OK, like this moment, that is often used as proof Shiro is a better leader than Keith,
where Shiro is all acting like some wise authority figure trying to teach Keith some lesson about teamwork and leadership.
And it’s just super funny to me.. (specially after season 2)
Cuz like…
Once again, Keith is actually right. He maybe doesn’t know how to express himself in a calmer nicer manner. But he is 100% right in what he’s saying.
And Shiro is making a horrible terrible leadership decision (again).
Because Shiro should have stopped Pidge, not Keith.He should have tried to calm her down, not Keith.
Cuz wtf are they gonna do without a pilot for the green lion???
Like yeah ok, Keith is acting harsh and impulsive, but Pidge is acting even more impulsive and irresponsible and selfish and also kinda stupid. She IS putting the entire team and the universe in danger. And Shiro is there just letting her do that being all “Well, if you dun wanna be here, we can’t force you, guess the universe will just have to be fucking destroyed, I just hope they kept my seat in Galra prison warm for me”.
And yeah obviously Pidge is not someone who can be forced to do anything, that’s why Keith’s way would have never worked, but isn’t Shiro supposed to know how to deal with rebellious teens who listen to no one? What happened to “patience yields focus”? Does it only work on Keith?? Why couldn’t he calm Pidge down?
Like No Shiro,what you’re doing is not how a team works!
He should have talked to her aside and said “You cant leave, we need you, I understand what you’re going through, but lets do this together, lets look for your family together. Your mother is still on earth, think about protecting her too. Matt and your dad are my friends also and I want to find them just as much as you do (which is a lie btw, cuz he seriously never seems to be too invested in looking for his former teammates for some reason??) We all want you to find your family aswell, but we all have to work together, for the sake of all our families. Patience yields focus yada yada”
I think Pidge would listen to logic..(if it’s like not said in the way Keith was saying it)
And the funniest thing is that not only does Shiro puts Voltron and the universe in danger by just letting Pidge go.
But he is also sending Pidge, on her own, with no lion, with no weapon, to go and get her family from some prison Galra ship out there in space somewhere. LIKE ??????SHIRO WTF MAN???
And you call him Space Dad..
As if any self respecting father would ever say anything other than “over my dead body” to something like this.
Like, “Shhh Keith, let her do this, this is gonna be interesting”
(And you can say maybe he was doing that thing where parents tell kids like “yeah go ahead run away from home” when they throw a tantrum, cuz they know the kid won’t actually do that. But thing is, I dun think this is like a reverse psychology thing where Pidge would understand what she’s doing is stupid once she’s sitting in the pod and decides to stay, I feel like she was really leaving to get her family.
And you know, maybe she was a bit upset the rest just let her go by herself to do that, because seriously it’s not like they were doing anything super important there…. They were having a party and watching an Arusian play!! Maybe that’s exactly why Pidge decided to leave, because she felt like no one really cared..)
Also, Pidge is like starting a mutiny there, there are some stuff you can’t let even one person do even if it’s kinda ok, because then it would start this thing of “oh if they can do it why cant i” and then you’ll have a problem.
Shiro should have shut that BS down on the spot. (In a nicer way than Keith tried to, BUT ATLEAST KEITH TRIED)
And obviously not Keith or Shiro are dealing very good with this situation, but by all means Shiro should have sided with Keith on this one, and just explained him in a softer manner.
Again, for me, leader point goes to Keith in this case, not Shiro.
Who’s all like “Yeah sure Pidge go on go get ur brother and dad from a guarded Galra prison by yourself we just gonna wait around and hope Zarkon doesn’t attack us because we can’t form Voltron, no problem.”
Sendak fucking saved them!
And you know what else is funny? When Keith tries to do the exact same shit in season two, Shiro is immediately “YOU GO BACK HERE RIGHT NOW YOU’RE PUTTING US ALL IN DANGER”
And yeah Allura left too, but he never really gives Allura shit about it after that…
BUT HE IS GIVING KEITH SHIT ABOUT THAT IN THE LION ON THE WAY TO BOM!!!
“I need you to get focused. When you and Allura ran off, it put us all in jeopardy. If you’re going to be a leader, you’ve got to get your head on straight.”
I dunno if I was Keith I’d be like “EXCUSE ME?! umm didn’t you like let Pidge totally LEAVE the team that one time?? And then got mad at me for trying to stop her?? What happened to “if you don’t wanna be here I can’t force you”? It’s kinda hard to get focused when I have no idea what the hell you want from me, Shiro..”
And then Shiro would just break down in tears and be all “YOU’RE RIGHT. I have no fucking idea what I’m doing please help me, Keith. I dun want to lead Voltron anymore!!! I never wanted this!!! I just want to leave myself, but you all keep looking at me with those admiring eyes and I caaaaaaant, just please never leave me again, who will keep cleaning up my mess after me if you leave???”
