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* TheChosenMany: If the Lion decides that more than one person is worthy of piloting it, then both are deemed as Paladins of Voltron.
** Both Steven and Connie can pilot the Blue Lion individually, but she's at her strongest when Stevonnie is the pilot.
** Keith is the pilot of the Red Lion, [[FantasticRacism much to Allura and Lance's distaste]].
** Both Katie and Peridot are worthy of piloting the Green Lion.



* ItIsDehumanizing: Keith prefers to address Red with female pronouns due to this.
** Because of her hatred towards Galra, Allura only refers to Keith as "the Galra" at this point.



** Happens ''again'' when their escaping the Galra. It looks like their going to get out, only for her to get captured and later experimented on by the Druids while Keith takes Shiro and Matt to Earth. [[{{TheWoobie}} Poor girl can't catch a break]].

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** Happens ''again'' when their escaping the Galra. It looks like their going to get out, only for her to get captured by Sendak and later experimented on by the Druids while Keith takes Shiro and Matt to Earth. [[{{TheWoobie}} Poor girl can't catch a break]].

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** Zig-zagged with Lapis. On the one hand, she is not fused with Jasper to become Malachite and live out a long term of mental torture at the bottom of the ocean. On the OTHER hand, she gets captured by the Galra twice, once to fight in gladiatorial combat and the other time to get experimented on by the druids, which is arguably much worse than Malachite.
** Steven and Connie are forced into situations where they ''have'' to kill people to stay alive and protect their friends. Something that ''never'' happened in the show no matter how [[CerberusSyndrome dark it got]].



* AllLovingHero: Steven wants to be this by reasoning with the Galra. The ones that have experienced their cruelty firsthand shoot that idea down pretty quickly.

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* AllLovingHero: Steven wants to be this by reasoning with the Galra. The ones that have experienced their cruelty firsthand shoot that idea down pretty quickly. This causes Stevonnie a lot of stress due to being forced into situations where murder is pretty much the only answer to the situation.



* AssholeVictim: After all Haxus did, no one will shed a tear after Keith kills him.
** Considering Lobos betrayed his own people to live a life of luxury while they fought to save him, he pretty much deserved getting riddled with lasers.



* ChildrenForcedToKill: Stevonnie is almost immediately forced into a life or death situation where they either kill the Galra soldiers shooting them or die in the void of space. The pressure and morality of the situation almost causes her to split back into Steven and Connie, but Garnet is able to help them through it. While they are willing to kill if they have no other option, they really aren't happy about these situations.
* ChildSoldier: Keith has been fighting against the Galra Empire basically his whole life. Thace tends to be concerned about this and how it affects him.
** Not really commented on so far, but Steven, Connie, and Katie are just fourteen year old kids entering a 10,000 year war where death is ''very'' likely.



*ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: How Keith kills Haxus, and he does so InTheBack too.



** Peridot is still redeemed.

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** Peridot is still redeemed.redeemed and no longer has her limb enhancers.



* MoralGuardians: InUniverse example. After Keith starts cursing, Pearl, Garnet, and Matt cover Steven, Connie, and Pidge's ears so that they don't hear it and chastise him for using such language.

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* KickTheSonOfABitch: Haxus telling Lobos he was no longer needed after their deal ended was cruel, but since Lobos sold out his people for his own benefit, it's well deserved.
* MoralGuardians: InUniverse example. After Keith starts cursing, Pearl, Garnet, and Matt cover Steven, Connie, and Pidge's ears so that they don't hear it and chastise him for using such language. Matt says that it's pretty much his job to protect his sister from such things.



** Happens ''again'' when their escaping the Galra. It looks like their going to get out, only for her to get captured and later experimented on by the Druids while Keith takes Shiro and Matt to Earth. [[{{TheWoobie}} Poor girl can't catch a break]].

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** Happens ''again'' when their escaping the Galra. It looks like their going to get out, only for her to get captured and later experimented on by the Druids while Keith takes Shiro and Matt to Earth. [[{{TheWoobie}} Poor girl can't catch a break]].break]].
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Haxus tells Lobos this when Keith tries to use him as a hostage. Unlike canon, he gets brutally killed.
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* MoralGuardians: InUniverse example. After Keith starts cursing, Pearl, Garnet, and Matt cover Steven, Connie, and Pidge's ears so that they don't hear it and chastise him for using such language.
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** Kieth is now fully Galran.
** Pumpkin is a species called a "veggitoid".

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** Kieth is now fully Galran.
Galran instead of being a half-breed.
** Pumpkin is a species called a "veggitoid"."veggitoid" instead of being a sentient pumpkin.



