#yes. yes we did.

[disformer]

never beating the Pharma Is A White Woman headcanon allegations

[hansoeii]

The Doctor!

[ohromeoraine]

I haven’t posted on here in a while, but I’m back with another analysis(yaaaaaay).

It’s a Voltron Legendary Defenders analysis.

Buckle up, friends, because this is going to be a bit lengthy:

Voltron is famous for the team of unlikely heroes defeating an alien supervillain with their giant overpowered super weapon Voltron, which is actually a combination of five different lion spaceships. In almost every episode throughout the seasons, the team is always running into different problems which makes the show seem a little repetitive, but all those problems combine to make a bigger picture. These “separate missions” from the main plot of the show actually contribute to the storyline to form the bigger picture.

The setbacks our band of misfits encounter really help form clear reasons later on in the show as to why they had a disadvantage or advantage against the enemy.

Our first example for this point is when the team gets targeted a second time by the Galra, the alien race which is trying to acquire Voltron because they know it’s the one weapon that could defeat their leader, Zarkon. The team is unprepared because it was their first time actually working as a team in battle.

They weren’t exactly close to each other at that point in time. They were familiar with each other and could be described best as acquaintances.

This was a pretty big disadvantage in their first battle against a fleet of Galran ships.

Another example could be when one of the characters, Keith, finds out that he’s part Galra. This puts a little bit of a strain on the team, as Princess Allura has held a grudge against the Galran Empire for driving her people to near extinction. Allura becomes a bit colder towards Keith and, coming from her point of view, that was how she was processing this new revelation.

Deep down, Allura knew Keith wasn’t a bad person for being half Galra, but it still bothered her because of her trauma associated with the Galra people.

We start to see more of a depth to the show in just two seasons, but it becomes even more clear just how deep the problem really is once the seasons start progressing on.

The world doesn’t immediately become a better place just because the team defeats the “main villain” in the story. They still have to work to fix problems that still arise in the aftermath of defeating the supervillain.

One of the main problems that arose after defeating Zarkon, was the rise of his heir, Lotor, who seemed like an ally to the Voltron team at first.

Unfortunately, good things don’t last for the Voltron team just yet and Lotor’s evil plans start to surface with the return of Keith, who was away on a mission assigned by the Galran rebellion group called “The Blade of Marmora”.

The team feels betrayed by someone who they trusted, but quickly start to form plans to get their leader, Shiro, back and also take down Lotor and his plans for the universe.

(This analysis was written last year, but it’s still valid)

[demaparbat-hp]

He truly did.

[egophiliac]

buckle up lads we're going BACK INTO THE BOOK

[hinamie]

I'm always pushing you away from me / but you come back with gravity / and when I call, you come home

[inkskinned]

the thing is that they're so fascinated by sex, they love sex, they can't imagine a world without sex - they need sex to sell things, they need sex to be part of their personality, they need sex to prove their power - but they hate sex. they are disgusted by it.

sex is the only thing that holds their attention, and it is also the thing that can never be discussed directly.

you can't tell a child the normal names for parts of their body, that's sexual in nature, because the body isn't a body, it's a vessel of sex. it doesn't matter that it's been proven in studies (over and over) that kids need to know the names of their genitals; that they internalize sexual shame at a very young age and know it's 'dirty' to have a body; that it overwhelmingly protects children for them to have the correct words to communicate with. what matters is that they're sexual organs. what matters is that it freaks them out to think about kids having body parts - which only exist in the context of sex.

it's gross to talk about a period or how to check for cancer in a testicle or breast. that is nasty, illicit. there will be no pain meds for harsh medical procedures, just because they feature a cervix.

but they will put out an ad of you scantily-clad. you will sell their cars for them, because you have abs, a body. you will drip sex. you will ooze it, like a goo. like you were put on this planet to secrete wealth into their open palms.

