Voltron AU

Voltron AU is an AU (alternate universe) within the Rise of the Brave Tangled Dragons fandom. In this AU, the characters of RotBTD are portrayed as characters from the popular DreamWorks/Netflix cartoon Voltron: Legendary Defender. This is considered a sub-scenario to Sci-Fi AU.

About the AU
Spawning from fanart, this AU places the Big Four, and other such characters in the fandom, as characters from Voltron: Legendary Defender. While the AU focuses on the DreamWorks/Netflix version the most, the earlier versions of the Voltron series can still be included.

Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III
Hiccup can be portrayed as Pidge, cause of him being an expert with machines, with a miniature Toothless playing Rover. He can also be cast as Shiro, cause of his prosthetic leg and being the leader of Berk's dragon riders, it could also mean that Toothless can serve as the Black Lion; as the Night Fury is sometimes featured as a black cat for modern related crossovers. While his years of growing up without his mother in his life and later ran into her years later during a mission, where she recognized her own child, can also portray him as Keith.

Jack Frost
Jack can be portrayed as Lance, due to his sly, cunning nature. There is also the fact that the powers of the Blue Lion are very similar to his own. While his time as a loner and has wondered about his past, can also portray him as Keith. Jack's hair turning white, when he was "reborn", could also cast him as Shiro. As the rest of Shiro's hair turned white at the end of season six, when his subconscious was transferred from the Black Lion and into the body of his clone imposter, which gave him a second chance of life.

Merida DunBroch
Merida can be portrayed as a female Keith cause of her fiery temper. Being a princess that is ready to take part in a fight, could even have her as Allura. As the "Monsters & Mana" episode had featured Allura as an archer. While doing what she can to save her family from the danger they were placed in, could also have her as Pidge.

Rapunzel Corona
Rapunzel can be portrayed as a female Hunk, because of her kind and loving nature and with one of her hobbies being cooking. Rapunzel being a princess can also cast her as Allura, with Cassandra or her father's advisor Nigel as Coran.

Big Hero 6
This team of heroes are the characters who are most commonly used in the AU, mostly due to the similairies between the two franchises (teenage heroes in colored suits, the presence of futuristic technology, etc). Though the fans' interpretations may vary, the characters are portrayed as follows: Tadashi is often portrayed as Shiro, Hiro is commonly cast as Pidge, GoGo as Keith, Wasabi as Hunk, Fred as Lance or a male Allura for fun, and Honey Lemon as Allura (Baymax is often portrayed as Voltron himself, while some have him as the Atlas's "Voltron mode" and form).

Heathcliff can serve as the Coran of the team, as he works for the family of one of the team members and does what he can to help them out; as he had assisted them in the testing of their gear and picking them up from Akuma Island in a helicopter. While Hiro's bot fighting bot, Megabot can be placed as the Rover of the team, as both of their screentime was short lived; as Rover sacrificed itself for Pidge and Megabot becoming a "toy" when Hiro put bot fighting behind him.

Hiro Hamada
Hiro's biotic skills and being a younger sibling that looks up to his older brother, commonly portrays him as Pidge. Being the leader of Big Hero 6 can also portray an older version of him as Shiro. Fans have also cast him as Keith, for the style of Keith and Hiro's dark hair, and the purple and black color scheme of Keith's Blade of Marmora uniform and the red on his Paladin suit, which matches the color scheme of Hiro's hero suit when they are bind together.

The purple color on his hero suit-armor, could have Hiro in purple Paladin armor. Just as Allura's Paladin armor is pink, despite her being the Paladin of the Blue Lion; and the team not switching armors to match with the color of the lion they switched to.

Tadashi Hamada
Tadashi is often portrayed as the Black Paladin Shiro. While being an older brother, that does what he can to inspire his younger sibling, and with Hiro commonly as cast Pidge, Tadashi could also be portrayed as Matthew Holt.

Queen Elsa
Elsa can very possibly be portrayed as Allura. Due to her leadership skills, for being the Queen of Arendelle and with the Blue Lion having ice-like powers; as Allura came its Paladin when Keith was filling in as the Black Paladin in Shiro's absence while Lance came the Red Lion's Paladin.

