#5yearsofvld

lonely together

This June is the fifth anniversary of Voltron: Legendary Defender’s season one. To celebrate, we’re hosting a Mini Bang themed after the core of Voltron: Found Family!

What is a Mini Bang, you ask? A mini bang is a derivation of a Big Bang, which is defined by fanlore.org as “a specific type of challenge usually involving long fics and accompanying artwork.” In this challenge, writers and artists will be paired together to create content that tells one story--so the writer will write a fic, and the artist will illustrate a scene/scenes from that fic. Because this is a Mini Bang, the minimum wordcount is smaller than what you would normally find in a Big Bang!

Rules:

Open to both writers and artists ages 15+

Sign up by April 28, complete your piece by May 30; everything will be posted on June 10!

Fic specs: A completed fic must be at least 5k in length and up to 10k (longer fics are allowed, but make sure to communicate with your artist/beta in advance to ensure that they’re willing to read/create for a longer fic). The fic must be proofread/beta’d, either by someone of your choice or one of the betas who have kindly volunteered to look over fics in our Discord server. The focus of the fic must be on found family.

Art specs: A completed art piece must be fully colored with at least a simple background, and must illustrate a scene from the fic you’ve been paired with.

Writer Sign Ups: https://forms.gle/1dzXwCdfP1Z9ZtvFA 

Artist Sign Ups: https://forms.gle/Zj76jkTwt8auQTPs7 

Sign ups are open as of today, and will remain open until the end of the month. We invite both artists and writers to sign up! Please read through our FAQ and Schedule before you sign up if you have any questions.

In chapter 6 the “Fleet of Doom” storyline form the 1980s Voltron crossover movie is revisited with a VLD twist.

Also, haven’t you always wanted to see Keith and Lotor fight a duel? In this sword fight, their words are as sharp as their blades.

A preview:

Lotor raised his sword for a running overhead strike and as Keith prepared to block his opponent’s blade, Lotor kicked him in the midsection. Suddenly winded, Keith fell and was momentarily stunned.

“You are beaten, half-breed!” Lotor jeered at Keith. “Prepare to die.” Lotor held his blade perilously close to Keith’s throat as he lay sprawled in the mud of the nightmare swamp.

Keith entangled his legs with Lotor’s to trip him then sprang to his feet, reclaiming his fallen sword.

“Half-breed?” He asked, dodging Lotor’s clumsy attack as the prince struggled to regain his footing. “Look who’s talking!”

Lotor attacked him again with even more fury than before and Keith deflected every blow with a fluidity and grace that the undead prince struggled to match.

“You’re hardly the warrior who won the Kral Zera,” Keith taunted him.

“I’m still the man who won Allura’s heart,” Lotor replied with a wicked grin.

“With lies and deception?” Keith would have drawn blood with the slice he made to Lotor’s abdomen at that moment, but the zombie-like creature before him didn’t seem to have any...

Hi, all! June 10, 2021 is the five-year anniversary of Voltron: Legendary Defender first airing on Netflix. To celebrate, I joined the Five Years of VLD Mini Bang and had the privilege of collaborating with the wonderful and illustrious artist, @cieltee22. They developed a super fun and amazing artwork to align with my story! It was great working with them on this project! 

The Merry Misadventures of Voltron’s Five Original Paladins

Story Summary: It’s been many quintants since Alfor, Zarkon, Trigel, Gyrgan, and Blaytz agreed to a galactic alliance. Alfor has taken to recording their adventures as part of an ongoing status report to his vassals. In doing so, he reveals that the galaxy’s most fearsome leaders have some terribly mundane quirks and weaknesses, and that their warrior’s bond is transforming into...friendship? Rated T.

Please check out Cieltee’s associated artwork here: https://cieltee22.tumblr.com/post/653622389179056128/hello-in-celebration-of-voltron-legendary

You can read my story here on AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/31862188

Happy Five Years of VLD, all! Please follow the blog below for more content and updates regarding other collaborations!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/31663769/chapters/78362156

Defenders of the Multiverse Chapter 1.

@fiveyearsofvld @aucatgirl made a great illustration for this story.

In Chapter 5, “What Dreams May Come” the Paladins return to the Dream Dimension, but this time they won’t have to face their personal nightmares alone.

Hunk has the heart of a lion in this one.

There is some sweet Kallura foreshadowing. ❤️💖

There is also a lot of 💦 for your 🌱. Remember this?