#voltron season seven

[localfanbaselurker]

Yall know the drill!! Let’s get it baby!!

Watching Voltron: LD for the First Time and Saying What I Think

S1-2 | S3 | S4 | S5 | S6 | you are here! | S8

upon formatting this debrief/review, I realized quite quickly that I was gonna run out of the image limit too soon, no matter how many collages I made, so some ideas are better if you specifically remember scenes. Click on images for better quality! I apologize, I only have tumblr on mobile. please enjoy this edition anyway!

Pre-Season 7 Thoughts

-> I said in my S6 post that I thought it could be a decent ending if some strings were finally tied, so hopefully this season clears those up

-> S6 was pretty intense at the end, hopefully they tone it down a notch as they go on their little earth roadtrip

-> the aftermath of Lotor dying is definitely something that will weigh on Allura. Hopefully she doesn’t get too torn up about it

-> I’m really curious as to how the new team dynamics will play out now that Kieth is back as black paladin. Will they go back to s1? s3? Will they just act like nothing??

-> really wanna scene where keith calls krolia mom for the first time

-> what is with this “game show” episode??

-> I’m curious as to how ships will play out now.. Lance seems to be okay with Allura not liking him back after s6, their talk was really nice. As much as I think they look cute together, Allura needs time to get over Lotor first, and Lance seems to be already moving on.

-> now that Kieth is back, I wonder if there was more “klance moments” for people to go crazy over

->also where has Matt been this whole time??

-> them going to earth will probably explore their families, and i really wanna see more of their lore. (Especially keith)

->Hopefully shiro finally gets a break after everything. I’m excited to see who this love interest of his is!!

Post-Season 7

-> holy fuck. yall did not lie. that was…intense.

->ultimately I did not get my pre-s7 wish then.

-> I really liked all the keith/shiro lore about their relationship. It was really sweet. Shiro was the first person (besides his dad I guess) to show him patience and kindness. That’s so heartwarming.

->added to all the motifs and references to them saving each other,,very sweet. I love found family stuff like that. so i very much liked that episode (besides the “tiny” subplot lolz)

-> Romelle (as opposed to the name I gave her: “sailor moon altean girl”) is actually so real. She and hunk have the same “only normal one” vibe and i respect that.

-> literally where was haggar/honerva this whole time. Did she take a sabbatical or something??

->this image is so chaotic…literally what are yall doing 😭

->cosmic wolf (Kosmo, apparently) dgaf I love him

-> Allura is such a cutie.. “but I’m terrible at drawing! 😔” I love her so much

->^hunk upgraded his bayard!! Yayyyyy! More character development!!!

->Axca is back! (I have since long stopped calling her “space asami girl”)

-> i think she’s a really interesting character. While the other of Lotor’s generals go for whatever seems right for them, (as you should in war) she seems to calculate things on a matter of both that and morality, while also looking at the big picture. “Well, this would save my ass, save the universe from chaos, and be morally intact…sounds good”

->^is this the klance moment? seems a little sad tbh. why Lance is like that “wait where are you going?” relax bro he’s not gonna disappear

-> they’ve been gone FOR THREE YEARS????

-> what the FREAK.

-> imagine now how their families have missed them 🙁 I’m actually so sad abt that ☹️

->the game show ep…was really funny. Idk where yall got all this angst from. New mission: write a fluff one shot post-game show.

->^i literally cannot get over this??? Like.. they could’ve really made him say anything else. “because mullet here would punch you to the end of eternity if he didn’t get out *smirk*” or something like that but no it /had/ to be that. And the others thought it was odd too, I mean look at their expressions.

->And same goes for Keith??? If you don’t wanna spend an eternity with Lance just pick yourself?? There had to be another reason. If they made all the other characters say insightful and heartfelt things about one another, why can’t Keith say anything?

-> I think because keith and Lance chose each other, making both of them say nice things would drive you guys a little crazy, so I think they tried to just “klance-proof” (like baby-proof) this season by making them barely interact unless it’s a battle or doing so in a s1/2 way

->Because otherwise keith acted…really out of character..? I think it might be to his growth on the quantum abyss trip, but it just felt so odd to watch him this season

->the “floating in space” episode was actually super interesting to watch. Going space crazy caused for their truest thoughts and desires to come out from the dark. (going to earth, what they think about each others’ actions) I thought that was really cool.

->KEITH CALLED KROLIA MOM!!! IT HAPPENED!! OMG. SCREAMING CRYING THROWING UP FALLING TO MY KNEES AT WALMART!!!!!!!!🫡💪🔥🔊🗣️

->Krolia and kolivan definitely explored each other’s bodies idgaf. Kolivan is the dad that stepped up fr.

->Colleen Holt is an icon. She’s a girlboss. She’s a legend. I love her so much. Sam better watch out 🤛👊🤜

->^from “who is this divaaaa 😍😍” to “OMG GIRL LANCE??? 😮😁” to “OMG LANCE’S SISTERRRRR😆🤩”

->^is this not the “the pilot crashed!” girl from 1x01??

->tbh i literally could give less of a fuck about these people. The girls seem cool I guess. But I don’t really care about any of them.

->also no way they deadass named a dude kinkade. That was wild even for them (I’m so sorry if it’s a cultural thing)

->^I love it when they do little homage bits like referencing back s1 or 2 like this

->^screaming crying throwing up.

->^^that hug between pidge and her mom..i felt that. that shit was personal. Ya’ll see the way she held on to her? Diabolical work. (I’m tearing up as I type this)((that’s exactly how I’ve held my mom b4))

->^^^“uncle lance!” STOP. DON’T DO THIS TO ME. I CAN’T DO THISSSSSS *screams*

->HUUUNNNKKKK. MY BOYYYYY. UGHHHHHH. I’m gonna die

-> I will say this tho, I’m glad he’s getting a lot of focus and attention his way these last few seasons (6&7). Like yes!! Give the realest mf in the whole show the attention and appreciation he deserves!!!

