#voltromance

[blanceyblance]

Analysis on Lance's underrated role on the team

Or

The Space Mom Lance Agenda Masterpost

Here I will add the links to this meta and some other VLD meta in case anyone is interested in reading.

What is this about?

To those who don't know what i'm talking about, the "Team Mom" is a popular trope often found in ensemble shows where there is a character who acts in a more "gently parental" way to other members of the team.

Just like how the popular "Space Dad" nickname was coined for Shiro and the fandom accepted he was the "Team Dad", there was a time when the fandom tried to shove Allura in the "Space Mom" role.

But after the first seasons, the fans realised that Allura didn't exactly fit the role and just stopped using the name for her.

Some people tried to call Hunk the Mom Friend or Coran as he is also an adult and Allura's guardian.

This little meta is my attempt of saying that the closest thing the Paladins had to a "Space Mom" was a lanky cuban teenager.

Each part covers Lance's relationship with the rest of the team from this angle: how Lance takes on a caretaker/protector position and other interesting stuff I may find relevant.

Part 1. What is a Team Mom?/Keith

Part 2. Keith 2/Allura

Part 3. Allura 2

Part 4. Pidge

Part 5. Pidge 2/Hunk

Part 6. Hunk 2/Shiro

Part 7. Shiro 2/Coran

Part 8. Coran/The Space Pets

Part 9. The Space Pets/Veronica

Part 10. Veronica, Nadia and Sylvio

Part 11. Miscellaneus

Besides I will add other posts that were born while making these posts.

Hope you guys enjoy reading.

[lachicacolorchocomilk]

Día 1 buscando fans de Voltron para ser amigos >3💚

[teto-spotted]

Teto (and friends) spotted!

Been thinking of them…at like…Walmart

[ikimaru]

Not me gaslighting myself thinking i found fron Voltrom when I really found you from Homestuck 💀

My brain seems to have purged the memories of that time tbh

HAHA remember them REMEMBERRR

[moonpeaches143]

its not just me who got ao fucking pissed when they removed voltron from netflix right i never posted about it cs i forhot there were other voltrom fans on tumblr but then i breathed and came back to reality and by god do i miss rewatching voltron when im tired or lazy just on repeat i miss keiths silly little face and shiro’s little hair fluff and lances stupid smile

[gilyoungroach]

am I sad that I missed voltrom fandom at its peak? yes. but am I glad that I didn't have to witness and experience the toxicity and smidgen of cringe? yes. absolutely

[capoteera]

any sign of chris in vegas? is voltrom finished filming yet?

I haven’t seen anything for either

[omegaracon98]

Oh yeah, the absofuckinglutely benchpress of how good a character is; the number of cock sucking fanfic fangirls and fanboys it has on ao3.

Toph and Iroh, who are almost completly beloved character, don´t have even an iota of the top characters, nevermind that ATLA has a minuscule amount of fics regarding other series, nevermind that more than half of the fics Zuko is central in are the sloppiest shit imaginable, with so much raceplay, smut, and slash with Sokka or Katara.

"What gives? Why is this a thing? Why is the character that is at the heart of so many fandom disputes not as compelling as the character that was his main antagonist for half the series?"

Zuko is nice for self inserting for his fans.

The dark, brodding boy with a sad past and daddy issues, so scarred and damaged, just needing a kind loving maiden of the nation his nation have mutilated for ages to change (kinda like the old trope of a a boy from America who leave behind their families as they don't "get along with them" and shit)

Zuko being used as a benchpress for the "redemption arcs" the random fangirl likes so much while being such a lacking character himself is a show of how much people just like the dark boy because he looks hot and they want to fix him, while on the male side they just think he is cooler.

He’s a boring, palatable, and people-pleasing.

Characters like Zuko are dime a dozen, that is why he is liked. He’s custom-made to achieve maximum reception.

Why Katara and Sokka are dragged into it?

Katara was the deuteragonist for the series, but the themes of liberation regarding her are forgotten because Zutara fans just thinks she is badass and hot and with Zuko they look hot and they are a power couple.

That and, again, all the raceplay and slave-master dynamics, ohhh, and all the non-com/rape fics, those aren´t a small number either.

Similarly with Sokka, the amount of Zukka exists is even just from the fact that of all things, the Voltrom fandom needing a dynamic similarly to what they had beforehand.

I have seen completly platonic Aang centric fanfics that are miles better than any Zuko or Zutara focused slop

Don´t even know what you were trying to prove with this shit. That your fandom writes more porn? That they have blatanly less quality? That you need a dick measurement contest to think your character is better?

How did Brkye manage to make their pet character so uncompelling? Think about it. Aang is the least shippable character, and he stars in far few fics in general than Katara, Zuko and even Sokka. There's a general lack of engagement with him period. Oh, sure his stans are very vocal about him, yes, but are they writing fics? Are they writing meta? Making art? Yes, they are more than willing to jump into a fight full of personal attacks if someone expresses their dislike, but why are there so few Aang creators?

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying there aren't any Aang creators. There are. But for him to be the hero of the story, the creators' favorite character, and to have such a fanatical group of defenders, it's a lot less than one would expect.

Look at this...

This is just sorted based on character. No ships involved. And this doesn't even take into account how many of these fics Aang just appears in and doesn't star in. I'm just saying, for as much hate as people who don't like Aang get when we voice our opinions, Aang really doesn't seem to be that popular.

This isn't to make the point that Zuko, Katara and Sokka are better than Aang (although they are, imo). The number of fics doesn't actually matter (except maybe as a point of fandom pride), and I acknowledge this could change at any time. I don't really have a point as much as I have a question. What gives? Why is this a thing? Why is the character that is at the heart of so many fandom disputes not as compelling as the character that was his main antagonist for half the series?

[inge-universe]

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[fireworkreindeer]

I made a mistake by starting Voltron again and I have a few questions regarding the lions.

How do the paladins know how to control their lions? Cause like, Lance said that they don't speak, just feed ideas into your brain, but how?

How do they know that the squiggle line (altean word) blinking means fire lasers?

Why was there a white lion? There was no mention of it before and it appears out of nowhere, not to mention the fact that its just a spirit? A quizknacking spirit?! I was expecting a cool robot lion that Shiro could've used after Keith took over the black lion, but no. Just a lion spirit that just: exists.

Why didn't Allura and Coran tell the paladins sooner, like during the first episode, that Zarkon was the black paladin cause that way it would've made sense as to the reason why he solely wanted the black lion.

[mintcaboodle]

hey god. me again.

[huffleduffle]

headcanon: the fighting noises have Keith become close to deaf in his mid twenties so he gets hearing aids, but he quite regularly just takes them out. He doesn't wanna hear this right now. Keith says no thanks.

[otpnerd]

OTP Ouch

Person A: What Happened?

Person B: *Covered in scrapes and bruises* I got into a fight.

Person A: You... Got into a fight? Who did you fight with?

Person B: A Hill... But don't worry! I WON!

Person A: Wow. With the looks of you, it must be a Plateau now.

[klmerfolkzine]

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[estrellare]

just a page full of doodles that I did in a moment of boredom :]

[ishipeverything33]

I know Voltron is long over, but this is a question I had on my mind for a while.

How come when Allura resurrects Shiro, his hair turns white. Most likely due to all the quintessence.

But when, Allura resurrects Lance, he looks exactly the same.

Maybe I wanna see Lance with white hair.