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Kolivan Friday Prompt ACCEPTING

Pairing: Zalivan (Zarkon/Kolivan)Rating: GVerse: The Cost of Love

Warning: (N/A)

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The hills on Dorena was far enough from the Capital City, so the light pollution was low. And the dry season just came, so the sky was clear and cloudless.

Just the perfect time and the perfect place to stargaze.

There have bean a few mentions here and there in some of the memes I’ve answered, but here, let me give you some more:

Kolivan never expected to court or be courted by anyone even close to the royal line. So every time Zarkon showed him even the slightest bit of fond attention, he clammed up and tripped over his words.Zarkon was originally drawn by Kolivan’s striking features, but became really determined to court him after watching him lead a strategic fleet and also catching sight of him in hand-to-hand spars in the training fields.

Once they’re together, Kolivan is incredibly physically affectionate. He believes he’ll never quite have the way with words that Zarkon does, but he makes up for it with forehead touches, nuzzling and not-so-accidental brushes.

Zarkon dotes on Kolivan, and it’s never to make a show of the difference in their upbringing, but because he wants Kolivan to know nothing is too good for him. He’s even more insistent on it when he starts leaving the planet with the rest of the Voltron Paladins. Kolivan receives souvenirs and exotic food every time Zarkon returns.

Zarkon is not above sneaking away from the throne to spend time with Kolivan, making the other advisors in the court fret and fuss. Kolivan also fusses “You should not be here” when he sneaks into Kolivan’s military quarters. But never gets much further than that. Kolivan doesn’t really want to argue.

finished bribe art for @paladinpuppypile

i literally cant work on this any longer bc i’ve been so emotionally compromised asjkdhjkgshdja buuuuuuut yeah here goes the astral plane forehead touch _(:3」∠)_

(playlist x x x)

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When I think about the current Zarkon (S1-S2), I definitely think he’s deteriorated to just about the worst he could be. His focus is on destroying the last Alteans, removing the new paladins and most importantly, getting the Black Lion back again. I really don’t think he has the capacity to see beyond stopping at nothing to attain those goals. 

I’ve read some posts about how Zarkon felt like a really weak villain, a two-dimensional type of character. I actually see where folks are coming from. His focus is narrowed down so sharply that he has no room for anything he deems weak, his strategy for attacking is to just chase, trap and hit with everything. Even Commanders Sendak and Prorok showed better tactical sense when they were trying to capture Voltron. And yet Zarkon was willing to destroy others of his kind who showed signs of thinking without his direction or retreating to save lives. For a guy who saw his home planet get destroyed, he sure is liberal with turning his remaining army into canon fodder. It screams broken mind to me.

I’ll be honest with you, that’s an avenue of the Galra I’ve never really explored! (Of COURSE you’re not asking because of them. You couldn’t POSSIBLY want them to be reunited in the afterlife to be together happily in eternity like I do..)

I feel like...maybe they don’t? One of my favorite things is that art of Keith looking at the memorials of fallen Blades and seeing Ulaz and Thace together. That really fucked me up made me realize that perhaps the Galra might see a finality at the end of their life cycles. Enough that burying the dead with their mate would be seen as a final respect, the thing you DO for those that have passed.

It may also be that they’re like the cultures who bury with the most precious possessions of that being. So that in death they can carry with them the things they prized in life. For me, let Thace’s memorial include something that Haxus had given him or a token of their time together. Let Haxus have been lost in the battle with Pidge while still wearing Thace’s signet ring beneath his armor. 

@eatyourgrapes​:  *clutches heart* Petition for Zarkon to wake up a changed man

xblackpaladin: @eatyourgrapes @paladinpuppypile PL EA S E

[before I even saw your url, I was like “arka, is that u?”]

Kolivan understands that ships are a necessary part of life, especially for a galactic trading hub planet such as his own. He gets it, but he prefers to keep his feet firmly planted on the ground as often as possible. He can’t take the love of flying from Zarkon, however, and he doesn’t dare try. He listens when his mate talks about exploration and diplomatic voyages, watches with a fond smile as he runs his hand over the hull of the newest crafts in their fleet. Kolivan is certain that when Zarkon ascends to the throne, his advisors will still be chasing him down to the hangar and beyond. Suffice to say, Kolivan has seen many ships in his time at Zarkon’s side.

He’s never seen one like the black lion before.