#hi klance nation how are we doing

[mizukkay]

[me-elo1111]

Unfortunate Circumstances (Keith x GN reader)

A/N: judging by how well this post does I’ll try and write more, if you have requests send them in I’ll write for all characters 🤍 and ships (klance nation I see you dw please give me something to write with those two) my friend asked for an x reader so this is what we’re doing first. reader is gender neutral in this one because everyone should feel included ofc!

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Needless to say… you were stuck. Not even just stuck you were trapped with someone you could never in a million years be compatible with.

Keith Kogane, paladin of the red lion.

And a deranged smartass who ALWAYS had to be right about something… no matter what situation, if you were with Keith, it was his word against yours. And being the leader of Voltron it was almost always his word. Funny thing about it though he’d never act so rude and stand off ish to anybody else in the group… it was just you…

On a normal day you could definitely conquer this man’s attitude but this was in fact not a normal day. You were supposed to be relaxing after weeks of fighting and working against the galra but the universe had different plans. Very different plans..

“It’s just a small mission, just gather some samples for Coran and then you’ll be out in a few moments.” You remember Allura reassured you, patting your shoulder.

You gave a very hesitant smile, and continued to stride forward to the red lions hanger. Better to get this done and over with.

How silly you were to have hope for once…

“It was one simple task! How did you mess up THAT bad!?” You yelled into Keith’s ear.

You were both sitting in the red lions cockpit, Keith in the main seat and you leaning against the inner console next to him.

“In my defense I didn’t SEE that ship there!” He groaned, head in his hands.

He felt embarrassed. Not about the fact that he messed up on a mission, but about the fact that he messed up on a mission in front of you. And looking at your tense figure with your arms crossed and a sour look on your face just made it so much worse.

You wouldn’t ever know in advance, but he held you in way high regards. So much so that he found himself not being able to even have a normal conversation with you. Not like communication was his strong suit anyways. But it was a lot more worse with someone like yourself. He never could key in on the moment he started having romantic feelings for you. Sure the thought would creep up into his brain but he would just shove it away to be unheard of again. Because why would someone like you like someone like him? It never made sense in his brain. So he made it his mission to drive you away so you wouldn’t notice how much of a mess he is… But in doing so it wounded you guys here. Red was down trying to charge itself, and here you were yelling at him while he wallowed in his own pity.

“Well Keith where do we go from here?” You asked the pilot, who looked at you with something similar to… shame? Embarrassment? Yeah, something like that…

“the team knows where we are, it’s only a matter of time before they come for us. But until then, I guess we just sit tight and wait..” he trailed off, trying his best to avoid unnecessary eye contact with you.

“Whatever. At least it was you messing up this time instead of me.” You shrugged.

“Now I won’t have to get yelled at more than I have to.”

He straightened in his seat. And looked over.

“Excuse me?”

“You’re excused.” You muttered.

“No what did you mean by that? Who yells at you?” You sat in disbelief before giving him a slight look.

He seemed to get the message pretty fast and quickly looked away from you.

“Look- I’m sorry.”

You looked at him… “go on.”

“I don’t mean to take it out on you I just uh.. I just worry about you… is all.” You could see his face turn slightly red as he shielded it from your vision while you stared at him.

KEITH worries about YOU.

Well this surely was not on your bingo card this year. In a way it makes you feel sort of light inside, since now you can push all those intrusive thoughts about him hating you away… but also- KEITH WORRIES ABOUT YOU- and you’re being a dick by yelling at him for getting you two into this mess. You sighed as you started to walk out of the cockpit to exit the lion. Seeing this Keith scrambled out of his chair, running after you with a slight bit of worry.

“Wait where are you going?” He asked as he caught up to you.

The hanger door opened and you both exited the lion, you paused for a moment as your nose inhaled a new scent. One that you were definitely not used to.

You looked at him as you both stepped out, the coolness in the wind hitting you like ice as it blows through your hair.

“We need to talk Keith…”

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A/N: I got mixed feelings about this. But I just wanted to Drabble before I got serious about writing this into a whole parted story💀 anyways let me know babes JEN JEN OUT 🫡

[spaceaces00]

Really loved @wuffgang-ameowdeus-moozart post abt team rocket klance so I wrote a little smth for it. They’re like the “enemy” so I made Ash young Lotor bc…yeah. I had fun so enjoy!

Lotor attempts to cough out the smoke as he waves his hand in front of his mouth. He didn’t see any campfires or campers down this path. It had just been a bright sunny day before the smoke went off. How strange.

He looks down at the cat perched on his shoulder. Kova was Lotor’s first Pokémon and they became inseparable. Lotor plugs his nose with a hand and pets her, “I hope this smoke doesn’t bother you too much, Kova. I’m sure we’ll walk out of this weird smoke soon.”

She starts to purr, but quickly stops to look up. Her ears go wild; they only do that in danger. She senses something ahead. Lotor stays guarded as they continue.

He was right, the smoke was clearing. To reveal three figures: an older teenager with black hair tending to a small fire and rubbing sticks together, another fanning the smoke towards Lotor with a fan bigger than him, and a dog who was fanning the smoke with his tail. The people wore watching white sets with a big red “R” in the center of the shirts. Lotor picks up Kova and ducks behind a tree. These people can’t be doing any good with this much smoke.

They probably would’ve noticed him soon but they were arguing. A lot. The one with black hair spoke, “Lance, can you put your back in it? We’re losing smoke!”

The one who must’ve been Lance snaps back, “Well why don’t we switch then, Keith? It’s not my fault someone wanted to buy the extra extra extra extraaa extraaaaa large fan. My back is killing me I put so much in it!”

“That doesn’t make any sense,” the other one (Keith) grumbles, “Kosmo is doing a better job then you!” Kosmo, the dog Pokémon, barks back in appreciation.

“Well Kosmo has better hair than you.” Lance whispers to himself at a volume even Lotor could hear.

Keith slams the sticks down and locks foreheads with Lance. “That’s it! Do you think I even wanted to work with your lanky ass? Allura just promised me a bonus for it, one you won’t get!” Keith smirks.

“How dare you?” Lance gasps, “She offered me the same thing! I will be taking that bonus! Thank you very much!”

Keith grinds his teeth and sits back at the fire. “This will all be worth it to catch that Kova.” Lance huffs back and fans even more vigorously than before as if to make a point.

Kova? They want to catch Kova? Why? Lotor held Kova closer to his chest. His adventure to find more pokemon is going to become much more interesting. His heart was beating 100 miles per hour and his blood was racing at the thought of them being separated.

Before he could think on it, Lotor jumped out behind the tree, revealing himself. “I won’t let you take her! Who are you and why are you trying to steal Pokémon?!” He pointed at them enraged.

Lance looked back to the path and then to Lotor, his mouth wide open. Suddenly, he pulls the giant hand fan over to Lotor and a wave of smoke hits him in the face. This time he was slightly more prepared and managed to tuck his chin into his shirt collar.

As the smoke clears, Lance and Keith are standing back to back. Keith starts, “Who are we? Well, allow us to introduce ourselves.” Weird music starts to play in the background.

“To protect the world from devastation” Lance says and the smoke swirls around him.

“To unite all people within our nation” Keith holds a rose out. (He wasn’t holding that before)

“To denounce the evils of truth and love”

“To extend our reach to the stars above”

“Lance!”

“Keith!”

“Team Rocket blast off with the speed of light”

“Surrender now or prepare to fight” They're standing back to back now with their arms crossed. The dog jumps to the center and barks. Lotor guesses that’s his line and pose cue.

Lotor is speechless. Who are these weirdos?

[amiharana]

Hi it's the Slate anon again um. I love your posts on botw modern AUs just imagining all the antics they would get into. You know they would all have a group chat together, Urbosa writes with proper punctuation and everything, every one of Zelda's messages is programmed to sign with "Her Royal Highness Zelda Bosphoramus Hyrule CCLXXVII" and Daruk writes every single thing in all caps. Link as quiet as he is means every time they see "Link is typing..." it's a national event (and it ends up being "ok" or "🫡")

Daruk would have a long distance game night every week for a "bonding session" but an hour each time is spent in him figuring out how to turn on the camera for the video call. Mipha invites Zelda, Revali and link to her animal crossing island and Zelda does nothing but fill the museum with animals while revali spends an embarrassing amount of time decorating the island. A Mario kart session nearly led to the murder of multiple champions

HI SLATE ANON 🥺🤍 IT'S NICE TO HAVE YOU BACK!! and i'm glad to hear you like the modern aus!! imagining what the champions w zelda and link would be like in a modern au brings me much joy

zelda's signature LMFAOOO i bet she started off with just "—Zelda" and then kept adding shit until it was ridiculously long and she just keeps adding stuff it to the point where if she just sends the word "hi" her signature is 99% of the message. daruk absolutely types in all caps and he tries to use slang words but it's a hit or miss he's very much the How Do You Do Fellow Kids? meme. i agree w link being quiet in the chat, but i'm torn between him being online often and just lurking silently + reacting to messages with emojis or him constantly having his phone on do not disturb, low brightness, and <10% battery all the time 😭😭 the gang buys him chargers but he always somehow breaks them ksjhdfjkd

the idea of the champions having a game night over like a discord call or something is so fuckign cute im cryingfhgjk it doesn't matter what the game is, revali is going to end up being ridiculously competitive and try to win every single time. link effortlessly beats him every time tho LMAOKDJFHDKJF zelda link and revali playing animal crossing together 🥺🥺🥺 link lowkey be tearing up zelda's island and steals all her fruit though LOL

this kinda made me think of a twitch streamers au 😄 i think zelda would be like a just talking/variety streamer like think pokimane or valkyrae; mipha would play games like animal crossing or stardew valley, but then randomly do a fortnite stream but the thing is she would fucking slay at it????? 😭 i feel like urbosa would play a lot of horror games like dead by daylight, resident evil etc. me personally i can't handle horror so props to urbosa bc it doesn't faze her at all whatsoever

i'm not sure what daruk would stream? would he even be able to get his setup together like he lowkey gives me the same vibes as the one time snoop dogg did a stream and forgot to log off so the live was just on for like 12 hours or something LMAO. now revali and link....... they are The Streamers Ever. i think they're both variety streamers but also like speedrunner rivals and also revali would speedrun elden ring and link would speedrun super mario odyssey

imagining the champions+zelda getting brought together by like . fuckin, idk someone doing love or host (hestu but he's the austinshow KJDHFDJKH) and the dynamic between them all is just so good they end up somehow becoming a stream team :] the champions+zelda playing jackbox or among us together :> revali losing his shit when he gets killed but also being the most efficient murderer and so is link so they kill everyone else in the game Quick Asf 😳 revalink have a "We are a good team" klance moment LOL......

imagine the champions having a minecraft server that they stream on and it's called the CSMP (Champions SMP). zelda has admin perms and revali is always asking for admin too claiming that he's the second most responsible person on the team, and to prove a point, zelda then gives admin to urbosa much to revali's chagrin. while this is all happening, daruk is still learning the wasd keys and trying to move and link is already in the nether #SpeedrunnerLife! mipha is 1000 blocks away swimming with dolphins and finds a sunken ship with treasure :> they eventually add the descendants to the SMP too, and impa and rhoam make special appearances on link and zelda's streams!

i highkey love this au 😭🤍

[klaissance]

the circle of this game came back around and I got tagged by @future-mr-red-lion (<3) on this account instead of my main so we're doing SONGS THAT MAKE ME THINK OF KLANCE for each letter of my illegible url here we go:

k - kamikaze by walk the moon

l - lacy by olivia rodrigo (tell me this isn't fem!klance lance pov you CAN'T)

a - all the pretty girls by fun (LOOK AT THIS POST by @heynhay SHE'S SO CORRECT)

i - into you by ariana grande (a little bit dangerous//but baby that's how i want it....)

s - sidekick by walk the moon (sorry but they were so peak accidentally writing klance music to me and i can't unhear it)

s - suburban legends by taylor swift (I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH I always knew it that my life would be ruined) (bonus pick: style also by t swizzle)

a - alone together by fall out boy

n - national anthem by lana del rey (red white blue is in the sky//summer's in the air and baby heaven's in your eyes)

c - chasing fire by lauv

e - e.t. by katy perry (you guys cant tell me lance doesnt claim this as his anthem once he gets with keith and remembers that hes part galra like this is so funny to me)

enjoy that. tagging: everyone and also no one bc I did tags already but feel free to do this and say I told you to; I'll gladly take the fall

[erithel]

This is a different perspective but could the popularity of Keith's characterization be contributing to how Lance's is view. I swear every new show has a Keith in it but not many have a Lance. That lone wolf orphan bad boy with a heart of gold is everywhere. It's easy to write cause there's so many variations of it already written that we've read a billion times. (And I love them all)

But not Lance's characterization, it's not as common in other media. People are not as exposed to the depths that his characterization can have. This results in him being portrayed like every other character.

