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Decision to Leave Lotura Blog

Hello kind followers, I am choosing to step away from the tumblr blog originally known as the-second-law-ls. I will not delete it but will also not be actively posting or reblogging on it--hence the rename of it as lotura-archive. If you would like details on other ways to follow me or stay in touch, please send me a private message. 

I’ve made many great friends through the Lotura space and am so thankful for the outpouring of support and understanding over the last several days. I appreciate everyone who has sent me kind messages/comments and constructive criticisms regarding my stories, and I am still beyond amazed and in awe of anyone who has created fanart of my work. Seriously, thank you all. Your kindness and support means so much. 

Please understand that I have made this decision in order to protect my sanity from further hate/violently charged messages or reblogs. I fully believe in freedom of speech and the right for people to express displeasure about content and to engage in discourse about sensitive topics presented in fan material. When such discourse becomes violent personal attacks, I feel that we move from a space of learning and genuine human connection to a space that is toxic and self-destructive. And I don’t want to dwell on hate.  Again, please private message me if you would like to stay in contact. Otherwise, thank you all so much for your support. Take care and have a great year! 

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Could you tell some news about next chapter of "Second Law"? Will it be update?

Hi, anon. Thank you for your note. I’m sorry to announce that all of my stories are now on an indefinite hiatus. I cannot say when or if I will be updating Second Law because I have lost my joy for Lotura and for fanfiction in general. I know this is not the news you likely want to hear, and I am sorry to disappoint you or any others waiting for updates. It was never my intention to disappoint anyone. I need to reevaluate what I find meaningful in this life, and I’m questioning the ultimate value of putting in countless hours and late nights into stories that can neither offer a safe environment for myself or others (being called a piece of shit has resulted in this conclusion) nor justify the stagnant, isolated way I’ve been living my real life. I realized today I only have one life to live. And when I die, I want to say that I left behind something of value.

Thank you again for your note and for your patience and understanding. 

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A Note About In the Halls of the Galra

Hey all,

It seems that my previous message regarding my story, In the Halls of the Galra, served to only heighten concerns about my ability to negatively portray slavery. My goal for the story was for Allura to cause a paradigm shift in the empire regarding the use of prisoners of war as slaves—and to clear her own name as a worthy ruler of the remaining Alteans, so that she and Lotor could fall in love under equal terms. 

But regardless of my intentions, this story has continued to offend some who feel that this story glorifies slavery and perpetuates objectification of women with dark skin (given VLD Allura’s dark skin).

Therefore, I have deleted In the Halls of the Galra. I did not come to the Lotura fandom to make anyone feel hurt or victimized. To anyone who felt victimized or offended by the content of the story, I offer a heartfelt apology and hope you see this decision to delete the story as a sign of my goodwill. To anyone who was a fan of the story, I am sorry to disappoint you, but I hope you can understand my desire not to create further strife and my desire to listen to brothers/sisters who have been hurt. 

Peace and love, all. Have a good night.

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A little clothing thief. Because the poncho+skull aesthetics are too good to resist.

VLD Allura with DotU Lotor’s clothes, for EmperorLotor at lotura server :B

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@crystal-rebellion is currently writing a Lotura DotU/VLD crossover! It’s called Beyond the Stars!

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) Click for better res! After season 5 came out, I immediately started watching 80′s Voltron, and had a great time cringing at Lotor’s character! Since then, I’ve really wanted a crossover episode with Defender of the Universe and Legendary Defender!!! Plus two Lotors?? niceuuuuuuu

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(♡ ＾ ◡ ＾ )ʃ  ♡ ✧  =(＾● ⋏ ●＾)=

patreon~

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“I’m so sorry I misjudged you”

🌟🌟patreon | commissions🌟🌟

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When the game show teaser clip first aired before s7, this scenario was exactly what I was hoping would happen, haha

@mermaider00 <– her wonderful idea had me drawing this. Also, my hand slipped. Instead of making out (furiously) I had them do the deed (inside the supply room)

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Let's talk about mynoise.net

Have you ever been listening to Rainymood and thought, “Yeah, this is good … but it would be nice if I could customize the sound more, or if there was a little more choice.

Let me introduce you to MyNoise.

MyNoise is a customizable sounscape looper with so many options, even within each soundscape.  So say, for instance, you really love rain sounds when you write or study or relax.  Anything.  I know I’m a big fan of rain sounds.  They have a page for that.

