go through a battery of psychologists. You have to be at least very good at interviewing.

Microgravity in low earth orbit, and in general, causes rapid bone density loss and muscle loss, unless astronauts work out in space to reduce these effects. If Shiro’s condition was muscular in nature, it would have been exacerbated.

Microgravity also causes your bodily fluids to move upwards, so astronauts are constantly congested. It also gives them a preference for spicy food! As such, spicy meals are popular among ISS astronauts while they are deployed.

There have been cases where astronauts have had to navigate by the stars and hand fly spacecraft when navigation and guidance systems fail, like during the Apollo 13 mission. Because of this, all astronauts are trained in astronomy and using the stars for navigation. When Shiro says he doesn’t recognize the constellations in the pilot episode, he was probably terrified! One of their only ways to navigate is now obsolete, and you would have to be very far out of our solar system to no longer recognize the constellations.

The shuttles from the shuttle program had to be hand flown on landing, and essentially landed like a normal plane on a runway, with minimal flare on landing.

Astronauts are known for having a very specific outlook. They’re trained to react very well in a crisis. This does explain a lot of Shiro and Matt’s behavior throughout the series.

Astronauts are known for having an extremely strong brotherhood as well. Apollo era astronauts were known for pulling pranks while they were stationed at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Also, astronauts will be stationed at different posts during other astronauts flights. If you want to write fics where any Garrison member is flying a jet to spot a fellow Garrison astronaut landing for splashdown in the ocean, or with another Garrison astronaut in Mission Control, that has actually occurred with Apollo astronauts!

Astronauts are typically as much experiments themselves as they are scientists. They are used to study the physical effects of space on the human body for future missions, sometimes to also try and make space more accessible in the future. Say, maybe that’s a clue in to how Shiro passed all of the strict medical requirements? Maybe he wasn’t supposed to. Pilots also face highly strict medical requirements for 3rd, 2nd, and 1st class medical certificates.

The “overview effect” was a psychological effect of spaceflight first recorded in the Mercury seven astronauts. It’s a feeling described as “awe and self-transcendence” that occurs when astronauts look down at Earth for the first time from space. There are many cases of astronauts walking away thinking of the unity of humanity and how we are one species. I’d love to see this written about, with any of the Voltron cast.

That’s all for now!!! I have wayyyy more besides this, but this is just some of my favorites

[the-feral-gremlin]

Pre Canon Voltron headcannons Bc I Can. Part 1(?)

Keith has dyed his hair red before, (specifically before meeting Shiro and then once at the garrison to piss Iverson and Sanda off.)

Shiro knows how to give himself a (non sexual obvi) massage.

After finding out Keith’s holiday plans consisted of staying in his shared room at his foster parents, Matt and Shiro invited over for the Holt/ Shirogane-Whatever the fuck Adam’s last name is family dinner. And he hasn’t missed one sense, even when in the desert.

Keith taught Pidge how to pick a lock and how to defend herself, while Pidge taught Keith his way around a computer.

Keith knows first aid. (Bc his dad was a firefighter, he grew up in the desert, and bc he was always getting himself in trouble.)

Matt and Keith pranked Iverson and Sanda a lot (unbeknownst to everyone else because they would get in a whole lot of trouble obviously)

Matt and Keith were roommates.

On the anniversary of his dad’s death, you could find Keith under his bed frame or in some other odd place with music playing. Matt covers for him in class while Shiro and Adam ask for the day off and hang out with him, usually in silence.

Adam, Shiro, and Iverson were all in the same book club.

Adam and Shiro have the occasional double date with Sam and Colleen (it consists of Sam trying to get Shiro to call him something other than Science Officer Holt and Adam and Colleen swapping recipes)

That’s all for now

Next ->

[emmaverick]

breaking bad is truly one of the most iconic tv shows of the last few decades. i LOVE how every arc ends with this screen! no other show did stuff like this before breaking bad!

[icypantherwrites]

New Fic: Raise a Glass

Summary: Galaxy Garrison Cadet Trey Johnson had just been trying to right a wrong, restore a little balance to this screwed up world because there was nothing right about Lance Esposito, that stupid, pathetic cargo pilot, being considered a hero. It was just supposed to be a little beatdown, a lesson. But now here he is with Lance stuffed into a barrel and freedom from this hellhole at his fingertips as he prepares to trade this Paladin of Voltron to the Galra and he’s starting to think that maybe he’s not just balancing the scales… he’s finally tipping them in his favor.

