#era: pre-kerberos/pre-canon
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Happy Birthday Keith!
Coincidentally, it’s also MY birthday today :)
In celebration, I’d like to finally share the absolute monster of a VLD fic that I’ve been working on for so long. I’m at almost a 100,000 words and this saga, this epic, this absolutely tower of a project is still a WIP, but y’all? I’m proud of this thing and I’d love for you to take a read.
“Why now?” I hear you say. “It is... 16 chapters in?? But it is not yet done! It is incomplete! You don’t seem to know when it will end, either. This seems really awkward.”
Friends, I’m posting this today because I’m a troglodyte who doesn’t know anything about how Tumblr works, and it’s kind of insane that I don’t know how tumblr works, so I flopped around on my keyboard to finally make the blog post go. It is awkward.
But also fuck it. It’s my birthday!
BEHOLD
VARIOUS STORMS by MsVox
https://archiveofourown.org/works/21369121/chapters/50901082
Have you been craving something that re-imagines the entire story of Voltron through a Sheith-y perspective? Do you want tons of pre-Kerberos backstory that shows how Keith and Shiro cross paths, become friends, and then save the universe? Do you want all the missing scenes that should have been in canon? Do you want to learn facts about aviation and space and stuff?
Get some Sheith back in your lives, y’all.
Part 17 is coming soon! More details & stuff below.
VARIOUS STORMS
Chapters: 16/?
Fandom: Voltron: Legendary Defender
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Keith/Shiro (Voltron), Adam/Shiro (Voltron), (but it's pretty secondary)
Characters: Shiro (Voltron), Keith (Voltron), Adam (Voltron), Voltron: Legendary Defender Team, Voltron ensemble, Lance (Voltron), Hunk (Voltron), Pidge | Katie Holt, Allura (Voltron), Coran (Voltron), Pretty much everybody will be in this, Shiro's Parents (Voltron), Original Characters
Additional Tags: Canon Universe, Canon-Compliant until it isn’t, Missing Scenes, Pre-Kerberos Mission, Backstory, Canon Era, S1 to S8, POV Alternating, Shiro’s pov, keith’s pov, Shiro’s Illness, this man is sick, Friendship, Pining, Unrequited, Slow Burn, Friends to Lovers, eventually, Demi-sexual Keith, keith is bad at feelings, trials and tribulations, difficult conversations, Feels, Angst with a Happy Ending, shiro is a dork, Keith is a spitting cat, Adam is just doing his best, Descriptions of Captivity, Grief, Canon-Typical Violence, Mild Gore, Brief body horror, Other Additional Tags to Be Added
Summary:
At sixteen, Shiro's world ends with a diagnosis.
At ten, Keith's world ends with a phone call.
This is just the beginning for both of them.
A re-telling of pretty much the whole story, from before the start to after the end.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/21369121/chapters/50901082
#sheith#vld#voltron keith#keith kogane#voltron legendary defender#voltron shiro#vld fanfic#I don't know how this works#shieth
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Fic Rec: Slip the Surly Bonds
Title: Slip the Surly Bonds
Author: Sol1056
Rating: T
Word Count: 86716
Publication date: 2017-11-11
Author’s summary: Tasked with finding and teaching fifty students with the potential to reach his caliber as a pilot, Shiro instead finds one who has the potential to surpass him. But first, he’s got to get the scrawny delinquent to shape up and fly right.
Thoughts: This is one of the best fics I’ve read in 2017. The craftsmanship in the writing (if this matters to you – it’s paramount to me) is exceptional. The writer’s use of language, consideration of plot, and attention to world-building are all outstanding.
Honestly, Slip the Surly Bonds raises the bar SO high for whatever pre-Kerberos Sheith backstory (crossed fingers) we may get in canon. This has it all: Keith’s family story, Shiro’s family story, shoulder touches, the shack, the gloves, the cropped jacket, stargazing, what’s up with Iverson’s attitude, Keith’s meteoric rise as a pilot and SO MUCH MORE. What it doesn’t have: any of the other Paladins, Alteans, Holts, Galra, giant robots, actual space exploration, or alien lions, BUT IT DOESN’T NEED TO AND YOU WON’T FEEL LIKE YOU’RE MISSING OUT ON ANYTHING. The picture of Garrison life and its residents that sol1056 builds is so compelling that the lack of almost everything that makes Voltron, Voltron DOES NOT EVEN MATTER.
Instead the focus is Keith and Shiro’s origin story. Their relationship here is engaging in its own right, but it is also true to their characters and slots seamlessly into canon. You want to know what Keith means when he says Shiro is the one person who never gave up on him? Got you covered. You want to know why losing Shiro is Keith’s greatest fear? Check. You want to know why Shiro is Keith’s guiding light? This fic will convince you beyond a shred of doubt. Now I am 110% in favor of canon Sheith, but the (pre-slash?) relationship between the two men here is so deep that romance would almost be an intrusion. It sounds like hyperbole, but there is almost no way Dreamworks could do a better job establishing Keith and Shiro’s backstory than what sol1056 does here, even if only because there is more scope and texture possible in a novel compared to an episode. And yes, this is a novel.
#sheith#sheith fic rec#shiro#takashi shirogane#keith (voltron)#genre: drama#era: pre-kerberos/pre-canon#contains: running away#contains: no smut#rated: T#word count: 75K+#sol1056#fic recs
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we were the dumb, the wild, the free
by eli_writes
{this is taken from my tumblr bc i needed something to post lmao}
anon asked: Can you write something for katt (keith x matt)? Some fluff, maybe from their Garrison days.
this is loosely based off the chorus of Little League by Conan Gray:
When we were younger
We didn't know how it would be
We were the dumb, the wild, the free
Little League
And when we were younger
We wore our hearts proud on our sleeve
Why did we ever have to leave?