But say you like really high, pattery rain, and LOTS of low thunder.  Here’s where MyNoise really stands out: you can customize that.  See those sliders with all the cute colors?  That is your equalizer. You can adjust the levels based on what you want to hear more and less of.  Here’s how it looks when you want high, pattery rain and low, rumbly thunder:

But say rain isn’t really your jam.  Say you want something a little more ambient, a little more background noise-y.  Something with people.  Well, they have customizable coffee house chatter that even has the levels listed for things like “kitchen,” “babble,” and “table”:

Or say you miss the ocean.

Or say you miss your cat.

Or say you miss your spaceship.

Or say you miss the dungeon where you and your team of scalawag adventurers used to explore and face off against, say, dragons.  In the dungeon.

This site is seriously so helpful, and those are just a fraction of every kind of sounscape the site has to offer.  The best part is that if you want to layer it with music (for instance, I’ll layer a playlist + rain + coffee shop if the scene I’m writing takes place in a coffee shop), you can adjust the master volume, meaning all of your layers stay at their respective volumes, just louder or quieter.

Enjoy!

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a doodle offering to the vld fandom….am i allowed in…..pls accept me

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ロトー皇子、軽率にポニテにしたりラフな格好でハンクちゃん特製のミルクセーキ飲んだりしてほしい

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シロさんの服を借りてご満悦皇子

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おやすみ

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ロトー皇子割となんでも食べそうなイメージ

最終的に効率を考えて栄養を摂取できれば問題ない的な…

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Hey i was wondering. Do you have any headcannoms fir lotor if he went to earth wirh the palidans i seaso. 7 instead of qhat happened in cannon and other random headcannons on lotor? Mine would be that he would be VERY fond of sweets like cakes and pies.

Hi, timberwolf012! Thanks so much for your note! It’s funny, I was thinking about this very topic just a few days ago, haha. I totally agree he’d love sweet things! Here’s some of my head canons for if Lotor ever visited Earth (assuming that the latter half of s6 didn’t happen): 

Lotor adores Earth fantasy/fairy tales based off what he’s learned from Pidge’s book and movie collection. So he finds the nearest Renaissance fair and walks around without disguise, claiming he is a Fae prince. The children adore him and bring him flowers. He graciously accepts a flower crown and wears it for the full day.  

Allura, outside of such fairs and comic conventions, has to help Lotor disguise himself to fit in with human locals. (He never learned how to control that part of his Altean blood.) She helps him shapeshift rounded ears and a skin tone matching that of his mother’s, Honerva. She catches him staring in a mirror or reflective surface often. 

Department store shopping is an adventure, because he is a tactile person and has to touch all the different fabrics. The problem? He buys the same outfit every time. Allura is secretly frustrated. 

Lotor demands to Galaxy Garrison that they treat Allura with all the honor due her station as a princess and intergalactic diplomat—he does not understand why they don’t stand for her when she enters a room and why they don’t bow. Allura tries to deescalate the issue, but secretly she is pleased. 

It rains on Earth. Lotor loves rain. And various teas. And sitting in front of big windows. Pidge suspects he might be part cat. 

He tries coffee, various cocktails, and a 5-hour energy drink, and the next thing the paladins know, he’s learning Spanish from Lance and memes from Pidge, shouting a mix of “Victory or death” and “Wakanda forever!” in the midst of a laser tag war with some of the Galaxy Garrison cadets. He has a massive headache when he wakes up the next day, but he is the new favorite alien on the base, and he takes pride in that. 

Does he look like the cadet James Griffin? When he shapeshifts into his human disguise, many people mistake him as perhaps the cadet’s older half-brother. As Lotor has never had siblings, he suddenly feels protective over the young pilot and his team and offers tactical advice to the young ones, just as he does for the paladins. 

He loves all the wondrous stories humans have about half-breeds. He works to collect Inuyasha, The Holy Pearl, Star Trek, Vampire Hunter D, and Guardians of the Galaxy, among others. Spock is probably his favorite hybrid, though. Because he is the logical choice. 

“Allura, if the humans want to build this…Atlas ship, it needs to transform. Just think, Voltron, the Sincline ships, and Atlas—defenders of the universe, together! It would be a glorious testament to our alliance and its representation, with checks and balances to ensure that no singular race can overcome the other.” 