->I was so happy when he got his parents back like I genuinely did a little celebratory dance (jumping up and down and going “yes!yes!yesyesyesyes! yeeeessssssss!” while doing exaggerated hand gestures)

->Adam fucking died.

->not even one scene showing his and shiro’s positive interactions. or them being romantic. one and a half scenes. And then he’s gone.

-> while, for the most part, I try to understand the writers faults further than just face level, (ie netflix or dreamworks just didn’t let them explicitly put anything there) idk I just. I feel like they could’ve at least played it off as them being “good friends” or something. But to kill him off is just…it feels wrong.

->and it feels like a wrong for shiro too. He finally gets to be on earth after everything that’s happened to him, and the one thing he’d been hoping to finally see,,is gone.

->I just feel like they did shiro dirty. they can never give that poor man a break.

->^I was right! Keith is definitely acting different because of his growth on the quantum abyss (or “space whale” as people seem to call it). It’s nice to know he’s matured and stuff, and can actually say what he feels and such, be a good team member/leader. I just wish it wasn’t all off-screen. (and while I’m happy for him..I do miss his more broody early-season self a bit)

->as much as I think allurance is cute, I feel like they’re kinda rushing it. Like. by the time they got to Earth it had barely been a month of being stuck in space post-s6. Maximum it’s been 3 months by the time of the final battle. she would not be blushing. She would be mourning Lotor. They could’ve had a little subplot about that,,the crushing weight of knowing she could’ve both stopped his death and the guilty feeling of “why am i mourning him..? He was a bad person” because she still loved him!! She still loved him when they were about to leave him in the quintessence field and she felt conflicted!!

->she would’ve also not caught feelings that fast. Let’s say she somehow miraculously got over Lotor in 2 months. (minimum!) she still wouldn’t have caught feelings! Maybe she would start like. the budding processes to begin to fall for lance…but she wouldn’t be blushing and being all bashful like that.

-> basically all I’m saying is I really hope they don’t rush this. It would feel unfair to both her and Lance. Allura literally was like “oh..😕 he said that..☹️?” In s6 when the mice told her about Lance’s feelings because she felt bad about breaking his heart.

->and Lance has literally been after her for a really long time,, so it’d be unfair to pair him with someone who only started liking him like a week ago.

->I also hate the “guy pines after girl, girl doesn’t reciprocate and turns him down a lot, guy almost gives up, girl starts falling for him just as the show ends after not showing any interest previously” trope. (I am aware Allura and Lance do share some more sweet and romantic scenes/moments in s4-6, but you catch my drift, right?)

-> I really hope they put it well in s8.

->^I got to that Lance scene I’ve seen everywhere and just. Wow. it was so intense. I actually got chills. Amazing work from the animation crew yet again.

-> the final battle was sooo amazing and so beautiful.

->the atlas stuff kinda threw me off tho.

->that admiral sanda girl was a bitch (i do not use that term lightly, especially for female characters) and not to sound like a maniac im glad she died ngl. She was stupid as hell if she thought her plan would work.

->also if the galra can invent something that can easily overpower Voltron, then why don’t they just take over the universe themselves?? They clearly have the resources to.

->seriously the atlas’s stuff was insane. Fym it’s a ship that makes a bigger, cooler, grizzled Voltron??(yes I will forever use that joke)

->^because like. Then what do you need Voltron for??

->like the pacing and plot twists and shit felt so off and out of nowhere this season.

->and the real kicker was the altean chick controlling that giant monster thang. literally what the freak. where the cameras at I know I’m getting pranked right now. they were just pulling shit out of their asses by then.

->again, need to say, if it weren’t for that altean chick, this could’ve also been a good ending?? like after reading the Wikipedia page I found out they had a 72 episode contract, so they need to get those last episodes out, (76 total, I did the math) but if anything I think it would be best if it was just a little anthology sort of thing. Like them defeating the rest of the galra left out, freeing planets, and focusing on their own lives and relationships (during and after). That would be probably the best course of action for s8.

->but apparently it has a “bad ending” (which I’m pretty sure is just ship stuff and people exaggerating)

->erm yeah that’s pretty much it. I think. Yay!

These are thoughts I compile over time. I finished Season 7 on 10/12/24. I apologize for my delay on posting this, I was meant to post it last week. I will now finally start what you have probably all been waiting for: Season 8.

Remember, my ask box is always open!! Feel free to ask anything on my opinions and such!!

[alienboy51]

you ever really hate a show but you're obsessed with it and it genuinely changed your trajectory on life

pretty sure there's a high chance i have autism

really i think the biggest gripe i have with voltron is the fact that there's very little episodes that just build upon the character dynamics or world building. sure, the bulk of the series is plot progression, but we really don't learn a lot. it's a very convoluted series. we don't know much about the magic system. i think a big thing that voltron: legendary defender missed was the art of "show, don't tell." they TELL us that lance and allura are in love, but there's very little buildup to this, especially since they get together almost immediately after lotor dies. they TELL us that keith views shiro as a brother, but we don't see WHY until season seven. it's a great episode, but with keith and shiro's relationship being so very important to keith as a character, i wish they'd explored it a little more. this is why so many people like klance, platonically or otherwise. keith and lance INTERACT and their relationship grows with time. we don't get any episodes of them solo, like we do with other characters, which i think was a big missed opportunity since they are the only characters that are really at odds with each other consistently. i think exploring why they don't get along, and why lance is so resentful towards keith would've been a big stepping stone in progressing their friendship. i think having solo episodes between characters that don't interact as much would've been a great idea, such as hunk and shiro or allura and pidge. those characters would definitely be compatible. show, don't tell, like i said. show us that the characters love each other. don't tell us that they're close friends, don't TELL us that they view each other as family, if you're not going to show us WHY they care so much about each other. keith said it in season seven, why are they really friends? they're just people who got stuck together due to circumstance. why weren't we shown how strong their relationship supposedly is throughout the show? why is the character development lacking in so many aspects? why does keith grow as a character and leader off screen? why don't hunk and lance get to grow into their own people; why does lance only get TOLD that he's strong and self assured, if that's not really the case? honestly, why does coran not get anything outside of being comedic relief when he's just as much a tragic character as allura? oh my god iris stop yapping challenge

[i-am-grell]

Poll Time, Weebs

I'm nearing another little One Piece break (Water Seven is an incredible arc, but I'mma need to breathe because I get the feeling Enies Lobby is gonna wreck my shit), so let's see what I watch next.