And the farther away we get from the show the worse it gets. People who say they haven't watched it in years or those who say they haven't watched at all are common now. They have their reasons but it makes it hard to remember details of Lance's character if you don't.

This is just how it looks to me but I'm right there with anon. So many fics leave me with an itch unscratch because Lance was not our beloved Lance.

So this is interesting.

And this could play a major role in the discourse, because yeah, if you break their characters down to the most basic level you get:

Keith the loner bad boy with a tragic backstory, and

Lance, the comic relief

In no show/movie or book that I can think of has "the comic relief" been given anything more significant in terms of development than "the loner": We always get to find out why the tragic one is tragic, but never question why the funny one is funny.

I will fully admit, Keith was my absolute favorite character in the beginning. And that was because I definitely had a "type" when it came to favorite characters, as I'm sure many people do.

Keith, Zuko, Bucky Barnes, Gaara -

And then everything changed when the fire nation attacked I watched My Hero Academia.

Because based on experience and type, my favorite character should have been Todoroki.

But nope.

My favorite character is Kirishima.

I mean, just look at him. No tragic backstory. No daddy issues (lol). Just a ball of positivity and motivation, and an honestly a really good take on manliness.

It didn't make sense to me, until we got to the part where we saw all of his personal insecurities about not being enough.

And that's when I started to view Lance differently.

Don't get me wrong, I still thrive off of the tragic backstory trope for the sake of angst. But it can also be hugely innovative if you start thinking "hey, maybe this positive/funny character is that way because it's the only way they can make it through the day."

And that leads to moments and thoughts of "hey, what if that positive/funny character slipped up one day? What if something happened that they couldn't cope with in their normal method?"

Lance is the type of character you have to sit with a little while to truly start to understand his potential, which is essentially why the way his story arc was handled was so detrimental.

(I will admit that I have not watched the show in a long time. And I do feel like the way I have been writing klance lately could also be straying away from their canon selves - so honestly these past few posts could easily come across as hypocritical... but I hope that's not the case.)

Regardless, though, there are just so many things about Lance that set his character apart from the others, and make his so interesting to write.

And with him, I think it's most interesting when he's not just seen as the comic relief, but as someone who uses humor in this weird mix of simultaneously trying to hide his true self, while also trying to be seen and noticed.

[renwatchesanime]

So I just watched episode 11 of Balance Unlimited and I have some thoughts (tm)

It’s the final episode guys *sobs*

Daisuke narration? Get into it.

Oh God look more tiny Daisuke look at him he doesn’t know how to smile he’s so short does that look like the face of a bastard to you oh Christ I’m crying

“And everything changed when the fire nation attacked” ajhsjsjdhdhdb

TEEN DAISUKE?? WAS A SLOB?? A SPOILT RICH KID?? WHO WAS DISILLUSIONED WITH LIFE?? Fanfic writers you know what to do.

(This is the last time I’m going to hear the opening before a new episode excuse me while I cry).

Haru my boy why would you just touch blood like that with no hesitation that’s low-key gross.

“We’ll split up and look for clues”, Daisuke actually communicating his plans with Haru? Is that trust I see? A sense of partnership? We love to see it.

... so Daisuke just randomly holds a miniature bomb in his watch? In case he needs to break a lock? At this point I’m not even surprised.

Have you ever seen something more precious in your life? The answer is no you haven’t sorry I don’t make the rules.

This cooperation between both of them feels good I like it.

PLOT TWIST! IT WAS THE GRANDMA ALL ALONG! WE ALL KNEW THAT WOMAN WAS SKETCHY AF.

(the butler just sneaking away in the middle of the conversation was funny you have to admit)

See guys this is why we say eat the rich.

DAMN the butler has moves even while he’s injured. Mayhaps we have to stan (even tho he. Yknow. Killed a bunch of people. )

“All that glitters is not gold” well damn right you are.

Plutonium? As per Professor Plutonium? As per Powerpuff Girls???

Is he... crying? Oh lord.

THIS BASTARD SHOT HARU I TAKE IT BACK WE DO NOT STAN WE DO NOT STAN.

“Give me a break!” You got that right #StopBrutalisingHaruKato2020

Did Haru just.... oh wow. Okay. I see how it is.

DAISUKE LAUGHTER OH WOW WE ARE BEING FED THIS EPISODE.

(I assure you that I do not simp for this man. I am merely an admirer of the aesthetics)

Kikuko Kambe as well as having an impeccable skin care routine also has the ability to change her eye colour at will. Fascinating.

DAISUKE THANKING HARU I REPEAT DAISUKE THANKING HARU.

“Did I mess up on something?” Oh Haru how I do love you.

Haru realising that his worth is not determined by his potion but rather by his actions YES we love to see it.

A sunset scene. Of course it’s a sunset scene. There is literally nothing gayer than a sunset scene ffs (yes I am talking Klance look away).

“Inspector Kambe,” have I mentioned that I love them?

AFTER CREDITS SCENE OKAY LETS GO.

HEUSC works for the police department now? Love that for them.

Idk who this Araki dude is but I already love him and that’s on that.

KATO AND KAMBE WORKING TOGETHER. KATO AND KAMBE TRAVELLING THE WORLD. KATO AND KAMBE FOREVER PARTNERS. ARE YOU SEEING WHAT IM SEEING???

Oh God Daisuke is known as the Millionaire Detective his parachute literally has wealth on it oh God this man will actually be the death of me.

The way that Haru automatically knew Daisuke’s plans without them having to communicate - excuse me while I scream.

THE CALLBACK TO THE FIRST EPISODE BUT INSTEAD OF LETTING HIM FALL HE SMILES AND REACHES OUT HIS HAND ARE YOU SEEING IM IN EUPHORIA OVER HE-

oh wait nvm LMAO. it’s even funnier this way.

And with that Balance Unlimited has come to an end. I did enjoy this anime and tuning in every week was hella fun and entertaining. Will there be a second season? Who knows~

[sasuhinasno1fan]

Tent Confessions- Klance Week Day 2

With a small headache and working on Zutara Week fic first, I’m surprised I finished this. @klanceweek​ Campfire, Tent, S’mores

Keith was focused on his book that he almost missed the scratching at his tent door. The human sized shadow said differently. Shame, he was hoping it would be Big Foot. Instead it was Lance McClain. School’s resident only male cheerleader, very out and proud bi kid and the guy who had been flirting with him all year.

Keith was a loner, minus his brother and seemingly long-term boyfriend Adam. Usually along with his dark clothes and scowling, he had his noise in a book, ignoring everyone around him. He knew it confused everyone how he was in honours classes with stereotypes, but then they’d have to question how golden boy Shiro was constantly getting in trouble for things he and Adam would do when they overindulged in alcohol, even if it was in the house like the rules stated.

For some reason though, Lance was interested in him, very interested. He’d poke at him like a childhood bully who tugged at his pigtails but anyone who bothered him would get insulted 10 ways to Sunday and he seemed to always have a compliment ready for Keith. It was kinda nice in a weird way. Something he looked forward to. He never perused anything though, worried that it was just harmless fun for Lance, nothing more. But that afternoon after Keith got annoyed at Hunk, one of Lance’s friends, and broke his bug net – not his finest moment, yes, he knew – Lance asked if he wanted to go for a walk. A minor lecture about how it was Hunk’s best net, but the rest of the time was spent talking about his cryptid sighting desires. Lance didn’t look bored the whole time. Either he was a good actor or he actually liked Keith enough to sit through that. He gave history and facts for every cryptid he talked about.

“I think you’re in the wrong tent.”

“Well my tent currently has a close sexcapade happening so, here I am.” Keith raised an eyebrow. “My cousin Allura made me share a tent with her boyfriend just so she could sneak in. thing was, she told others they could use her empty one for a party. It was either come here or follow Hunk to look for bugs.”

“Well I’m not really doing much.” Keith tried to say, lifting his book as proof.

“That’s fine. You read; I don’t mind hanging out here.” Lance said, truly not looking bothered.

“You…actually like me, don’t you?”

That stupid smile Keith had been starting to love came to his face. “What was your first clue?”

“Can’t blame me. Popular kid liking the loner?”

“You probably don’t even remember that we went to middle school together. I couldn’t stand you then cause I thought you lord yourself over everyone, but then I saw you threaten to beat up a kid who wouldn’t stop bothering those who were staying back and realised, maybe you weren’t so bad. Then high school started and you shot up, got muscles and somehow grew hot. Once I saw past the loner shield, I couldn’t help but like you more. I hope I wasn’t imagining you flirting back.”

Keith tried to keep the smile off his face. “You weren’t.” he felt at lost for words to he dogeared his page and pulled out a deck of cards from his duffle. “Crazy eights?”

“Poker.” Lance stated. “When you’ve got 2 older brothers, a dad and his crazy brother and a sister who has free time at the space station when waiting for results, you learn pretty well. How about for every hand we win, we get to choose a date idea?”

“A date idea?”

Lance shrugged his shoulders. “We put off telling each other how we feel for almost a whole semester. I just want to make sure our break if filled with things to do.”

Keith let out a laugh as he unboxed the cards and started to shuffle them. “Well, I hope you like cryptid hunting then.” He dealt the cards, noticing Lance had a smile growing on his face. “That is the worst poker face I’ve ever seen.”

“Maybe I’m distracting you with how happy I am. And 3 of a kind.”

Which beat his hand and made him way happier. Until Lance let out an unholy shriek.

“SNAKE!” Keith saw a moving scaled body and quickly got up, helping Lance unzip the zipper, grabbing his hand to pull them out. Lance’s scream had grabbed attention as other students exited their tents to find out what was going on and their teacher came over as well.

“Ha, ha! That’s what you get for breaking my net. You screamed like a girl.” Hunk called, looking very proud of himself, Pidge next to him bored.

“Hunk!” Lance snapped, the proud look from the boy’s face dropping when he saw him next to Keith.

“Oh, that wasn’t you. Sorry Lance!”

“Nice Hunk, you ruined a romantic moment.” Pidge teased. When Pidge was the one to point those out instead of gagging, you knew you messed up.

