RED LION THEORY

He's so fucking doneTM

turns out its funny even without the reference

yep. same shit as always.

everyones talking about rip midoriya ‘cause he’s dealing with all the family drama, but no. no.

RIP in fucking pieces Manual: The motherfucking Normal Hero who did not sign up for keeping up with the todoroki’s, OR bakugou’s swiss cheesery eureaka moment, OR aizawa’s tis but a scratch leg removal OR midoriya’s double whammy chamber of secrets-esque arm deboning shenanigans and his avatar cycle bending battle with shigaraki. Not to mention last time he was near a UA intern, that kid went to fucking murder someone, and guess what, manual has to deal with him right now too.

My random unsubstantiated hypothesis of the day: the popularity of "stim" videos, fidget toys, and other things like that is a warning sign that something's Deeply Wrong with our world.

Don't freak out. I am autistic. These things are not bad. However, can we just...take a second to notice how weird it is that there are entire social media accounts full of 10-second videos of things making crunching noises, people squishing slime in their hands, and objects clacking together, and that enjoying them is mainstream and normal?

It seems that nowadays, almost everyone exhibits sensory-seeking behavior, when just a decade ago, the idea of anyone having "sensory needs" was mostly obscure. It is a mainstream Thing to "crave" certain textures or repetitive sounds.

What's even weirder, is that it's not just that "stim" content is mainstream; the way everything on the internet is filmed seems to look more like "stim" content. TikToks frequently have a sensory-detail-oriented style that is highly unusual in older online content, honing in on the tactile, visual and auditory characteristics of whatever it's showing, whether that's an eye shadow palette or a cabin in a forest.

When an "influencer" markets their makeup brand, they film videos that almost...highlight that it's a physical substance that can be smudged and smeared around. Online models don't just wear clothes they're advertising, they run their hands over them and make the fabric swish and ripple.

I think this can be seen as a symptom of something wrong with the physical world we live in. I think that almost everyone is chronically understimulated.

Spending time alone in the forest has convinced me of this. The sensory world of a forest is not only much richer than any indoor environment, it is abundant with the sorts of sensations that people seem to "crave" chronically, and the more I've noticed and specifically focused on this, the more I've noticed that the "modern" human's surroundings are incredibly flat in what they offer to the senses.

First of all, forests are constantly permeated with a very soft wash of background noise that is now often absent in the indoor world. The sound of wind through trees has a physiological effect you can FEEL. It's always been a Thing that people are relaxed by white noise, which leads to us being put at ease by the ambient hum of air conditioning units, refrigerators and fans. But now, technology has become much more silent, and it's not at all out of place to hypothesize that environments without "ambient" white noise are detrimental to us.

Furthermore, a forest's ambience is full of rhythmic and melodic elements, whereas "indoor" sounds are often harsh, flat and irregular.

Secondly: the crunch. This is actually one of the most notably missing aspects of the indoor sensory world. Humans, when given access to crunchable things, will crunch them. And in a forest, crunchy things are everywhere. Bark, twigs and dry leaves have crisp and brittle qualities that only a few man-made objects have, and they are different with every type of plant and tree.

Most humans aren't in a lot of contact with things that are "destroyable" either, things you can toy with and tear to little bits in your hands. I think virtually everyone has restlessly torn up a scrap of paper or split a blade of grass with their thumbnail; it's a cliche. And since fidget toys in classrooms are becoming a subject of debate, I think it pays to remember that the vast majority of your ancestors learned everything they knew with a thousand "fidget toys" within arm's reach.

And there is of course mud, and clay, and dirt, and wet sand. I'm 100% serious, squishing mud and clay is vital to the human brain. Why do you think Play-Doh is such a staple elementary school toy. Why do you think mud is the universal cliche thing kids play in for fun. It's such a common "stim" category for a reason.

I could go on and on. It's insane how unstimulating most environments humans spend time in are. And this definitely contributes to ecological illiteracy, because people aren't prepared to comprehend how detailed the natural world is. There are dozens of species of fireflies in the United States, and thousands of species of moths. If you don't put herbicides on your lawn, there are likely at least 20 species of plant in a single square meter of it. I've counted at least 15 species of grass alone in my yard.

