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Life Expectancies for Mothers of ASOIAF's POV characters: Maths of Ice & Fire.
The average lifespan for the mother of an ASOIAF POV characters is 44 years, with a secondary calculation (removing a statistical outlier amongst the group) lowering life expectancy to 38 years & 6 months.
For the purposes of these calculations, women whose exact ages can only be approximated were included as "averaged out" figures from their assumed age range.
Dates & age calculations were gathered from the Wiki of I&F, with any personal extrapolations are written out when used.
Extended Biographical calculations & speculations built thereon below cut.
Dead Mums
• Lady Lyarra Stark of Winterfell, b. ~215 AC. Died between 267 & 299 AC, aged 52~74.
• Lady Minisa Whent of Riverrun, b. [244] AC*. Died between 268–278 AC, aged 18 at minimum.
*[minisa's husband hoster, b. 238-240 AC, became lord tully in 264 AC, aged ~25. as the 1stborn son of a lord paramount, hoster was likely trothed and wed in a Timely Fashion - likely around 259 AC. minisa can thusly be assumed as being ~15 in 259 AC. all this puts minisa as being at least 24 in her earliest deathdate, especially since hoster never remarried.]
• Lady Catelyn Tully of Winterfell, b. 264/265 AC. Died in 299, aged 35-ish.
• Lyanna Stark of Winterfell died in 283 AC, aged 16.
• Queen Rhaella Targaryen, b. 245-247 AC. Died in 284 AC, aged 38-ish.
• Lady Joanna Lannister of Casterly Rock, b. 244~252 AC. Died in 273 AC, aged 21~39.
• unnamed Lady of Evenfall Hall, b. <263 AC^2. The Lady Tarth was at least 19** when she died, likely older.
**[brienne of tarth's older brother, galladon, was born between 275-277 AC. given that both be and brienne were healthy children, lady tarth was at least 15 for her first pregnancy. the earliest lady tarth could have died is in 284 AC. given that lord selwyn did not remarry, i'd assume lady tarth was older than the bare minimum age required of biology when she & Selwyn began siring heirs].
• unnamed Lady Sunderly of Pyke, b. [241~247] AC***. The mother of Balon, Euron, Victarion and Aeron Greyjoy died no earlier than 274 AC (aged 33~39), and no later than 282 AC (aged 41~47).
***[the eldest greyjoy brother, balon, was born between 255-261 AC. since his mother survived to birth 4 more sons who survived into adulthood, lady sunderly is unlikely to have been too young for her first pregnancy. aeron, the youngest of sunderly's children, was born in 269-274 AC. it is unknown when lady sunderly died but her husband, quellon, only had enough time with his next wife to father an infant or 2 before belatedly joining then dying in Robert's Rebellion: this could mean she had only died recently for quellon though i'm more inclined to believe lord greyjoy was late to remarry rather than the mother of the brothers greyjoy ceasing to exist to her family after aeron's birth].
[252 ÷ 8] = an average lifespan of 44 years.
By this calculation, rhe average life expectancy for the mother of a POV character is 44 years.
This result is less skewed by its shortest lifespan (16) bur very much by its "longest lived" dead mother (here approximated as dying at 66).
Since Lady Sunderly is a notable outlier & due to her unknown time&causr of death, a second calculation was made using the Assumption that Lady Sunderly died via childbirth at ~52 (sorry, Aeron).
The adjusted calcuation [248 ÷ 8] gives an average life expectancy of "38.5 years for mothers of ASOIAF's POV characters. This estimate seems more appropriate and, conveniently, lines up with the unlifespan of the Lady Catelyn.
38.5 years as an average does unfortunately bode poorly for the following women in the ASOIAF books:
• Lady Alannys Harlaw of Pyke, b. 254-261^4 AC. The recently widowed Lady Greyjoy is at least 39**** years old and lives with her brother Rodrik at his castle, Ten Towers. She correctly believes that her husband, King Balon, was murdered.
***[Theon's eldest brother was born between 267-274 AC, requiring Alannys to have been at least 14-16 to survive giving birth to the rest of Theon's dead older brothers, Asha, and then Theon himself.]
• Lady Melessa Florent of Horn Hill, b. [235-271]^5 AC. Lady Tarly is no younger than 30.
5. [Samwell Tarly was born in 283 AC & his mother survived to have 2 more kids]
• Lady Mellario of Norvos, b. 248~264 AC. The mother of the Princess & Princes Arianne, Quentyn, and Trystane Martell returned to Norvos due to becoming estranged with her husband, Prince Doran of Dorne. She is 36~42 years old.
• Lady Arwyn Oakheart of Old Oak, b. >260. The widow of Lord Oakheart, Lady Arwyn currently rules Old Oak and most recently pledged fealty to the Tyrells. This was and could be rather awkward for her son, Ser Arys of the Kingsguard. Lady Arwyn is at least 40.
While none of Queen Cersei Lannister's children have had POV chapters thus far, at 34 years old Cersei had best rid herself of her surviving children lest she too becomes a statistic! /j
Ommissions:
the unnamed mothers of Sers Davos Seaworth, Barristan Selmy, and Jon Connington.
the unnamed mother of Areo Hotah.
the unknown mother of Melisandre of Asshai.
the mothers of prologue or epilogue POV characters.
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2023 Witch's Calendar
For all my witches out there, here's a handy list of the 2023 dates for the major holidays, full and new moons, and special events. I've listed my sources at the bottom. Dates and times for all events are calculated for Eastern Standard Time, USA, Northern Hemisphere. Adjust for your location as needed. Enjoy!
WOTY Holidays and Solstices
February 1-2 - Imbolc
March 20 - Spring Equinox / Ostara
May 1 - Beltane
June 21 - Summer Solstice / Midsummer
August 1 - Lughnasadh
September 23- Autumn Equinox / Mabon
October 31 - Samhain
December 21 - Winter Solstice / Yule
Full Moons
January 6 - Wolf Moon ♋
February 5 - Snow Moon ♌
March 7 - Worm Moon ♍
April 6 - Pink Moon ♎
May 5 - Flower Moon ♏
June 4 - Strawberry Moon ♐
July 3 - Thunder Moon (aka Buck Moon) ♑
August 1 - Sturgeon Moon ♒
August 31 - Blue Moon ♓
September 29- Harvest Moon ♈
October 28 - Hunter's Moon (aka Blood Moon) ♉
November 27 - Frost Moon ♊
December 26 - Cold Moon ♋
Fun Fact: The title of Harvest Moon is given to either the September or October full moon, whichever falls closest to the autumn equinox. In 2023, as in 2022, that month will be September.
New Moons
January 21 ♒
February 20 ♓
March 21 ♈
April 20 ♈
May 19 ♉
June 18 ♊
July 17 ♋
August 16 ♌
September 14 ♍
October 14 ♎
November 13 ♏
December 12 ♐
Special Events
February 20 - 2nd New Moon in lunar month
April 20 - Solar Eclipse
May 5 - Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
August 30 - Blue Moon
September 29 - Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
October 14 - Solar Eclipe (Annular)
October 28 - Lunar Eclipse (Partial)
Mercury Retrogrades (in case you need them)
Dec 29, 2022 - Jan 18, 2023
April 21 - May 14
August 23 - September 15
Dec 13, 2023 - January 1, 2024
SOURCES:
Moon Info - Full Moon 2023
Calendar-12.com - Moon Phases 2023
Full Moonology - Full Moon Calendar 2023
Moon Calendar - Full Moons and New Moons in 2023
Yearly Horoscope - Mercury Retrograde 2023 Dates and Times
Your Zodiac Sign - 2023 Astrology Calendar
The Pagan Grimoire - The Wheel of the Year: The 8 Festivals in the Wiccan Calendar
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Hello KinnPorsche fans!
To celebrate the 1 year anniversary of KinnPorsche: the Series, starting from the beginning of April, we’ll be hosting an event to show our appreciation for this show! There will be 14 prompts running across 14 weeks - one prompt a week, every week, beginning on April 2nd (exactly one year after the show started airing)!
We’ve decided to do 2 sets of prompts: one with more specific prompts aimed towards graphics/gifsets, and one with looser prompts aimed towards fics, but you can pick from either list, or mix and match to your hearts content! You can participate in as many or as few prompts as you’d like, and you can, of course, make multiple gifs/edits/fics for the same prompt - the main thing is to have fun.
You can tag your creations with #kpappreciation if you’d like us to see them! We also have a KPAnniversary collection on AO3 to make fics easier to find and share.
Have fun, and happy creating!
Prompt list one:
week 1 (april 2 - april 9): favourite main character(s)
week 2 (april 10 - april 16): favourite supporting character(s)
week 3 (april 17 - april 23): favourite outfit(s)
week 4 (april 24 - april 30): favourite romantic relationship(s)
week 5 (may 1st - may 7th): favourite platonic relationship(s)
week 6 (may 8th - may 14th): favourite quote(s)
week 7 (may 15th - may 21st): favourite location(s)
week 8 (may 22nd - may 28th): favourite antagonist/villain(s)
week 9 (may 29th - june 4th): favourite scene(s)
week 10 (june 5th - june 11th): weapon(s)
week 11 (june 12th - june 18th): favourite trope(s)
week 12 (june 19th - june 25th): underrated moment(s)
week 13 (june 26th - july 2nd): favourite behind the scenes/tour moment(s)
week 14 (july 3rd - july 9th): free choice! feel free to make anything you like!
Prompt list two:
week 1 (april 2 - april 9): beginning
week 2 (april 10 - april 16): phoenix
week 3 (april 17 - april 23): confession
week 4 (april 24 - april 30): power
week 5 (may 1st - may 7th): guilt
week 6 (may 8th - may 14th): growth
week 7 (may 15th - may 21st): sins
week 8 (may 22nd - may 28th): music
week 9 (may 29th - june 4th): ghost
week 10 (june 5th - june 11th): sacrifice
week 11 (june 12th - june 18th): love
week 12 (june 19th - june 25th): family
week 13 (june 26th - july 2nd): truth
week 14 (july 3rd - july 9th): free choice! feel free to make anything you like!
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HERMITZINE FAQ
What is Hermitzine, anyway?
Hermitzine is a fanzine, a compilation of illustration, comics and writing based around the long running Minecraft SMP Hermitcraft, with works focusing on the creative projects, collaborations and interactions the creators on the server (aka Hermits) share with their audiences. For each edition, we (the Hermitzine mods) announce the theme we're running with this edition, open applications, and pick our roster of collaborators from the artists and writers who want to be involved.
Once our line up of collaborators has been selected, we invite all the contributors for the zine to our discord server, and the process of making the zine pieces starts! Contributors brainstorm an idea for a piece they want to do, and run it past our mods for approval, then work on it over the course of about 2 months (to make sure people have time to put together something they're proud of without having to ignore things like sleep, school and work). Hermitzine #9 has a little bit more going on with collaboration and format, but we go through that in the application form.
What's the timeline of events for this edition?
The current schedule for Hermitzine #9 is as follows:
March 02 — Applications open at midnight GMT
March 16 — Applications close at midnight GMT
March 23 — Acceptance / Rejection emails go out
March 30 — Check in 1 (initial sketches / ideas)
April 13 — Check in 2
April 27 — Check in 3
May 11 — Check in 4
June 01 — Final pieces are due
Late June / early July — Zine is published
More questions and answers below the cut! (A lot more. Be glad we added the cut).
How do I apply?
Fill out the form (we'll be posting them very soon)! We have a writers application form and an artists application form, both will be open between the 2nd and the 16th of March.
In your application, you'll be answering a few questions and sharing 3-5 of your best pieces, to let us know what you're about as a writer and/or artist.
Then all you have to do is sit tight and wait for our email on March 23rd to find out if you're in!
Who can apply?
We have three requirements: 1) you’re 15 years or older, 2) you can speak enough English to communicate about deadlines and other important zine-related discussions, and 3) you have a Discord account, as that is how all communications with contributors will be made. A free account is fine — we don’t send files through Discord itself, so there’s no need to buy Nitro.
What do I need to do / have to apply?
For all of our applicants, we ask for a small portfolio of 3-5 pieces of your best finished work. We ask for a small portfolio to keep our views of your work focused on what you think is you at your best. These portfolio pieces don’t necessarily have to be Hermitcraft related, or even belong to a fandom. As long as it’s your personal work and you’re proud of it, we want to see it.
For writers: we ask that the 3-5 works you submit are around 3,000 words maximum, since that is the vague limit you will have to work within the zine. You can submit excerpts from longer works as long as you specify that somewhere within the application piece.
Do I need to be well-known or have a large social media following to be accepted?
Not at all. Social media following does not factor into whether or not you’re accepted. You could have one follower or one thousand — either way, we’re looking at your portfolio. You don’t even need any social media at all! We ask for social media handles in the application in case we want to check out more of your work beyond your portfolio.
What do you look for in the portfolio judging criteria?
We look for several things when judging portfolios. For artists, the list includes:
Your ability to finish zine-quality pieces (fully-rendered, backgrounds, not rushed-looking, etc)
Hard skills: composition, color theory, anatomy, perspective, shape language, etc
Comic paneling skills, if applicable
Solid illustration styles that interest us and we want to see more of
For writers, the list includes:
Your ability to finish zine-quality pieces (complete and concise work, with a full narrative if applicable)
Good grasp on writing basics (grammar, punctuation, spelling, sentence flow, etc)
Solid writing styles / voice / characterization
Ideas and we find intriguing, interesting, or otherwise would like to see written in full
If either of these lists are daunting to you, don’t worry! We are very interested in people who are eager to try new things and push themselves as artists and writers. We’ve accepted many people before based on their apparent eagerness to improve and collaborate with others.
