#cuban!lance

[arson-avian]

Klance shit post:

Lance, being Voltron's sharp shooter, knows guns. Like- by the sound of the fire he can tell that the gun is a 22 millimeter automatic pistol from 300 yards East.

And Keith, who grew up in Texas, finds it extremely hot

[pinkcrayon]

from last year - i rewatched voltron with my girlfriend

[nikogane]

SO UNNECESSARILY HOT OF HIM WITH THAT BLUE ASS FUCKING GARRISON UNIFORM JESUSSSSS CHRIST IM FROTHING AT THE MOUTH

[localfanbaselurker]

FUCK YEAH HE SAID IT

VIVA CUBA LIBRE BABEY PATRIA Y VIDA FUCK LA DICTADURA!!!!! 🇨🇺🇨🇺🇨🇺🇨🇺🇨🇺🇨🇺🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[ogdit]

You know, it's been years now, and I still follow a few blogs that post for thr fandom... I need the last few remaining fans to know: anyone that popularized the last name "McClain" for Lance, I need you to jump into a boiling pool and you can never get out.

Maybe look up Cuban last names??? And don't use any of the first 10 results??? Do your fucking research??? Look up how Cuban last names work, maybe??? Don't just settle for the whitest last name to fucking exist, and call it a day????

It works similarly in mexico, First name, maybe middle name, sometimes third name if your parents are feeling a bit quirky, then Paternal lastname Maternal lastname. Maybe! Maybe he's mixed! A mexican parent and a Cuban parent! A Brazilian parent and a Cuban parent! Maybe!!! He's even part native! But I don't trust white fans with native characters. Learn to behave and maybe we'll trust you with native characters.

Just. Stop it with McClain.

IF YOU ARE WHITE, YOU CAN REBLOG BUT IF YOU TRY TO START SHIT I WILL BLOCK YOU!!!!!

IF you are latine, specifically Cuban, feel free to add your own thoughts on this matter

[autisticlancemcclain]

fic rec friday 13

welcome the the tenth fic rec friday! where, on friday, i rec five of my favourite fics.

1. i was always yours (even before you knew it) by paladarns

Lance thought Keith was just an asshole. Lance has always thought of Keith as an asshole, all throughout traveling into space in a large mechanical lion, all throughout bonding moments. All throughout becoming closer as teammates and friends.

Even now, with his hands pinned above his head and Keith’s thighs straddling his waist, Lance thinks Keith is an asshole.

Lance had always thought he could see right through people, but now he’s starting to think he has a bad judgement of people.

---------- a fic in which keith is obvious and lance is a bit of a gay nervous wreck

takes place as if season 1 is the only season to exist but its now years later

so many things to love about this fic. so so many. so i am going to list them. a) secret relationship bc i love that shit and eat it up every time, b) ‘takes place as if season 1 is the only season to exist but its now years later’ -- paladarns my love thank you for this truly excellent description of where i write my fics like 80% of the time. c) keith has game, and d)  HE WAS ALWAYS KEITHS EVEN BEFORE HE KNEW IT IM SOBBING BEST TROPE BEST TROPE

2. Wake Up, Sleephyhead! by @transbakugou

Keith has never loved someone like he loves Lance. Lance is his sun, his stars, his happiness. Their hands fit together like they were created to do nothing but hold each other, and he fits perfectly inside of Lance's arms. But he can never let anyone find out how much he loves this boy, how wholly and endlessly. Who knows what the Galra would do with that kind of information?

One morning, the lie comes crashing down around them.

Maybe it won't be as bad as they feared.

i love gay whipped klance and truly every single fic that has ever been written based on a vine is truly amazing, this fic is no exception. also secret relationship lol i am a sucker

3. Something Secret by @kingswriting

It was funny at first. Their arguments became more banter than actual disagreements, yet the entire team continued to assume they were at each other’s throats.

And Lance knows they’re not. He is fully aware that every sharp word, every sly smirk, every heavy handed push, and everything in between is anything but malicious.

But that doesn’t mean he doesn’t miss the softer side of things.

Or, Lance and Keith are in a secret relationship, but honestly want to omit the 'secret' part.

okay u can always tell what tag im following obsessively at certain times lol. for yall i present yet another secret relationship fic. ahem. this one is cute! banter and flirting and misleading and kisses and GOD its so sweet

4. Things Held Sacred by yarrie

So maybe, just maybe, Pidge was right. Maybe, just maybe, Keith had shot himself in the foot with his first attempt at resolving the blanket-hogging situation, because now Lance seemed to think it was a game and the rules were: steal the blankets, get sex.

