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I forgot that I run this blog with other people, so until I can get them all to leave the blog, I can’t delete it. I am still backing up my posts on ao3 for when I can delete.

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I think Imma delete this. Voltron just doesn't give me joy anymore, and I'm tired of feeling guilty because I never post for it anymore. I'm condensing everything of mine to my main blog @morte-mistrata so like, I guess follow me there if you wanna talk or whatever. This blog will be deleted on May 24.

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ive never watched an episode of voltron in my life but i jus read an article about how joaquim dos santos and lauren montgomery explicitly lied to press about their involvement in the failure of voltron and that they were singlehandedly responsible for the homophobic writing and ending and went out of their way to ignore the comments of both their hired sensitivity consultants and lgbt employees and im SCREAMING

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noelle drew a catradora revolutionary girl utena au i can’t get over this…

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“Are you falling for me, Pidge?” Speedpainting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBfErJXI1b8&t=39s

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Wanderer Above the Sea and Fog Preview

Wanderer Above the Sea and Fog by Caspar David Friedrich

ANIME: Attack on Titan ARTIST: @saffytaffy6 (Twitter) WRITER: @morte-mistrata

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The canary in the coal mine

I hear people saying that Voltron became terrible in S7 and S8. If I may, I’d like to expose my own theory.

Kuron, and specifically the treatment he was subjected to, was the canary in the coal mine.

That is to say, the ending of the much beloved S6 foreshadowed what would come to pass. Let’s review, shall we?

We have this character who repeatedly showed that he truly loved his family, to the point that a mind-reading entity probed his mind twice and both time found him sincere. To the point that, while about to suffocate to death after spending seven days with no food and no water in the freezing silent dark void of space after setting his leg on fire, all he could focus on were the moments he (believed he) spent with them. This character:

-suffered from constant painful headaches because an evil witch was fucking with his head

-was starting to suspect that his memories had been tampered with and everything he knew about himself was a lie, thus lived in constant fear and confusion

-believed he suffered from a degenerative disease that would cripple him, and possibly kill him, within a few months

-felt guilty over accidentally getting a bunch of kids involved in a war, thus was desperate to bring them home safely. And, as stated above, by S5 he believed that he only had a few short months left to do it, so was starting to get bullheaded and reckless over his franticness to win the war quickly for their sake. He let his upset get the better of him one (1) time, when he yelled at Lance, but immediately looked away in shame, and by the end of the day apologized to Lance and praised his good work.

Over the course of a year, this character suffered in silence and did his best to save as many people as possible. His hard work resulted in the salvation of 1/3 of the universe. He cared, and he tried, so very hard.

Then this characters gets possessed by the aforementioned evil witch, and mind-controlled against his will into trying to kill his family. As a result:

-Shiro, a man defined by his compassion, labels him “that thing.”

-The team takes Kuron out of the healing pod while he is injured but explicitly stated to be still alive. In addition, we are shown that he was still alive because he groaned when he was unconscious in the Black Lion.

-Keith refers to him as just a body. Again, this while Kuron is explicitly stated to be still alive.

-Lance, the kind-hearted emotional support of the team, cries that the real Shiro tried to warn them from the Astral Plane, but doesn’t even mention the time Kuron reached out to him for help in the hallway.

-Allura never even tries to use her powers to heal him, despite the fact that just a couple of episodes before she showed the ability to heal mortally-wounded people. Instead, she forces Shiro’s soul into Kuron’s body.

-When the guy who wakes up identifies himself as the real Shiro, nobody asks what happened to Kuron. Nobody grieves, nobody mourns, nobody cares. Kuron either died during the soul transfer or immediately before it after being taken out of the healing pod, and both the characters and the narrative treat it as a happy ending.

Can we agree that this is terrible? All the listed canon facts indicate that our heroes let their teammate die by withholding medical care so they could use his corpse as a vessel to save somebody else. The Paladins fought Lotor because they claimed that harvesting people is the worst possible crime, then turned around and did the exact same thing to one of their own. And it’s supposed to be okay because we are apparently not meant to think of a clone as a person, but rather as a “thing,” despite the fact that he was sentient and compassionate.

Post S6, interviews clearly showed that the EPs never expected anybody to care for Kuron. They gleefully recounted how they planned “to put the [real Shiro’s] proper essence into the Shiro husk.” Why supposedly professional writers did not expect people to care for the character who had been leading the heroes for 4 Seasons, I have no idea. After a couple of interviews, and realizing that people were sad for the clone and disturbed by his fate, they introduced the Word Of God that Kuron and Shiro merged together. Whether the heroes intentionally merged the two men together to save them both or it was just an unintended side-effect of saving the real Shiro, and whether that involves an actual soul merge or just Shiro getting the clone’s memories, is left vague.

