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You've been a staple of my experience of the Voltron fandom for a few years now, but with a sudden resurgence in the voltron content showing up on my screen (a revival, kind of?), I've recently fallen back in love with klance (both together and as independent characters), and I find myself coming back to your fics once again.

All that is to say, your artworks and written portrayals of them have newly catapulted me headfirst into fiddling with my abandoned works. It's anyone's guess whether a single word will make it out of my wips folder, but just writing for these two red and blue buffoons again is bringing me joy in a way that writing hasn't done in a very, very long time.

I've also started drawing them, which, once upon a time, wasn't something I did much at all, for lack of confidence. But, with more years of practice and study, and with the addition of inspiration from your fics (the gunpowder to a cannon, if you will), I've churned out three sketch-spreads in two days. Let's hope my wrist exercises and stretches do what I need them to.

Anyway, thank you! For sharing your art with everyone, and for bringing these characters to life with your words and your brushes. My brain is buzzing with ideas of my own, I can't even begin to explain just how inspired, or how eager I am to really get started.

Have a lovely rest of your weekend, stranger. I truly cannot thank you enough.

oh my gosh 🥹 i have to sit here with my face in my hands for several days before i can properly respond, because i have so many Feelings

there are so many things i'd like to say, i don't know how to organize them. wait let me try a list

thank you so much for sending me this message

it makes me so happy that you've been enjoying my work through these years

it makes me even happier that my work has inspired you to get back into creating your own art and stories

i know what it's like to be in that place between, feeling stagnant, tired, no creative energy, and scared that even if you had the energy you wouldn't have the skill any longer. those who have read through my artbook might recall that i was also in that place at the time i happened to encounter vld

it was the work of several other fancontent creators that managed to get me to the other side of it

so, for me, being able to help someone else get to the other side of their own chasm is truly an honor, an accomplishment, i don't know how to put it into words

having mentioned your art and writing, i was curious to see it, so i went to your page. and i think, because you'd said you lacked confidence, i was expecting a kind of unpracticed style? but i was surprised!!!!

i thought about answering this message privately, but i wanted to let it be publicly known that this user is actually EXCELLENT at drawing, and though i haven't read their writing yet i am now VERY curious to read your klance work, haha

please let me see it!!!

especially anything that's inspired by my fics? i would be SO delighted

please!!!

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this fic was completed as part of the cosmic constant zine project. it was an honor to be part of such a legendary line-up of artists and writers, and to work with spot-artist meeyah!

read the fic here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/69986391

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"learning a lot of new languages out here, boss man? that didn't sound like 'thanks for saving my ass' in any one i know"

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Hopping on here to say pitch black was my intro to you and changed my brain chemistry. It doesn’t get enough love in yr asks.

Here is me begging for more cannonverse fic from you: plsplspls

wow!! 🙈 oh my goodness, every time someone says nice things about pitch black, i get this really weird wonderful feeling. i know i've mentioned this before, but i was just so sure that that fic would bore people (because there's so little interaction between keith and lance through most of it), it blows my mind in the best way to hear that people enjoy it. thank you ♥

for curious folk, it's here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/44203882

more canonverse hmmmm... i did write a short canonverse fic for the cosmic constant zine (@klcosmiczine) that i could probably post! i'll try to put that up soon.

in the meantime, maybe i'll post a recent painting!

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I just want to say that you're an amazing writer and artist. My love for fanfic was rekindled recently (specifically Klance), and I've revisited your works over and over. In this crazy and uncertain world, they give me so much joy to read. And the beautiful art to go along with it? It blows my mind. So, thank you for sharing your talents with the world and giving the chance for random people like me to enjoy it. <3

this is such a kind message, thank you so much for sending it. it makes me so happy to know that people are still finding joy in my art and writing. people like you are the reason i still share my work! ♥

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there was no gentle part of me before you

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one of my favorite lines i've ever written was in a chat about a fic i never even ended up writing

i still think. thunderstorm kl could be. big galaxy brain

ooooh elaborate

hmmmmmmm

oh gosh hm oh boy

well we know lance likes the rain

and after living in the desert for a while i bet keith also likes the rain or at least considers it a blessing, a relief

u know?

and storms are big sensory experiences

space is super quiet

sound doesn't travel in a vacuum

so they'd have to be on a planet with an atmosphere

could be during voltron travels? post-s8? skip all that and just make it an au on earth?? hmmm

but imagine maybe it starts w a storm rolling in wherever they are

and lance gets excited enough to share with keith how much he misses/loves the rain

and keith maybe admits that he loves it too

so lance is like, "...come on let's go!"

