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Sheepro and Wolfeith AU🐏🐺

The one where Keith is a wolf in a terrible sheep disguise and Shiro is a very silly sheep !

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yo wait- i havent thought about klance or voltron in like 3-4 years-

Do y’all remember the forced proximity Klance fics where they were trapped in a really small galra prison or something

What were we on guys….

I don’t wanna fall back into my Voltron phase I don’t need that but the PARASITES the PARASITES IN ME WANT THE VOLTRON

I have one thing to say about this. Wrong. The only reason Keith didn't want to lead is because he was forced into it. Because him taking over the Black Lion would be like admitting that Shiro really is gine, and Keith didn't want to think that.

Lance wanted the Black Lion for himself. Not for the team. That's why Black rejected him.

'He was already teammates with Pidge and Hunk,' yeah and he sucked. Episode One showed that with no filters. They crashed the simulator and, from Lance's own words later on, they always crash.

'Without him, the Blue Lion would have never went to space.' Um. Without Keith, he wouldn't have found the Blue Lion anyway? Without Pidge, he wouldn't have even gone to Shiro's crash site? Lance is not that pivotal. Keith and Shiro set things in motion.

And Lance making sure everyone got along well? He isolated Keith. He always started shit with him, even when Keith was obviously greiving Shiro. Yeah, for one scene, he set his jealousy aside, which somehow made him the Red Paladin (should have been Allura). But, if I were in any of their shoes, I would not be willing to follow someone who's already had their Lion stolen from them, constantly flirts with any pretty girl, gets jealous over the smallest of things, and has an ego bigger than the teleduv. Yeah, he's insecure, but it's not what he expresses to everyone else. To others, he's egotistical.

Also.

The Black Lion chose Keith specifically because Keith did not want the position for himself. Shiro didn't want Keith to lead because he's his brother and he wants the best for him. If that was the case, he wouldn't be encouraging him to lead them in a war. He chose Keith because Keith proved himself to have the potential to be a better leader than Shiro.

What do I mean by that? Well, I'm talking about how Keith is constantly the first one to issue orders when Shiro's not around or able to and it always works. He's constantly telling the guys what to do when Shiro can't. I'm talking about how Keith advised not going to get Allura. Because, as much as people give him shit for that scene, he was right.

If Thace hadn't been there, Voltron would have been taken and the mission would have been a collosal failure. Allura herself said that they should not have come. Shiro, right then, was not thinking clearly. There were others ways to get Allura back. They should have come up with an actual plan, as Keith suggested though with poorly-chosen words, instead of rushing back in.

Lance showed no affinity for leadership. As far as I'm aware, Lance stans think he should be the Balck Paladin because...? Why? Because you think it'd give him a good character arc? Because he's the everyday man and it makes you feel good about youself? You're sacrificing a well-written character arc for meaningless titles.

Lance did not have to be the Black Paladin to have his own character arc. That's just lazy writing and fans wishing he was Shiro.

I don't know why, but I'm on an angry V:LD rant. But Keith should NOT have been the black paladin. No matter what Shiro said.

Keith was hot-headed, he got frustrated easily, he held anger in. None of those are things that make a good leader. Those are all detrimental to both the functionality of a team, and if let simmer and stew it could even hurt the teammates.

The only reason Shiro said it was because of his relationship with Keith. They were brothers.. He loved him and wanted him to finish what he'd started. Their bond was too close and it clouded his judgement. Hell, Keith didnt even WANT to lead.

A leader is someone who looks out for their team. Makes sure their in the right headspace and are getting along nicely. Someone who holds the team together. A leader should be someone that eases tension between the group. Who did all of those things?

Lance McClain. He did all of those things and he wanted to lead. He literally set the whole plot into motion. Without him the blue lion would have never went to space. Without him The group of humans wouldve never met the Alteans. Hell, Hunk and Pidge wouldn't have even snuck out had it not been for lance. He brought the team together. He was already teammates with Hunk and Pidge. It's arguable, but Lance was Coran's favorite paladin. Once he set aside his crush he and Allura were good friends. He respected Shiro. He and Keith even became good friends. He did that. Lance did.