“It’s a garter.” The teacher stated, emerging from Keith’s tent with the snake in hand. “It’s harmless.”

“I don’t care. I don’t like snakes, please get rid of it.” Lance begged, hiding behind Keith as the teacher brought it closer.

“You were in a tent alone with Keith?” Allura asked, her hair messy. She didn’t like Keith for some reason.

“You and your boyfriend kicked me out of my tent to have sex.” He stated loudly. “Shut up! I swear, you’ll pay for that.”

Lance rolled his eyes. “Sure, he’ll send his little fire nation crew after me, so scared. Sir, can I have permission to spend the night in Keith’s tent instead? Mine’s contaminated.”

“Just know we’ll be listening for any noises. Everyone back to bed.”

“Sleeping together already?” Keith teased, squeezing Lance’s hand.

Lance shoved him, obviously not bothered by Allura’s glare. “Down boy. Most you’ll get from me is cuddling.”

“I’ve been told I’m very huggable.” Keith said.

Who would have guessed an extra credit camping trip would lead to such a nice thing?

[somethingmorecreative1]

Renegade Dawn, Chapter 2 [klance fic]

the klance pacific rim au 

Here’s Chapter 1, if you haven’t read it yet! And here’s the AO3 link if you’d rather read it there. 

Stay safe, stay healthy, and take care of yourselves xoxo

;;

Chapter 2

September 2029—Year 22 of the Kaiju War

The Kaiju roars in agony as the plasmacaster blows through its chest and destroys the heart cavity. Its empty screams echo off of the buildings and the partially destroyed Wall of Life in Los Angeles as it collapses.

“Great job, beautiful!” Lance exclaims, moving into a complete standing position on the gyro-stabilizers, the elliptical pedals that hold him in place in the cockpit.

“Are you okay?” Allura asks, looking over at him through her helmet. She looks tired, but her eyes are bright, just like they are after every Kaiju kill. Clawtooth, codename for the Kaiju that attacked Southern California early this morning, had gone down after a long fight. Some of the coast was destroyed in the battle, with a large piece of the completed and supposedly indestructible wall torn to shreds.

Lance nods, surveying the Kaiju’s body where it’s scattered in pieces around them. He says, “Yep. I’m glad we were here. This son of a bitch would have ruined L.A.”

“Riptide, get back to the coast and prepare for pickup,” the voice interrupts from the comm system, speaking over the heavy noise in the cockpit of their Jaeger. Lance and Allura don’t recognize the voice, but that’s probably because there are only a few officers left at the Shatterdome. Even Lance, Allura, and their Jaeger, Sunshine Riptide, had been only half an hour from being relocated to Hong Kong when the Kaiju was tracked heading toward L.A.

Through the drift, Lance can feel how angry Allura is about them being relocated. He hums along with her, equally as pissed, and they start walking back toward the coast, crushing the skull of Clawtooth for good measure. Fuck Kaiju.

“It’s bullshit that we’re doing this,” Allura grumbles aloud, even though she knows Lance can feel and hear everything in her head. She must be really angry to vocalize it too. “The only reason L.A. isn’t in ruins is because of us.”

“I know,” Lance agrees, tapping at the control panel hanging from the roof of the cockpit. “I thought the Wall of Life was supposed to be indestructible and keep everyone safe, but this bastard tore through the wall in less than twenty minutes. Cutting the Jaeger Program is a bad idea.”

Allura hums in agreement, and they trudge toward the coast.

The first time that Lance met Allura was one of the most embarrassing and best things to ever happen to him. After the Garrison, Lance received his placement at the Shatterdome in Los Angeles. It was a miracle really; L.A. had been his top choice because it was close to his family and it was still one of the more active bases on the Pacific Rim.

Lance had been brought into the Jaeger Program, the Pan-Pacific Defense Corps, with a dozen other new candidates from across the world, including Allura. Lance had spotted her first, standing in line with the other cadets, all beauty and grace. She hadn’t even glanced his way, which obviously meant that she was just his type. After the briefing from their superior officer (that Lance had barely listened to; he had been fantasizing about his future with Allura, whose name he hadn’t even known at the time), Lance had walked up to her, smirked, and said, “Are you religious? Because you’re the answer to all my prayers.”

Allura had stared at him for half a second before slamming her knee into his crotch. She’d left him curled up on the ground, moaning and biting back tears as the other cadets laughed.

Later that day, when they were being paired up for physical training, one of the officers paired him with Allura, and she had frowned at him before throwing the first punch.

Lance dodged, sweating nervously. His voice shook more than he wanted to admit when he said, “Listen, about earlier—”

She threw him on the ground and smirked, “Do you believe in doctors? Because you’re going to need some serious medical attention when I’m done with you.”

Honestly, the heart eyes that Lance had for Allura just got worse after that.

His training from the Garrison finally kicked in, and after a few minutes of her thoroughly kicking his ass, he was able to get back into the fight. Once he was paying attention, he discovered that they were somewhat evenly matched. She was good, but Lance could keep up and hold his own too.

They drew a decent sized crowd. Eventually, Lance thought that their superior officer came over to watch as well, but he was so focused on the fight and the energy between him and Allura that he wasn’t paying attention to anything else.

Allura had him pined to the ground, and Lance was fighting his way out of it when a sharp whistle broke his concentration. Then, a voice barked, “Enough!”

Both him and Allura turned to look. A few officers were standing there, along with the Marshall. Lance immediately rolled to his feet, face burning, wondering what they had done wrong.

“Interesting,” the Marshall had said, raising an eyebrow. “It seems as though the two of you are drift compatible.”

And the rest had been history.

Lance and Allura started their training together then, since they were ahead of the other pilots in their program who hadn’t found a co-pilot yet. The Marshall and their commanding officers all kept a close eye on their training, and after two years, they started building Lance and Allura’s Jaeger, a Mark IV angel, if Lance was honest. He and Allura had fought with the engineers over her name and design for weeks.

They became best friends somewhere along the way. The first time that they had done a drift test, it had been so different from the last time, the time he had tried with Keith. With Allura, he had all the training that he and Keith hadn’t had. He understood exactly what the drift was and how it worked; he knew what he needed to give to make this work with Allura.

He wasn’t even worried about drifting with Allura. It had been as easy as breathing.

Now, as he thinks about it, he can feel Allura going through his memories with him, smiling at several of the times they’ve had together so far.

Lance wonders what they’ll do if the Jaeger Program is completely decommissioned.

The tone in the drift shifts enough for Allura to speak again. She says, “That won’t happen. The Wall isn’t a good enough defensive tactic. Jaegers are the only thing strong enough to fight the Kaiju.”

“What if we’re moved over to Hong Kong and they ground us?” Lance asks.

Allura is worried about it, he can tell through the drift, but she says, “I don’t think that will happen. Sunshine Riptide is the most successful Jaeger that’s still operational. The only Jaeger that had stronger pilots and more drop-kills than us at the time was Black Paladin.”

“Yeah, and that worked out well for them,” Lance mutters, voice bitter and sad at the same time.

Allura prods at the feeling gently, but Lance guides her away from it. Even though it’s been three years, he’s still not ready to share that aloud with her. She’s seen everything, of course, but drifting with someone is different. There are things that Lance has seen in Allura’s memories that he would never dare ask her about. This just happens to be one of his.

“That was a freak accident,” Allura challenges him, secure in it now, after years of thinking about it, worrying over it, regretting it. “It was before the new system for categorizing the Kaiju was developed. If they had known that Kaiju was a Category 3, they never would have sent Black Paladin in without backup.”

“I know,” he sighs. He doesn’t argue with her, mostly because she’s right, but also because he’s tired. They’d been deployed at 2:45 this morning, and it was well past 08:00 now. Lance needed a nap.

They walk the rest of the way in silence. As they leave the city, it starts to wake up behind them. There are several helicopters zipping through the skies, getting close enough to film them as they walk. Absently, Lance hopes that someone has gotten their kill on camera so it will play repeatedly for the next couple of days. It would be a good thing for the world to see. Despite the destruction of the city and the potential lives that had been lost, the United Nations needs to know that defunding the Jaeger Program is a terrible idea. If Sunshine Riptide hadn’t been here, all of L.A. could have been destroyed.

The helicopters and the loading ship are waiting for them at the coast, and as they make their way over to it, Lance grins at Allura and says, “You wanna wave to the crowds?”

She laughs, bright and easy, and they both turn and lift their arm to wave in the direction of the city.

“Please proceed onto the loading dock, Riptide,” the voice from base replies, probably completely aware (and unhappy, if Lance has to guess) at their publicity stunt.

He smirks over at Allura, and they follow orders.

;;

“Prepare for drop,” the AI hums through the cockpit, and Lance and Allura jerk as the helicopters release them. They drop to the ocean, hitting the water and seafloor with a sharp thud. They’ve been dropped far enough out that they can barely see the coastline because the impact from the drop can often cause a small earthquake if they are too close to any fault lines. In a fight with the Kaiju, it doesn’t seem as important, and the Wall does help avoid damage to the city, but the Jaegers have to be careful when being transported.

Which means that Lance and Allura have to walk all the way over to the Shatterdome now.

Once they’re standing upright, Allura picks up her right foot, and Lance echoes her immediately. They walk through the water, and the coastline gets closer and bigger with every step.

Through the drift, Lance can see that Allura is thinking about the last time they were here in Hong Kong, when they fought against the Kaiju with two other Jaegers: Metal Lipstick and Black Paladin.

It had been a legendary battle. It was the first time that there had ever been a double event—two Kaiju coming through the breach at once. They had lurked down the Pacific and descended upon Hong Kong hour after their arrival. Sunshine Riptide had been deployed from L.A., journeying across the ocean to join the fight with Metal Lipstick and Black Paladin.

Both were mythical Jaegers. In fact, with Sunshine Riptide there, they were the three most powerful Jaeger teams in existence, all fighting together at once. Metal Lipstick, piloted by a set of twins from Australia, had some of the best defensive tactics in the world, and Black Paladin—well, Black Paladin was the most successful Jaeger to have ever been built. Its life was young, having been built specifically for its pilots, but its power couldn’t be defined by age.

Lance can still hear the echoes of the other pilot’s voices in his memories, but he blinks hard. The last thing they need is to get caught chasing the rabbit in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

They don’t talk as they make their way over to the coast. It doesn’t take long to get there; the Hong Kong Shatterdome is built on an island off the coast of the city, where the Jaegers have easy access to the water so they can stop the Kaiju before it reaches the coast. The massive building sticks out against the rest of the coastline. Shatterdomes are easily the biggest structures on the planet, and to house Jaegers, they have to be.

Up ahead, the base has a loading tank prepared for them. It’s designed to roll the Jaegers into the Shatterdome to avoid hurting the pilots in such close quarters. Even though the Shatterdome is big, it’s not big enough for a Jaeger to just walk inside with its pilots.

“Sunshine Riptide,” a distinct voice, heavy with an Australian accent, filters through their communication system. “Welcome to the Hong Kong Shatterdome!”

Allura grins immediately and reaches up to hit her speaker. “Hello, Marshall. It’s nice to be here.”

“Under unfortunate circumstances, I’m afraid, but we’ll have to take what we can get in these times I suppose, eh?” he asks, voice still bright. “Please be careful on the loading tank and removing yourself from the Jaeger. A team will be out to assist you and bring you into the facility.”

