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puppetmaster55 · 6 years

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To my followers: this is a salt post, below the cut

The more I think about it, the more I wonder how the behind-the-scenes stuff timelines together.

Like, it’s known from a leak that there was ADR for up to at least early s5 back in March 2017, and from the EPs comments (and that of one of the directors talking about having finished his time with vld, whose last directed episode was the penultimate one of s6), we know that work on s6 was coming to a close shortly afterward.

We also know that the crew works on the story in 26-episode groupings, considering them not as two seasons but as one long season (as learned in interviews following s2).

It’s also been repeatedly said that the writing is “years ahead” of what we see.

So. Fast forward to early summer 2017. It’s been announced when s3 will drop, and that the seasons will be shorter. The EPs admit a little later that this was news to them as well, and changed how they had to do things.

This tracks with s3-s6 being finished and the entire thing being shown to the DW execs. Likely this was shortly before the story for s7-s8 was finalized and presented to the execs to begin work. You present the finished product to get the executive okay before moving forward with the next one (in this instance, the second production set getting the final okay before moving on to the third production set)

Which means.... s7 was written with the intention of being two shorter seasons. One that was the road trip back to Earth, and then one that was the Earth arc.

Now, on the DW side of things seeing s3-s6 and deciding that was largely a moment of “oh. oh, this isn’t nearly as good as any of us were expecting, we can’t have this all come out in 13-episode groups, the story barely connects well enough for that” (as evidenced by the disparity between s3 and s4, s4 and s5, and the direction of the story in s5 to s6). The shorter seasons might’ve been damage control, and the changes from the execs as a result lending heavily to the talk of having had to do a complete rewrite of one of these last seasons (possibly—and probably—both). And, well, @sol1056 and @ptw30 both can speak better on the stats and marketing aspects of how those seasons were received.

But I would go to them for input on the reception of s3-s6 in having s7-s8 be the “regular” 13-episode length. Possibly this happened as early as the reception of s4, when they entered the holidays. The rewrite, then, could be attributed to the wake of s5 audience reception.

Which all means... whatever s8 might be, whether crafted from scratch at the eleventh hour as the execs attempts to salvage this mess or otherwise cobbled back together from all the pieces cut away to turn it into two smaller seasons, it is definitely the end of this iteration of voltron. At least under the current showrunners.

#puppet gets salty #sol1056 #THOSE ARE THE ONLY TAGS I'M PUTTING ON THIS POST #and I'm tagging the one person bc I can't @ them in the body #I had to get these thoughts out I'm sorry to anyone reading this #who did not want anything negative or critical on their dash #(even though this feels like neither)

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avidbeader · 6 years

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Yeah, Friday was a bit of a hellstorm so I didn’t get to sit down and type out what I planned , so it’s another two-for-one.

Day 5 of Voltron Writer Appreciation Week goes to @bosstoaster. I’ve had the good fortune to meet her in person and chat, and whether it’s face-to-face or through fanfic, her love for the show and its characters shines through. It doesn’t matter what ship or characters you enjoy, there’s almost certainly something in her massive volume of work for you. Her writing is smart and she has great range: platonic or romantic, humor to adventure to suspense, canon-based to AU. Plus she can get you thinking about your favorite characters in brand-new ways.

Day 6 is for @sol1056 . I first got to know Sol through “Slip the Surly Bonds”, which would be yet another pre-Kerberos Sheith story, except it’s utterly brilliant. Fourteen-year-old Keith has been sent to the Garrison by court order and Iverson, having told a newly-assigned Shiro he’s got to find fifty pilots and bring them up to his level, sends Shiro to evaluate the kid. The result is a rich and satisfying exploration as they become mentor and protégé, then friends. Sol is one of the best at detailed characters with solid motivations, even the minor ones. And then she wrote a sequel, “The Uncertain Hour”, which is a massive and sprawling post-S4 epic that raises a huge amount of good questions about the Voltron universe, its ethics/economics/history, and manages to answer most of them. Most of her stories are long and meaty, so if you enjoy reading that kind of thing, check her out.

