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Icy’s 30 Days of Thanks Day #8: The Drifter by Bandity

It’s important to show appreciation for all things both big and small. As part of the giving season for the month of November I wanted to extend some shoutouts to 30 fanfictions that I’ve read and loved ♥

I would like to thank them for the joy they’ve brought me, the laughs, the tears, the curses, the stomach curdles, the winces, the flinches, the “yessss,” the squeaks, the squeals, the arm flailing and of course the time, effort and love they have given these stories and for sharing them with us all.

All shoutouts are tagged as Icy30DaysofThanks (cough, if Tumblr would be so kind to actually work >>) for you to peruse. Please be sure to give these authors the love and thanks they deserve with a comment, a follow, a rec, a reblog… thank you ♥

Day #8

The Drifter by @banditywrites (Bandity)

Summary: The team needs to figure out what's wrong with Lance, before it's too late.

My notes: I’ve reced quite a few of Bandity’s works before and it’s no wonder because her stuff is amazing. This was the first one I read of hers and its stuck with me since then. 

The summary is pretty simple but the fic is not. Lance accidentally (through some angsty ish means hehe) attaches himself to a rather malevolent and revenge-seeking spirit that blames Lance and company for his death and wants to make him pay by physically hurting Lance and manipulating his thoughts in attempt to kill him. The best part? Lance doesn’t realize at first the thoughts are not his own and the team is horrified by some of the things he’s saying and alluding to.

There’s a generous helping of platonic Hance, which is my favorite relationship in the series, and plenty of other team feels (shoutout to Shiro, huge shoutout really as his character is perfectly done and honestly one of the fics that made me start loving on him a bit more myself ♥) and the ending is both angsty and beautiful and heartwarming. 

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Icy’s 30 Days of Thanks Day #16: As Cold as Ice by A_Zap

It’s important to show appreciation for all things both big and small. As part of the giving season for the month of November I wanted to extend some shoutouts to 30 fanfictions that I’ve read and loved ♥

I would like to thank them for the joy they’ve brought me, the laughs, the tears, the curses, the stomach curdles, the winces, the flinches, the “yessss,” the squeaks, the squeals, the arm flailing and of course the time, effort and love they have given these stories and for sharing them with us all.

All shoutouts are tagged as Icy30DaysofThanks (cough, if Tumblr would be so kind to actually work >>) for you to peruse. Please be sure to give these authors the love and thanks they deserve with a comment, a follow, a rec, a reblog… thank you ♥

Day #16

As Cold as Ice by @azapofinspiration (A_Zap)

Summary: Keith scoffed when Hunk warned him and Pidge to never make Lance truly angry. After all, Lance wasn't scary. He was like his element: flexible, playful, and able to let things go as easily as ripples in water. Plus, at the end of the day, he was too nice to ever really do anything when angry.

Keith had forgotten that water could be just as terrifying and unforgiving as any wild fire.

My notes: Another fic I think I’ve previously reced but I absolutely adore this one. It’s a beautiful change of pace of the Lance angst and just seeing this boy in all his bad ass glory because his family has been threatened and he damn well is going to do something about it.

Seeing this from outside perspective, Keith, is the cherry on top as I am always always down for some Lance appreciation. The flow to this story is beautiful as well and as poetic as the summary would suggest. Also, I still lowkey wish the series had gone this way but it sort of did in some regards too so yeah xD

Also, snort, the ending makes me laugh every single time. Keith is so so precious and I just adore him ♥

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Icy’s 30 Days of Thanks Day #29: Recoil/Release by Cheshyr

It’s important to show appreciation for all things both big and small. As part of the giving season for the month of November I wanted to extend some shoutouts to 30 fanfictions that I’ve read and loved ♥

I would like to thank them for the joy they’ve brought me, the laughs, the tears, the curses, the stomach curdles, the winces, the flinches, the “yessss,” the squeaks, the squeals, the arm flailing and of course the time, effort and love they have given these stories and for sharing them with us all.

All shoutouts are tagged as Icy30DaysofThanks (cough, if Tumblr would be so kind to actually work >>) for you to peruse. Please be sure to give these authors the love and thanks they deserve with a comment, a follow, a rec, a reblog… thank you ♥

Day #29

Recoil/Release by Cheshyr

Summary: When Keith is bitten by an alien creature with venom that causes your dominant emotions to be amplified, the team is ready for a day of dealing with an incredibly angry paladin.

Which means they're not ready at all for what actually happens.

My notes: And thus continues this apparent Keith rec list. Dios. But I can’t not recommend this fic because it is so damn bloody good.

Anger is not Keith’s driving emotion at all. It’s fear. And it is delicious. This fic is full of my own personal favorite headcanons of Keith coming from several abusive foster home situations and seeing him slowly be forced to give into that base emotion as the “venom” runs is course is both heartbreaking and so so whumpy and good.

