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"There are three estates in Parliament but in the Reporters' Gallery yonder there sits a Fourth Estate more important far than they all. It is not a figure of speech or witty saying, it is a literal fact, very momentous to us in these times." -- Edmund Burke (1729-1797)
The Fourth Estate: a segment of society that wields the soft but momentous power of public opinion despite its lack of formal recognition within the political system.
Or, the first thing that rebuilds itself after Sendak's defeat is the press. With the press comes social media. You know what you get when you have social media? Fandom. You get fandom.
(multimedia fic following the Paladins & the MFE-Ares pilots post-season 7)
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13 Nov 2018
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Darkest Before the Dawn by BossToaster (ChaoticReactions)
Fandoms: Voltron: Legendary Defender
02 Jan 2018
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That paladins are invited to be part of security for a masked ball. Shiro and Keith have a bet going, and Shiro gets introspective.
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10 Nov 2018
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James never expected that he and Keith would fall together again after everything, the same way that they used to when they were still students, and yet, here he is, in Keith’s newly assigned quarters, buried to the hilt with Keith’s hips in a bruising grip, cataloging the new scars on Keith’s skin and trying not to hear someone else’s name in Keith’s bitten-off moans.
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10 Nov 2018
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Keith teaches himself to draw, among other things.
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01 Nov 2018
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In the desert
I saw a creature, naked, bestial,
Who, squatting upon the ground,
Held his heart in his hands,
And ate of it.
I said, “Is it good, friend?”
“It is bitter—bitter,” he answered;
“But I like it
“Because it is bitter,
“And because it is my heart.”
(it's just there's a lot going on with Shiro, and Keith could feel free to wake up at any moment, that would be just fine...)
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- Part 1 of holding his heart in his hands
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01 Nov 2018
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After saving an alien race from the Galra, Team Voltron sets down on the planet for repairs. They are welcomed with open arms – until the aliens find out that Keith is Galra.
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30 Oct 2018
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The robot explodes. The lions fall. Shiro struggles with leadership in the face of personal attachment. And when his decisions have terrible repercussions for Keith, he is forced to contend with his own guilt and grief.
Luckily, someone once reminded Keith not to give up on himself.
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29 Oct 2018
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Shirogane Takashi is dead.
Keith, an assassin working within the dangerous yakuza underworld, knows this better than anyone because he killed him himself. Once a prominent member of the Galra, Kyoto’s most ruthless gang, Shiro is now just a corpse with a hole in it where Keith plunged his knife. Which is really too bad, given the way Keith feels...felt...about him.
Now while grappling with his desire to escape Kyoto’s vicious underbelly, Keith is suddenly presented with a startling question: what if, somehow, Shiro isn’t as dead as he thought?
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28 Oct 2018
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You can't live on the edge all your life. by bowlingfornerds
Fandoms: Voltron: Legendary Defender
30 Jan 2017
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Sooner or later, you have to jump.
They call themselves Runners. They exist on the edge between the gloss and the reality: the mirror'sedge. Runners see the city in a different way. They see the flow. Rooftops become pathways and conduits, possibilities and routes of escape. The flow is what keeps them running, keeps them alive.
Keith is in love with Shiro, leader of the Runners. Maybe it's about time he does something about that.
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28 Oct 2018
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The thing about banishing emotions to the forbidden parts of your memory is that, sooner or later, they’re going to find their way out again.
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5 times Shiro saw Keith cry + the 1 time their roles were reversed
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20 Oct 2018
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It took a while for Keith to identify the feeling that rushed through his chest every time he saw Shiro: when Shiro caught his eye from the opposite end of the mess hall, when Keith saw him smiling in groups of other junior officers, when any of the cadets spoke Shiro’s name with a reverence that proved they didn’t know anything beyond the poster boy’s glowing reputation.
Happiness.
If this was what friendship felt like, Keith was finally starting to understand why everyone made such a big deal out of it.
