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applecherry108 · 1 year
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Asking about your VLD rewrite
Blessed be the anon that reads my tags. 🙏
SO,,
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First and foremost, black Paladin Lance endgame. Klance endgame. Shiro and Curtis endgame, but Adam is alive and we give Curtis an actual personality and character arc. Allura's not dead, Lotor is good, probably something about whatsherface (the witch).
Alright alright alright, SO,,, Lance is the youngest of his family. His family that suspiciously looks like the other paladins. So in this rewrite, Lance is used to being the mastermind and the scape goat. Siblings want cookies? Lance makes a plan. Mama catches them? Lance takes the dive. You know. Real leadership qualities from a young age.
Cut to the first episode. Lance takes the dive for him, Pidge, and Hunk flunking the flight simulator. Iverson still compares him to Keith. We then cut to Lance at the shooting range, absolutely killing it (so his sharpshooting doesn't come so out of left field). Boom, Veronica's there to give him a pep talk. NOW we can go back to later that night, Lance trying to cheer up Hunk by sneaking out, coming across Pidge yada yada yada.
We're rescuing Shiro now. Keith doesn't remember Lance which INFURIATES him, and we'll learn several seasons later in a flashback that Lance started the whole rivalry to keep Keith out of trouble. He was getting into too many fights with James and was going to get expelled, but Lance, who looked up to Shiro, knew how important Keith's success was to him, so he steps in to play a role. To divert Keith's attention and keep him from fighting James.
And Keith doesn't remember him. AFTER ALL HE DID FOR—
Anyway.
Blah blah blah, Pidge wants to leave, Pidge decides to stay, "PIDGE IS A GIRL?!" Spoiler: Pidge is a transgirl. Later that night, Lance goes to Pidge's room to apologize, that he shouldn't have reacted that way. And is it really okay to keep calling her Pidge? What?, she says. Well, says Lance, communal showers at the Garrison... He just doesn't want to use the wrong name. Pidge tears up. No no, that's just a nickname Matt gave her, but... It wouldn't hurt to call her Katie every now and then. Tearful hug. Big Brother Figure Established.
Alright, I'll be honest, I do not fucking remember a lot of vld. So, uhhh...... skip skip skip, fuck it, we'll keep Shiro clone because it aids one of my plot points. Oh right, Lance has a recurring dream of walking down a hallway with doors on either side and an open door at the end. When he was younger, he'd meet a man in that room, standing in front of a floor-to-ceiling window looking out into space. Now he reaches to open that now-closed door and is awoken by another paladin. He's sleepwalked into the Lions' docking bay. This keeps happening.
They decide to try out for Black's paladin, Lance sits in there too long, a feeling right at his finger tips but just out of reach. Black still appears to choose Keith.
Blah blah blah Lotor And The Ladies™️, Shenanigans™️, Shiro's suddenly back, Keith absolutely fucks off, Pidge goes looking for Matt and doesn't find him. Wholeass thinks he's dead (finds the grave) and we're going to sit with that trauma for a while, fuck you. (he's not dead, but I want this plot point to actually MATTER and not be resolved in 3 seconds).
Keith finds Krolia, AND WE'RE DOING TIME/GRAVITY CORRECTLY GODDAMN IT. So Keith is MIA for months. Voltron hasn't heard from him, the Blades haven't heard from him, but he eventually gets back and he thinks only a few days have past. BECAUSE IN INTENSE GRAVITY TIME MOVES SLOWLY FOR THE PERSON BUT LONGER FOR THE OBSERVER, FUCK YOU!!!!!
So he's NOT "mature" or "grizzled" but he's fucking mad. Gets back and still shoves Lance aside (Top Ten Anime Betrayals) and just wants to get down to business. He's brought a rando Altean with him, I straight up forget her name so we're calling her Blondie. They found Blondie in the whats-it-called, same as before. But she's the only Altean there and she tells them what Lotor's been up to (that's weird. that's SUSPICIOUS). Lotor suddenly goes coocoo-bananas and they fight, have a clone fight, why not.