But this story, while about Keith, is about the team coming together (ultimately) and being there for one another and learning about what “trust” is and how they are a family. Just a beautiful story. ♥

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Icy’s 30 Days of Thanks Day #21: A Cry in the Dark by Cocopops1995

It’s important to show appreciation for all things both big and small. As part of the giving season for the month of November I wanted to extend some shoutouts to 30 fanfictions that I’ve read and loved ♥

I would like to thank them for the joy they’ve brought me, the laughs, the tears, the curses, the stomach curdles, the winces, the flinches, the “yessss,” the squeaks, the squeals, the arm flailing and of course the time, effort and love they have given these stories and for sharing them with us all.

All shoutouts are tagged as Icy30DaysofThanks (cough, if Tumblr would be so kind to actually work >>) for you to peruse. Please be sure to give these authors the love and thanks they deserve with a comment, a follow, a rec, a reblog… thank you ♥

Day #21

A Cry in the Dark by @noisypaintersong​ (Cocopops1995)

Summary: When the Coalition got called in to help evacuate a planet, the last thing Hunk expected was to find Keith tied up in a small box and in very bad shape.

My notes: We continue along my more than expected theme of Keith whump. But not only is there Keith whump here, there is the even (more rare than Hunk whump I think) relationship of Keith and Hunk. I really, really wish we had more of these two, both in canon and fanon, as I imagine they would get along rather well once they give each other a chance.

I also apparently have more love of people buried and/or locked into small places than I thought before entering this fandom. You guys have ruined me. But ahem. Hunk finds Keith locked and left essentially for dead after being tortured and the entire premise of this fic and the world building (the world building omg ♥♥♥) is phenomenal.

Hunk is soooo good in this and I love his rage at what was done to Keith while he tempers it down to best care for him. Hunk is such a cinnamon roll but if you piss him off he is a momma bear and you better watch the fuck out. Plus angry protective Shiro at the end with Blades; always love that.

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Icy’s 30 Days of Thanks Day #26: Try a Little Tenderness by justheretobreakthings

It’s important to show appreciation for all things both big and small. As part of the giving season for the month of November I wanted to extend some shoutouts to 30 fanfictions that I’ve read and loved ♥

I would like to thank them for the joy they’ve brought me, the laughs, the tears, the curses, the stomach curdles, the winces, the flinches, the “yessss,” the squeaks, the squeals, the arm flailing and of course the time, effort and love they have given these stories and for sharing them with us all.

All shoutouts are tagged as Icy30DaysofThanks (cough, if Tumblr would be so kind to actually work >>) for you to peruse. Please be sure to give these authors the love and thanks they deserve with a comment, a follow, a rec, a reblog… thank you ♥

Day #26

Try a Little Tenderness by @justheretobreakthings​

Summary:  After Hunk tells one ‘Galra Keith’ joke too many, he and Keith find themselves having a heart-to-heart.

My notes: I have to start by giving out a shout out to the characterization here. It’s... beautiful. The take on Lance (and yes, he is a bit of a jerk and yes, I love that someone did that especially at this point in the series), to Keith to Hunk and even Pidge... it’s just all so on point. 

The dialogue is what drives this fic both of what is said and not said and what is heard and not. I love that to us, knowing the premise of the fic, it’s so obvious what Keith is hearing and interpreting but the team (Hunk) just keeps pushing forward and not realizing that their attempts to bond with their teammate are pushing him further away. 

The heart to heart mentioned is just lovely. There’s a lot said on both ends and some cleared up misunderstandings (and I am always down for that, especially as one of them involved my boy and I want him and Keith to be good friends and now they have that opportunity open again without defenses and hackles raised) and Hunk is just... perfect. A personal favorite of mine ♥

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Icy’s 30 Days of Thanks Day #5: Dancing Around a Minefield by maychorian

It’s important to show appreciation for all things both big and small. As part of the giving season for the month of November I wanted to extend some shoutouts to 30 fanfictions that I’ve read and loved ♥

I would like to thank them for the joy they’ve brought me, the laughs, the tears, the curses, the stomach curdles, the winces, the flinches, the “yessss,” the squeaks, the squeals, the arm flailing and of course the time, effort and love they have given these stories and for sharing them with us all.

All shoutouts are tagged as Icy30DaysofThanks (cough, if Tumblr would be so kind to actually work >>) for you to peruse. Please be sure to give these authors the love and thanks they deserve with a comment, a follow, a rec, a reblog… thank you ♥

Day #5

Dancing Around a Minefield by @maychorian

Summary:  Lance and Keith are searching a Galra lab together when an unexpected phobia rears its head.

My notes: I am always down for some good platonic Klance and this delivers in spades. I headcanon too that Keith had some bad experiences with doctors who *had* to have discovered this boy’s blood is not normal (at the very least discovered when he was entering the Garrison during a physical) and this take on it was so, so so good. 

First comes whump and angst and then comes comfort with heavy doses still of angst. The timeline for this fic too is in one of my favorite spots where Shiro is still missing and Keith is the leader and this poor thing never wanted that role but he’s trying his best. This was a stress and a moment he did not need but Lance really rises the occasion, both during and after. 