Chapter snippet:

The grainy screen showed the image of one of the main conference rooms and given that there was no audio for this feed — at least on the channel Joe could access — it wasn’t normally one they watched as seeing the upper echelon sitting around talking and the quality rendering it impossible to even attempt lip reading made it useless.

But today there was a different set of people in the room with all the higher ups.

The Paladins of Voltron.

And…

Trey’s gaze narrowed in on one particular figure that he knew Alex was scowling at too.

Lance Esposito, former cargo pilot turned fighter, looking as though he hadn’t aged a single day and it just made Trey want to punch that pointed face even more as his hand drifted up to his own, puckered with shrapnel scars.

He was standing between Keith Kogane — whohad not only aged but was carrying himself with far more authority than the rebellious, asshole teen he’d once been but even with those qualities he had been acknowledged and respected for his sheer talent as a pilot — and the apparently alien princess introduced as Allura, and even with the low-quality feed there was no denying she was drop-dead gorgeous.

And that fighter pilot wannabe was standing there like he belonged with the likes of them.

Read Chapter One Here

[disgruntled-screaming]

How the hell did Pidge get into the Galaxy Garrison? Did the admissions office not check anything? No medical records, nothing? Oh my god the Galaxy Garrison has the level of security of a damn walnut.

[ask-takashi-shirogane]

((I hear Tumblr is broken tonight. This is mostly a test to see if anyone can see my post. PS The ask box needs some more fuel before i reply to any more asks. I like to have a few in the box before I reply to them.))

How have I been?

Busy, The General has me doing tasks that are so time-consuming and draining. This base is cool but very confusing to get around. I keep getting lost.

If you have any questions you would like to ask me. I can do my best and give a reply.

[red-hoods-left-sock]

What do I yearn for?

That one Voltron fanfic I read on ao3 where the garrison was looking into young Keith family because they suspected him of being not completely human. If I can’t find it… I may have to write it. I may write it anyway

[chronicloner]

Vld hc:

Hunk and ryan kinkade would make cooking vlogs together 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

[lilflowerpot]

Casually reading LB for the 3rd time 🤫 I just want to share my appreciation for making such a MASTERPIECE 😫I can't even begin to explain how I can physically *FEEL* the sexual tension 😭it's almost painful... and I love how you always answer the questions we ask about the world!!! It is so absolutely amazing and you deserve all the best ♥️♥️ I can safely say I have never read something so perfectly done under Keitor 🤌 Aaaaaand because I'm just a little bit selfish and greedy (this is totally up to you I just wanted to ask anyway) is there anyway I could ask for your view on how the garrison would react to finding out Keith is in a romantic relationship with Lotor. Like would they approve? Feel shocked? Disapprove because he is quite literally the Galra Emperor and the spawn of Sa- Zarkon? How would Keith's bullies, teachers and observers react? I'm just so curious and wanted to know your take 🤷‍♀️ again love your work so much!!

High praise indeed! Thank you so much my love!! (⁄ ⁄>⁄ ‿ ⁄<⁄ ⁄)

The Garrison as an institution would be,,, surprised, to say the least. Cadet Kogane, as Keith was known to them, was all raw talent and jagged edges; it's generally considered a great pity by the top brass that they were unable to mould him into Shirograne 2.0, but ability without obedience is just as useless as the reverse, so naturally they had no choice but to discharge him for poor conduct. To know that an alien Empire was able to make a soldier out of him where they were not is a little galling, certainly, but nonetheless Keith's human heritage and Earthen background establish him as an invaluable foothold and ambassador—

—except... the situation is nothing of the sort they expected.

Because the cadet-turned-consort is, if anything, worse than they remember. No longer jagged but cutting, less bullheaded than brutal, and though his ill-temper has in turn been tempered, rather than shape him into the obliging sort, Keith Kogane stands before them sharp as a whip with all the political power to back him up.

Where the Garrison would have cut the boy down to the shape of a soldier, the Empire has gone forth to forge a warrior of him.

Those that knew Keith a little more personally, though? Beyond that initial moment of jaw-dropped shock, I imagine that it would strike them as remarkable only in that everything Keith Kogane is always has been.

[discordiansamba]

also we know from The Last Stand, part 2 that the Galaxy Garrison has bases on the east coast of the US, at least one in Western Europe, China, India, and Russia. Just in case anyone wanted that information for their own purposes.

[thefinestkilljoy]

PLEASE

Lance would eat D&D up