Mostly the same, yada yada... While it pains me to still destroy the castle and have them get time warped 3 years, that part was Good, Actually. Terrible, worst writers you know made a good plot point. :/
Anyways, Keith's been jumpy and jittery, like he's waiting for something, and then it comes out that he was missing for MONTHS. What? No. He was only gone a few days! He had visions of the future even! .......The mental link. Connected. A handful of times. He was not seeing Future Visions, he was witnessing Current Events. Shiro had a complete breakdown, Pidge lost (and eventually found) her brother, Lance fucking DIED and he wasn't there for any of it. Here you go, Keith, have a crisis. Reevaluate some shit and FUCK YOU you aren't magically two years older.
We also learn that what limited Mother-Son time he and Krolia had in the void place, he learned how and why she went to Earth, how she met his father, and the real reason she left (surprise! he has a twin and it's Acxa). And he still gets Kosmo. Because puppy.
That Thing with Big Butch Lady and Red Lady, except Red Lady For Real dies and that thing that happens in the final season actually makes sense now. Lance is feeling fucking useless and can feel his connection with the Red Lion dwindling. Stuff stuff stuff, things things things... Interpersonal Drama comes to a head in the gameshow episode. Lance doesn't bomb the Name-That-Alien game—he gets too mad to say Rolo fast enough, No he can't name every masked generic Blade, and he refuses to deadname Pidge/Katie. The question at the end becomes not who should leave, but who should STAY? If they can all pick someone to stay, the rest can go. The others all refuse to vote because the power of friendship no one left behind or whatever. Lance votes for himself. Because this is a war. You put your best soldiers forward. The others are shocked! Blindsided! Bob grills him--is this really what you want? Lance responds by saying not voting is like a vote for everyone to stay. Bob gives him a knowing and confirming Look. So yes, Lance chooses to stay.
Lance gets zapped away and the others get a Stern Talking To. They come back to their Lions to find Lance in a panic on the comms. Confused and Scared and Alone. Everyone chimes in all at once, Kosmo zaps Keith over to Red (and then every one else). Hugs, apologies, healing. Boom, the Lions turn back on and we're back on our way to Earth.
We're back to Earth, Lions tucked away on a moon. Adam's alive! Joyous day—oh shit he is PISSED at Shiro. Not the warm welcome he expected. At ALL. In this version, Adam is not a fellow pilot, he's a medical officer, and Dammit Jim! he's not just anyone's doctor, he's your doctor, Shiro! And his boyfriend! And Takashi "Give Me Glory or Give Me Death" Shirogane ignored Dr. Boyfriend's strong medical advice to NOT FUCKING GO ON THAT MISSION. So sure, he's happy to seem him back and alive and well, but since he's okay, Adam's going to be mad at him. Because he thought he'd died! For years! And how could he do that to him?! They will continue to fight for the remainder of the team's time on Earth.
We're also introduced to Curtis who, no shit, in canon, was the comms officer that reached out to Matt for Mr. Pidge's Dad (I don't remember anybody's name, sorry). And if the jury will recall, those open communications are how the Galra located Earth. This man is bearing the guilt of the entire invasion on his shoulders because he made those transmissions. And he and Shiro get a bunch of scenes together to develop their relationship.
Stuff happens, blah blah blah, hey remember that scene in canon? Where they call their Lions and they all appear lickity-split? Except, in canon, Red doesn't respond to Lance right away? And he nearly dies? And it's never fucking explained? Well it's getting fucking explained now. After all that jazz, while they're recovering, Lance confesses what happened with Red to Keith. Keith already knows. Because Keith called Red. And it just confirms to Lance that he's lost his place on the team. That with Shiro back to take over Black again, he's not needed. He decides to leave the team, but he hasn't told anyone yet.
Anyways, I know I haven't been talking about Allura. That's because I've forgotten all the things I wanted to do with her, but her and Hunk have been having their own solo adventure stories and developing their character arcs this whole time too, just don't ask me what that is. They're important. They're not just the love interest and comic relief. But I'm clearly here for Lance content, so...