Would it be overreach to suggest that some vital perceptive abilities are just not fully developing in today's human? Like. I had to TEACH myself to be able, literally able, to perceive details of living things that were below a certain size, even though my eyes could detect those details, because I just wasn't accustomed to paying attention to things that small. I think something...happens when almost all the objects you interact with daily are human-made.

The people that think ADHD is caused by kids' brains being exposed to "too much stuff" by Electronic Devices...do not go outside, because spending a few minutes in a natural environment has more stimuli in it than a few hours of That Damn Phone.

A patch of tree bark the size of my phone's screen has more going on than my phone can display. When you start photographing lots of living organisms, you run into the strange and brain-shifting reality that your electronic device literally cannot create and store images big enough to show everything you, in real life, may notice about that organism.

This is great help for anyone writing Voltron Fics

The Fan’s Guide to the Altean Language

UPDATED FOR SEASON 6 - First update for season 6 (also comics)

Thank you all for your overwhelming support. I plan on updating this guide for every season, so stay tuned! For a more indepth guide to season 3, check out @butteredonions post here!

New season updates will be within 1 week of premier

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With the increase of alien characters in season 3, we are getting away from this being purely the Altean language. Unfortunately, there’s no real way of knowing what is and isn’t considered “altean”, so I’m just going to continue to use “Altean Language” as the tag.

Units of time (Confirmed with Official Guidebook!)

Quintant = 1 day

Deca-Phoeb = 1 year

Phoeb = 1 month

Dobosh = minute

Varga = hour

Tick = a tad longer than a second

movement = week

@saiikavon has pointed out that in S2E8, the Blades of Marmora base would be closed for 2 quintants. When they mention that 10 Vargas have passed, Lance correctly estimates another 30 Vargas until the base is open again. From this it can be assumed that 2 Quintants = 40 Vargas or 1 Quintant = 20 Vargas.  

Planets 

Olkarion, home of the Olkari (Voltron Coalition HQ)

Arus, home of the Arusians

Taujeer, home of the Taujeerians

Daibazaal, home of the Galra (destroyed)

Altea, home of the Alteans (destroyed)

Puig, home of the Puigian

Unnamed planet, home of the cubserions

Kythra, has desert tribes

Thayserix, inhabitants unknown

homeland unknown, Unilu

Reiphod - recently liberated by rebels

Unknown planet (destroyed) - Rebel memorial site

Naxzela - formerly a decommisioned Altean Terra-forming planet. Major Galra base. Part of the Rebulon Zone

Vantax-5 - Galra satellite relay orbiting it

Teq - Galra controlled. Had Zaiforge cannon nearby

Senfama - Jungle planet. Galra controlled. Had Zaiforge cannon

Entuk - Houses the ruins of an Altean outpost

Feyiv - one of the first planets conquered by the Galra. Considered tehir sacred land, has the Kral Zera

Unnamed planet - Lotor’s refuge for the surviving Alteans, hidden somewhere in the Quantum abyss

Quadrants

Paglium quadrant

Va’kar quadrant

Signa 3 Quadrant - overrun by rebels

Quadrant Omega-Raylar-6

Karthan-sigma quadrant

Si-vim Quadrant- Hostage exchange occurs here

Valurian Quadrant, home of the Tando people

Cradessa quadrant - glass-winged wabblers live here

Systems

Ulippa system, contains ice worms

Thaldycon system

Fimm System

Thizonian system

Misc heavenly bodies

Unknown asteroid - Matt’s communication outpost. It’s coordinates are 19.82.05.11

Sector Zar-Niomofor

Nah-veer-5 (unstable star)

Moon of Tragoch, has galra sentry manufacturing base

Kraydah’s moon - Rebel base

Quantum Abyss - a region of space where dense neutron stars orbit even larger dark stars. The forces at play leave the area constantly changing, and even gravitation waves and space time are affected, sometimes causing visions of the past/future

Burgamel (unknown designation) - Alfor picked up rock droppings here (comics)

Zones

Zone Everall 71

Zones Rebulon 4-69 (Naxzela is in one of these zones)

Patrulian Zone - the space equivalent of the Bermuda Triangle and Davy Jone’s Locker. Oriande is in this zone.