We also like applicants with a unique or unusual approach to artmaking. Some examples include: traditional media, 3D modeling, photo manipulation, graphic design, typography, poetry, etc. While these skills are fun to include, don’t worry — not having them won’t detract from your chance of getting accepted.
Can I apply for both an artist and a writer position?
Yes you can, but if you’re accepted, we’ll choose you for only one of the two options. For example, if you apply to both and we accept you for writing, we expect you to create a written piece for the zine only, no illustration. This decision will be revealed to you in the acceptance email you get once the application period is over.
Can I participate if I’m a traditional artist?
Absolutely! All we require is that you have a scanner in order to submit high-quality images of your work. We work around the 300dpi range, and unfortunately photos taken with phones or webcams usually aren’t high-quality enough for us to include.
How many artists / writers do you accept?
The number of participants (artists and writers combined) we accept depends on several factors — the most important of which are how many mods we have working on the zine and how much we decide we can handle. Historically, our acceptance count ranges anywhere from 35 to 75 participants, with our most recent editions hitting numbers closer to the top of that range.
How do I know my application was submitted correctly? What happens if the link to my portfolio doesn’t work?
If you don’t receive any word from us from the time you submitted your application to when the acceptance and rejection emails go out, then congratulations, your application was submitted correctly! If something is wrong with your portfolio, like if one or more of your links don’t work, we typically request access — which will then appear as an email in the inbox of whatever email is linked to the drive you shared your portfolio from. If the issue persists, you might receive a private message requesting access from one of the mods on a social media handle you included in your application. If you don’t receive an email or message from us, then everything with your application works.
Do you guys send rejection emails?
We do. If you apply to Hermitzine, you’re going to receive an email from us regardless of whether you’re accepted or rejected. If you’re rejected, we give you the opportunity to ask for feedback with your portfolio.
I applied but never got an email. What’s going on?
If you haven’t received an email even though we’ve announced they’ve been sent out on our social media accounts, please check your spam folder to see if it accidentally went there. This has happened a lot in the past!
If I’ve been rejected from an edition of Hermitzine, does that mean I can never apply again?
Absolutely not! You can apply to any edition of Hermitzine you’d like, from now until forever, regardless of the results of previous applications. We love seeing friendly names show up in applications!
Do people who have participated in prior editions of Hermitzine have a higher chance of getting accepted to the newest edition?
No. Applicants who’ve participated in previous editions have the exact same chances at getting into the newest edition than any other participant.
What content is allowed in Hermitzine?
Requirements for a piece are only to feature Hermitcraft and/or the Hermits primarily, follow the theme, be SFW and not have any shipping content. That means that crossover content (ex: the Empires crossover) and hermit-adjacent people can be included, and that pieces can be about content from any season of Hermitcraft.
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The History of Arendelle:
A FROZEN Timeline
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The History of Arendelle is much more than just a recap of Frozen I & II. In this video timeline we'll dive deep into Frozen lore that spans novels, comics, podcasts, and more! This video is made in close association with the Arendelle Archives, a group of Frozen superfans who've mapped out the lore and history very well. Find links to download some of their resources below! This video is also made in collaboration with ModernMouse and Josh Taylor plays a new in-universe Frozen character, named Josh Taylorson, a Royal Historian of Arendelle.
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Introduction
1:44 ch. i - How the Timeline Works
4:30 ch. ii - The 1790s: Arendelle's Grand Reinvention
6:23 ch. iii - April 1812: The Battle of the Dam
7:51 ch. iv - 1812-1840: Dangerous Secrets - The Story of Iduna and Agnarr
11:03 ch. v - 1830-1840: Arendelle's Dark Years
14:05 ch. vi - July 1843: Frozen
17:19 ch. vii - July 1843: Once Upon a Snowman
17:39 ch. viii - December 1843: Olaf's Frozen Adventure
18:49 ch. ix - June 1844: Frozen Fever
19:54 ch. x - 1846: The Joe Caramagna Graphic Novels
22:21 ch. xi - September 1846: Forest of Shadows
24:24 ch. xii - September/October 1846: Frozen II
27:44 ch. xiii - December 1846: Polar Nights - Cast Into Darkness 29:17 ch. xiv - Spring 1847: Forces of Nature - Season One
30:44 Conclusion
ARENDELLE ARCHIVES RESOURCES:
Annals of Frozen 2nd Edition
The FrozenVerse - A List of All Official and Licensed Works
Frozen Canon Talk 4th Edition
Maps & Geography
Anna and Elsa’s Lost Family Members
Download a high-quality PNG of the Frozen Timeline on Patreon
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ASTROLOGY
BOOKS
[1] TOMPKINS, Sue. Aspects in Astrology: A guide to understanding planetary relationships in the horoscope. One Park Street, Rochester, Vermont 057067: Destiny Books, 2002.
[2] RIBEIRO, Anna Maria da Costa. Sinastria: Estudo dos Relacionamentos Teoria e Prática. Rio de Janeiro, RJ: Hipocampo Editora e Distribuidora Ltda., 1989.
[3] ABDUL-KHALIQ, Ajani. Hayden’s Book of Synastry: A Complete Guide to Two-Chart Astrology, Composite Charts, and How to Interpret Them. 13 junho 2017.
[4] LEWIS, James R. The Astrology Book: The Encyclopedia of Heavenly Influences. Canton, MI: Visible Ink Press™, 2003.
[5] WOOLFOLK, Joanna Martine. The Only Astrology Book You’ll Ever Need. Lanham, Maryland: Taylor Trade Publishing, 2006.
[6]NICHOLAS, Chani. You Were Born for This: Astrology for Radical Self-Acceptance. New York, NY: HarperOne, 2020.
[7] GARGATHOLIL. Depth Astrology: An Astrological Handbook - Volume 1: Introduction. Smashwords Edition, 2014.
[8] GARGATHOLIL. Depth Astrology: An Astrological Handbook: Volume 2: Planets in Signs. Smashwords Edition, 2014.
[9] GARGATHOLIL. Depth Astrology: An Astrological Handbook: Volume 3: Planets in Houses. Smashwords Edition, 2014.
[10] GARGATHOLIL. Depth Astrology: An Astrological Handbook: Volume 4: Planets in Aspect. Smashwords Edition, 2014.
[11] REED, Theresa. Astrology for Real Life: A Workbook for Beginner. Newburyport, MA: Red Wheel/Weiser, LLC, 2019.
[12] LISBOA, Claudia. Os astros sempre nos acompanham (Edição revista e ampliada): Um manual de astrologia contemporânea. Rio de Janeiro: Best Seller, 2021.
[13] ORION, Rae. Astrology For Dummies, 2nd Edition. Hoboken, NJ; Indianapolis, Indiana: Wiley Publishing, Inc., 2007.
[14] DEVORE, Nicholas. Encyclopedia of Astrology. New York: The Philosophical Library, June 1947.
[28 ]MARCH, Marion D.; McEVERS, Joan. Curso Básico de Astrologia: VOLUME I - Princípios Fundamentais. Tradução de CARMEM YOUSSEF. São Paulo: EDITORA PENSAMENTO LTDA., 1999.
WEBSITES/BLOGS
[15] SERVANTOFTHEFATES. Disponível em: https://servantofthefates.tumblr.com/. Acesso em: 29 de mar. de 2023.
[16] LINHA ASTRAL - ASTROLOGIA: Seu site de Pesquisa Astrológica. Disponível em: https://linha-astral.com.br/. Acesso em: 29 de mar. de 2023.
[17] Astromatrix. Disponível em: https://astromatrix.org/. Acesso em: 29 de mar. de 2023.
[18] Astrolibrary. Disponível em: https://astrolibrary.org/ Acesso em: 29 de mar. de 2023.
[19] Cafe Astrology. Disponível em: https://cafeastrology.com/. Acesso em: 29 de mar. de 2023.
[20] Astrologia na era de aquário, astrologia e estudos astrológicos. Disponível em: http://astrologiaeradeaquario.blogspot.com/ . Acesso em: 29 de mar. de 2023.
[21] Astrology and Numerology Study. Disponível em:https://astrologystudy.blogspot.com/ . Acesso em: 29 de mar. de 2023.
[22] Astrologia Luz e Sombra. Disponível em: https://astrologialuzesombra.com.br/ . Acesso em: 29 de mar. de 2023.
[33] Astrolink. Disponível em: https://www.astrolink.com.br/artigo/a-historia-da-astrologia. Acesso em: 25 de maio de 2023.
YOUTUBE CHANNELS
[23] Marcelo Levi. Disponível em:https://www.youtube.com/@oimarcelolevi . Acesso em: 29 mar. 2023.
[24] Astronalia | Mariane Chagas. Disponível em:https://www.youtube.com/@astronalia . Acesso em: 29 mar. 2023.
[25] Encontros Astrológicos: Débora Mechica. Disponível em:https://www.youtube.com/@encontrosastrologicos. Acesso em: 29 mar. 2023.
[26] Lais Casttelo Academia Astrologia. Disponível em:https://www.youtube.com/@laiscasttelo . Acesso em: 29 mar. 2023.
[27] Marcia Fervienza Astróloga+. Disponível em:https://www.youtube.com/@MarciaFervienza . Acesso em: 29 mar. 2023.
MY COURSES
Astrologia Autêntica - finished
Astrologia Nível 1 - Iniciação by Astronalia - coursing
Gaia Astrologia
BLOCO FUNDAMENTAL (fase 1) - finished
HISTÓRIA DA ASTROLOGIA - finished
ASTROLOGIA E MITOLOGIA - finished
ASTRONOMIA BÁSICA - finished
BLOCO FUNDAMENTAL (fase 2) - coursing
TEMPLATES/PSDS
[29] minikyuns on deviantart
[30] Iapetite on deviantart
[31] wildfireresources on deviantart
[32] sorberts on tumblr
[34] sparklypalace on deviantart
[35] soudwronf on deviantart
[36] v6que on tumblr
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An Updated Guide to the Timeline of VLD
Last Edit: 07/23/2023
After reviewing my timeline notes in more detail, I decided I wasn’t happy with editing my original VLD timeline guide, but I didn’t want to just delete the earlier meta outright. So I decided to start over and make a brand new meta that reflected my current research notes without me having to constantly go back and edit the old one every time I realized I had missed something.
And boy am I glad I did because in the process I noticed details that I completely overlooked when I made the last timeline guide that trying to edit the original post would’ve led to redoing the whole thing anyway.
So now I present to you my most complete and up-to-date notes on the timeline of Voltron Legendary Defender as of April 2023. Under the cut because this is going to get long.
Part I: The Time Period of the Show
While the show never gives exact dates on when major events in the series take place, we can narrow down when the Paladins left Earth by examining context clues and supplemental material. From there, we can use that to determine a rough idea of the show’s timeline.
Pidge’s flashbacks in S1E05 Tears of the Balmera and the fact that Iverson doesn’t mention her, Lance, and Hunk’s bickering being a pattern when he berates their failure in the simulator during S1E01 The Rise of Voltron indicate that the day of Shiro’s return to Earth was the trio’s first time in the simulator together, and that this was fairly early in the school year.
From a Watsonian perspective, it’s not out of the question that a future Earth might follow a different school calendar. But from a Doylist perspective, since the show never says otherwise, we can take it as a given that since VLD is an American cartoon, the Garrison follows the same academic schedule as American schools. Which start the school year in late summer/early fall and end in late spring/early summer.
At the start of Lance, Pidge, and Hunk’s simulation run in S1E01 The Rise of Voltron, Lance calls out “Galaxy Garrison flight log 5-11-14.”
And Matt’s tombstone in S4E02 Reunion confirms that these numbers represent a date:
Pidge confirms that the 0010.05.25 represents a birth date, since looking at it is how she determines that Matt’s birthday is wrong. Because this is obviously a tombstone, we can logically conclude that 0014.04.28 represents a death date.
Lance’s 5-11-14 flight log number in S1E01 is most likely a reference to the fact that the show started production between April and June of 2014.[1][2]
And when Keith shows the other paladins his notes that he’s compiled on his search for the Blue Lion, a page-a-day calendar can be seen on the back wall showing that the paladins left Earth on the second of whichever month it was.
Meanwhile in S1E02 Some Assembly Required, Hunk refers to Shiro’s rescue from quarantine as Monday night. This would put the paladins’ departure from Earth on Tuesday afternoon, as Iverson confirms in S7E07 The Last Stand: Part 2 that the Paladins left Earth the day after rescuing Shiro.
So, if we look at the months in 2014 near the start of the American school year where the 2nd day of the month was a Tuesday, we can narrow down when the Paladins left Earth.
And the only option that meets all of those criteria is September 2nd, 2014.
Obviously the show doesn’t take place in 2014 because the technology the characters use in their daily lives on Earth is significantly more advanced than what we have in real life even in the 2020s. Not to mention Veronica name dropping World War III in S7E07 The Last Stand: Part 2 as a historical event.
However, it’s also obviously can’t be too far into the future, because other than having more advanced technology, much of what we see of Earth civilization looks fundamentally similar to our present day in terms of things like clothing and architecture, just with some futuristic flourishes here and there:
The fact that the years on Matt’s tombstone in S4E02 both begin with 00 as the first two digits raises the possibility that Earth decided to create a new calendar that started 14 years before the paladins left Earth.
