#pidge using they/them

[rorimoon9597]

Lance's eyes had been a mystery to everyone. And when he said everyone, he meant everyone who met him and knew him for long periods of time.

Sometimes they were blue, others they were brown. He had to use contacts. What other reason was there for the near constant changing of his eye colour?

It had caught Keith's attention easily. This random boy who had declared himself Keith's rival had blue eyes that were as bright as the ocean on some days and as deep and brown as the earth on others. When he talked to Adam about it, saying that it was confusing and that he wanted to know, the man just smiled into his cup.

The eye colour problem persisted in space, too. It drove Keith nuts.

Apparently it did the same to Allura.

"Why does Lance's eye colour change?" She asked one day after Lance had left the rec room to go find Coran.

"I've noticed it too. It's confusing," Shiro agreed.

"Infuriating, too," Keith added. Pidge and Hunk shared a look.

"I don't know man, but we could place bets on it and then when we get back to Earth, we'll ask his family and get an answer," Hunk suggested. Keith's eyes narrowed. Something was up.

"You know what? I have nothing to lose."

"Shiro!" Keith said.

"What?" His brother asked. Keith questioned how he became the leader of Voltron.

"You know what? Fine, I'll do the same," he conceded. If he did this right, then he'd finally find out.

Keith knew that Lance was from Cuba. Also, blue eyes were recessive, so even if he did have a family member with blue eyes, the fact that brown eyes were dominant over blue and that most people with dark skin had dark eyes...

"Keith, what's your bet?" Pidge asked him.

"Fifty dollars on his eyes being brown," he replied. Pidge smiled and noted it down.

"Noted. Now we just have to wait."

Keith could do that.

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Pt 2 Pt 3

[keithkog]

Wow. Transphobes are fucking irritating.

I used ‘they’ for Pidge (They use She/They) one fucking time and some dick tried correcting me. When I explained why, they said they don’t believe in they/them singular pronouns. I swear I would say transphobes deserve the blade but I believe in reform so- Hope that person learns better.

Also yes I used they/them for them to piss them off.

-Keith

[nekomortiz]

Bcause i am drinking w/ my mom to celebrate her passing her test, and realizing the alcohol is hitting her more than it's hitting me, i decided to write my headcanons on the paladins ( + Allura and Coran) alcohol tolerance for funsies :3c

Don't take this too seriously I'm 3 to the wind and keep having to retype words alot LOL

Let's go by most to least tolerant.

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🖤Shiro - Can handle his alcohol wonderfully and drink anyone under the table. Its speculated that the stuff doesn't even work on him. Can you blame him thou? Mans got alot going on. Thankfully he knows his limits so it never turns into a problem later on.

💜Allura - Believe it or not she can hold more than her own weight in alcohol. Maybe it's an altean thing, but it doesn't seem like alcohol affects her much. The crew has tried many different types, but princess starts sober no matter what's thrown her way.

🤍Coran - Same as Allura, but unlike her, Coran can actually get pretty tipsy. He's actually even more fun when he's drunk. Unless the mod says otherwise, then he'll start blabbing and/or crying over past Altea.

💛Hunk - Let's not beat around the bush. Man's gotta taste test alot of wine to see what fits best with whatever dish he's cooking up, whether it's in the recipe or as a side drink to pair said dish with. The perks of being a chef!!

💙Lance - Our favorite cuban pretty boy absolutely can not handle his alcohol. Despite having multiple older siblings and trying to steal a sip from his dads own drinks, It doesn't take much for him to get overly tipsy.

🩵Kat - She likes to act like she can handle her drinks, but home girl does what she's not supposed to and mixes her drinks, making the effect stronger faster. Don't hold it against her! She wants to try all the different flavors to find her favorite.

❤️Keith - Poster Boy of being lightweight. He looked to act all cool, saying he can handle whatever you give him. But being real, he doesn't last 2 drinks. 3 if he's lucky. He found out the hard way when Kolivan offered him some space alcohol after a mission and it almost knocked him out.

💚Pidge - I can't see them drinking alcohol. Never have never will. But if they ever do they'd at the top of the list... in their head. In reality all it takes is one sip and their blackout wasted.

[discordiansamba]

the thing about cosmic dust is that Pidge and Keith did not, in fact, set out to be space pirates and just sort of accidentally fell into it (though they did not put up much resistance) but literally no one believes them. Even the people who know them well. Especially the people who know them well.

[bosspigeon]

all rules are made up except for MY rules which were given to me directly from The Heavens (the little autism creature in my brain that tells me that chocolate flavored things have to be one of a limited palette of Correct Texture or else they are the devil's work) and are thus immutable as gravity

[localfanbaselurker]

sometimes im sad and then sometimes I remember that pidge’s mom probably thinks her entire family is dead and then I start bawling

[istoppedivypocket]

For blorbo bingo: Pidge!!

Pidge is so cool. I feel like sometimes I forget how how cool. They are so so impressive and their ability with tech is amazing. If I knew Pidge in real life I'd be intimidated by their skills but man would it be cool to know them in real life.

