It is I, Lance McClain, reporting for press duty as your local journalist, alumni paladin, co-leader of the blades… and what do we have hereeee? 👀
BREAKING NEWS! @voltron fans know how to show UP! (I mean, we always knew that, right?)
On June 6th between 1-5PM at the local Toridori in Carrollton, Texas, @/colorful.halation on IG hosted an unofficial Voltron cupsleeve event in celebration of Voltron: Legendary Defender's 10th Anniversary! 💫
⭐️ Exclusive fan merch 🪭
⭐️ Interactive activities ✍️
⭐️ Photo ops 📸
⭐️ FOUR hours of gushing over your favourite paladins! 😌
Shut your QUIZNAK! But never fear, our adoring fans! If you missed out, Lancey Lance is here with the full scoop! 🦁💙
Let’s check out what the locals had to say… 🎤
❤️ Wes (@/blessthiswes.cos on IG): I had a really wonderful time hosting the cupsleeve event! Being able to have a space that allows the fans to interact with each other as a community truly made my heart full.
💙 Rin (@/rin.loves.cows on IG & TikTok): i loved the event a lot! it was nice to see so many people come together to share their love for voltron. Everyone was so kind & it really showed how amazing the fandom is!
So, they both want to be Mrs. Future Blue Lion? Please, please! I’m taken by Mr. Grumpy Pants, however, there is plenty of lions to go around! 😏
We also spoke to some of the vendors at the event, whom also adore yours truly 😗✨
💛 Lyc (@callmelyc): It was super cool to see so many faces that lit up at Voltron and who were excited to meet me! I was just as excited to meet everyone back and to know theres real smiling faces behind every interaction I have digitally.
💚 Lucy (@xxlucynekoxx): First time boothing and it’s a Voltron event?? LOVE 💕 the drinks were so delicious and meeting fellow Klancers was just amazing! 🥹🫶
Man, has it really been 10 years? Time sure flies… did Keith & I use our bayards?🪽
Hey, that's a pretty cool... KLANCE shrine?! Oh, I GOTTA show Keith this when I get home! 📸
This is Lance McClain, signing off! 🫡💙
P.S. Tell Hunk to order me a couple of those drinks, please! All this talking is making me a little thirsty… 😌
We all love our Voltron family, and sometimes we wish they had more opportunity to show that love to each other. That is, friend and family love. In a fandom full of romance and ships, these beautiful platonic relationships all too often end up lost in the crowd.
It is for that reason that we bring to you Gentron Week! For seven eight days, we’ll be celebrating everybody’s favorite space dorks with solely platonic fics and art! This event is dedicated to friendship, family, teammates, rivals, and any other platonic relationship you can fathom!
The event will run from August 3rd to August 10th, 2020, and each day will feature two optional prompts for writers and artists to work with:
August 3rd: Cuddle Pile | Literal Sleeping Together
August 4th: Wings AU | Adopting a Pet Together
August 5th: Telepathic Bond | Crying in Front of the Other
August 6th: Meeting the Family | Cultural Exchange
August 7th: Fairy Tales/Fantasy | Protecting the Other’s Honor
August 8th: Taking the Hit for the Other | Injury Aftercare
August 9th: Beach Day | Road Trip
August 10th: FREE DAY
We are super excited for chance to spread some platonic love throughout the Voltron fandom, and we hope you are too! We cannot wait to see what this community can create!
Hello, friends! As some of you may or may not have noticed, preorders for Happily Ever After have opened, and we are extremely excited about them! I am a contributor and was given the go ahead to post my print piece for the merch, buuuuuut I also didn’t want to give the whole game up just yet! So here is a peek, to guess if you can, of a piece of art that honestly I’m super proud of, and I hope y’all will like too! The mods have been working SO HARD and I’m absolutely shaking for what’s in store!
And it’s gonna be having some ooooohs and aaaaahs going on too, so don’t miss out!
Thank you for all the support lots of new people! and I hope y’all will get on the zine bandwagon! This is not one to miss!!
It’s time!!!
We’re excited to give a sneak peek at the stories that will be featured in this bang! While the first round is only open to sign-up artists, we’ll have second round if there are fics still available, so definitely take a look, even if you aren’t signed up! Claims will open on October 3rd at 6PM CST.
Previews Link
Enjoy perusing!
-PAB Team
The time has finally come! We’re proud to present our brand new pin design, created by the fantastic @33-ko! We extend our thanks again for having this done with such short notice!
Please keep in mind that this pin is only included in the merch bundle!
Preorders are open until October 17th! Grab your copy before they close!
Lance has been overworking himself as a result of his insecurities and Shiro is there to help him.
This is my gift for @veltron for the @langstron gift exchange! I hope you enjoy!! (Read it below or on AO3 here!)
The team was having a meeting about their next mission. Allura was talking about which planet they would be travelling to and which creatures to avoid there. Lance knew this was important and that he needed to pay attention, but his mind kept on wandering off without him even realizing it.
Lance knew he was the weak link, and couldn’t stop thinking about it, especially after what happened during the mission a week prior. He messed up and it could have killed someone. Thankfully, they got the information they needed and everyone got out with no more than a few scrapes and bruises. The angry scolding from Keith and Allura hurt, but the disappointed look he saw on Shiro’s face was what really got to him.
Shiro and Lance had been together for a while now, and their relationship was going very well. But the uncomfortable tension between them since that mission was upsetting. They hadn’t talked much since then, but that also could have been due to their busy schedule as paladins.