(By the way, if it’s the latter, it’s worthless. Kuron had Shiro’s memories, that didn’t make Shiro any less dead. For that matter, Alfor’s AI had Alfor’s memories. Hell, at one point the heroes extract Sendak’s memories, and presumably could put them into anybody. Memories are not substitutes for the soul, and keeping somebody’s memories doesn’t mean that the person did not die, so they should still be mourned).

Unfortunately this Word Of God is never, ever even hinted at in canon. No indication whatsoever. The team freaks out when “Shiro’s consciousness is being rejected by the clone’s body,” but they never acknowledge the clone’s consciousness at all. White-haired Shiro only ever talks about stuff the original Shiro did, and doesn’t show any recognition when people talk about stuff the clone did, like the Voltron Show. The official books describe the process of reviving Shiro as simply putting his soul into the clone body, no mention of any merge anywhere. Finally and most damningly, canon directly contraddicts the WOG when Shiro outright states that the clone died. Thus I can only assume that the EPs lied, as they have many times before.

(For the record, there is also no canon indication that Shiro is cured of the disease. It’s never brought up even once in the show, they only say he is cured in interviews. As far as canon is concerned, Shiro “left the battle behind” because his disease finally caught up with him).

After S6, Kuron is brought up once in the entire rest of the series: in S7, when Shiro talks about “the dead body of an evil clone of myself.” Kuron’s family has written him off as evil, and his death as a joke, because they victim-blame him for the things he was forced to do against his will while under mind-control, and it’s supposed to be a happy ending.

So. When people ask “how could S7 and S8 be so cruel and heartless to Allura? How could they treat Lance so badly? How could they mess with Shiro’s character like that? How could they be so brutal to Lotor? What happened to the theme of found family?

Kuron was the canary in the coal mine. S6 took this well-meaning victimized character and had the family he loved throw him away like a piece of garbage, while acting like everything was fine and dandy. Having shown that much lack of empathy, it was just a matter of time before the series did the other characters dirty. It never stops at one.

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McSorley’s Bar Preview

McSorley’s Bar by John Sloan

ANIME: Violet Evergarden ARTIST: @thechargrey | WRITER: @morte-mistrata​

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“Why the beach?”

“The museums were all closed, and any amusement parks we might have gone to were shut down.”

“Why?”

Lance gives Keith a look, specifically ‘The Look’, which is reserved for only the most important occasions of dumbassery that must be called out. Keith stares blankly until Kosmo nudges his hand with the back of his head and he suddenly remembers the alien war they’ve just spent the last six years oc their life fighting.

“Oh.” Keith says. He adjusts the towel hanging around his neck. “Right. I knew that.”

Lance considers asking him how, exactly, he managed to forget that not so small fact, but Pidge is already marching ahead into the sand, the umbrella held aloft over her shoulder, and they’ve spent enough time talking already.

Lance sighs and grabs Keith’s hand, dragging him behind him like a toy duck on a string. “Come on. Let’s help Pidge set up the umbrella.”

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Hunk sets up a grill in the sand, far enough away that high tide won’t be able to reach it. Lance can smell the first hints of smoke as he pulls a can of sunscreen out of the lunchbag.

“Who’s first?” He calls, waving the can like a weapon.

Allura shakes her head, a hairpin held between her teeth as she attempts to tie her hair up. “Ee don eed any.”

Lance takes her words at face value, because honestly, it doesn’t surprise him that she’s got some kind of Altean thingy to prevent sunburns. He turns to Pidge next, who is already waiting the spray, eyes scrunched closed, and armed held out like a t-pose.

“Ready?”

“Ready.”

Lance circles around her, casting her in a cloud of white mist. Once he’s certain that she’s covered, he steps back and turns on his heel to face Keith, who is playing tug of war over his towel with Kosmo.

“Keith~”, Lance sings, shaking the bottle menancingly. “It’s your turn.”

Keith looks up, eyes wide with surprise. He glances at the bottle, then up to Lance, then back to the bottle. “I don’t need that.”

Lance rolls his eyes. “You’re just about as pale as Pidge. Trust me, you need it.”

Keith shakes his head again. Kosmo takes advantage of his diverted attention to fully steal his towel. Keith turns with an affronted 'hey!’, and Lance dashes and sprays him with a thick cloud. Keith turns back and coughs on the spray.

“Dude.”

Lance shrugs. “You’ll thank me for not getting a sunburn later.”

