#background sheith

[imhereformysciencefriends]

@loturaweek2023 day 2: Earth Culture!

“But it’s Shiro and Keith’s wedding,” Allura reminded with something of a whine, tapping on her screen like it’d make the intergalactic internet load faster. They really needed to get Earth on the same network that the rest of the universe used, which was admittedly run and structured primarily by the Galra, since they’d been so dominant on the universal scale for so long. But at least she didn’t have to wait longer than a dobosh for one page to load.

“And we are their guests,” Lotor reminded, far gentler. “They’re not going to hold it against us if we don’t have every little detail memorized.”

“That is extraordinarily rich, coming from you,” she muttered. Lotor did that charming little thing he did where he snorted, then caught himself halfway through and hid the noise and his smile behind the back of his hand.

“I suppose you have a point,” he admitted, settling himself in against her and pulling her hair away to kiss the crook of her shoulder, hairs on the back of her neck prickling pleasantly.

“And maybe I want to have every detail memorized. Maybe I like these Earth customs. What they have planned is much shorter than any Altean wedding ceremony.”

Lotor hummed. “Longer than Galran,” he remarked.

Earth was, in terms of size, absolutely massive. Most planets that could support life were large enough to form unique ecosystems and usually only one or two centralized bodies of power and authority. Altea and Daibazaal had been fairly large, compared to most of their neighbors, large enough to cause some variation in genetics and cultures, but not so large as Earth’s. Earth, with hundreds of cultures and ethnicities and customs that changed with each.

Shiro was very attached to his Japanese heritage, and the wedding bore marks of that all the way up and back down. Keith had insisted on a few “southern customs,” but Allura admittedly was hard pressed to tell what came from Keith and what came from Shiro. It was all so foreign to her, so unique and thrilling and… lovely.

Royal weddings were, of course, a little stuffier than most. More formal. With the understanding of the politics that surrounded them. By comparison, this was almost entirely and holistically… sweet.

Purple fingers skimmed over her arm, eliciting an electric little shiver out of her, and she turned her eyes away from the article on what to expect at a wedding to observe her own lover.

“It’s pleasant,” he remarked, “An endless war, brought to an end. And at that end: a wedding.”

“It is rather romantic,” she agreed, turning entirely from the tablet to face him, skirts sliding against the blanket they both sat on. He smiled at her, a quiet, private thing, and she basked in its glow.

He threaded fingers through hers atop the bedding. “And they love each other so much.”

Allura was familiar with this type of conversation. A metaphor all through it, meaning both hidden and yet quite plain.

“They do,” she agreed, leaning in. He leaned in as well.

“It’s only natural they should be wed,” he said, and she might’ve imagined it, but she could feel his breath against her lips.

“Of course. It would be rather expected, at this juncture,” she agreed softly, tilting her head to the side, her silver-white curls tumbling off her shoulder.

He kissed her. She kissed back, slow and sweet and gentle, like they had all the time in the universe now fully at their fingertips.

Altean proposals were, like their weddings, far lengthier and more complicated than Earth’s, so Allura was hardly disappointed when that trail of conversation ended there. But He was open to the idea, and she’d given voice to the fact that she was more than ready.

If Lotor didn’t have the first stage of a proposal ready for her by the next week, she would… probably begin planning to do so, herself. She doubted he would propose to her in Galran fashion, and she wouldn’t even know how to do the same for him.

She picked her tablet back up, returning to her research. Maybe she could look into Galran proposals. Find something to integrate. There was something quite lovely about meshed cultures in a marriage, after all.

[v-tired-queer]

AU where the Galra lay eggs and after the team finds out, Lance changes Keith's nickname from Mullet to Omelet

[holysheithyall]

i rewatched voltron today peak productivity fr fr

[insane-ohwhyfandoms]

for the wip game, can you tell me about the july bingo thing 👀

bingos don't count as events 😌 so i signed up to get a card for a bingo running for the month of july, @/julybreakbingo! im in love with my card, its got my favorites (bc i did a lot of cherrypicking for the prompts i was ok with receiving lol). they had options for larger cards but i decided to be realistic 😔 about the number of prompts i could feasibly do 😔

planning on doing squares 1 and 4 for merthur, 2 for stucky, 3 for sheith, and 5 for wangxian! thats all ive got at the moment bc i promised myself no starting it until i finish the three exchanges i'm signed up for 🫠🫠🫠

i will not start but i *am* looking....

