* ReverseMole: Despite pledging allegiance to Zarkon's army, Shiro does what he can to undermine the Galran war machine with Keith's help.

* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Keith and Lance in the first half of ''Someplace Like Home'', before they evolve into VitriolicBestBuds [[spoiler: and then an OfficalCouple]].

* BadassGay: Nyma, Shiro, and Matt.

** Nyma and Val watch Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast in ''Shadows of Stars'' Chapter 8.

* BiTheWay: Allura, Val, and Lance.

Voltron: Duality is a AlternateUniverseFic of ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender''. The series page can be found [[http://archiveofourown.org/series/572659 here]] on Archive of Our Own.

* [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/18701059/chapters/44352637 Beyond the Breaking]]: The fourth "season", at four chapters and ongoing as of May 30th, 2019.

** Meri, the previous blue Paladin, was 140 when Altean fell. [[spoiler: And now she's 5 years older than Allura after the time she's spent on Earth, becoming part of Lance's family and infiltrating the Garrison]].

* HumanPopsicle: [[Spoiler: Meri takes a cyropod from Altea as she leaves, stores it in the Blue Lion's cockpit, and puts herself in it after she lands on Earth. She reamins in cyrosleep for the vast majority of 10,000 years, only waking up for good 12-13 years before canon when Blue finds her new Paladin.]]

** Rolo, Thace, and Pidge and Matt's mother also feature as important characters.

** While the Paladins' ages are never addressed in the actual show, here, the fact that Shiro and Matt are the only adult humans in the group [[spoiler: until Val becomes a Paladin at least]], is a source of tension with everyone's families back on Earth in ''Shadows of Stars''.
** Pidge is the biggest example of this trope among all the human paladins, because while Lance and Hunk both turn 18 over the course of the first three seasons, Pidge is still 14 in "Shadows of Stars". Karen Holt is <i>not</i> pleased with them being a solider.

* AscendedExtra: Nyma, Shay, and Ryner end up joining the team full time. Rolo and Thace also feature as important characters as well.
** Allura's mother is also featured as the previous Blue Paladin.

** Lance's mother Rosario

* [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/14812556/chapters/34274636 Schrodinger's Happy Endings]]: A series of post-war fics set in a happy time after the war that are and aren't Duality Canon. Ongoing as of May 30th, 2019.

* AscendedExtra: Nyma, Shay, and Ryner end up joining the team full time. Rolo and Thace also feature as an important characters as well.

** Pidge is the biggest example of this trope amoung all the human paladins, because while Lance and Hunk both turn 18 over the course of the first three seasons, Pidge is still 14 in "Shadows of Stars". Karen Holt is <i> not </i> pleased with them being a solider.

* [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/12231306 Shadows of Stars]]: The third "season", focusing on the aftermath of the Paladin's return to Earth, the Paladin's families becoming more invovled in the war, and the team splitting up to accompish separate goals.

* [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/15627765/chapters/36286416 Akira Shirogane and the Accidental Interdimensional Road Trip]] Akira accidently becomes a DimesionalTraveler, but not in a fun way.
* [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/15698712/chapters/36483450, Bad Things Happen]]: Another series of one-shot [[HurtComfortFic Hurt/Comfort Fics]], but these contain more angst. Ongoing as of May 30th, 2019.

* [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/9640166 Twenty-five Days]]: A one-shot focusing on Val's mother's tense working relationship with Karen Holt.

* [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/12231306 Shadows of Stars]]: The third "season". Ongoing and 30 chapters in as of August 3rd, 2018.

** Keith in particular, as he tells Lance the children of Galra officers like himself and Zuza start training at the age of 8.
** There's also Jeya, a rebel fighter whose parents died when she was ayounger, leaving her in the rebellion alone.

* NamedByTheAdaptation: Several of the Paladins' family members who were unnamed as of Season 1 were given named in the Duality universe.
** Lance's mother Rosario

-->'''Naomi:'''"Get your [[HumanDisguise Quiznaking]] hands off of her!" [[note]] Naomi's use of an alien curse word is quickly followed by the reveal that Akira's enigmatic ally was secretly an Altean in hiding on Earth. [[/note]]