#altean

Galtean Klance 🫠🫠

But also it would be so cool to see something done with that.

The blades speaking a different form of Galra for security reasons. Keith knowing both forms of galra(or only knowing one and learning the other)

The galra language being the common language all species speak due to their native language being lost. (Allura and Coran meeting a species the alteans had relations with and speaking in said species’ native tongue only to learn that the language had been lost to time)

The altean colony speaking either galra(Allura and Coran realize that they are the only who know the altean language) or speaking a strange mic of galra and altean(Keith and allura bond over trying to decode what romelle is saying).

my favorite altean au~

Kieran Asahi Riv Kogane, Keith's older brother

Little name explanation:

So, since everything is fair in love, war and fanfics, I took the liberty to create my version of Keith and Riv's family by borrowing stuff from "other versions" of Voltron and the fandoms, such as:

the surname Kogane (and the first name Akira)

Keith's dad's name being Kenneth (well, his English name)

Keith full name being 'Keith Akira (Yorak) Kogane'

the idea of having all family members have K initials

....and so on.

So the Kogane family is like this:

Kenneth Akihiko Kogane

Krolia 'Kogane'

Kieran Asahi Riv Kogane

Keith Akira Yorak Kogane

A little more about Riv:

Riv is 8 years older than Keith. (Krolia spent about 12 years on Earth.)

He's very... purple which makes him look Galra enough already but he also has big fluffy ears, cat-like eyes as 'markings', you know, just to make sure. » We all know that Krolia has more... elvish(?), elongated and pointed ears and Dad Kogane had normal human ears so you may ask - where did the big, fluffy ears come from? Well, my friend, genetics are funny. "According to Krolia", he likely got his ears from one of his grandparents -- same goes for his white hair.

Despite generally looking more Galra, his nose looks more human than Keith's... or at least looked, before he broke it during training.

Only his ears have a thin layer of fur. The rest of his body is bare. He has less body hair than an average human (regardless of gender) which is a bit odd considering that he's supposed to be a mammalian-type Galra.

Just like Keith, he also has super thick and long (and straight) eyelashes, just in white. The colours are also very similar. In fact, probably the eyes are their the most similar features.

Riv has retractable claws. Yes, it's a bit bizarre.

He has a cute BoM earring/helix ear cuff thingy. It senses and signals to him if a fellow Blade is nearby. When destroyed, it sends out a distress message to the HQ. It also tracks his location and gives automatic updates on his whereabouts to Kolivan and Krolia. The latter fuction is for minors/young adult members. /For safety reasons, while all Blades are tracked, their locations are not shared with/sent to anyone automatically./

Keith and he are both pretty much "in the middle" with how Galra or human they are. » Keith has long limbs, especially hands, for a human while Riv has short limbs for a Galra - but they are still longer than a human's. » While Keith is really sturdy, resilient and strong for a human, Riv is considered to be rather fragile, slightly sickly and somewhat weak compared to other Galra.

He might be weaker than "normal" but he's faster, more agile, more flexible and has slightly better reflexes than many Galra. (It's the result of a specific combination of slightly mutated genes rather than an advantage that purely comes from being part-human.)

He can make himself look mostly human, much like how Keith gets Galra traits when experiencing intense emotions. » Just like how I "took inspiration" from other shows for the names, I also got some backstory/lineage inspo. I already mentioned in my previous post that in the Voltron Force show, Keith's great-grandfather was Arusian/Altean... and it's the same in my version. » So, Riv (and to some extent Keith as well) is capable of shapeshifting thanks to his Altean ancestry. Though, unlike Allura who has a wider range, both Keith and Riv are limited to shifting between their Galra and human appearances and neither look is "perfect". » Having nearly full control over this shapeshifting power takes a lot of practice and requires emotional stability and a certain level of maturity, that's why Keith is not even fully aware of having this ability. » Riv only "recently" perfected his human form and managed to hold it for extended periods. » When he finally achieved consistent results with his shifting practice, his first thought was to try and convince Krolia and Kolivan to let him visit Keith (and their dad :() -- In the end, he left without permission.