Maybe Lance was overthinking all of this. Maybe the lack of sleep was getting to him. Or maybe it was the fact that he was starting to feel under the weather.
He couldn’t sleep well that night after the mission, and instead decided to get some training in. “Some training” ended up being five hours, almost to the point of passing out on the training room floor. Lance thought he would sleep better the next night from the exhaustion of all of that training. However, as always, the universe was out to get him and he ended up training the next night as well. And the next. And the one after that.
Basically, he had only gotten about two hours of sleep each night for the past week, which probably explained why he was so tired during the day. Lance knew this was bad for his body, but he was the weak link. He needed the extra training so he could be useful to the team. Pidge, Hunk, and Coran were incredibly smart, Allura and Shiro had amazing leadership and planning skills, and Keith was a talented fighter. Lance didn’t have any special skills like the rest of them, he was only there to pilot Blue.
“Lance!”
His head shot up and realized everyone was staring at him.
Allura approached him with a furious look, and stopped mere inches in front of him. “Have you been listening to any of this? Do you even care about being a paladin?”
Lance’s cheeks flushed in embarrassment. “Of course I care.”
Keith then stepped forward next to Allura. “Then why did you look like you were about to fall asleep? Are we boring you?”
“No, I’m just tired.” Lance mumbled. He was already feeling irritable, and a second scolding from Allura and Keith in the same week was definitely not helping his mood.
Before anyone could say another word, Shiro stepped in front of Lance and took control of the situation. “That’s enough. We’re all worn out from these constant missions, so why don’t we take the rest of today to get some rest?”
Allura looked as if she was going to argue, but instead sighed and left the room without another word. The other began filing out afterward, slow and sluggish in their movements. Shiro was right, they all needed a break.
Lance silently made his way to the training room, despite what Shiro said about all of them taking the day to rest. He didn’t deserve to rest, he needed to be a better paladin.
Lance hadn’t even gotten through halfway through the first practice level before he heard someone call out “end training sequence!” He turned to the door and saw Shiro walking towards him with a concerned expression.
“What the hell, Shiro? Why’d you stop it?” Lance bit out. He regretted it as soon as the words left his mouth, feeling guilty at seeing the surprised and hurt look on Shiro’s face.
“Lance, we seriously need to talk.”
Lance froze, afraid of what was going to come next. Was Shiro going to break up with him? Kick him off the team? He felt himself fall forward to the ground, and then everything went black.
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Lance woke up feeling refreshed and in a much better mood. He yawned as he sat up, stretching his arms over his head.
“Hey there, sleepy head.” Lance turned and saw Shiro sitting beside his bed with a teasing smirk, holding a tablet in his hands. He must have been looking over information for the next mission.
“Hey, what are you-” It was then that everything came back to him. Lance groaned and buried his face in his hands. “Shiro, I’m really sorry. I was being such an ass earlier and-”
“Lance.” Shiro interrupted. “It’s okay, really. I understand what was going on with you now.”
“You do?”
Shiro turned the tablet for Lance to see. It was displaying his training log for the past week. “You’ve been working so hard, Lance. This shows how much you’ve improved and I am so proud of you for it.”
“Really?” Lance asked, embarrassed from the praise.
“Of course. But you overworked yourself to the point of collapsing. You trained so long every night, and it’s obvious now how little sleep you’ve been getting.”
Lance looked back down to his hands in his lap. “I’m sorry. I just wanted to be a better paladin, to catch up to all of you.”
Shiro frowned at that. “Lance, what are you talking about? Why do you think you need to catch up?”
“Because all of you are obviously better than me. You all have these unique, helpful skills you can contribute and I… I have nothing.”
Shiro moved to sit on the bed next to Lance and wrapped him in a tight hug, stroking his hair and peppering kisses to the top of his head. “No, baby, you are so important to this team. I don’t know where you got the idea that you aren’t helpful, but it’s not true. You are so talented with your sniping, it’s because of you that we’ve gotten out of some dangerous situations.”
Lance shook his head. “But I really messed up during the last mission. It was my fault that someone could have been hurt.”
“Lance, everybody makes mistakes. Keith and Allura were too harsh on you and I talked to them about it already. I’ve been meaning to talk to you about it too, but we’ve been so busy. I’m sorry, Lance, I really should have gone to you sooner.”
Lance sighed. “It’s okay. Thank you, Kashi.”
Shiro smiled, a fond look in his eyes at the nickname.”Now, how about you and I spend the rest of the day relaxing together?”
Lance nodded. “That would be nice.”
“On one condition, that is. You have to actually get a reasonable amount of sleep tonight. No training.”
Lance hummed in thought and smirked. “I don’t know… I think the only way I’d be able to do that is if I slept next to someone.”
Shiro scoffed, pushed Lance back onto the bed and pressed kisses to his neck. “I think that can be arranged.”
We’re super excited to announce Tidal Waves: A Lance Zine! Tidal Waves is a Lance centric free PDF zine to celebrate Lance for his birthday. Applications are now open until March 30th. Unlike Atlas, Tidal Waves will not be first come first serve so please keep that in mind when applying. Confirmation emails and a link to the discord sever will be sent out soon after applications close. Please keep in mind that while we are allowing ships the main focus must remain on Lance and all works must remain SFW. We hope to see you soon! If you have a question or concern please feel free to reach out to the blog or contact Mod Haley on her personable account.
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Additional Information:
You may apply as both a writer and artists but you’ll only be accepted as one or the other
The minimum word count for writers is 1,000 with a maximum of 4,000