If you're new here: We do anime polls to decide what I watch. That's the gist of it.

As always, propaganda* (*yapping) below the cut. You're allowed to reblog to yap in tags, bully your followers into voting, or insert third reason here. You do not have to know me, follow me, like me or know/like/have seen any of these shows to vote. "Because vibes" works for me.

Propaganda:

Free! - If we keep it in the poll, I get to quote 50% Off! even longer. You can vote for it and end this. But I'm nowhere close to running out of quotes.

Voltron: Legendary Defender - If you try to pedantic me, the Um, Actually board game says this is legally anime and if the pedantic nerd show says it's anime, then I can put it in a poll. Legally. Anyway, I can't remember specifically how much of this I watched, but I'd blink and there would be a new season, so I desperately fell behind and just never finished it. It enters into my polls when I'm willing to make that mistake.

Fairy Tail - Edolas arc and 24 Hour Road Race? 👀 This poll option covers Seasons 3 and 4 (ep 73-125) and Phoenix Princess.

Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective - They turned Gregory House into a cute anime girl, which is what he would have wanted. Since it's still airing, if this wins, we'll do another poll immediately for something longer to watch in the mean time, and my typical Notes App reaction will be delayed season 1 of this finished airing.

Handa-kun - Saiki K., but a normal guy.

I May Be a Guild Receptionist, But I'll Solo Any Boss to Clock Out on Time - I've only heard one person give their impressions of this show and it was "She sure will." Incredible. Uh, same poll-triggering disclaimer as Ameku.

[mateushonrado]

If Netflix does greenlight season 8-10 of The Dragon Prince

Status Post #11345: Then it could become the longest-running Netflix original animated series with ninety episodes if the last three seasons comprises of the same number of episodes as the past seven seasons, though I'd love to see the last two seasons being 12 episodes each.

Current record holder in terms of overall episodes

Tales of Arcadia (2016-2021): 52 Trollhunters episodes + 26 3 Below episodes + 10 Wizards episodes + Rise of the Titans = 88 episodes + film

Current record holder in terms of overall seasons

Voltron: Legendary Defender (2016-2018): Eight seasons (13 [10 + film] season 1 episodes + 13 season 2 episodes + 7 season 3 episodes + 6 season 4 episodes + 6 season 5 episodes + 7 season 6 episodes + 13 season 7 episodes + 13 season 8 episodes = 78 [75 + film] episodes)

[nina-a-pines]

With that said, it's interesting to think how this changes.

The show never gave this any focus, it's something that happens slowly and in the background and people will miss if they're not paying attention on these two characters specifically. But in later seasons, Lance himself goes to Pidge with science-related questions, and Pidge is able to answer him in a way he could better understand.

That, I think, is what makes Lance comfortable enough to ask her questions in the first place, and also what makes him try to understand a scientific therm or another she still uses, meeting her half-way.

What I’ve always found so compelling about Plance is they have a kind of language barrier. At the Garrison they weren’t on the same wavelength, but even on the Castle the big communication issue was their vastly different vocabularies.

In The Ark of Taujeer when Keith and Allura ran off to test their theory, the following exchange happened:

P: “They’re isolating the variable! Or, isolating two variables.”

L: “In English?”

P: “When testing a hypothesis -“

L: “I said English!”

P: “UGH never mind!”

This tells me so much. Pidge isn’t elitist - she was more than willing to explain what she’d said to Lance. But she did it in the jargon of a trained scientist and Lance felt insecure and annoyed that he didn’t understand and lashed out at her. Pidge came from a family of scientists and engineers - she wasn’t used to speaking in laymen’s terms. They were unable to communicate in this scene and it frustrated them both.

[evi-anxiety]

Why Allura's Death Was Unsatisfying

You know, I think the reason Allura's death was so unsatisfying was that there was no buildup or closure to it.

I've been thinking about. Major character death isn't new to audiences, and it can be done well. It's sad, yes, and not wanted by most means, but it's possible to have it written in a way where it not only

makes sense, but

delivers closure to both the character and the story

So how do stories do this? I've found the biggest way is through buildup.

We as the audience already know, or at the very least have a feeling, that this character is going to die. Maybe they are destined to die by prophecy, or have some sort of illness that has no cure. Whatever it is, we have the suspicion that this character might not make it to the end.

Another thing is that when a character dies, it serves to wrap their character development and personal arcs. They have grown to be the most ideal version of themselves within the confines of the show, and now they're moving on.

This is satisfying to the audience. It makes sense.

Allura's death has neither of these things.

There was no buildup to her death. For a majority of the show, fans expected Voltron to end with all of the seven main characters alive, because there was no need to expect otherwise. The writers did not give us a sign that someone might possibly sure. So when Allura dies at the end of the show, it's sudden, and it feels almost abrupt in a way.

It didn't wrap up her character arc. Now there's a lot of controversy on whether or not characters even acted remotely like themselves in Season 8, and I'm not going to get into that. It was clear though, that Allura still had a lot growing and learning to do, what we were meant to interpret after the show's ending. She also never really got the chance to be a leader or avenge her nation the way she wanted to. Sure, she defeated the Galra Empire, but she still needed to rebuild Altean civilization and fix what the Galra had destroyed for the entire universe. She doesn't get to do any of that.

In conclusion, Allura would have been better off as a character had she not died, OR, they should have written Allura's arc differently in a way that it would make sense for her to die. She simply had too much to look forward to after the events of the show that nothing of her personal arc got tied up with her death.

Free my poor girl she did nothing wrong.