Little League
Words: 478, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English
Fandoms: Voltron: Legendary Defender
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Categories: M/M
Characters: Keith (Voltron), Matt Holt, Shiro (Voltron)
Relationships: Matt Holt/Keith
Additional Tags: Pre-Kerberos Mission, Pre-Canon, Fluff, just boys havin fun, also hi im not dead, i finally remembered the password to this account, so we vibin, also hi my name is el now, i havent posted on here since 2018, and now ive finished high school, and im almost 16, babie bois, im the ceo of rarepairs, Katt - Freeform, katt vld, Rebelfire, Gay Keith (Voltron), Bisexual Matt Holt, galaxy garrison era, vld katt - Freeform
read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/3ckHw7t
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Various Storms
read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/33CMjws
by MsVox
At sixteen, Shiro's world ends with a diagnosis.
At ten, Keith's world ends with a phone call.
This is just the beginning for both of them.
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A re-telling of pretty much the whole story, from before the start to after the end.
Words: 4759, Chapters: 1/10, Language: English
Fandoms: Voltron: Legendary Defender
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Categories: M/M
Characters: Shiro (Voltron), Keith (Voltron), Adam (Voltron), Voltron: Legendary Defender Team, Voltron ensemble, Lance (Voltron), Hunk (Voltron), Pidge | Katie Holt, Allura (Voltron), Coran (Voltron), Pretty much everybody will be in this, Shiro's Parents (Voltron), Original Characters
Relationships: Keith/Shiro (Voltron), Adam/Shiro (Voltron)
Additional Tags: Canon Universe, Missing Scenes, Pre-Kerberos Mission, Backstory, Canon Era, POV Alternating, shiro's pov, keith's pov, Shiro's Illness, this man is sick, Friendship, Pining, Unrequited, Slow Burn, Friends to Lovers, eventually, Demi-sexual Keith, keith is bad at feelings, trials and tribulations, difficult conversations, Feels, Angst with a Happy Ending, Keith is a spitting cat, shiro is a dork, Adam is just doing his best, Other Additional Tags to Be Added
read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/33CMjws
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These fics can all be found on my AO3, @magisterpavus (which, for those who don’t know, basically means Master Peacock. It’s a pun/dick joke. And a reference to Dragon Age’s Dorian Pavus. The more you know!)
This fic list format is loosely inspired by jojo @arahir‘s fic list, here.
I’ve organized fics by ship & series. I also have...some different emojis. Because damn, do I love my AUs. This list will be updated and accessible via sidebar link on my page. Enjoy!
(and, yes. seal it with a kiss does have 2 fire emojis. i think that’s warranted.)
KEY: 🔥explicit 🕯️slow burn 📚 multichapter 👽alien biology 🐉 fantasy/magic 🔪blood/injury 💔angst ⭐new/currently updating
SHEITH
Between the Shadow and the Soul (BTSATS) 🔥 🕯️ 📚 🐉 🔪 💔
161.6k | wild west au + old gods au + side of plance | keith saves a mysterious stranger in the desert and finds healing and love with him, along with a little magic.
Seal It With A Kiss (SIWAK) 🔥 🔥 📚 🐉🔪 💔
135.7k | witch + incubus au | after kerberos, keith will give anything to bring shiro back, including his soul.
⭐Gridlocked (Cybersheith) 🔥 📚 🔪 👽 💔
10.9k / wip | cyberpunk au + galra keith + “dark” shiro | the world as they know it ended awhile ago, but keith & shiro are survivors. oh, and criminals.
In The Gray 🔥 💔
17.7k | post “blackout” + astral plane shiro | shiro & keith secretly pine for each other. then shiro gets trapped as an astral ghost. pining intensifies.
Rain, Rain, Go Away 🔥 💔
4.7k | first time + pre-kerb | keith waits for shiro.
Raw Honey 💔
4.7k | sequel to ^ + post-kerberos | shiro returns to earth and it feels like a dream.
Death to the Angel 🕯️ 📚
26.3k / wip | victorian era a/b/o | keith and shiro learn to trust each other in a world built on hierarchical oppression on the basis of sex.
Oh Captain, My Captain 🔥
8.1k | post s7 + authority kink + feelings | keith calls shiro captain even when he doesn’t have to anymore.
KLANCE
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR GALRA AU
Bonding Time 🔥 👽
9.4k | that one wild galra keith sex pollen fic | keith has a galra “problem” & lance lends a hand (among other things)
Pillow Talk 🔥
4.9k | no sex pollen, just sex | they switch & lance is a huge tease
Star-Crossed 🔪 💔
17.3k | did someone order a heaping plate of angst? | keith & lance fight, lance gets lanced, and they both come to important realizations.
High Tide 🔥 👽
30k | domestic-vacation fluff & smut | lance plays right into keith’s possessive galra side, which ends up being a lot sweeter than he expected
He Who Fights Monsters 🕯️🔪 📚 🐉 💔
65k | post-apocalyptic/fantasy au | keith is a weird dragon who saves lance
Boys Will Be Boys 🔥🔪
6.7k | fight/make-up | lance & keith try to apologize and accidentally end up in bed together. shit happens, bro
The Royal Treatment 🔥 👽
12k | altean lance + galra keith, royalty au | hapless galra keith falls for the charms & wiles of a mysterious altean lord
Take A Hint 🕯️ 🔥
7k | older klance + mutual pining + miscommunication | lance thinks keith is oblivious. keith thinks lance is just thirsty.
SHKLANCE
VAMPIRE BABES AU (THIHV)
Stars, Hide Your Fires 🔥 🕯️🔪🐉 💔 (prologue)
36.6k | sheith, early 1900s historical au | lone vampire shiro finds & turns keith
The Hurricane In His Veins 🔥 🕯️🔪 📚 🐉 💔 (main fic)
187.5k | shklance; urban fantasy au/gayer twilight? | lance finds two lonely vampires and a whole lot of magic
Against The Dying Of The Light 🔥 🔪 🐉 💔 (epilogue)
10k | shklance; angst, fluff, smut, & closure | keith’s past mistakes catch up to him
First Shift 🐉 (extra #1)
5.1k | shklance; au continuation | lance accidentally shapeshifts for the first time
Two for Two 🔥 🐉 (extra #2)
10k | shance centric; au continuation | lance & shiro make up for lost time
Behind Closed Doors 💔 (extra #3)
6.7k | sheith, pre-thihv historical au | keith & shiro’s budding relationship as seen through the eyes of a loyal servant
BLADE REBELS AU
One in a Million 🔥 👽
9k | canon divergent, sex club au, altean lance + galra keith | retired military officer shiro finds surprising solace in two alien strangers
Open Him Up 🔥 👽
5.2k | galra keith body worship | shiro & lance agree keith needs to loosen up, in more ways than one
SHANCE
Be My Baby 🔥
5.6k | praise kink + size kink, D/s | lance can’t get over how Big shiro is
The Best Wingman Ever 🕯️
8.2k | mutually pining idiots + miscommunication + space mall date | shiro has a hopeless crush on lance & asks keith to be his wingman. this is a terrible idea.