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When Keith first met Shiro, he had no idea how dramatically his life was about to change—or how crucial Shiro would become to every aspect of it.
...Shiro, who wouldn't stop dying.
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18 Oct 2018
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“So… let me get this straight, Lance.”
“Uh-huh.”
“You are… a defender of the universe.”
“Yep.”
“Blue Paladin of Voltron, and pilot of the Red Lion.”
“Heck yeah.”
“Literally one of the saviors of our known universe—“
“You can tell me I’m your hero any time, Keith.”
“—And you’re opening a zoo.”
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15 Oct 2018
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“I’m sorry I keep waking you up,” Shiro whispers the fifth night in and Keith shrugs, fingertips tracing the slope of Shiro’s scarred stomach.
“I was always a light sleeper, anyway,” Keith tells him. “Mom’s even worse. She said it was a good skill to hone, especially in dangerous situations. By the end of the second year, one of us only had to sigh in order to wake the other up.” He tilts his head as he watches Shiro, touching his hip. “You don’t have to apologize, Shiro. I’m glad I’m here.”
The sad truth is, Shiro knows he isn’t just saying that.
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30 Sep 2018
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i told the moon to never let me go by pumpkinless for eternalheatstroke
Fandoms: Voltron: Legendary Defender
31 Mar 2018
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Sometimes the best decisions are the most reckless, and Shiro's recklessness is inspired.
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- Part 1 of we will find a way home
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28 Sep 2018
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A series of post S6 one-shot requests, out of order.
5. keith sees shiro three times in the abyss
“He's got your hair,” Shiro whispers.
Keith watches himself resettle the child nervously, like he still isn’t sure how to hold it. He watches himself smile. “Hey, don’t blame me for all that,” he hears himself say. “I’ve seen what you look like in the morning.”
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25 Sep 2018
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“You know, for months, Shiro — since Allura put you back in — the only things you’ve said to me are about fighting,” Keith says, and his voice is level, only betrayed by the way it cracks over the middle of his sentence.
“I —“ Shiro says, wanting to deny it.
“I’ll cross the universe to save you,” Keith says, fierce. “And if you don’t want to talk to me, that’s fine. I’ll still be here. But I’m done pretending it doesn’t fucking hurt, being treated like a tactical asset.”
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22 Sep 2018
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Keith loses a fight with Haggar. It's bad.
It’s too much to take in at once—there’s blood on Keith's face, in his hair, streaked down the white of his Paladin armor on one side. A mark spreads across his cheek like a bruise, dark and lurid, and he’s holding one arm at an odd angle—
No, it’s broken.
He takes a halting step toward them. The splatter of blood hitting the floor is audible.
That's how they learn Altean healing pods don't work on Galra.
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19 Sep 2018
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The truth is: what Keith wants or doesn’t want won’t bring Shiro back.
The truth is: nothing can breathe in space.
(Or: the story of how Keith and Shiro come together, come apart, and come together again.)
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17 Sep 2018
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going once, going twice... by spookyfoot for rinsled05
Fandoms: Voltron: Legendary Defender
12 Sep 2018
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The Garrison may have survived an alien occupation, but it never prepared them for this.
“Oh my god,” Nadia Rizavi says, “someone’s going to live their dream of being the cream filling in a Shiro and Keith sandwich.”
Matt Holt—miraculously alive, pony-tailed, asshole—turns to the slices of bread in question, “why can’t you two just negotiate your threesomes over a bottle of wine like everyone else?”
The Galaxy Garrison hosts a charity auction.
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- Part 2 of caught a glimpse of your reflection
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12 Sep 2018
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The future-flash ends before Keith can formulate the thought—leaving him on his knees, clutching the wolf’s fur against the time gale.
Hunk, Keith thinks. He pieces the past together. Sees an image of unmistakable courage.
(Keith has a hard time re-integrating with the team after the Quantum Abyss. He finds some motivation.)
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12 Sep 2018