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HAPPY BIRTHDAY RYOU!!! (she/her)
Brooding Lotor
I need y’all to imagine Lotor as this post.
(This is an edited form of a conversation I had in the Lotor discord. Most of the commentary was by @myhyperfixations and @la-regina-scrive.)
Pidge is the smallest and I have a weakness for that friendship so like... Lotor just getting into a Mood, and aggressively cuddling her and refusing to let her be hurt by anyone.
Confusion abounds.
He's sitting cross-legged on the ground, Pidge in his lap, hands folded together on top of her head and glaring at anyone who comes nearby.
Pidge's eyes are wide, she still hasn't fixed her glasses, her position is getting awkward because she's been too confused since ending up in this situation to MOVE.
IDK what triggers this situation but we could just go the usual route and say it's some weird Galra mating cycle. I think PMS makes some IRL folk extra maternal? So... when in doubt, aliens.
The vibe is very “This is my child now, I’m their parent.” He kinda just glares at everyone that comes by, probably just playing out on the castleship.
The paladins gather round and like... try to figure out what's going on? Without causing a scene? At first it’s because they're worried Pidge might get hurt and then because they're just too damn confused.
Matt shows up and just "Uh... can I have my little sister back?"
Lotor: [hissing noise] Matt: I'll take that as a no. Pidge: I need to go to the bathroom, this is really awkward, GUYS.
(She is mildly surprised that Lotor doesn't try to escort her there.)
(He kind of wanders off.)
(And then languishes in Kaltenecker's room for a while?)
(Everyone is still really confused.)
It’s possible that Lotor is just as confused as they are. He hasn’t exactly had a lot of Small And Cuddly friends.
Unless.
HE DID THIS ON THE ALTEAN COLONY.
“Oh, you have... small Alteans."
"Yes, we had some children a few decafoebs back!"
[three days later]
"Should we--"
"Maybe just watch? It's Lotor, we can trust him, right? They'll be okay."
"He hissed at--"
"I know. I know."
(The boy be hissy.)
"Lotor's throwing a hissy fit," has an entirely different meaning than for anyone else. Just... for the record. He just straight-up actually hisses at people like an angry house cat.
When Pidge is unavailable, the nearest Smol Paladin fills the space.
(At one point, much later, someone mentions this to the Gals.)
("Yeah," Zethrid says. "He used to do that to Acxa and Ezor. Then we just started giving him Kova.")
(Zethrid does not mention that she has done this to every single one of her teammates herself, including Lotor.)
(Narti just sits nearby when Lotor gets Kova. Sometimes Kova and Lotor hiss at people simultaneously, and she is the lone exception.)
At some point...
Krolia: Has anyone seen my son? Lance: Yeah, so, Lotor's having a hissy fit and we threw Keith at him. Give it a few hours. Krolia: He's... what? Lance: Keith is getting cuddles, that's all you need to-- Krolia: EXPLAIN USING REAL WORDS
Just imagine Keith sitting in Lotor’s lap with his arms crossed, looking like he’s gonna murder someone as soon as this is over. You're the egg now, Keith.
Lotor in a mood will grab anyone developmentally younger than him and small enough to cuddle and just be like This Is My Child for a few hoursThe only ones that get out of it are Coran (old), Shiro/Kuron (good at escaping and also Adult Enough To Not Count), Allura (trips the wrong switches), and mostly Matt (he's never there).
Matt still gets caught once, though.
I was going to say that Hunk gets out of it because he's too big to cuddle like a child, but like... Lotor's, what, seven feet tall? Eight? Lotor doesn't give a shit, Hunk gets cuddles.
Of course, any mating cycle in fiction is bound to have a porny side and that's where Kuron comes in and that's not going to involve anyone getting the You Are Now My Child cuddles.
Like... eventually, when Lotor gets hissy, instead of throwing the next person in line at him (no way, Pidge, I did it last time, it’s your turn), they just tell Ryou to take care of his purple space-cat of a boyfriend.
Three days of Lotor cuddling the nearest not-quite-adult and then he and Ryou just disappear for a day.
You may be thinking that this means that Galra fathers are supposed to to be protective and affectionate and making yourself sad.
BUT
WE'RE GOING TO IGNORE ALL ZARKON-RELATED INTERPRETATIONS OF THIS HEADCANON
MIGHT I INSTEAD INTREST YOU IN VARIOUS BLADES, INCLUDING KOLIVAN, CUDDLING KEITH ON THEIR CYCLE DAYS SINCE HE'S PHYSICALLY HUMAN IN APPEARANCE AND THUS FUN-SIZED BY GALRA STANDARDS.
