Part five of Dirty Laundry is a bit shorter so we decided to cover it all in one go; however it does contain two particularly noteworthy scenes, including the (allegedly) the most controversial scene in the fanfic, which we’ve got way too much to say about. Many others over the years have also had a lot to say about this part of the story, which means it’s time to revisit the Fanlore article in our closing segment!

Content warnings: this chapter we’re focusing pretty heavily on the ableist treatment of this story’s token autistic character, and we also go over the (in our opinion, justified) accusations of racism and ableism directed at the author in the closing segment.

Part two of part four of Dirty Laundry. Abuela is coming (haha, sooo funny!) but she’s not the only new character getting introduced this episode, and it’s honestly difficult to say which character introduction we’re angrier about! This is a particularly long and rowdy episode, so strap in; we have a Lot to say about this part of the story. To close out the episode, we checked in with the Voltron fandom on Tumblr to see what people have been saying about Dirty Laundry.Content warnings: in addition to the usual racism/homophobia/biphobia, this section of Dirty Laundry is particularly heavy on the misogyny, and there’s more than a little ableism (with promises of more to come in future).

We’re now right around the halfway point of Dirty Laundry, which means it’s almost time for Abuela to arrive, but first we have a scene where Keith gets confronted about his fake relationship by his not-boyfriend’s fourteen-year-old kid sister and has some Very Normal Thoughts(™) about a potential domestic life with Lance! In our second segment we decided to compare/contrast Dirty Laundry against a Klance fic the two of us actually like, so we read and review Pepsicola by Ao3 author corydalis.Content warnings: usual Dirty Laundry warnings apply (the story is racist and the topic of homophobia frequently comes up), nothing unique to this part.

Part two of part three of Dirty Laundry. Closing out the arcade scene from the previous episode, this section of the story contains such exciting events as Keith being a god gamer, Lance managing to (somehow) sexily play Dance Dance Revolution, and the promise of Abuela’s impending arrival in part four. In our closing segment, we decided to have a little fun and play a drinking game… that we advise none of you try at home, and certainly not with hard liquor. Obviously.

Content warnings: typical for this story, there’s some amount of (out-of-universe) racism and (mostly in-universe) homophobia/biphobia.

This episode covers the first half of part three of Dirty Laundry. Keith and Lance go on a date and play laser tag, a scene which takes up the majority of this section of the fic, so we chose to cover it all in one go. As for our closing segment, this time we decided to take another look at ReicheruKetsueki’s deviantArt account, since there’s more material there we didn’t cover during our Blood Raining Night episodes.

Content warnings: usual CWs for this story, nothing unique to this episode.

The long-awaited second half of part two of Dirty Laundry, which features Lance’s dad outing his bisexual son to a homophobic man and Keith and Lance getting into a very logistically implausible fight by the side of a highway. This part of the story has been driving us particularly insane ever since we first read this fic and we’ve got a lot to talk about. For our closing segment we took a little (virtual) trip to Mesa del Caballo to get a better sense for the location this story’s author so lovingly described.

Content warnings: a fair amount of in-universe homophobia/biphobia this chapter, plus some out-of-universe discussion from us about the author’s poor handling of the topic. There’s also some mild violence this time.

(Additional music credits for this episode: “Passionate Duelists” by Shinkichi Mitsumune.)

Part one of part two of Dirty Laundry (this is gonna get confusing, huh?). Keith and Lance play twenty questions, there’s a “recording your fake boyfriend in the shower” prank that goes both wrong and sexual, and Rosa makes a cum joke. We also took a look at the Fanlore article about this fic, though we’re saving some of it for later when it’s more relevant.

Content warnings: same as usual with this story; this one’s a little raunchier than typical for this fic, but not outright explicit either.

On this episode we’re covering the latter half of part one of Dirty Laundry, which contains such fascinating topics as implausible iguana behavior, Keith and Lance’s bizarre Star Wars hot takes, Lance’s innate dancing talent, and eavesdropping little sisters. We spend the second part of this episode giving our thoughts on The Secret Life of Bees, which this fanfic was heavily inspired by. 

Content warnings: the same warnings given for the last episode apply to this one, and will continue to apply throughout our coverage of this story. There’s also some discussion of antiblack racism (both within and out of universe) when we’re covering The Secret Life of Bees.

This week we’re beginning our coverage of Dirty Laundry, a notorious shipping fic (Keith/Lance) from the Voltron fandom. Unlike previous stories we’ve covered, there’s no doubt this one was written sincerely, and it’s an unbelievably popular fanfic with plenty of genuine fans; it’s also incredibly controversial, and honestly it’s so bad I think it’s been driving both of us crazy. The story is divided into “parts” rather than chapters and they’re pretty long, so this episode covers roughly half of part 1. To close out the episode, we also (re)watched season 1 of Voltron: Legendary Defender in order to provide the canon context for this fanfic.

Content warnings: in-universe, homophobia is a plot point in this story (nothing particularly violent or explicit, but it’s still something we have to discuss). Out of universe, this fic is full of racist stereotyping; in particular, Lance and his family are Mexican-American in this story and written very stereotypically. Also, while it’s most likely unintentional, there are some uncomfortable moments in this story regarding underage characters.

This is the audio-only version of our second playthrough of Maid Madness by BoldZone Games and Reicheru Ketsuekineko-Oni! It's a New Game + and includes a different ending and lots of extra content. For the version with video, check it out on Bloom Plays or follow the link below!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tZ2zCho8wk