[snow-albedo]

Meme redraws can be something so personal,,,

[victimsofyaoipoll]

Round 3

Propaganda Under Cut

Allura

Lots of people (myself included tbh) ship klance (Keith and Lance). In s8 the creators made Allura/Lance canon (but then they killed her off and left the ending ambiguous it was weird). Anyway the fandom treats her like she's the most terrible bitchy woman ever but all she wants to do is end the war and avenge her destroyed home planet. Yeah she wasn't always the nicest or always the best, but you could argue some other characters in the show aren't either and they aren't treated near as bad as allura. people really just hate her bc Lance liked her. I don't think allura/lance are good together, but I still liked her as a character and thought she was interesting and had a lot of growth during the show. she DEF is not evil like some people portray her as in fic or talk about her in captions on posts. I've seen people say that they HATE her and that she's the worst and I'm like ??? let her live (well sort of ig she is dead now). lots of fic writers use her as the villain which is so interesting to me bc the show literally has villains like use them. anyway allura so perfectly fits the bracket description she deserves better.

I hate to acknowledge my time in this fandom but I hate the way the fandom treated her more. Allura was treated like shit no matter what side of the Great Ship War you were on because she was always a threat to the biggest ships (klance and sheith). At best she got put into Background Lesbian or Consolation Prize Shallura (Space Mom-zoned) (She was not a motherly figure btw. She was just Black). At worst she was violently demonized for being ~racist~ (kinda not cool with the alien race that blew up her planet for a few episodes), complete with misogynistic language hurled at her (she got called a bitch sooo much). Allura was a good and cool character and the show did her dirty but the fandom was somehow worse.

i apologise for speaking the dark magicks, but amidst the voltron fandoms many, many transgressions, there were a particular subset of people who just hated this girl. the infamous klance wars of the 2010s kept this perfectly fine childrens cartoon character in the sights of shippers everywhere, and she (and her voice actress im sure) were subjected to years of petty squabble blown up to global perportions. ive seen hate, ive seen rants, ive seen fanfics that made her homophobic. girls been through the ringer, and even though voltron was never the show its fandom wanted it to be, i believe allura deserved better

Every Supernatural Woman

Supernatural is so mean to women and committed to queerbaiting but it still gives Sam and Dean lovers to kill. The writers kill and villainize them and the fans get the few that remain

wincest and destiel shippers cannot handle the idea of their blorbos having a Woman THREATENING their SHIPS god FORBID

It literally used to be a running joke that if a female character got introduced you knew she was going to die soon because fans would react so negatively to her "stealing" one of the boys away from the big ship, whether it be destiel or wincest

[an-aphorism]

20 Qs for fic writers

Tagged by @ursae-minoris-world :D

1. How many works do you have on A03? 66 on my regular 31 on my dark account = 97 total

2. What’s your total Ao3 word count? 1,238,070.... oh my god

3. What fandoms do you write for? VLD, but I write the occasional fic for other fandoms when I want to read something and can't find it.

4. What are your top five fics by kudos? - Wildhearted, Balancing Act, What hath night to do with sleep?, Influx, Like Animals We Play Pretend

5. Do you respond to comments? On occasion! I wish I could respond to all of them, but between my day job and writing, I already have the beginnings of a repetitive strain injury, so I do my best to minimize what my hands do unfortunately

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending? The monsters we create, basically just an angst fest

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending? Most of my fics are HEA. Hmmm maybe With your one wild and precious life, that one really centers around healing and finding happiness

8. Do you get hate on fics? No, actually. Even my dark stuff I think people are too intimidated by to comment lmao. I think I've gotten like 2 neg comments ever? And they just get autodeleted anyway.