* YankTheDogsChain: After thousands of years trapped on Earth, it looks like Lapis is finally free! Then she gets captured by the Galra.

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* YankTheDogsChain: After thousands of years trapped on Earth, it looks like Lapis is finally free! Then she gets captured by the Galra.Galra...
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*** Played Straight toward the Galra, as the first thing Allura and Coran did upon seeing Keith was attack him. Allura only stopped because she's told that Keith is the Red Lion pilot. Both Allura and Lance are shown to dislike all Galra and only tolerate Kieth due to him being the chosen pilot for the Red Lion.

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*** Played Straight toward the Galra, as the first thing Allura and Coran did upon seeing Keith was attack him. Allura only stopped because she's told that Keith is the Red Lion pilot. Both Allura and Lance are shown to dislike all Galra and only tolerate Kieth Keith due to him being the chosen pilot for the Red Lion.



** Averted in Chapter 6. Kieth openly calls Lance a douchebag and says "hell" later, much to [[MoralGuardians everyone else's dismay]].

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** Averted in Chapter 6. Kieth Keith openly calls Lance a douchebag and says "hell" later, much to [[MoralGuardians everyone else's dismay]].



** Kieth is still born on Earth and is given an Earth name.

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** Kieth Keith is still born on Earth and is given an Earth name.
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* InSpiteAOfNail:

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* InSpiteAOfNail:InSpiteOfANail:
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** Pumpkin is a species called a "veggtoid".

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** Pumpkin is a species called a "veggtoid"."veggitoid".

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* InSpiteOfNail:

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* InSpiteOfNail:InSpiteAOfNail:


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** The Cluster is still stopped the same way.

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* AdaptationalSpeciesChange:
** Kieth is now fully Galran.
** Pumpkin is a species called a "veggtoid".
** Lance is Altean and Allura's cousin.



** Keith is more Galran in appearance and has been a member of the Blade of Marmora for almost his whole life.

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** Keith is more Galran in appearance and Keith, besides being 100% Galran, has been a member of the Blade of Marmora for almost his whole life.



** Lance is an Altean and Allura's cousin.
** Pumpkin is now a species called a "veggitoid" instead of being a sentient pumpkin.


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* InSpiteOfNail:
** Peridot is still redeemed.
** Pumpkin still becomes a pet, albeit under different circumstances.
** Steven is aware of Garnet being a fusion due to Peridot managing to "poof" her with a gem destabilizer.
** Kieth is still born on Earth and is given an Earth name.
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* AntiHero: Keith fits this like he did in canon. While he is fighting to free the galaxy from the Galra, he has no qualms about killing his enemies and is very pragmatic, willing to make sacrifices with a "needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few" mindset. After two years of knowing him, Matt seems to be used to it. This could arguably sum up the Blade of Marmora as a whole.

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* AntiHero: Keith fits this like he did in canon. While he is fighting to free the galaxy from the Galra, he has no qualms about killing his enemies and is very pragmatic, willing to make sacrifices with a "needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few" mindset. After two years of knowing him, Matt seems to be used to it. This could arguably sum up His more violent and pragmatic actions do tend to unnerve the Blade younger members of Marmora as a whole.the team.



** Averted in Chapter 6. Kieth openly calls Lance a douchebag and says "hell" later, much to everyone else's dismay.

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** Averted in Chapter 6. Kieth openly calls Lance a douchebag and says "hell" later, much to [[MoralGuardians everyone else's dismay.dismay]].

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* AntiHero: Keith fits this like he did in canon. While he is fighting to free the galaxy from the Galra, he has no qualms about killing his enemies and is very pragmatic, willing to make sacrifices with a "needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few" mindset. This could arguably sum up the Blade of Marmora as a whole.

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** Pumpkin is now a species called a "veggitoid" instead of being a sentient pumpkin.
* AntiHero: Keith fits this like he did in canon. While he is fighting to free the galaxy from the Galra, he has no qualms about killing his enemies and is very pragmatic, willing to make sacrifices with a "needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few" mindset. After two years of knowing him, Matt seems to be used to it. This could arguably sum up the Blade of Marmora as a whole.



** Averted in Chapter 6. Kieth openly calls Lance a douchebag and says hell later.

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** Averted in Chapter 6. Kieth openly calls Lance a douchebag and says hell later."hell" later, much to everyone else's dismay.
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* AdaptationDistillation: Certain plot lines are more condensed and solved earlier than in canon:
** The Olkari storyline is combined with the group's acquiring of the Green Lion. Only Lubos dies and the Holt siblings now have the location of their father, and they get Pumpkin.