“Copy that, boss,” Lance says, smiling at Allura. Even though they might be getting the plug pulled on them, he guesses that it’s worth it to see Allura this happy. She doesn’t get to see her uncle, Coran, very often anymore, not since he took the Marshall’s position. At least she will get to spend some time with him while they’re here.

They trudge forward, continuing up onto the loading tank easily and carefully climbing up out of Riptide. When they open the top hatch, Lance is blinded by the sun. It glints off Riptide’s sharp metal, flickering different colors in the light.

Coran’s team helps them climb down to the ground, and Lance shakes himself, blinking to get the haze of the drift to fade. Staying in the drift for a long time takes a toll on the mind, and it still makes Lance a little dizzy and overwhelmed after they’ve been in for a long time.

Allura grips his arm and jostles him softly, “Wake up.”

“I’m awake,” he says, batting her hand away.

Groups of officers and military personal are standing around them and their Jaeger, looking up at Sunshine Riptide in all her glory. She stands tall, so tall that she’s blocking the sun. She’s a Mark IV, rebuilt for Lance and Allura when they finished their training. She was decommissioned after being torn to shreds in one of the very first Kaiju battles, but they rebuilt her, loaded her up with a new neural interface, and slapped on a bright orange coat of paint. She has two plasmacasters, one in each fist, built to destroy the Kaiju in close combat, which she’s designed for. To Lance, Sunshine Riptide is one of the most beautiful Jaegers in existence.

Some of the people around them are also looking over at Lance and Allura, and their expressions are too close to awe and amazement. Any other day, he would be preening under the attention, smirking and flirting his way through the crowds, but today, he’s too worried about their future.

Allura glances over at him when one of the officers gives them the go ahead. The Shatterdome’s bay doors are opening a few hundred yards ahead of them, and there are people everywhere. Every Shatterdome has been pulled and moved to Hong Kong, so everyone in the Pan Pacific Defense Corps is grounded here now, well, what’s left of them.

Lance removes his helmet, tucks it under his arm, and steps up to Allura’s side. She nods, and they step out in front of the tank where their Jaeger has been loaded. It’s a brisk walk, but it’s something that Lance always takes pride in. People in front of them clear a path, parting for them, and they enter the Shatterdome bay to a round of applause because of their most recent victory.

The base is full. There are soldiers, mechanics, and scientists crowding the floor, and there are even more people on the higher levels as well. In this bay, there are a handful of Jaegers—probably the last ones in the world. Only three have made it this long and this far; Crystal Venom, Omega Shield, and Razor Edge sit in the Shatterdome already, and now that Sunshine Riptide joins them, that means they have four Jaegers left in this fight.

Within the last few months, Kaiju activity has increased exponentially, more than it has over the entire length of the war. More and more Jaegers have been defeated because of the growing number of attacks and strength from the Kaiju. Now, there are only a few remaining.

It’s why the United Nations pulled the funding for the Jaeger Program. Jaegers were dying so fast, and the Wall seemed like the only other option. Jaegers are expensive to make and run and investing money in something that seemingly doesn’t work does seem like a waste.

But Lance knows that it’s not. Jaegers are the only things that stand in the way of the Kaiju destroying their world. If there’s anything he can do about it, he’s not going to let that happen ever.

“Ah! And here’s a friend you may remember. Sunshine Riptide, welcome to Hong Kong!”

Lance hears Coran’s voice before he sees him, but when a crowd of soldiers clears out of the way, there he is, standing in the middle of the base, gesturing up to their Jaeger. He’s standing with two other people. The person on Coran’s right is short and looks young. She’s dressed in a navy-blue military uniform with a pair of round, large glasses on her nose. On Coran’s left, there’s a tall man, dressed in a leather jacket with a duffel slung over his shoulder. His black hair hangs down to almost his shoulders—

“Pilots!” Coran calls excitedly, “Join us!”

Lance feels Allura hesitate at the same time as him. Normally, she’s very excited, not at all hesitant, to catch up with Coran. But this time—this time is different.

Because Keith Kogane is standing on Coran’s left, and he’s looking over at Lance like he’s just come back from the dead.

;;

After the Garrison, Lance hadn’t heard anything from Keith in almost two years. He never really forgot about him, never forgot the feeling of drifting with someone and almost being destroyed by it. He thought about it a lot actually, especially as he trained with Allura. He thought about what could have been different, what they could have done to make it better, to maybe have not tried to kill each other and destroy any semblance of a chance at being co-pilots.

In the end, Lance always reminded himself that it never mattered because they weren’t drift compatible and they never would be.

The first thing that he ever heard about Keith after the Garrison was in an online interview. He had been checking his tablet, scanning through the news, when he saw it.

Jaeger Black Paladin takes down largest ever Cat 2 Kaiju in Hong Kong last night. Pilots Takashi Shirogane and Keith Kogane famed for victory.

Allura had found him later, obsessively looking through the internet for more information about Keith.

As it turned out, Keith had found drift compatibility with someone else too—Takashi Shirogane, an older and more experienced pilot from Hong Kong. Staring at his face on the tablet, Lance had a vague feeling that he knew this man, and he finally he realized that it was because of the memories he got from Keith when they drifted together.

Keith and Shiro were placed in a Mark IV Jaeger, Black Paladin, in Hong Kong. Keith had even finished his training almost six months early so they could put them in a Jaeger. The fight with the Cat 2 Kaiju in Hong Kong had been their first battle together, and they quickly ran through the ranks of all other Jaeger pilots in the world. Their drop-kill numbers were so high, accuracy so amazing, that they were deployed for every Kaiju attack they were physically close enough to.

Lance and Allura were finally deployed for the first time eight months after Keith and Shiro’s first victory, and Sunshine Riptide ripped through the Kaiju just as quickly as Black Paladin did. It made Lance smug, and he often wondered if Keith kept up with him as much as Lance watched the headlines for Keith’s name.

Almost a year later, the first ever double event happened in Hong Kong. Lance and Allura were deployed from L.A., and Metal Lipstick was sent over from Australia to join Shiro and Keith in the fight. It wasn’t the first time that Jaegers had teamed up to fight the Kaiju, but it was the first time that all three of the most powerful Jaegers were fighting together.

Lance remembered it like it was yesterday. He and Allura had physically jerked when he had heard Keith’s voice for the first time since they were eighteen.

“Prepare for drop,” the AI hummed just as the helicopters dropped them in the ocean, right on the other side of the Kaiju.

“Nice to meet you, Sunshine Riptide!” the voice from Lance’s memories—Shiro’s voice—said, echoing in the cockpit of their Jaeger.

Lance smirked and hit the button on his comm system, “Same, we’ve been waiting on a chance to save Keith’s ass.”

Shiro laughed a little, but Keith was back, growling, “Fuck you, Lance.”

Allura and Lance joined the fight then, putting aside everything else. It was harder than any other fight so far, even with all three Jaegers. Allura and Lance led the first one, codename Diablo, while Black Paladin and the Australian Jaeger, Metal Lipstick, finished off the other.

Diablo had Lance and Allura around the waist, crushing them slowly as the plasmacaster powered up. Then, they shoved their left fist into its chest and fired.

“Empty the clip!” Lance shouted through clenched teeth, his ribs aching, as they kept firing into the Kaiju. “Empty the clip!”

Finally, Diablo fell into the ocean, just as Black Paladin and Metal Lipstick were turning to aid them.

Allura grinned, reached up to the comm, and said, “Thanks for the help, but we’ve got it.”

Lance was laughing, grinning at her too because holy fuck, she was the best thing to ever happen to him.

After the battle, they were all stationed at the Hong Kong Shatterdome for a few days to get repairs done on their Jaegers. Sunshine Riptide was so damaged that she wouldn’t make it home without the important repairs completed first.

Lance met Shiro officially for the first time, but when they shook hands with each other, he felt how weird it was. He already felt like he knew Shiro from seeing him in Keith’s memories, even just the little that he had, and Shiro was looking at him the same way, like he knew him too.

Keith had stood off to the side with his arms crossed, glaring in their direction.

“This is Allura,” Lance said to Shiro, reaching out for her arm to pull her forward. “She’s my co-pilot.”

Shiro smiled at her softly, and Lance grinned while they shook hands. She was being uncharacteristically nervous now, meeting Shiro. Lance would tease her about it later.

“You guys were impressive,” Shiro said, looking between both of them. “We’ve been keeping up with your deployments, so we were excited that you were coming for this one.”

Allura started to thank him, but Lance interrupted. His grin widened, and he shot a look over at Keith, “Oh yeah? Keith’s just been waiting for a rematch.”

Keith rolled his eyes, not at all friendly, “Whatever. I’d still kick your ass.”

He laughed and winked at him, relishing in Keith’s glare and how he couldn’t take his eyes off Lance’s frame. Sure, they hated each other and were rivals in every essence of the word now, but who said Lance couldn’t have a little fun with it?

It wasn’t the only time that they had seen each other since the Garrison. They spent a couple of more days at the Hong Kong Shatterdome, and when Allura took to hanging out with Shiro, Lance and Keith had no other option than to be around each other too.

It worked out, mainly because of how much Allura berated and begged Lance into being nice to him so she could talk to Shiro. He listened to her, only because she was his best friend and loving co-pilot, so when they all went out to a dive bar where no one would recognize them to celebrate, Lance called for a truce.

“I’m just saying,” Lance’s voice was a little too loud because of the last couple beers he’d had. “This is stupid. You’re stupid.”

“Wow,” Keith had crossed his arms over his broad chest. “What a great way to talk to someone you want to be friends with. Really, has anyone ever told you how good you are with people?”

Lance scowled at him, “I’m not giving up.”

The other man had shrugged, “Whatever, Lance.”

After that night, things between them became a little better in terms of the limited amount of times they had to deal with each other. There were only a handful of times and places where they were deployed to fight together, and even fewer times where they got to see each other outside of the Jaegers and the Shatterdomes.

Which is right about the time that Lance developed a huge fucking crush on Keith. In all actuality, it hadn’t developed—Lance had finally become aware of it.

He had been working on a plan to get Keith to start talking to him again. In fact, Allura was even talking to Shiro, which was good for him too. If Allura could get Shiro on their side, then they would all four have to spend time together and—

Then the accident happened.

Black Paladin was deployed to defend Hong Kong from a supposed Cat 2 Kaiju, codename Knifehead. They were already sent out to meet Knifehead in battle when the Marshall and techs realized that the Kaiju wasn’t a Cat 2—it had been the first ever Cat 3.

And Black Paladin was unprepared for it.

Lance can still remember watching the video feed of it the next day. Seeing Knifehead tear off their Jaeger’s arm, then, completely rip out the right side of the Jaeger—Lance thought he was going to be sick while watching it.

Sunshine Riptide hadn’t been close enough to help. Even if they had been deployed at the same time, there wasn’t anything that they could have done.

That morning, Lance and Allura had received the report at the L.A. Shatterdome. Shiro was dead, and Keith—Keith was in a coma. He had killed the Kaiju on his own, controlling the Jaeger by himself, and effectively killing his brain with the amount of strain on the neural bridge. He had even gotten the Jaeger back to the coast on his own, lasting almost a full hour in battle by himself.

It made sense that they thought he wouldn’t make it.

So Lance and Allura—they didn’t know what to do. It was like their world had been ripped away from them. Black Paladin—Shiro and Keith—they had been the strongest and most successful Jaeger pilots ever.

And the Kaiju had taken them away. Just like that.