#voltron #vldpositivitymonth #sheith #bosstoaster #sol1056 #fic recs

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heartofluxite · 6 years

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Fic Rec: Slip the Surly Bonds

Title: Slip the Surly Bonds

Author: Sol1056

Rating: T

Word Count: 86716

Publication date: 2017-11-11

Author’s summary: Tasked with finding and teaching fifty students with the potential to reach his caliber as a pilot, Shiro instead finds one who has the potential to surpass him. But first, he’s got to get the scrawny delinquent to shape up and fly right.

Thoughts: This is one of the best fics I’ve read in 2017. The craftsmanship in the writing (if this matters to you – it’s paramount to me) is exceptional. The writer’s use of language, consideration of plot, and attention to world-building are all outstanding.

Honestly, Slip the Surly Bonds raises the bar SO high for whatever pre-Kerberos Sheith backstory (crossed fingers) we may get in canon. This has it all: Keith’s family story, Shiro’s family story, shoulder touches, the shack, the gloves, the cropped jacket, stargazing, what’s up with Iverson’s attitude, Keith’s meteoric rise as a pilot and SO MUCH MORE. What it doesn’t have: any of the other Paladins, Alteans, Holts, Galra, giant robots, actual space exploration, or alien lions, BUT IT DOESN’T NEED TO AND YOU WON’T FEEL LIKE YOU’RE MISSING OUT ON ANYTHING. The picture of Garrison life and its residents that sol1056 builds is so compelling that the lack of almost everything that makes Voltron, Voltron DOES NOT EVEN MATTER.

Instead the focus is Keith and Shiro’s origin story. Their relationship here is engaging in its own right, but it is also true to their characters and slots seamlessly into canon. You want to know what Keith means when he says Shiro is the one person who never gave up on him? Got you covered. You want to know why losing Shiro is Keith’s greatest fear? Check. You want to know why Shiro is Keith’s guiding light? This fic will convince you beyond a shred of doubt. Now I am 110% in favor of canon Sheith, but the (pre-slash?) relationship between the two men here is so deep that romance would almost be an intrusion. It sounds like hyperbole, but there is almost no way Dreamworks could do a better job establishing Keith and Shiro’s backstory than what sol1056 does here, even if only because there is more scope and texture possible in a novel compared to an episode. And yes, this is a novel.

#sheith #sheith fic rec #shiro #takashi shirogane #keith (voltron)#genre: drama #era: pre-kerberos/pre-canon #contains: running away #contains: no smut #rated: T #word count: 75K+#sol1056 #fic recs

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vixianna · 6 years

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Racism in Voltron Part One: The Galra are Space Negros Ya’ll

@bbtree @sol1056 @smolsarcasticraspberry

You all are talking about how the Galra are coded darker than the Alteans, but that the Alteans are still coded non-white and humans are white, and I’ll do you one better. The Galra are black coded. I’ve been meaning to make a long post about racism re: The Galra in Voltron for a while now, and you all inspired me to go through with it. This is part one of three.

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Buckle up buttercups, it’s time to go deeper.

The key to understanding how this maps out is understanding both racial hierarchy as it exists in the United States under White Supremacy, and stereotypes surrounding blackness from both before and after the Civil War. Sol1056 pointed out that Altea feels like a Fallen South, a narrative about the destruction of the Antebellum ways by the War of Northern Aggression. And I’ll do you one better, this isn’t just a South destroyed by The War, this is the South as portrayed in A Birth of a Nation. The white people subjected to genocide, enslavement, and horrors by the vengeful uncontrolled newly freed slave blacks.