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind? *stares at 500k word count on dark Ao3 account*

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written? Nope. Not against it, just haven't been inspired to

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen? Not that I'm aware of.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated? Hmmm not that I'm aware of?

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before? Many things with my favorite writing partner extra_nsfw

14. What’s your all time favorite ship? YALL KNOW ITS SHEITH

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will? The Likeness. Could be such a fun idea but the inspiration ran away and hasn't been back. :(

16. What are your writing strengths? Atmosphere, feelings, and sex stuff. I come from a literary and poetry background so lyrical quality and vibes are like.. so my bread and butter and they're the things that are most often complimented too.

17. What are your writing weaknesses? Dialogue and continuity. I wrote spikemoss actually as a practice for dialogue because I have a habit of avoiding dialogue. I've gotten better over time, but it still sometimes just doesn't compare with some banger lines I've read by other authors. Continuity I'm bad at just because my brain can't hold all the details, but this is mostly fixed in draft edits :)

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic? I will run the lines by a fluent speaker. But if I'm writing in English, I use other languages in text sparingly because you will lose some readers who won't know what's going on. It's a balance between representing cultures and the way people really do speak, and not slowing down the immersive experience by a reader having to translate paragraphs of text.

19. First fandom you wrote for? ever? Danny Phantom back way in the years that show was airing

20. Favourite fic you’ve written? Spikemoss. It's my most impressive work to date and I'm really proud of it! I did some really great things in there and live-wrote it, so it was SO challenging to make sure I didn't drop any balls and get to where I wanted to go. It holds a special place in my heart!

Tagging anybody who wants to do this meme!

[avidbeader]

Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Let’s spread the self-love 💗   

Grabbed this from @goldentruth813. It was hard to pick favorites, but I stuck to completed works and tried to grab a sampling from a couple other fandoms besides VLD to shine a light on.

The Bracelet of Mitrana (T, Sheith): During a diplomatic visit, Keith catches the attention of the leader's daughter. She uses an ancient artifact to force Keith to remain with her as her new husband. But Shiro and Team Voltron have something to say about that.

My zine piece for @mersheithzine, which has been a highlight of my time in the Voltron fandom.

Rebuilding Reality (T, Sheith): Keith is running from his problems when he gets tossed through a portal to another reality. His fight to return sets off a series of unexpected events.

My contribution to fixing the disaster that was Season 8.

Searches (T, Sheith): Shiro has disappeared. Keith isn't taking it at all well as he tries to lead Voltron.

I’m still proud of how this one turned out, taking an idea for how Season 3 could have started and putting it together.

Vendetta (T, Sherlolly): Sherlock must find out why Molly Hooper is one of a select group of people being targeted before the assassin can finish the job. Set between "The Blind Banker" and "The Great Game". Hints of future Sherlolly.

I was pretty happy with the mystery plotline I came up with for this one while I indulged in pre-relationship Sherlock and Molly.

Hold Page One! (T, background Harry/Hermione): Hermione's ban on Rita Skeeter is about to expire, and she has a plan to give the reporter a very special scoop. What kind of stories will Rita chase now? And will it backfire on Hermione? H/Hr if you squint.

This one is a favorite because I took a character that was almost universally disliked and gave her reasons to do better.

[johaerys-writes]

Shiro/Keith | Voltron: Legendary Defender | E | Ch. 1/3

Summary: During a fight with the Galra, Shiro and Keith are sucked into a wormhole and flung to the far edge of the universe. They land on an empty and unfamiliar planet, with no way of contacting the castle, but Keith isn't too worried. Things could be worse— at least they have each other. 

Until Shiro collapses.

My contribution for the Sheith Secret Santa 2022 event on twitter! Sickfic, hurt/comfort, angst and Shiro whump :)

Read on Ao3!

Keith’s fingers tighten around the control stick in a death grip. There is sweat running down his spine and his hair is plastered to his forehead beneath his helmet. Coran’s and Allura’s voices in his ears have long turned into steady background droning.

