And this is part three - list of the blogs I enjoy. Gif making, graphics or/and video editing, in-depth drama analysis or simply reblogging new updates and sharing their thoughts and opinions, they have it all. These creators talent knows no boundaries and their content deserves more love and appreciation.
One day I’ll talk about it once I can gather the balls for it. The way Gabrielle makes Xena so much happier in life but not happy enough to kick that nasty suicide/self-sacrifice habit and keep fighting for her own life rather than just finding any old excuse to let go of it.
That day will be a very emotional day for me. It’s just so much easier to talk about what Xena did for Gabrielle because even though she is my favourite character, I do not relate to her anywhere near as much as I do Xena.
Her trauma is painful but not so painful I can’t stand it.
Xena - on the other hand. Like I said… one day I’ll say it.
ultimate voltron fic recs (mostly keith angst lol)
(ft. my bookmark comments)
klance
I Don't Know Where You're Going - perpetuallyangryinsomniac
(klance/gen, keith-centric, time travel au, angst, 29k words, ongoing)
Keith doesn’t give up often. When he does, he’s pulled back in; Shiro puts a kid in the simulator and shows him a life worth living, Blue tells a lost boy not to run just yet, Lance tells a cobbled-together Black Paladin not to split up the team. Despite everything--the list keeps growing--he has to believe he has always been exactly where he needs to be.
Between training, parading, babysitting, and ruining both intergalactic alliances and two-thousand-seven-hundred years worth of physical theory, Keith has plenty of time to reconsider.
When Your Giant Interdimensional Space Cat Gives You Superpowers To Fight The Galra - eternally_tired_muffin
(klance/gen, space lion superpowers!!, romance, fluff, angst, 66k words, oneshot)
Galra troops are being moved from galaxy to galaxy, leaving some planets badly defended. Taking advantage, Voltron manages to free them and gain new allies, learning more about the Lions - and each other - in the process.
With the Galra's complex plans, unexpected abilities and even more unexpected feelings, saving the universe gets a little more complicated.
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Keith was looking at him with a soft smile. "You're ridiculous."
Lance grinned and spun, shooting finger guns at him. "You know it."
For a short second, Lance swore Keith was blushing, ears tinted red. Lance couldn't look away.
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Essentially, a 'what if' scenario where the battle at the end of season two ends with Zarkon only mildy injured and Shiro doesn't disappear, and where klance becomes canon.
“Not—not that you’d be my rebound! I mean, you’d be helping me take my mind off of this guy, but to be a rebound, I’d have to have dated him first, I think, and he doesn’t even know I like him, so. You wouldn’t be a rebound. At worst, we become badass partners-in-crime with a grudging respect for each other, at best, we’re soulmates for life and this is fate trying to help us find happiness. So. Um.” Lance swallows and looks up at the Blade of Marmora soldier through his lashes. “What say you?”
They look down at their hands for a moment, fingers twisting together in deep thought. Then they’re pulling their gloves off, revealing pale, half-bruised knuckles of the human variation, and their mask is dissolving, giving way to big blue-purple eyes and an achingly familiar jet-black cowlick. “Who,” says Keith Kogane, in that low-pitched rumble that makes Lance’s stomach roil in the good way—holy fuck—“is this guy you’re trying to get over?”
joke’s on your, loser - zxrysky
(klance, romance, pining so much pining, getting-tgth!, 5k words, oneshot)
Now, here’s the thing. Lance is crushing on Allura with her pretty eyes, dark skin, sweet smile and the way she can kill you if she wants to because Allura is scary and dangerous, which is hot.
But Keith is scary and dangerous as well, with pale skin and a challenging smirk on his face and he’s much more willing to hold his knife to Lance’s neck and make his blood run hot, which makes Lance crush really fucking hard on Keith. It’s a horrifying thought that he’d ever choose Keith over Allura, but the day has come, it’s probably Doomsday or something, and Lance is horribly attracted to Keith and his stupid hair and his infuriating smile. And those muscles, goddamn.
[Keith: is blowing off fifty dollars for a piece of ginger root worth it]
[Hunk: ?????? what the fuck no]
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or: After the war, Keith explores the Earthen side of his identity. Featuring Korean food, love, and family.
[notes: okay as a korean person i never rlly understood the korean keith hc bc kogane is just n o t a korean name. im so sorry i wish it was but its rlly rlly not. but like... also,,, man what a great exploration of culture and identity and just,,, just great things in general. idk i just personally related to it a lot]
you, in a fight you lost - arahir
(sheith/gen, keith-centric, blood/injury, angst, near death, 5k words, oneshot)
Keith loses a fight with Haggar. It's bad.