Also: Voltron had a lot of cool plotlines, (for example galra Keith (which would have been really cool to get more of but anyway)), BUT I think maybe my favourite is Pidge's hunt for their father and brother, followed by the reveal that her brother has been a large player in the resistance!!! Love him too

[chibi-pix]

So, last night I was smacked with thoughts of a different sort of Legend of Zelda inspired AU. With the idea of something happening and Katie’s dad and older brother going missing, so she goes off to find them on her own. But it doesn’t go well and she ends up in a wolf form. Years later, she’s still a wolf and she’s friends with swordsman Keith, a young man looking for Shiro, his close friend, brother-like figure, and a man who went missing on the same task that Katie’s family vanished on. He ends up befriending the wolf, calling her Pidge, and the two become friends, searching the areas for any clues together.  Of course, they can’t search day in and day out. They need to do tasks to earn money and even relax. And some days, Keith finds playing an ocarina to be relaxing; even Pidge isn’t complaining. 

Now, I know I’ve worked with Pidge as a wolf before. And while I could’ve gone with that design again, I didn’t. And I had tried another version where her fur matched her hair as a human. However, it didn’t look right. Then I took note of Link’s wolf form in Twilight Princess (which is what caused the inspo), how Link is blonde but his wolf form is not.  So. There we have it.  But, this was the other version.

Anyway, I hope y’all enjoy this one! Until next time!

[empty-blog-for-lurking]

Look i appreciate and love fanfics which address Lance's death. I do! I really do!

But has anyone considered that maybe, just maybe he walked it off? Maybe he just thought about it for a hot minute and was like, "Well that was wild lmao" and moved on? Maybe he is solid teflon and experiences of weird just slides off like water? Maybe just maybe he is tad bit unhinged, maybe even a Freak™???

[bleedingheart-s]

for some reason my brain is suddenly allowing me to have multiple hyperfixations at once(???? very new development)

i'd consider adding a 'crushes' list to my pinned if i didn't have to edit it every three days

[justaz]

shiro definitely laughs like chris evans. just falling out of his seat, full chest guffaws that eventually turn into silent wheezes

[sage-is-in-fact-very-tired]

in firm belief that neither holt sibling is cis. pidge is very enby coded and I take no criticism. matt is either genderqueer or agender. cannot decide which on fits him better.

[riff-is-on-a-fucking-crisis]

2 pidge sketches because i love them

[bluemantics]

If Keith and Lance were going to fall together at any moment, it would’ve been when Keith was the black paladin.

Keith had successfully kept his walls up until then; battles left him mostly unfazed, team bonding barely nicked his armor, and even Hunk’s cooking wasn’t able to pry him open. 

Then, Shiro vanished, and everything changed. Keith suddenly was tasked with leading the team intended to save the universe. 

All his previous failings and outbursts piled up in his mind at once, nausea rolling through his body constantly. How was he supposed to do this? He was a dropout with anger and authority issues, a wild warrior without aim. Keith wasn’t meant to be anything more than a tamed beast. Even worse, if he wasgoing to step up eventually, to become something greater, he was supposed to do it with Shiro. Instead, a gaping hole had been left behind at the helm. Keith was too young. Too inexperienced. And worst of all, he was entirely alone. 

For the first time in a long time, he was vulnerable, and his aching edges were exposed to anyone brave enough to look. 

The team noticed when he started to crack, exposing his pain and his fear. 

Hunk tried to help, in his own unique way. He noticed the pale hue of the black paladin’s skin and resolved to feed him, maybe help him talk over food. However, that hardly worked, since Keith stopped eating regularly with the team. 

Even Pidge tried to relate through their unique bond. She teased him about the old stories they used to muse over together, but anecdotes about their brothers were still raw for Keith, and he lashed out. That caused Pidge to retreat quickly, her concealed hurt only worsening Keith’s guilt.  

Allura spoke to him in soothing tones that only riled him up more. It was the worst with her, even though she tried her best. Somehow, her gentle tone only reminded him of the wild thing he was. When he would respond in anger, she wasn’t afraid to rise to meet him, and instances where the whole team witnessed them clash only embarrassed him. 

But then there was Lance. That was always how it had gone since their journey started. Lance, appearing to help carry Keith’s brother. Lance, badgering him into a fight. Lance, constantly standing just to his right, prepared to offer unwanted commentary. And now he was the red paladin. 

For the first few days after the lion switch, Lance merely observed how Keith interacted with everyone silently. It made him uncomfortable. He was restless under Lance’s piercing gaze, his eyes that tracked his every choice, his normally discerning tongue that for once chose to still. 

The moment that caused Keith to snap occurred during training. He’d been staying up late every night, working extra with the bots to get better with the new black bayard. Logically, it was just as perfectly balanced as his old sword. Keith just wasn’t able to shake the feeling that the weight of it wasn’t suited to his hand.

So, he trained with it. Again and again. 

Which meant that team training during the daytime… well, it suffered. He was exhausted. Coran, watching over them, admonished Keith for it, but he could barely hear the royal advisor over the sound of his blood rushing past his ears and the clanging of his teammates moving their bayards and the bright lights shining into his pupils and the bruises settling painfully under his ribs and the pressure of his new black armor against his sternum and, worst of all, Lance’s unrelenting stare. 