“Fighter, three o’clock!” Hunk yells at him through the comms, but there isn’t much Keith can do about it. He is surrounded, and no matter how many he takes down there’s still more. The damage they do isn’t enough to disturb the lions much; all they do is stand in the way between them and the Galra cruiser that has been terrorising the Alpha Orithyia quarter for weeks. Their laser beams and rockets glide harmlessly off of the lions’ surface, but the pushback is enough to considerably reduce their flying speed.

What started as a lucky break after days of fruitless searching has now turned into a wild goose chase. It was the sensors that Pidge had installed on the ship that managed to track the cruiser, passing through the TA-235 asteroid field, and Voltron didn’t waste a moment before following them. They’ve been going around in circles for hours, with hardly any progress to show for it.

And the cruiser keeps slipping further and further away from their reach.

“The way this is going, we’ll be left behind before we’ve even had a chance to find out where their base is!” Lance huffs in his ear.

Keith winces when the shockwave from a nearby ship exploding knocks Red aside. “Do you have any better ideas, Lance?”

“You need a new plan of attack,” Coran tells them all. “This isn’t working. Perhaps if you form Voltron—”

“No,” Shiro says. “We need the advantage that attacking them from multiple angles will give us. But you’re right that we need a new plan of attack, Coran. The cruiser is our top priority. Keith, you and I will go after it while Pidge, Hunk and Lance deal with the fighters here. With some luck, we might be able to slow it down a bit until the others come to back us up.”

Keith nods, steering Red close to Shiro. He doesn’t even need to give an answer, because it is known. He will always follow Shiro, without a second thought.

“Lay down some covering fire so we can make a break for it,” Keith tells Lance. “Follow us as soon as you’re able.”

“Got it,” Lance says, and proceeds to pulverise the fighters that crowd around him like buzzing flies with a swoop of Blue’s tail laser.

Shiro and Keith fly side by side, fighters and stars blurring past them. The cruiser has put a good deal of distance between them, the fire of its thrusters leaving a flame-pink trail behind. It is nothing for their lions, though; without the fighters hampering their advance it isn’t long before they gain ground, following the Cruiser as it tries to lose them behind a pulsing red giant.

“The Galra will put up a fight,” Shiro warns him. “We’ll need to give it our all, leave them no wiggle room. Are you with me, Keith?”

“Always,” Keith says. The answer comes to him naturally, like his breath.

It is a tough fight, and in such close quarters it’s easy to take a hit that will debilitate them. The cruiser’s cannon is deadly, nothing like the fighters’ lasers that were little more than a nuisance; if it gets them it might take seconds, even minutes for their lions’ systems to reboot.

But this has never been a problem for either of them. Red weaves effortlessly through their attacks, taking advantage of the time it takes the Galra to change the direction of the cannon and charge, while Black’s lasers are steadily wearing down the cruiser’s defences. They soon have the cruiser exactly where they want it, backed into a corner amidst the ruins of a destroyed planet. There is nowhere for it to go, no space to manoeuvre without endangering the integrity of the ship.

“This is it, Keith." Shiro's voice in his ear is a steady and comforting presence as always. “Ready?”

“You got it,” Keith says, and he smiles. He can’t wait to give those fuckers what they’ve had coming for days.

They’re both about to launch a final attack, when a flash of blinding light stops them. The space before them ripples as a wormhole shifts into existence and starts expanding— and then the cruiser starts drifting towards it.

Keith clicks his tongue in frustration. Of course they’d try to make a run for it. He kicks Red forward, pushing through the cruiser’s renewed shield.

“Keith, stop,” Shiro says. “It’s too dangerous. We can’t get too close, or we’ll get sucked into the wormhole as well. We have no idea where it leads.”

“And we’re just going to let them get away?” Keith says. He pulls back reluctantly, his eyes never leaving the cruiser. “I’m not going to let them blast their way through another galaxy, Shiro, that’s not happening. We have to stop them.”

