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arinaco · 5 years

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The tragedy of Allura in the seasons 7-8

Edited by https://twitter.com/Nadezhda932

Warning: Allurance will get an unpleasant rating. If you're happy with this ship in S 7-8 - just go by. Because I'm confident in my opinion, and you can't convince me otherwise.

Many people have questions about the behavior of Allura after S7. Someone will even say that the scriptwriters are idiots who tried to abruptly jump from Lotura to Allurance; that Allura is a bastard who decided to use Lance as a backup plan etc.

In response, I will say: screenwriters who wrote the original script for S7-8 knew what they were doing. And Allura is the last person who deserves to be hated at this moment, because she's the most unhappy character in S7-8, and does not deserve such negativity at all.

Let's remember what happened to Allura at the end of S 6.

At the beginning of the season, Lotor's been traveling with paladins for several months. Kral Zera took place. Allura admires Lotor, Allura is in love for the first time, sincerely and seriously.

On the other hand, mice report to Allura about Lance. It probably never occurred to Lance that they would do it (they are mice!), otherwise he would never have said that. And here the problems begin, since such confessions always (!) spoil a good friendship. Not a relationship that cools down over time and becomes friendship, but such a confession.

Why? Because the first thing that Allura felt when she heard this was guilt. She didn't offend Lance, she never encouraged him in this regard, but still felt guilty. And guilt is a terrible thing that can push us to absolutely wrong things.

"Allura: Oh.... he said that?"

In addition, after such a confession... you may not want this, but this isn't under your control: from now on you will always look at your relationship with this person through the prism of this confession. Awkwardness and constant thoughts about how this person will interpret your actions. You can’t just hug him or express gratitude any other way. Each time you will think about being misunderstood. Because you don't want these relationships, you don't want to offend and you're afraid that your actions will be misunderstood.

In this particular case, Lance didn't even confess directly. If after official confession both are aware of the uncomfortable situation, then only Allura felt uncomfortable The rest interpreted her behavior without taking confession into account. Just because they didn’t know.

And then... Romelle happens. You can’t say otherwise. I have no good attitude towards Romelle simply because after all her actions she got a happy ending, and Allura, whom she had broken all her life, died in depression. Sorry, but this is so unfair that it makes no difference to me how right or wrong Romelle was in her claims.

Too. Much. Blood. Too much lives were sacrificed for her revenge.

And Allura is the first victim among all.

"Romelle: You killed my brother and thousands of others!"

Rommelle was brought by Keith. The second culprit of this mess. The culprit is because at that moment of the series Keith felt that he had the right to command and decide. But he didn't feel the weight of this responsibility. Seriously, Keith didn't think about that everyone else would pay for his every mistake. Too much conviction in his being right, too much speed in decisions when he held in his hands, in fact, the fate of the whole universe.

I believe that in the original S8 he should have been poked into it with his face. But here he wasn't. Keith made many hasty decisions for which he never paid - he didn't bear responsibility as a leader.

And the first among them is to leave Lotor in the Rift to die.

It was not Allura who decided to kill Lotor. She wanted to release the rage, but obviously didn't want to leave him in the Rift. The decision was made by Keith. And his statement that they shouldn't waste time on this is ridiculous. Paladins are ready to defend any random guy they've just met, and then they leave to die the one a) with whom they worked together for several months, b) who saved their lives several times, c) who is the head of a huge empire.

But Keith felt that he had the right to decide, and he made a decision. Without thinking about the consequences.

"Allura: But we can't just leave him!

Keith: Lotor's made his choice. Let's get out of here, Allura"

After this situation, Allura feels awful. She didn't think that all this would end like this, because she absolutely didn't plan to kill him. And besides, she feels betrayed by the person she loves. Yes, feelings can't disappear at once. At this particular moment, Allura still loves Lotor.

She feels bad. She needs support and understanding. But what does she get?

"Keith: As I recall, you were the one who got us all cozied up to Lotor"

After all the events Keith, convinced in his right to make decisions, accuses her of trusting Lotor. We can say that this is an echo of being offended at how Allura didn't trust Keith because of his origin. But Keith did wrong anyway.