However, it’s more likely that the production staff simply wished to leave it ambiguous how many centuries into the future the show takes place, as from a Doylist perspective there is no purpose to having Earth be on a different calendar system unless it’s relevant to the story.
Not to mention that it doesn’t make sense from a Watsonian perspective, since a change as widespread as the mass-adoption of a new calendar system would have to be in response to a major event that deeply changed society on such a widespread level that the society decided to define it’s calendar by how many years have passed since that event.
And the known event in the history of VLD’s Earth that might have this level of significance is World War III, which the showrunners have said in interviews resulted in “everyone on the planet realizing war sucks. We’re one Earth.”[3]
However, none of the characters act like it’s a recent event that happened within their lifetimes. The one time it’s mentioned in S7E08 The Last Stand: Part 2, Veronica speaks of the conflict as if it was a long time ago. Long enough that she has to preemptively clarify that the underground tunnels used to reach the Garrison’s supply depot are still structurally sound.
On top of the logistics not working out for World War III to have been the cause of a dramatic change in Earth’s calendars, Matt being Pidge’s older brother means that he would’ve been born before the hypothetical calendar change would’ve been adopted.
Yet S4E02 only shows Pidge’s attention being drawn to the year on Matt’s birth date being wrong when her tear slides over to the 10, when the lack of anything before it would’ve stood out first if he was born before the calendar reset to Year 0.
So we can safely take it as a given that the extra zeroes in the years on Matt’s tombstone are there to maintain a sense of ambiguity over what century VLD takes place in.
Which fits with how showrunner Joaquim Dos Santos described how the writers kept the history of VLD’s Earth “nice and nebulous” rather than going into detail on the logistics of World War III.
However since we know that the dates we do have used the 2014 calendar as a basis, and that the Paladins left Earth on Tuesday, September 2nd, all we have to do is find a year ending in 14 where September 2nd is on a Tuesday that’s far enough into the future that there’s enough time for all the advancements of VLD’s earth, but not so far ahead that it’s completely unrecognizable to the 21st century audience.
Which works out well because the next year ending in 14 with September 2nd on a Tuesday is 2414.
Part II: Known Character Birth Years
If we treat it as a given that Season 1 of VLD starts in the year 2414, then we can use that to narrow down the exact birth years of the human Paladins, as well as Allura, Lotor, Matt Holt, and Kova.
Kova is the oldest character whose birth year is known to us, as Haggar states he is 28 deca-phoebs old shortly before the destruction of Daibazaal and Altea.
Allura and Coran were in cryo-sleep for 10,000 Earth years, and Coran’s pedantic comment in S1E01 about the castle being 10,600 years old and built by his grandfather indicates that this number is exact.
This would put the destruction of Altea and Daibazaal in 7586 B.C.E., as Coran’s narration in S3E07 The Legend Begins indicates that the other planets in their solar system were conquered quickly after Zarkon and Haggar woke up from their Rift baths, meaning that both the Altean and Galran homeworlds were destroyed within a very short window of time.
Since Kova was 28 when Daibazaal was destroyed, he would’ve been born in 7614 B.C.E.
Meanwhile, S8E02 Shadows showed that Haggar only became coherent again after she gave birth, and flashbacks in S8E10 Knights of Light: Part 2 depict her participating in the conquest of the system. Which indicates that Lotor was born in between the destruction of both his parents’ home worlds.
In an interview recorded at WonderCon 2017, Lauren Montgomery and Joaqim Dos Santos talked about how despite initially having more knowledge and experience than the other paladins she was “just as young as anyone else”, and that she was handling overcoming her prejudice against the Galra “like any teenager would.” [4]
This indicates that Allura is still a teenager herself in the first 2 seasons.
Something which is supported by the fact that Allura was born less than 28 years before the fall of Altea yet looks to be around Keith, Lance, and Hunk’s age. Which indicates that while Alteans can live for hundreds of years as evidenced by Coran helping his grandfather build the Castle of Lions 600 years before the war against Zarkon, they age at roughly the same rate as normal humans until they reach adulthood.
Since she’s visibly older than Pidge, the showrunners’ remarks about her acting like “any teenager” put her age before being put into cryo-sleep somewhere between 17 and 18, the ages listed for Lance, Hunk, and Keith in the Paladin’s Handbook.
And we can presume that the ages listed in the Handbook are mostly accurate given that Colleen Holt confirms in S8E01 Launch Date that Pidge was 15 when the paladins left Earth, which is the same age that the Paladin’s Handbook gave for Pidge as of the end of Season 2.
So, if Allura is the same age as Keith, Lance, and Hunk, then she would’ve been born between 7603 and 7604 B.C.E.
As for the human characters, the cast and crew of Voltron have consistently said that Shiro was the oldest of the paladins, and that his age was somewhere in his early twenties. The only time a specific number was given was in the context of providing a maximum limit to his age range. Saying that while he was at least 20, he wasn’t older than 25.
However, the fact that his official birthday is February 29th means that it’s impossible for him to actually be 25 as the Voltron Paladins’ Handbook claimed.
Because leap years only happen once every 4 years, in years that are divisible by 4 into a whole number (The only exceptions are years that are by 100 but not 400).
It’s not possible for Shiro to be 25 in Season 1 because that would require the year of the Kerberos mission to be a leap year, since Shiro’s 24th birthday would mark the 6th time that February 29th occurred on the calendar since his birth.
The year before 2414 would be 2413, which cannot be divided by 4 into a whole number (trying gets you 603.25). However the year before Kerberis, 2412, is divisible by 4 into a whole number (603), meaning that 2414 is in between two leap years.
With all of this in mind, the only way for Shiro to be older than 20 but younger than 25 in 2414, is if he turned 20 in 2412, as his 20th birthday would mark the 5th time since he was born that February 29th occurred on the calendar. This puts the year of his birth in 2392, making him 22 years old when he returns to Earth in Season 1.
Meanwhile, Pidge being 15 when the Paladins left Earth in 2414 would mean that she was born in 2399.
Meanwhile, the Coalition Handbook, which is written from the perspective of 1 deca-phoeb after the Paladins left Earth, talks about Krolia’s arrival on Earth being “about 19 Earth years ago,” indicating that Keith’s parents met in 2396.
The Handbook’s indication of a 1-year timespan from Season 1 to Season 5 is confirmed by Sam’s debrief during the flashback portions of S7E07 The Last Stand: Part 1. Commander Iverson mentions that Sam’s return to Earth in S5E05 Bloodlines happened a month before the meeting and says that the Keberos mission was two years ago.
Krolia’s arrival being about 19 years ago appears to reinforce the Paladin’s Handbook listing Keith as being 18 by the end of Season 2. Pidge’s age means that S2E13 Blackout can’t happen any later than April 2, 2415, meaning that Keith – whose birthday is October 23rd according to the show’s official social media accounts – turns 18 at some point during the first 2 seasons of the show. This puts his birth year in 2396 and indicates that his parents had to have met sometime that January, as we’ve seen little evidence to suggest that Galra pregnancies are any longer than human ones.
So, if Pidge and Keith’s ages in the Paladins’ handbook are accurate, then we can assume Hunk and Lance’s ages are too.
Lance’s birthday is listed by the show’s official social media accounts as July 28, so the timeframe of Seasons 1-2 means he would’ve already been 17 by the time the Paladins left Earth. This means that he would have been born in 2397.
Hunk is a little tricky since his birthday is January 13th, as neither the show nor the handbooks give any details to definitively confirm whether he turned 17 during the first 2 seasons, or if he was already 17 when they left Earth.
However, some context clues regarding the nature of the Garrison’s Cadet Program and the glimpses of his backstory that we got in S7E01 A Little Adventure can help make some educated assumptions.
In her goodbye to Matt at the Kerberos launchpad in S4E02, Pidge says “I can’t believe I have to go through middle school without you.”
Since Pidge makes no mention of attempting to enroll at the Garrison while Matt and her father are in space, this logically indicates that Pidge is entering 8th grade and that the Galaxy Garrison cadet program is for students at the high school level (Grades 9-12).
The fact that the MFE pilots had graduated by the time Sam returns in 2415 supports this, as their presence as background cameos in S1E01 and in the flashbacks of Keith and Shiro’s past from S7E01 indicate that they, Lance, Keith, and Hunk all enrolled in the cadet program the same year. This means that when the Paladins left Earth, Lance and Hunk were starting their senior year of high school
Keith and Lance being 17 and 18 during Season 1 is consistent with that, as 17 and 18 are the typical ages at which most American teenagers graduate from high school [5].
In the United States, many schools in grades K-12 use students’ birthdays to determine grade placement, with students who are born before a certain cutoff date (usually around the beginning of the school year) being placed in a higher grade level than students born after the cutoff [6].
For example, Lance and Keith are shown to both be in the same class at the Garrison in S7E01 even though Keith being born a year earlier means he’d theoretically be in the grade above Lance. But Lance’s birthday is in July, and Keith’s is in October.
So, if Lance’s July birthday is before the cutoff for enrollment for their grade level, then logically the same is true for Hunk’s January birthday, meaning that Hunk is already 17 during Season 1, putting his birth in the same year as Lance’s.
And knowing how the Garrison’s Cadet Program functions as an equivalent to high school means that we can figure out how old Matt is.
In the Shiro’s Story Ready-to-Read book, Shiro describes how he and Matt were selected for the Kerberos mission after they finished school:
Since Keith is still wearing his cadet uniform when he confronts Shiro about his disease, this means that Sam and Sanda’s argument about Shiro being on the mission had to have happened during a period when classes were in session, as the flashback of their hoverbike racing in S7E01 and the lack of comments from Hunk about being caught out of uniform in S1E01 indicate that students are permitted to wear casual attire outside of school hours.
This means that Shiro and Matt had to have graduated the year before the Kerberos Mission, and then spent the following year training and preparing.
From this, we can conclude that Matt’s senior year at the Garrison corresponded to Keith, Lance, and Hunk’s freshmen year, putting Matt in the cadet program’s graduating class of 2412.
This would mean that Matt started classes at the Garrison in the fall of 2408.
And when Pidge says that his birthday is wrong in S4E02, she only does so after the camera draws viewers’ attention to the year. Which indicates that the month and date are correct, putting Matt’s birthday on May 25th. Based on what we’ve established about cutoff dates for grade placement, this would mean that Matt was 14 years old when he started classes at the Garrison, putting his birth year in 2394.
Part III: The Main Narrative
Knowing that Season 1 begins in September 2414 allows us to use the date of the Paladins’ departure from Earth as a baseline from which to determine a timeline of the show’s main storyline.
As previously established, the meta references and context clues within the first season place the paladins’ departure from Earth in S1E01 on Tuesday, September 2nd, 2414.
Since this is “1 year later” from Shiro’s capture on Kerberos, this puts the crew’s abduction in September 2413.
Since the Paladins’ Handbook reflects events up to the end of Season 2 and refers to Shiro’s capture as being “about a year ago,” we can safely assume that entirety of Seasons 1 – 2 take place before the end of 2414 in order for the character ages in the guidebook to be accurate by the end of S2E13 Blackout.
And for the first several episodes of Season 1, we’re given enough information to pinpoint exact dates for when much of the first season takes place.
Arus’ environment is shown to be nearly indistinguishable from Earths’ so we can assume that days on Arus last for about the same amount of time as days on Earth.
Coran states indicates in S1E01 that the search for the lions took about 2 hours, immediately after which the paladins had their first battle with Sendak.
The beginning of S1E02 Some Assembly Required is confirmed to take place the following morning, as Allura refers to the battle against Sendak in S10E1 as “yesterday”. Coran then tells Pidge that the prisoners they rescued need to remain in the cryo pods to heal “until tomorrow,” putting the events of S1E03 Return of the Gladiator on Thursday, September 4th.
S1E04 Fall of the Castle of Lions takes place entirely at night, with the Arusian’s re-enactment of Voltron’s battle with the Myzax robeast and Coran’s comment about letting the Arusians see the inside of the castle indicating from context that this is still on Thursday the 4th. This puts the daytime events of S1E05 on Friday, September 5th.
S1E06 Taking Flight takes place on the 6th, as Allura states at the end of S1E05 that Lance should be fully healed from his injuries after a day in the cryo pods.
Shay’s Belmera was close enough that Hunk and Coran could fly there from Arus in a small shuttle pod, have dinner with Shay’s family, fix their shuttle pod, wander around in the tunnel looking for the crystal, get captured, get rescued by Shay, and then get back to Arus all in less than a day.
So even if they spent several hours talking to Rolo and Nyma in S1E06, they still would’ve reached the Balmera in S1E07 Return to Balmera the same day.
Since S1E08 Rebirth ends with Hunk showing Shay her first sunrise after the Balmera is liberated, this brings the paladins to Sunday, September 7th.
The first volume of the tie in comics is stated to take place right after this, as the paladins are leaving the Balmera in Issue #1. The bulk of the action happens over the course of the following day, as Issue #1 states that the Paladins’ battle against the guardian monster took place the day after they left Allura at the Castle, and the sky on Krell shifts from morning to afternoon colors over the course of the Paladins’ time there, along with the fact that the sky outside the Fripping Bolgogian is in sunset colors in both Issue #1 and Issue #5.
So the first 8 episodes of Season 1 and the first volume of the comics all take place from September 1st to September 8th.