[kismetconstellations]

There are so many ways that Voltron: Legendary Defender failed its characters. From the unfathomably idiotic decision to kill Allura off in the finale, to putting Coran through the pain of losing his family twice over, to all of the "jokes" at the expense of Hunk's anxiety, weight, and stomach problems.

But, to me, the most egregious example of this will forever be the numerous ways that Shiro was mistreated, even though I fully believe that most of them were unintentional and the fault of incompetence, rather than maliciousness.

I never expected a show with a TV-Y7 rating that was made to sell toys to children to address this character's extensive trauma in any meaningful way. And, perhaps there was a push behind the scenes to sideline him in order to bring Keith to the forefront, due to Keith being the head of Voltron in previous incarnations, and Shiro essentially being a Canon Foreigner created exclusively for this series.

But, when you have: - A poorly executed attempt to recreate Shiro's fight with Zarkon in the Astral Plane, void of the stunning visuals, impressively fluid fight choreography, and emotional and narrative stakes.

(Shiro fighting the show's main villain and his predecessor hand-to-hand for control of one of the most powerful weapons in the universe, vs the Paladins fighting shadowy, faceless foes that none of them- aside from Allura- have any personal connections to or conflict with, even once their identities are revealed, with long-range weapons, inside of Honerva's head.)

- Shiro, the previously "undefeated" Champion of Zarkon's gladiatorial arena and a highly trained and skilled martial artist, being slapped across the bridge of his own ship.

-Shiro's personal abuser telling him that the arm that was forcibly grafted onto his body in an attempt to turn him into a weapon for the Galra Empire is "the strongest part" of him,

Slav, an ally, echoing the sentiment and arguing that Shiro would be "even stronger with two robotic arms", and the first half of Season Seven confirming as much by depicting Shiro standing, often completely mute, on the sidelines

until he's outfitted with a new prosthetic arm. Only then is he actively allowed to participate in combat, again, and promoted to Captain of the Atlas.

-Shiro winning an intergalactic arm wrestling tournament to prove that he isn't a washed-up retiree (at the ripe old age of twenty-six), with that prosthetic.

-Said prosthetic being a mirror of his abuser's.

-No acknowledgement of Shiro's essence being transferred into the body of his clone that is down an arm. Or, how he's coping with not only not having a right arm at all, but also having been dead for a huge chunk of time, trapped inside the consciousness of the Black Lion and watching on helplessly as someone wearing his face tried to kill everyone he loves, and then resurrected to be suddenly "retired" through no choice of his own.

-Aside, of course, from an all-too lighthearted and chipper comment on routine helping him get through "being in the infinite void of the Black Lion", and a throwaway quip about how "having my consciousness transplanted from the infinity of Voltron's inner quintessence into the dead body of an evil clone of myself" has left him "a little out of sorts".

-And, Shiro not getting to kill his abuser, or even best him in combat.

Instead, he lies beaten and helpless, once again, as Keith, his replacement, takes Sendak out.

It crosses the line from clumsy writing to infuriating negligence and ineptitude.

The repeated violations of Shiro's autonomy, and what seems by all rights to be unintended ableism, even though it borders on outright disrespectful, went above and beyond any terrible writing and direction that I anticipated gritting my teeth and slogging through when I decided to finally bite the bullet and watch this show. It's utterly baffling to me that no one seemed to stop and realize that, "Hey, maybe introducing and then reinforcing the sentiment that a disabled man's prosthetic is the 'strongest part' of him, and he's effectively weak and useless without it, is a bad idea", at any point in the creative process before these episodes made it to air.

I wholeheartedly believe that as much as other characters were wronged, Voltron: Legendary Defender and its notoriously hellish fanbase that was more concerned with who these characters were having sex with than the actual plot, did not deserve Takashi Shirogane.

Shiro; a gay man, ace pilot, ambitious space explorer, and scarred trauma survivor who was abducted and forced to kill for the entertainment of his captors, subjected to unimaginable torture, and had his body modified without his knowledge or consent twice, yet never let any of his experiences, no matter how grueling or dehumanizing, stop him from being gentle, compassionate, noble, brave, self-sacrificing, and everything that epitomizes a True Hero, right to the bitter end.

[klancer-warrior]

DO WE KNOW WHERE I CAN WATCH VOLTRON NOW. GENUINELY. I DIDN'T FINISH IT BEFORE NETFLIX REMOVED IT (I AM A DUMBASS)

hells yes do I know where u can watch vld. I got the link for the Google drive with all seven seasons from tiktok!! I can't for the life of me remember or find the tiktok so if anybody knows who the original creator was, please @ them!!!

here's the link:

[rae-not-rey]

In honor of Voltron being taken off Netflix, here is my review of each of the seasons as I rewatched it for the first time in eight years, as well as my ranking of all of them.

Season one: Kind of boring, a little childish, but I can see where it was setting up future plot arcs (Galra Keith, Shiro trauma).

Season two: Getting more interesting, diving into Keith and Shiro especially. Episodes are just generally more fun than the first season. Characters are taking shape. Bonding moment! LOTOR???????

Season three: This season is much shorter than one and two. I believe this is the beginning of the end, unfortunately. Not as exciting as season two was, but still interesting to watch. Lots of lore, especially on the original paladins. Didn't conclude in a big fight, so it was a little underwhelming.

Season four: I will NEVER get over the scene where Pidge finds Matt's grave. They definitely got way more creative with the animation style this season. The ice show!! The end was slightly disappointing. I'm upset by the lack of Keith, and how short this season was. But overall a decent and fun watch, even if it was in one sitting.

Season five: Started pretty slow, but picks up quick! Krolia is here! I feel like season four and five were meant to be one season, considering how short both of them are. The character and plot arcs also make more sense as one season.

Season six: So far, Keith is gone and Lance is straight. Not pleased. The D&D episode is fun though. SHIRO AND KEITH FIGHT??? Overall, this season turned out pretty... okay. Not awful, but definitely not the best.

