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also while im here any klance fic recs?

aaaaalso i wanted to saw i absolutely adore your lovley art and hope you are having a wonderful day <3333

I love insecure lance like I love air. He is such a complicated character that I think its easy to misunderstand the way that he is insecure.

Lance has a ton of ego in the way, of like, everything. He desires to be "The Hero." Some people put themselves down before someone else can do it, but Lance tells you how great he is before you can tell him otherwise. Other peoples opinions are really important to him, as much as he likes to pretend its otherwise.

This is where someone like Hunk, is really good with Lance. He is willing to play along with Lance and not dismiss his capabilities. It's not that he agrees with everything Lance says but he doesn't feel the need to nitpick. Hunk and Lance are good at understanding what the other person means and aren't too hung up on what they said.

Now, Keith and Lance are the opposite. They have such different lived experiences it's impossible for them to understand what each other mean, and they focus on what the other said. When they can let go of this they are a great team, because they both rely on instincts more than thought.

Lance really respects Keith and uses their rivalry as a way of validating himself. Keith is great and I'm his rival ergo I'm great. Then to find out that Keith barely remembered him as a cargo pilot. It drives him crazy. (Just a sidebar, Keith canonically did remember Lance at the Garrison... he didn't completely forget him)

I don't think that Lance has this intense self hatred, but when the lights are off he does start to wonder if he's as good as he says he is. His boasting is a bid for attention, he's trying to ask others if they agree with him. Which, ironically, I think is the reason the team is hesitant to compliment him, it's also the reason Keith is so surprised to learn Lance is thinking about stepping back. This is a really important moment in Lance's relationship with the team. His ability to share his vulnerabilities, and more importantly his ability to put aside being "The Hero" and think about the greater good is essential for his growth.

As a sidebar, I know, "Leave the math to Pidge" Is a shitty comfort, but I genuinely think that its what Lance needed to hear. Look at his smile afterwards. As an audience we are all screaming at Keith to uplift Lance, but that's not what Keith is good at! That's not why Lance would go to Keith, he genuinely wants Keith's opinion because he trusts Keith, and Keith says he stays.

The thing that makes Shiro such a great leader is that he understands Lance! He hold him to a high standard but freely let him knows that he has his own place in the team. Lance really respects his opinion, I mean he's his hero! (Also isn't lance's smile so cute?)

This is so long so I'll just add 2 fics that I think do insecure Lance super well!

A Fish and A Bird - Methoxyethane

You're a dumb shit with zero literacy comprehension and I hope you know that. Come off anon. Bc if this is a real serious issue that you didn't make up to be angry at me for saying "most of you are not actually qualified to tell the difference between real and ai writing" (because it's trained off fic writers) and "misinformation is dangerous", let's see it.

Who are you? What's this supposed fandom? What's your proof? And I mean true, indefensible, there is no other possible explanation proof of these mass ai fics in this supposed fandom. Because if you have that, and I mean truly have that, what in the fuck are you doing arguing with me? Surely you have much better things to be doing right this moment. If it's that pervasive in your fandom sphere and that obvious, why is there not a mass movement of your fandom to be calling it out. We all hate ai here. If it's THAT obvious and no one is hiding it, people will mass call it out.

But see, here's the deal anon. I think, this isnt a mass thing. I think you saw my post about someone INCORRECTLY dragging an author and wrongfully claiming it was ai written using "proof and evidence" that was blatantly false and saw that I said "most of you are not qualified to tell the difference". And I think that made you mad because surely YOU can tell the difference right? Surely YOU are the moral correct standard and you're perfect and never make mistakes. Surely YOU are so different from every other person who thinks exactly the same way like the op in my post.

But please, Anon, let me assure you that you are not. And here's why: You're took the most bad faith reading of my post. And you got VERY emotional about it, it really touched a nerve in you didn't it? Obviously, or you wouldn't be making an ass of yourself in my asks for so stupid a reason. Because my post doesn't say you can't call about ai if you actually know how to do it and can get it right. So be my fucking guest. If it's that big of a problem in your unnamed fandom, fix it. You'd know my post isn't directed at people who know what they're doing. But you dont know, do you anon? You have no qualifications that you can boast about (or I'm sure they would've been bragged about in this time wasting ask). Your own arguments contradict themselves because If these supposed ai fics are getting tens of thousands of kudos or likes then its proof the average reader doesn't know how to discern it and therefore has NO FUCKING BUISNESS attempting to be a fandom hero or police. And you're acting like a child being thrown a tantrum at being told no, instead of being an adult with a working brain and thinking for yourself at that entire concept.

So. What should authors and readers do (instead of whatever shitty ass doomsday slop you disgraced my ask box with)? Well, there's a few things and it ranges. You can always just try asking. Most ai users are really proud of the fact that they do and will confess to it. You can use common sense. If every fic in your fandom is pumped out rapidly with the same voice, tone, and punctuation use with a myriad of mistakes common to various llms then do something about it. Fandom spaces aren't cool with ai usage. Start a conversation with others in that circle. Bring discussion to the forefront publically acknowledging the mass ai usage in your fandoms fics. See if others are noticing it too. You can stop giving interactions and block people. Greywall them. Start an anti ai movement in your fandom. Keep a loud, vocal conversation in your fandom spaces of the intolerance to ai. And then, and only then, if you are without a doubt and so completely certain that someone is doing this en mass, you can make a call out to inform others. WITH proper and real proof. But if you're wrong you need to acknowledge to yourself you're a bully. You need to sit with the fact that you've ruined a real person's love of the craft. And that YOU are personally contributing to declining creative spaces that you're so intent on saving at the cost of itself with your own hubris.

But thats a lot more work and effort than just bitching in my asks box to solve your problems for you and whining that you can't just bully random authors you think don't write how they should, isnt it?

I dunno. Can't it just be:

Do Sleet series

where Sleet is Hail?

Gee, thanks. 😐

Diesel, [Bad] Seed, Seeds, Trees, Oil, Roses, Tires, Red...

Like:

Seeds, Oil, Trees

where Seeds and Trees are usually both Ding but Bad Seed and Trees can also be Oil.