The two major sources of black stereotype in America comes from the Reconstruction and Antebellum periods. The difference between them lies in the purpose of the creation of those stereotypes. Before the war, they focused on the subservience of black people. How they were natural slaves, how they were lazy, unambitious, ignorant. From there you get the “Sambo”, the “Mammy”, and the “Pickaninny”. (As well as the cautionary tale of the “Mandingo” and the exploitative self-justification of the “Jezebel”.) All of this presents black people as happy, carefree, lazy, unambitious, and naturally subservient to whites. At first, this doesn’t seem to map onto the Galra Empire, they are warriors and honorable, and aggressive. At least that is their informed traits, but we’re not talking about inside the narrative, we’re talking about how the narrative treats the Galra Race. (This is how humans ended up white-coded with multiple non-white Paladins directly portrayed.)

Before the war with Altea, how is Galra sovereignty, agency, and power treated by the narrative? We only get a single episode(The Legend Begins) to delve into that, but it’s important to understand racial hierarchy in America operates on the assumption of Proximity to Whiteness as a sign of goodness/worth/superiority. Altea doesn’t have to be literally white to have a Proximity to Whiteness and be higher up the proverbial chain. This is how Altea, and our notable Alteans, can be coded non-white by the narrative, and still treated as “white” in comparison to the darker, blacker Galra. Race in America is created around a White/Black dichotomy and anti-blackness forms the backbone of racial animism in the country. Other non-white races can leverage anti-blackness in order achieve closer proximity to whiteness and benefit themselves.

A definition of subservient before we dive back into the show:

Prepared to obey others unquestioningly

less important; subordinate

serving as a means to an end

Back in the show, there are several clues that Altea is higher up the racial hierarchy than the Galra, even excepting the idea they were meant to be the narrative’s villains. Consider that after the comet lands on Daibazaal, it’s Altean alchemists and scientist who come to study the Rift and the Comet itself. The Galra don’t research and discover the properties of the Comet and Rift and share them with Alfor, a situation that would be collaborative and signal a strong equal responsibility in the creation of Voltron. Instead, Alfor and his Alchemist set up shop on Daibazaal itself, get cozy, and get to work. Galra agency is present no where in this scenario. They did not control where the Comet crashed, that was the universe at large, and they did not have the technological skills and know-how to research the Comet and the Rift, that came to them from Whiter Altea. They are essentially not in control of their resources and scientific advancement. They are less important than Altea, despite being the source for all of the research that lead to Voltron and the discovery of quintessence.(They are a means to an end.)

Zarkon was the original black paladin and the head of Voltron, but the narrative goes out its way to show him being contradicted and ignored by Alfor(the white leader stand in), more than once. First during a battle where Alfor ignores Zarkon’s commands, despite Alfor himself saying he choose him to lead Voltron because of his battle sense, (and it’s notable all the upgrades and forming Voltron comes from Alfor. He listens to his Lion and is the first to use his Bayard and tell them to fly in formation. This strongly undermines Zarkon as the true leader, despite Alfor claiming to be his right hand man.) and later when Alfor is leaving the labs on Daibazaal and is taking Voltron off the table. Notably, the times when Zarkon asserts his authority successfully, lead directly to Daibazaal’s fall. The first when he puts his foot down about continuing to research the Rift after Voltron first forms and defeats the Rift Creatures, and second when he convinces them through deception to widen the Rift with Voltron. (During the confrontation in the lab we learn Altean Alchemists have discovered that the planet is fracturing. We see Daibazaal change from its native red to a sickly green, but Zarkon is shown putting in ineffectual measures to stabilize the planet.) All instances of Zarkon trying to assert his authority are either stymied or lead to ruin.

A note, that although Honerva is Altean and so white stand in, she is also a woman. White Supremacy is Patriarchal as well, and by refusing to submit to the higher white authority of King Alfor as the White Ruler and listening to his wife, Zarkon dooms his planet. Because while she is portrayed as the entire agent of scientific change on Daibazaal(at one point its stated her team has created a cruiser five times the previous largest size), she is an agent of ruin because of her emotional obsession with the Rift causing a lack of foresight.(She is “weak wimminz” you see?)

At no point between Honerva or Alfor is Zarkon(the Galra stand in for the whole people as the only named Galra with any lines in the past) given any agency or makes any plot relevant decisions. He is wholly subservient to either his overly ambitious grasping White Wife or the Proper White Patriarch that is Alfor. As a result, the Galra as a whole are stripped of agency and power; their scientific advances, their future, their decisions, only take place because a white stand in has power/control. (He follows either Alfor or Honerva unquestioningly.)