Season seven: Starts off with Keith and Shiro, very nice. Romelle makes a point about how fast the plot is moving along and I agree. Oh my God I totally forgot about Adam.

Ranking (favorite to least):

Season two

Season five

Season four

Season six

Season one

Season three

Final thoughts

I never got to rewatch season eight, because I started my rewatch too late. And honestly, I'm not too upset about that. From what I remember, season eight sucked. I hated the ending, it felt rushed, everyone felt out of character.

I was a Voltron fan from the time it aired in 2016 until it ended in 2018 and let me tell you, those two years felt like a lifetime. I'm glad I watched the show. I'm glad I was a fan. It was a huge comfort to me in those two years and the years since. I just can't believe it started airing when I was in middle school, and now I'm almost done with college. It truly is the end of an era.

I'll miss VLD, but it's a different feeling because I never actually rewatched the show. I would say that I was blinded by nostalgia, but honestly, most of the show still held up! Do I think it was rushed and the second half of the show was aimless and drama in the fandom influenced how the end of the show ran? Absolutely. But I still think overall it was a decent show. At the very least, I'm still in love with the characters and the universe, even eight years later.

So long, VLD. You were the best recurring nightmare I could have ever wished for. Perhaps I'll see you on the seven seas someday.

[harukamitsuki]

I'm procrastinating writing at the moment, so I decided to create a list of the things I hate about Voltron, a show I can't help but love and rewatch 200+ times. I mean. I've been pretty damn vocal about one thing in particular, but I should probably remind people I hate other things too so...

This list will be long, so read more under the cut!

1 - Okay, let's just get the obvious one out of the way: Lance. Reasons why can be seen here, here and here. The first link really goes into the details, the second one is more confusion as to why people think Lance is treated the worst, and the last is more why Lance would be horrible as Black Paladin. MOVING ON TO NEW POINTS!

2 - The ships. Specifically... ahem... Klance, Sheith, Allurance, Lotorance (Lotor/Lance), Shidge (Shiro/Pidge), Shance (Shiro/Lance). Those, in my opinion, are the top offenders. I've explained my grievances with Sheith in a post here. It's not that it's paedophillia, it's the bond. As for the rest, while I dabbled a bit in Klance and Allurance in the aforementioned posts against Lance, I've yet to actually explain.

First of all, the fans are awful. Tip: If you keep trying to force people to like your ship instead of letting them get to their own conclusions, they're just going to hate that ship even more. This isn't a Voltron-specific thing, but it's still rampant.

Second of all, Lance doesn't treat either of them well. He's constantly antagonising Keith, even when Keith stops biting back in season two. The closest he gets to respecting Keith is telling him to suck it up when he's upset that the Black Lion chose him. Keith does try to be amicable to Lance, but it doesn't work because Lance is always picking a fight.

And Allura. Lance is constantly ignoring her boundaries and invading them. There isn't a single moment where they're alone together and they feel like friends, much less pining, before season seven. The only time is when Allura encourages Lance to take up Red, and he didn't even notice she was upset that Red rejected her. In fact, Lance just keeps talking about himself and how he was rejected, ignoring how Allura was rejected twice, and by the Lion her father piloted. Allura also never reacts well to Lance's flirting, always ignoring him and frowning when he does. If Allura, at least, used to laugh at his terrible attempts at flirting, maybe I could try to believe it.

Third, general grievances with these ships.

Lotorance. Lance hated Lotor from the get-go. They barely have a scene together without Lance glaring at him. If they shared some sort of chemistry outside of Lance hating him from afar, and if the writers didn't make Lotor a twist villain for no reason, then maybe. As of now, I only like it as a complete crack ship.

Shidge. Pidge is fifteen. Shiro is twenty-five. You do the damn math.

Shance. I can definitely see Shiro being Lance's bi awakening, if I believed canon Lance was bi. (Canon Lance was straighter than a chopping board, but fanon Lance is a walking bi flag). But them being together? Ignoring that Lance is 17 and Shiro is 25, if you can do that, it wouldn't feel like a healthy relationship. Lance is blinded by hero worship and, from his canon personality, he likely wouldn't realise if Shiro isn't faring well or would just constantly pile his troubles onto him without thinking about if Shiro could handle it. So, yeah, don't like this ship.

So, yeah. I don't like any of the popular ships, which is surprising. I don't hate all of them. I do like Kallura, (should have been canon), and Shallura, (surprising, because I really do like gay!Shiro), and Shunk, (who doesn't, honestly?). But I tend to prefer the nicher ones. Katt (Keith/Matt), Heith (Hunk/Keith), Hance (Hunk/Lance)...

3 - The writing. Usually, I would respect the writers because it's hard as fuck to plan and write an entire series, but they just kept missing. They would set up so many interesting plots and ideas, only to do absolutely nothing with them. This, in and of itself, is not enough to make me lose respect, but that's not all. Plot holes, terrible escalations, too slow pacing, (slow burns are good - great, even - but not when things are supposed to be happening), horrible romances... It's to the point where, for a long while, I avoided the show and only read the fanfiction. There are so many people who don't watch the show, only exposed through fanfiction and social media posts, because the writing just isn't good.

The writers get things right few times. I'm sorry, but if your entire job is to write a coherent, well-thought out story, why did they do such a bag job at it? I'll tell you why - they let the fans control what they did. Shiro was never supposed to come back. He was supposed to die at the end of season two and never come back, but the fans wanted him back so guess what? The writers brought him back! In doing so, they cut right into Keith's character arc and made him go through it off-screen. The fans built Lance up as the main character and fan-favourite? Well, the writers just decide to hand him everything. Reward him for being the fan-favourite and then ruin his character by never making him work for what he got.

The writers decide to pull a J.K.Rowling and went 'aw, yeah, Lance is bisexual!' despite him never showing an interest in a guy throughout the entire show, other than being a big fan of Shiro. They throw in gay!Shiro at the literal last minute with some background character who only ever had one line. Thanks, DreamWorks. It's not like you could've just let Adam live so Shiro could be going home to SOMEONE.