I will add I don’t mind needles (thank goodness >>) but this still made me feel a bit twitchy after. Good thing there were so many comfort moments after! ♥

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Icy’s 30 Days of Thanks Day #3: bravado by bobtheacorn

It’s important to show appreciation for all things both big and small. As part of the giving season for the month of November I wanted to extend some shoutouts to 30 fanfictions that I’ve read and loved ♥

I would like to thank them for the joy they’ve brought me, the laughs, the tears, the curses, the stomach curdles, the winces, the flinches, the “yessss,” the squeaks, the squeals, the arm flailing and of course the time, effort and love they have given these stories and for sharing them with us all.

All shoutouts are tagged as Icy30DaysofThanks (cough, if Tumblr would be so kind to actually work >>) for you to peruse. Please be sure to give these authors the love and thanks they deserve with a comment, a follow, a rec, a reblog… thank you ♥

Day #3

bravado by @bobtheacorn

Summary: "Lance," Shiro tries to say this with as much patience as possible, "We can't keep it."

"We keep Keith!"

"Keith is a paladin of Voltron. This is a cow."

//After their trip to the space mall, they have a new member of the team to accommodate. Lance is adamant, but Shiro has some reservations.

My notes: This fic hit all the right buttons for me. Homesick Lance, protective Shiro, Lance’s feelings of inadequacy (but not overdone) and of course an inclusion of Kaltenecker. Good cow. Seriously though, this fic is both angsty and soft and just overflowing with all of the feels. The Lance characterization here just gives me life and Shiro is such a space dad but not in the over the top way.

Plus, the end makes me snort with laughter every time and it’s just adorable. 

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Icy’s 30 Days of Thanks Day #15: In- Progress Fics

It’s important to show appreciation for all things both big and small. As part of the giving season for the month of November I wanted to extend some shoutouts to 30 fanfictions that I’ve read and loved ♥

I would like to thank them for the joy they’ve brought me, the laughs, the tears, the curses, the stomach curdles, the winces, the flinches, the “yessss,” the squeaks, the squeals, the arm flailing and of course the time, effort and love they have given these stories and for sharing them with us all.

All shoutouts are tagged as Icy30DaysofThanks (cough, if Tumblr would be so kind to actually work >>) for you to peruse. Please be sure to give these authors the love and thanks they deserve with a comment, a follow, a rec, a reblog… thank you ♥

Day #15

And now we’re halfway through this thing and so I’d like to give a shoutout to the fics I follow that aren’t finished (might not be halfway yet either) but I greatly enjoy them all (and am just as eagerly as all of you waiting for the next update).

Blue Lips, Pink Oceans by @pokimoko

Summary: During a mission on a pink ocean planet, Lance gets separated from the other Paladins and experiences a serious head injury at the hands of an unseen monster. Days later, he awakes in a pod, healed up from his recent incident. The others think he's okay, despite the fresh scars that litter his body and the absent-minded looks that flicker across his face when his sentences go unfinished.

Lance is not as okay as they think.

Time Heals Some Wounds by @tresspaceace

Summary: “An emergency healing?” Lance felt a fresh wave of anxiety wash over and settle on top of his already mounting fears. There was no way he could perform the level of healing any emergency would call for. Not so soon after a healing session like the one he’d just had. “But I…” he smothered the protest at a withering look from Iverson.

“Do I need to do it myself?” Iverson asked meaningfully, pressing a finger to an intricate, twisting tattoo on the back of his left hand. Lance felt an answering twist in his gut at the gesture, his breath gone from his lungs. He clenched his own gloved left hand hard enough to bruise.Then shook his head mutely.

Iverson returned his right hand to his side. “Good.” He said, satisfied. And Lance set to work.

Or// An AU where Lance is a healer enslaved by the state for past crimes against humanity and under the care of Iverson. Then enter the Paladins, who formed Voltron without him.

Clipped Wings by @lilacpessimism

Summary: The supply run for the Blade was never supposed to be anything more than a quick in-and-out mission. However, Keith quickly finds himself with more than he bargained for as an alien species known as the "Collectors" take an interest in his half-Galran, half-human heritage.

Lance never expected for anything to happen on his first solo diplomatic mission for the team. Instead, he finds himself facing an impossible choice and the truth of how unfair the universe can truly be.

After the Bombs Subside by Evilkitten3 

(this is a BNHA fic, not VLD, but so so good. And dark. Prequel is finished but this one is all the comfort I crave ♥)

Summary:  Losing a classmate is hard. Finding out that he's still alive is harder. Dealing with what's left might be damn near impossible. 

Flicker by @discordiansamba

Summary: Keith Kogane has always known that his luck was bad. He didn't need anyone to tell him that. But getting mixed up in an alien invasion? Yeah, that was a little worse than he'd anticipated.

(or, Keith never becomes a paladin and is around for Sendak's invasion of Earth)