Princess Anna
Anna could be portrayed as a female version of Coran, for her being silly and funny with a determined nature. While Anna being a princess can also portray her as Allura, or as an older version of Pidge/Katie, for setting herself out on a journey to find and help her older sibling.

The Guardians
The Guardians can serve the five (counting MiM) Paladins that pilot Voltron, to keep the universe safe. They could even be former Paladins that passed the task onto five other warriors that make sure that Voltron's power is being used for good. The Moon Clipper can serve as the Castle of Lions, as it is both a starship and a home. The Guardian Stone can serve as a type of crystal that powers the castle, and charges the lions after a battle.

They could also be a small group of rebels, that later joined forces with the Voltron Coalition in their fight against the Galra Empire.

Dragon Riders
The members of the Berk Dragon Training Academy can be placed as the Paladins of Voltron, as they each ride a different colored steed, that are sometimes featured as cats for modern related crossovers and AUs. Since Hiccup is the leader of the Dragon Riders and rides a black colored steed, he can be portrayed as Shiro, while Hiccup's expertise of machines has fans place him as Pidge. Astrid being the second in-command of the riders can portray her as a female Keith, while Stormfly's blue colored scales can also cast her as Lance or Allura, as Allura later became the Paladin of the Blue Lion, while Lance came Keith's "right hand". Fishlegs' body form and his caring heart can place him as Hunk. Snotlout's pride and caring about his looks portrays him as Lance, as he later became the Red Lion's Paladin and with the lion's main color matching the shade of Hookfang's red scales. Because of Barf and Belchs' green colored scales, fans cast one or both of the Thorston twins as Pidge, while not caring too much about their actions and not being very bright about something's can also cast them as Lance. Or have Ruff has Pidge while Tuff is Matt.

With the riders as the Paladins their dragons, Toothless, Stormfly, Meatlug, Hookfang and Barf & Belch (which counts as one dragon), can be featured as the five Lions that form Voltron.

Tip Tucci
Tip can be cast as the green Paladin, Pidge. Due to Tip's determination to find her family, with an alien and cat by her side, and with green being seen as her main color (due to her green hoodie).

Boov
Due to the sci-fi world of both Home and Voltron, and being a alien race that had their ways of life changed after encountering the human race, their original home planet can serve as one of the many planets that were conquered by the Galra Empire. To escape slavery the Boov, led by Smek, abandoned their home and went in search of a new home that is safe from the empire. Should they encounter the Paladins, Oh would listen to what they have to say about fighting back for their freedom, while Smek (being the coward that he is) tries to get his kind to keep on running; until the Boov saw the courage of the Paladins and the power of fighting back when they put their fears aside.

The Gorg
The ruthlessness of the Galra Empire and sci-fi universe of both Home and Voltron, can be the reason for the Gorg Commander being the last of his kind, as the empire invaded their home plant for the power within the Gorg's super-chips. To keep the pod that holds the next generation of Gorg safe, the commander built an army of drones to fight any Galra fleet he may come across in his travels to find a safe place to peacefully raise the young Gorgs on.

Defenders of the Wing
Due to their dark clothing with masks, living by their code, carry blades and fight those who wish harm on others, can easily portray the Defenders of the Wing as the Blade of Marmora. A group of Galra resistance fighters that work together to take down the empire piece by piece.

Moana Waialiki
Moana can possibly be portrayed as Pidge, due to Pidge's mission to find her missing father and older brother, as Moana was originally given ten older brothers that she went in search of when she learned that they were in danger, in one of the original layouts of Moana. While learning her leadership skills from her father and prefers to be part of the action rather than standing in the safety area of the sideline, portrays her as Allura. As the Blue Lion has water related powers, and Allura became its Paladin when Lance and Keith switched Lions, from Red to Black (due to Shiro's absence) and Blue to Red.

