I'm gonna do Lance from Defender of the Universe and Lance from Legendary Defender. :D And maybe I'll do the rest too, if things get a little slow at work next week.
Lance from Defender of the Universe
general opinion: fall in a hole and die | don't like them | eh | they're fine I guess | like them! | love them | actual love of my life
hotness level: get away from me | meh | neutral | theoretically hot but not my type | pretty hot (except in a few early episodes of S1 where the animation was pretty wonky for some reason) | gorgeous! | 10/10 would bang
best quality: I remember him being comparatively intuitive. Like, whenever someone from Planet Doom came to Arus in disguise, it was usually Lance who instinctively suspected them.
worst quality: He's also pretty brash.
ship them with: No one on the show, really, except maybe low-key Lance/Allura or Lance/Keith or Lance/Allura/Keith. When I wrote DotU I shipped him with an original character, a young woman who took over as pilot for the Blue Lion when Allura stepped down to rule full-time.
brotp them with: Everyone, but especially Keith.
needs to stay away from: Lotor. As should everyone.
misc. thoughts: I started out in love with Sven, but the more time I spent writing about the characters, the more I was drawn to Lance. Many years later he's still my fave. I think he loves Keith like a brother. I think that despite his occasional inclination to run off half-cocked, he gets a lot out of being part of a team. I think it's actually canon that his home planet was attacked by Zarkon, so the Voltron Force is very much his family.
Lance from Legendary Defender
general opinion: fall in a hole and die | don't like them | eh | they're fine I guess | like them! | love them | actual love of my life
hotness level: get away from me | meh | neutral | theoretically hot but not my type | pretty hot | gorgeous! | 10/10 would bang
He's too young for me! I first watched DotU when I was a child, and I was in the fandom in my late teens and early 20s, so the characters didn't seem that young to me. But now they do!
Definitely some Slytherin tendencies, but once he gets over himself I think his inner Hufflepuff-ness will shine through.
best quality: I don't know. I mean, I like him, but I feel like they stripped original!Lance of his best qualities, without really giving him anything new in return. I keep hoping we'll see more development for him, and he did have some nice moments in S2, but...
worst quality: He has kind of an inflated opinion of himself. Also, he thinks with his dick a bit too often.
ship them with: Keith, low-key. They have that bickering couples thing I'm drawn to, but I'm not fully committed.
brotp them with: Pidge and Hunk.
needs to stay away from: Pretty girls who are actually traps.
misc. thoughts: I think they took original!Lance's brashness and tendency to go off on his own and gave them to Keith. Which makes Keith more interesting for me, but Lance got short-changed! Maybe Keith will lean on him more heavily in Shiro's absence and he'll turn out to have awesome hidden talents. That's really my one complaint about the new series.
Lance from Defender of the Universe
general opinion: fall in a hole and die | don't like them | eh | they're fine I guess | like them! | love them | actual love of my life
hotness level: get away from me | meh | neutral | theoretically hot but not my type | pretty hot (except in a few early episodes of S1 where the animation was pretty wonky for some reason) | gorgeous! | 10/10 would bang
hogwarts house: gryffindor | slytherin | ravenclaw | hufflepuff
best quality: I remember him being comparatively intuitive. Like, whenever someone from Planet Doom came to Arus in disguise, it was usually Lance who instinctively suspected them.
worst quality: He's also pretty brash.
ship them with: No one on the show, really, except maybe low-key Lance/Allura or Lance/Keith or Lance/Allura/Keith. When I wrote DotU I shipped him with an original character, a young woman who took over as pilot for the Blue Lion when Allura stepped down to rule full-time.
brotp them with: Everyone, but especially Keith.
needs to stay away from: Lotor. As should everyone.
misc. thoughts: I started out in love with Sven, but the more time I spent writing about the characters, the more I was drawn to Lance. Many years later he's still my fave. I think he loves Keith like a brother. I think that despite his occasional inclination to run off half-cocked, he gets a lot out of being part of a team. I think it's actually canon that his home planet was attacked by Zarkon, so the Voltron Force is very much his family.
Lance from Legendary Defender
general opinion: fall in a hole and die | don't like them | eh | they're fine I guess | like them! | love them | actual love of my life
hotness level: get away from me | meh | neutral | theoretically hot but not my type | pretty hot | gorgeous! | 10/10 would bang
He's too young for me! I first watched DotU when I was a child, and I was in the fandom in my late teens and early 20s, so the characters didn't seem that young to me. But now they do!
hogwarts house: gryffindor | slytherin | ravenclaw | hufflepuff
Definitely some Slytherin tendencies, but once he gets over himself I think his inner Hufflepuff-ness will shine through.
best quality: I don't know. I mean, I like him, but I feel like they stripped original!Lance of his best qualities, without really giving him anything new in return. I keep hoping we'll see more development for him, and he did have some nice moments in S2, but...
worst quality: He has kind of an inflated opinion of himself. Also, he thinks with his dick a bit too often.
ship them with: Keith, low-key. They have that bickering couples thing I'm drawn to, but I'm not fully committed.
brotp them with: Pidge and Hunk.
needs to stay away from: Pretty girls who are actually traps.
misc. thoughts: I think they took original!Lance's brashness and tendency to go off on his own and gave them to Keith. Which makes Keith more interesting for me, but Lance got short-changed! Maybe Keith will lean on him more heavily in Shiro's absence and he'll turn out to have awesome hidden talents. That's really my one complaint about the new series.
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