“Sure, Pidge sweety, go do what you want, we will never force you to be part of the team and do something you don’t want to do, even though your presence is crucial to our survival and the safety of everyone in the universe. Keith there is just being a dick who doesn’t know how a team works, just ignore him. Off you go!”
“How DARE you leave the team like that? You’re only thinking of yourself, Keith! We are so disappointed in you!”
Like why Allura and Pidge never get shit for doing the exact same thing? What is this?
when you cant get mad because a fic was properly tagged and everything, but just scrolling past it on ao3 and seeing the tags and summary makes you feel sick
Just FYI to Patreon content creators, if you wanna avoid Patreon charging your patrons extra for content (and make it more affordable for them to stay) with the sites new pricing policies, here’s a percentage crib sheet
(Btw $1 pledge is the lowest Patreon will allow, so $1 patrons will get charged $1.37 minimum per month now…) Use this info to edit your pledge tiers and alert all your patrons to manage their pledge to the lowered amount so they’re charged the same as before :) And creators, Patreon’s new flat 95% payout on pledges will help offset lowered pledge amounts :) Hope this helps!
The TAZ fandom: But Merle should hate Kravitz for causing him to lose an arm
Merle: Hah, I like that guy
Merle, having just learned he was forced to forget 100+ years of his life by someone he considered a friend: WHOA hey guys, don’t overreact, anyway can I hug Lucretia or would that be weird
Merle “incapable of holding a grudge” Highchurch, greeting the personification of nihilism who is hell-bent on destroying all of reality and who has personally killed him 50+ times: Oh hey buddy watcha up to
Merle taking to an innocent 10 year old boy detective:
Patreon changed their pledge model to pass extra fees along to patrons, murdering the $1 pledge, the backbone of many Patreons.
This is going to hurt a lot of creators with small audiences.
Merry fucking Christmas! :)
so to elaborate on this, they’re adding a 35 cent charge + a 2.9% fee to every individual pledge. (this means creators that charge per-post will get screwed even worse because for every single post, their patrons will be charged that extra fee.) the justification for this is that by passing processing/service fees to the customer they are “helping” the creator take home “more money.”
the new reality is that instead of being able to present nice flat fees to my potential patrons, i now have to advertise this obtuse bullshit, which is a much harder sell.
this also means a lot of people supporting many creators are going to get hit hard and are going to have to cut down their pledges.
it is FUCKING BULLSHIT, it is going to do real harm to lots of people, and if you support anyone on patreon you need to yell at them RIGHT NOW and tell them not to do this. if you look at what actual creators are saying, the vast majority of us would rather eat the fees and keep our patrons. but so far they have been really fucking dismissive.
we need loud backlash RIGHT NOW, before they can make the excuse that it’s too late to change back.
Is this what is being discussed?
From an email I received today (From Patreon):
Dear creator,
In order to continue our mission of funding the creative class, we’re always looking for ways to do what’s best for you - creators.
With that, we’re writing to tell you of a change we’re making so that all Patreon creators take home exactly 95% of every pledge, with no additional fees.
Aside from Patreon’s existing 5% fee, you may notice that your income on Patreon varies because of processing fees every month. Your patrons may not even be aware that you actually take home a lower percentage of their intended pledges because of it. Our goal is to make your paycheck as predictable as possible, so we’re restructuring how these fees are paid.
A new service fee of 2.9% + $0.35 will be paid by patrons for each individual pledge starting on December 18th. This streamlines fees for both creators and patrons to ensure that you pay no more than 5%.
Here’s what you can expect:
On December 18th, we’ll apply the fee for patrons and notify them of this change.
We’re also sending an email to all patronstomorrow, December 7th, to share the information about this upcoming change.
We ran experiments to understand patrons’ potential reactions and we found that many patrons were happy knowing that this change will send more money to creators.
If you’d like to chat about this change with your patrons, we’ve provided verbiage in our FAQ here.
We want you to know that we approach every change with a creator-first mindset, aiming to help you grow your business and grow with your patrons. By standardizing Patreon’s fees, we’re ensuring that creators like you can get paid to continue creating high quality content.
Your patrons will have an email in their inbox with all of this information tomorrow. In the meantime, if you want to learn more or have any questions for us, please don’t hesitate to reach out here or visit our FAQ.
See you on the internet, The Patreon team
Yes, that’s what’s being discussed, and what all those fancy words and ridiculous bar graphs are disguising is just a way for Patreon to bring in more money, without actually helping anyone except maybe people with thousands of patrons.
Here’s how fucked up this is: if you were giving $1 to 10 creators, that used to cost you $10. It will now cost you $13.79. If you give $10 to 1 creator, it costs you $10.64. This will encourage people to eliminate their smaller pledges and consolidate into larger ones. People who can only afford to give a few dollars are likely to drop their pledges altogether. Creators I follow are already seeing pledges drop off. :(
And of course they spring this on us with very little warning, no real opportunity to provide feedback, and they tell creators one day ahead of patrons in the expectation that we peddle this garbage to them as some sort of benefit.