From here, the timeframes indicated become murkier, as while many events seem to take place very close together, the fact that the guidebooks put Keith as 18 by the end of Season 2 means that S2E12 Best Laid Plans cannot take place any earlier than October 23rd, 2414.
There are a few instances where we can estimate the time between certain episodes, however, we don’t have enough concrete information to confirm an exact time frame by Earth’s calendar for anything after the first volume of the comics.
However, the fact that the Voltron Coalition Handbook refers to the Lion Shuffle as “many quintants ago”, even if that’s an understatement, indicates that since the second handbook is written from the perspective of Fall 2415, we can assume that Season 3 took place in 2415 as well.
Meanwhile, context clues in S3E01 Changing of the Guard and the 2 subsequent episodes indicate that only a short time passes between the end of Season 2 and the beginning of Season 3.
S3E01 shows that the Paladins have been splitting off to pursue their own objectives during the timeskip between Seasons 2 and 3, with Hunk and Lance liberating planets with the Blade of Marmora while Pidge looks for clues to her brother’s whereabouts while Keith searches for Shiro. Acxa’s reports in S3E02 Red Paladin on where they’ve been spotted by the empire only indicate a handful of sightings, suggesting that it hasn’t been that long since the end of Season 2. This is supported by the fact that Lance and Hunk brought the leaders of the planets they had liberated since S2E13 to the Castle to talk about joining the Coalition, and only 5 planetary leaders were present for the meeting.
Furthermore, as S3E05 The Journey depicted with Shiro, a human can survive up to 7 days without food or water. So in addition to Keith’s grief over Shiro’s disappearance still being fresh, the fact that he’s still looking for Shiro among the wreckage from S2E13 suggests that the start of S3E01 is within that 7-day window.
On top of that, Throk indicates to his friend when they’re sitting in the arena that he’s been trying to speak to Zarkon for several days without success.
But on the other hand, enough time needs to pass that planets like Puig will have heard of Voltron’s defeat of Zarkon before the paladins arrive
All of these details indicate that the time between the end of S2E13 and the beginning of S3E01 wasn’t more than 2 or 3 weeks.
So if the end of Season 2 was still in 2414 and the first 3 episodes of Season 3 were in 2415, that means that the final battle of Season 2 took place in December 2414, and the opening arc of Season 3 took place in January 2415.
Meanwhile, S3E05 shows that Shiro travelled in a stolen Galra fighter for 7 days after Thayserix before Keith found him at the end of the episode. Even if there’s some time dilation involved, the fact that the Paladins are surprised Lotor was able to construct the first Sincline ship so quickly in S3E06 Tailing a Comet indicates that it hasn’t been that long since Lotor stole it in S3E04 Hole in the Sky, meaning that all of Season 3 took place in January.
S7E07 indicates that Sam’s debriefing happened a year after the Paladins left in Season 1, putting the meeting scene in September 2415. This would be consistent with Iverson’s introduction of the MFE pilots indicating that they’ve graduated from the Cadet Program.
The next time-skip jumps to 1 year after Sam’s debriefing, indicating that Matt contacted Earth in September 2416.
Matt tells his parents that Voltron hasn’t been seen in 6 months, putting the last 4 episodes of Season 6 in March of 2416.
He also mentions that the Coalition and Blade of Marmora memories are being hunted, and that their army had been “all but wiped out”, indicating that the Druids’ counterattack had clearly been going on for some time before Matt contacted his parents. However in S8E02, Macidus tells Haggar that “it has been phoebs since Emperor Lotor disappeared,” and that “the Blade of Marmora still challenges,” indicating that the purge of the Coalition and BoM had not yet begun as of two months after Voltron’s battle with Lotor, putting the beginning of the attacks on the Blade and Coalition somewhere between May and August of 2416.
Meanwhile, because of the 3-year time jump, this means that the Paladins began their voyage back to Earth in March 2419.
Near the beginning of S7E06, Shiro indicates that it’s only been a few weeks since he woke up in the clone body at the end of S6E07, and when Lance asks how long they’ve been out there, Romelle says “going on four movements” before he then asks how much longer it’ll take to reach Earth.
Coran’s comment in S1E02 about his Paladin lunch helping the team form Voltron “six times a movement” is said in the same manner that we’d say “seven days a week” in real life, suggesting that one movement is 6 quintants.
Which means that by the beginning of S7E06, the Paladins have spent more than 18 days flying back to Earth, but less than 24.
Meanwhile, the Paladins mention in S7E03 The Way Forward that, from their perspective, their battle with Lotor was “a few weeks” ago, indicating that at least two movements had passed since the end of S6E07 Defender of All Universes by the time they encounter Ezor and Zethrid’s pirate crew at the end of S7E02 The Road Home. However, it’s ambiguous whether all of those movements were spent on travelling or if it took the Paladins a few days to finish the preparations for their voyage before leaving the Dalterion belt.
And Pidge’s insistence in S7E06 that they still have one and a half Earth years of travel time left gives me the impression that we’re still in the same calendar month.
From all of this, we can conclude that the entire first half of Season 7 up until the Paladins fly out of that energy burst and reach Earth takes place within the month of March 2419.
Depending on how long the Paladins spent repairing the lions and preparing for the voyage between the end of S7E01 and the beginning of S7E02, this means that their landing on the Dalterion Belt and Shiro being merged with his clone had to have occurred somewhere between March 1st and March 8th, which would also apply to the timing of the Paladins’ battle with Lotor in S6E07.
With Sam’s debriefing being a month after he landed, and him being released from quarantine after about a week, he would’ve had to have landed and been released in August 2415 in order for September 2416 to still be “just over a year” after he started working to upgrade Earth’s defensive capabilities.
With the debriefing scene being “four years ago” from the beginning of S7E07, this would put the Paladins’ return to Earth in August 2419.
The liberation of Earth appears to only take a couple of days at most, and according to Shiro in S8E01 Launch Date, rebuilding took “several months” before the Paladins were ready to return to space.
This puts the beginning of Season 8 in early 2420, and a line from Rizavi in S8E01 helps to narrow things down.
When Pidge sees the Killbot Phantasm game, Rizavi mentions that it came out just before Sendak invaded, and that because of that there hadn’t been enough time for any players to reach the final level. She then tells the shopkeeper that she waited 3 years to get to the end of the game.
Meanwhile, Macidus tells the Paladins in S7E05 The Ruins that he has been marooned on the planet they found him at for “the last two decaphoebs,” and that the Druids’ purge against the Blade of Marmora was them “carrying out her final orders.”
Since the Paladins would have encountered him in March 2419, this would put the fall of the Blade of Marmora and Kolivan’s capture in March 2417, 7-10 months after the beginning of the counterattack against the Coalition that Matt spoke of in S7E07.
S8E02 Shadows confirms that Sendak invaded Earth on Honerva’s orders in the hopes of drawing out Voltron. Given, the potential narrative symmetry, it’s likely that Sendak’s invasion of Earth took place around the same time.
Which would be consistent with how the MFE pilots are referred to by Admiral Sanda as cadets in S7E07 when they had already graduated from the cadet program the previous year because they, like Shiro appear to be in a post-graduate program to continue their education after high school:
At WonderCon 2016, showrunner Lauren Montgomery referred to Shiro as a “slightly older student.”
Meanwhile in S7E01 he appears to be assisting Iverson and other Garrison instructors with classes, but is not treated by other characters as if he’s a full-time teacher himself.
During the briefing scene in S7E7, Commander Iverson gives Shiro’s rank as Lieutenant, reflecting the tradition of fictional military organizations in science fiction to utilize the ranking systems of real world militaries, particularly with naval ranks such as Commander and Admiral which are exclusively used for naval officers.
During his visit to Keith’s school and his time overseeing simulator drills with Keith’s class, Shiro’s uniform only has two stripes on the shoulders of his uniform, and he’s never addressed by any specific rank.
However in the scene where Sanda and Sam Holt are arguing about Shiro’s inclusion on the Kerberos mission, his uniform now has three stripes on the shoulder, which he has been consistently shown to have in Pidge’s flashback to the crew’s disappearance being announced in S1E05, which show photos of Shiro, Sam, and Matt that would’ve been taken specifically for the mission’s publicity. And when Sam is debriefed in S7E07, Iverson identifies Shiro as a Lieutenant.
In our world, it takes an average of 4 years after enlisting in the navy for a person to be promoted to lieutenant. However, if someone enlists before or while in college, promotion to Lieutenant can be achieved with the completion of a Master’s Degree.
Depending on the field, a Masters’ degree would require an additional four years after completing a Bachelor’s degree. However, some universities that specialize in specific subjects (like mine did) offer a Master’s program that only takes an additional 1-2 years after receiving a Bachelor’s degree to complete.
Since the Garrison’s cadet program is teaching what 21st century viewers would consider advanced college-level science to high school students, it’s plausible that the Garrison has an advanced program for graduates of the cadet program to continue taking classes. Which makes sense because the Garrison’s cadet program is clearly an example of a vocational school, which focuses education at the secondary (high-school) and/or post-secondary (college) level on teaching students the skills and knowledge required for a specific career path, as opposed to a more general education.
It explains why tie-in books indicate that Shiro and Matt graduated from the Garrison at the same time. While Matt was completing his regular education in the cadet program, Shiro was finishing up his advanced education track.
Because Shiro makes multiple comments that imply an in-depth knowledge of physics and astronomy: From knowing enough constellations to recognize in S1E01 that the Blue Lion’s wormhole has left them in unfamiliar space, to being able to calculate the approximate speed of the black lion’s fall at the start of S2E01 Across the Universe in his head despite the pain of a glowing magic wound in his side and the general exhaustion of the battle they’d just come out of.
It even explains why S7E01 has Shiro was helping with classes and Adam mentioning having a class to teach, because many high schools and colleges offer work-study programs to where students can work part-time jobs at the school in exchange for financial assistance, as well as to get hands on work experience in a particular field so that they can transition from school to working more easily. Which also explains why Sam and Adam both mention Shiro having gone on multiple space flights and missions by the time he’s selected for the Kerberos mission even though the timeline indicates he’d only be 20 by the time he was chosen for Kerberos.
And since my analysis of Garrison lore indicates that the grey/green uniform that Shiro wears when visiting Keith’s school is reserved for those whose work in administrative roles and other capacities in the day-to-day running of the Garrison, this would indicate that he graduated from the cadet program at least a year or two before, and received the new uniform as part of the work-study program when classes started up the following school year.
So, the MFE pilots continuing their education after completing the cadet program would explain why Sanda would still refer to them as cadets even if they’ve already graduated from the cadet program: because even if they’re not in the cadet program anymore, they’re still students.
The pattern we’ve established regarding the human characters’ birthdates and grade levels means that Shiro would’ve graduated from the regular cadet program in 2410 (meaning he would’ve enrolled in 2406) and finished his advanced studies in 2412, making the Garrisons’ post-graduation education options a 2-year program.
This means that the amount of time that Sendak’s invasion of Earth had to have been before May of 2417. So, a March 2417 invasion around the same time the Druids and the Blades wiped each other out fits within that window.
And if that is the case, then Rizavi’s “three years” comment would put S8E01 in March 2420.
From the perspective of the crew of the Atlas, the first half of the season takes place over the course of about 48 Earth days. S8E08 Clear Day appears to take place within a couple days after the end of S8E07 Day Forty-Seven, as Hunk introduced the Altean robeast Pilots to Allura and Coran near the end of the day, and the following episode opens with Tavo agreeing to speak with Allura due to Hunk’s efforts at reaching out to the Alteans with food.
However, the leader of planet Drazan indicates that thanks to time dilation, the Atlas’ internal clocks are about 24 days behind the rest of the universe by the beginning of S8E08, as Coran notes that according to their calendars, Clear Day shouldn’t be for another four movements.
Depending on when in March the Atlas left Earth, this put the Clear Day celebration somewhere between May 12th and June 10th, 2420.
Based on how quickly events move following the events of S8E08, this would put the final confrontation with Honerva somewhere between the middle of May and the middle of June, which would put the epilogue in May or June of 2421.
Given that the fact the timeframe of the show was determined based on a meta gag about the show’s production, my instinct leans towards the second half of Season 8 all taking place in May, as it would mean that the entire main plot of the show – which was contracted for 78 episodes (the hour-long pilot being 3 episodes stitched together) – took place over approximately 7 years and 8 months.
Part IV: Backstory Dates & Other Timeline Trivia
Now that we’ve hammered out the timeline for the main events of the story, we can start filling in dates for elements of the characters’ backstories and other areas of the timeline not covered by the previous sections.
The First Kral Zera:
In S5E04 Kral Zera, the Archivist states in 2415 that the Kral Zera has been burning for “over thirteen millennia,” putting the first Kral Zera and the official founding of the Galra Empire as a political entity sometime before 10,585 BCE. Since he said thirteen, rather than fourteen, we can logically assume that it couldn’t be any earlier than 13,999 years before 2415, which would be 11,584 BCE.
The Daibazaal Rift:
Kova appears to be fully grown when Zarkon first meets him in Honerva’s lab in S3E07 after the discovery of the Rift on Daibazaal. Using Earth cat development as a basis for comparison, this would indicate that Kova is at least 1 year old by this point, meaning the earliest that the Trans-reality comet could have crashed was 7613 B.C.E.
However, it cannot have happened any later than 2 years before Allura’s birth. When Honerva shows Alfor that their Quintessence experiment is running after he thanks her for the gift celebrating Allura’s birth, he notes that the experiment has been running for a full year by that point. But despite the experiment being positioned right next to her workstation, it was nowhere to be seen when she and Zarkon were having their first meeting before the timeskip.