And so, the Galra people are lost without the guiding hand of the proper white Altean leadership. And like freed black slaves given power(by the Rift?), rise up and destroy.

After the start of the war though, we get an entirely different set of stereotypes to work with. Instead it draws from Reconstruction Era stereotypes about black people. These focused on the dangerousness of freed black men and women. As such, they were focused on the animialistic nature, the violence, aggression, impulsiveness, and poor stewardship of blackness. A note about stewardship in this context, because black people were considered “less than human” their lack of ability to be good stewards was a moral failing as is common in Reconstruction Era stereotypes(where as Antebellum ones focused on intellectual failings, black people were feeble minded. Hmmm, just like the Galra before the war?). America is a Christian nation in cultural foundations, and Man was given dominion over the Earth to use as he saw fit by God. By being incapable of demonstrating real control and stewardship over any abundance gifted to them, Black people were similar to animals or less than human.

Reconstruction Era stereotypes of blackness like the “Brute” and “Sapphire” are angry, violent, lashing out, overtly masculine. (there are also stereotypes that “look back” so to speak about how blackness used to be like “Uncle Tom” that stand in for the white view of “proper” black subservience) The Galra Empire, as depicted through the majority of the show in “modern” times, is the Brute stereotype writ large. The Brute existed in many ways to justify the lynching of Black Americans, especially black men. Black men after slavery were “reverting” to their naturally criminal ways without the guiding hand of whiteness. They were violent, aggressive, rapacious, uncontrolled, dangerous. Unlike the good Sambo or Uncle Tom, a Brute did not respect white authority and enacted mass scale criminality on white society. The Brute is the basic caricature at use in A Birth of A Nation, where newly freed Black people act out genocide, mass violence/rape, and oppression of white people.(who have to be rescued by the Ku Klux Klan...more on this in Part Two and Three) Does this sound vaguely familiar? After dying, Zarkon is empowered by the Rift and declares War on Altea and the rest of the system. They drive the other members of the system into enslaved submission and then destroy Whiteness Altea in blanket genocide. The Galra then expand across the universe in increasing levels of violent uncontrolled criminality. Their thirst for quintessence, a substance previously portrayed as a limitless source of energy in Honvera’s rotation experiment in her lab or when in use by Voltron or the Castle of Lions, a demonstration of their complete inability to be stewards of abundance. Without the guiding hand of Altea, the Galra plunged into self-destructive and criminal behavior.

Consider that they are shown multiple times engaging in genocide as a result of poor stewardship or lack of care(The Depths, Oriande, Tears of the Balmera), that multiple characters call them violent and bloodthirsty(notably Allura in The Prisoner), that their entire culture is warped around military violence(rite of combat of Kral Zera or displayed by Lotor in Changing of the Guard) and expansion to gather more resources like locusts. Galra are depicted as morally corrupt/failures and no where is this more clear than Lotor’s arc. The second part of this post is where I deconstruct his story re: Tragic Mulatto stereotype before we get to what that means for Keith, but it’s notable that despite the fact his failings are distinctly Altean(quest for knowledge, obsession with quintessence very much like Honerva), it is his Galra Father to which is he compared and said in the narrative to be like. (Allura’s direct comments in All Good Things, as well as Axce’s claims that all Lotor wanted was Power in The Way Forward.) That Lotor lied about peace and instead was only concerned about power and control(like Zarkon), and that he is depicted as “giving in” to his Galra nature in a way by committing genocide against Alteans just like his father.