Shiro stays quiet for a moment too long. Keith’s pulse pounds in his throat as the cruiser escapes right before them and they just stand there watching. Every second counts— they don’t have time for this.

“Shiro,” Keith pleads, caught between the urge to kick Red into action and lay waste to that cruiser, and his loyalty to his friend. He will back down if Shiro asks him to, no matter how little he wants that. But if they lose the cruiser now, after all the effort they put into finding it, after all the destruction it’s wrought—

“Alright.” Shiro’s voice is quiet, but determined. “Let’s get closer. Carefully.”

He doesn’t need to say it twice. Keith takes off, guns blazing; it takes him a few seconds to find a break through the shield and penetrate the cruiser’s defences. He has one goal in mind: the front of the ship that’s heading towards the wormhole, where the ion cannon is placed. If he manages to damage one of the bases holding it in place, the pushback and change of weight distribution will reduce the cruiser’s speed, buying them precious time.

It is risky, a tough fight. He’s flying too close to the wormhole now and its pull is strong; one wrong move and he’ll be sucked into it and shot wherever the cruiser is headed, possibly into a well-armed Galra base. The danger and thrill of the fight sings through Keith’s blood; he can feel Red’s anticipation, the high of her bloodlust.

A carefully calculated laser beam sends the cannon erupting in flames. A huge chunk breaks off from the main body of the ship, debris exploding all around it as it tilts to the side. Shiro takes advantage of the cruiser’s change of pace to load Black’s laser for the killing blow; it is sure to cut straight through the ship like butter now that the shield is down.

And it does just that. Black flies away at a safe distance as the cruiser is engulfed in flames, small explosions that keep blossoming along its surface until they all meet into a large, violent one.

“About fucking time,” Keith murmurs under his breath, smiling at their triumph. The Galra never stood a chance against them— Keith and Shiro are unbeatable when they’re together.

The only thing left is the wormhole.

Keith's dangerously close to it now. It folds in on itself as it collapses, warping the space around it. Keith presses the control stick forward to fly away, but the lion stays in place. Even as he boosts her rear thrusters, Red barely moves an inch before she’s pulled right back.

“Keith!” Shiro’s voice is rushed, panicked in his ears. “Get out of there, now!”

“I’m trying,” Keith grunts, pushing the thrusters to their limit. “This thing is— too strong—” Red's claws scramble for purchase, but there’s nothing to hold on to. It’s all debris and fire and broken parts of the cruiser and the wrecked planets floating around him, all of it caught into the inexorable pull of the wormhole, twisted and bent out of shape under the crushing weight of its gravity.

“Shiro, stay back,” Keith says when he sees Black flying close to help him. “Don’t come any closer, or it'll pull you too.”

“Keith—”

“Stay away!” he says again, gripping the control stick tighter. “Do you hear me, Shiro?” The sweat that drips into his eyes stings; he can barely breathe he’s pushing so hard. Alarms of all kinds are blaring in his ears, Red’s monitors blur and crackle with the force of the wormhole’s immense pressure, and the comms system seems to be turning any incoming sound into warbled noise. Keith can’t see what’s happening outside, if Shiro’s still there. It’s like time has stopped, like he’s suspended in the void. Like he’s dying.

“Shiro?” Keith whispers.

Next thing he knows, he’s spinning out of control.

The flashing lights blind him. It’s not unlike other times he’s travelled through a wormhole, but this time it’s stronger, more violent. The quintessence in this place is too potent; it ripples through him, makes his skin itch. Keeping control of Red now is impossible. Keith focuses on his breathing, tries his best not to give in to panic. Patience yields focus.

“Patience yields focus,” he says out loud to himself. There is nowhere to go now but down.

At least Shiro managed to stay out of this shitshow, he thinks, as he lets the wormhole swallow him whole.

Read the rest on AO3!