and drags keith outside, or gets him to come out via challenge, or something

but it doesn't take much, bc keith is weak lol especially when lance gets drenched instantly and his face just lights up with mirth

before he knows it keith is drenched too and lance makes fun of how his hair looks when it's wet and he doesn't even care bc they're both still smiling

i think keith would love the thunder

in general, i think it would be one of his fave things about storms, in any universe

but if it's not au, so they've spent any time in space, i think lance probably also loves it

bc thunder is such a full-sensory reminder that the planet is alive, all around you, that the world you're in isn't some static thing you can't interact with

and the closer it gets the more you can feel it, the rumble, like the storm clouds are colliding deep in your own chest

so while lance is walking around out in the rain, dancing, splashing, doing whatever, keith is walking further out

lance follows him, they're both thrill seekers anyway

or at least, lance is until the storm wanders close enough that the lighting is cracking pretty close with each wave of thunder

he starts to get a little antsy, even tho keith is just getting more excited

keith tells him not to worry, that statistically it's super unlikely that they'll get hit

lance makes some joke about how keith can be so relaxed right now while he was so on guard at a festival, thinking everyone is gonna attack him or pickpocket him, he has more faith in meteorological statistics and sheer luck than people

keith argumentatively lets it drop that he's not on guard with lance

and lance is still chasing the warm feeling that puts in his heart when a crack of lightning goes off like 20 METERS AWAY FROM THEM

it's almost blinding, they can feel the static electricity, the heat, just for an instant, and the thunder is almost immediate, crashing into their bodies and roaring in their blood and leaving rumbles in their toes for a solid thirty seconds

lance might have screamed

not like they'd have even heard it

but he's definitely clutching keith's shoulder and arm now, very tight

OMGGGG LOL

ME TOO LANCE

and keith seems to realize this at the same moment lance does

they look at each other, hearts racing wildly, and without saying a single thing they're both SUDDENLY SPRINTING

back to wherever they came from lol

house? keith's desert shack?

take ur pick

could even be lance's place in cuba, they get CRAZY storms

anyway

so they get inside and close the door, pulses still completely frantic, and they don't know who starts it but then they're LAUGHING

it's the loud, crazy, "i can't believe we just got away with that" kind of laughter, the "happy to be alive" laughter

and lance's hands are shaking

keith's dragging his hands down his face to try to rein in his composure but lance grabs his wrist, and what do you know, keith is shaking too

which just makes lance start laughing all over again

and he pulls keith to him, and they're both still drenched, dripping everywhere

but as soon as keith's face is uncovered lance is there, kissing him, pulling him close and pressing into his mouth all the thrill of being alive and being together and being a person keith trusts

and keith kisses him back like he's desperate to, like he's filled with a need to kiss lance that's bigger than the storm clouds and brighter than the lightning and rooted deeper inside him than the thunder could ever reach

WOW

and with every new crack of thunder and lightning just outside the door, one of them gasps and the kiss gets a little wetter, a little more reckless

and finally lance can't stand how freezing and heavy his drenched clothes are on his hot skin

articles of clothing start coming off one by one and

you know what they probably don't even make it to the bedroom

i don't even know where they are

it probably doesn't matter lmao

i wasnjust gonna say that LOL

UGH HOW LOVELY

so yeah

thunderstorm kl

lmao

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hello!! i wanted to tell you that your art is GORGEOUSSSS and i just also finished reading your klance fic where they are both in grad school and doing that whole AoT thingy, let me tell you IT WAS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL AND ONE OF THE BEST FICS IVE EVER READ!!! you are truly incredibly talented!!!

thank you so much! that fic was a very personal labor of love, and it's still one of my favorites even now. it makes me so happy to know that readers are still enjoying it!!

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"what? this guy???"

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i'm so tired

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you are so incredibly good at drawing klance and i am a little jealous at the sheer use of subsurface scattering in your work. i love it, it's phenomenal to me. Your art makes me feel very happy and i can always recognize your style/pos

subsurface scattering is probably one of my favorite effects in art and I *love* how you use it, really makes the characters feel so alive and just goddamn amazing

ahhhhh thanks, that's so nice of you to say. i do love subsurface scattering very much ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

this next one is for you, stupidlittlecheezit

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You are genuinely such an amazing artist and one of my favorite authors. I adore your work. Keep it up!

this is such a wonderful message! i'm glad you enjoy my work and it's an honor to be a favorite. thank you so much for telling me, it makes me really happy! ♥

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Absolutely beautiful work, so glad to see you once again contributing your incredible pieces to the klance train in the year of our lord 2025. I salute you 🫡

thank you so much! i'm happy you're still enjoying it. 👍

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altean pool

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Thank you for sharing your writing. I reread At the Bottom of the Ramp all the time and Astronomy On Tap changed my brain chemistry. Much love <3

thank you for taking the time out of your day to express your appreciation for them ♥ it makes me really happy!

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