To be fair, Keith hadn't exactly been...dissuading him very well.

okay so heres how this works. every fic rec friday so far has been from a specific collection of mine called ‘rereadables’, which was literally started because of this fic. i dont even know what specific part of this fic gets to me so hard, but you know when you read something that makes your stomach go all swoopy? and you can’t stop smiling? thats this fic! i remember i finished it for the first time and then i scrolled right back up to the top and read it again, then again, and again. like i cannot get over this fic. it gives me butterflies every time

5. Communication is key, they say by @ellana17

They already had communication issues before… Or: a malfunction with a healing pod leaves Lance able to speak only Spanish for a few days.

the idea of lance getting stuck in spanish and then almost immediately using that to flirt with keith without him knowing. like. i love that SO much that is quite possibly one of the funniest concepts to exist

that’s it for today!! i’ll see y’all back next friday for the next fic rec post!!!

[sockdooe]

I redesigned Lance :)

[klanceficatalogue]

So excited you guys are back, seeing the notif literally made my entire month!!

Now I humbly ask… got any good Lance takes Keith/Keith goes to Cuba fics that haven’t been featured already?? I remember reading a really really good one a couple years back but all I can remember about it is that it had three chapters. Anyway, just want some Cuba fics that are y’all’s favorites. Thank you and welcome back <3

im so glad!! <33

here you go :) - k

Take me Home by Nigg (5/5 | 23,355 | Teen and Up)

Three years have passed since the Paladins left Earth to fight against the Galra Empire. The war is won and they have returned home and are trying to deal with being back to their ordinary lives. When Lance starts ditching the Paladins' regular meetings, Keith gets worried and goes to his house to check on him.

//anxiety attacks //ptsd

Estrella by KiraLiven (1/1 | 10,737 | General)

Keith didn’t mean to kidnap a half-Galran baby, but somehow he finds himself flying his ship away from an alien planet, infant in his arms. With no idea what to do with a baby, he turns to the only person—the only family—he knows that has experience with children. He should have thought about how attached he’d get to it all: to Lance, the baby, raising a child together—to being part of a family.

[dr11ft]

once again posessed by the mind demon that makes me draw keith and lance portraits

[complicatedsquishy]

The Voltron Rant - Or My Issues with the Portrayal of Lance

Voltron.

I jokingly refer to this as my trauma. Because watching Voltron and being in the fandom as it self-destructed was sort of traumatic. Anyhoots, I wanna talk about one character: Lance.

Voltron was a show that was diverse and about found family which is my type of shit. Not to be obnoxious, but as a Latina I tend to look for latine characters in media especially when I was teenager. 

Lance was one of my favorite characters. Not just because he was Latino-coded and Cuban according to the paladin handbook but because he was relatable. He was a funny guy who talks himself out of trouble and struggled with his insecurities. Once again my type of shit. Him being latino-coded was like the icing on cake for me.

And then the show just kept going.

As the show declined in narrative quality, I felt as if the portrayal of Lance declined in an almost detrimentally stereotypical way.

For instance, Lance referred to himself as a player or a lover boy. But, in the first few seasons, it was suggested that he wasn't really. For me, I thought this was a push against the Latin Lover Stereotype.

For those who are unfamiliar, this stereotype was popularized in early Hollywood with Latino/Spanish actors and excotized them. It led to the stereotype of Latin men being passionate and romantic and great lovers. It's not necessarily bad but it does tend to lead to fetishizing of Latino men. It reduces their characters to be based on pure physicality and ignores any other part of their character.

So imagine my reaction to the showrunners leaning into this exact stereotype as the show progressed from the other characters calling him "lover boy lance" to the paladin show where he does this whole sexually powered ariel dance routine. It was weird for me but it wasn't necessarily painful or damaging. But I still think it's worth pointing out as Lance's later character in season 8 is revolved around his relationship with Allura.

Moving on, the slap to the face for me is Lance's epilogue.

Lance is a farmer.

The only Latino character on this show becomes a farmer.

If that is not upsetting to you let me unpack that.

First off, I'm not saying farming is a bad thing. I come from a family of farmers and ranchers and field pickers. It's a position that's commonly associated with Latine and mostly Mexican immigrants in the US.