[aquaburst3]

Happy 5 year anniversary to one of the worst series finales that I ever had the misfortune of watching outside of GOT! 🥳

But seriously, it's weird thinking that it's been 5 years, especially since this series ate up my early 20s. Some things have changed drastically since then, including going through a pandemic and moving to a different part of the country. Others not so much. I'm over all a similar person as before. Just someone who's more mature and wiser. I'm still into similar shit, albeit in some different fandoms like getting into Twisted Wonderland. Knowing me, I'll still engage in fandoms until I die.

Looking back, the show is incredibly flawed and tanks after s2. The warning signs that the series would end on such a bad note were there like the terrible pacing, Lotor seeming like two characters shoved into the same body and Allura's bizarre reverse fantasy racism arc. I'm still mad about the choices the show made in regards to how certain character arcs ended like Lance becoming the Latino Farmer Trope who mourns his girlfriend of one week forever and Shiro marrying a background character. Which is ashamed, since the series has so much potential.

This fandom was also a shitshow like no other. I have some horror stories about the heyday of this fandom, including more personal ones like being put on a list for shipping sheith and just the time I was a mod on the Kallura Server.

Despite all that, I made some solid mutuals and friends in that fandom, and for that I'm grateful to be a part of it.

Here's to more years of being into fandom and gaining some new friends and mutuals in that shithole of a fandom! 🥂

[v-tired-queer]

Sketches from a fem!Sheith ATLA AU that I never ended up writing where Keith is the Fire Princess, and Shiro is a Fire Nation soldier-turned-Sun Warrior tasked with teaching Akira (Keith) firebending (she owed a favor).

Akira doesn't firebend much, not after loosing her father in a tragic accident, but it turns out the princess is remarkably skilled with swords. Shiro is smitten (but of course, so is the princess) ❤️

[ao3feedsheith]

Real Meanings

Real Meanings https://archiveofourown.org/works/51509587 by kitnjinx Keith had learned hard and fast to bare his teeth at the world and snarl. He'd learned to hide his thoughts and feelings to keep himself safe, staying silent or covering his real meaning with oversimplification so no one would look deeper. Luckily for him, Shiro had always been good at getting to the full truth of what he meant, understood him in a way no one else had. It's one of the many things that made them such a strong team, but it was definitely one of the things Shiro prided himself on. Words: 3217, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Series: Part 2 of Sheith Flufftober 2023 Fandoms: Voltron: Legendary Defender Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: M/M Characters: Keith (Voltron), Shiro (Voltron), Minor Characters, Background & Cameo Characters, Voltron: Legendary Defender Team Relationships: Keith/Shiro (Voltron) Additional Tags: Mentioned Lotor (Voltron), Mentions of Other Voltron Paladins, Mentioned Commander Iverson, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Everybody Lives, Good Lotor (Voltron), Not Season/Series 08 Compliant, Not Voltron: Legendary Defender Season/Series 08 Compliant, I should rephrase that everyone important lives, Past Adam/Shiro (Voltron), Minor Adam/Shiro (Voltron), Soft Shiro (Voltron), Soft Keith/Shiro (Voltron), Love, Communication, Understanding, Falling In Love, Love Confessions, Fluff, Domestic Fluff, let them be happy, THEY DESERVE IT, Shiro is great at understanding Keith, Happy Ending, Slice of Life via AO3 works tagged 'Keith/Shiro (Voltron)' https://archiveofourown.org November 10, 2023 at 11:23PM

[somedayourocean]

9 people you'd like to know better

I was tagged by @annaofaza

1. 3 ships: sheith, stucky, jonmartin

2. first ever ship: it was either wolf/virginia, from the 10th kingdom or catie/jamie, from the disney channel original show in a heartbeat (ya boy's been on the internet a LONG ASS TIME)

3. last song: i am not very good at listening to music anymore but these are the last vibes i had on in the background

4. last movie: Deadpool 2

5. currently reading: long exposure, chapters 1-5

6. currently watching: history youtube

7. currently consuming: water and/or seltzer

8. currently craving: sushi, always always sushi

9 people to tag (if you want): @iammistressofmyfate, @avidbeader, @cruelisblue, @watermelontuesdays, @sparksflyupward, @akaiikowrites, @dontcallmebree, @sequencefairy, @porterotica

