#i also follow lots of people who do post voltron but they aren't voltron-centric so i'm hesitant to tag them

[klanced]

katie do you know any other blogs that are still voltronposting in anno domini 2023 cause im in my vld rennaisance and i need people to follow. much thanks

(pulls up the list of people i recently starting following)

@treesbian i've been following arbor since 2016 but im still putting them at #1 because i personally feel like arbor is not only a mutual but also a close member of my family. it's like i'm arbor's much-older cousin who is starting their professional career and arbor goes to college in the same big city i live in so i invited them to live with me so they can save up money. do you see my vision. love you arbor im always proud of you <3

@heynhay mint is honestly the meanest voltron poster i know.

@leenfiend colleen is a rare example of an actually nice voltron artist <3

@bleh1bleh2 i just started following them last week. their version of keith captivates and enraptures me

@voltronrenaissance + @alluraaaa hank and atlas are so funny i consider them my in-laws through arbor

@klance-daydreams + @mothmanavenue + @pidges-lost-robot + @nobamol are more voltron artists i've recently discovered and adore <3

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Voltron Fic Recs

(From what I had on my chrome bookmarks)

First of all, most of this is pretty long and not all is complete, and I think all of them are mainly Lance centric. Also, I'm going to put both the summary (and probably some tags, but always check for triggers, squicks and stuff), and something about why I like the fic, my stuff might have spoilers, be warned.

(Once I'm on a computer, I'll add a cut here, in the meantime, sorry for the incredibly long post)

Just a Little Death, by phoenixyfriend

200k, Rated M, allurance and klance (kind of) , Incubus Lance, no smut. (Complete)

AKA: The Incubus AU Where There Isn't Actually Any Smut

In which Lance is half incubus, hiding it, and possibly spending most of his time low-key panicking that someone's going to find out.

At least Hunk is a good bro that's helping him keep his secret.

I should probably start with this one, because if I think about Voltron, this has to be the one I remember the most. Honestly, I really love this one. It follows canon pretty closely at first, with the main difference being that Lance needs blood to survive and then it just turns into a modern fantasy work with magic and deals with the fae in space. Also, there's no actual smut nor romantic relationships, and it deals with a lot of sensitive subjects really well (like the sexualization that Lance has always faced as an incubus, and how the whole supernatural element brings a bunch of new stereotypes and misconceptions, which I think it's great and well explored)

The main warning I'd give is both the fact that it deals with a lot of sexual stuff and that it has no smut whatsoever, so, Lance has sex with a lot of people, including a pretty regular arrangement with both Allura and Keith, but none of this is explicit. I really loved it, but a friend of mine was really frustrated, so you decide.

Familiar by achievingelysium

100k, Rated T, gen, Altean Lance (Complete)

The only one who remembers the fall of Altea, Lance struggles to find a place in a band of misfits he will never fully trust. Secrets aren't the only thing on the rise; on the other side of the battlefield is Zarkon, someone Lance once saw as a brother and now his greatest enemy. But Voltron has always protected the universe, and the Blue Paladin won't stop now.

I remember a moment when you couldn't open ao3 or tumblr without finding an Altean!Lance au. This one has Lance as the original Blue Paladin and how he learns to trust himself and other people again after Zarkon's betrayal, I think it's really great, and while the second part of the series is abandoned with 6 chapters, the first one, that goes through the first season, is complete.

The sunflower you lost by peachii

50k, Rated T, Klance, Lancelot, Matt/Shiro, Altean Lance, angst (incomplete, last updated december 2017)

There was a short pause, and then he took a step closer, cupping Lance’s cheek with his hand in a soft embrace. “Tell me…Is there anything you would not do for your father? For your people?”

Lance swallowed, lost in those bisque orbs. “…Of course not. I am loyal to my blood.”

In which Lance is the original blue paladin, but only remembers in a sunflower field in his dreams.

This one also deals with Lance as the original blue paladin, but unlike Familiar, Lance doesn't really remember much of his life before (until he does). It starts after season 2 (so Shiro is still missing), and it deals with Lance coming to terms with an entire new life, Lotor in general, a lot of self esteem issues, and his crush on Keith (some of those more successfully than others). It has a lot of flashbacks, I personally like how they are written and they add a lot to the story because it merges what Lance is living now and what he lived before, but I know that they're not everyone's cup of tea.

As I put it, there's both Keith/Lance and Lotor/Lance explored in this fic, so if you don't like love triangles this is not the fic for you. (Also, you already read the 'orbs' as a reference for eyes in the summary, so be mindful of that...)

You're not falling - You're just flying down (Till air will leave your lungs then you hit the ground) by Maegalkarven

70k, Rated T, Klance, Matt/Shiro/Allura, mutual pining (Complete)

In which Lance sees strange dreams about people and places he has never seen, Shiro is missing and travelling through universes isn't as enjoyable as sci fi made it look.

Something alike to reincarnation AU where Lance was an altean prince once and now past tentatively reminds him of itself.

So... I'm seeing a pattern here... as you can imagine, this is yet another Lance was the old blue paladin fic, because I'm easily entertained.

This one has a lot more pining and a lot more Klance, also, Lance has a lot of self esteem issues, because I love to see him suffer.

Boom Crash the Sound of My Ship by maychorian

40k, Rated G, Shiro&Lance, whump, sickfic, PTSD (Complete)

After a Galra attack splits Voltron, the blue lion is damaged and falls toward the jungle planet below. Shiro follows, and now he and Lance are stranded in hostile territory, fighting to survive. Lance is injured, Shiro is having flashbacks, and help is far away. And the Galra just...keep coming.

This one, is just beautiful. It's part of a series (the first 8 works are complete, the ninth hasn't been updated since 2018) and it just focuses on the team becoming a family, it has a lot of angst and a lot of hurt/comfort, I cried with this one (tbh I cry really easily, but still). It deals with a lot of the trauma that this kids go through, and has a lot of bonding, this one is mainly Lance and Shiro, but the others have their moments to shine in the rest of the series, and I am weak for good platonic relationships.

This was taking too long, because I wanted to read the fics (or part of them to remember, at least) to give an opinion, and they're all very long fics (I didn't want to rec a 3k abandoned fix from 2016), so I'm going to cut it here. Also I know that three of these have kind of the same idea, because just like the rest of us, Altean Lance was my weakness (or just BAMF Lance in any way), so sorry for the lack of variety, I'll probably do another part later when I read some more, maybe I'll even read some shorter fics, because this ones are all really long...