First Meeting
an Altean!Lance AU where Lance is basically superman and escapes the destruction of altea in a pod, only to come crashing down on earth
following humorous takes on altean!lance, I present you, a lance that has rolled 20 on intuiton
like, the white lion gave allura knowledge, but it gave lance feeling
(because that's what I need, lance said, eye twitching. more feelings)
basically, lance's intuition is cranked up to a 12. this leads to stuff like allura and lotor doing altean alchemy, and running through their findings with lance, who's like, I'm meh on it.
(which part? lotor asks
lance, shrugging: don't know, it's just meh
allura, eye also twitching: thank you for your insight lance. we'll just run over. each. variable. with you
lance: cool
overall, this process is as frustrating as it is helpful)
basically, this also ends up with lance awkwardly third wheeling lotor and allura on their alchemy work, but he doesn't care. it's revolutionary and all, but like. boring in practice. kinda feels like hanging around pidge and hunk when they're science-ing. except, occasionally he gets asked, very seriously do you vibe with this
also
bonus!white lion gift, increased sensitivity to quintessence fuckery. like, lance's altean marks start glowing whenever something weird goes on.
on missions:
(over comms, shiro: what's the situation on your end?? any druids
pidge: idk, hunk is lance blinking
hunk, peering at lance: kinda
lance, nonplussed: i'm like at a 3)
Altean! Lance and Human! Allura
So like….. does anyone have any fanfics with altean! Lance and human! Allura?
been thinkin about him….
More nerds because i am rapidly falling into voltron hell. I am SO HERE for altean lance and hunk///
I’m just a boy from Cuba
If this is ever disproved in canon I wont even care. The Voltron writers will have to pry Altean Lance out of my cold dead hands. This boy was born for the stars.
Does Lance McClain is Altean?
some altean Lance thingss (next part with more galra Keith :^)
“Your ears….. they’re so cute!”
Allurance week day 1 is AU so i did a role swap
Oh my god. THIS IS SO PRETTY!
I had to redraw this scene (Voltron Lilo and Stitch AU)
The last time I tried to upload this, tumblr ate half of it :(
Headcanon: Coran initially doesn’t get along with young prince Lance; eventually they become super close; as time passes, they realise how similar they are. Coran tries to teach inquisitive Lance about Earth, but not all his information is accurate (Altean magical books are a little sketchy)
As a sidenote: please check out this awesome Lance-centric zine, Starboy
some altean lances from my twitter
Altean Lance fic recs
You-Probably-Haven’t-Read-This-Yet category
Grey by @skiewrites
Summary:
Grey is a secondary quintessence, made of Black and White quintessences. It represents the movement and manipulation of quintessence from one host to either another host or outside the host in an unnatural form. The most common use for Grey quintessence is during attacks in the form of lightning bolts. The physical representation of Grey quintessence is storms and its opposite is the secondary quintessence Brown.
Lance learns a lot from his family during his childhood, ranging from him being an alien and about the species that destroyed his home planet 10,000 years ago, to the legends of Voltron and the quintessence they use to protect the lion they're currently hiding with.
It's a shame he never really said goodbye.
(A childhood of discovery, but an eternity of war.)
Words: 4k (Grey itself, complete), 15k (current word count of the series, still a WIP).
My comment: This is part of a series which is absolutely amazing. There are a lot of OC’s involved (Lance’s family), but all of them are extremely well written and make the story very interesting.
Summary:
Lance woke up on Earth five years ago, when a three-year-old got lost and accidentally deactivated his cryopod. He adapted.
Now, he's standing in a place he used to call home, and it feels like ghosts are everywhere.
Words: 975 (complete)
My comment: I got so choked up over this one! Allura and Lance sibling feels!
Summary:
Promise. Just like Keith had promised the instability in the Galra Empire wouldn’t affect their relations with Altea and the other planets in the Federation. The word tastes sour in his mouth, echoes coldly in his ears; a direct contrast to the warmth Lance normally emits.
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Or: Keith isn't leaving without Lance.
Words: 3k (complete)
My comment: An original concept! We’ve got prince!Lance, Galra!Keith and Lance in prison- which just means Keith will have to get him out.
Flirting With Danger by @christmas-queen-gr (GemmaRose)
Summary:
Lanse is many things. Or, he was, before the war left him without a home or family or mentor. Now he’s just a Paladin, one without a team or crown to be loyal to. But as long as he has Blue, the two of them won’t rest in their search for new Paladins to reform Voltron. Being captured by the galra is just a temporary setback.
Or: In which Lanse struggles to live up to his predecessor’s legacy, Blue is as stubborn as she is supportive, and Keith has no idea how far in over his head he’s gotten until it's way too late.
With art by aru-paru.