In the time that Keith was in a coma, there was another Kaiju attack, another Cat 3 along the coast of California. Allura and Lance had begged the Marshall to deploy them, and when they went, they were both so angry that they ripped the Kaiju to shreds, hoping every last helicopter got it on camera so it would play it, as if it would justify all the wrongs the Kaiju had already done to them.

It hadn’t.

Lance and Allura did their best to deal with it. Allura was so sad, and Lance was practically distraught. When they drank too much one night and stumbled into bed together, Lance didn’t regret it because at least he had felt something for a little while.

A few weeks later, Keith surprisingly woke up from his coma, but before Lance and Allura could get over to Hong Kong to visit, he left the hospital, left the Shatterdome, and disappeared without a trace.

And it’s been three years since.

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I wanna know everything

WHERE DO I BEGIN, VULPES????

Okay okay, I’m just gonna list off the things that I’ve already written for this AU and hope I don’t get into spoilers for the Undercut DJ. To make things clear, this AU is like a mix of canon divergence/fix-it since I’ve been taking the time to rewatch VLD and analyze the story as a whole. So let’s start at the beginning~

Voltron 2020: A canon divergence/fix-it AU based on the 2016 VLD series. I only call it Voltron 2020 since the stories I’ve written/drawn for it so far wouldn’t be out in the public until next year haha.

Where does it start?

V2020 (I’m just shorten it to this) keeps S1 and S2 in canon and kicks off in S3. There’s only one small change I would make to S1 but I’ll get into that when I talk about Shiro in this AU.

These haircuts??? Explain please???

Haha, yes I’m a fan of the idea of Keith, Lance and Allura (yeah you heard me) having shorter haircuts. More so Lance because compared to the rest of the cast’s original designs, his hair maybe be simple but lacks a bit of flair. Lance is the one who get’s his undercut first and the story behind how it happens is covered in a fan comic called undercut that’s slated for release this year.

How Keith and Allura get their haircuts are part of the story as well but doesn’t come until maybe S4 or after (I have to figure out the details on that). But for now, I just wanted to see how Keith looked with short hair and it looks pretty good! 

Keith is in BP suit and Lance is in RP suit?

Yup, one of the things that drove me bonkers in VLD was how they didn’t match their lions. This is more of an OCD thing because I prefer matched colors over mix-match. However, once again changing their suits also has a reason behind it in the story. You can sort of call it…truly stepping into their new roles in the Paladin team. For Keith, becoming the leader Shiro always saw in him. For Lance, becoming the right-hand man and gaining confidence in his skills as a pilot (also becoming Keith’s rock haha).

Okay the real question: Does Shiro die in this AU?

Here’s where things get…a bit interesting? I have two versions of this AU where Shiro does die in his battle with Zarkon and the other where he does not die. So a divergent…within a divergent haha. I have to preface this with I don’t hate Shiro by any means and love his character with all my heart, which is why I made a version where he doesn’t die. Shiro as a disabled, LGBT and PoC character has so much potential that killing him off would be a waste for storytelling. Since the AU takes off in S3 where it was implied that he died, that’s where I took the story and started writing how his death affected the team, mainly Keith. The main point I want to get across is that Shiro needs to lose his connection to Black Lion in order for Keith, Lance and Allura to grow as characters.

In the case I choose to have Shiro die….

As per usual, Keith reluctantly becomes the Black Paladin, Lance becoming the Red Paladin and Allura is the Blue Paladin. We see how Keith is struggling with his loss of Shiro and how he feels incompetent being the leader of Voltron. This would then lead to into the undercut comic and spark a more genuine, supportive friendship between Keith and Lance. I would also keep how Shiro’s conscience remains in the Black Lion, which only Keith knows about cause he’s BP now. This would be great thread to connect Keith and Allura who have lost someone dear to them and rely on technology to keep them alive (when in reality they will always live in their hearts). 

I would also keep the Kuron idea but instead of him joining team Voltron, Honerva and Zakron use the Shiro clones and make their own version of Voltron with the Robeasts we see in S7-8. That way, we could keep The Black Paladins fight since that’s a very emotional and groundbreaking moment for Keith having to face someone cares deeply for. 

In the case I choose to have Shiro live….

I wouldn’t have him be BP again since that prevents Keith from growing into a leader, which then prevent Lance growing as a character and then prevents Allura from growing as a character. If anyone has noticed after watching the series, the character development kind of gets wonky when they decided to bring Shiro back as BP. If anything, it really hindered Keith, Lance and Allura’s character development since S3 focused so much on the dynamics in team Voltron shifted (which would have been super interesting to see as time went on). Since this idea is fairly still new I haven’t quite figured out how I would write the story if I went this route. But, I’m not opposed of having Shiro being involved with the Altean colony…again gotta workshop some stuff here but killing off Shiro is such a waste of potential!

ALSO, if Shiro stays alive, then we need to address Adam in S1 E1. It can be simple like when everyone is at Keith’s shack and Adam’s name gets dropped casually like this:

Shiro: How did you get all this information? This is classified stuff from the Garrison…

Keith: I had someone help me.

Shiro: Someone….?

Keith: …it was Adam.

Shiro: Oh…

Not exact but my point is that could have been a great moment to tell the audience Shiro and Keith have a connection with Adam (more so Shiro because we all didn’t know he was gay until much much later in the series). But lemme move on before I get too into Adam cause so much needs to be written out before I spill it all haha.

Next big question: which ships are canon?

Y’all don’t burn me at the stake but….

Allura and Lotor. 

I KNOW I KNOW! BUT WHAT ABOUT KLANCE!?!?!?!?!??!

Y’all know I will ship Klance until the end of time but right now I haven’t gotten to a point in the story where confirming Klance as a romantic relationship feels natural and right yet. If anything, in V2020 I really want to build Keith and Lance’s relationship as friends and teammates which in turn can lead into something more. But the groundwork needs to be done in order for that to happen.

But yeah Allura and Lotor are confirmed in V2020 cause that feels right and Lotor deserves so much more than what we saw in the show. I’ll leave it at that for now.

Is the ending the same?

HA. NOPE. FAR FROM IT!

This is probably biggest change I made in V2020 but when VLD did this it made me worried for the show as a whole:

Zarkon remains as the main villain and final boss for the entire series.

I would have not killed off Zarkon as early as they did in VLD simply because Zarkon was made out to be such a big threat in the beginning. Don’t get me wrong, Honerva and the war factions are a cool idea as opposing forces but they could have happened first and left Zarkon for last. 

Honevra regaining her memories and going on her rampage could have happened first. Lotor could have found out that she was his mother  and had to confront his abuser. Allura would have to face the fact someone of her own kind was doing horrible things and that evil isn’t determined by (alien) race. All of that could have been presented before killing Zarkon and would have pushed Allura and Lotor’s character development. Also, having Honevra written off first would give Zarkon even more incentive to do what he’s doing cause well, that’s his wife and love makes you do crazy things. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The war factions could have happened after Honerva and that’s where we learn more about the Galra empire and society. Where are there are cracks in the system? How are half breeds like Keith and Lotor viewed? How do factions like the Blade come into play and help team Voltron? All of that could have been explored! Honestly, the war factions arc(?) is an opportunity to further develop Keith and Lotor characters and their relationship since they are both half-Galra. 

As for the final battle and ending of it all, Allura doesn’t die and Voltron (the robot) is the one to be sacrificed.

I wrote a whole theory on it after watching S8, so if you wanna read yet another long post you can check it out here haha.

The point of keeping Zarkon as the main (and final) villain in V2020 is to keep the overarching story simple. Think of ATLA, the story as a whole is really simple: 4 nations based on elemental powers are under the tyrannical rule of a dictator and only one person can stop him and save the world. By keeping the objective of the story simple, there’s room for character development and world-building. Instead of a dark, broody space epic (if that’s what you wanna call it), V2020 focuses more on the characters and world-building that are affected by the main opposing force known as Zarkon. A lot of the stories I have in mind are more episodic but I think that works best for a show where the stage is as grand as space haha.

Pidge and Hunk??

As for Pidge, she kind of….gets everything she wants in the show?? There isn’t really anything drastic I would change since the show fixed her issues…

As for Hunk my baby boy sweet cinnamon roll, don’t worry. I’m making sure he’s more than just a scaredy cat who loves food. I really liked how in the show Hunk learned about Galra diplomacy so maybe I can work with that! 

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Yeah, I think….that’s everything I can tell you about this AU and I’m so sorry, Vulpes, that I made this answer so long! ^^; Thank you showing interest in my AU!

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Hello, I’m Maggie! I’m v gay and really into kpop (if you are also into kpop you should 100% message me on my main and I’ll give you the url of my kpop sideblog) and in love with Ellen Page. I also work as a theater tech at my school, which is really hectic but also v fun. I am a meme lover so you should totally tell me if you find any new cool memes (especially if they are vld related). I love being an admin on this blog so much, the other admins are so cool and your positive always messages make my day! Enjoy the blog!

Name: Hayli

Birthday: October 13th (18)

Main blog: gaylirose

Nationality: Australian

Pronouns: She/Her

Hey! I'm Hayli, I'm incredibly gay and wont shut up about it and I'm irrationally obsessed with klance, phan, and destiel. I also love emo bands like fob, mcr, p!atd and tøp. I love reading, writing and art, and i hate going outside. Concerts are where i'm happiest and they're also where i spend all my money. Feel free to message me anytime and enjoy the blog!

Name: Alex

Birthday: February 24th (19)

Main blog: leafierkeith

Nationality: American

Pronouns: She/Her

what up im alex im 19 and i never fuckin learned how to read. i'm hella gay and i write hella gay stuff sometimes. im into musicals, mysmes, the dragon prince, harry potter, odaat, etc. ask me about msa.

Name: Jenna

Birthday: September 5th (15)

Main blog: geckointhegarbage

Nationality: American

Pronouns: She/Her

sup nerds my name’s jenna and voltron may be dead but my klance feelings are not :) anyway besides vld i love gen:LOCK, the dragon prince, she-ra, pjo, harry potter, and a ton of other shows/books. i love to write and draw check #geekie writes on my blog for some klance drabbles. feel free to talk to me whenever on my main, i swear i don’t bite <3

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Hiya, I’m Vallie! I was the blog's second admin and helped Karri set it up by editing the theme and making our icon ^-^ ngl i see it as my bb and I'm so proud of what we all managed to create here. It’s bittersweet to leave, but you guys do come here for content and I honestly wasn’t active anymore. At the moment I'm studying psychology and I also enjoy doing gymnastics and singing. Feel free to message me if you want to! Please remember to stay kind in your asks and patient with the answer, so it’ll remain fun for these admins to continue working on the blog c: i lov them <33

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Birthday: September 1st 

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Hi everyone, I'm Rina! I was an admin here for almost 8 months, and I'll always love this blog so much, but I decided to leave because there are other things I'm more focused on at the moment and I wanted to make room for some new people who are more active. I started our discord server though and will still be active on it, so feel free to come say hi to me there or on my personal blog! Also, shameless self promo here, I run an advice blog called dear-rina so if you have anything you'd like advice on don't hesitate to stop by!