SHANCE FAERY AU
Fairest Of Them All 🔥🔪🐉
16.8k | enemies to lovers + fae au | against all better judgment, shiro falls for faery lance
True Love’s Bite 🔥🔪 📚 🐉 💔
18k / wip | love bite shance au | faery lord lance ends up with a lovestruck human shiro who uncontrollably adores him
SHALLURA
Finding Beauty 🐉
6k | fairytale au | cursed knight shiro goes on a quest to slay a dragon and save the kingdom. turns out, the dragon is cursed, too.
OTHER
⭐THE CHIQUITA CHRONICLES 🔥👽
A Helping...Hand?
14k | consentacles + lance | lance finds a friendly alien plant and names her chiquita
Operation Boyfriends
22.3k | consentacles + shklance | chiquita endeavors to get lance a bf or 2
Plants Have Fantasies Too
6.1k | consentacles + shiro + oviposition | shiro encourages chiqui to embrace her kinks. he has no regrets.
Keeping Secrets
7.4k | consentacles + keith | chiqui helps keith get in touch with his very repressed galra side
#my fic#masterlist#voltron fic#hopefully this will make it easier for y'all to find fics!#it's also just for my own sanity lmao helps me keep track
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Not Even Stars Last Forever
by O_ToJoy
Adam non era la persona adatta per Shiro… Ma ciò non gli impedì di averlo.
In seguito al salvataggio di Shiro dal piano astrale, Matt si ritrova a raccontare a Keith una vecchia storia che non gli appartiene ma di cui, suo malgrado, ha fatto parte.
E di cui, a sua insaputa, il giovane Galra ha scritto la fine.
Words: 6453, Chapters: 1/7, Language: Italiano
Fandoms: Voltron: Legendary Defender
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Categories: M/M
Characters: Adam (Voltron), Shiro (Voltron), Matt Holt, Keith (Voltron)
Relationships: Adam/Shiro (Voltron)
Additional Tags: Pre-Canon, Pre-Kerberos Mission
source http://archiveofourown.org/works/16963659
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Voltron s7 opinión con spoiler
Más allá de que la nueva temporada de Voltro me pareció correcta, que tuvo grandes momentos y desarrollo de personajes (Hunk principalmente, me alegro por él), algunas cosas no las entendí y no pude disfrutarlas.
- Por ejemplo, el episodio de relleno (capítulo 4) me pareció entre divertido y molesto. Divertido por los momentoa de Keith dibujando o Pidge "rompiendo" el juego al golpear a Bob, pero por otro lado no me gustó la imitación de Zarkon y familia. Como tampoco que llamaran tonto todo el tiempo a Lance (por más que lo sea). Con respecto a lo primero, me explico, es gracioso parodiar a personajes/villanoz serios (un buen ejemplo es cuando Pidge construye los muñecos de los paladines con chatarra y luego hace una imitación de cada uno) pero yo siento muy reciente la muerte de Lotor como para ver una versión caricaturizada del mismo y reírme como si nada.
- otro ejemplo de cosas que me gustaron y no, fue la Atlas. Me agrada el diseño del robot y como lo operan y todo eso, pero no entiendo como es que la nave se transforma en el mecha... Voltron y el mecha de Lotor fueron construídos con el propósito de ser máquinas tranformables (inconscientemente en el caso de Voltron), ¿pero la Atlas? Siento que con cada cosa nueva que sale soy menos capaz de entender la alquimia alteana. Es un sistema de magia que no se rige bajo ninguna regla y parece que cualquier cosa se puede hacer con ella, no me termina de convencer.
- 3er ejemplo, Adam. ¿Por qué hacer que Shiro y él terminen su relación pre Kerberos si de todas formas iban a matarle? No sé, Adam murió aproximadamente 3-4 años desde que desapareció Shiro, y transcurrieron otro par de años más para que los paladines volvieran a la Tierra y Shiro se enterara del fallecimiento de su expareja. ¿Era necesario entonces que Adam y Shiro ya no estuvieran juntos? ¿Es para que Shiro no se martirizara por no haber estado para su pareja antes de que muriera? He leído por ahí que es para comparar la relación que tiene Keith con Shiro, pero a menos que shieth sea canon en la próxima temporada me cuesta creer que sea por eso.
Supongo que habían más cosas que me incomodaron de la temporada, pero serían cosas menores y no las recuerdo. Ahora a esperar nuevamente para ver el final de la serie.
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this is a sequel to my post about fanon versus canon keith, but with a tighter focus on keith and shiro’s relationship, especially in S2, and how fandom misinterprets it, especially in S2. the misinterpretations can be boiled down to two points:
keith doesn’t care about anyone on team voltron except for shiro
shiro has favoritism for keith that puts keith above everyone else on team voltron
both of these are just — so simplistic and so superficial, and ultimately simplistic and superficial readings of keith and shiro as characters. so let’s try to do a deeper summation of their S2 character arcs:
keith is dealing with the discovery that he is galra, and the fear that this may endanger team voltron/alienate him from team voltron (again: huge expansion of that here)
shiro is dealing with the discovery that zarkon used to pilot the black lion, and the fear that he is too weak/unworthy to be the new black paladin
if you ignore or downplay either arc, you’re automatically going to ignore or downplay why S2 focuses so much on what they give each other! they give each other humanity, stability, and protection.
humanity
have you ever noticed that keith and shiro are the only paladins who don’t talk about wanting to reunite with family?