Meanwhile, before the episode transitioned from Honerva and Zarkon’s first meeting to Alfor showing his daughter off to Zarkon, Coran’s narration refers to Alfor visiting often “as the years passed,” indicating that more than one year passes between the discovery of the rift and Allura’s birth.
This means that since the experiment would’ve begun in 6704 or 7605 B.C.E., the Rift cannot have been opened any later than 7605 or 7606 B.C.E.
The Difference Between 1 Year & 1 Deca-Phoeb:
When Shiro and Allura are detected during their infiltration of a Galra cruiser in S1E10 Collection and Extraction, the computer identifies Shiro as "Fugitive prisoner 117-9875."
The format of his prisoner ID number indicates the year on the empire's calendar that Shiro was captured, meaning that the Galran calendar lists Earth year 2414 as imperial year 9876.
Initially, I thought this meant that the references to Altea being destroyed "10,000 years ago" were a generalization and that it wasn't exactly 10,000 years.
However, Coran's insistence on correcting Hunk that the Castle of Lions is 10,600 years old in S1E01 indicates that it was indeed exactly 10,000 years between Altea's destruction and the return of the Blue Lion.
Which left me with a bit of a conundrum of how to reconcile the two timescales. Then I remembered that S1E06 established that Earth and intergalactic time measurements weren't exactly 1:1, with Pidge and Coran's comparison showing that ticks were slightly bigger than seconds.
So I decided to do the math and see if how 9876 decaphoebs would compare to 10,000 years. And dividing both numbers by 9876 gives me 1 Deca-Phoeb = 0.9876 Years.
Meaning that Shiro's prisoner ID and the references to Altea's destruction being 10,000 years ago are both correct.
Shiro and Keith’s First Meeting:
Since the Galaxy Garrison’s cadet program is shown to be for high school students, and that Keith, Lance, and Hunk were meant to graduate in 2415, we can deduce that Shiro and Keith first met in the spring of 2411. Most high school enrollment is done in the spring, so it makes the most sense for the Garrison to send Shiro to local schools to convince students who will be freshmen at the start of the next school year to enroll, as opposed to trying to persuade kids to transfer in the middle of the year.
Based on the fact that Lance was in 9th grade as a 14-year-old, the Garrison likely starts classes in August, which is consistent with the fact that Keith’s map of his search for the Blue Lion places the Garrison near the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona.
Where, according to my own research and the experience of friends who live there, the school year typically begins in late July or early August and ends in May.
This would mean that Shiro just only a month or two past his 19th birthday when he and Keith first met, while Keith was around 14 and a half.
Pidge’s Grade Level:
Though we don’t know exactly when it happened, the fact that Pidge is still in 8th Grade when she turns 15 means that somewhere along the line she had to repeat a grade during middle or elementary school.
Details and Aftermath of the Kerberos Mission:
In S4E02, Matt mentions planning to use their family code to keep in touch with Pidge during his mission, so the fact that Pidge never mentions receiving any message with the code letting her know that they landed safely indicates that Matt, Sam, and Shiro were abducted shortly after arriving on Kerberos.
The news broadcast announcing their disappearance is dated five months after the launch, and earlier in the flashback, Sam mentions that he and Matt “will be eating freeze-dried peas for the next two months.”
Since their abduction happened in September 2413, this puts the mission’s launch in July of 2413. From a logistics standpoint, a summer launch makes sense for the Garrison so that they won’t have to worry about disrupting classes, or cadets sneaking around to watch the launch and getting hurt.
This would mean that the crew’s disappearance was announced in December 2413.
Pidge’s confrontation with Iverson during S1E05 indicates that she was not aware of the involvement of aliens prior to her enrolling at the Garrison, as she only mentions that the Garrison’s probes show no sign of a crash on Kerberos and doesn’t bring up the transmission from the Galra warship to Zarkon’s central command that S7E07 reveals the Garrison had managed to record.
The Paladin Handbook states that a rescue mission to Kerberos recovered the remaining equipment, so the fact that Pidge doesn’t mention finding reports from the rescue team on Iverson’s computer in S1E05 indicates that the rescue mission hadn’t left yet when the disappearance was made public.
Since S7E07 shows video footage of Shiro, Matt, and Sam on Kerberos getting cut off as the Galra cruiser approaches, the probes were presumably destroyed by the cruiser as it arrived on Kerberos, and the Garrison sent new probes to try and reestablish contact before making the crew’s disappearance public.
A further piece of evidence for the Garrison beginning classes in August is that Pidge’s comments in S1E01 indicate that she’s been listening to Galra radio chatter for several nights now and can recognize that the level of activity on the night of Shiro’s return to Earth is higher than normal. A month would give her a decent amount of data to work with to identify patterns of activity.
The VR Game and The Zel:
In the opening of that one VR game Voltron: VR Chronicles, Zarkon and Haggar discuss a technologically advanced species known as the Zel, whose population was decimated by the empire a millennia ago, but whose homeworld remains hidden from the empire.
The game features Shiro still piloting the black lion, and Haggar indicates in the first cutscene that they’re still able to track the Castle of Lions through Zarkon’s bond with the Black Lion, which puts the game before the events of S2E04 Greening the Cube. However, the paladins don’t give any indication that they’re aware that Zarkon can track them like that, meaning that it has to take place before Allura gets captured in S1E10 Collection and Extraction.
Given the timeline established for the first 2/3 of Season 1, the only places the events of the VR game could fit is between volume 1 of the comics and the beginning of S1E09 Crystal Venom, or during the travel montage in S1E10. However, the lack of any mention of getting back to their journey to the coordinates of the hidden Quintessence refinery in S1E10 means it has to take place between S1E08 and S1E09, particularly since Lance notes the game’s robeast boss fight - a recolor of the same one that attacked the Balmera - is giving him deja vu.
In the VR game, Hunk also indicates that travelling via wormhole is still a relatively new experience for him, so it’s most likelt that this game still takes place sometime in September 2414 after the events of the comic.
All of which means that the empire’s battle with the Zel that Zarkon and Haggar talk about would have occurred somewhere in the year 1414.
Timeframe of Seasons 4 – 5:
S4E01 Code of Honor opens with Keith indicating that Lotor hasn’t been seen in months. Since their last encounter with Lotor’s forces was in early January 2415, and Keith says months – as in plural – the earliest the beginning of the episode could take place is some time in March 2415. However, based on the timeframe of Season 8’s Clear Day, it can’t be any later than the end of April.
S4E04 The Voltron Show! establishes that the planet Drazan has a 721-day year and only 1 of those days ever gets clear skies, with Team Voltron missing that year’s Clear day due to Coran’s miscalculations.
However, in S8E08, Drazan is celebrating another Clear Day and explicitly states that this is the first one after the one that Voltron missed in Season 4. Which means that a day on planet Drazan is longer than an Earth day or standard quintant.
We’ve already narrowed down that Season 8’s clear day took place somewhere between May 12th and May 24th 2420, so if we assume that the paladins missing the previous Clear Day happened within the same window of time in 2415, this would put the beginning of S4E04 sometime in May 2415.
(Which, incidentally, means that a year on Drazon would be equivalent to about 5 years on Earth, while a day on Drazan is approximately 60 hours or 2.5 Earth days).
Meanwhile, Coran indicates in S4E04 that Keith’s departure from the team has not spread very far yet, indicating that the episode begins a short time after the end of S4E01 since Keith no longer piloting the Black Lion is not common knowledge yet. This means that Keith leaving the team would have also taken place in May 2415.
S4E01 shows a montage of time passing while Keith works with the Blades, indicating that a notable amount of time passed between the beginning and the end of the episode. Furthermore, Allura’s comment about how Keith keeps saying he’s sorry for not being there, but his actions say otherwise indicate a consistent pattern of Keith being too busy on Blade Missions to perform his duties as the Black Paladin. This indicates that Keith was flaking on them for at least a couple weeks before the crisis where Shiro had to reconnect with the Black Lion.
Meanwhile, the fact that Coran states that Keith’s departure from the team at the start of the season is not common knowledge yet in S4E04 indicates that S4E04 actually takes place before S4E02. This is reinforced by the fact that Lotor’s urgency to access the Quintessence field in S4E05 Begin the Blitz indicates that very little time has passed since the end of S4E03 Black Site, which contrasts how S4E04 clearly took place over the course of several days, if not multiple weeks.
The timeframe for Sam’s return to Earth that I identified in the previous section puts all of Season 5 in August 2415, as events are indicated to happen fairly quickly:
S5E03 Postmortem clearly starts the morning after Zarkon is killed, and Lotor states that the Kral Zera will be held sometime in the next two days.
The hostage exchange in S5E02 Blood Duel likely only took a couple days at most of back-and-forth communication to negotiate the terms and details after the end of S5E01 The Prisoner.
S5E04 shows that Sam was making the final preparations to leave for Earth when Shiro and Lotor went to the Kral Zera, meaning that both Sam’s departure and the Paladins’ arrival at Central Command would’ve taken place a day or two later.
Pidge, Lance, and Hunk are shown spending most of a day goofing around on Central Command with their reprogrammed Sentry while Lotor and Allura are looking through Haggar’s lair.
After Allura finds the compass stone, they appear to head to Oriande if not that day then the following day, and when the castle loses power thanks to the White Lion, we’re told that the Castle only has another quintant of air left.
Assuming they spent a night recovering from oxygen deprivation like Shiro did in Season 3, then they would’ve returned to central command the following day. Right when they got back, Lotor had to receive a briefing on the state of the empire. A few hours later, he did his speech, following which Voltron went to help protect the Omega Shield
While it’s unclear exactly how many days passed between the end of S5E04 and Keith’s half of S5E05, Hunk indicates in S80E3 The Prisoner’s Dilemma that Keith and Krolia had already started their trip through the Quantum Abyss by the time the Paladins came to the aid of the Omega Shield.
So we can confirm that the entirety of Season 5 takes place in August 2415.
From there, we can narrow down a rough idea of when the rest of Season 4 takes place.
While it’s not stated exactly how much time passes between S4E06 A New Defender and S5E01, it’s implied to not be that long. In S5E01, Nyma thanks Pidge and Matt for helping with repairs on the Coalition’s fleet, saying the ships were “pretty banged up after the invasion.” This implicitly indicates that the attack on Naxzela and the rest of the Galra forces in that section of the universe was recent enough that repairs to the rebel ships that survived the battle were only just now being finished.
However, enough time needs to have passed that Lotor has been able to give them several locations for Galra bases to attack that were low-risk before he runs out of easy targets to give them.
So, it’s likely only been a couple of weeks at most since the end of Season 4. Since S4E02 and S4E03 happen only a day or two together, and S4E05 is implied to take place just a day or so after that, this puts the remainder of Season 4 sometime in late July, since Sam would’ve had to land on Earth in mid August in order for both his debriefing and Matt contacting Earth “just over a year” after said debriefing to be in September.
Which means that the third volume of the comics most likely also takes place in July, since the first issue of this arc depicts the Paladins attempting to drive a Galra fleet out of the Coalition’s new territory without letting them fly in the direction of the planets that were already liberated in S4E06 A New Defender, and the central conflict of the arc revolved around the paladins attempting to test if the information Lotor was providing them with was accurate.
Meanwhile, the scenes of Haggar gazing into Zarkon’s mind and remembering her past in S3E07 are implied to take place concurrently with S4E02.
S3E07 ends with Haggar waking Zarkon up, yet we don’t see him up and around until S4E02, which takes place several months after the end of Season 3.
Now, which sounds more logical?
Haggar wakes Zarkon up in October 2414 and he spends the next eight months or so sitting on his ass doing nothing while his empire keeps crumbling under rebel uprising?
Or Lotor’s lack of involvement in the empire for months as seen in S4E01 Code of Honor making Haggar desperate enough to tap into Zarkon’s mind, at which point he immediately gets out of his bed and takes the throne back from Lotor in S4E03 Black Site?
The latter would certainly be a logical sequence of events. And it would better explain why she’s suddenly looking at her old appearance as Honerva at the beginning of S4E03 if her recollection of her past was just yesterday than if she remembered months ago and is only now deciding to look at her old face.
Warlord Lahn Raiding Ranveig’s Base:
The Paladins visiting Drazan’s Clear Day festival appears to take place only a day or two after the end of S8E07. In that episode, the Altean robeast pilot the Atlas picks up is noted to be the 6th one they’ve brought aboard since leaving Oriande. Assuming they picked up one robeast pilot per day, this means that at least 6 days passed for the Atlas since the end of S8E06 Gensis.
Given that time dilation has only come up in the series when characters are travelling without using wormholes, we can probably assume that more than 6 days passed for the rest of the universe.
Since S8E08 appears to take place on Day 48 and is 24 quintants behind Planet Drazan thanks to time dilation, my best estimate would be that at least 12 days pass between the battle in Oriande and Clear Day.
Depending on when in May the Atlas visited Drazan for Clear Day, this would put the attack on Oriande somewhere between the end of April and the beginning of May.
S8E06 is indicated to take place only a day or so after the events of S8E05 The Grudge, which itself takes place only a short time after S8E04 Battle Scars, as the episode opens with the Paladins informing the Atlas of Olkarion’s fate.
Meanwhile S8E04 indicates it’s been only a few days for them since they left the Atlas at the end of S8E03, as Pidge notes that they’ve checked 11 star systems for signs of Robeasts in the last 3 days. Assuming that further time dilation occurred during S8E04 and S8E05, this would put the Atlas’ invasion of Warlord Lahn’s base on planet Ryker some time in April 2420.