However, Lance made no verbal declarations that he wanted to be a farmer. That he missed farm life. All we know about his experience is that he knows how to milk a cow.

What we do know, is that Lance wanted to be a pilot. He loves being a pilot. He was honored to be chosen by the blue lion. He was heartbroken when she shut him out. Lance wanted to be a top pilot. He wanted to be the team's sharpshooter. In a way, he wanted to be a defender of the universe.

So I get, him turning away from fighting/being a soldier after the Galra are defeated and Allura dies. I don't understand him becoming a farmer. There was no set up that he loved farming like Hunk loved cooking.

It felt to me, like the showrunners said Latino + farmer sounds good!! There was no consideration for the Latine children/teenagers watching this show and trying to find their representation.

Further-fucking-more, it suggests that Lance's goals and motivations were tied solely to Allura. Which flashback to the earlier section is just reinstating the latino lover stereotype. That there is nothing more to him than his sexuality. 

I hope this doesn’t come off vengeful and hateful, it wasn’t my intent. Voltron maligned a lot of people hoping to see representation. This is how they upset me and why it leaves a bitter taste in my mouth. Why even voltron fanfiction is hard for me to swallow. I don’t see anyone talking about this flaw in the show so I wanted to put my piece out there. 

[dnightshade0]

Voltron: the proper drinking age for Cuban coffee…

Lance and his wife Elena is sitting on the couch, watching tv. Their son Leandro is running around the room, playing with a toy voltron blue lion.

The boy suddenly notices lance taking a sip from a very small glass and walks up to him.

Leandro: hay dad! What are you drinking?

Lance pauses and looks down at his son.

Lance: oh this? This is Cuban coffee.

Leandro: can I have some?

Lance: sure.

But before he holds out the glass, Elena stops him.

Elena: NO! Do not give him any Cuban coffee!

Lance: why not?

Elena: he’s too young for that.

Leandro: when can I have Cuban coffee?

Elena: when your 18 years old.

Lance: 18?! I was aloud to drink Cuban coffee when I was 11.

Then Elena turns to lance, looks him dead in the eye.

Elena: lance. If he drinks Cuban coffee, he is going to be WIRED. He’ll be bouncing off the walls, jumping on the furniture and running all over the house. He will be going for HOURS. Which means when it’s time to go to bed, he will NOT SLEEP. Which means if he is not sleeping, WE will not be able to “go to sleep” if you catch my drift!

Lance takes a moment to think about the meaning behind those words. Gears turning in his head and finally it clicks.

Lance: oooooooh… yeah sorry son, your moms right, no Cuban coffee till your 18.

Leandro: awwww D:>

Elena: that’s my final word on the matter, now go play.

Leandro runs off to play with his toy voltron lion. When he leaves, lance turns to Elena.

Lance: ok, when you said “go to sleep” you meant sex right?

Elena leans over and gives lance a kiss on the cheek. Wearing a mischivious grin.

Elena: so glad you caught on to that! ^_^

[italofobia]

not done talking about voltron actually im so mad that keith never got a confirmed ethnicity/nationality like what the hell is "galra/human". whatever he is still keith kogane to me

[vaemical]

west coast by lana del rey is literally SUCH a klance song and i feel like we don’t talk about it enough

[nikogane]

i know lance is cuban but.. okay listen. hear me out. what if lance were filipino ?! 🙀🙀

[localfanbaselurker]

From scrolling on Pinterest, I’ve discovered some things that I have questions about:

-> where does the whole “Keith is obsessed with moth man” thing come from

-> why is shiro referred to as a six-year-old

-> why did you guys decide to call keith’s dad “Texas Kogane” (this is actually funny so it’s not necessarily a question but more of an amused curiosity)

-> is Lance actually cuban or is that just a really popular headcanon/appeared once in a famous fic and everyone started using it

-> what is “shaladin” ???

[fandomination666-blog]

Okay so if Keith is lactose intolerant and grew up in texas, specifically west Texas, he can't eat at half the restaurants without getting sick. Mexican food. So much cheese. So when Lance invites him to have dinner with the family in cuba (either as friends or lovers, don't matter) he's worried he's gonna end up throwing up. Imagine his relief to discover that traditional cuban food has WAY less cheese, cause its a tropical island that doesn't bode well for cows (Castro tried lol)

Oh and Lance finds it hilarious when Keith mentions this to him