It’s my solemn belief that in well-written and well-managed media this kind of thing does not happen. Ships, ship wars, and fans themselves get out of control because of poorly written canonical character interactions and poorly managed expectations on the part of producers. Although there are certainly extremists of questionable mental health levels who will …
Tag: voltron discourse
Hot Take
“If you only watch for ships, get out” is the same kind of elitist, condescending behavior utilized by antis to fuel their rhetoric and actively contributes to an increasingly toxic fandom environment, rather than in any way improving it.You don’t get to tell people how to watch a show or what to watch shows for. …
Issues with Voltron Season 6 (Part 1)
So, since I made my last post, I lost three followers and got some rude anonymous private messages, whom I can only assume were from super gung-ho Voltron fans who didn’t want to hear that anyone dislikes the direction their favorite show has taken–fair, I guess. You do you! However, I do want to clarify …
Issues with Voltron Season 6 (Part 3)
A continuation of my extremely long vent about the most recent Voltron season. <– Part 1 is back here.<- Part 2 is back here. This time it’s (mostly) about Keith and Shiro!All right, so while I think the treatment of Lotor’s character was the true worst offender of this season, the entire clone Shiro plot …
to creators currently burning themselves on that fandom pyre
ptw30: sol1056: The latest post from one of the VLD VAs highlights something I’ve been feeling about the high level of creator-fandom interaction in VLD. Note: I use ‘creator’ on a broad sense here, of anyone involved in the work’s creation: EPs, directors, voice actors, animators, and on. Anyone involved in producing the canonical broadcast …
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My First Time Blocking a Member of the Voltron Fandom!
I’m going to clip out the old post because it’s getting ridiculously long now, so here’s my reply: @illstickuinawormholeNo, I don’t want a cookie for my degrees. But I would like a modicum of respect for the fact that I’m not pulling my criticism out of thin air. I have a logical basis for my critique …
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The Blade of Marmora Did Not Deserve This
illstickuinawormhole: echodrops: I’m like unspeakably busy and don’t have time to really think or do anything outside of work, but by god, season 4 of Voltron is haunting my writing sensibilities so badly. Or rather, what I should say is the portrayal of the Blade of Marmora in season 4 is bugging the hell out …
radioactivesupersonic: Gotta admit I’m kind of mad that back in season 1 the fandom cranked out art and meta of Keith being outright attacked or threatened by team members as part of a galra keith reveal but now that Allura, who experienced an incredibly traumatic loss and reacts accordingly, the fandom is lining up to …
Rawr! Bird! 