[noro-noro-noro]

i love muse song stardust sooo much i love belting out I’LL NEVER LET YOU GO IF YOU PROMISE NOT TO FAAAAAAADE AWAY.....NEVER FAAAAAAAAAAADE AWAYYYYYYYYYYYYY .....[..]... HOOOOOOOLLLLLDD YOU IIIIIIINN MYYYY ARMMMSSSSSS .... 

unfortunately what really got this song onto my radar from “background noise” to  “song i really like” was a sheith voltron amv i saw in 2017 & that’s my first association, maybe forever

[baedelus]

doubly hilarious after my interaction with arahir but my roomie has your beautiful space garden sheith art as their phone background STILL after all this time <3

OMG REALLY WOW I’m so happy!

[victimsofyaoipoll]

Round 1

Propaganda Under Cut

Allura

Lots of people (myself included tbh) ship klance (Keith and Lance). In s8 the creators made Allura/Lance canon (but then they killed her off and left the ending ambiguous it was weird). Anyway the fandom treats her like she's the most terrible bitchy woman ever but all she wants to do is end the war and avenge her destroyed home planet. Yeah she wasn't always the nicest or always the best, but you could argue some other characters in the show aren't either and they aren't treated near as bad as allura. people really just hate her bc Lance liked her. I don't think allura/lance are good together, but I still liked her as a character and thought she was interesting and had a lot of growth during the show. she DEF is not evil like some people portray her as in fic or talk about her in captions on posts. I've seen people say that they HATE her and that she's the worst and I'm like ??? let her live (well sort of ig she is dead now). lots of fic writers use her as the villain which is so interesting to me bc the show literally has villains like use them. anyway allura so perfectly fits the bracket description she deserves better.

I hate to acknowledge my time in this fandom but I hate the way the fandom treated her more. Allura was treated like shit no matter what side of the Great Ship War you were on because she was always a threat to the biggest ships (klance and sheith). At best she got put into Background Lesbian or Consolation Prize Shallura (Space Mom-zoned) (She was not a motherly figure btw. She was just Black). At worst she was violently demonized for being ~racist~ (kinda not cool with the alien race that blew up her planet for a few episodes), complete with misogynistic language hurled at her (she got called a bitch sooo much). Allura was a good and cool character and the show did her dirty but the fandom was somehow worse.

i apologise for speaking the dark magicks, but amidst the voltron fandoms many, many transgressions, there were a particular subset of people who just hated this girl. the infamous klance wars of the 2010s kept this perfectly fine childrens cartoon character in the sights of shippers everywhere, and she (and her voice actress im sure) were subjected to years of petty squabble blown up to global perportions. ive seen hate, ive seen rants, ive seen fanfics that made her homophobic. girls been through the ringer, and even though voltron was never the show its fandom wanted it to be, i believe allura deserved better

Kayano Kaede

shes genuinely a really tragic character who had potential for a really compelling, effective arc concerning grief, identity, healing, and finding trust again all while going through the inherent ordeal of being 15 years old….if she werent a female character in a shonen anime 😭😭 instead she gets sidelined during the show up until her big plot twist reveal after which shes immediately sidelined again. whatever i still love her and know her to be a character of all time who has suffered more than jesus. in my experience shes perhaps the female character who like. ive seen most *obsessively* hated due to her “getting in the way” of the ship b/w the male protagonist + deuteragonist (bc of her proximity to the both of them) u woild think shes the devil incarnate and not just. 15 and traumatised 

She had a crush on Nagisa and they kissed and a lot of fans ship him with Karma so theyre mad that Kaede is there. She is super silly and nice but the fandom hates her for standing in the way of karmagisa.

she's a sweet person that was an actor and loves her sister. she is the main love interest of the main character but doesn't interact with him more than most of the other characters for a majority of the story. Often I have seen them removed from the story only to become some homophobic jerk that's desperate for the main characters love instead of letting her keep the good friendship that her and the main character had before the romance.