#is not that Lotor is evil

[crossoverheaven]

[demiboydemon]

Man Voltron really had a character rightfully say ‘hey please don’t be racist toward me’ then decided actually he’s evil now 😊

[alluraaaa]

i am once again expanding on my ideas of how i’d write voltron but this time it’s thanks to @iveofficiallygonemad’s encouragement to hear about the galra generals

so first off, lotor + the generals should have been foils to the paladins, minus shiro cuz he’s missing when they’re introduced. the paladins being everyone in their OG lion + allura in black for reasons i’ve explored a buncha times already. the foils would be: lotor and allura, acxa and keith, narti and pidge, ezor and lance, and hunk and zethrid.

each one of these pairs has some surface level traits that are extremely similar if not identical, while having deeper traits that are completely opposite. allura and lotor are both royalty and their team’s leader, but with completely different moralities and approaches to ruling/leading. keith and acxa are both the right hands (and look so similar that ppl thought they were secret twins lmaooo) but where acxa is cold and calculating, keith is impulsive and hot-headed. both pidge and narti are very agile and keep secrets, but pidge hacks computers and narti hacks people’s minds. lance and ezor are both adaptable and outgoing, but ezor has a cruelty to her that lance doesn’t, instead being very kind. similar to them, hunk and zethrid are both powerhouses, but hunk knows to use his power responsibly while zethrid loves fighting for the sake of it. there could have been an excellent showcase here of how the team with more kindness and compassion are always beating the team that’s more cruel and uncaring.

now i don’t like the narti died, and i maintain that lotor should have been redeemed— not because i particularly like his character in canon, but because he could’ve had a much better one. he was clearly shown to have shitty parents, and it would’ve been so much more satisfying to see him rebel against them and break the cycle as it were. and with the blade of marmora being an organization of galra working against the empire, it’s clear where they could go.

i’m imagining a plotline of zarkon being resurrected or whatever happened in those seasons, and lotor being told him + his team now have no use, they were just a stand-in for zarkon while he was down and out. it’d be the final straw for him, and he’d storm off, his parents assuming his just throwing a tantrum. in reality, he’s convincing the generals— who are really the closest thing he has to friends— to just defect from the empire.

acxa has an undying loyalty to lotor, so she’s open to whatever he wants to do. ezor and zethrid are very chaotic neutral, down for whatever strikes their fancy in the moment and in this moment the idea sounds exhilarating and fun. they aren’t outright villains anymore but they’re still quite fucked up and tbh. good for them!

as for narti, she was killed in canon before she got any sort of personality, so i’m gonna hang onto the foil concept and base some personality and backstory on pidge’s. narti is very curious about life outside the empire, because the empire is all she’s known. she was a child soldier from day one. she also wants to get more knowledge about her powers and non-galran heritage, because it’s as much a mystery to her as it is to everyone else. she’s kind of always wanted to defect, but didn’t have the bravery to do so alone.

so they run away with no real plan of what to do. lotor wants a life outside of his father, but his father is ever expanding the empire, so he keeps losing places that are just his. that, plus his first hand witness of what the empire actually does, opens his eyes to the cruelty of his father’s colonization. that drives him to wanting to outright fight back against his father and the generals, who have been watching the same things, are right there with him.

acxa is watching the empire from an outsider’s position, and she’s seeing the real danger of being a mindless follower. she’s watching countless soldiers follow the orders of a handful of generals, and watching those generals not care when the soldiers get hurt or even die, because they’re just numbers and forces to the generals. she realizes that she should be making her own decisions and that even if she trusts lotor, he shouldn’t be the one in charge of her life.

narti is at first one track minded in finding her other parent’s home planet, but time and time again she watches a similar devastation happen on other planets. families get separated, important cultural artifacts are damaged, history documentation is destroyed. she learns she isn’t the only one dealing with this, and she doesn’t want any more people to suffer the same fate she has.

ezor and zethrid have been spending this time like a vacation from work, doing whatever seems most fun and rewarding. but they eventually start to see the empire repeatedly ruining their fun, and they don’t like it. they’d tell the others they don’t want zarkon interrupting them anymore and they don’t, but a large part of it is also seeing the hurt on their friends’ faces whenever they get caught in a firefight again. they love each other, and they love their friends, and they don’t want any of them getting hurt.

now obviously team voltron and their various allies wouldn’t trust lotor and co. but time and time again they’d see them helping voltron and hurting the empire how they can. eventually, there’s be tentative teamwork and down the line, they’d be invited to join the blade of marmora.

immediately all five of them would notice the familiarity between the blades and the empire. there’s basically no difference between their mottos; the blade is uncomfortably okay with letting soldiers die if it means getting the mission done.

the generals want to say something, but lotor doesn’t want to stir the pot too much. their position is very weak, there’s still very little trust in them. to come out the gate opposing how everything is done wouldn’t be good.

but the blade trusts voltron, doesn’t it? and one of the paladins is also a blade. so… they find keith and talk to him, telling him that while the blade has a good cause unlike the empire, both are a little too cool with letting people die, and it’s more than kind of upsetting.

keith, who is way too self sacrificial, doesn’t see a problem with this, but brings it up next time he’s with voltron. everyone is surprised by lotor + co’s behavior and ideals, and start to trust them more

i’m starting to lose steam here but um. lotor + co being good guys and the five of them co-leading the blade and making it better than the empire :-) they all get their own mini character arcs within this collective group arc and no one is killed for shock factor and no one is pushing the narrative of abused kids turning out just like their parents and continuing the cycle <3

[lolabearwrites]

I'm not the only one who sees the similarities right??