When Lahn receives the transmission from the lost ship Klytax V-3, he mentions that he sent it and 14 other cruisers to scout Warlord Ranveig’s base from S5E05 for weapons six phoebs ago, which would be in October 2419.
Section V: The Complete Timeline
When you add everything together, the timeline of the VLD universe looks like this:
10,585-11,584 B.C.E.: The Galra Empire is formally established on the planet Feyiv with the coronation of Emperor Brodar in the first Kral Zera.
8186 B.C.E.: Coran’s grandfather builds the Castle of Lions. Coran accompanies him to a Balmera during the construction.
7614 B.C.E.: Kova is born
7606-7613 B.C.E.: A Trans-Reality Comet crash lands on the planet Daibazaal and a rift between realities is discovered at the crash site.
7604-7605 B.C.E.: 1 year before Allura’s birth, Honerva and Alfor initiate their first Quintessence experiment.
7603-7604 B.C.E.: Princess Allura is born, and Voltron makes its debut defending Daibazaal from the Rift Creatures.
7586 B.C.E.: Daibazzal and Altea are destroyed. Lotor is born
1414: The Galra Empire battles a technologically advanced species known as the Zel and decimates their population, but are unable to locate the Zelthronian homeworld.
2392, February 29: Takashi “Shiro” Shirogane is born
2394, May 25: Matt Holt is born
2396, January: Krolia crash lands on Earth
2396, October 23: Keith is born
2397, January 13: Hunk is born
2397, July 28: Lance is born
2398, April 03: Katie “Pidge” Holt is born
2406, August: Shiro begins taking classes at the Galaxy Garrison.
2408, August: Matt begins taking classes at the Galaxy Garrison.
2410, May: Shiro graduates from Galaxy Garrison’s cadet program
2410, August: Shiro continues his education at the Garrison
2411, March-May: Shiro visits Keith’s middle school as a recruiter for the Garrison sometime in the spring
2411, August: Keith, Lance, Hunk, James Griffin, Nadia Rizavi, Ryan Kinkade, and Ina Leifsdottir begin taking classes at the Galaxy Garrison
2412, May: Matt and Shiro graduate from their respective programs at the Galaxy Garrison.
2412, August: Shiro and Matt are selected to be part of the Garrison’s mission to Kerberos.
2413, July: The Garrison’s mission to Kerberos launches
2413, September: Sam Holt, Matt, and Shiro reach Kerberos and are captured by the Galra Empire.
2413, December: Galaxy Garrison publicly announces the disappearance of the Kerberos mission.
2414, April 28: Rebel forces battle the Galra Empire on the planet Marchanda, resulting in 127,098 rebel casualties while the planet is reduced to a barren wasteland. Matt uses this battle to fake his death and go into hiding in a hidden rebel listening post.
2414, May 11: A rescue mission from Galaxy Garrison arrives on Kerberos to retrieve the equipment left behind after the original mission’s disappearance.
2414, August: Katie Holt begins taking classes at the Galaxy Garrison under the name of Pidge Gunderson in order to find information about what happened to her father and brother.
2414, September 01: Shiro lands on Earth and is rescued from quarantine by Keith, Lance, Hunk, and Pidge.
2414, September 02: Shiro, Keith, Lance, Hunk, and Pidge find the Blue Lion and leave Earth.
2414, September 03: The Paladins train to figure out how to form Voltron outside of combat.
2414, September 04: The Paladins meet the Arusian natives and defeat the Myzax Robeast. Sendak attacks the Castle of Lions that night.
2414, September 05: Pidge and the paladins retake the Castle of Lions from Sendak while Hunk and Coran retrieve a new Balmeran crystal.
2414, September 06: The Castle of Lions takes off from Arus and liberates Shay’s Balmera later that day following an encounter with Rollo and Nyma en route.
2414, September 07: Hunk takes Shay to watch her first sunrise. After leaving the Balmera, Coran takes the Paladins to the Karthulian system for a training exercise.
2414, September 08: The Paladins travel to the planet Krell to retrieve a Yalexian Pearl to trade for Coran’s safety.
2414, September 09-30: Sometime in September, Team Voltron investigates a Zelthronian distress signal.
2414, December: The Paladins coordinate with the Blade of Marmora to attack Central Command, grievously wounding Zarkon in the process. Shiro disappears and Lotor is summoned from exile to lead the empire while his father recovers.
2415, January:
Keith becomes the new pilot of the Black Lion and leads the team in their first battles against Lotor on Puig and Thayersix.
The Paladins find an Altean exploration ship caught in a rift between realities and recover the trans-reality comet stored in its cargo hold after visiting the Altean Empire reality.
Shiro makes his way back to the team after awakening aboard a Galran research vessel.
In the process of searching for the trans-reality comet, the Paladins come upon Lotor’s generals attacking a Galran outpost in the Ulippa system to steal a fragment of their Teludav.
Coran tells the Paladins the story of Voltron's origins and Zarkon's descent into tyranny.
2415, March-April: Keith and Kolivan discover a new strain of Quintessence being shipped across the Galra empire through a network of secret supply routes.
2415, May:
Keith leaves the team in order to focus on his work with the Blade of Marmora.
Voltron misses performing their air show at the planet Drazan’s Clear Day celebration, leading Coran to ingest a brain worm to help him do a better job coming up with ideas for their propaganda shows.
2415, July:
Pidge finally tracks down Matt and brings him back to the Castle of Lions.
Haggar uses her magic to reawaken Zarkon, in the process regaining some of her memories of her life as Honerva.
Zarkon learns that Lotor is building ships from a trans-reality comet and declares his son a fugutive.
Voltron launches an attack on Naxzella and other key planets to seize control of 1/3 of the Galra Empire’s territory in a single strike.
The Paladins finish liberating planet Pintos Sentos.
Voltron dismantles the Galra shipbuilding facility known as SPRAWL using intel provided by Lotor.
2415, August:
Voltron rescues Sam, and Zarkon is killed by Lotor in the process.
Lotor becomes the new emperor of the Galra in the thirty-fourth Kral Zera.
Sam returns to Earth and is placed under quarantine at Galaxy Garrison’s main base in Arizona.
Keith extracts Krolia from Ranveig’s base and they enter the Quantum Abyss in search of the origins of the new mystery Quintessence.
Lotor, and Allura enter Oriande, where Allura passes the trials of the White Lion and gains further knowledge of Altean Alchemy.
Team Voltron assist Commander Bogh and Lieutenant Lahn when their planet is attacked by Sendak’s Fire of Purification.
Sam is released from quarantine and reunited with his wife Colleen.
2415, September: Sam is debriefed by Galaxy Garrison’s Joint Chiefs regarding his experiences in space.
2416, March 01-08: After spending at least 2 years in the Quantum Abyss, Keith and Krolia return to the Castle of Lions with Romelle. The Paladins battle Lotor and are forced to sacrifice the Castle of Lions to seal off the Quintessence Field and save their entire reality.
2416, May-August: The Druids and other factions of the Galra Empire begin a campaign of retaliation against the Blade of Marmora and the Voltron Coalition.
2416, September: Matt contacts his parents on Earth to inform them of Voltron’s disappearance and warn them of the rebellion’s losses.
2417, March:
The Blade of Marmora make their last stand against the Druids. Both factions suffer heavy casualties, and Kolivan is taken captive by Macidus.
Sendak invades Earth.
2419, March:
Allura merges Shiro with his clone and the Paladins gather Fonatonium to help recharge their lions.
The Paladins set off for Earth and are captured by Zethrid and Ezor’s pirate crew while investigating an abandoned Blade of Marmora outpost.
The Paladins encounter Macidus and rescue Kolivan. Krolia leaves with Kolivan to search for other surviving Blades.
The Paladins attempt to recharge their lions.
2419, August: The Paladins reach Earth and quickly liberate the planet from Sendak’s occupation.
2419, October: Warlord Lahn sends Klytax V-3 and 14 other cruisers to salvage weapons from one of Warlord Ranveig’s bases.
2420, March:
The Paladins enjoy their last day on Earth before returning to space.
The IGF Atlas launches from Earth to liberate planets that remain under Galra rule.
2420, April: The Atlas attacks Warlord Lahn’s base on the planet Ryker.
2420, May 12-31:
Voltron and the crew of the Atlas attend planet Drazan’s Clear Day festival.
The Paladins confront Honerva at the source of all realities.
2421, May: The lions fly away to parts unknown.
Note: This timeline will be updated whenever I uncover further information.
Sources:
[1] Creating Voltron: Legendary Defender; June 10, 2016. https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/creating-voltron-legendary-defender/
[2] Tweet by Joaquim Dos Santos; October 12, 2018.
https://web.archive.org/web/20200723131054/https://twitter.com/JDS_247/status/1050905860728213506
[3] The Ending of 'Voltron' Season 7, Explained by the Showrunners; Eric Francisco; August 10, 2018.
https://www.inverse.com/article/47977-voltron-legendary-defender-season-7-netflix-ending-explained-by-showrunners-interview
[4] Joaquim Dos Santos & Lauren Montgomery Talk Voltron at Wondercon '17; When Nerds Attack; April 2, 2017.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZW1V2dYHgs
[5] High School in the United States - wikipedia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_school_in_the_United_States
[6] K-12 Education in the United States - Wikipedia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-12_education_in_the_United_States
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a year with bang chan, "march 2nd"
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notes: really sorry about this being a month late
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int. museum. morning.
“do you have your tickets ready?” a lady clad in a sophisticated uniform asked you and your boyfriend as you stood in line.
you found yourself outside the museum of natural history, looking up at the massive glass building. you had been here a few times before, but it seemed you always visited at the wrong times, sections being closed off or renovated. this time however, you had looked up beforehand when the botanical garden would be open so you could time it right. chan was as usual more than happy to accompany you to your adventures of your fascination.
“sure, here you go.” you smiled at the woman and showed her the two tickets you had ready in your phone. she gave you a nod, then gestured for you to pass through the door that lead into the museum. “so, we look around inside for a bit, then go out to the botanical gardens when the sun has fully risen? it was a bit cold out still.” you suggested, chan nodding along as he thought it was a great idea.
you quickly found the first exhibit in a massive room filled with glass cages of ancient artifacts, informational plaques, and huge replicas of what once used to be.
“the fact that something that big walked the same earth as us is beyond me.” chan spoke as he looked at a model of a dinosaur that was six to seven times taller than the both of you.
“brachiosaurus stood 12 meters tall and 23 meters long.” you read from the text written on the wall next to the massive creature. “and it was technically not that long ago either, in the grand scheme of things.” you quickly added as you looked further down on the information on the dinosaur. ”considering the planet is 4.3 billion years old, and these fuckers lived 145 million years ago.. that’s only like three percent of the worlds existence.”
“nope, no, nah, absolutely not, you got me spiralling, we have to move onto something else.” chan cut you off, grabbing your shoulders and pushing you away from the late jurassic period. you couldn’t help but chuckle at his actions, but let him steer you around nonetheless.
you roamed the different exhibits for a while longer until you decided to leave for the gardens. as soon as you made your way out on the grand steps that lead down and into the gardens, you felt your breath get knocked out of you. the sight before you was one pulled out of a movie, and you instantly felt the need to wear a long, flowy dress and run barefoot through the hedges. smell the flowers, look at the fish in the pond, and just dance around like the main character in your own fantasy.
“this is stunning.” you breathed out, not moving as you took it all in. chan grinned at your reaction and took a step towards you so we was now behind you. he wrapped his arms around you and rested his head on your shoulder, placing a soft kiss on your skin.
“let’s go.” he whispered into the crook of your neck, then let you go. he started walking down the marble staircase that lead down to the grass, but soon noticed you weren’t behind him. he turned around to see you in the exact spot he left you in, chuckling as he looked at you. he reached his hand out for you to grab, even though you couldn’t reach it without stepping forwards.
“you look like a prince.” you grinned. he was dressed in business casual attire, his hair not in any headwear for once, and the way he held out for you made him look like the main love interest in the fantasy you had built in your head.
“as long as you’re my princess.” he smiled back at you, it being enough for you to move your feet and grab his hand as he lead you down the stairs and into the botanical garden.
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New and FINAL list of ship weeks for 2023!
Each week will have different prompts for each day, for fanfictions, fanarts, edits, headcanons, ect.
To participate, just tag your posts with the corresponding tags!
April 23-29th - Bevie (Ben x Evie)
May 7-13th - Jonnie (Jay x Lonnie)
May 21-27th - Jarlos (Jane x Carlos)
June 4-10th - Gal (Gil x Mal)
June 11-17th - Huma (Harry x Uma)
June 23-29th - Core4 (Mal x Evie x Jay x Carlos)
July 5-11th - Benry (Ben x Harry)
July 16-22nd - Janvie (Jane x Evie)
July 26 - August 1st - Bil (Ben x Gil)
August 6-12th - Maudrey (Mal x Audrey)
August 20-26th - Eviette (Evie x Harriet)
Sep 3-9th - Jaylos (Jay x Carlos)
Sep 17-23rd - Haudrey (Audrey x Harry)
Oct 1-7th - Malvie (Mal x Evie)
Oct 10-16th - Bane (Ben x Jane)
Oct 18-24th - Sea3 (Uma x Harry x Gil)
Nov 5-11th - Chevie (Evie x Chad)
Nov 16-22nd - Carvie (Carlos x Evie)
Nov 25 - Dec 2nd - Power Team (Gil x Jane x Doug)
Dec 3-9th - Baudrey (Ben x Audrey)
If I missed any, I'm sorry! Let me know and I'll try to add it to a 2024 list! And as always, any prompt suggestions would be lovely!