Name: Lily

Birthday: December 7th (16)

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Hey, I’m Lily!! I love all things theater/musicals and anything to do with video games! Feel free to message me about those things if you want to talk about them or even just to talk about anything! I’m really happy to be an admin for this blog and I can’t wait to help out with all of your lost fics! Love you guys! (I also apparently love exclamation marks.) <3

[kirigaya-art]

Supernatural- Klance AU Month

I know I’m a day late, but I really wanted to finish this one! There are plenty of good ideas that could work for this prompt, but I’m hoping my approach will be both unique and fun to read. @monthlyklance

Lance stared out at the forest, feeling a little blown away. He hadn't been very excited when Pidge had suggested it as a must-see attraction on their trip to Korea, but now he could see why she'd chosen it. In comparison to Arizona, Bukhansan National Park was overflowing with greenery, and Lance felt like he'd gone back in time to a place before technology. Beside him, Hunk was squealing happily at the sight of a small animal darting through the trees, and Pidge had her phone out, taking pictures like many of the other tourists.

“Okay!” A voice called, and Lance looked up to see a young Korean woman standing at the front of the group. “My name is Eun-kyung, and I'll be your tour guide today! Feel free to ask me about anything you'd like to hear more about as we walk through the park!”

She led them down a quaint path, across a small but intricate bridge, and up a tiny flight of stone stairs. Altogether, it made the forest seem even bigger, like it sprawled outwards forever.

Eun-kyung began explaining the history of the forest, and how it had become a national park. Lance carefully moved to the front of the group to hear better, and something in the forest caught his eye, a small fox. He turned to look, and saw a glimpse of silver fur and dark eyes before the animal disappeared.

“A fox!” Eun-kyung remarked, startling Lance. “They're rather shy, you're lucky.” She winked at Lance, like they were sharing a secret. “You'd better be careful, though. It could be a kumiho.”

“Kumiho?” Lance asked, unable to stop himself.

“Spirits,” she laughed. “The people in this area tell stories about them. They're nine-tailed foxes who trick you into giving away your life force.”

Pidge snorted just behind them, but Lance ignored her. “It wouldn't trick me,” he insisted.

Eun-kyung shook her head, laughing. “If she offers you a pearl, don't let her take it back. That's all you can do.”

She returned to her explanations, but Pidge elbowed Lance, distracting him. “Oh come on,” she grinned. “You don’t really believe in ghosts, do you?”

“They’re not ghosts,” Lance protested.

“Either way, it’s impossible. Everything can be explained with science.”

“Whether or not it's science,” Hunk griped, “We'll be dead.”

Pidge just rolled her eyes and kept walking.

Lance couldn't help but look out at the forest again, searching for the fox. Every time he thought he'd seen her, it turned out to be a duck or boar. It was only when Lance raised a hand to brush a branch out of the way that he realized he'd gone off the path and between the trees. He spun to try and pot his tour group, but he was so far into the forest that the path was completely out of sight. He tried to go back the way he came but only became more confused, until he no longer had any idea where his friends were.

Groaning, Lance turned around one more time-- and met the eyes of another man, looking to be about his age, poking his head out from behind a tree. The man's eyes widened, as if he hadn't expected Lance to see him.

“Um,” Lance managed. “Hi?” He took a tentative step forward. “Are you lost too?”

He blinked at Lance, frowning. After a moment, he shifted his weight and stepped out from behind the tree. He was wearing some kind of ornate robe, with long, airy sleeves underneath that pulled tight at the wrists, and his dark hair was pulled into a thick braid, tied with a simple piece of rope. His clothing was far from the most surprising part, though.

At his waist, the robe opened to reveal where pale skin changed to silvery fur. His body stretched out behind him, and Lance remembered a picture he'd seen of a centaur-- human on top, horse on the bottom. Rather than a horse, this man had the legs of a fox, tipped with paws instead of hooves. Streaming through the air were nine long tails, silver like the rest of his coat except for the very end of each tail, which looked like they'd been dipped in purple paint.

Lance took a moment to stare, processing the image. Eun-kyung's voice echoed in his head: nine-tailed foxes who trick you into giving away your life force. Lance took a step back.

Because that was just Lance's luck, he tripped. With a yelp, Lance's world twisted, and he stared up at the sliver of sky visible through the trees.

Soft footsteps sounded against the forest floor, and the kumiho's face entered the sky. Lance swallowed hard. It couldn't be true, right? Such a beautiful man wouldn't kill him… right?

“Are you okay?”

Lance couldn't come up with the words to answer. The kumiho's voice was deeper than his own, but still pleasantly smooth. He didn't sound like an evil spirit at all.

The kumiho's pale hand stretched itself out, and Lance took it. The earth turned right side up again.

“Thanks,” he sighed. “I'm Lance.”

It seemed to Lance that the kumiho smiled, but it was fast and small. “I'm Keith.”

Lance realized he was still holding Keith's hand and pulled away, wincing. “You're… a kumiho. Right?” Keith nodded. “My tour guide didn't talk about you very positively,” Lance admitted.

Keith's expression soured, tails flicking. “We don't see many humans. The ones who do see us tend to say awful things.”

“Us?” Lance asked.

“My family,” Keith agreed. “There may be some kumihos who hurt humans, but my pack is peaceful.” He crossed his arms, looking away. “You're the first human I've spoken to in a hundred years. All I've wanted is to fulfill my purpose.” He glanced up again. “You're my first real chance.”

Lance hesitated. “What purpose?”

Keith's eyes sparkled. He reached into the pocket of his robe and pulled out a small white sphere. “It gives wisdom of the sky, land and people,” he explained.

Lance swallowed. There was no way that everything he'd said had been part of the trick. No way this would be how Keith would suck out his soul or whatever.

“Trust me,” Keith murmured, and he looked so sincere.

Lance bit his lip. “Well…”

Keith looked down at him with big purple eyes, one fluffy leg lifted in a way that reminded Lance of Pidge's dog, and his heart melted.

“Wisdom does sound pretty good.”

Keith smiled. Really smiled. “Open wide.”

Lance parted his lips, and Keith gently placed the pearl on his tongue. Lance started to close his mouth, and Keith leaned forward.

Keith's lips were warm, and his hands were soft on Lance's shoulders. Lance sighed, closing his eyes, and felt a prodding tongue. He blushed a little but accepted it, running a hand down Keith's braid. He'd never enjoyed a kiss this much.

Keith's tongue slipped further, and suddenly he was pulling away. Lance opened his eyes and saw Keith blushing, carefully clutching the pearl again.

In that moment, Keith looked like he held the entire sky in his eyes.

[randomceleste]

My questions that will never be answered about "Voltron: Legendary Defender" and some thoughts

Why were the interactions between Lance and Keith romance coded? If they wanted to make them buddies, why didn't they animate it like actual friendship?

Why are there so many scenes where the blue and red stars are together? It happens so many times that it doesn't seem like a coincidence anymore. And if it is to represent Allura (blue lion) and Lance (red lion) who is the pink star?

Why did they make their only latino character a farmer?

Why did they have to kill Allura, a POC woman victim of a genocide, only to redeem the ones that slaughtered her race?

What was the point of putting emphasis on Lance's broadsword when he only uses it against Alfor for two (2) seconds?

Where did the giant cannon Keith unlocked come from? Why didn't anyone talk about it?

Why didn't they develop Lance's character? His only developement is that he loves Allura...

The only "real developement" Lance gets (and that's exaggerating) is when he talks about his insecurities with Keith, and they never tried to continue, they just made Shiro call him "sharpshooter" and poof, his insecurities are resolved?

What was the point of showing Allura unsure/sad when the mice told her that Lance was in love with her? Unless Allura never truly loved Lance and stayed with him only to "fix" her loneliness... So Lance loved her so much, had to see her die, lives the rest of his life in a state of sadness and grief, farming flowers representing her... when she didn't love him?

Why aren't the interactions between Lance and Allura romance coded? The only "romance" moment there is between the two is when they blush because Allura says good luck to him before the mission... everytime they talk to each other they're sad, the colors are cold, you almost feel sorry for them.

So the fact that Lance was going to be someone's first choice was a lie? Just like the fact that he would get an endgame? Because I wouldn't call a dead lover an endgame.

Why did they insist on talking about klance in the interviews? Didn't they make an interview with Lance and Keith as a thumbnail, where they talked about "klance"? What was that for? This is clearly queerbait...

What was the point of garfle warfle snick?

What was the point of hyping Adam only to kill him?

Are Ezor and Zethrid together? Is it confirmed?

Why didn't they develop more Hunk's character?

Why didn't they take the opportunity of making Pidge trans or non-binary?

Why is this a 7+ show? Why is it not more? You can litteraly see Lotor decomposing in his seat! The show talks about so many important and dark themes, and it's only 7+?

What about the altean colonies, were they really only a battery stock for Lotor? But they tried to make him a good guy in the end?

Why was Allura so overpowered? She could litterally bring back to life dead people/planets? How is Altean magic so powerful and why does she have it all?

Why didn't they talk about the fact that Lance died?

Why did they tell us "we are keeping it for later" or something like that when we asked what was Keith's other half except galra? Why is his surname Kogane when his dad is a white guy? It would have been so easy to make him asian?

What is Keith's dad name?

Why were the mice so important in the first seasons, and then appeared only in one episode of season 8?

Why did they develop so much the side characters? Except the one that Shiro married in the end?

What was the point of showing Veronica trying to become friends with Axca? They never tapped into it after Veronica saved Keith from Zethrid...

I understand the need to make the 2 year time-skip with Keith and Krolia, but wouldn't it have been better to do it like "Avatar: the last airbender" did it when the characters were in Ba Sing Se? A series of little anecdotes of Keith and his mom? They had so little screen time together... And then she left him again?

What did Krolia and Keith see in the "you can see the past the present and the future" flashes during the 2 year time-skip? They could have done so much more with that...

Why did they put emphasis on Chip on twitter when we don't even see it operational? (Or maybe it was only the fans, idk)

Couldn't they explain a bit more what the entity was?

Why did they set up a rivalry between Keith and James just to not resolve it later on? They just work together as if nothing happened?

Were Keith and Lance really rivals? Did they even talk during their time at the garrison? Did they really think that it would be plausible to make Lance create that on his own? He has so much sensibility and is really good at understanding people's feelings, but he creates a fake rivalry in his head? That Keith picks up when they meet? That doesn't make any sense.

Other lie: "Lance won't get what he wants, he should think about what he needs" or something like that. He wants Allura since day one, and gets Allura in the end. Where is that person he needs?

Why does Allura's mom just look like her but +pink and breasts? None of the other parents look that much like their children?

I didn't put this in any particular order... feel free to add any other questions you might have.

I think that most of the "character developement" question can be answered by the fact that Voltron is a very plot-driven show, that wants to talk about war, racism, nationalism... but I think they didn't give enough space for the characters to grow, and so we didn't get attached enough to them to enjoy their bond and their teamwork in the battles.

Also, I think one of the reasons the fandom has become so "toxic" is because of the way the show portrays romance. They insist on Lance loving Allura, and I personally think that, even if I do think they could look cute together, they have one of the most useless romances. The "romance" between Hunk and Shay, for example, makes more sense, just like Klance, because they have a progression, and because the characters are developped individually, not one depending on the other like Lance and Allura, where the developement is extremely unbalanced. Because of all these romantic subplots, the fans are distracted by the ships and don't concentrate on the plot, that was actually pretty good at first!

I know that the LGBT questions can be answered by the fact that dreamworks doesn't let a lot of representation get through, but they didn't have to bait us and lie like that...

Maybe they rushed because they didn't have enough money, maybe Dreamworks asked for a different ending and they had to stop everyting they were preparing, maybe everything they did was just for money. We'll probably never know unless we ask Lauren Montgomery and she answers honestly.

Unless they try to make an epilogue, or something like that, I think that "Voltron: Legendary Defender"'s end was horribly done and incomplete.