Finally, I’ll note that if Zarkon is meant to be the ultimate representation of his people the way Alfor is, then his depiction post-war is also as important as pre-war. If before he was ineffectual and subservient, he is afterwards brutal, insatiable, savage, destructive. He is rendered in vivid tones as being Black’s abuser. Forcing their bond despite her(?) disinterest after his death, it commits Tv-Y7 rape against her will, forcing a deep psychic connection to which she is depicted as being saved by Human(white coded) Shiro. (As the Black Lion is a creation of a race higher up the racial hierarchy with a greater Proximity to Whiteness, she can exist as a white woman stand in to be violated or corrupted by Zarkon’s blackness...like Honerva for that matter.) He encourages his top generals to consume and himself consumes vast quantities of quintessence to empower himself and his Empire(Blood Duel is an especially strong example). His tactics focus on brute strength and overt violence instead of out-thinking or tricking his opponents. (His repeated usage of roebeasts and his fights in Blood Duel, Black Out, and The Black Paladin along with his method for hunting Lotor in Begin the Blitz.) He’s cruel and almost nonsensically violent.(his destruction of the mining colony is a good example of this.) Absent the presence of Altea, Zarkon and his people have degenerated to bloodthirsty, animalistic war mongers. (for an interesting and extra disturbing take, consider the meta surrounding common Galra appearance containing fur/tails/fluff/scales/ect. Things that we see aren’t present in Galra 10,000 years previous during the original rule of Zarkon, where they are distinctly more humanoid looking.) A final note, despite Honerva having ultimate agency in comparison to Zarkon, she is still corrupted by her interactions with him and his people. By becoming Empress, like all white women exposed to corrupting Mandingos (Lotor got some of this) or Brutes, her white innocence and purity was tainted by his obsession with Power and Violence. His space alien Black Dick literally fucked the morality out of her.(It’s weird that they decided to juxtapose the timing of Honerva’s increasing obsession with the rift and misstep with the Rift Monsters with an explicit consummation of their relationship through marriage.)

And on the note of the two of them fucking, we’ll end this here to set up Part Two about Lotor.

#Voltron Meta #VLD meta #Racism in media #anti-Black racism #racial allegory #this is all on the meta narrative level #so does we have actual black characters like Hunk #existing as a White Coded Human #but like #the point still stands #this is gonna be long #but at least everyone will finally know #why I've been screaming about how racist #VLD's meta narrative is #for like the past two months #to all my friends #a special thanks to sol1056 and bbtree #because your posts inspired me to get off my ass #and write this finally

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stevieraebarnes · 3 years

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f, k, r, & v 😘

Aww thank you best buddy💖 I come bearing...many words I'm so sorry xD

F: Share a snippet from one of your favorite dialogue scenes you’ve written and explain why you’re proud of it.

Whew, starting out with the heavy hitters! I love writing dialogue uhhh so this was a tough decision. BUT. I had the most fun writing this exchange between Dick and Roy while Dick is searching for the mysterious Jason Todd in the fic You and Me (under the cut, it's long):

“Anyways. Sometimes he’s quiet and unobtrusive. And sometimes he’s really confident and opinionated. He’s good looking, in a bit of a rugged way. Fit. Deep voice. Eyes that see deep into your soul...”

“Sounds like Dave,” Roy interrupts.

“What?”

“Sounds like Dave,” Roy says again.

“Who?”

“Dave. He sounds like—”

“Yeah, I got that part. Explain who Dave is.”

“He’s that third year. Kind of got a bad boy vibe going on.”

“Maybe…” Dick muses.

“He burned down the gym of his high school.”

Oh my god he is a serial killer... wait a second...

“What?” Dick says to Roy, voice full of disbelief.

“He burned down the—”

“God damnit, Roy, I heard you. I think you’re confusing reality with Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Again.”

“Oh, shit, you’re right. But he really is that third year,” and Dick watches Roy extend a hand to point a finger at a student sitting on a bench fifteen feet away. “Let’s ask him—”

“Roy, no—”

“—HEY DAVE!” Roy yells.

A man dressed in black jeans, a black leather motorcycle jacket, and a black scarf wrapped around his lower face turns his head slowly towards Roy, his eyes narrowed to slits from annoyance.

Roy continues anyways. “WHAT HIGH SCHOOL DID YOU GO TO?”