Words: 38k (complete)
My comment: A delightful, very original AU! I loved it! Especially the quintessense parts!
Summary:
This is a tale about a captive Altean prince and a prisoner Blade forced to become a gladiator to fight to the death for entertainment. And when they fell in love, they realized that they must escape or lose each other forever.
But the price of freedom is always blood.
Words: 4k (complete)
My comment: I saw the tag ‘’I’m a slut for royal galran Klance AUs’’, went: ‘’Same,’’ and clicked on it knowing I would love it. I did.
Longing Nights for a Long Gone Home by @winterrrenee (TeddyAndGriffin)
Summary:
Lance lets his skin shift as he lies back on the thin cot in the dark dorm.
Words: 346 (complete)
My comment: It’s short, but melancholy. It fits the title to the T! Also, next to the fact that it incorporates some interesting story elements, it also takes place while still at the Garrison, which somehow lets it get deeper under your skin.
Forging New Bonds by @nightmares-of-purity (NightPurity)
Summary:
Despite everything, battles he fought, alliances that were set, he hadn’t thought anything would change. He had never thought everything he knew and loved would be ripped out from under him.
Once beautiful gardens full of vibrant life, now crushed and charred, lilac stained everywhere and remains of the current battle shattering the once beautiful image of Altea.
He was Allar, the second child to King Alfor, he was prince of Altea, blue paladin of Voltron.
And now, he was no longer Allar, but Lance.
Everything he lost, and everything that was taken from him by the one he trusted the most. Everything he thought was gone, and now, he was being thrust back into war, against the final thread of a bond he still had left from his past.
Back into fighting Zarkon’s hold on him, and trusting his new black paladin, hiding everything he is and was.
Allar failed the first time, but Lance would not.
Words: 8k (complete)
My comment: Unlike the majority of the recs here, this is not Klance or gen, but Shance. There’s a heavy focus on learning to trust again after Zarkon’s betrayal and I was SO in for that!
The Fluff category
Catching light by @bluethisisforyou (staysharp)
Summary:
“Don’t you have healers or something to do this kind of work?”
“Yes,” Lance focused on opening the bag. “We do.”
“So then why-” Keith shut up as Lance looked back at him.
“Because in order for this to be beneficial for the both of us, there has to be trust.”
Words: 6k (complete)
My comment: Prince!Lance and Blade of Marmora!Keith AU. Keith crashes onto Allura’s territory, and despite being Galra, her brother Lance convinces her not to kill him. It felt very dreamlike to me, and I loved it!
Lance has a Type™ by @legendary-gaurdian-of-fun (boredomsMuse)
Summary:
Lance and Keith get captured and some things are revealed.
Words: 1k (complete)
My comment: This is actually humor, not fluff. I laughed SO hard, though. There is Keith. And Lotor. It’s a situation that really shouldn’t be this funny, but Keith needs to sort out his priorities. XD That ending!
The You’ve-Probably-Already-Read-This category
Summary:
Altean!Lance AU.
The only one who remembers the fall of Altea, Lance struggles to find a place in a band of misfits he will never fully trust. Secrets aren't the only thing on the rise; on the other side of the battlefield is Zarkon, someone Lance once saw as a brother and now his greatest enemy. But Voltron has always protected the universe, and the Blue Paladin won't stop now.
Chapter twenty-nine — Finale—the team faces Zarkon himself on the battlefield as they race to save Allura.
Complete.
Words: 100k (complete)
My comment: A truly amazing read!
Summary:
Ten thousand years ago the Blue Paladin was Altean, and the Red Paladin was Galra. Ten thousand years ago, in peacetime, the Red and Blue Paladins fell in love. Ten thousand years ago, war broke out, and love that was once encouraged became heresy. Ten thousand years ago, the Red and Blue paladins made a promise they couldn’t keep.
At least, they couldn’t keep it ten thousand years ago.
Words: 64k (complete)
My comment: Reincarnation AUs. I love them. Part of a series, so don’t forget to check out the one-shot sequels!
You’re not falling - You’re just flying down (Till air will leave your lungs then you hit the ground) by @maegalkarven
Summary:
In which Lance sees strange dreams about people and places he has never seen, Shiro is missing and travelling through universes isn't as enjoyable as sci fi made it look.
Something alike to reincarnation AU where Lance was an altean prince once and now past tentatively reminds him of itself.
Words: 70k (complete)
My comment: The definition of a page-turner. Also, Lance comes to terms with having two families and I cried.
I’m putting together an Altean!Lance fic rec post
Current categories:
Nameless Category (most fics)
Fluff (currently 1 fic)
You’ve-Probably-Already-Read-This (a few fics)
EDIT: It’s up! You can find it here