Post-battle, ready to go back to space. Pidge makes that comment about the cartoon, how Keith and Allura get together. Lance has an irritated only sort-of reaction. Hey, it's their last day on Earth. The others think they're all leaving tomorrow (Lance still hasn't told them he's staying). He invites Allura to have lunch with his family, since she doesn't have anyone else to spend this time with. She declines, she and Blondie are doing research on that Altean-slash-battery person. That's fine, he understands. He runs into Keith. Keith? What're you doing here? Why aren't you spending time with—shit, not family but like....Shiro and Adam? Keith laughs awkwardly and talks about how those two are still fighting and no thanks, he does not want any part of that. Lance invites him to lunch with his family.
Remember all those soft looks Keith always gave Lance in canon? That amounted to nothing? Well here's some more, and they actually mean something now. And My God, does Keith eat up being in a large chaotic family setting. It's like all he's ever wanted was to be surrounded by people that love him.
Anyways, nothing explicitly romantic happens, but on their way back (there's a big going away party at the garrison), Lance finally confides in Keith that he's not leaving. Keith.exe stops working. And while he's having this mental meltdown Lance asks him not to tell the others, that he wants to tell them himself at the party. Keith respects his decision.
At the party, he decides to tell Shiro first. And boy howdy is Shiro blasted. Absolutely smashed off his ass. Lance gets to have a conversation with a way-too-honest drunk Shiro. Firstly, he and Adam officially broke up. Because duh, Shiro's going back to space and that was Adam's ultimatum. Hence, alcohol. Second, when Lance tells him he's not leaving, drunk Shiro gets really emotional for some reason and starts apologizing. Apparently, when Keith made fighter pilot and Lance didn't, that was Shiro. Lance was supposed to be promoted (Keith's issues with authority were holding him back), but Shiro, as a high ranking officer, overruled that decision. He goes on to talk about how he projected onto Keith. That he saw himself in him, and he wanted to give this kid every opportunity that Shiro wouldn't get because that disease or whatever was supposed to put him in an early grave. He projected all his dreams onto this gifted orphan kid, that he never really considered what Keith wanted. Keith didn't care about going to space or being a pilot, he just wanted to be somewhere where he belonged, where he could help others. He never wanted to be leader.
Shiro takes a big chug of booze.
Black chose Lance. When he was stuck in the astral plane, bound to the Black Lion, Black tried to choose Lance and Shiro overruled that decision. Just like he overruled his promotion in school. Because Shiro wanted Keith to have what Shiro wanted, everyone else be damned.
Lance is shocked. He doesn't know what to think. Is he mad? Is he relieved?
Sidebar, bc idk where else to put this, that hallway dream I mentioned before? It was Lance connecting with the Lions. When he goes into any other door he has a moment of, Is that Allura? Oh wait, it's his sister Rachel on the beach they grew up next to. Is that Pidge in the garden? No it's Veronica. Etc etc. And each time Lance will say he wants to stay there with his loved one. They smile sadly, tell him they'd love for him to stay, but he doesn't belong there. What I failed to mention before is that we actually see Lance pilot every Lion at some point. Blue and Red sure, but Green to save Pidge and Yellow when Hunk was in danger. Lance can pilot every Lion. Here's that twist: Lance is Voltron. There is no Voltron without Lance. Here's where we loop in why his siblings look like the other paladins--because it's Lance's connection to them that makes them paladins. It's their dynamics. Lance could technically deem anyone worthy to be a paladin, but unconsciously or not, it's all him. Allura was meant to have Blue right out of the gate. Because Lance can connect to any Lion, that's why he was able to pilot Blue at first. But there was a communication error, and Allura called Shiro the leader, and because Lance agreed and looked up to him, the Lions accepted it too. It's not until Shiro "dies" and gets tied to Black and fucks with everything that that connection is disturbed. Why that door in his dream is suddenly closed. Shiro overruled Black and the Lions sent Lance to Red since Allura was always meant to have Blue. Lance could pilot any of them but he's meant to be the Black Paladin.