Sam Holt notices Lotor always pulls away from the teams whenever their families are around, and so he tries to involve Lotor in the building of the Atlas and goes out of his way to ensure Lotor and Allura feel welcome eating with his family in the mess hall. 

Lotor is often called away to deal with reports about his empire and to settle concerns from his slowly growing list of loyal generals. It leaves him a bit bleary-eyed. Dayak often cuts into the transmissions to bother him about various things—identifying potential candidates for the title as his Blood Empress (which makes him roll his eyes), the last-known whereabouts of Haggar, and “Just when is that yellow paladin named Hunk going to return to fight me to the death? This is very rude, to leave an old woman waiting for a battle. Perhaps I shall come to visit you all—"

Lotor accidentally eats a pot brownie offered to him at a city market, ends up watching space movies like Interstellar and The Martian, and starts crying about the beauty of human perseverance and connection across vast distances of space. 

He thinks cars are great fun and wants to buy a Bugatti, but then pouts when he realizes how expensive they are. 

Lotor’s in awe of all the Earth cultures. He makes a vow to visit every single country at some point because the diversity makes his explorer/scholar-heart just squish in delight. 

He saves a cat with a broken leg and carries it around in a sling until they can find a veterinarian. The cat becomes a resident at the Galaxy Garrison and gains the name Lieutenant. 

The paladins discover they cannot take Lotor to a grocery store. Lotor has a habit of looking at the brand information for each individual food item, critiquing the marketing tactics and declaring that he will find the best one out of all the options. At some point, Allura has to grab him by the ear and yank him away from the various jars of salsa. He still manages to grab a few while she drags him along. 

Lotor likes salsa. And baklava. And basically any kind of food. It all rounds back to his love of human culture and its diversity. 

Fast food? Not as fast as food goo, but a thousand times tastier. 

The Galaxy Garrison has a state-of-the-art training court, and the entire Garrison has running bets on whether Lotor or Allura would win in a fight. Most people initially assume Lotor would win, but then they watch Allura body-slam Lotor to the floor like a boss, and several people change their bets. Their combat matches often end in a draw, which makes the rivalry heighten all the more. 

Coran starts up a Monsters & Mana guild at the Galaxy Garrison. Lotor joins the game as a bard and dumps all of his points into charisma. Allura has to save him often, but he charms anyone they encounter. He often rolls to seduce until Coran puts a limit on how many times he can do that. 

Lotor has to sometimes stop himself from tripping Admiral Sanda and wonders if there is a legal way to get her kicked off the base. Or if anyone would miss her if she suddenly…disappeared. 

The chaos of the Garrison occasionally wears on his nerves (so many people, so many young ones trying to prove themselves, loudly). And so he shapeshifts to his human disguise and leaves to take a walk in the nearby city park. Sometimes, an equally stressed Allura joins him. As they walk, they hold hands and say nothing and everything at the same time. 

Lotor can’t hold down alcohol due to his Galran biology and is a major lightweight. This becomes a troublesome thing when Admiral Sanda insults Allura at a private dinner to discuss the imminent threat of the Fires of Purification. He does not remember how he insults Sanda, only that it has something to do with the backend of cows. The Earth generals are very careful after that to keep Admiral Sanda out of his sight. Secretly, several of them thank him for saying what everyone has wanted to for apparently the last fifteen years. Allura kisses him for it but then pokes his chest and says she can fight her own battles, thank you very much. He thinks all of it is a fantasy from his hangover. 

He learns about Halloween from the paladins and cadets. Apparently, the Galaxy Garrison partners with the nearby town and opens its doors for the little children to do something called “trick or treating,” and all the officers offering candy dress up, like in a masquerade. Everyone tells him that he and Allura should dress up together. He tries not to overthink it and so suggests they present as the Fae King and Queen of the Unseelie Court. His heart stops when he sees Allura in a shimmery, elfin dress. He eats a lot of candy to keep his mouth busy from saying something not meant for children’s ears. Oddly, Allura does the same thing. 

Lotor decorates his room at Galaxy Garrison with books, schematics, a few drawings from Pidge, an odd set of Christmas lights he finds in a forgotten box, his collection of shows about half-breeds, and pictures others have given him of himself surrounded by friends, smiling brightly. 

He very quickly decides that he likes Earth. 

This is all I got for now, but I had fun thinking about head canons! Thanks again!

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3 years in the quintessence.

(Also known as Swoletor.)

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Lotor with fancy earrings because I can.