Like, as characters they are all very different but like

enemies to lovers, opposite sides of war, boy is a prince and has a evil abusive father and absent mother, girl is one of the last of her kind (Katara is last SWT waterbender and Allura is one of the last Alteans). And their marriage would be important for peace.

[hypfden]

Gosh i love Voltron can’t believe it only has 4 seasons ahaha crazy!!!!

(Ricky honerva when i catch you ricky honerva)

[toasterghostie]

You know it's bad when the son of an empire built in blood and enslavement has to call you out on being racist

[crystal-rebellion]

Hades’ Covenant | 38

Hades’ Covenant - Chapter 38: Power

When Allura attempts to free Romelle from Castle Doom, she finds Prince Lotor instead. Isolated far from her Voltron Force, Allura is made an offer she simply can’t turn down. Lotor finally has everything he wants - or does he? He quickly realizes that Allura’s heart will be his most difficult and trying conquest yet.

Fandom: Voltron: Defender of the Universe (1984) Genre: Romance Rating: Explicit (most of the chapters aren’t, though...) Couple: Lotor/Allura Warnings: None Notes/Tags: Smut, Lotor likes consent, Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Slowburn, Cultural Differences, Epic Space Battles 

Chapter 38 - The full scale of the battle to reclaim the lions begins. A stealth mission quickly deteriorates into a full-scale battle - complete with some surprising allies.

Find it on AO3:  Chapter 1  |  Chapter 38

[ilyxo]

love alina starkov n mal oretsev, love princess allura n lance, diediediedie kirigan and lotor

[iblue-kitzune]

Here's a little fic I wrote over a few months ago. I just didn't get around to sharing it with you guys until now, so check it out if you want.

[dramagoblin]

Tell me this isn’t the VLD fandom’s excuse for Lotor committing genocide

[motokeith]

my hot take is that they should’ve made lotor bitchier but not evil.

[back-on-my-autistic-bullshit]

In an ideal world Allura realised her feelings for Lotor were unrequited, Lotor didn't turn out to be evil, the Altean colony wasn't anything nefarious, Allura and Romelle fell in love, Lance finally realised he had feelings for Keith and views Allura more as family and they all lived happily fucking ever after

GOD. What could have been..... I'm yearning for it

[bleh1bleh2]

I am going crazy over the Teen Beach Movie au that is in my brain right now

Lance (brady) and Keith (mac) having an Argument about Keiths plan to leave without telling Lance. Keith trying to surf the Huge Wave the day of the flight and Lance going to save him when it gets dangerous.

They get into the movie and Allura (tanner) is there. Movie plot says that she is going to fall in love with Romelle (lela), but Falling For You happens and klance messes it up, so sad. Its a fun and silly time.

I think Zarkon and Honerva should be the evil duo in the Lighthouse. I am flip flopping about where to put Coran, bc I think he would love the surfer lifestyle but also i think him owning Big Mommas would be very good. Butchy could probably be Lotor, but I am not 100% sold on that one. So sorry to the rest of the vld cast, i have no clue where they would be

I just think the Mac and Brady argument in the beginning (and technically throughout the movie) could be changed to be more klance-esque which would be really fun

[goofygoldengirl]

Results of the Sexy Evil Elf Poll

Good afternoon denizens of tumblr! One week has passed since the sexy evil elf poll was posted. Three hundred and eighty four votes have come in. You have spoken tumblr, and I am here to announce that you all agree that the sexiest, most evil elf out there is----------

# 1 AARAVOS from The Dragon Prince

In the lead with 40%, this seductive,scheming, startouched elf makes everybody swoon. His first appearance in season 2 made The Dragon Prince’s status skyrocket, and fans have been hanging onto every bit of screentime he gets. Manipulation, bodily possession, control, and murder, there’s nothing Aaravos won’t do to achieve his goals, and he does it in style.

Also in the top three with 25% and 18% were two classic sexy evil elves that stood the test of time. Fans are floored by their suaveness, daring, and innovation. They would definitely allow themselves to be swayed--perhaps more to join the dark side. Please give a warm round of applause to----

#2 JARETH THE GOBLIN KING from Labyrinth

# 3 SAURON|MAIRON from Tolkien Verse

And while our final two sexy evil elves Prince Lotor from Voltron at 11% and Malekith the Accursed from the Thor Comics at 2% weren’t tumblr as a whole’s top favs, they gained a significant amount of votes to prove their status.

And to the 5% of voters who said that your sexy evil elf was not on this list and nominated one, let’s give them a shoutout!

Prince Nuada (2 mentions!) from Hellboy

Acano from Skyrim

Dark Link from Legend of Zelda

Once again thank you all for participating!

[keithkog]

-Keith