Unexpected things always happen. An actor being unavailable, a sudden irl event making it so the episode you planned would appear tone-deaf, the joke you wrote was less funny and more offensive... So on and so forth. Sometimes you have no choice but to change what you have planned because delaying it would just make the studio and the fans mad. Just... TRY to make it make sense. And don't fold to the fans, dammit. Shiro should have stayed dead because he just doesn't do anything when Allura and Keith saved him. The main character should have stayed as an ensemble, rather than pushing Lance as the central focus, because it would have left less reasons for me to hate Lance and give other, specifically Hunk, the development they deserved.

The show also never adresses traumatising shit, (*cough cough* Keith's sacrifice attempt *cough cough*), but that can be forgiven because it was aimed at children. I do, however, like that LM corrected an interviewer when they asked about Keith 'attempting to kill himself'. It was quickly corrected to 'sacrificing himself' because that's what it was! I'm sick of people acting like he was suicidal because he wasn't. He was actively scared of what he was going to do, i.e. sacrifice his life for everyone's sake. He tried to do it for the greater good. Would you call one of the many who died during wars suicidal? No. You would call them noble and heroic for their sacrifice, because that's what they are. That is what Keith was trying to do. He saw the only way out and decided one life in exchange for the many is a damn good deal and took it. Saying he was depressed and suicidal is undermining the actions he took.

So, yeah. In my eyes, the writers did two good things. Correcting the mistake belief that Keith was suicidal, and creating this shit-fest of a show. (God, I love/hate Voltron).

4 - How Pidge is treated by the fandom. Pidge is so mean. She's rude and callous and selfish and that's okay. What's not okay is acting like these traits make her a queen. She's rude, fine. She's callous, fine. She's selfish, fine. She's incredible for this? Um, no? Stop treating her like she's just sassy. She's mean. I mean, not long after Shiro's death/disappearance, she calls Keith, who is mourning Shiro so deeply, a 'loner'. Without even getting to know him. She just deems him a loner, even though Keith is just so genuinely kind?

Don't get me wrong. I love Pidge. She's great and she's an absolute joy to write. I admire her tenacity in trying to find her missing family members while also able to put the universe before them. Watching her break down about Matt when she thinks he's dead is so utterly heartbreaking because I really did like her.

But acting as if she's perfect because of this? No way.

(Also, I refer to Pidge as 'she/her' only in these posts. I much prefer gender neutral or trans Pidge.)

5 - Hunk's treatment. He deserved SO MUCH BETTER! This sweet, precious boy. He's the only one who reacted approppriately to becoming a child solider. He's an anxious, terrified kid and he's still able to swallow that fear and fight on because there are people, people like Shay, who have no idea what freedom means and if the sky is blue.

He's the only one who has to find and fight for his family when they get back to Earth, which makes me sad. Very sad. He cares so much about his friends. Even if he's scared, he'll still put himself in danger for them.

But the narrative treats him like garbage, reducing him to the comedic, fat joke, while Lance never treats him like a best friend. He deserved so much more than what he was given.

6 - The people in charge were so obsessed with doing every character dirty. They wanted to keep Shiro death, wanted to kill Keith after admitting to not knowing where they were going with him, tried to kill Hunk who did nothing wrong to deserve this, and actually killed Allura off when they realised Allurance would not work in the long-term because Lance would not be able to part from Earth for so long while Allura would not be able to stay confined to Earth at all.

7 - Lance fans would hate him if he was white.

[seriousfic]

To put a bow on this Voltron thing.

I'm an uncle, I babysit for my sister, the kid is about seven. As any responsible adult would be, I'm sensitive to what I show her. I want to introduce her to good shows like Tailspin and Animaniacs, but I don't want to show her things she's not ready for, that'll scare her too much or that she won't understand.

Transformers One was about on the line. I think she mostly enjoyed Bumblebee goofing around, but maybe didn't get everything to do with Megatron and that stuff got pretty intense. I had to lean over and check on her a few times. Shazam 2 was too much for her. My dad, her grandpa, wants to introduce her to Bond movies--he likes Connery, obviously, but I think those movies are a bit slow and violent, and she'd be better off starting with Moore, who is goofier and softer. Yeah, real men like Connery, sure, but she's a kid, she wants to see Bond go into space.

Anyway, the first six seasons of Voltron, I'd pretty happily show to her. But those last two, I really don't know. Yeah, bad stuff happened in the first six, but it was generally off-screen or far in the past so like "okay, now we're fixing that stuff!"

Season seven, you see Earth get firebombed. The fights aren't "wow bang" action, they're more intense, it's like the Paladins are always on the verge of being killed.

Allura fucking DIES--and yeah, sometimes characters need to die, even in children's media, but it seems so unnecessary. If you're a little girl and Allura is your favorite character and you just want to see her and Lance get married and have babies--which is a very reasonable expectation with this show, given it has Looney Tunes antics every episode--it just seems you're going to end up heartbroken for very little reason. What was the point, even? "Sacrifice is good"? "War is hell"?

Like, shit, you guys wanna promote your gay Shiro agenda (even though he plays a Human Fighter in D&D), it's so important to you to have gay representation to show the kids that gay is okay--but those same kids you're going to freak out with these constant stressful scenes!

So who is this for? Kids impressionable enough to need to learn lessons about gay acceptance or kids old enough to take a hit like their favorite character DYING after falling in love and starting to move on from her traumatic past? It kinda comes off schizophrenic to me when I think about it like that. Batman was pretty much a big kids' show through and through, it didn't have subplots about Robin trying to catch a mouse or anything, but this show. It goes from goofy antics to millions of people dying... it's fucky, is all.

[itsythebitsyspider]

By the way, I guess I also write stuff? I get bored and write stuff as you see, but requests are open. There’s like five people on my page so I guess it’s just them requesting but nobody has to know.