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** The Olkari dislike the Galra in servitude to the Empire, but trust the Blade of Marmora.
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** Averted in Chapter 6. Kieth openly calls Lance a douchebag.

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** Averted in Chapter 6. Kieth openly calls Lance a douchebag.douchebag and says hell later.
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** Averted in Chapter 6. Kieth openly calls Lance a douchebag.
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*** Played Straight toward the Galra, as the first thing Allura and Coran did upon seeing Keith was attack him. Allura only stopped because she's told that Keith is the Red Lion pilot.

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*** Played Straight toward the Galra, as the first thing Allura and Coran did upon seeing Keith was attack him. Allura only stopped because she's told that Keith is the Red Lion pilot. Both Allura and Lance are shown to dislike all Galra and only tolerate Kieth due to him being the chosen pilot for the Red Lion.
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* GoshDarnItToHeck!: Alien terms seem to be in place of cursing like in the show. The most prominent being "Quiznak" which may likely be the f-bomb if [[https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Quiznak Urban Dictionary]] is anything to go by.

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* GoshDarnItToHeck!: GoshDarnItToHeck: Alien terms seem to be in place of cursing like in the show. The most prominent being "Quiznak" which may likely be the f-bomb if [[https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Quiznak Urban Dictionary]] is anything to go by.
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* CassanovaWannabe: Even being an Altean prince doesn't stop Lance from being this. He might have had better luck if he wasn't flirting with [[{{IncompatibleOrientation}} Pearl]].

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* CassanovaWannabe: CasanovaWannabe: Even being an Altean prince doesn't stop Lance from being this. He might have had better luck if he wasn't flirting with [[{{IncompatibleOrientation}} Pearl]].
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* AscendedExtra: Matt was absent for most of ''Legendary Defender'' due to being both captured and later becoming a resistance fighter. Here, he's one of the main characters.
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*** Played Straight toward the Galra, as the first thing Allura and Coran did upon seeing Keith was attack him. Allura only stopped because Keith is the Red Lion pilot.

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*** Played Straight toward the Galra, as the first thing Allura and Coran did upon seeing Keith was attack him. Allura only stopped because she's told that Keith is the Red Lion pilot.
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** Happens ''again'' when their escaping the Galra. It looks like their going to get out, only for her to get captured and later experimented on by the Druids while Keith takes Shiro and Matt to Earth. [[{{TheWoobie}} Poor kid can't catch a break]].

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** Happens ''again'' when their escaping the Galra. It looks like their going to get out, only for her to get captured and later experimented on by the Druids while Keith takes Shiro and Matt to Earth. [[{{TheWoobie}} Poor kid girl can't catch a break]].
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* AdaptationalBadass: Keith gets this treatment. While he was fairly badass in canon, he was ultimately just as inexperienced as the other paladins. Here, he's been a member of the [[{{TheResistance}} Blade of Marmora]] for almost all his life and is already the pilot of the Red Lion for well over two years, making him the most experienced paladin in the group thus far.

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* AdaptationalBadass: Keith gets this treatment. While he was fairly badass in canon, he was ultimately just as inexperienced as the other paladins. Here, he's been a member of the [[{{TheResistance}} Blade of Marmora]] for almost all his life and is already has been the pilot of the Red Lion for well over two years, making him the most experienced paladin in the group thus far.
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* GoshDarnItToHeck!: Alien terms seem to be in place of cursing like in the show. The most prominent being "Quiznak" which may likely be the f-bomb if [[https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Quiznak Urban Dictionary]] is anything to go by.
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* AllLovingHero: Steven wants to be this by reasoning with the Galra. The ones that have experienced their cruelty firsthand shoot that idea down pretty quickly.


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* DistractedByTheSexy: Both Amethyst and Peridot find Keith ''very'' attractive.
** Lance was taken back by Pearl's beauty and proceeds to flirt with her. She responds by dropping him on the floor.


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* PrecociousCrush: Connie has a bit of a crush on Shiro that goes in hand with HeroWorship.
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*** Played Straight toward the Galra, as the first thing Allura and Coran did upon seeing Keith was attack him. Allura only stopped because Keith is the Red Lion pilot.