“It’s too much to take in at once—there’s blood on Keith's face, in his hair, streaked down the white of his Paladin armor on one side. A mark spreads across his cheek like a bruise, dark and lurid, and he’s holding one arm at an odd angle—
No, it’s broken.
He takes a halting step toward them. The splatter of blood hitting the floor is audible.
That's how they learn Altean healing pods don't work on Galra.”
“They want you to dance.” Pidge came clean, “Told us when you two were out flying earlier.”
Shiro raised his eyebrows. “Well, Keith isn’t as bad as me-“
“That’s the thing.” Matt cut him off. “They want both of you to dance. To honor our alliance and celebrate your killing of the giant worm. Together.”
Keith looked up at Matt slowly and said with fake solemn, “We’re doomed, Matt. The horror of 2050 has come back to haunt us.”
Matt played along with faux dread in his voice, “I told you we should have said the awful dancer that tripped everyone at the Garrison masquerade was Shiro.” Matt dramatically raised the back of his right palm to his forehead and tilted his head back with closed eyes. “Karma is reminding us of our bad decision.”
Hunk, Lance and Pidge’s eyes widened.
“THAT WAS YOU, SHIRO?!” Lance shouted while Hunk and Pidge gaped at their senior officer.
Shiro looked at Matt, then at Keith. “Please know, that I hate the both of you.”
Yet again, Keith fails to show up in time. The team waits, ready to confront him for his diminishing commitment to Voltron in favor of his newfound duties among the Blade of Marmora.
Then Coran patches through a call from Kolivan.
"Keith is in urgent need of medical attention. Our estimated time of arrival is in three dobashes."
[my bookmark comment: please season four made me so mad gosh]
“Keith?” Matt asks quietly, and it’s in a private comm, like he’s anticipating a heavy conversation. “Keith, are you alright?”
And isn’t that just a wonderful question. What’s he supposed to say? Yes, I’m doing spectacular, which is exactly why I just tried to ram my ship into a force field knowing full well I would die.
“Fine,” Keith says. “I’ll be fine.”
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or: Season 4 from Keith's perspective.
[notes: another absolutely breathtaking and heartbreaking oneshot about s4. man i think i actually broke out into sobs at three am for this one.]
“You’re clearly not fine,” says Keith bluntly. He folds his arms across his chest, looking at Pidge head-on. “Come on. I’m shit at this stuff, so you’re just going to have to tell me. I’m not leaving until you do.”
Pidge gives him a weird look, anger evaporating in favor of vague bewilderment. “Most people don’t comfort others like this,” they say, raising an eyebrow. “Is this seriously your idea of helping?”
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Shiro lifts a shoulder, then drops it. “Maybe,” he says again, and Keith imagines him tilting his head a little, giving him a searching look. “It’s likely that I am.”
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Keith considers death, the desert, and Shiro.
[my bookmarks: absolutely breathtaking. my heart hurts.]
Kings Over Aces - justheretobreakthings
(gen, keith-centric, angst, tw;attempted rape, oh god the trauma, 30k words, complete)
The Voltron Coalition has an alliance in the works with the resource-rich planet of Yuipra, and it’s the paladins’ job to keep on the king’s good side while the deal is made. That shouldn’t shouldn’t be too great a challenge; after all, they’ve courted plenty of planets before for the sake of alliances.
Unfortunately, things are made much more complicated when the king takes a special interest in Keith.
[notes: just here to break things indeed yeah like my FUCKING HEART GOD. (okay but tw!! check the tws!!! bc i actually mayhaps had a tiiiiiny panic attack reading this. pls pls pls be aware of the tags]
Keith wakes up on a battlefield with no recollection of how he got there, but his team needs him to get to the Red Lion and form Voltron, or they’re all going to die.
[notes: genuinely in love with this fic. not kidding. i think ive actually reread this multiple times and just,,, had a great fucking time bc holy shit is this amazing]
The paladins are visiting a planet in hopes of securing an alliance when Keith is bitten by a mysterious insect. The effects are anything but comfortable.
(gen, keith-centric, galra keith au, teamteamteam!!, 27k words, series)
In which Keith, raised Galra and forcibly drafted into Zarkon's army, escapes from the Empire and proceeds to steal (then subsequently become adopted by) the Red Lion. Misadventures ensue, and Team Voltron gains an... interesting new member. The Empire isn't going to know what hit it.