Lance deserved to lead, and I want to say that the only reason Black opened up to Keith was because of Shiro. He put that out there and as a last wish, and Black fulfilled it. But Lance should've become the Black paladin after Shiro.

Lance, staring at Keith training: god. He thinks he’s hot shit defeating all those bots. Look at him, swinging his sword like he thinks he’s a samurai or something! And these flips are not necessary. I bet his ego is growing every time he beats a stupid drone and we are all just LETTING. IT. HAPPEN. Someone needs to kick his ass and show him he’s not all that!

Meanwhile, in Keith’s head: I wonder if Taco Bell still sells the Crunchwrap supreme. I hope we haven’t been away long enough that the Crunchwrap supreme is discontinued.

Keith being able to reach the spiritual field or whatever it's called should have been something for Lance. I am so tired.

I love Keith, don't get me wrong. But my god the amount of favoritism Keith got by the writers showed.

Lance deserves better.

I keep telling myself that I don't know what the original story of Voltron: Legendary Defender was going to be. I stand by those words. But there are some plot points that I genuinely think were in the first writers' room. The good thing is that those ideas were able to make it to the show.

Keith being half-Galran - it makes too much sense for Keith to be half-Galran in the show. The foreshadowing was really well done and the execution was great.

Shiro going missing/dead - I don't know which one it would have been, but most likely death to parallel Beast King GoLion's death. In the original show, Shiro's death was very emotional and tragic. He dies in his team's arms as he tells them to never give up and keep fighting for a brighter future. I don't know what Shiro's initial fate was going to be past season 2. I don't think we'll ever know unless we find the original writers and ask them. But passing the torch of the Black Lion's paladin to Keith was definitely what was supposed to happen.

Eventually coming back to Earth - I'm not sure what happened in the original Beast King GoLion, but I do believe Team Voltron coming back to Earth was important enough to stay in on the writers' cork board.

Lance and Keith's relationship getting stronger - I'm not a Klance fan, I actually don't ship any ships in Voltron anymore except for my own selfish one. But Keith and Lance's relationship getting stronger was definitely something that was left on the table. The show started with Lance disrespecting Keith, and obviously them bickering. The show ending with Keith and Lance having a mutual respect for one another was important, and much needed for the show. They needed to work as a team, after all.

Edit: Silly little me forgot that I DID watch the first episode of Beast King GoLion, and I remember Earth getting destroyed by the Galra in a genuinely horrendous way. It was actually horrifying.

I am incredibly disappointed that Shiro and Sendak's fight ended with Keith. The writer's nerfed Shiro that badly that he couldn't even beat his rival. I am very disappointed.

Yesterday, I was talking about what I thought was going to be in Voltron from day one.

Speaking on Shiro's death, I was watching season 6 at the time of making that post and realized that the animation team may have done an easter egg to those who watched the original Voltron.

Not gonna lie, I like subtle easter eggs like this, if this is an easter egg at all.

As I keep making Voltron posts about my rewatch, I keep feeling like Kovu's brother from The Lion King 2 when I talk about Keith's accomplishments past season 3.

It's honestly more funny than aggravating.

Marvelous. Beautiful.

Don't worry, he's fine. Just take him to a space hospital, he'll be back in action in no time!

Okay, so I saw this post about comparing a scene from VLD to DotU and I went "I need to redraw this with VLD". And of course @disgruntled-screaming responded with "Do it". So here I am. I did it. I redrew a DotU screenshot for this scene.

This scene. Yup. As a note, yes. I did give Lance the turtleneck. You cannot tell me that he doesn't look better with it. He deserved 80s Lance's turtleneck.

Anyway! I hope y'all enjoy this one! Remember, commissions are available on my Ko-fi. Until next time!

I put a lot of work into this just for a joke

I realized that my OC accidentally replaced Keith as someone who saves Shiro a lot in this fix it fic.

...

Sorry Keith. Still love ya, bud.

“you’re shoving too hard” “youre not shoving hard enough!”

@razatronz

Finished It, Keith in call me by your name

Lets forget abot the weird age gap in the film cmbyn

My Voltron: Legendary Defender fic The Rites of Courtship is finished, because of this event! I can’t wait to post it. Here’s hoping I can post it with a bit of art!