for keith, we now know that this is partially because his family is a big question mark — when and why did he get separated from his dad, and does he even have memories of his mom?
for shiro, his backstory is more about his time as a galra prisoner. we also have glimpses of his garrison era: a “senior officer” and the chosen pilot of the kerberos mission.
lance calls shiro a “hero” and a “legend”, and then calls keith his “rival” — even after keith becomes a “dropout”, iverson still reminds lance that keith had been “the best pilot” in his class. if keith and shiro didn’t have a pre-series relationship, “garrison golden boys” is what our main pre-series impression of them would be. they would exist more as pedestals for lance instead of people with their own backstories.
and true, their shared backstory is still mysterious! i’m writing this at a time when only S1 and S2 are released, so we don’t yet know how keith and shiro met, or what their exact relationship was, though we can guess: a combination of mentor/student, friends, and found family.
keith: patience yields focus.
shiro: that really stayed with you, didn’t it?
keith: you’ve given me some good advice. if it wasn’t for you, my life would have been a lot different.
“patience yields focus” is established in the first episode of S1 (keith repeats it to himself to find the red lion, as shiro advises); and the first episode of S2 confirms that this is something shiro has instilled in him. keith is aware that he can be impatient — a hothead — and so he turns to shiro’s “patience yields focus” to slow down and look for a new angle. this is further confirmed by cast and crew, who have more access to backstory than we currently do:
lauren montgomery (showrunner): obviously in the original [keith] was the leader guy, and we just wanted to start him in a different place. he looks up to shiro, but he’s definitely not the leader that shiro is at all. and so he’s got a lot to learn, he’s still very impulsive, very rash, and he’s got a hot temper.
joaquim dos santos (showrunner): it gives him a good place to grow, too. he latches onto shiro at times because shiro’s sort of the only thing that can really calm him down and keep him in check.
(source)
steven yeun (keith’s voice actor): i actually think that [keith] was in more or less ways called upon to be a leader from the beginning. that’s not to say the leader of voltron, but to say that shiro always took him under his wing. keith always hoped that he could reach a place where shiro was and hopefully more. i think shiro saw that in him and tried to stoke those flames and cultivate that within him. there’s a nice history that he and shiro have where if shiro were to ask him to do that, he would understand where it was coming from.
(source)
the idea of keith becoming leader — of shiro passing the torch to him — is where canon gets extremely misinterpreted!
when does shiro first suggest that keith take over as leader? after seeing that keith is able to revive and fly the black lion (on top of the crushing blow that zarkon not only used to fly black, but still has the ability to take control of black and sever shiro from the cockpit)
the second time shiro suggests that keith take over as leader? after confirming that zarkon is tracking voltron through his connection with the black lion (shiro may have weakened that connection by fighting zarkon in the astral plane, but he hasn’t removed the big target on his back: zarkon still wants the black lion, is still capable of finding it, and therefore still capable of hurting, and killing, shiro)
shiro is a human being! he is not a robot, created solely to lead voltron with mechanical neutrality. he is a human being who, not long ago, was a prisoner and gladiator champion, and is still plagued by nightmares that he is a monster and a broken soldier. being a leader does not strip him of this humanity — of insecurities, of vulnerabilities, of awareness of his own mortality.
look at what he says to zarkon:
shiro: you can’t pilot the black lion after everything you’ve done! you can never lead voltron again — you’re no paladin!
doesn’t that sound an awful lot like sendak’s mind games? real or hallucinated, shiro is completely shaken by them:
sendak: we’re connected, you and me. both part of the galra empire.
shiro: no! i’m not like you!
sendak: you’ve been broken and reformed. just look at your hand.
shiro: that’s not me!
sendak: it’s the strongest part of you. embrace it. the others don’t know what you know. the others haven’t seen what you’ve seen. face it: you’ll never beat zarkon. he’s already defeated you.
shiro: i’m not listening to you!
sendak: do you really think a monster like you could be a voltron paladin?
shiro: STOP IT!
amongst other prisoners, shiro has the reputation of “a legendary gladiator, undefeated in the ring”, and haggar says that he could have been “their greatest weapon” — but “champion” is not a title that shiro is honored to embody, not like “defenders of the universe”. when ulaz frees him, he says that shiro, as both “a fighter and a leader”, gives hope. this is the legacy that shiro wants: someone who helps people, who saves people. not a monster — not someone who spreads blood and violence and destruction.
it’s unfortunate that pidge is another character that shiro is accused of “favoring”, since that is quite the warp and twist of “bonded by their ties to sam and matt holt and the desire for them to be safe.” shiro’s first “good” memory of his time as prisoner is that he acted to save matt, and pidge is tearfully grateful to him — shiro gives her hope for the survival of her family.
and now, shifting back to keith — shiro, at some point in keith’s life, became a presence that still gives keith his own sense of hope. keith’s very first scene is saving shiro, his eyes widening and shimmering: a humanizing balance against the hand-to-hand combat and knife-wielding and lance seeing him as someone who “one-ups” him. shiro makes it impossible to reduce keith to a hothead with no personal connections or emotions, and in return, keith reveals that shiro brings hope not just on a grand “saving the universe” level, but on a personal “you changed my life” level. neither of them descended to earth as gods, fully formed as mythically skilled pilots; before they even knew what voltron was and before shiro even left for kerberos, they were just everyday human beings that connected to each other. and once they do join team voltron, you can see telltale signs of that connection: playful nudges, shoulder touches, private smiles, full-body hugging, and yeah, this is just physical stuff. the emotional stuff is a whole other thing!
stability
allura says that the lions “choose their pilots — it is a mystical bond that cannot be forced. the quintessence of the pilot is mirrored in his lion.”
the black lion is:
the decisive head of voltron
the lion that needs a pilot who is “a born leader” and “in control at all times — someone whose men will follow without hesitation”
the red lion is:
temperamental and the most difficult to master — you’ll have to earn its respect
faster and more agile than the others — but also more unstable
the lion that needs a pilot who “relies more on instincts than skill alone”
in just this breakdown, it’s clear how black could be mentor-like to red: “in control” where red is “temperamental”, “decisive” where red is “unstable”. we may not know every last detail of keith’s backstory, but in his own words, shiro is someone who helped him find a different direction. shiro didn’t put out keith’s fire, but (as steven yeun says), shiro taught keith how to tame his flames into a source that lights a path rather than burns it. keith, before shiro, probably lost any solid presence that could provide that.