Imagine Kolivan and the other Blades cuddling the shit out of Keith. Imagine one of them doing it to LOTOR.
If Zarkon won't cuddle Lotor, then all the new friends will.
Someone in the Lotor discord brought up Dayak, and... I personally do not believe Dayak has a cuddly bone in her body. I mean, I suppose she MIGHT have, at one point.
But she's pretty much the peak example of "Galra will stamp out any and all weaknesses, even if they're natural, through childhood pain,” so I imagine she might have trained herself out of it?
Whereas Lotor's biggest issue is that he was rarely around children enough to actually feel the brooding urge, so he never actually had the CHANCE to train himself out of that one.
Lotor: What is that? Altean: A... a child? Lotor: I see... -three days later- Lotor: [hissing at anyone that comes near his sudden collection of Smol Alteans]
A Small, Shippy Ryotor Headcanon
(Ryou = Kuron)
Please consider Lotor and Ryou hugging, and Ryou's hands are on the small of Lotor's back, and it FEELS really intimate to Lotor because he's never really done this before?
Meanwhile, Ryou is trying to adjust to being the short one in a hug and isn't sure where to put his hands that wouldn't be awkward yet.
Ryou is used to Shiro's memories of putting one hand in his partner's hair, and doing the middle or lower back with the other but...
Lotor is Big Boi.
Ryou’s just internally screaming, like “THIS IS HARD. BABE YOU GOTTA SHRINK A LITTLE FOR THE FULL EXPERIENCE.” He doesn’t say it out loud but he’s sure as hell thinking it.
Lotor has no idea how awkward this is for Ryou because Lotor hasn’t had a lot of hugs in his life, and he’s just enjoying the moment because if he stops or moves it might be gone forever.
Spooning takes a while to manage, because Lotor LIKES being the small spoon but also his hair gets everywhere and Ryou isn't tall enough to just peek his head over the top of Lotor's.
Surprise kisses are difficult, too. So much stuff is an adjustment just because Lotor's like seven and a half feet tall minimum and Ryou doesn't know what to do with that.
(The indented section is from @myhyperfixations)
Tfw you get an alien bf but the guy is half from a species of really tall aliens and you’re actually considered to be pretty damn tall for a member of your species, so you’ve only ever been with ppl shorter than you and you don’t know how to handle a big bf.
The worst part is that the big bf is used to being the smaller one, so he doesn’t know how to be the big one.
I think that they end up solving the “babe your hair is in my literally everywhere, how do you have so much hair??” problem with nice braids.
Lotor likes it when Ryou plays with it so he also enjoys the sensation of him braiding it.
And if it means he gets to be the little spoon: even better.
Also Altean shapeshifting.
Just... be small for the cuddles.
I want these boys to experience loooooove.
Got into a conversation about High School AU Lotor in the Lotor discord. It started off with me talking about an AU based on the Bring It On musical where Lotor was Campbell and Romelle was Eva but anyway it evolved from there and the only actual thing that remained the same was Lotor being a cheerleader, possibly captain of the squad. Below are some ramblings (all from me and @myhyperfixations) on the subject of Lotor in a high school AU:
Lotor is one of those kids that's good at Basically Everything but nobody likes him because they think he's full of himself, or betraying them by associating with a different clique.
The jocks think he's too short and skinny to be as good as he is, and too Classy Dressed, and too queer.
The theater kids think he talks down to them.
The physics and robotics clubs are resentful because Lotor couldn't join in on competitions since he'd previously agreed to do the musical and some sportsball games.
The lit club is okay with him for the most part, but the debate club hates him and loves him at the same time.
Lotor does everything and has zero free time and has all of four friends.
(His friends are the Gals and they’re the art club.)
(And all five of them are queer as hell.)
Or it could be an AU where Lotor and Allura are childhood friends because Alfor and Honerva used to work together, in which case Lotor has FIVE friends, and those five are consistently going "stop this, you're going to Literally Die Of Exhaustion."
Lotor's just... very insistent on being good at everything to prove his parents wrong and also maybe take down his dad.
But also, specifically, when people try to punch Lotor?
He catches their fist in one hand and Glares Them Down.
He did martial arts for years before hitting high school and toning it down a little for other clubs.
Lotor is Classy Goth and that's another point on the Weirdness Meter. Like, everyone wants him involved because he's GOOD at what he does but nobody wants to... actually be friends because he's Weird As Shit to them.