The guy pulls down his scarf and calls out, “I don’t even know you!”

“Roy, that’s—”

“YOU DON’T KNOW ME CAUSE YOU NEVER SAY ANYTHING!”

“Stop talking to me!” the guy yells back as he leaves the bench and stalks off, re-wrapping his scarf around himself.

Roy looks back at Dick and shrugs. “So that’s Dave. He’s in my 8am Spanish class. Very mysterious.”

I honestly had such a blast writing that whole fic.

K: What’s the angstiest idea you’ve ever come up with?

Ohhhh the angstiest?? *cracks knuckles despite it being a pet peeve of mine* One of the angstiest ideas I've ever come up with is actually a minor threat for my current exchange fic!! I'm mollifying it to fit the prompt parameters but one day I'd like to let all the angst take over and explore it more fully!

In second place, I think the angst is pretty revved up in the fic where Dick and Jason have to relive Jason's death in last year's Take Your Share of Buckshot. Oooh there's also We Didn't Give You Permission to Leave Us which centers around the Bats dealing with a dying Bruce. I do like my angst, what an excellent question 😘🥰

R: Are there any writers (fanfic or otherwise) you consider an influence?

Oh for sure!! So many! Published authors include Kurt Vonnegut and Shirley Jackson and Flannery O'Connor. Fic authors include Sol1056 and dropdeaddream who write top quality fics and inspired me to mess with AO3's html and include different mediums (also special shout out to the jaydick flashfic group who also encourage new challenges beyond just writing prompts 💕) Also, you and the beautiful jaydick authors/artists/cheerleaders/readers are the worst best influence ever lmaooo I love y'all.

V: If you could write the sequel (or prequel) to any fic out there not written by yourself, which would you choose?

Hmmm wow this is a hard question xD Uhhhh I don't want to write it because I would never do it justice but I'd love to see more of @gavotteandgigue's Dreamscape series!! Prequels, sequels, missing scenes, ANYTHING.

(from this fic ask game)

#bitterleafs #ask #answer #long post #personal #thank you loveliest crow for the ask!!

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cushfuddled · 4 years

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Remembering the days when I would go to the cafeteria every morning and read Sol1056′s meta like the newspaper

#what a time to be alive #I still think about their 'if you promise peaches' post a lot

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the-irish-mayhem · 4 years

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tag game! i was tagged by @shinyopals

rules: tag 9 some people you want to get to know better/catch up with and then answer these questions

last song: mmm I think it might’ve been enter sandman at work

last movie: pride & prejudice WAIT NO IT WAS THAT NEW CHEESY ROM COM ON NETFLIX CALLED FALLING INN LOVE it was so stupid and so delightful

currently reading: Embers by Vathara, Slip the Surly Bonds by Sol1056, and Bombs Away by Harry Turtledove

currently watching: right at this second, nothing. in general, just rewatching a bunch of things I’ve already seen.

currently craving: homemade cinnamon rolls and a place that has a yard

working on anything right now?: Believe it or not, I’m currently working on every single fic I have that’s unfinished, bit by bit (except for RUTA which is only on pause as I untangle some stuff in the late game, so I guess technically I’m working on it?) and my Avatar/LOK fic series.

currently playing: I started shadows of mordor like a month ago and I haven’t had much time to get really into it. I keep forgetting the effing controls and hitting the wrong shit and dying XD I also bought Sekiro and I am ready to throw my controller through a wall in frustration playing that

tagging: I welcome anyone to do this whose interest is piqued, but I’ll also call out @initiala, @idoltina, @alwaysaprilia, @spectralarchers, @beheworthy, @rosalindmosis, and @everyendingabeginning

#tag meme #:D

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quotablefanfiction · 3 months

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It wasn’t like anyone was going to show up and get him out, either. First, Edward and Alphonse were on their way to Central, and second, Heero wasn’t even in this world. On the upside, that did reduce his chances of getting shot by any rescuer, so that was a plus.