steven yeun (keith’s voice actor): [keith] operates a little differently than the other paladins. he’s not the only one with a difficult family history, but his centers around the way that he is. he’s hotheaded for a reason, and he’s very talented without a lot of ways or things that he can use to express that. his naïveté mixed with his sheer will to make things happen for himself means his hotheadedness may be viewed as a defense mechanism. he comes from an obviously difficult and mysterious past that pushes him to be great … keith thinks with his heart often, and sometimes his heart is very fiery, and i think that leads him to brash decisions. sometimes they’re right, and sometimes they’re wrong.
(source)
it’s fair if you’re thinking, well, this is all too vague to be concrete: we need to see keith’s past to fully understand shiro’s impact on keith.
but i’d argue that we do see shiro’s impact! there’s a strange fanon myth that shiro “coddles” keith — that shiro never calls keith out, that shiro lets keith get away with anything and everything.
off the top of my head, shiro:
tells lance and keith to focus on the mission whenever they butt heads, sometimes literally (“save your energy for fighting zarkon!”); he doesn’t hold back when keith initiates, nor does he single out lance when lance initiates
tells keith that people have to want to be part of a team, they can’t be forced (when keith scolds pidge for wanting to leave and find her family)
tells allura and keith that no matter their intent (saving the team), it’s even more dangerous for them to separate themselves from the team, as the team is always stronger together, and he repeats this to keith when they’re alone: “when you and allura ran off, it put us all in jeopardy”
tells keith that he needs to learn self-discipline and control his emotions, especially if he’s going to be a leader someday (when keith blows up at the others for not being as devoted to the marmora mission)
it isn’t “coddling” or “favoritism” that shiro doesn’t see keith through a black-and-white lens (completely “cold” or completely “hotheaded”). and it isn’t “coddling” or “favoritism” that shiro knows keith is willing to work on himself. “patience yields focus” is direct proof that shiro feels he can give keith advice that keith will take into consideration. it isn’t an “in one ear, out the other” situation.
in response to all of the above, keith amends his behavior:
in the keith versus lance example where keith had initiated the fight (“gotta be quick!” and darting in to take lance’s drone shot), keith initiates teaming up with lance in the later drone battle, alerting lance to targets and replying “good eye!” when lance alerts him right back
he listens attentively as pidge explains why she now wants to stay with team voltron, and says “good to have you back on the team” with a smile that pidge warmly returns — a complete tonal flip of their earlier argument
he and allura apologize for running off, acknowledging that shiro was right — “we thought we were doing the right thing,” admits keith — and even before that, keith does everything he can to quickly get himself and allura back to the team, with results both disastrous (blowing up their pod) and miraculous (unlocking a long distance mental link with red)! the next time keith goes off on a mission alone, it’s only after informing the entire team of his plan and asking for pidge’s help with cloaking the pod (as opposed to escaping with a stolen pod and without telling a soul); shiro is still worried, but takes the heads-up for what it is and tells keith to stay in contact — he’ll give keith cover and clear a path for him (teamwork!)
in his first mission with another teammate after the marmora mission, keith tries to control his emotions as he leads hunk through the weblum, providing clear instructions and encouragement; some impatience still shines through, but the mission is a success and hunk acknowledges that keith is actively trying to reach out and encourage him
i mean — can anyone blame keith for shiro being the person he “desperately wants to see”? as explored in my post about keith’s S2 arc, the marmora trials reveal that these are keith’s hopes and fears:
THE HOPES: having family; connecting to family; feeling that he belongs with a family and knowing exactly how he belongs, whether it’s found family (shiro; team voltron) or biological family (his dad; his mom)
THE FEARS: losing family; but that wanting family — that hoping for it, that pursuing it, that expressing that he wants it — makes him selfish and will distract him from being a paladin of voltron + the greater good of saving the universe
keith sees shiro in the mindscape because he’s the person he’s closest to, yes, but that just scratches the surface: he sees shiro because he knows shiro will help him zone in on the right focus.
now, there’s a small catch: hologram!shiro is not the real shiro.
josh keaton (shiro’s voice actor): it’s not really shiro, it’s keith’s perception of the worst [case scenario]. you get an insight into what his biggest fears are … being alone. and it seems like he’s constantly scared that he’s gonna do or say something wrong, and [then] he’s gonna lose shiro.
(source)
here’s a visual breakdown of expectation versus reality: hologram!shiro is calm and collected. he doesn’t react to keith being in both physical and emotional pain — he just congratulates him for lasting so long, like a detached instructor; he doesn’t ask how keith is feeling. sure, he gives keith a hand to help him stand, but he doesn’t linger: he instantly puts distance between them. “we’re all the family you need” sounds mechanical instead of heartfelt, a professional plea for keith to keep his focus on the mission instead of genuinely making keith understand how much he cares about him. he walks out as soon as he feels that keith isn’t going to listen, not even turning around as keith yells “shiro! wait!” and tries to stop him.
the real shiro, of course, wears his heart on his sleeve: his face is wrecked with fear and concern, and he doesn’t stop holding keith after helping him up. “keith, are you okay?” he only lets go because the blade makes it clear they’re not going to let keith leave with his knife, and shiro immediately charges to fight them singlehandedly. he doesn’t, not even for a second, consider siding with anyone but keith.
that being said, shiro doesn’t always wear his heart on his sleeve.
shiro: if you’re going to be a leader, you’ve got to get your head on straight.
keith: i’m sorry. i’ve just had a lot on my mind.
shiro: i know. we all have.