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*** Played Straight toward the Galra, as the first thing Allura and Coran did upon seeing Keith was attack him. Allura only stopped because Keith is the Red Lion pilot.pilot.
* YankTheDogsChain: After thousands of years trapped on Earth, it looks like Lapis is finally free! Then she gets captured by the Galra.
** Happens ''again'' when their escaping the Galra. It looks like their going to get out, only for her to get captured and later experimented on by the Druids while Keith takes Shiro and Matt to Earth. [[{{TheWoobie}} Poor kid can't catch a break]].
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* AntiHero: Keith fits this like he did in canon. While he is fighting to free the galaxy from the Galra, he has no qualms about killing his enemies and is very pragmatic, willing to make sacrifices with a "needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few" mindset. This could arguably sum up the Blade of Marmora as a whole.

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* AntiHero: Keith fits this like he did in canon. While he is fighting to free the galaxy from the Galra, he has no qualms about killing his enemies and is very pragmatic, willing to make sacrifices with a "needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few" mindset. This could arguably sum up the Blade of Marmora as a whole.whole.
* CassanovaWannabe: Even being an Altean prince doesn't stop Lance from being this. He might have had better luck if he wasn't flirting with [[{{IncompatibleOrientation}} Pearl]].
* FantasticRacism: The Galra see the gems less as sentient beings and more as sources for unlimited quintessence that just happen to be capable of walking and talking.
** Keith has a bit of this toward gems, as their race is that of "Worldkillers" like the Galra.
** Subverted with Allura and Lance toward the Crystal Gems, as they see them as friends after they wake up from cryosleep.
***Played Straight toward the Galra, as the first thing Allura and Coran did upon seeing Keith was attack him. Allura only stopped because Keith is the Red Lion pilot.
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** Lance is an Altean and Allura's cousin.

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** Lance is an Altean and Allura's cousin.cousin.
* AntiHero: Keith fits this like he did in canon. While he is fighting to free the galaxy from the Galra, he has no qualms about killing his enemies and is very pragmatic, willing to make sacrifices with a "needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few" mindset. This could arguably sum up the Blade of Marmora as a whole.
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[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12946100/1/Defenders-of-the-Universe Defenders of the Universe]] is an AlternateUniverse crossover fanfic between WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse and WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/7753992/Halo20601-AKA-MasterCheifMan Halo20601 AKA MasterCheifMan]].

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[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12946100/1/Defenders-of-the-Universe Defenders of the Universe]] is an AlternateUniverse crossover fanfic between WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse and WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/7753992/Halo20601-AKA-MasterCheifMan Halo20601 AKA MasterCheifMan]].MasterCheifMan]].

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!!Tropes Describing Defenders of the Universe:
* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: Inverted with Matt, as he escapes to Earth with Shiro in this reality rather than stay captured and join a resistance like he did in canon.
* AdaptationalBadass: Keith gets this treatment. While he was fairly badass in canon, he was ultimately just as inexperienced as the other paladins. Here, he's been a member of the [[{{TheResistance}} Blade of Marmora]] for almost all his life and is already the pilot of the Red Lion for well over two years, making him the most experienced paladin in the group thus far.
* AlternateUniverse: There are many differences for both shows in this fanfic:
** Jasper didn't go to Earth with Peridot and is still on Homeworld.
** Keith is more Galran in appearance and has been a member of the Blade of Marmora for almost his whole life.
** The Holt family lives in Empire City.
** Since Pidge never joined the Garrison, she didn't cut her hair to disguise herself. As a result she looks like she did before Matt left Earth.
** Thace is Keith's father in this continuity.
** Lance is an Altean and Allura's cousin.

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Two years later, Steven Universe returns to Beach City after saving the Earth from the Cluster.

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Two years later, Steven Universe returns to Beach City after saving the Earth from the Cluster. However, a series of events spurs him, Connie, the Crystal Gems, and their new friend Katie "Pidge" Holt on an adventure that takes them beyond the confines of not just Earth, but their very galaxy as well. Through this, they learn that the Diamond Authority aren't the only threat to the universe.

[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12946100/1/Defenders-of-the-Universe Defenders of the Universe]] is an AlternateUniverse crossover fanfic between WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse and WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/7753992/Halo20601-AKA-MasterCheifMan Halo20601 AKA MasterCheifMan]].

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After thousands of years, Lapis Lazuli is finally free!

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After thousands of years, Lapis Lazuli is finally free!free! As she makes it to the edge of the Solar System, she takes note of some humanoid figures on Kerberos, Pluto's moon. Unfortunately, this moment of distraction results in her being captured along with the three humans by a faction of conquerors known throughout the universe as the Galra. Once again, freedom is taken from her.

Two years later, Steven Universe returns to Beach City after saving the Earth from the Cluster.
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After thousands of years, Lapis Lazuli is finally free!

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