And I feel really sorry about it.

[legendary-defender-of-fandoms]

Avatar Hunk AU Sneak Peek

So, I wanted to have a few Avatar Hunk stories ready for @hunk-appreciation-week , but I bit off more than I could chew & don’t have any of them done. To compensate, I thought I would share some backstory, Headcanon, story ideas, and other stuff that I want to put in my Avatar Hunk AU.

Part 1 - The Premise

Before I get too far, I need to give credit where credit is due. @avatarpabu97 was the one who originated the idea of Hunk being the new Avatar. I thought it was cute at first, but the more they shared about their Headcanon & the more I thought about it, the more I realized how it was a fantastic idea. It fit with the cycle of the preceding Avatar shows, it gave our favorite sunshine boi a chance to shine, and it could lead to some awesome stories that combine the best of Voltron AND Avatar! @avatarpabu97 had a lot of cool ideas for what kind of Bender everyone would be and who would be where, and our ideas might overlap in some spots. But I had a few ideas of my own for how the Voltron folks would fit in the Avatar universe.

Anyway, the Premise. For my Avatar Hunk AU, it would be set in the world of Avatar about 70-80 years after the events of Legend of Korra. The tech levels would be more advanced than what we have (given their access to Spirit Energy, Bending, etc.), but not quite on, say, Star Trek levels. Korra has died (of old age, or at least peacefully in her home), and the world has started to look for the new Avatar. But given the technological advancements made since Korra’s time, this is seen as more of a side quest by the general public. The White Lotus & the New Air Nation dispatch a few teams, and some ambitious mover producers decide to create game shows to find the new Avatar, but for the rest of the world, life moves on. A new research and development corporation, Galra Tech, starts to make serious advances in harnessing Spirit Energy. The CEO, Zarkon Daibazaal, is a suave businessman who started his company to help people. But having all this power at his disposal leads to corruption, and the chief scientist for his company - his wife, Honerva - has been performing more and more unsettling experiments. They may have plans to invade the Spirit World to reap untold power, conquer the world, yadda yadda yadda. So the Avatar will be needed once more to prevent the exploitation of the Spirit World, another Spirits vs Humans war, and possibly the destruction of the planet? Haven’t planned that far yet.

Part 2 - The Characters

Hunk - Born and raised in Zhao Fu, Tsuyoshi Hershel Seidou Garrett is the only son of Tsuyoshi Garrett, an Earthbender (and a distant descendant of Haru from the original series), and Lisa Seidou, whose family immigrated from the Northern Water Tribe after the Earth Empire dissolved. His nickname was a misnomer, since he was a very small baby, but he quickly grew into it. His parents always knew their child was special (Spirits used to gravitate towards him when he was a baby, he took to Earthbending like a turtle duck to water when he was five, he started Metalbending & helping his father in the family Satomobile shop when he was ten, and he’s always been the sort to end disputes & help those in need), but they wanted Hunk to discover his destiny on his own, let him decide if he should let the world know he is the Avatar. Hunk earns an academic scholarship to the Hiroshi Sato School of Technology & Exploration at Republic City University, where he meets a colorful group of friends & discovers the dangers of Galra Tech’s Spirit Energy experiments. When Hunk starts to realize he’s the Avatar, he’s not sure what to think. I mean, the Avatar is supposed to save the world every other week, isn’t he? And the Avatar’s always been some confident badass who can take out armies by themselves & never backs down from a fight. Hunk wants to help however he can, but he’s not sure he has what it takes to be the Avatar. Until he realizes just how much is on the line, in which case Hunk decides it doesn’t matter if the Spirits made a mistake or if someone else should be the Avatar. He has the ability to help others, and he’ll do whatever he can to save the people he loves.

Gyrgan - Hunk’s animal companion, an Armadillo Lion. Hunk saved him from poachers when he was a cub, and the two have been inseparable ever since. Gyrgan is slow to trust new people, but once he has accepted someone in his life he becomes a giant lap kitty. Threatening those he loves, however, can lead to a death more terrifying than failing an Altean linguistics class. Hunk has taught him proper manners, so he’s not a menace & is permitted to be boarded at RCU. Much like Naga and Appa, he’s huge & can be ridden by Hunk, but typically won’t let others ride.

Lance McClain - A Waterbending mischief maker from Whale Tail Island, Lance and his family move to Zhao Fu when Lance is 12 years old. The two instantly bond over their love of “Nuktuk, Hero of the South” (who, much like Captain America and Wonder Woman, has evolved past his propaganda origins into a pop culture hero with multiple reboots, spinoffs, and Saturday morning cartoons). Lance isn’t quite the scholar Hunk is, but he does manage to get into RCU on a Probending scholarship & is excited to go to his sister Veronica’s alma mater. Until he finds a certain big-eyed mullet boy is on his Probending team & in his classes (not sure how far the Klance stuff is going to go, because I have little writing experience & even less experience with LGBT+ rep. But I want it to keep true to the 30+ years of Klance sexual tension that dates back to GoLion.) Still, when the world starts to fall apart, Lance won’t be left out of the action. (Might also make Lance a descendant of Sokka and Suki, but not sure how to work that into the story)

Katie “Pidge” Holt - The daughter of the head of the Technology department at RCU, Pidge is a child prodigy when it comes to computers. She manages to skip a few grades & get into the Hiroshi Sato School of Technology at the age of 15. Pidge has a pet Owl Cat named Rover who becomes instant besties with Gyrgan. Pidge’s mother was the daughter of Air Acolytes, and Pidge is a skilled Airbender. However, Pidge doesn’t really connect well with others. Until she gets to Computer Algorhithms class and meets Hunk, the first person close to her age who not only understands her techno jargon, but contributes with his own tech knowledge instead of scoffing & calling her a nerd or teacher’s kid. She’s not so sure about his buddy/roommate Lance, but he kind of grows on her & they eventually bond over their love of Space Sword video games. Pidge’s brother Matt was interning at Galra Tech when their experiments in the Spirit World started to spiral out of control, and Pidge will do whatever it takes to bring him home. Even if it means fighting the entirety of the Spirit World.

Keith Kogane - You know how Mako & Bolin had it rough, growing up on the streets after their parents were killed by a Firebender? Now imagine if either one had to do it alone & never knew what happened to their mother because she took off when they were babies. After Keith’s father is killed in a freak industrial accident, the young Firebender falls in with the Blade of Marmora Triad. He’s caught during a raid by Detective Takashi Shirogane and his partner Ulaz, a former Blade, but instead of putting him juvenile detention Shiro decides to give the kid a shot at a new life (maybe he shows mercy to someone the Blades ordered him to kill, or he has impressive Firebending skills, or Shiro’s a sucker for mullets). Keith starts channeling his aggression into Probending, playing against a certain hotshot from Whale Tail Island over the years, and he eventually gets into the Lin Beifong School of Criminal Justice at RCU. He’s less than thrilled to be on the school’s Probending team with Lance, and after Shiro disappears Keith considers dropping out. But when Shiro reappears (backstory below), Keith will put aside his petty rivalry with Lance and help Shiro with taking down Galra Tech once and for all.

Takashi “Shiro” Shirogane - A skilled Metalbender & brilliant detective, Shiro is everything Hunk thinks an Avatar should be. Intuitive, compassionate, a great leader, skilled in a fight - is there any chance Raava can pick this guy to save the world? But one night, Shiro & his partner Ulaz (not sure if they’re just platonic partners or if they’re also partner-partners, also not sure where Adam & Curtis will come in if they exist at all) are sneaking through a Galra Tech laboratory after receiving anonymous tips that Honerva was capturing Spirits to experiment on, an explosion destroys the building. Shiro loses his partner, his arm, and six months of his life (which Honerva May or May not be responsible for). When he finally returns to his Republic City apartment, he’s visibly distraught by the lost time & a vague memory of something horrible coming. Pidge & Hunk work together to make Shiro a prosthetic he controls with Metalbending, at which point Shiro realizes Hunk is the Avatar & warns him about the Spiritpocalypse. Hunk isn’t sure what Shiro expects him to do about it, and Shiro promises to stand by his side in the coming war to defend humanity & avenge Ulaz.

Allura & Coran will also be part of the story, but I haven’t quite figured out their motivations or backstories yet. Allura will be a powerful Healer from the Northern Water Tribe (not sure if she’ll be a Princess or the daughter of Alfor of Altea Industries, a company that was bought out by Galra Tech through shady deals, corporate espionage, and some old friend backstabbing), and Coran will be Varrick’s grandson & heir to Varrick Industries.

Part 3 - The Stories

I’ve only got a couple of plots right now, but more are coming.

1) A New Beginning - this will be a prologue for the series, confirming the death of Avatar Korra & introducing everyone to baby Hunk. We’ll also get to see Tsuyoshi, Lisa, and a bit of their extended family. Expect maximum cuteness. This is the only story I’ve started so far, and I have it all figured out in my head. I just need to transcribe it.

2) The Boy and the Armadillo Lion - this will be how Hunk meets Gyrgan & when he starts to suspect he might be the Avatar. There will be some tough stuff in here regarding poaching, but most of the animal torture will be implied. One of those “this guy needs to be returned to his mother/oh, don’t worry, he’ll be with his mother soon enough” situations. We’ll see “a boy and his future pet” bonding similar to Hiccup & Toothless, lots of fighting & chasing, and Baby’s First Avatar State. Also debating if I want Old Man Meelo to make a cameo. I love the idea of Meelo deciding to be a hermit in the Swamp because the Avatar’s going to need a cooky wise old mentor in the swamp, but it may raise too many questions if he watches Hunk fight off the poachers without doing anything to help. Maybe Hunk will ride through the Swamp on his way to RCU while wrestling with his insecurities about being the Avatar, and after fighting a few Swamp Hallucinations in the form of past Korra baddies Meelo will pop out of nowhere like Rafiki saying something like “You forgot to be the leaf!”

3) A series of vignettes about young Hunk developing his Bending skills. Earthbending sand castles with his dad, figuring out Metalbending while watching him work on his uncle’s racing Satomobile (oh, he has an Uncle Filo who races Satomobiles professionally), thinking he’s using Lavabending to weld a broken pipe (but Tsuyoshi realizes it’s Firebending), healing his friend Lance when he gets scraped up after trying to pull off a Nuktuk dive while their families vacation at Lake Laogai (which, without the Dai Lee hideout, is a fairly popular vacation spot), that sort of thing.

[usukimpala67]

Shipping game!!!

Pick your top 10 ships without reading the questions. [or if you’re a one ship dedicated blog, feel free to answer all of them for just that one, or do all the ships from one fandom, this is just for fun].

Tagged by @somethingscarlet13

Klance

Destiel

Spamano

UsUk

Catradora

GerIta

Rayllum

Stucky

Johnlock

Prinxiety

Do you remember the episode/chapter/scene where you first started shipping 6? —- The scene when Italy and Germany are confessing their love and describing it as “friendship” in episode 3 and then Germany goes “So do we kiss?” and then Italy fucking says “only if you want to~”

What’s your favorite fanfiction for 4? —- We’ll Meet Again by George DeValier. I love it so much oh my god it’s so good.