Having received the support of the others, Keith directly shows that Allura won't receive any sympathy in her grief. That any words on the subject “I love him, but he deceived me” or “I didn't want his death” will be critisized.

And the only one who supports her is Lance. He's here for her without a second thought, simply because he is a good compassionate person.

He did absolutely right in this situation. But this was another nail in the lid of the coffin of friendship with Allura because of a damned confession.

"Lance: You can't doubt yourself. We need you. The universe needs you"

Because Lance is no longer just a good friend, whose support is natural - he is in love and suffers from non-reciprocity of his feelings. As a result, gratitude overlapped with guilt, and Allura felt obliged to Lance.

Take a look at this cocktail of emotions:

Allura is under stress after the killing and betrayal of Lotor;

Allura feels guilty for trusting Lotor;

Allura feels guilty for the fact that Lance loves her, but she doesn't love him back;

Allura feels obliged to Lance for his support;

And all this accumulates by the beginning of S7.

And all the actions of Allura should be considered taking into account the presence of this terrible clump of feelings.

And I haven’t listed everything yet, by the way.

Allura lost her castle. The castle was her home and the last small stronghold of Altea. Where were all her personal belongings, all that was left of her homeland. The castle made Allura an independent unit with its property, and then she lost it.

As a result, Allura comes to Earth almost without nothing. And she feels it, looking at her friends who were at home surrounded by their relatives. Allura herself literally turned into a refugee, whose position is completely dependent on the loyalty of her friends. She talks about it in plain text, by the way. She becomes dependent on the good attitude of the other paladins.

"Allura: Each of us was alone, but we were alone together"

If Coran quickly joined the company of commanders and scientists, Allura remained alone simply as a Blue paladin. In an absolutely replaceable role, what Allura understands very well.

And don't forget about the loss of the crown. I laugh in the face of the one who claims that it was easy for Allura to part with the crown. Allura was proud of her legacy, her origin and involvement in the royal family of Altea. She always recalled her old life with nostalgia and said that she's missing all this. Allura was not “an unhappy rich girl, burdened by her position,” Allura was a princess, completely content with her life and proud of how much duty she was destined to fulfill for the benefit of the whole society.

The crown was a symbol of all that Allura treasured so much. In S8, Allura sadly recalls that she is no longer a princess and has no political power.

"Allura: Oh, right, I... um..."

But back to our S7. It's still more or less tolerant. Allura locks herself in and concentrates on work. At the same time, she can no longer communicate with Lance like it was before. Now Lance is no longer a friend, comrade and brother, he is "a boy who likes me and whom I am afraid to offend by refusal." Allura feels obligated and, wanting to be grateful, wants to encourage Lance by telling him something good. But then again, she can't do it calmly. Now Allura looks at any Lance's actions as potentially romantic.

And it's logical that she is embarrassed. Allura wasn't sophisticated in this matter, and being in a relationship with Lotor doesn't count as at the time she didn't think about at all what was romantic or not.

"Allura: I wanted to say... stay safe out there"

And naturally, the environment that doesn't know the situation begins to interpret this wrongly. Do you really think that Veronica would persuade Lance to date Allura if she knew that not so long ago the paladins murdered her almost fiance?

"Veronica: Looks like the princess likes you back"

So Lance himself began to notice that Allura’s attitude towards him had changed.

I won't talk about the sincerity of the feelings of Lance and his personal problems, this is a question on a different topic, about his problems with self-acceptance. I’ll just say that it’s completely in Lance’s character that he immediately started thinking on the topic that “I’m not worthy of Allura, I’m just a simple Cuban guy, she will refuse me”. Moreover, judging by the behavior of Hunk in the S1S8, Lance constantly annoyed Hunk with this topic. But Hunk, being a confident guy (despite his overweight, by the way), didn't understand such problems. If you like a girl - go and tell her about it. Yes, she can refuse you, but this is not the end of the world in fact.