Anyways,,, so drunk Shiro spills the beans, Lance takes his rightful place as leader and Keith goes back to the role that most befits his fucking character arc--support. Right hand man. Not the leader, but the one that's going to jump to help before anyone else. Fuck you, LM and JDS. And like, Lance the Strategist and Fuck You he was the de facto leader when Kuron was melting down and Keith was MIA anyway and he was GOOD AT IT I AM OWED FINANCIAL COMPENSATION—
Anyway.
Have I ever mentioned how I’ve only watched the final season once? In a single sitting? At midnight on my birthday when it was released in 2018? So my memory is foggy but my anger is real.
Surprise! Blondie is actually witch lady! (Which iirc was an actual twist in the original 80s cartoon). And psych!! It was HER altean death camp all along!! Lotor had nothing to do with it and she used her magic to make him lose his marbles and fight them! And god help me I cannot fucking remember what her canonical villain plot even was, so maybe she still went crazy and did some stupid multi-dimensional bullshit to get her family back. So then why kill Lotor before? Right, because he founded the Blades. He’s thousands of years old, and from a relatively young age was against the way his family was running things, so he started the Blades. He and Acxa were working undercover during all that s3/s4 nonsense. Witch lady finds that out and perceives it as a betrayal. Kills him, wants to start fresh with a younger, more impressionable son.
Again, she nearly fucks all of existence but the gang stops her just in time. Allura tries to sacrifice herself but free-from-quintessence-poisoning witch saves fuck that, you’ve lost enough. And cleans up her own damn mess her own damn self.
Universe saved, galra home world unfucked, lotor no longer a quintessence mummy, but no Altea. Altea is GONE but galra world was mostly still there. A bunch of alteans-in-hiding finally come out of the woodwork, and the ones from the quint farm are free. Blondie is still not a real person, though.
The lions do not fuck off to god knows where, allura is alive, lotor is at her side, and that ties up all the main threads or whatever, and we get to end with universal peace and the defender of the universe is still out there doing good, dismantling the remains of the empire which, without the quint-poisoned overlords, is not all that much of a dire threat. They’re still an empire that’s done war crimes, but at least there’s no more giant monsters, y’feel?
Oh right, I’m missing a part in the middle—remember that alt dimension episode in like s3? With evil alteans? Yeah that, but with explicit Evil Quint-Crazed Immortal Allura and Resistance Leader Lotor. Like. Explicit foreshadowing. It’s also meant to bridge the gap of Allura making peace with Keith being galra and the start of keith being vulnerable around Lance, so.
It’s been 5 years and I’m still mad, but it’s been 5 years and my memory is not so great so ta-da, that’s the gist of my fuck-you-Lance-is-the-main-character rewrite. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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bubbleoverlord · 6 years
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Space dad hauls off his angry gremlin
Reuploaded because i forgot Shiro’s scar
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transguy-shiro · 6 years
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So are we gonna talk about how amazing it is that Pidge’s vlog confirms that she’s a transgirl or...?
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That One Time At Summer Camp
I am co-authoring this with my best friend and Wifey @labradorloverr the inspo art for this is on her blog. Note: this is only the prologue, there will be much more lol. 
The crappy quality of the video glitched a few times before finally showing a pale dark haired male.
“My name is Keith Kogane, I’m twenty-four,” he began, boredom apparent, “I’ve been a camp counselor and supervisor of the Red Cabin for eight years. My team wins the relay every year in our tournament week. And that will never change.”
The last few words he spoke were said in a calm matter, however, there was a certain glimmer in his dark eyes that hinted towards something more. The video cut to a buff man with a startling chunk of white hair.
“Hello, I’m Tadashi Shirogane,” the man said with a huge smile, “I’m twenty-nine, and I’ve owned this camp since I inherited it from my father when I was twenty-one. I run the Black cabin. My favorite category in tournament week would be… the puzzle room. It really helps with bonding.”
The man looked like the embodiment of adorableness, with his optimistic aura and cheek-splitting grin.
The video then switched to another male, heavy set with darker skin and a bubbly smile.
