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fic rec! 345K Voltron/InCrypid AU
Summary: Takashi Shirogane is raised in a noble lineage of monster hunters, tasked with protecting humanity from things that would prey on them. He’s always believed in upholding justice and protecting the innocent. But after a chance encounter with one of the creatures he hunts, he realizes many of those so-called ‘monsters’ are innocent too, and the cause he serves isn’t as noble as he’d been led to believe. So he runs. And he hides. And slowly but surely, he comes to learn more about the cryptid world. He protects those who need it, and he earns his own redemption. And all the while, something dark lurks in the city he calls home, whispered of in shadows, threatening the people he’s sworn to protect. Something called Galra.
Comments: I...words cannot describe the effects this fic has had on me. On update days, I checked my inbox several times. I gushed about this to people who aren’t in either of these fandoms. I read by phone, by laptop, in the car, in bed, and between work meetings. I picked up the first book in the series this is an AU of and devoured it in 3 days. I used weird tracking knowledge in this to impress my dad. I feel so re-inlove with @velkynkarma‘s work that I went back, read pretty much everything they’d written for the show, and then decided that wasn’t scratching my Voltron itch and went back to read other fav VLD author’s works too. This fic has thrown me back into a fandom, and now has me contemplating a sequel to the one good VLD fic I’ve read.
This fic is so well thought out, the world so well built. I love how little things from early chapters come back and wallop you. I love the hard choices Shiro has. I love the ensemble cast with all the paladins. I love how the stakes rise, and rise, and rise and Shrio pulls an Ed Elric and decides to punch a god. I love how I fell in love with these characters, and this show, all over again through the story. I love seeing Keith be unfathomly loyal, Shiro got through all the hell of the series in like, 2 week. Hunk being warm, Lance cross-species mingling, Allura reigning over a city, Pidge being such a rebellious child and Coran doing his best. I also adored the mice. They’re perfect.