they will hit you with that same palm. it will be disgusting that you like leather or leashes, but they will put their movie characters in leather and latex. it will be wrong of you to want sexual freedom, but they will mark their success in the number of people they bed.

they will crow that it's inappropriate for children so there will be no lessons on how to properly apply a condom, even to teens. it's teaching them the wrong things. no lessons on the diversity of sexual organ growth, none on how to obtain consent properly, none on how to recognize when you feel unsafe in your body. if you are a teenager, you have probably already been sexualized at some point in your life. you will have seen someone also-your-age who is splashed across a tv screen or a magazine or married to someone three times your age. you will watch people pull their hair into pigtails so they look like you. so that they can be sexy because of youth. one of the most common pornography searches involves newly-18 young women. girls. the words "barely legal," a hiss of glass sand over your skin.

barely legal. there are bills in place that will not allow people to feel safe in their own bodies. there are people working so hard to punish any person for having sex in a way that isn't god-fearing and submissive. heteronormative. the sex has to be at their feet, on your knees, your eyes wet. when was the first time you saw another person crying in pornography and thought - okay but for real. she looks super unhappy. later, when you are unhappy, you will close your eyes and ignore the feeling and act the role you have been taught to keep playing. they will punish the sex workers, remove the places they can practice their trade safely. they will then make casual jokes about how they sexually harass their nanny.

and they love sex but they hate that you're having sex. you need to have their ornamental, perfunctory, dispassionate sex. so you can't kiss your girlfriend in the bible belt because it is gross to have sex with someone of the same gender. so you can't get your tubes tied in new england because you might change your mind. so you can't admit you were sexually assaulted because real men don't get hurt, you should be grateful. you cannot handle your own body, you cannot handle the risks involved, let other people decide that for you. you aren't ready yet.

but they need you to have sex because you need to have kids. at 15, you are old enough to parent. you are not old enough to hear the word fuck too many times on television.

they are horrified by sex and they never stop talking about it, thinking about it, making everything unnecessarily preverted. the saying - a thief thinks everyone steals. they stand up at their podiums and they look out at the crowd and they sign a bill into place that makes sexwork even more unsafe and they stand up and smile and sign a bill that makes gender-affirming care illegal and they get up and they shrug their shoulders and write don't say gay and they get up, and they make the world about sex, but this horrible, plastic vision of it that they have. this wretched, emotionless thing that holds so much weight it's staggering. they put their whole spine behind it and they push and they say it's normal!

this horrible world they live in. disgusted and also obsessed.

[composeregg]

edit (10/23/2024) now that the poll is over: Original version, with 10 questions, from April 2023 here

And, given that the original is from April 2023, that means I can very easily say:

No, this was not an ISAT reference!

Just because I use parentheses and 2nd person pov and love the same concepts of what a time loop can do to a person doesn't mean it's ISAT

(Yes, I like ISAT, the original poll is why I was recommended the game! But if you look at the original, you can see all the origins of the options to choose from, including what spurred me on with the moss option from the replies)

If I were going to make something for ISAT, I would never be so vague, you can simply look at my ao3 for proof of that

[gascreates]

a new star

[papanowo]

i think dan should get to be a little weird too. as a treat

[yuukirita]

Grief

B-127

Brother

Friend

Warrior

It's not exactly how it happens but Someone asked about Optimus being the one to acidentaly kill Bee so.......

yeah...

the last image IS a scene that happens tho :D

[akanemnon]

Out of options

FIRST - PREVIOUS - NEXT

MASTERPOST (for the full series / FAQ / reference sheets)

[welcometogrouchland]

[ID in ALT] I've made posts before about Talia/Dick co-parenting Damian moments (will never happen but let me dream) and this came to me in a vision. Took me ages to finish for some reason 😭 and then even longer to post

[time-woods]

well look who's back

this thing

[ruvigapo]

Run boy run!! The sex monsters eat salmon!!

In which i arrive Fashionably Late to the fishssek party

[mikayesha]

Unecessary Feelings