[my bookmarks: a very interesting take on galra keith!! <3]
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.
[notes: ugh god i need to start reading more fluff im crying now look what you’ve done]
Keith has a lot of practice being alone; you might almost say he's good at it. When he finds himself seriously injured and stranded on an unknown planet, he knows he's not alone there. And here's the worst part: even after rescue and after things return to normal, Keith gets the distinct sense that whatever was on that planet has followed him. He doesn't have proof. But he knows it's there. He knows it's not going to stop until it gets what it wants.
[notes: im not even kidding this fic is absolutely brilliant. had my heart aching from start to finish- an incredible rollercoaster that ive made sure to read multiple times over and has been just as good no matter how many times ive read it. it juxtaposes two storylines; one from keith’s past in the desert on earth, and one in the present, in which he and the team encounter an alien infiltrator, and it is done wonderfully. just- this fic. pls read.]
Keith's 'Physical Contact' Initiation Program - alisayamin (sh_04e)
Keith didn’t move and neither did Pidge. It was a little awkward until Keith finally said, “Maybe we could officially officiate this..?”
“What do you mean?”
“Fist me.”
Pidge recoiled and sputtered, “Keith, what the f-” She was cut off by Shiro’s bellowing laughter from the observatory deck.
With his straight face unchanged, Keith lowered his left hand with the stopwatch and lifted his right hand, fisted.
Pidge actually sighed with so much relief, “OH. You mean fistbump! Right.” She slapped her forehead to remove the very very wrong image her imagination drew for her, “Holy shit, Keith, we need to work on that but yeah sure, I’d be honoured to officiate your physical contact program whatever.”
Or
That one time Coran realized Keith was too distant and decided to make him undergo the 'Physical Contact' Initiation Program which then led to --> 5 times the paladins realized Keith was an actual cat.
Primal Fear - SilenceIsGolden15
(gen, keith-centric, backstory, no voltron au, angst so much angst, tw; implied rape, murder, abuse, 10k words, oneshot)
They say violence is never the answer, but the real world is a little more complicated than that.
[notes: this is so tragic and terrifying in a horribly real sense in that this happens in the real world. this is real, this really happens to so many strong people out there, and its really fucking shitty. moral lines are so hard to draw, and the law can be so shitty sometimes, and this fic explores all of it- and it explores it well. give it a read, its such an eye opener. tw warning though be careful!!]
Liar, Liar - SilenceIsGolden15
(gen, keith-centric, truth serum au, angst so much angst, hurt/comfort, 4k words, oneshot)
Keith gets grabbed while on a mission, and of course it's the most secretive member of the team who gets injected with the prototype truth serum. This should be fun.
[notes: everything by this author is great. uve seen them mentioned above, im sure, but god everything on their account is just phenomenal so go check all that out, but im just recommending my personal favorties]
my world is over one more time - SilenceIsGolden15
Keith was never too focused on his birthday, but when it rolls around he hopes his team remembers it. When Keith's birthday is full of quality time and fun, he doesn't even question why his friends haven't said "happy birthday" to him.
Or: Where Keith thinks everyone is celebrating his birthday when they really forgot about it.
Keithtober 2019 Day 23: Birthday
[notes: gasp, a fluff fic in the midst of the agonizing angst? ure not dreaming, i swear. okay but no joke this one was absolutely adorable and i just had to put it in]
Pidge is small. And light. And very easy to carry.
Everyone ends up doing it at some point.
(Otherwise known as that one fic where everyone gets a bit of fic where they get to pick up the smallest Paladin for some reason and said reasons just involve more and more angst cause I'm a monster who loves Pidge.)
My little determined scientist Herbert charm arrived this morning (and a super cute black cat mirror!) Also this awesome little sticker which will go on my laptop later today all courtesy of @spookdoodles 💖
(GHOST - Square Hammer but it's CYBERPUNK/SYNTHWAVE/SCI-FI please stop)
All I can manage to say is, I love most (if not all) of the content Melodicka Bros create and I was once again satisfied and inspired by the abundance of quality and creativity that went into this cover song!
Here I will share a list of the blogs I enjoy. Gif making, graphics or/and video editing, in-depth drama analysis or simply reblogging new updates and sharing their thoughts and opinions, they have it all. These creators talent knows no boundaries and their content deserves more love and appreciation.