Looking forward to seeing everybody's works!
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2PM’s Discography
Hottest Time Of The Day:
Release date: September 4, 2008
Single
10 Out of 10
2:00 Time for Change
Release date: September 23, 2009
2nd Single
What Time Is It Now
Again & Again
I Hate You
Maybe She’ll Come Back
Again & Again (R&B Mix)
Again & Again (Instrumental)
I Hate You (Instrumental)
Maybe She’ll Come Back (Instrumental)
1:59PM
Release date: November 12, 2009
First Album
My Heart
Heartbeat
Tired of Waiting
I Was Crazy About You
Gimme the Light
Back 2 U
All Night Long
Heartbeat (Red Light Mix)
10 Out of 10
Only You (Acoustic Mix)
Again & Again
I Hate You (Lounge Mix)
Maybe She’ll Come Back (Bossa Nova Mix)
Thank You (Japan Edition Only)
Don’t Stop Can’t Stop
Release date: April 19, 2010
3rd Single
Don’t Stop Can’t Stop
Without U
Maza
I Will Give You My Life
Without U (Explorer Mix)
Space MAZA
Still 2:00pm
Release date: October 14, 2010
Mini Album
Still
I’ll Be Back
Even If You Leave Me
I Can’t
I Know
Dance2Night
I’ll Be Back (Club Mix)
Hands Up
Release date: June 20, 2011
2nd Album
Hands Up
Electricity
Give It To Me
Like a Movie
Don’t You Know
Hot
Without U
I’ll Be Back
I Can’t
Hands Up (East4A Mix)
Electricity (220v Mix)
Thank You
Don’t Stop Can’t Stop
REPUBLIC OF 2PM
Release Date: November 30, 2011
First Japanese Album
I’m Your Man
Ultra Lover
I’ll Be Back (Japanese Version)
Stay With Me
Without U (Japanese Version)
Crazy In Love
100th Day Anniversary
Take Off
Hands Up (Japanese Version)
Fate
Heartbeat (Japanese Version)
Even Though We’re Apart
2PM Member’s Selection
Release date: May 21, 2012
Best Album
10 Out of 10
Only You
Again & Again
I Hate You
Maybe She’ll Come Back
Heartbeat
Tired of Waiting
Gimme the Light
Alive (Jun.K solo)
Don’t Stop Can’t Stop
Without U
I’ll Be Back
I Can’t
Hands Up
Give It to Me
Hot
Thank You
Move On (Wooyoung and Junho duet)
Legend of 2pm
Release date: February 13, 2013
2nd Japanese Album
The Legend
Masquerade (Legend of 2PM Version)
Beautiful
So Bad
Only One
Missing You
Want You Back
This Is Love
Kimigaireba
I’ll Be OK
SOS Man
Breakthrough
Forever
Hanareteitemo (Live Version)
Grown
Release date: May 07, 2013
3rd Album
A.D.T.OY.
Comeback When You Hear This Song
Zero Point
I’m Sorry
The First Date
Dangerous
One More Day
Game Over
Coming Down
Go Back
Love Song
At Times
GENESIS OF 2PM
Release date: January 29, 2014
3rd Japanese Album
Genesis
GIVE ME LOVE
Merry-go-round
Winter Games
Elen - Lasting heart
Step by Step
Falling In Love
Best of Love
Only Girl
I want you
Stay Here
NEXT Generation
Beautiful Day
Go Crazy
Release date: September 15, 2014
4th Album
Go Crazy
Like Tonight
She’s Ma Girl
Mine
Awesome
Rain
Boyfriend
Pull&Pull
Goodbye Trip
Beautiful (Korean Version)
I’m Your Man (Korean Version)
Go Crazy (Grand Edition)
Release date: September 29, 2014
4th Album
Superman
Please Come Back
Love is True
the Word, Love
Go Crazy
Go Crazy (BOYTOY Crazy Remix)
Go Crazy (BOYTOY Vibe Remix)
Go Crazy (Djnure VS. Fingazz Remix)
2PM OF 2PM - Repackage
Release date: May 20, 2015
4th Japanese Album
Intro
midaretemina
Guilty Love
Sexy Ladies
Everybody
Fight
Through the Fire
Jam Session
Slender Man
Shiny Girl
365
Burning Love
harukaze good bye again
I know
NO.5
Release date: June 15, 2015
5th Album
My House
Nobody Else
Hallucination
Not The Only One
Hotter Than July
About To Go Insane
Red
Wanna Love You Again
Know Your Mind
Magic
Jump
Good Man
GALAXY OF 2PM
Release date: April 27, 2016
4th Japanese Album
The Galaxy
Souzou site mite
Party Monster
Talk about Your Love
My House (Japanese Version)
Freeze
Wasurenaide
HIGHER
TEASER
Shining Star
Set Me Free
Issyoni sugoshita jikan
Gentlemen’s Game
Release date: September 13, 2016
6th Album
Promise (I’ll Be)
Uneasy
Giv u Class
Make Love
Without Even Trying
Never
Humming
How About This
Perfume
My Last
Can’t Stop Feeling
MUST
Release date: June 28, 2021
7th Album
Intro
Make It
OK or Not
On My Way
Champagne
The Cafe
Moon & Back
Two of Us
Hold You
My House (Acoustic Version)
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The Average Lifespan of Targaryen Monarchs of Westeros
The Life Expectancies of Targaryen Monarchs: Dead by "Natural" Causes
Of 18 Targaryen Monarchs (Rhaenyra I & Aegon II here jointly as monarch #6),
2 died of "old" age: Aegon the Conqueror dying at 64, Jaehaerys I at 69.
8 died of illness: Aenys I (35), Viserys I (52), Aegon III (36), Baelor I (28), Viserys II* (50), Aegon IV (49), Daeron II (~56), & Jaehaerys II (36).
6 were killed, 2 in battle (Daeron I, 18; Maekar I, 64~69) and 3 by murder (Rhaenyra I, 33; Aegon II, 24; Aerys II, 39). Maegor I's exact cause of death (36) is unknown but it is Universally Agreed that his death was both Unnatural & completely justified.
Aerys I's cause of death is as yet unknown, as is his exact year of birth. He is approximated by The Wiki as dying aged 34~39 years.
Under the cut: content warnings, distinctions between causes of death, calculation, notable factors & speculation thereon, "The Dragon In The Room".
CW: Major Character Death spoilers for HotD, endgame spoilers for HotD, spoilers for F&B, discussion of incest, reference to child marriage & underage parents, reference & implication of dubcon, discussion of fertility & infertility, brief reference to Old Valyria (slavery, genocide, human experimentation), reference to Targaryen eugenics.
Cause of Death: "Old" Age
Since only 2 of the 18 Targaryen monarchs survived to die of age, an average for a "natural" life expectancy cannot be made. It should also be noted that both Aegom the Conqueror was a war veteran whilst Jaehaerys I had a very dangerous childhood. Both kings were dragonriders, of Balerion & Vermithor respectively.
The longest living Targaryens on record are Queen Visenya the Conqueror (73) and Maester Aemon of the Night's Watch (102).
(Off-record, the longest-lived is Ser Brynden "Bloodraven" Rivers (125, going on 126) but, given that Bloodraven is a dubiously human tree-wizard, he is a Statistical Outlier who Should Not Be Counted.)
It is difficult to approximate an average, "natural" life expectancy for members of House Targaryen due to an insufficient pool of data: most of the recorded deaths were only noted for being sudden or violent, whilst female & younger siblings faded into obscurity.
Cause of Death: Illness
Most kings who died of illness were born frail or otherwise known to be "sickly", yes, dragonriders included. These kings tended to die slowly or "as expected". There were only 2 exceptions to this rule: Viserys II, who died "suddenly" a year into his reign, and Daeron II, who died during The Great Spring Sickness of 209 AC (a pandemic that struck the entirety of King's Landing).
Baelor I is included amongst the monarchs to die of illness as his cause of death was "religious fasting", the illness that killed him thus "self-inflicted" but "natural" nonetheless (Baelor's religious enthusiasm was extreme and dangerous to himself & others).
An Average "Natural" Lifespan: Calculation
For the sake of this calculation, deaths by illness will be included amongst those of old age (suspiciously timed illnesses reluctantly included). A secondary calculation will be made, removing kings whose illnesses were sudden as opposed to "naturally" progressing.
The following 9 monarchs (& ages at death) will be used: Aegon the Conqueror (64), Aenys I (35), Jaehaerys I (69), Aegon III (36), Baelor I (28), Viserys II (50), Aegon IV (49), Daeron II (56), Jaehearys II (36).
(64+35+69+36+28+50+49+56+36) ÷ 9
= 423 ÷ 9
= 47 years.
Thusly, the average natural life span of a Targaryen monarch is 47 years.
With the removal of Kings Viserys II & Daeron II, whose deaths by illness were Sudden rather than Inevitable, the average lifespan becomes 45.3 years or "45 yrs & 4 months".
Factors, Additional Context & Speculation
Genetic Diversity (& Lack Thereof)
Of the 8 kings felled by illness, 3 were born to sibling-spouses (Viserys I, Baelor I, Daeron II), 3 had wholly unrelated parents (Aegon IV, Aerys I), 1 had parents who were cousins many times over (Aenys I), 1 had parents who were uncle & niece (Aegon III).
Inbreeding, as known by farmers & thus humanity for time immemorial (Westeros included), results in offspring who are more susceptible & less adaptable to illness.
Illness: Maternal Health
A major factor to any person's long-term health is the manner of their birth: mothers who were too young or too old, had previously dangerous pregnancies, &/or experienced trauma during their pregnancy... all these factors can contribute to the wellness of both mother & child.
Of 18 monarchs,
2 were born when their mothers were underage (Rhaenyra I & Daeron II)3 were born when their mothers were over 30 (Aenys I, Maegor I, Jaehaerys I),
3 had mothers neglected by historic record, 4 with the inclusion of Alicent Hightower (whose lifetime is currently Under Revision & thus excluded from this post's calculations),
the remaining 10 had mothers who were actually Of Age, 4 monarchs having older siblings.
For more speculation, see "The Maternity of Targaryen Kings" here: https://at.tumblr.com/hollowwhisperings/the-maternity-of-targaryen-kings/
Royal Privileges
The wealth & authority held by a monarch in a feudal society affords many privileges: a varied & stable diet, accessible healthcare, servants to attend hygiene, education, Kingsguard sworn to bodily protection, the highest quality arms & armour, and more.
Their high stations also, however, gavs historic Targaryens the "privileges" of: being able to eat & drink in excess, override sound advice from a young age (it is harder to enforce the eating of vegetables or the importance of Safe Sex when such advice could be interpreted as Treason), and becoming the Targets of [medical sabotage].
Regardless of any Greater Maester Conspiracies, the good health of those who hold or will inherit absolute power can never be truly safeguarded. The lavish lifestyle of medieval-ish royalty requires countless servants (cooks, kitchen staff, personal attendants, maids, errand runners...) and a life lived in public (at court, in council, for ceremony...). The ambitious and fearful can & do find ways to further their interests, anyone could mean a royal harm: their council, their bannermen, their chamber maid, their betrothed, their in-laws, their uncles, their children.
These combined Royal Privileges undoubtedly affected Targaryen Monarchs, especially those who inherited the throne in times of societal upheaval. Stress and authority over a continent (give or take a kingdom) take their toll, even on the most disinterested of monarchs.
A pertinent example is that of Viserys II: the illness that killed him was both abrupt and suspiciously timed.
Viserys II: a case study of Royal "Privilege"
Despite being one of the better rulers of Westeros, having served the Realm for ~30 years to Kings Aegon III (depressed), Daeron I (war-hungry) & Baelor I (dangerously pious) before his ending up on the throne himself. His sudden illness occurred just 1 year into his rule. Many persons & factions had incentive to remove Viserys II from office. He was unpopular both in his lifetime & in public record.
(nevermind his successfully resolving the conflict with Dorne through treaty & marriage alliances; his making & codifying law reforms; his increasing trade & public wellbeing... okay, Viserys II may or may not be one of my favourite monarchs. Better to acknowledge my bias & recommend grains of salt).
The Dragon In The Room
Of 18 Targaryen monarchs were dragonriders, 7 were dragonriders. Of these 7: 2 died of "old" age, 3 died of illness, and 3 were killed.
Thusly is the idea of "Dragonrider Immunity" in the royal line of House Targaryen disproved.
If anything, dragonriding seems to age a person: the height and speed of flight would logically take a toll, regardless of any "Dragonriding Genes". Queen Alysanne, amongst the few Targaryens noted to die of old age, hatched & rode the dragon Silverwing: she was noted as losing her hearing in her late 50's and, at 57, lost the mobility needed to ride her dragon. This point is dubious, given it is one example amongst an already small sample size. Another dubious point is the precedence in House Targaryen of premature greying of hair: this is difficult to confirm, given the shallow difference between "silver/silver-gold/blonde" and "grey/white" (as well as the dubious quality of witness accounts of historic Targaryens, given how polarizing many figures were & the thusly dubious accuracy of witness testimonies).