"Hunk: You asked her, didn’t you? Oh, and she said no"

That's why Hunk is behaving this way. He probably told Lance more than once that he should go and talk with Allura. Moreover, Hunk knew Allura perfectly. Therefore, he didn't only ask Lance: “Did you confess to her?”, but immediately suggested that she refused him. Since his predictions are what Lance should have heard. And when he kicks Lance to Allura, he wants Lance to just put an end to this. He'll to Allura, she'll refuse him, and Lance will begin to live on, ceasing to torment himself on this subject.

Why this retreat about Hunk? In order to correctly understand the situation with the invitation of Allura on a date.

You know, if Lance pulled himself together and went to invite Allura alone, that would be wonderful. They would have spoken without witnesses, and perhaps Allura was even frank with him. If Lance went with Hunk only, then Hunk would just stand by and didn't get into the conversation. And also everything would have turned out more or less good both for Allura and for Lance.

But, alas, our wonderful Romelle is here again. She obviously had nothing to do at a military facility, and therefore she toiled from boredom. So she sincerely enthusiastically took on the role of matchmaker, wishing everyone only the best, but knowing absolutely nothing about the characters of Lance, Allura, and all that connected them.

And Romelle did the most disgusting thing. She began to persuade Allura.

"Romelle: It’ll be good to get away for a night and clear your head"

Sorry, but if a girl says that she's busy, it means that she makes you politely understand that she's not interested in the invitation. And if Lance was alone or simply with Hunk, then the hint would be understood, and Lance would back up. Lance, unlike Romelle, is a smart guy.

And just think about what situation Allura faced.

She feels guilty, feels obligated to Lance. She feels dependent on a good relationship with the paladins. She is still struggling with her loss. And they're persuading her, using statements that they're taking care of her, that they wish only good to her, but she doesn't appreciate it.

And Allura broke. She gave up.

I don't believe in claims that Allura tried to drown her pain with these relationships. At no point in S8 Allura looks like a person who's trying to get at least some pleasure from this relationship. At the first opportunity to stay alone, she kicks Lance to the fair. Because this relationship strained Allura even more, and she wanted to at least have a little rest.

"Allura: Please, go have fun!"

She holds onto Lance as the only person she can get support from. But as a friend, not as a boyfriend. Just because he's the only one from whom she can receive this support.

You know, I have big questions about a kiss on a date. About the kisses of Lance and Allura in the whole S8. No matter how fake it is and that they were not in the original plot. The question is different. From the point of view of commonplace medicine, during a period of stress and depression a woman's libido completely falls. It's the logic of the body: a woman in stress means it's dangerous to have children. The kisses that we see in classic films are kisses after stress, when the euphoria begins. In no one scenario is there a scene where a woman, being stressed or depressed, gives a long romantic kiss to a man.

Short kisses can be interpreted as an attempt to calm, as a gentle touch or part of a hug. But a long kiss implies the presence of attraction, which a woman in depression doesn't have at all. And from the point of view of medicine and psychology, the kiss of Lance and Allura is interpreted as "It's easier to give, than to explain why you don't want to." When Allura surrendered and simply decided to give Lance what he wants. Because she was tired of fighting beyond the boundaries of her personal space, and this relationship saved her from feeling guilty.

In this situation, by the way, I really want to say a few words in defense of Coran. Because it's believed that he patriarchally blessed Lance on this matter, without being interested in the opinion of Allura. Which is completely wrong. When Lance comes to Coran, Allura has already agreed. Moreover, the first impulse of Coran is protest and indignation. From his point of view, it was a serious misalliance, and a simple Cuban guy was not at all regarded as an equal to his priceless princess. But Coran shuts himself up out of respect and love for Allura, since he considers her opinion. And he begins to educate Lance as a little one on the topic of courtship for girls, showing us what he thinks about Lance's abilities in this regard.

If Coran was with Allura at the time of the invitation to a date, then Romelle would have been shut up categorically. Alas, Coran was not there at that moment.

We know how it all ended. Very sad and tragic. Relationships with Lance hardly played a huge role in this, in fact, Allura was in very serious condition without them.

During the last seasons she sees how her friends are happy to return home to their families. And then she sees the ghosts of her family, her dead lover. And in the end she very quickly and uncompromisingly decides to sacrifice herself.

Do you understand how this is interpreted?