keith isn’t the only one that can be guarded. as black paladin, shiro strives to be “a born leader who is in control at all times” — he does his best to cope with his trauma internally. unless it involves information that can help their mission, he doesn’t open up about his time in prison, let alone how much he fears that what he’s done as “champion” makes him an unworthy paladin. when fear slips through the cracks, it’s from a triggered memory (and keith is almost always the first person to notice that something is wrong). this is a big part of why shiro clashes with slav, who does not attempt to hide how he copes with being a tortured prisoner.
shiro isn’t on zarkon’s level, though. zarkon thinks that weakness is an infection that should be cut off before it can spread. he refers to voltron and the black lion as weapons to wield, and claims that both shiro and keith are too weak to know how to use them. zarkon relies on singular power and intimidation to rule, and with the exception of haggar, does not appear to have personal advisors to assist him, or even, really, any personal relationships. we don’t even find out that his son exists until the end of S2.
zarkon: you have no idea how to command a weapon like this!
shiro: no one commands the black lion!
zarkon: you dare lecture me? do you think the black lion would allow such a feeble creature to pilot it? only the powerful can command it!
shiro: you’ve forgotten what’s most important between a lion and its paladin. it’s not about power. it’s about earning each other’s trust!
this causes shiro’s bond with black to strengthen while zarkon’s weakens, and in the following episode, red shows keith the same devotion after keith wakes up from the mindscape, choosing saving the universe over reuniting with his family. keith and shiro are both extremely passionate about their roles as “defenders of the universe”, and though they can be guarded about their own past and their own trauma, they each hope that the other will trust them as sources of stability.
shiro, being leader, does not only do this with keith — he has close relationships with pidge and allura and is sensitive to the burdens that they try to keep private: “owning who you are is going to make you a better paladin” (pidge) and “you should be resting; i know how you feel, but you have to step away for a while” (allura). but he’s a human being, not a robot, which means he can be self-contradictory — he doesn’t always follow his own advice.
he also isn’t a mind-reader, so as well as he knows keith, he still needs keith to talk to him. before the marmora mission, shiro has no idea what’s going on in keith’s head, even if he’s the only person to notice that something is going on. where others may see keith standing apart from the group as keith just being aloof or antisocial, shiro picks up that keith has anxiety about something, and isn’t convinced when keith acts like nothing is wrong:
shiro: is everything okay?
keith: yeah. why?
shiro: you just seem a bit anxious.
keith: i’m fine. just tired. like you said, i should — get some sleep.
this is a war, but shiro shouldn’t have to approach being leader the way that zarkon does. caring about people is not a weakness. shiro should not be forbidden from being close to someone or forced into emotional distance: into depriving keith of the emotional support that has canonically turned keith’s life around for the better.
which doesn’t mean that he deprives the others of emotional support! it just means that shiro has been aware of keith’s need for guidance even before voltron, even before kerberos, and that doesn’t translate into “isn’t aware of keith’s flaws” — it translates into “better awareness of where keith’s flaws come from, and how to approach them”, something the others aren’t as tuned into yet.
and you know what the best part is? keith gives shiro that same emotional support!
of course, the same goes in reverse: keith can’t know what shiro doesn’t tell him. when shiro looks troubled in the healing pod, keith doesn’t understand: “he just got blasted by a space witch and mauled by giant lizards. what dream could be worse than that?”
even though keith can tell when shiro is vulnerable, he doesn’t know every memory that flashes through shiro’s mind, nor how unstable the memories can make shiro feel. keith tries to open a conversation when they first reunite (gentle and tentative, but still curious). shiro, however, is as lost as keith is:
keith: so, what happened out there? where — were you?
shiro: i wish i could tell you. my head’s still pretty scrambled. i was on an alien ship, but somehow i escaped. it’s all a blur.
shiro changes the topic to “how did you know to come save me when i crashed?”, bewildered but in awe, and this is actually a good point to segue from. because shiro gets profoundly moved by saving people and being saved, and this can sometimes lead to shiro losing focus on the bigger picture and bigger risks.
the first example doesn’t cause any harm, though it has the potential to: they’re on sendak’s ship, and pidge wants to rescue the prisoners, saying they can’t just leave them there. it’s hurting shiro too, but he says they don’t have time — in war, you have to make tough choices, and right now, that choice is to find the red lion and leave. it isn’t until pidge reveals that sam holt is her dad that shiro changes his tune, telling pidge he’ll come with her and that keith will find red on his own. keith doesn’t like the idea of going by himself, but off he goes (“patience yields focus” on his mind), and everyone gets out alive.
the next two examples are more complicated:
shiro says that they aren’t going to destroy zarkon’s empire overnight and that hitting him where he lives would be a huge mistake — and then allura gets captured, sacrificing herself to save shiro. shiro immediately changes gears: they’re going in fast and without warning, and they’re not leaving without her. hunk points out that shiro had said this would be a suicide mission, but it’s keith who flat-out suggests that they shouldn’t go on the mission at all: “we’ll be delivering the universe’s only hope to the universe’s biggest enemy.”
when shiro recalls that ulaz had helped him escape prison, he’s determined to find him again. everyone objects to this, especially allura, but it’s keith’s objections that are obviously colored by a personal history with shiro: “shiro, are you sure you can trust this? i mean, after all the galra have done to you, they — they took your arm. you know i trust you, shiro. but this doesn’t feel right.”
keith almost does a boomerang of “patience yields focus”: he gets why shiro is emotionally moved in both of these examples, but fears his judgment is clouded by those emotions. and like keith learns from shiro’s call-outs, shiro goes through a trial and error period: in future missions, he constantly points out the dangers of bringing voltron to places where zarkon can track them and take control of the black lion.
also, this is a more comedic example, but still relevant: keith is right there with the other paladins in pulling faces at shiro when allura says she doesn’t need shiro’s permission to go on a mission. it’s small, but it’s further proof that keith doesn’t object to shiro being challenged, whether he or someone else is doing the challenging.
i think all of this can be misconstrued as “keith and shiro advise each other to keep their emotions in check, which means they don’t care about each other’s emotions.” they absolutely care! but they’re painfully aware of how not having control can lead to chaos, and in a way, they overestimate each other’s hold on having control. this is partially why they’re so adamant about each other’s leadership strengths: they each see the other as someone who can attain stability and inspire it in the rest of the team.
but once the marmora mission happens and keith’s fears are laid bare, shiro doesn’t ask keith to be leader again. and while keith does work on applying shiro’s advice, he still unwaveringly thinks of shiro as leader and black paladin, as he has from the beginning: “shiro’s the head.”
shiro: your father must have trusted [the galra] once. zarkon was the original black paladin, wasn’t he?
allura: that was a long time ago.
lance: wait, what?
keith: didn’t you see how he stole the black lion right out from shiro? or that he could do all that cool stuff with his bayard? shiro’s bayard? you know, the black one?
lance: whoa, what did you do?
shiro: i’ve got zarkon’s bayard.
keith: you mean you’ve got your bayard.
the mutuality of keith and shiro’s stability is perhaps best summed up in this parallel:
SEASON ONE
keith: it’s good to have you back.
shiro: it’s good to be back.