Keith glares but it hardly lasts a minute as Pidge dashes back from the seashore with a water gun and sprays Keith in the face.

His anger is quickly deverted as he dashes after her, nearly tripping as she dives into the ocean.

Lance watches everyone having fun. Hunk is cooking lunch. Allura is building a sand castle. Pidge is chasing Keith in the water. Lance decides to:

A. Help Hunk.

B. Build a sand castle with Allura.

C. Help Pidge defeat Keith.

D. Help Keith defeat Pidge.

#voltron #vld #lance #pidge #keith #voltron legendary defender #allura #klance #kidge #hunk #pidgance #plance #choose your own adventure

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"Why the beach?"

"The museums were all closed, and any amusement parks we might have gone to were shut down."

"Why?"

Lance gives Keith a look, specifically 'The Look', which is reserved for only the most important occasions of dumbassery that must be called out. Keith stares blankly until Kosmo nudges his hand with the back of his head and he suddenly remembers the alien war they've just spent the last six years oc their life fighting.

"Oh." Keith says. He adjusts the towel hanging around his neck. "Right. I knew that."

Lance considers asking him how, exactly, he managed to forget that not so small fact, but Pidge is already marching ahead into the sand, the umbrella held aloft over her shoulder, and they've spent enough time talking already.

Lance sighs and grabs Keith's hand, dragging him behind him like a toy duck on a string. "Come on. Let's help Pidge set up the umbrella."

OoOoOoO

Hunk sets up a grill in the sand, far enough away that high tide won't be able to reach it. Lance can smell the first hints of smoke as he pulls a can of sunscreen out of the lunchbag.

"Who's first?" He calls, waving the can like a weapon.

Allura shakes her head, a hairpin held between her teeth as she attempts to tie her hair up. "Ee don eed any."

Lance takes her words at face value, because honestly, it doesn't surprise him that she's got some kind of Altean thingy to prevent sunburns. He turns to Pidge next, who is already waiting the spray, eyes scrunched closed, and armed held out like a t-pose.

"Ready?"

"Ready."

Lance circles around her, casting her in a cloud of white mist. Once he's certain that she's covered, he steps back and turns on his heel to face Keith, who is playing tug of war over his towel with Kosmo.

"Keith~", Lance sings, shaking the bottle menancingly. "It's your turn."

Keith looks up, eyes wide with surprise. He glances at the bottle, then up to Lance, then back to the bottle. "I don't need that."

Lance rolls his eyes. "You're just about as pale as Pidge. Trust me, you need it."

Keith shakes his head again. Kosmo takes advantage of his diverted attention to fully steal his towel. Keith turns with an affronted 'hey!', and Lance dashes and sprays him with a thick cloud. Keith turns back and coughs on the spray.

"Dude."

Lance shrugs. "You'll thank me for not getting a sunburn later."

Keith glares but it hardly lasts a minute as Pidge dashes back from the seashore with a water gun and sprays Keith in the face.

His anger is quickly deverted as he dashes after her, nearly tripping as she dives into the ocean.

Lance watches everyone having fun. Hunk is cooking lunch. Allura is building a sand castle. Pidge is chasing Keith in the water. Lance decides to:

A. Help Hunk.

B. Build a sand castle with Allura.

C. Help Pidge defeat Keith.

D. Help Keith defeat Pidge.

#voltron #vld #lance #pidge #keith #voltron legendary defender #allura #klance #kidge #hunk #lotor #pidgance #plance #shance #choose your own adventure

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I contributed two fics to this zine. One was for Violet Evergarden, and the other was for Attack on titan. Both are really good anime and I had fun writing for them. The artists I was paired with did a wonderful job illustrating these stories.

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Mornin’ ~

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Shidge nationality swap starring Japanese!Pidge and Italian!Shiro

Thanks to my soulmate for the idea! She came up with so many cool aus <3

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Lotura and Shidge clothing switch :D

nice 

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some bodyguard AU! he protecc, he attacc and he also gets recct sometimes lol

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Galtean Betrayel

Kuro: “You could’ve been hurt!”

Lance: “Who? Me? Oh Kuro, you have such little trust in me!”

(The quality is a LOT better if you click on it!)

— bit of background —

Y’know I love me some Altean!Kuro and Galra!Lance. I was just thinking of how Kuro would react to Lance doing something so stupidly life endangering for something that could’ve been handled by someone else….and I thought he might explode with concerned anger. Y’know how some parents yell at their kids because they don’t know how to word their worry? Yeah, I imagine Kuro is like that. Obviously Lance already knows this so he resorts back to what he always falls back on when someone is angry/disappointed with him. Humour.