When life became so bad that death is perceived as deliverance. As a way to get what you lost, but so desperately want to return.

The owner of the franchise, Bob Koplar, wrote that this sacrifice was a great honor for Allura.

Great honor. To kill yourself after a long depression. She couldn't even talk about why she was depressed. She had no one to talk about. She died looking confident in her decision. Because life has become worse for her than death.

Not a single female character in any animated series for children died such a sad and terrible death. By God, an episode in DotU, where Allura "died" from the Haggar's venom was more gentle for the psyche of children.

So let's say a big thank you to Bob for this wonderful script. And for the broken hearts of children on Christmas holidays.

As well as mine.

#vld #voltron #allura

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Number 39

Okay, so this might honestly be the most ridiculous and self-indulgently cheesy thing I’ve ever written. Prompt 39 on my 100 followers list was “I’m being shot at. Why am I being shot at?” This is a Western AU, and there’s some things like shooting and descriptions of a gunfight. The violence is not graphic in the slightest, but there is the implication of some villain deaths happening off-screen. Mostly though this is all cheese and fluff.

Keith walked into the saloon and then immediately dove for cover, scrambling quickly behind the overturned table where Hunk crouched. Bullets whizzed overhead and the little pchink pchink noise they made every time one bit into the wood of the table made him flinch. He reached up to casually re-situate his hat while turned to shout at Hunk, “I’m being shot at. Why am I being shot at?” It’s not like being shot at was a new thing for him; bounty hunting wasn’t exactly the world’s safest profession. Usually the outlaws waited to start shooting until after he’d announced that fact though.

With the air of a man deeply put-upon, Hunk sighed heavily, leaned around the edge of the table and fired his shotgun twice in quick succession. He turned back to Keith and gave him a long-suffering look while he reloaded his gun by feel alone. “Because Lance can’t keep his damned fool mouth shut.”

Somehow knowing that was coming didn’t make Keith any more prepared for hearing it. He growled and yelled, “Goddammit, Lance!” over the din.

From where he was crouched behind another table, Lance fired off several shots and then answered, “She was a very pretty lady; I just said hello. How was I supposed to know she was Shotgun Eddie’s girl?”

Rolling his eyes, Keith pulled both his revolvers from beneath his duster. He looked over at Hunk, “seriously?” he asked. When hunk just shrugged, Keith took advantage of the lack of shooting in their direction to lean around the table carefully and fire off a few shots with each hand. He swung back behind the table before Shotgun Eddie’s gang started returning fire.

Grunts and yelling and the constant firing of guns peppered the air around them. Over their heads, a bullet bit into the wood at the edge of the table, showering Keith and Hunk with tiny splinters.

Unamused, Hunk groaned and turned to level Keith with a hard stare. “I swear to god if you don’t make an honest man outta him soon, I will put a bullet in you myself. This foolishness has got to end.”

Angry, and unsure quite who at, Keith scowled back at him. Hunk was currently the easiest target. “Me and Lance ain’t like that.” Sure they fooled around some - okay, often - and Keith might want it to be more than that, but neither of them had ever said anything to that effect. And Lance flirted with everyone, everywhere that they went. Surely Keith wouldn’t be enough for him. Surely he wasn’t looking to settle down.

Hunk just stared at him for several seconds like he thought Keith was stupid. It was a familiar expression. “I know, and that’s the problem. I ain’t tellin’ you to put a ring on his finger or nothin’, just do somethin’ to make it all official-like. He only flirts with anything that moves to get your attention. And it’s startin’ to be a hazard to all our health.”

Giddy, buyant happiness swelled beneath Keith’s breastbone and he felt a ridiculous grin curl his mouth up entirely against his will. “Really? Did he say that.”

Seeming almost incredulous, Hunk took a deep breath and then looked heavenward. “Lord, I am not sure what I did to deserve bein’ saddled with these two idiots, but whatever it is I am so very, very sorry for it.” He looked back at Keith and this time he was dead serious. “He loves you. And if you’re too stupid or too cowardly to do somethin’ about that then I really will put a bullet in you.” He stopped and lifted a hand to rub at the back of his head then laughed nervously. “I mean, somewhere non-lethal. Because I do like you - even if you’re a blind fool. And Lance would never forgive me, but yeah. Bullet. In you. If you don’t start making him happier.”