What’s your favorite fan art/picture for 2? —- This piece of art by Zerochan\

 https://www.zerochan.net/1225884

What’s your favorite headcanon for 1? —- That the only reason these two don’t end up together is purely because they’re both idiots, Lance doesn’t understand his feelings and Keith doesn’t talk about his feelings

What do you like most about the dynamic between the people of 7? —- How they can go from heart eyes one minute to “Did you really just do that you dumbass?” the next. Especially in season 2

When 9 have sex is it more giggly or more serious? —- I feel like this is the one aspect of their relationship that isn’t serious, purely because Sherlock is so awkward about sex and John would hate serious sex

Out of all the ships who do you think have the best chemistry? —- Oh man that’s... hard. Considering they’re the only ones who actually GET ALONG from the get go (not counting Bucky’s mind controlled state) I have to say Stucky, the rest all argue and fight from the start

Which ship has the strongest bond? —- Uhhh okay so I’d have to say Spain and Romano since they’ve known each other the longest and like they get along really well after Romano matures more plus like even after Romano gets independence they stay pretty close and they have the deepest connection out of all the countries

Which ship to you spend the most time reading fanfiction for/talking/writing about? —- Klance, by far (though recently it’s been none of them really)

Which one was your first ship? —- Destiel, because I was shipping that shit before I even watched the show and it’s the second show I watched out of the ones the ships are from

If 6 were to break up, how would it happen? —- If one of them died honestly. They’re too attached to each other and if they ever had a fight Italy would be so broken up and just go crying to Germany would feel so guilty he’d apologize for being mad

Between 3 and 8, who would last the longest if they were in a zombie apocalypse? —- that’s... actually pretty hard. Think I’d have to go with Stucky, though if their nations were intact Spamano would stand a pretty good chance since Spain would probably be a pretty formidable foe. Though there is a pretty good chance their nations would survive.

Does 7 hide their relationship, and if so, why? —- Not to Ezran but probably literally to everyone else because both sides would be so pissed, a human dating an elf and a elf dating a human prince. Unless they go the route of announcing it after they return the egg in order to sort of bring together Katolis and Xadia

What is 9′s favorite date to go on? —- If they go on dates its either to crime scenes or to nice ass restruants

What’s your favorite canon moment between 10? —- Oooooh gotta say when Roman is the one to support Virgil during Can Anxiety be Good? because it’s such a sweet moment between the two

What do 5 argue most about? —- Uh... wellllll when they argue it can get pretty heated if it’s serious issues, however in nonserious issues it would be how Catra RIPS UP THEIR BEDSHEETS ALL THE FUCKING TIME

If you had to pick an OTP which would you chose? —- I can’t

What’s the biggest kink that 1 shares? —- swords and competition. They will train together and no matter how much it happens, Keith over taking Lance in a fight never ceases to make him hard. And seeing Lance train on his own makes keith notice just how fucking ripped lance is under that jacket

Do 8 want children? —- possibly? Id say probably not but would end up mentoring some hero together and then become the kid’s basically fathers

Between 10 and 4, which would you rather become canon? —- Hmmmm I think UsUk simply because if you have Prinxiety it then becomes like “uh wellll; they’re both Thomas???? so how does this work??”

Does 2 do much PDA? And does it annoy their friends? —- The thing that annoys everyone the most about Destiel is that they don’t do PDA but you can tell that they reaaaaaally fucking want to

Which of the ships would you say is the most romantic with each other?—-  Spamano all the way, Spain is such a romantic sap and Romano is as well but his are always secret and he surprises Spain with how romantic he can be

How would the proposal between 5 go? —- I think it would be a William and Elizabeth esque proposal after Catra joins the rebellion and gets redeemed. Like they’d be fighting off the horde robots in the big final battle when Adora realizes like this may be the last time they get the chance to propose and so they do a mid battle proposal/wedding with Glimmer appearing and disappearing as their officiator

Who cooks more often in 3? —- They both good, but Romano is so proud of his food that more often it’s him. Plus while Spain has his traditional dishes Romano really likes to experiment with his own dishes and if Spain wanted his dishes Romano could pretty easily make them so I think more often it would be Romano

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What Could Have Been

Date: 09/08/18

Words: 1828

Warning: Langst, Klance, Allurance, Klangst, Galra Emperor!Keith, King of Altea!Lance, mentions of Golion.

Tag: @moonsworllld

(Thinking seriously on tagging people in the Lauugst series if they ask me to)

Song: Dear Theodosia from Hamilton

What is the measure of a broken heart? What makes some people more heartbroken than others? Is it what they have lost? Is it what they have never had?

For Keith, it was the loss of something that could have been.

It could have been the two sitting there. It could have been their daughter in his arms. It could have been his beloved’s voice singing that lullaby. It could have been the happiest—one of the happiest—night in his life. It could have been the perfect future.

It could have been Keith and Lance, proud parents of a little girl, loving emperors of the Galra Empire.

However, it wasn’t, it was Keith and Farla, proud parents of a little girl, rulers brought together in political marriage.

He loved his wife, he did, but not the way the universe expected him to. And he found comfort in knowing she felt the same. Often they would lay down at night and talk about the things that could be. She would tell him stories of her childhood friend Isamu—that sounded a lot like Lance—and he would share tales of his good friend Lance—that sounded a lot like Isamu. Two half-galras lamenting what could have been had they acted upon their hearts.

That night, his wife was getting some much-needed rest after a day taking caring of Esperanza and dealing with the politics of an empire by his side. Keith held his daughter, still a bit unsure—he was an impulsive short-tempered half-alien warrior, after all—but with adoring tenderness in his eyes. She looked back at him with blue eyes—like her mother’s.

(Bluest blue like her uncle’s.)

“You should be asleep.” He laughed softly at the small whine she answered with. “Then, how about a lullaby? Your uncle Lance—you remember him, don’t you? He’s the man who named you—used to sing lullabies for the team, they always helped us sleep.”

The emperor took a few seconds to think, rocking Esperanza slowly. Lance liked to sing, it was no surprise to anyone. He always looked so flattered when someone asked him to sing. The team adhered quite quickly to the habit of asking him to sing. Sind to fill the silence. Sing to sooth their troubled minds. Sing to lift their spirits. Sing to bring smiles on their faces. He was especially fond of songs in Spanish—go figure—and Broadway musicals. Speaking of which…

“Dear Theodosia, what to say to you?

You have my eyes

You have your mother’s name”

Okay, Keith would admit he wasn’t the best singer out there—unless Lance was nearby, of course. Nevertheless, he was trying. Holding his daughter so close to his heart prompted him to try. Seeing the future smile—a toothless smile—back at him made him put effort on his singing. Voice soft, not more than a sweet murmur.

“When you came into the world, you cried and it broke my heart”

He could relate to Burr, he did feel some tears trying to leave his eyes when she was born. Luckily for him, Lance had bawled enough for the two of them. It was a wonder the King of Altea still had tear to shred when Allura gave birth to their son three months later.

“I’m dedicating every day to you

Domestic life was never quite my style

When you smile, you knock me out, I fall apart

And I thought I was so smart”

Again, he felt Lance had taught him that song specifically so Keith could sing it on a later date. The Emperor didn’t put it past the King. Having a daughter brought up a side of him Keith had no idea it existed. A side that wished nothing more than go back home and have a peaceful afternoon with the little girl in his arms, sitting on that comfy chair—gift from Shiro—and staring at the horizon.

(An old side that wished nothing more than to have Lance there with him also made an appearance now and then, but Keith was learning to shove it back to the bottom of his heart.)

(He was failing and could not bring himself to do anything about it.)

(His attempts were half-hearted anyways.)

“You will come of age with our young nation

We’ll bleed and fight for you, we’ll make it right for you

If we lay a strong enough foundation

We’ll pass it on to you, we’ll give the world to you

And you’ll blow us all away

Someday, someday

Yeah, you’ll blow us all away

Someday, someday”

Keith gazed at Esperanza lovingly. He would do right, he would give peace to the universe. So she would grow in a healthy world. So she would have a beautiful life. So she wouldn’t suffer the pain of war. So she wouldn’t taste the gray sadness her father had to. So she would have both parents by her side until they couldn’t keep up with her strides anymore. Rocking her fondly, he cherished the vision of her closed eyes and bright future.

He cherished what could be.

He cherished what would be.

(He cherished what could have been.)

(Maybe, if the Universe showed some kindness, Lance was doing the same.)

In Portuguese, there is one word that doesn’t really have a translation. Some translate it as “longing”; some translate it as “nostalgia”. Correct, both translations, but also wrong. That word means much more. Some say it is “the love that stayed”; some say it is “the feeling of missing something and being, at the same time, glad that something was in their life”.

To Lance, it was both a bitter love for what that could have been and a sweet fondness of what had been. A deep desire to have what he had not and a strong wish to keep what he did.

“Saudade” was the word.

He felt it while thinking about his family back on Earth. He wished he never left them, longing to live what he couldn’t thanks to the war. He was glad he didn’t, for what he found beyond the stars was something he wouldn’t trade for anything.

He felt it while thinking about his beloved. He wished he had told that boy—that man—how he felt, longing to hold him and love him until his presence in the Universe was no more. He was happy he didn’t, for what Allura provided to him was something he would always cherish.

(Didn’t make the feeling any less bittersweet.)

He loved Allura, he knew, but not the same way he loved that boy. Allura knew too, and she made sure to come clear to him about her feelings. She didn’t blame him; she still loved Lotor even after everything. The first love is usually a strong one. They would often times sit down with the mice and share their feelings and stories. They truly loved each other, they knew. Just not the way the universe thought they did. Two people fondly thinking about what could have been.

Lance stared at his son, cooing and giggling in his mother’s arms. Allura gently rocked Alfor, smiling. He hugged her closer, trying to avoid getting a mouthful of her short white hair. She smelled good, definitely thanks to the bath they had just taken. His son stared back with bright blue eyes like his mother’s.

“Go to sleep, pequeño.” The couple shared a small laugh at the stubborn glint in the baby’s eyes. “He got that from you, gorgeous.”

“How about a lullaby, husband?”

“Allura, he’s the one who should be put to sleep, not you and him.”

“Just one? Pretty please?” The Queen requested, resting her lips on her husband’s cheek.

“As you wish, my Queen.”

After a few ticks pondering, a sweet memory came to his mind. Lance sitting near the Black Lion with its pilot, trying to teach the other how to sing some Broadway songs. Saudade filled him once more and he smiled even more. Keith had been so awkward singing; the afternoon was turning into evening and throwing an ethereal light upon them. They glowed because of the light. Because of the love.

“Oh Philip, when you smile I am undone

My son

Look at my son

Pride is not the word I’m looking for”

Allura snorted when her husband pointed animatedly to their son. She could feel his heart beating, the slow beat of a satisfied heart. Full. Whole. Warm. She could feel the love coming out of his being, wave after wave of adoration. Lance reminded her of the sea, wave after wave, dream after dream, an endless vastness full of freedom and tameness.

Closing her eyes, she focused on the smooth voice of her King.

(She did not dare ignore the longing for what could have been in his voice.)

(Not when the same longing swirled around her mind.)

(It was fine. They knew.)

“There is so much more inside me now

Oh Philip, you outshine the morning sun

My son

When you smile, I fall apart

And I thought I was so smart”

Lance rocked his wife and kid gently, Alfor’s eyes closing more and more. He was happy. So, so happy. He had a beautiful family, big and loving. He had a beautiful Kingdom, thriving and growing. He knew he would not have what he had if he had stayed at home. If he had not started running after his dreams. If he had not decided to fight. If he had not lived what he lived.

He was glad to have lived what he lived.

(He longed for what he could have lived if he told Keith about his feelings.)

(Maybe, counting with the Universe’s kindness, Keith was doing the same.)