Phrases

Stick out like a choferiaks nose

blown straight to Wozblay

faster than an angry klanmüirl

Jump like a spritely clovenheifer

mad as a wet chüper

linked at the ears like a pack of yalmor

crack a squizzle on the balmera (I.E. break a leg)

puffed up like a Trufalian meringue

hold your gazurgas (I.E. hold your horses)

and I’m the phloban of Gargalaz (I.E. I’m the king of France)

what, in the name of King Groggery the infirm, is going on?

a day late and a fertonium short

from her to Vlexlar

hello bii-bohs and boh-biis

what the ruggle is that?

Wait a tick

I never thought I’d see the quiznacking quintant

I’m afraid someones been ruggling your wimble

a slizknots chance in groatsbade [of getting out of here] (comics)

Creatures

Weblum - a giant space worm that eats dead planets, re-purposing the material into “the building blocks of new solar systems”. They produce the scaultrite mineral, used for Altean Teludav lenses.

Duflax - an Altean creature with a beak and webbed feet

Xznly Squiwl - An Altean creature with a white body and 4 limbs

Swathian Meerakeet - giant lizard-armadillo that is attracted to lights

Zarbloovian intestinal eel - one lives in Coran’s stomach

Gruuvwart - a galaxy-sized poisonous toad. It’s inner ear contains a small island of earwax that can make 1 wish come true. Once there, the only way out is to use the wish to escape “Kind of a wasted trip” - Coran (comics)

Mangaadnii - A large green alien with wings reminiscent of a flying squirrel. They breathe electricity and destroy worlds. Voltron is smaller than a baby Mangaadnii’s finger (comics)

Kotka - winged beasts with no legs. The davdabhau ride them (comics)

Random

Nunvill - a purple beverage that purportedly tastes like hotdog water and feet. Other commentary includes “the nectar of the gods”, “makes a wonderful hair tonic”, and “settles the stomach and brightens your smile”

Quiznak - a swear word, similar in use to Fuck, crap, or hell (ie: “Oh quiznak” or “What the quiznak”)

Quintessence - a type of energy. Context from the world indicates that it is likely some form of Life/spirit energy [EDIT] It’s a real word! According to dictionary.com : noun1.the pure and concentrated essence of a substance.2.the most perfect embodiment of something.3.(in ancient and medieval philosophy) the fifth essence or element,ether, supposed to be the constituent matter of the heavenly bodies,the others being air, fire, earth, and water. Thanks @nickelpenn for the info!

Sloven-de-hoe - literally the altean word for “gone”

bogwaggle cape - a type of cape that Coran claims he trained to sing his theme song when he walked in a room

Skort pantaloons - a breathable trouser worn by the Tando people. Worn by the aliens who rescued Matt.

Guns of Gamara - a resistance group in the alternate reality.

Fluuto beans - “…No more beans for Hunk” - Lance

Conscious-neezy mind enhancers - pills containing parasitic worms (never bargain with shady Unilu running illegal enhancement shops out of their wheelchairs)

The Fire of Purification - Sendak’s rebel group. Has claimed most of the empire’s deserters, though other factions still exist

Shoom fruit - used in a pie (comics)

Hinterbush - “I thought she had burnt too much hinter bush” Probably hallucinogenic (comics) 

Nomo virus - Thought to have been eradicated thousands of years ago until Coran discovered a sample in Alfor’s lab. (comics)

Nuuskob - an unknown thing. Commentary includes that the stains won’t come out (comics)

Technology

Sincline ships - Lotor’s trans-reality ships. A nod to Lotor’s original GoLion name

Zaiforge Cannons - Very powerful Galra cannons. Commandeered by the rebels and the Blades of Marmora

Hoktril - a device from the alternate reality that is embedded in the back of the subjects head, eliminating their “will”. Basically turns them into mind controlled puppets.

Klygarg - a computer used to record logs. Used by Vakala and his partner

Gendocam - unknown technology. Pidge and Hunk were arguing over how to optimize it.

Vlexagane - unknown technology. Pidge and Hunk were arguing over how to optimize it.