“Hey everybody!” he exclaimed, “I’m Tsuyoshi Garett! But my friends call me Hunk. I am twenty-four and I’m the camp chef. Full disclosure Sometimes I like to experiment when cooking and it’s ended badly for the campers… I’ll try to avoid it this year. I can’t wait to meet everyone!”
Suddenly, a tiny girlish gremlin with huge round glasses filled the screen.
“I’m Katie Holt, but I prefer Pidge. I’m fifteen and will be a junior camp counselor for the Green Cabin. My pronouns are she/her, misgender me and you finna catch these hands. I’m excited about this but I might actually die if there’s no Wi-Fi,” the small teen said with a slight smile.
Somewhere off camera, Shiro called out, “We don’t have Wi-Fi, Katie.”
“What?!”
The screen flashed to what looked like an older, more masculine version of Pidge.
“I’m Matt Holt, twenty-six,” he said with a cheeky grin, “Camp counselor of the Green Cabin.”
He suddenly leaned in and whispered, “Don’t tell Shiro, but I have a hotspot on my phone so you can still post on Instagram and all that when you get here.”
He suddenly leaned back, his eyes flickering over to where Shiro must have stood off-screen.
“My favorite activity in the tournament is the egg drop. It takes a lot of brain power,” Matt said with a sudden and loud boisterous voice.  
The video flickered to an older man with vibrant orange hair.
“I’m Coran!” a man with a fabulous mustache said, “I’m at the gorgeous age of forty-two, and Camp counselor for the Orange cabin! My cabin always wins the scavenger hunt! So join my team and with determination, sweat, blood-”
“Don’t say blood!” a feminine voice chastized from somewhere behind the camera.
“Alright alright, just sweat and you’re sure to win a trophy!” Coran amended.
The video then switched to a dark-skinned woman with shocking white hair.
“I’m Allura, and I am twenty-eight,” said the same voice that was off camera in the previous clip.
“I’m the camp’s recreational advisor and nurse. I make all the activities for everyone. Hiking, crafts,” she said with a smile, “This year we even got approved for water sports such as swimming, kayaking, and jet skiing! I’m excited for everyone to enjoy themselves.”
From there, the screen switched to a dark haired and dark skinned boy he was lounging against the chair behind him in an incredibly dramatic position.
“What up? I’m Lance McClain!” he said to the camera with finger guns. “I’m the newbie around here, just twenty-three, and will be the camp counselor for the blue cabin. I used to come to this camp every year.”
He then leaned forward, bracing his elbows on his knees with a mischevious expression, “I’ve seen that the red cabin always wins the relay, well that’s gonna change with me as a counselor!”
When he completed his declaration he sank back down on to his chair, resting his cheek on his left hand whilst gesturing around with his right as he finished his introduction
“I’ll also be the supervisor for the lake. So come to our camp this summer and you won’t regret it!” he finished with a cheery smile, a light dusting of freckles that were scattered across his cheeks standing out even more.
With that, the video screen turned to black.
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arty-artemis · 6 years
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Transgirl Pidge with a Transboy Lance talking about hand-me-down clothes for @fingergunss as part of the VLD Secret Santa. I couldn’t decide on actual dialogue to put in the image though... I picture it as part of a Private School AU or something. I just really loved doing Pidge’s boots and freckles :D
@secretsantavld
I really hope you like this! <3 Transparent under cut
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pidge is a trans demigirl and hates transphobes, nbphobes & gender criticals ❤ ❤ ❤  
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drakei · 5 years
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The ‘Pidge is a transgirl’ headcanon is hilarious to me. Like she decided to make a guy persona, stick with it and continue after being found out to be a girl...? Riiiiite. I’m sure there’s plenty of transgirls out there dressing up as guys and having ppl call them by male names. 🤣
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keithtranzam · 6 years
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I’m sure my fellow LGBT friend and followers are as disappointed as I am with the dead gay trope in season 7. I could write an essay about how upset I am. But instead, let’s take action. This is a petition to the big executives at Dreamworks, who have been forcing the creators of Voltron to make there show completely heteronormative and force nearly every character to be straight. One thirty second clip shown just so we know Shiro is gay and then immediately killing the boyfriend is ignorant at best, and homophobic at worst. The executives need to start living in the 21st century. Let’s bring them up to speed and let them know they don’t need to be pretending gay people don’t exist and they certainly don’t need to be erasing us from their TV shows. 