WIP Big Bang 2023 Round Schedule & FAQ!

Schedule

All times are by 8:59pm PST. Convert time zones.

Sign-ups Begin- April 1st Sign-ups Close- April 21st Check In #1- April 22nd Check In #2- May 15th Snippets Due- June 1st Art Claims Begin- June 17th Check In #3- June 22nd Check In #4- July 6th Rough Drafts Due- July 15th Posting Claims Begin- July 23rd Posting Claims Ends- August 1st Final Drafts/Art Due- August 7th Posting Starts- August 8th Posting Ends- October 31st (the last two weeks are reserved for emergency posting)

FAQ

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I see that the fic minimum is 7500 words and that published WIPs are acceptable - but what if the WIP I’m considering is already more than 7500 words? Is the expectation to add an additional 7500 to it? No. You can add as much or as little as you need to finish the story, though we do expect at least 1,000 or so new words if your WIP already meets the word count.

What happens if an author finishes the fic they signed up with but it’s less than 7,500 words? The intent was to go over the minimum but once they got into it the story was shorter than they thought and stretching it out would make it less good. Do they have to drop out at that point? By all means, we want your stories to feel as natural as possible, and if it’s under 7,500 words you may have two options:

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2 - If there are enough fics that fit that category, we can do a special day of posting the fics, but you’ll have to forgo art for the fic. I, as a mod, would probably pick October 31st for the posting day, as it’s the last day of posting for the bang and I don’t think anyone will mind more than one fic that day. You can post bragging rights to the community and share the fic with everyone.

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I have a fic I wrote a few years ago, but only the first couple chapters are posted on AO3 because I was never happy with the rest of it and knew it needed major revision. Is that something I could use for WIP Big Bang? The entire fic has been posted, but only on one platform, and it would be rewritten for AO3 and WIPBB. I think revising a fic for posting would work, as long as you have at least 500 words done, will have 7,500 words at a minimum when it’s done, and are planning to add more to the fic. Simply rewriting what you have would be a gray area, but if you’re going to take stuff out and add new scenes, either in the old scenes place or on your own, you should be fine.

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Posting of chapters on AO3 or your own blog (or wherever you usually post) generally starts August 1st, but you can post earlier (as early as July 1st) if you let us know you have a long story. However, posting has to be finished by your chosen posting date to the comm. One of the things we're hoping to do with the posted dates is to give everybody on the comm a little bragging time in the spotlight. You know, "this story was incomplete for this long, but I finished this sucker." If you don't have time to post your bragging rights to the communities on your chosen posting date, you can queue up a post ahead of time and we can post it on the date you picked or you can email us your bragging rights and we can post by proxy for you. Either way works for us. Art will be due on the chosen posting date to the comm.

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I was just wondering if there’s any way to enter the bang anonymously? Like would it be okay to put our work in an anonymous collection on ao3 or something? Unfortunately, I can’t think of a way for that to work. The collection that we use is moderated but it’s not anonymous, and there are the bragging posts that you post on your posting day, which you would have your username on whichever platform you use.

I was just wondering whether I'm sworn to secrecy on which fics I'll be finishing up, or if I can shout it out to the world? No one is sworn to secrecy once they’ve signed up (aside from posting new parts to fic that’s already up somewhere…we ask that you refrain from doing that until at least July 1st)! We will be running Word Wars, where you can add more to a fic in a certain amount of time, and Whine Bars, where you can complain or ask for help or whatever else you feel like talking about when it comes to struggling with a fic, all after sign-ups end on a weekly basis, plus there’s the Discord server for chatting with your fellow authors and artists.

I have a question/concern that’s not mentioned here. If you need help, you can always contact a mod and we will do our best to make sure that you get your story/art finished. The best and fastest method of contact is through our email, wipbigbang@gmail.com.

keith and pidge should’ve known each other already. they should’ve been besties. shiro knew matt and sam before the trip to kerberos, there’s no way he and adam and keith didn’t have semi-awkward dinners with the holts. i just know it to be true in my heart.

she gets it

cant let my homies know i still fw klance 😔