Cryopod, cryo replenishers, and sleep pods have all been used to describe the same unit

Galra History and Culture

Kral Zera - both the torch like monument and the name of the coronation ceremony

The Archivist - in one in charge of the Kral Zera ceremony

Feyiv, one of the first planets they conquered, is considered their sacred land

Zaipirium Siege - an even in Galra history. The underwater Galra base from this period is implied to be very old.

The first emperor of the Galra was named Brodar.

Vrepit sa - Literally “the killing thrust” Refers to a point in history when Daibazaal was home to many warring races and the “Galra” gathered their fiercest warriors and struck at their enemies with a phalanx formation.

Blood emperor - Dayak refers to Lotor with this. The term hasn’t been used since before the galra were a star-faring race

Dayak - Lotor’s governess. She taught him History, customs, battle philosophy, the art of war, etc. Breifly taught Hunk.

Polen-Bol - “The enlightening pain”. Part of the galra philosophy that the body must be broken for enlightenment/learning.

Altean History and Culture

The color pink is used to honor fallen warriors

The land of Oriande is the origin of Altean alchemy, but widely believed to be a folktale. It is located in the Patrulian Zone

Compass stone - a tool used to get to the magical realm of Oriande

The Sages of Oriande - aslo known as the Life Givers. They were the 1st Altean’s to unlock the secrets of Oriande, leading to the creation of Altean Alchemy

The Mark of the Chosen - The glowing of the Altean facial markings. Some Alteans are more magical than others.

“The wise stand back from the fire, fools are burned on the pyre, the mystic becomes one with the flame, the embers and he are the same” - Poem by an Altean Alchemist describing the entry to Oriande

Altean’s can’t get brain freeze

Monsters and Mana (Space DnD)

Wiebian swamps - ghosts can be fought there. The swamp goo is very sticky

Dakin - Coran’s evil wizard and primary villian, secretly also the bar wench

Carthian’s Lair - a tomb of horros filled with monsters, traps, and terrors 

Feldakor mountains - Carthian’s Lair resides in these

Klazgool - a many eyed purple tentacle blob carrying weapons. Either a race or a class

Lore master - the dungeon master

Coran’s group called themselves the Pirate Polychoral

Coranic Dragon - a dragon boss. A pun on Coran’s S1E1 joke about being a coranic ( coran + mechanic = coranic.)

The characters names were Block (Hunk), Meklavar (Pidge), Pike (Lance), Valayun (Allura), and Takashi Shirogane #1&2 and Gyro the twin brother (Shiro)

The master in Shiro’s tragic™ backstory is named D’Jahno

Aurita - the land they are playing in (I.E - the most powerful wizard in all of Aurita)

Items - Runestone of Lapham, Jewel of Jitan (pidge’s family heirloom), gloves of transmutation, Yalexian pearl (comic tie-in)

Paladin Trivia

The paladins left earth on a monday (S1E2)

The swords the blades of Mamora use are made of Luxite, which is rare

Coran accompanied his Grandfather while the castle of lions was being built, potentially putting his age in the 600s (not counting the 10k year cryo-sleep)

He/him pronouns are used for Pidge until S1E6, and She/her pronouns from S1E6 onwards

Coran’s full name is Coran Hieronymus Wimbleton Smythe

Haggar’s altean name is Honerva. Her official title is High Priestess

The mice are Platt (largest), Chulatt (blue fur/eyes), Plachu (Blue fur, red eyes), and Chuchule (pink fur)

The Holt family dog was originally named Gunther, later changed to Bae Bae (in honor of the studio’s late pet)

The dates on Matt’s tombstone are 0010-05-25 to 0014-04-28. This format may be the correct date format, as Pidge didn’t realize anything was off until she realized Matt’s b-day was wrong

Allura didn’t seem to know that Lotor was half Altean. Coupled with the memory scene with Haggar, it is implied that Lotor was born sometime after Haggar and Zarkon became corrupted. He is likely younger than Allura.