He's just so many things at once and it makes people all ????? Because he's the ultimate Goth/Prep/Nerd/Jock combo and people just??? don't understand??? how can he master the four elements like that??
By not sleeping, mostly.
Lotor's going to have a full scholarship to Harvard, so help him.
(Because it's not like he can count on his parents for any sort of support, so if he wants to go he needs a full scholarship.)
I also got prompted to go into either Ryotor or Shotor with this (because the Lotor discord knows where I’m happiest), and:
I like football captain Shiro BUT I don't like erasing his disability and IDK how forgiving the football team would be of a prosthesis that isn't as magically uber-functional as the ones he has in canon. Track might be better, except track wouldn't explain his upper body build.
We eventually decided that Shiro is the soccer captain.
Ryou, on the other hand.
I want Ryou to be a Bad Boy
Like, not legitimately bad.
But he dresses like a punk and really loves his car.
He’s the “bad boy” punk that does things like rescue kittens from trees.
High-key, he knows how to pick locks and hotwire cars (and maybe helped Keith learn a few tricks).
Also please just imagine punk Ryou leaning in to flirt with Classy Goth Lotor (while Varsity Jock Shiro and Valedictorian Allura watch on in interest, because Shiro wants his twin to be happy, and Allura is childhood friends with Lotor and is a wee bit tired of hearing him talk about not having a datemate).
(Allura isn't valedictorian YET.)
(She's two years behind them.)
(But everyone kinda... expects.)
We also need to consider the very nice mental image of Ryou leaning against a motorcycle.
He maybe he suggests taking Lotor for a little joy ride.
And he's totally not doing this to go a little faster cause it makes Lotor hold on tighter, nope, nuh uh.
And then... I was going to say Milkshakes but that's the wrong ship.
Fruity ice pops, maybe.
And Lotor gets Very Distracted by the way Ryou eats his.
Ryou notices and probably does something even more suggestive than whatever he was doing but acts nonchalant.
Final note:
Ryou absolutely does Kabedon to Lotor.
Lotor goes red.
AU where Pidge is a lounge singer and sings this for a nerd-theme night, and Lance is a bartender who gets his break (or the night off) when Pidge is on stage because everyone knows he’s going to be distracted and useless while she’s up there.
Hunk plays the piano, Allura and Keith are Lance’s fellow bartenders who tease him a lot about this, Shiro and Ryou (Kuron) are the bouncers, Matt handles the lights and sound system, Coran’s the manager, and Lotor owns the joint.
(Optional Hidgance, definite Kallura.)
Kuron: *repeatedly considers Lotor’s opinions and helps plan with Lotor’s goals in mind, straddling a fine line of logic in his own mind even if he’s pushed to Lotor’s side by forces he doesn’t understand*
Lotor, thinking he has a friend: :D
Haggar: *reveals she’s been influencing Kuron from a distance in order to nanny cam Lotor*
Lotor, realizing he probably doesn’t have this friend: :’(
Kuron: *probably tries to figure out if friendship is actually an option after Haggar’s dead and all the identity crisis stuff is at least partly solved*
Lotor, tentatively: :)
I want you to imagine a Voltron AU where the lion's themes follow a Toddy Hall color association, whether for the paladins or the lions, ergo:
Full Voltron vs. Sincline: Wrong Bitch
Red/Keith: Expensive
Green/Pidge: Green
Black/Shiro and Ryou: Black and White
Pink/Allura: What They Say (this is one of the parody-ish songs, it's cute) or Ka-Ching
Blue/Lance: Water Guns (Oddly, there's just not any songs I can find with obvious blue elements, so... water)
Yellow/Hunk: Lyin’ to Myself
The two obvious options are:
1. This is how the lions/ships are, and the associations really are as the music suggests, and a lot of it clashes horribly with the paladins that end up with them. Keith is confused about where all the smug, rich bitch attitude is coming from. Lance is a little concerned by how melancholy Blue is. Pidge wants everything and has to take a moment to go “Um... wait.” Hunk is having an existential crisis and it may or may not be the Yellow Lion’s fault.
2. This is how the lions are, and the paladins fit perfectly, and there’s just a lot of concern all around because these aren’t necessarily GOOD traits, okay, should Coran be stepping in? Can these people be trusted with saving the universe? Are you sure?
Bonus for any poly ship you’re into, I guess: Boys Wear Pink
Your Exit is in Another Castle
In other words, we continue to delve into the mess of “Pidge got everyone trapped in a video game like it’s an episode of Star Trek.”
Chapter 2: Co-op Baking
Time for some service with a smile!
Art for this chapter is by @bluaroz, and can be found here.