Flynn Rider
From the way that Flynn takes great pride in his looks, his "rival like battles" with Cassandra and becomes a true team player when he helps his friends, can portray him as Lance. As the "Monsters & Mana" episode had featured Lance as a thief, a job and life that Flynn had before leaving it behind for Rapunzel. While being given a second chance of life, could have Flynn as Shiro.

Drago Bludvist
Due to Drago's tragic past and how it turned him into the man that he is now, and had assembled an army to conquer the world and gain power, can easily portray him as Zarkon. While his iron arm, how he commands his men and has unleashes his fury with fire upon those who denied him, could have him as Sendak.

Mother Gothel
Since Gothel is seen as a witch in-canon, had her hair color turned from a dark shade into a color that is close to white, and using a power that can heal and grant immortality for her own purpose, she can easily be portrayed as the witch Haggar, also known as the Altean Alchemist and former Empress of Daibazaal, Honerva.

Prince Hans
Being a prince that seeks the throne, knows how to fight with a sword, has tricked people to trust him, is wiling to kill anyone that may stand or tries to get in his way, and getting close with a princess, portrays him as the Galra-Altean prince Lotor.

Valka
Leaving her son, when he was a baby, in the care of his father, because of events that had placed her family in danger and went to fight a power seeking overlord and his allies, to keep her family safe, can portray Valka as Krolia. As they both reunited with their sons years later and regret leaving them.

Toothless
The Night Fury's black scales, being ridden by the leader of a small group and has been portrayed as a black cat for modern related crossovers, can easily cast Toothless as the Black Lion, mostly for when Hiccup is placed as the Black Paladin. A miniature version of him could even be placed as Rover, for when Hiccup is cast as Pidge. While the color blue scales that were mixed with his dark scales, when he became an alpha dragon, and has been portrayed as a wolf for a few other crossovers and AUs, could even have him as Keith's Cosmic Wolf, Cosmo.

Heather
Heather's history of assisting antagonists, like Alvin the Treacherous and the Dragon Hunters, had rejoined her friends of Berk years later with a new look and later became a fulltime ally of theirs, can easily cast her as Acxa. A Galra hybrid general that had severed under Lotor, until season seven when she cut ties with the Galra Empire, including her fellow half-Galra generals, so she could follow her own path and assist the Voltron Coalition, to make up for her sins. While being a sister that is bright and helps her brother in battle, could have her as Veronica, Lance's sister and a member of the Galaxy Garrison. Her journey to find her father, with her brother, could even have her as Pidge.

Zarina
Because of the many similarities, in what had lead to the change of her appearance, was betrayed by someone she trusted and had took her in, is a former antagonist and had switched sides to make up for her mistake, casts Zarina as Acxa.

Viggo Grimborn
Being a leader that shows little mercy, can have Viggo as a Galra commander. The events that got him to care for dragons, would even have him a as Galra that later joined the Blade of Marmora or the Voltron Coalition. After he was saved by one of the inhabitants, of the planet that his fleet had conquered.

Ryker Grimborn
Being a leader that shows little mercy, can have Ryker as a Galra commander.

Penny Forrester
Penny's "mission" to save her "father" in the Bolt TV show, along with the tech skills and knowledge she (presumably) has, could cast her as Pidge. As both girls have a pet dog.

Trader Johann
Tricking people with acts of trust and kindness, so he could use them for his tasks without them knowing, striking down those who stand in his way, and has worked hard to reach his main goal through the years he waited for the right opportunity for it to come, could have a younger version of Johann as Lotor.

Wilbur Robinson
Because of his personality, "pilot" skills (from his time flying around in his father's time machine), is shown to care about his looks and has a large family, Wilbur can be portrayed as Lance.

Fanfiction

 * Under the Redwoods by HorseTechie
 * Cold and Dark by Iron7King
 * Pidge by Reid Phantom
 * Voltron Brave AU by TheFoxofFiction
 * A Mother Never Forgets by GriffTalon

Videos

 * BH6 - Voltron by may bar
 * Big Hero 6--Voltron Theme by bigherosixfeels

Articles/Links

 * BH6 AU Ideas | Voltron