Voltron characters as algebraic expressions/distributions:
PIDGE: the binomial distribution
Binomial distributions display probabilities for a set number of binary trials (only two choices) within an experiment. I feel like this represents her because of her experimental nature as well as the two choices she was faced with in s1: saving the universe or leaving to save matt and her dad.
LANCE: sine function
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE WAVES!! Bro is smooth and bro swings both ways. Also, a sine wave is a periodic function, meaning it repeats the same pattern again and again. This can represent how while Lance is moving forward, he feels like is isn't growing or isn't more, but is rather stuck, bouncing between highs and lows.
KEITH: cosecant function
cosecant functions are the reciprocals of sin function (csc=1/sin), so this shows how Keith "reflects" or mirrors Lance. Additionally, the periods of csc functions start at positive or negative infinity and then stray towards the origin, but never quite reach it. This represents how Keith is so far away, and how everytime he comes back he leaves again, and how "home" always feels out of reach for him (csc function approaches horizontal asymptote but never truly gets there)
ALLURA: exponential function
The exponential function starts at an infintessimally small value that is nearly zero, and then rises drastically. The "flatter" values of the graph represent her comatose, and the sudden increase of values reflect her increased power, fight, and drive. It continues to increase forever, which I think can represent her death in canon. She transcends a barrier that the others cannot reach.
CORAN: uniform distribution
MY BOY Coran is the most unwavering support ever. The key aspect of a uniform distribution is that it is always the same value wherever it exists. It doesn't change or shift, just like how Coran has always, ALWAYS been able to constantly be there for the team and the universe.
HUNK: step function
While canon does him dirty, Hunk rises in both confidence and skill throughout the show. He's very methodic and is also a backbone to the team, which is why I gave him a function that's broken so evenly and is still rising. He is the type of character who climbs up. Also, I first used step functions in an engineering class!
SHIRO: hyperbolic function
OMG YALL ALR KNOW!! Not all hyperbolic functions map this way fyi, but THESE particular ones are sooooo Shiro. There is two parts of the graph, one positive and one negative. They never touch but they mirror each other identically and they're mapped by the same function. This represents Kuron and Shiro. They're both made from the same DNA, appear identical, but they have different minds and goals (the same way both parts of this function approach different values as x approaches infinity!)
katsuki haters are the enemies of nuance and whimsy
damn this game just keeps getting more complex
OOB dungeons are super interesting! i used this tutorial to get here (shoutout this creator, he's my goat most of my glitches are from him):
i'm working on another area a little further down, i really wanna get there it looks pretty
also, DON'T TRY OOBING WITH SITTING GLITCH. i did! but it was such a headache, i don't recommend it at all
^ finally this genuine glitch happened to me, which i found kind of funny- i logged out normally and i came back to this
I mostly run in marauders-centric circles where Snape is largely ignored or treated like an incel, and eventually it gets boring. Boring! The worst sin in fandom! He's an interesting guy and there are SO many amazing fics featuring him.
(That said, I do think that Snape, James, and Sirius would all be thrilled that their beef has continued onto the internet in 2025 and that thought delights me even as the discourse grows tedious.)
These are just a few I've enjoyed in the past couple months as someone who doesn't generally read a lot of Snape-centric fics and who has zero tolerance for Lily bashing. (Sorry this basically became a @saintsenara rec list because I've been binging)
i hope this comes back to haunt you by humanveil (29k, M)
Severus Snape, from first curse to first kill. Or: The making of a Death Eater.
The first Snape-centric fic I read in years, and it's such a good starting point for my fellow Snurious Sneptics. Snape's voice shines through -- resentful, angry, hungry, curious, brilliant -- and his relationships with so many other characters (Lily, Narcissa, his parents) are just brilliantly portrayed.
Scylla and Charybdis by Asenora (64k WIP, E, Severus/Voldemort)
Severus Snape is looking for somewhere - anywhere - to belong. He makes the wrong choice.
The political worldbuilding! The politics! The humanity! The snarky, darkly hilarious Snape voice! This is a fic where the first war really feels like a war with complex politics -- while also completely avoiding that boring trope of 'what if the DEs were right actually??' Everyone is a human, politics is about material reality, and Voldemort is awful. Snape's desire to belong is so physically palpable as you read that it's almost painful.
The War of the Roses by Asenora (51k WIP, E, Sirius/Severus)
Sirius Black does not die. But this does not mean that it is easy for him to live. Or: a butterfly flaps its wings and Sirius does not go to the Department of Mysteries. What follows from that twist of fate is a story about the long, destructive shadow of a schoolboy rivalry; a story about surviving, and how surviving is sometimes more difficult than dying; a story about the fragility of beauty, the gentleness of hope, and the value of choice. It is also a love story.
The fic that made me start binging all of Asenora's work. It's Sirius POV so perhaps a good place to start for my fellow Sirius-obsessives, and the way his experience in Azkaban both haunts him and has deep, real physical ramifications is so painful and compelling to read. Plus because he lives he gets to have a more complex relationship with Harry! Snape has very nice hands and Sirius's fantasies about him are definitely not sexual at all nope nope nope.
Two Boys Kissing by Writcraft (7k, M, Sirius/Severus)
Sirius goes to a gay bar and meets the last person he expects. Under cloudy skies, two boys kiss and that one moment comes to define generations of want, need and hope.
Bittersweet and darling.
A Yultide Tradition by kelly_chambliss (300 words, G, Severus & Minerva)
On Christmas night, Severus Snape relies on tradition.
A mournful bite of a triple drabble.
Plus: bonuses all the way from 2006 Livejournal!
Five Fragments of an Obsidian Heart (Severus/Regulus) & the entire 7Spells series
Reading these fics as a teenager genuinely saved me I think. Very dark and includes a lot of Blackcest and sexual violence and written pre-DH as a heads up. I remember being so invested in this particular version of Snape, and then DH came out and promptly lost all interest in him when his backstory wasn't as interesting as the ones I read on LJ. There's a real old school feel which I can't quite put my finger on, but I definitely recommend them if you like dark and if you like fandom history.
it hurts when you're still what's considered a child, but you've stopped wanting, stopped dreaming . . . because it's all too much . . . too much of what you can't, and will never have.
i am utterly disappointed in who i have become. i wanted to be someone better, someone important, someone beautiful. but instead i waste space, i waste time and i burden the people i love. this isnt the future i had in mind for myself and i know its too late. i’ll never get that future i dreamed of as a child.
powering thru a filler chapter rn (for inspiral), so here are some small funny bits released from fic-jail bc they made me laugh as i wrote
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ideal ship dynamic: autism x the most severe psychological issues you've ever seen on a person
[James and Regulus making out]
Sirius, walking in: Hey Prongs— Wh—
Sirius, yelling: Get your hands off my brother you fuck!
James: [raises hands]
Sirius: Now, what the the actual hell is—
Regulus: [also raises hands]
Sirius: Why the fuck are YOUR hands up, Reg
Regulus: I—
Regulus: I didn’t know which brother you meant
ever watch a funny tv show that makes you laugh™ exactly twice and you think: i'm cured!!!
but the second you stop watching it's back to being sad
i am so unbearably sad all the time
verisimilous on ao3 ➳ they call me the CDC the way i run the Collaborative Delulu Center
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