Krolia wanted to name Keith “Yorak”

Coran calls his grandfather “Pop-pop Wimbleton”

Hunk’s pappy is named Hershel. He also has a niece and a nephew

Alfor took scrapings from the hall of consequences (according to Coran, nothing happened) (comics)

Birthdays

Hunk - January 13th

Shiro - Febuary 29th (leap day)

Pidge - April 3rd

Lance - July 28th

Keith - October 23rd

Original Paladins

Black - Zarkon of Daibazaal

Yellow - Gyrga from Rygnirath

Green - Trigel of the Dalterion Belt

Blue - Blaytz from Nalquod

Red - Alfor of Altea

Lotor’s generals

Zethrid - big, with the fluffy ears

Narti - the blind lizard woman

Ezor - the bubbly, giggly one

Acxa - Weblum galra (spelling confirmed on official voltron page)

Kova - the space cat, assuming the one with Narti is the same as the one Haggar used to have

Rebel Commanders

Ozar - The blue guy who talks with Pidge

Te-osh (deceased) - rescued Matt

Olia - star fox

Galra squadrons (all hunting Lotor btw)

Squadron Erto

Fighter squadrons Djalg 14 & 15

Commanders in the Galra Succession War

Davdabhau culture (comics)

are legendary hunters and shamans

practice cremation

size and strength are important attributes in mating

a husbands duty includes - preparing food, doing the dishes, and participating in warfare with their warrior wives

Polygamy does not appear to be frowned upon

“Let your soul fry free like the Kotka and carry you to the hunting brounds of your ancestors, kings of the Davdabhau. There, may you battle the iron tusks by day, and feast and fight all night” - eulogy for the late king

“You lived with honor as a king, you died in battle as a warrior. Now burn in glory like a star.” - Eulogy for the late king

Tegus day - an event in history where King Yeran was forced to eat his own foot as punishment for his lies. Also has a song - “Fight all day! Red with blood! Enemies lay in the mud! Feast all night! sing till dawn! Tegus day! Battle won!”

Gantomor - warden of the sacred hunting grounds. Said to be the first Davdabhau to discover the sacred grounds. Capable of transforming to better meet his foes (in single combat, one. Against multiple opponents, an army)

Bvada - a Kotka’s rider for life

Qarlaks - the equivalent of nerd in the davdabhau tongue

PULL THE GODDAMN TRIGGER

pull the trigger, Cards Against Humanity.

I am L I V I N G for The Flustered Hinata TM in the background

it’s 20-gay-teen y’all

Reblog if you are okay with people giving you lots of boops!

Portals to Hell by hrmphfft

Are there fics for these? They're so cute!!

Smooch x3

If Danny keeps Kicking people out (back to the land of the Living) does that Technically make him the Bouncer? Kinda?

There's a new club in London, and it's all anyone can talk about.

Normally, Constantine wouldn't care, but the reports are...odd.

It's a club that no one knows the name of, and apparently the only way to be permitted entrance is to just 'follow the wind' and eventually end up there?

Whoever attends has the equivalent of a religious experience, and is never the same again. Sometimes they display PTSD, sometimes they go from shy and quiet to boisterous and super extroverted; it's an unpredictable scale.

But they all say they had the time of their lives.

It sounds like magic, honestly.

More concerning, there's also talk of drugs that no one knows the names of. Talks of people who had friends eat or drink at the club and found themselves unable to leave. People who go in and literally forget their name.

It sounds fae.

He...maybe admits he needs to look at before some fae court enslaves all of London.

So he takes to wandering the streets of London at night, just willing himself to find the damn place.

Also trying to find anything off or odd, and following unknown magic signatures that could be fae in nature.

After a month, he finally finds it.

Except it isn't fae.

It's a club in the Infinite Realms, only accessible through a constantly moving portal.

Which.

Is so much worse than the fae, for so many reasons.

First and foremost, there's definitely a lot more missing people he has to find and drag back to the mortal realm, if they're still alive. And sane.

Why is there a lot more people missing?

Because the portal is constantly moving, which means there's no way it's just been migrating through the backalleys of London.

This is confirmed when he meets eyes with a very exhausted looking Green Arrow, who has been missing for a good three weeks last Constantine heard.

Green Arrow tiredly lifts up a glass of something in a toast, beckoning Constantine over.

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