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dailytransvoltron · 6 years
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It took a while, but I really enjoyed this one! Thanks, Anon! -mod Joe
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binqtop-blog · 6 years
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lotor, squip, denki, pidge, michael mell, izuku
Definitely push the squip off a cliff he’s like….an android so it’s okay
Kiss my fav boy Denki yeehaw
Marry Lotor because he big sexy
Set on Michael on fire ily Michael but if Rich can survive a fire than so can you
Wrap a blanket around Izuku because, like All Might, Deku deserves a break. He deserves some rest and some hot chocolate.
Be roommates with Pidge and then have slumber parties w/ Pidge and Millieedit: pidge is a cool hacker girl and we can be trans buddies
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scedesign · 6 years
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Heres some birthday art for my friend @snazriel i love u dude
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diviinedogs · 6 years
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pidge’S VLOG IS SO CUTE I LOVE HER
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angelshizuka · 7 years
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[Not going to lie, one of my favorite moments of Voltron was when Pidge was revealed to be a girl.]
Same, especially because it’s literal canon proof that Pidge is a girl.
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As much as I love the abundance of triple a (ace, aro, agender) Pidge we’ve got out there I also want more variations of Pidge. Sometimes it feels like an excuse to not ship Pidge at all. And that sucks like hell.
Seriously, not to down anyone’s headcannons but where’s my asexual panromatic Pidge? My aromantic pansexual Pidge? Bisexual Pidge? Demi-sexual Pidge? I will admit we do get some transgirl Pidge and lesbian Pidge but it’s waaay too rare. (And a cisgender straight Pidge might get someone stoned in this fandom).
I’m not saying that this only happens to Pidge. There aren’t a lot of different views of Hunk either and while it’s nice to see a fanon do something consistent, I want more of other Pidge’s. I’m glad that Pidge can represent ace, aro, and agender folks, but Pidge can represent other people too. And other combinations of people.
The way Pidge reacts to people reminds me a lot of myself so I personally tend to fall between headcannoning them as aromantic pansexual or demi romantic. I know some people will say I should just write my own content then and funnily enough I actually do. It still doesn’t feel like enough. Maybe it’s because I don’t finish the things I tend to start. Or maybe it’s because seeing other people understanding a character in the same way I do and feeling not alone in it is always different than writing things for myself.
Just I think this fandom needs more Pidge. Pidge in non platonic relationships. Aged up Pidge in sexual relationships. Pidge feeling awkward about first serious crushes because they are 14 and living with people they are extremely close to. Pidge finding their own way to deal with attraction. Pidge smug because it’s easier to hid arousal. Pidge not knowing how to deal with their body and heart and being pissed because they have more important things to do. I want more Pidge across the spectrum. Across all the spectrums.
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aro-oak · 5 years
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Hot take
Pidge is transgirl and a few generations down the line,, we don’t really have transphobia so she was able present as a girl and take hormone blockers etc from a young age but being amab allowed her to so easily present as a boy in the garrison (the reason most of the voltron crew figured she was a girl was because they don’t base gender on boob and genital but on body language)
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babsaros · 7 years
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When they reunite with Matt at the alien rebel base it’s all very happy and calm and stuff and Matt is showing them around and introducing them to all the aliens he’s met and he’s lowkey latched onto Shiro and Pidge the whole time but then there’s this alien girl. She’s lifting crates and machinery twice her size and she looks over at the group, over this stack of boxes, and with the biggest smile, she shifts all the weight to one hand and waves at them. Matt introduces her and pretends he’s not laughing when Pidge blushes and stutters through her own name. Fast forward a day or so later and Alien Girl is spending every free moment with Pidge and Pidge is hanging around Alien Girl as she does her work and they rope Hunk into a very enthusiastic talk about some engineering concept or other and Alien Girl is tagging along when Pidge meets up with Matt and Shiro. and honestly give pidge a cute strong smart alien gf
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