Mostly drabbles and one shots. Lemme know what you want in it, a basic guideline, characters, at least a vague description of how your character looks if you want an X reader, and length you want it. It’ll take a little bit depending how well I know the character/series but it’ll get done. I do mlm and wlw and mlw and anything in between

I’m down to do:

Angst (I’ll cry but I’ll do it)

NSFW (I’ll do my best, I’m down with freakiness, I’ll let you know abt specific kinks when you ask)

Fluff (yeah.)

Keep in mind you’re asking a native Wattpadian, Apprentice Ao3 writer for a story so don’t expect some Arcane level writing. More like Voltron season seven, but thankfully not season eight, because god knows I could be a worse writer.

[szmaciarz-pospolity]

Voltron the Legendary Defender one of the greatest shows ever thought up. It has action, great characters and best of all has a giant robot! That is controled by hot males. Speaking of males, VLD can be classified as a hot hunk heaven. VLD has massive ammount of beautiful and tough men that will make you love the tv show even more! And since Valentines day is today I've been inspired to make a top 10 list of hottest voltron males! Grab yourself a snack and a glass of orange juice and try not to reach through the screen beacuse HERE WE GOOO!!

Nr 10

Try this question for size? Who's moody all time and wields a powerful sword? Why it's Keith Kogane ofcourse!

More of a cutie than a hottie you can't deny the fact he's still atractive! The things that make him atractive is that he wears a red jacket and when have you ever seen long black hair stick from the back of person's head? I haven't! So once again Keith Kogane is lovley. That isn't until he goes emo and leaves his team for few seasons

Who's at number 9?

This rando from Space Garrison- Curtis from season 8!

He doesn't do much exept working in the background and talking once. The real reason why he lands on number 9 spot is that he becomes Takashi Shiro Shirogane's sweetheart!

Something Shiro needed for a long while!

Numero ocho (spanish)

Princess Allura's father- King Alfor. He's atractive and is a size of avrage human father. What really suprises me about him is that the Coran falls in love with him. Kinda silly don't you think? He's another character that doesn't do much but in season 3 last episode he blows up Zarkon's home planet.

What number's next? Seven ofcourse!

Commander Sendak! People always root for the good guys but sometimes the bad guys steal the show. His skill in hand to hand combat is equal to Shiro, he also happends to be the strongest member of Galran Empire. I wonder why he isn't the leader! Like Zarkon and Haggar his speciality is destroying people's lifes. With two very big ears and a fluffy main Sendak will roxk your socks!

Numero Six (French)

Matthew Holt from the Holt family. Named after the iconic youtuber Matthew Patrick, Matt is a brother of Pidge Holt. He's yet another character that barley does a thing exept be a motivation for Pidge. He also fucks a robot. Being the brother of one of the paladin of green lion, you need to look your best and Matt delivers perfetcly that's why he's number six.

NUMBER 1 2 3 4 5 (thunder sound effect) HA HA HA

Rolo from the freedomfighters

How could you go wrong with a guy that looks like THIS! He can pilot as good as Keith and he went from being a traitor to Paladin's ally! Who could top someone who has such big hands!

This male that stands at number at number 4

jaaaaames

I really love how his love interets is the fiery red paladin Keith! Combination of two excellent pilots made these two a reliable couple!

But what really lands James at number 4 is that his attitude is aparently way diffrent from other males.

Next up is number three!

What's better than having a male with altean marks? How about a male with marks and moustache!

Coran has that feature! He's smart, knows what he's doing as a mechanic and even trained the paladins once! He's also the man of Alfor's dreams heh lucky him 😏

his version from the show finale is DAMN HOT!

LOOK AT THAT LONG MOUSTACHE! NOW WE'RE TALKING!

Number oNE TWO BUCKLE MY SHOE!

Prince Lotor!

There's a lot to say about this character! He's the air to the throne, Allura's first romance, the onlycharacter that used to NOT WEAR CLOTHES, the most humanoid Galra and future emperor! In the show the cowardly character Lance is constantly trying to woo Lotor but fails as- He's a coward! The prince is also a semi perfect example of a perfect love interest! Although there were really couple of moments when he really snapped out and acted like a lunatic!

Iiiin the episodes we ignore that is. But overall Lotor really stands out amongst the males not beacuse he's Allura's first love interest or beacuse he used to not wear clothes but beacuse he has very long hair and married Allura in your fanfic.

So. You've seen Galrans, two gorgeus alteans AND a Prince! Who could possibly top those kinds of males? Well. Get ready folks! THIS is the number 1 hottest voltron the legendery defender male character

TAKASHI SHIROGANE! If anybody denies it how dare you! This babe can fly! He's the strongest in the team and is a beef cake seducing other men to getting what he wants. Instead of having one love interest, Shiro has two! Curtis and Matthew the Holt! Being a Paladin he's interested in one thing only, protecting the universe. There actually have been situations where Shiro's ass crack was showing. But it eventually got censored. What a price to pay! I think the best part about this beauty is that he has three diffrent hair colors, unlike the other male characters. And who wouldn't want to fly a black lion, be the leader of Voltron and flirt with any man anytime anywhere! These three traits make Shiro triumoh over other voltron males

My head goes up to you voltron official!

[lesbianfrankenfurter]

The evil guy on my shoulder is telling me to finish voltron help I stopped at season seven a few months ago IT'S COMING BACK 😭

[pidges-lost-robot]

I’m not a “everything before season 7 was good” voltron fan, or a “everything before the lion swap was good” fan or a “at least a handful of voltron episodes were good and moving pieces of television” fan

I’m a secret other thing (All of Voltron was bad. No seriously, I recently watched the whole thing and like I’m not even that competent of a writer and even I could tell that every single episode of voltron is either atrociously bad, insulting, or like a good concept that is handled barely competently. Like, if you want to preserve the idea in your head that any episode of voltron was good, only watch Day Forty Seven or Clear Day and skip the plot relevant parts cause that’s it. And before anybody pipes up with ‘The Black Paladins’ was good or ‘the episode where Pidge found her brother was good’ or ‘the first episode was good’, i’m sorry, you’re wrong, it was just the good animation from when they focused the budget on it [on another funny note, if you do watch the whole thing, a great drinking game would be drink every time they do the voltron transformation or that bit where they clearly ran out of animation budget and have a montage if still images slightly zooming in and out of to dramatic music, you will be pissed by the end.] They aren’t good, they really aren’t. Every single episode I watched, I said outloud to the friend I watched it with ‘yeah I think despite remembering this as bad, I still remember it being better written than this’. I will forever have beef with my best friend and Overly Sarcastic Productions for ever recommending this as having good world building.)