SEASON TWO
shiro: good to have you back, keith.
keith: good to be back.
whatever happens to them, whatever they win and whatever they lose, they have each other to come back to. and there’s an in-universe example of someone noticing this: allura, who has her own relationship of stability with shiro as co-leaders, witnesses shiro hugging keith goodbye, just as she hugs coran, her own found family. she knows that shiro has been traumatized by the galra, and it’s his word that she trusts in reaching out to the galra as allies. and here she sees shiro trusting keith, enough to hold him close and to want him to be safe. again: this is a relationship that helps to humanize keith and shiro, not only to the audience, but to the characters that notice it.
protection
keith: after getting booted from the garrison, i was kind of — lost, and — found myself drawn out to this place. it’s like something — some energy was telling me to search.
shiro: for what?
keith: well, i didn’t really know at the time, until i stumbled across this area. it’s an outcropping of giant boulders with caves covered in these ancient markings. each tells a slightly different story about a blue lion, but they all share clues leading to some event — some arrival happening last night. then, you showed up.
it’s a common headcanon that keith got booted from the garrison after the kerberos mission was announced a failure due to pilot error, killing shiro and the holts. the timeline adds up: pidge doesn’t become a garrison cadet until after she starts investigating, and by that time, lance has just been made fighter pilot (“hasta la later, keith!”); lance himself says he was upgraded to fighter class “thanks to [keith] washing out”, and iverson describes the situation as “had a discipline issue and flunked out.”
however that “discipline issue” manifested, it’s rather touching that keith — no matter how “lost” he felt — still managed to remember “patience yields focus”, throwing his entire concentration into following the lion’s energy and all of the cave clues about an arrival. and that was without even knowing that shiro would be the arrival.
so, imagine how devoted keith is to protecting shiro when he knows it’s shiro! actually, we don’t have to imagine it, because it’s such an ongoing thread. it happens a lot, y’all.
MONTAGE!
as soon as he realizes that this is shiro, that this is shiro alive and back on earth, keith doesn’t linger: he’s emotional, yes, but he snaps to it and cuts shiro free and lifts him up; and though he’s bemused by the involvement of lance/hunk/pidge, he adjusts to having them on his bike, coming up with an on-the-fly steering strategy and flying off a cliff just to outrun the garrison and get shiro somewhere safe
even though shiro can’t answer keith’s questions about where he was and what happened to him, keith notices shiro’s memory trigger on sendak’s ship (and thus begins a pattern)
shiro has another memory trigger while fighting the altean gladiator, and despite having just himself been knocked out by the gladiator, keith resurfaces to put himself between the gladiator and shiro, sword drawn and pushing against the gladiator’s staff — all of this as he looks back at shiro and asks if he’s okay
keith notices a robeast coming to arus while he/lance/hunk are separated from pidge and shiro, and instantly goes from relaxed to panicked: “oh no! we gotta get to our lions!” you see the first sign of keith taking leadership, too: “lay down some covering fire so they can get out of there!”
he then realizes that shiro has zoned out while facing the robeast, remembering him from the gladiator ring: “shiro, we gotta move! shiro, are you there? shiro!”
after the castle has clearly been corrupted by the galra crystal, keith’s first thought is that they’d left shiro with sendak, hinting that he knows this could put shiro in some form of danger (even if he doesn’t know exactly what’s said in sendak’s mind games): “sendak … wait — has anyone seen shiro?”
he doesn’t object to shiro and allura going on a mission alone, but his face is scrunched up with some sort of worry that eventually reveals itself as “how are you going to get shiro on board?”
when they go to central command to save allura (a mission that keith is already aware of being Peak Risky), he tells the others to save her without him because “shiro’s in trouble! i’m going in!”; he again asks “shiro, are you okay?!” as he hears shiro’s grunts of pain while zarkon overpowers the black lion, and simply tells lance that he’s going to do “whatever he can”, not even stopping when he knows it’s zarkon and that zarkon is the original black paladin (and remember, this does not remotely shake his view of shiro being the true black paladin and that being shiro’s bayard, thanks very much): literally the only thing that stops the fight is shiro regaining black and scooping up red — “i got you, buddy!”
you can basically put the entire first episode of S2 in this bullet point, but i’ll try to summarize: once he gets used to his post-wormhole surroundings, keith starts worrying about shiro; tries to get in contact with shiro and smiles and laughs when he does; worries about shiro’s wound; recalls “patience yields focus” to come up with a plan to get to shiro; tells shiro to stay with him and lets out more relieved laughter when he sees the black lion; and, as a final desperate measure, approaches the black lion and asks to be let in: “i know i’m not shiro, but he’s in trouble — we need to help him”
once shiro is safe and sound, keith still asks after his wound and doesn’t find shiro’s jokes about it funny — and really becomes 100% serious when shiro starts talking like he’s not going to make it (“stop talking like that”), which happens again when shiro brings up leader!keith a second time: “why are we even talking about this? nothing is going to happen to you”
he stays by shiro’s healing pod as his wounds heal, and looks openly soft and relieved when he wakes up; seeing shiro wounded so recently probably adds even more ammo to keith’s fears that ulaz is untrustworthy (“they took your arm”), but once he knows that shiro had been right, he’s the one to track down shiro and comfort him about ulaz’s sacrifice, apologizing for not trusting ulaz
when they get back from the space mall, keith looks around and, not finding shiro, asks where he is; and as soon as shiro gets back, he asks him if he was able to form a stronger bond with the black lion
several factors lead to keith’s decision to give up his knife, but what makes him regain his strength and tell everyone to stop fighting is seeing shiro activate his galra hand against the blade of marmora
remembering last time, keith is attuned to shiro during the big battle with zarkon, yelling “fight it, shiro!” as zarkon yet again tries to control black and invade shiro’s mind; and when it looks like shiro has passed out and zarkon has succeeded, keith gets himself together and directs the team: “something’s wrong with shiro — guys, we can’t let zarkon get the black lion!”
