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[icypantherwrites]

March Madness: Icy’s Tournament of Villains

March Madness is one of my favorite sporting events and I get... really into it. In the spirit of the “season” I thought it’d be fun to have a little tournament of our own and what’s a better face-off than villains? :D 

To be very clear: this is for fun ONLY! Bragging rights and all that jazz. This is not a contest with prizes, just a little game. I love prizes too but I am tapped dry xD 

How it Works: 

Check out my awesome bracket below! There are a total of 32 villains I’ve taken from my fics (please note the fic too as some, like Lotor or Sendak, appear for a specific fic and not another and they have different methods/personalities/resources depending on the fic) that are being pitted in a 1 vs 1 match-up.  You will vote who would win in a fight between these two opposing sides. And just remember, the “strongest” might not always win because there could be other factors at play (just like how upsets occur amongst seeds in the actual NCAA tournament) so think about the match-up carefully! Have fun with your choices too ♥

I will post a Google poll according to the schedule below and you’ll have that day to cast your votes. Majority will move on until we have our winner! There will also be a spot for you to explain your choices if you’d like and I’ll post the best responses with the vote results the next day.

For fairness, the villains are listed in alphabetical order over any perceived ranking on my part. So we might eliminate a few “strong” villains earlier than they’d like to be, but alas, Naruto chunnin exams, that’s how random selection works ;p

The Bracket:

See below! Feel free to fill it out ahead of time to see where you fall. Again, this is just for fun but if you win you are most definitely entitled to bragging rights and I will post your awesomeness on the page! :D 

(If Tumblr is being silly for you, view the full image here too: http://oi67.tinypic.com/1625x52.jpg) 

The Schedule

Round 1 (32 teams)

March 21: Four games March 22: Four games March 23: Four games March 24: Four games

Round 2 (16 teams - Sweet Sixteen)

March 28: Two games March 29: Two games March 30: Two games March 31: Two games

Round 3 (8 teams - Elite Eight)

April 2: Two games April 3: Two games

Round 4 (4 teams - Final Four)

April 4: Two games

Round 5 (2 teams - FINAL!)

April 5: Final game! 

All winners will be posted ~an hour before the next set of games/polls is released on subsequent days.

I already have my prediction of who would win and have my own bracket filled out  ♥ I can’t wait to see who you guys pick.

Let’s have some fun!!!

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[icypantherwrites]

More of a left turn question for Color. How would the story have changed if Lance hadn't gotten that shot off in the very beginning, and Theodek's brother had lived?

A very sharp left turn! ;p (I’m just going to go stream of thought here so if this jumps, apologies).

Lance would have still been captured and Theodek would still have been assigned to assist Haggar. But while blood thirsty Theodek would not have had such a hatred towards Lance and would have carried out his duties to hurt him merely for the joy of seeing a Paladin of Voltron in pain. 

Lance would have been tighter lipped and I snarkier for a long while longer than he was because he doesn’t have that crushing guilt on his soul and those feelings of sympathy for Theodek at the loss of family. He’d have antagonized him (and Haggar) to prevent himself from giving anything away about his team, but the level of cruelty back would not have been so personal and I doubt violent. And because of that... I doubt Yanden would have gotten involved. He told Shiro and Keith it was the cruelty that Theodek displayed in harming Lance that unnerved him and showed him how Lance was still a child, but at that point Lance would have been viewed as this back-talking prisoner of war. He may not have gotten Yanden’s sympathies to the extent he did, even had he spared his life in his escape.

Also, Haggar became obsessed with Lance’s quintessence at seeing how even when he was broken how strong it was in his desire to protect his family. Lance would never have become that broken and soul-stained if he had spared Theodek’s brother and then in turn Theodek would not have been as violent back. And thus, Haggar would probably never have had the idea to go for Lance’s quintessence. The story would have gone as I had thought it likely would with just a big whump/torture line where Lance was eventually rescued but without any inside assistance and the story would have been over in about twenty-five to thirtyish chapters. 

Sparing Theodek’s brother would have ended this story much quicker and Theodek too honestly wouldn’t have had as big a role. He may not even have had one at all, actually. Family was the theme here and without the loss of one Theodek is just another Galran. Now that I’m thinking about it, I would have most definitely written Theodek out of the script and Haggar would have been the one and only torturer to Lance. 

Huh.

So, there be my ramblings at almost 0500 hours. 

[icypantherwrites]

Ding-dong, the commander is dead

Obviously this won’t be coming for quite a while in Color, but let’s just say having over a four hour drive lends to a lot of thinking and one such scene that wouldn’t leave me alone was our darling Commander Theodek’s death. All of the other scenes are for unwritten stories and I told them they have to just keep festering up there as I’m on a hiatus for a reason xD But since Color is still weekly updating I gave it an allowance. Just wanted to share so you can either all revel in joy or despair if you’re going to miss him.  Tiny spoiler since I feel like I owe it to you all with this. In scene when Theodek dies are... Lance and Hunk. Take that as you will :) Good bye, Commander.

[icypantherwrites]

One more question, for ACFA this time, how bad is it gonna be when Haggar and Theodek find them? Been awhile since we seen them and I am expecting them soon.

Shhh, don’t summon them! *looks nervously over shoulder* Well... things are not going to be good :p *shot for shit answer* Okay, um, so right now as things stand they have *no* way to stop Haggar from sucking Lance’s quintessence dry and leaving him for dead. I mean, they’ll fight, but a Druid is beyond hard to fight and Haggar isn’t going to let Pidge trick her again. 

I’m just going to say that at this point with how it’s all going down Haggar and Theodek have the advantage by the time they breach the castle. And... I”m gonna leave it at that ;) 

[icypantherwrites]

Wait Theodek is still alive right? Because last I remember he was alive but in a recent post you said he’s dead so I don’t know if that meant he will die or is already dead and I somehow missed that part

Ah hah yeah, he is. That was poorly worded in the other message, sorry! Yes, Theodek is alive and kicking and happily seeking revenge right now. I do have plans for him to die though later on in the story and I’m… particularly excited by his death. It’s not probably at all what anyone is expecting. But for quite a while still he’s going to be hanging around and causing trouble :)