Surely being threatened this way shouldn’t make Keith feel so elated? That probably meant there was something wrong with him. Oh well. To late to start worrying about that now. He smiled and patted Hunk on the shoulder. “That is the most terrifying thing anyone has ever said to me.” He leaned to one side to yell over the noise. “Hey, Lance?”

Somewhere in the mess of shadow and flying bullets Lance fired off a few more shots while laughing gleefully. “Yeah?”

Keith stared down at the gun he held in either hand. They’d been the only thing his paw had left for him when he ran out on him and his ma. He’d grown up itchin’ to live with these pistols in his palms and it had bred a risk-taking, thrill-seeking, shoot-first, ask questions later kind of attitude in him. Running from any kind of fight just wasn’t in his makeup. He’d never been a coward in his life and he wasn’t about to start now. “If we make it outta this mess, you wanna get married?”

All the shooting from Lance’s corner of the saloon halted. “You serious?” The wariness he felt could clearly be heard in his voice; it was like he wanted it, but fully expected it to all be a joke.

Keith hated that he’d ever done anything to give Lance cause to sound like that; he leaned over the table to squeeze off a few more shots. When he resettled behind the table, he called out, “as I’ve ever been,” hoping his voice sounded as sure and steady as he felt.

Lance whooped excitedly. “Then hell yeah, let’s do it.” The sounds of him reloading his gun could barely be heard over the other men’s shooting. After a brief pause, Lance yelled in the direction of their foes, “sorry boys, I’m gonna have to end this here. Apparently I’m about to go get hitched.” Five more shots were fired, with enough space between them that it was obvious Lance was aiming each one carefully rather than shooting wildly.

Nothing but stillness followed after that. Keith sat there, heart feeling like it was pounding in his throat, and waited. He didn’t hear any of Shotgun Eddie’s gang - but he didn’t hear Lance either. Finally he called out, “Lance, you alright over there?”

Lance giggled. “Peach keen, Partner. But thanks for asking, Sweetheart.”

Hunk groaned again. “I take it all back, this might actually be worse than the desperate pining.”

Normally Keith wouldn’t let either of them get away with that sass without comment, but he couldn’t find it in himself to snap back at either of them. He stood up gingerly. No one shot at him, so he assumed that meant Lance’s aim was just as beautifully deadly as always. “Well, what are you doing still laid out on the floor then? Didn’t you just say we had somewhere to be?”

Lance popped up from behind his makeshift cover, hat askew and eyes bright. He was so absurdly beautiful it was almost painful to look at him. “Yeah, I got somewhere I need to be, alright.” The words were light, but stuffed full of heat and filthy suggestion.

Keith wanted to answer, he really did, but he was too busy trying to name all the colors the sunlight slanting through the bullet-holes in the wall brought out in Lance’s eyes.

A throat clearing behind him, reminded them of Hunk’s presence. The other cowboy just waved a hand at them like he despaired of their entire existence. “I’m gonna go get the horses ready.”

Neither bothered to acknowledge him, Lance only barely waiting until he was outside in respect for his sensibilities before backing Keith against the nearest wall and slotting their mouths together.

Keith pulled Lance closer to him, needing there to be absolutely no space between their bodies. He clutched Lance to himself and kissed him back like his life depended on it - because honestly it was starting to feel like it rather did, or at least his quality of life. He kissed him and kissed him, surrounded by the chaos and the mayhem and the violence of their lives. Some people - Allura, and maybe even Shiro - might say this was the least romantic place for a proposal, but Keith couldn’t think of any place more appropriate. Of course none of that mattered anyway since it got him the result he wanted: less shootouts over Lance’s ridiculous flirting.

#Klance #my fic #prompt fill #Western AU #fluff #and cheese #this is ridiculous #poor Hunk #idiots in love #gunfights are not romantic Keith #Lance doesn't have time for shootouts: he and Keith have places to be #Hunk saves the day #as usual #whathecheeze #i answer things

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