Duo contemplating escape from jail (chp. 7)

Find the Moon by Sol1056 (FF.net) Fullmetal Alchemist/Gundam Wing – Teen #Crossover #Fandom Fusion #Adventure #Drama #Violence #Pre-Series FMA

Duiren’s alchemist is dead, and his basement’s filled with vicious chimera, and a…homunculus? Edward and Alphonse investigate.

#fanfiction #quote #Fullmetal Alchemist #Gundam Wing #Duo Maxwell #Find the Moon #Sol1056

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sheithfictioncatalogue · 3 years

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Hello! New-ish Sheith fan here. I’ve been having so much fun exploring all the content! Thank you guys so much for running this amazing blog! I was wondering, what are the “must read” Sheith fics that are considered a staple for the majority of the fandom?

Hi there! Welcome to the Sheith fandom! We’re happy you’re having a lot of fun, there’s so much amazing Sheith content out there. While we don’t really know if there are those “fandom staple” kind of fics you might find for other ships, we’re always happy to recommend some of our favorite popular ones to get you started:

Where the Light Doesn’t Reach - rosegardenlake

230k. (Mature) Contains: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Blood and Gore

Football Captain Takashi Shirogane always looked like he had a charmed life. A full ride scholarship to a top university, worshipping fans wherever he turned, never wanting for a single thing. Keith’s never needed to have anything to do with him. Keith has his own problems, his own friends, his art. They’re from two different worlds.But one day, Shiro doesn’t come home. One day, there’s blood all over the streets but no body. And it’s Keith, and only Keith, who can see Shiro, shirt splattered with blood, panicking through a hallway of people who ignore and pass right through him.It’s only Keith who can see his ghost. And it’s only Keith who can help him find who did it.

Between the Shadow and the Soul - magisterpavus

161k. (Explicit). Contains: nsfw content, violence

The most terrifying things in the desert were the men. Of this, Keith had no doubt.

Until Keith found him.

Another Word for Forever - stardropdream

61k. (Explicit) Contains: nsfw content

Shiro knows better than to expect love in an arranged marriage. This is all for the sake of universal peace, after all, and solidifying a Terran-Galran alliance. At the very least, Shiro can hope to make a friend out of this.

Becoming friends would be much easier, though, if he and his husband could actually communicate. With a language barrier and a mountain of cultural differences between them, getting to know Keith proves to be a challenge.

Luckily, Shiro’s always worked well with challenges.

The Uncertain Hour - Sol1056

269k. (Mature) Background ships: Allura/Lance

In the wake of Keith leaving the paladins, Kolivan is left with sole responsibility for the boy, until an outsider intervenes. When the empire ramps up its attacks, shifting alliances and growing factions put the entire rebellion at risk.

Keith trudged from the room, his steps heavier, but still barely audible. He was easily half the weight of any full-grown Galra, and only a little over half the height. He had a speed and agility that rivaled Kolivan’s best, but nowhere near the reserves. Kolivan had learned to respect that ferocity, but it did make missions exhausting. Of all the orders he’d given, had Keith ever followed one to the letter?

to go, to follow, to kneel at your feet - arahir

12k. (Explicit). Contains: nsfw content.

They think it will be funny to leave him with a Galra in heat.

It whimpers. It's a sound of pure pain, one Shiro's heard a hundred times now in the arena. The sound of something wounded and helpless; the sound of something that knows it.

"Are you hurt?" Shiro asks in the bare silence of the cell, and moves a few steps closer.

The creature on the floor twitches violently at his voice. It's not dressed like the other prisoners. It's hard to tell in the poor lighting but the back of its skin-tight suit is glowing in circuits, the same purple he's come to associate with the Galra. "I won't hurt you," he says, softer.

It doesn't make a sound but its back arches, head lifting from the floor, dragging black hair along the floor. It's dripping wet with blood or sweat. Shiro realizes the small sound he's barely been registering is breath—it's panting. It rolls, just enough to eye Shiro through its dark bangs.

He. It's a boy, and he's beautiful.

#sheith #voltron #sheithfanfic #popular #fanfaves #faves #modfaves #starterpack

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