[shmothman]

Sef’s Fic Masterlist | AO3 | Writing Tag

figured it was about time I made one of these! most links go to my AO3 page, but I’ve cross-posted some fics to tumblr over the years, and there are some drabbles I’ve posted to tumblr that I never posted to AO3. I'll try to keep this up to date! Thanks for reading!

Rating Guide: G (general audiences), T (teen and up), E (explicit, 18+ only)

Kaiju No. 8

something's gotta give (Soshiro/Reader) (E)

Stardew Valley

Let it Steep (Shane/Reader) (T)

A Date With Death

the very mortal concept of “self love” (Casper/Reader) (E)

Internet Safety (Casper/Reader) (T) (Drabble)

Defying Fate (Casper/Reader) (T)

Kekkai Sensen

Bacon & Eggs (Zapp/Reader) (T)

Mushishi

heart-tell (Ginko/Reader) (E)

Just a Little Rush (Ginko/Reader) (E)

One Punch Man

Connection (Genos/Reader) (E)

lovebug.exe (Genos/Reader) (E)

Happiness (Genos/Reader) (E)

Trigun

Vash/Reader Fics

Talk to Me (E)

Throwing Caution (G)

Triage (E)

Reputation (E)

Monsoon (E)

Vulnerology (T)

Bloom (E)

Wanna Be Yours (E)

Arms Tonight (G)

Dirty Little Secret (E)

Seven Minutes (E)

Nectar (E)

Throw Me a Bone (E)

you know, that one song by Jeremih? (birthday sex) (E)

Intense (E)

Stuck like Glue (E)

It’s the Thought that Counts (Part 2) (E)

Your Atlas (E)

Public Displays (G)

One Too Many (E)

Stampede (E)

Vash/Reader Drabbles

love, if your wings are broken (G)

morning, mayfly (G)

love, you're not alone (G)

hands (put your empty hands in mine) (G)

tits or ass (E)

Hurt/Comfort Dialogue Prompts:

"You don't have to be alone anymore"

"You have 5 seconds to tell me not to hug you"

"Tell me what I'm doing wrong! What's wrong with me?!"

"I love you. I'm sorry."

“I’m here. I’ve got you. You’re safe now.”

Confessional (Wolfwood & Reader) (E)

To Have and to Hold (T)

Vash with his hair down (G)

Desperation (E)

Alloy (G)

Blossoming romance prompts:

Hugs that linger (G)

Clumsy attempts at flirting (G)

Not reader insert

Uncanny Vash (G)

Pokemon

Scarlet/Violet

Counting One, Two, Three (Hassel/Reader/Brassius) (E)

Solamente (Clavell/Reader) (E)

The Wig Stays On During Sex (Clavell/Reader) (E)

Lentamente (Clavell/Reader) (E)

Quiero Ser Tuyo (Clavell/Reader) (E)

Legends: Arceus

Judgement | Forgiveness (Volo/Reader) (G)

Judgement | Forgiveness Related Drabbles (Volo/Reader) (G)

Makes the Heart Grow Fonder (Volo/Reader) (E)

Denial's Not Just A River In Utah (Volo/Reader) (E)

Culture Shock (Laventon/Reader) (G)

Fireside (Laventon/Reader) (G)

Sword/Shield

Kiss Me Through the Phone (Leon/Reader) (E)

Hot Blooded (Peony/Reader) (E)

Sun/Moon

Bug Buzz (Guzma/Reader) (E)

The Stanley Parable

And Stanley Was Happy (Stannarrator) (G)

Just Like A Prayer (Stannarrator) (E)

The Sandman

Dream/Reader Fics

Enter, Sandman (E)

Another Taste of Heavenly Rush (E)

Dream/Reader Drabbles

Hurt/Comfort (G)

Who Dreams, What Dreams (T)

Nix Hydra (now Fictif? still don't understand all that)

The Arcana

The Warmth We Share (Asra/Reader) (G)

A Memory of Grief (Asra/Reader) (G)

Seeing Red (Lucio/Reader) (T)

Monster Manor

Soothes the Savage Beast (Casimir/Reader) (G)

After So Long (Casimir/Reader) (E)

The Adventure Zone: Amnesty

The Man, The Moth, The Lover (Indrid Cold/Reader) (E)

Can't See Me Lovin' Nobody But You (Indrid Cold/Reader) (G)

Pheromonal (Indrid Cold/Reader) (E)

Hindsight is 20/20 (but foresight is almost as good) (Indrid Cold/Reader) (abandoned) (G)

Boku no Hero Academia

Smile, Sunshine (Yagi Toshinori/Reader) (G)

Doki Doki, Todoroki (series) (Tododeku) (G)

But the Fire is so Delightful (doki doki Todoroki, part 1)

Much Ado About Shouto (doki doki Todoroki, part 2)

Feels Like Floating (doki doki Todoroki, part 3, tsuchako)

Cherry Blossom Season (doki doki Todoroki, part 4)

Cicadas and Sunshine (doki doki Todoroki, part 5)

Happy Valentine's Day, Todoroki! (Tododeku) (G)

The Magnus Archives

Employee Benefits (and I'm not just talking about healthcare) (Elias Bouchard/Reader) (E)

Mob Psycho 100

Oh, Your Love is Sunlight (Reigen Arataka/Reader) (G)

Voltron

It's a Process (getting two silly boys to realize they're in love, that is) (series) (Klance) (G)