Less controversial is the fact that, in the ASOIAF setting, all magic comes At Cost: dragons are magical ("fire made flesh") and Targaryens were originally a minor house of dragonlords in Old Valyria. Valyria is mostly known for its dragons, wealth, conquering, mass enslavement, pyromancy, blood magic ...and human experimentation. Members of House Targaryen believe themselves to have "blood of the dragon" & in early cases, intended very literally. It is plausible that House Targaryen, specifically, became or were made dragonlords via [blood magic & human experimentation]. It is unknown if this was a unique feature of House Targaryen or common practice amongst the more ambitious families of Valyria. Thusly, Targaryens are themselves magical. Later generations added the blood of First Men (most notably Houses Hightower, Dayne & Blackwood) & thus also Andal, & the Rhoynar (a people whose genocide was attempted by Valyria but thwarted by Queen Nymeria; whose home was made a wasteland in their absence).
Through the hatching of dragons by Targaryens, a method used to ensure a "bonding", could plausibly cost a person's theoretical & potential [lifeforce?]. Dragonriders can bond with dragons they have not personally hatched, with varying difference in compatibility, and a dragon can have multiple riders durings their lifetime.
Note: Dragons DO hatch naturally, without Targaryen intervention, as evidenced by: the wild dragons of Dragonstone, descendants of eggs & dragons brought from Valyria; the past & present wild dragons of eastern Essos (though any Valyrian breeds are believed extinct); the historic dragons of Westeros, regularly recorded (& slain) many thousands of years before the rise of the Valyrian Freehold & its dragonlords.
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Summer '23 review: --/👍👍
I can’t brave myself to put a rating to this season, as it would feeling like rating (for stupid things) the worst month in my life so far. Rating should resume next season (hoping that, since my dad died three days before the anniversary of my grandad, mom won’t imitate grandma who died in October of the same year. I don’t think I’ll fully breath until 2023 is ended). 😬
In depth analysis under the cut.
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Wordcount on WIPs: >1300/20.000
Warren and his Women (1,2~/6,5k).
Developing detailed drafts: 19 ≥ 20 pages
Estimated count.
Working on headcanons
Star Trek’s Gaila (4k added).
Graphic artworks: 2/3 (5 published)
Merlin the merlin, Dragon photobombing(x4).
Manga editing: 0 (100 = project complete)
Season 1-per-Month post goal: 3 / 4
- Do and/or finish one fanwork per month ❌
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June:
Mensis horribilis, with dad’s health failing in June 2nd, and leaving us after three weeks in three different places (hospital 1, nurse home/Bellagio, hospital 2/Lecco - he missed Como else he staid at all the best places on the Como Lake...) in June 22nd. Barely held myself together until the day his ashes came back home.
July:
- Sat down and finally trapped my will to write.
- Finished an old Instagram mock.
August:
- Finished the last bits and polished up the Warren’s women ficlet that had been on the works since months.
- Wrapped up an old Instagram mock and also added a second pic to it.
- Made some progress on another Instagram home mock on the Trek side.
- Not much on the writing side, but did write quite a few pages on the Warren/Betsy AU.
- Come up with a new X-Men crossover I didn’t need. It’s easy to make on paper. But... meh.
September (1st half):
- Hit a block on the writing side.
- Attempted to trick my lazy ass into doing a translation. Done a rough English translation for a full Merlin post 5x13/Return AU storyboard. 28 pages. It’s needs heavy polishing now.
- New X-Men AU developed. Full storyboard ready.
- Developed further the Star Trek x X-Men.
- Managed to land a goal by finally finishing the Gaila headcanon.
- New idea for a canon short ficlet for Warren/Betsy.
- After a whole year (date of draft post is 25/10/’22) I managed to completed the Warren/Betsy headcanons.
- Caught back with the Warren/Betsy AU after a long block.
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- Finish & post some old graphic WIP [✔] [1,2]
- Post some finished graphic that was held back ❌
- Finish Chronicles of Camelot’s retouch ❌
- Finish that 90% done 2015 Spirk one shot ❌
- Finish the Royal Eagle fic that’s 90% done ❌
- Translate and share some Merlin AUs ideas ❌
- Write fanfic ❌
- Finish with all Kirk’s headcanons series ❌
- Complete the Trek characters headcanon two series (9 left) ❌
(Finished Gaila - now onto polishing it a bit)
- Finish that Le-matya headcanon ❌
- Finish any other WIP headcanon.(currently 5, Trek and X-Men) ❌
- Finish to develop the “Modern Times Merlin” AU and made this AU edit ❌
- Work on some Merlin / Star Wars AU content. ❌
- Finish and post the Sea Patrol Trek crew ❌
- Post some other Trek crew AU ❌❌
(I actually went and added more crews to develop!)
- NEW: Write the text part to the Star Wars Prequels/Trek crew AUs. ❌
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Tbh I doubt it-he talked about documentary in billboard int and said it wasnt finished yet.and i checked how promo was handled for charlies documentaries for liam gallagher and it was big promo push,started like two months before.maybe they were testing something or those sites made a mistakes maybe it will be next year🤷♀️
finally the documentary discussion! I’ve put these two together as I’m not sure which anon asked again for my thoughts.
but yeah I think we’ve reached a point where a Dec 1st release isn’t super likely… cause that’s ten days away! that said I’m not really sure we can compare Louis’ documentary to Liam Gallagher’s As It Was in terms of timing and promo. the campaign for AIW was tied to the release of LG’s 2nd solo album. it premiered in the UK months before the album (film in june, album in september) and about a week after album’s first single dropped. we also don’t really have any idea how big this project is..
like one anon said, in the Billboard interview published 11/11 Louis said "it’s kinda not finished" but also that he’d "been watching different edits of it".. so difficult to tell how close to dine it is. (and the interview must have been done fairly recently, probably even just a few days before it was published, because it mentions the whole skinner bros thing which went down in 23/10)
all in all I don’t have too many concrete thoughts to a release date rn.. guess we’ll have to wait and see. but curious how those two sites had info on it over a months ago 👀
#btw is it confirmed that charlie lightening is the director?#I’d assume it was him but..#we haven’t seen much of him recently so maybe he’s been busy editing#anon asks#from 17.11.22#lt doc
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Damian’s Fic Masterlist: Shall We Date?: Obey Me!
back to masterlist masterpost
total fics: 15
first: March 2022
latest: March 2024
The Devildom’s Best Manicurist
Rating: G
Pairing: Gen (Asmo & MC)
Word Count: 100
Oneshot
Posted March 26th, 2022
MC gets a manicure, courtesy of the Avatar of Lust.
The Vast Minority
Rating: G
Pairing: Gen (MC & Satan)
Word Count: 710
Oneshot, part 3/3 of AAW22, written for Aggressively Arospec ‘22
Posted June 25th, 2022
Satan makes an off-handed comment about demons and romance novels, and you lose your entire mind.
2. Cornered
Rating: T
Pairing: Gen (Lucifer & Simeon)
Word Count: 797
Oneshot, part 2/7 of Whumptober: 2022 Edition
Posted October 2nd, 2022
Lucifer and Simeon's last encounter before the Fall.
Surprise
Rating: G
Pairing: Gen
Word Count: 200
Oneshot
Posted February 10, 2023
"I really appreciate you coming all the way here, Solomon, but..." Luke protectively hugged the bowl of batter closer. "I can handle the cake myself."
Aftereffects
Rating: M
Pairing: Gen
Word Count: 735
Oneshot
Posted February 21, 2023
Mammon goes to a party and has a horrible time. He doesn't do much better once he's back home.
A Pleasant Surprise
Rating: G
Pairing: Simeon/Solomon
Word Count: 555
Oneshot
Posted July 3rd, 2023
A surprise visitor shows up on Simeon's doorstep.
Let Me Sleep
Rating: G
Pairing: Simeon/Solomon
Word Count: 731
Oneshot
Posted August 11th, 2023
It was childish of Solomon to pretend to be asleep like this, but he was tired, making him more self-serving than usual. The last thing he needed right now was another lecture from Simeon about being more careful to not fall asleep at his desk. Truthfully, he didn’t even remember what he’d been working on, but it must have been something interesting, at least, to keep him out of bed for so long. He was just dedicated to his work, that’s all.
But right now, he just wanted to go back to sleep. So he continued to act like he already was.
Keeping Company
Rating: G
Pairing: Simeon/Solomon
Word Count: 3k
Oneshot
Posted August 20th, 2023
Solomon walked in, shutting the door behind him, and made his way towards the bed. He flicked on the light on the nightstand and set down the bowl of soup he’d brought with him. The creamy, honey-colored broth smelled wonderful, but he doubted Simeon could tell, given the state he was in.
He hadn’t caught anything life-threatening – the otherworldly equivalent of the flu, from what Solomon had gathered – but not something that anyone wanted to spread around. Luckily for all of the angels and demons, humans weren’t susceptible to it, and couldn’t be a carrier for it, either. Because of that, Solomon had been serving as Simeon’s caretaker since he fell ill.
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In which Simeon is sick and Solomon keeps him company.
1. An Ending
Rating: T
Pairing: Simeon/Solomon
Word Count: 759
Oneshot, part 1/8 of Whumpy October ‘23
Posted October 1st, 2023
Solomon lowers himself to his level, kneeling next to him. For a moment, his eyes drift down to the blood coating Simeon’s clothes before he snaps his gaze back up, locking his eyes on the trees past his head. He works his hand from around Simeon’s shoulders into his hair, tucking his head underneath his own.
If he doesn’t look at it, it isn’t real. He can pretend that Simeon isn’t struggling to hold his own weight, that his eyes aren’t dim and hazy, that he hadn’t left a thick trail of honeyed blood behind them.
for day 1 of whumptober: "swooning"
5. Phantom
Rating: T
Pairing: Gen (Belphegor & Mammon)
Word Count: 747
Oneshot, part 5/8 of Whumpy October ‘23
Posted October 5th, 2023
Belphie copes with the loss of his wings.
for day 5 of whumptober: "broken" (bonus prompt)
Snapdragons and Hyacinths
Rating: T
Pairing: Gen (Leviathan & Mammon, Lucifer & Mammon)
Word Count: 2.7k
Multi-chapter, 1/2
Posted October 21st, 2023
“Whoever it is, I’m sure they like you back.”
Mammon sighed. “It’s not like that, Levi.”
“What did I just say-”
“I mean it ain’t a romantic thing.”
“Oh. Huh.” He considered that for a moment. “Wait, you don’t mean it’s for one of us, do you?”
Mammon felt like throwing up.
“You do,” Levi said very, very quietly. “Mammon, we’re your brothers. Of course we love you.”
Messy First Drafts
Rating: G
Pairing: Simeon/Solomon
Word Count: 888
Oneshot
Posted December 4th, 2023
Simeon goes to check on Solomon (who's staying up late working [again]), and maybe he'll actually tell him about the feelings that have been swirling around in his heart...
An Epilogue
Rating: T
Pairing: Simeon/Solomon, Asmo/Solomon
Word Count: 731
Oneshot
Posted January 5th, 2024
“Shhh, it’s okay. I’m here.” Asmo’s voice carries a soft delicacy that has only ever been for Solomon’s ears, a gentle tone reserved for nights like this. He doesn’t ask what the dream could have been about to push him to his breaking point, because it isn’t difficult to guess, given recent events. That, and Solomon won’t tell him if he did. Talking about it makes it feel too real to possibly cope with.
Braid
Rating: G
Pairing: Asmo/Solomon
Word Count: 799
Oneshot
Posted February 22nd, 2024
“Solomon.”
“What?"
“Turn around,” Asmo said, twirling his finger. “I want to braid your hair.”
Of Songs and Ceremonies
Rating: T
Pairing: Simeon/Solomon, Asmo/Solomon
Word count: 2.8k
Oneshot
Posted March 13th, 2024
It wasn’t that Simeon didn’t want their partner around, but a certain weight in his pocket made him anxious to have some time alone with Asmo. But it would ruin the surprise if he asked for it outright, so he had to bide his time.
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The polycule talks about love, marriage, and embarrassing love poems.
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#it almost the end of this month. better finish part 1 episode 2 analysis
My Top Posts in 2022:
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Spy x Family analysis
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School announcement!!1!
Hey guys, so it turns out that the day I go back to school will be postponed to September. I really don't know why it is really that late, but that also means I still have abt a month left before going to school (again). Therefore, I will continue and finish quick the SxF analysis post ep1 part 2.3 (I'll try to put the final part (which is a lot) of the episode all in part 2.3) and maybe start doing episode 2 part 1 and 2.1 before September.
P.s: My school predict that first day to start school is 1st Sep, a day after my bday (bruh), and I also have a day-off on 2nd Sep because it is Vietnam's Independence Day! I think the reason school starts late because of a lot of students from grade 9 passing the entrance exam to my school. (did you know that this year, the average point for students to pass the exam to enter my school for the rest of their years studying high school is the second highest points in the city).
Btw, go watch this cute FNF video music cover, they use Loid, Yor and Anya as the characters.
Original from: Power Hour from FNF Twinsomnia
Characters: Loid as Boy, Yor as Girl, Anya as little BF
Very cuteee <3 go watch it Spy x Family fans
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FACTS OF SPY x FAMILY! (4)
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FACTS OF SPY x FAMILY! (1)
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My #1 post of 2022
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Thank you my dear spies very much, it means a lot to me. Though I have not made much accomplishments, I will try my best to write more posts more frequently than this year. Once again, thank you very much everyone, see you again in 2023 💖
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