He snapped back into himself, realizing the team was awaiting his reaction. Their eyes looked round and worried. Keith narrowed in on one person who was standing just at his elbow. 

“Why do you keep looking at me like that?” he hissed.

There was a pause after his words. Lance’s expression remained careful, his hand coming up to rest on Keith’s shoulder, forcing a breath out of his lungs. The lights seemed to dim. 

“Let’s take a break,” Lance suggested to everyone. Marvelously, they nodded, Hunk exchanging murmurs with Allura as they both put down their weapons and began to walk toward the door. Pidge scampered up the stairs to Coran. Keith looked at Lance in bewilderment after noticing they were alone.

Lance just grinned, and it released something in Keith that had been knotted up.

“So, Samurai, I think we need to talk.” 

Lance quietly spoke to him about the team’s unease. That they all wanted to help him, but he’d regressed back to a place that was painful to see. Lance spoke of a small desert shack, a place that could be a shelter, but could also be confining in its limitations. A place to hide from the watchful stars. A place of anger, regret, and desperation.

Grief. 

Lance’s words carved out an image of a loner fulfilling his own self-destructive prophecy. It made Keith bristle. Then, however, he reminded him of other images, scenes from the recent past he’d rejected in his mourning. 

Helping Hunk perfect a recipe late at night, even if he didn’t know much about cooking besides canned beans and rice. 

Sorting Pidge’s small pieces of machinery as she ranted about a planet they’d visited. 

Allura laughing when he made a dry comment about a foreign diplomat, and then immediately failing to cover it up when said official turned around, making Keith smile as well. 

Lifting Lance off a bloody battlefield, the harsh sounds raging in the background as he carried him into Red and saved his life.

“You’re not alone.” Lance’s hands stretched out, beseeching. 

“Why did you wait so long to talk to me?” Keith breathed, as if he knew, deep down, that this talk was going to come the entire time. “Why were you so quiet?”

And Lance’s face fell. Keith regretted asking near instantly. 

“Well, you’re not the only one trying to fill in for a strong presence. I had to get used to some things, too, y’know? Convince myself that I can be right for this job.” He points between himself and the black paladin. 

It’s ridiculous. Keith wants to open his mouth, to assure Lance that he’s not just excelling, that he’s perf—

“You need to start showing up to team dinners. Stop working yourself to death at night— that was fine when you were number two, but now you gotta lead us in training,” Lance started to list off as he put a finger up for each point. “Talk to Pidge about Shiro, since she misses him too, not just you. Reassure Allura that you’re happy to lead alongside her. Just… chill the F out, dude.” Keith blinks, owlish in the face of a literal itemized list of things to fix. 

So, he tries to chill the F out. 

It isn’t easy. He still feels inadequate, out of place in every room he steps into, especially when his friends all look to him for answers. Keith often trembles with the weight of the universe. Thank god for Lance, always standing just to his right. Slowly, they open the door of that desert shack together, and he learns how to share his burden. He learns a lot of things. 

Like how Lance is deceptively smart when it comes to strategizing. Or that Lance’s empathy is a weapon, able to prevent a battle with a few well-placed words. He especially enjoys learning that Lance has curly hair, he thinks Keith is funny when no one else does, and he has a fondness for young kids due to his family. 

Lance is his right-hand man and co-leader in every sense of both terms. Their call-and-response has never been better. Oftentimes, before thinking about what Shiro might do, Keith begins to consider what Lance might do. 

And isn’t that frightening? 

They fell together after the lion switch in ways no one could have predicted. Keith feels a wild thing settle in his chest at the thought, his eyes turned toward the stars that watch him in return. 

He stays standing among the sand. He ignores the urge to retreat to shelter. Keith embraces the sky and its promise of warm, fresh rainfall. 

[bosspigeon]

i think i saw some people saying that a vampire has to willingly give their spawn blood for them to become a full vampire. thats at least what ive seen when i saw people asking why unascended astarion couldnt just bite cazador before killing him to become a full vampire. idk much about dnd vamp lore to know if that true or not but thats what ive seen people say!

I've also seen lore that says if the vampire spawn's sire dies, the spawn becomes a fully-fledged vampire too? but i mean d&d lore is constantly changing so 😅

[coolnonsenseworld]

Calendar - October

Fun fact... initially Keith was sitting here in a red and black striped shirt, with a hat on the chair, but I decided Freddie Kruger reference messes up the fluffy vibe a little....

Cuddler of the month is Spookie! She was a part of the Space series <3

I wanted them to make Jack-o-Lanterns for their friends as well. Just spending an entire day to make expressions that will be reminding them of their friends (smiling ones go to Hunk, laughing to Pidge, etc). They would have so much (exhausting) fun doing it. Also Hunk using all the pumpkin insides to cook for all of them>>>> Hard work pays off.

This piece also made me dream of two enamel pins - fire and water - that would connect in a shape of a heart - Lance would joke that Keith carries his "water" pin with his pocket knife to remember to count to ten before he does something stupid.

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