he notices shiro isn’t moving after the battle and he and pidge carry the black lion back to the castle, where — well, you don’t need me to remind you of keith’s desperate run to the empty black lion as he calls out for shiro, but: yeah, that sure does happen! :(
keith is a mirror of the red lion. on the surface, they are both hotheaded; fast; impulsive; instinctive; and difficult to open up. but at their core? they channel all of that not into destruction, but into protecting who they love!
and keith protects people beyond shiro (click for detailed examples)! keith 100% cares about people other than shiro, and shiro being his closest relationship doesn’t negate that, just as allura and coran’s relationship doesn’t negate them caring about the paladins.
but don’t forget the framework of the virtual mindscape. shiro walks out, and the mindscape becomes keith’s dad, whose dialogue implies that he and keith have been separated for a long time: “so many years have passed. don’t you want to catch up?” keith says of course he does. the setting is the desert shack — the last place keith could call home or his own. add the loaded baggage of keith not knowing where his knife comes from, or, apparently, much about his mom, and you get the image of someone without a lot of stability in his past. this hasn’t made him resentful of people: slow to open up to anyone and everyone, yes, but still yearning for connection and for people to call family. shiro, in the absence of traditional family, has become the closest presence. of course keith is protective of him, of course he fears losing him! he’s lost family before and he’s lost shiro before!
think of how much it means to keith that his fears aren’t reality: that shiro isn’t going to abandon him because he makes mistakes, or because he doesn’t always do or say the right thing. it cannot be overstated that this isn’t “coddling” or “favoritism”: it’s being a friend; it’s being family; it’s not giving up on someone. shiro doesn’t look at the fact that keith has been omitting things from him — the knife, and his fears about it — and decide to leave keith to fight that fight on his own. he may not completely understand keith’s past, but he’s willing to protect keith’s right to explore it; he doesn’t think it makes keith selfish, or someone to walk out on. this doesn’t change with the galra reveal, no matter how surprised he is: it only makes him hold keith closer.
when shiro talks about something happening to him, it’s because of his own fears. he isn’t saying “i’m going to willingly leave you”, he’s saying “i may fail” — and it’s a complete sign of trust that he thinks keith is someone who can pick up those pieces and put them back together. this isn’t the garrison. this isn’t about keith being “the best pilot” in his class. sure, he relies on keith’s flying to get them out of tight spots (asteroid fields, black holes), just as he relies on hunk’s strength or pidge’s hacking or lance’s sharpshooting. but it’s so much deeper than that.
i mentioned that without their relationship, keith and shiro “would exist more as pedestals for lance instead of people with their own backstories.” and i think some people still see them that way; and i get it, because lance’s fears are what some deem the most “human” — not all of us can relate to being alien orphans or alien prisoners, but can relate to not feeling as valued as other people (or one specific person). that’s completely valid, but, to me, becomes invalid when it turns into acting like keith and shiro aren’t human, or like their “alien” plotlines strip them of humanity and all that comes with it, including flaws and fears. a lot of us can also relate to PTSD; to struggling to maintain stability; to not just biological family but to found family; to fears of being alone and abandoned.
think of how much it means to shiro that after a year of captivity and having to fight for survival, he knows he can rely on keith to protect him. sometimes keith does it without being asked, like fighting zarkon, and sometimes shiro asks him to, like fighting the lizards. it’s true that shiro looks at the whole team as fighters that are stronger together — who can win together if they work together — but on a personal level, he has been shown that keith doesn’t want him to fight alone and that keith not only wants him to survive, but will fight for him to survive.
like i said: this post is only being written based on S1 and S2. i don’t know what’s going to happen in S3! shiro’s disappearance is a major curveball for keith; he’s going to want to find him and protect him, now more than ever. i’m sure mistakes will be made. i’m sure he’ll have to be reminded that patience yields focus. he’ll need help, and he’ll have to let in that help. the ideal is that he won’t internalize everything as his own burden: that he’ll work with the others, because unlike shiro’s first disappearance, keith isn’t alone — he has a team, and he has to be willing to open up to them. they’re never going to be what shiro is to him, but they can develop relationships of equal strength!
keith and shiro are flawed people and therefore their relationship is flawed: they both need to work on communicating and on not bottling up emotions. but even so, they have a mutual understanding that the other will be there for them throughout those emotions (bottled up or exploded), and that’s so important after everything they’ve been through.
shiro: thanks for saving me.
keith: you’d have done the same for me.
#friendsheith#vld keith#keith kogane#vld shiro#takashi shirogane#vld meta#long post#keith and shiro#i've been sitting on this meta for a long time!#i know this is a keith blog but i feel like understanding his relationship with shiro is so integral to understanding keith overall#S3 is going to be WILD
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we were the dumb, the wild, the free
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by eli_writes
{this is taken from my tumblr bc i needed something to post lmao}
anon asked: Can you write something for katt (keith x matt)? Some fluff, maybe from their Garrison days.
this is loosely based off the chorus of Little League by Conan Gray:
When we were younger
We didn't know how it would be
We were the dumb, the wild, the free
Little League
And when we were younger
We wore our hearts proud on our sleeve
Why did we ever have to leave?
Little League
Words: 478, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English
Fandoms: Voltron: Legendary Defender
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Categories: M/M
Characters: Keith (Voltron), Matt Holt, Shiro (Voltron)
Relationships: Matt Holt/Keith
Additional Tags: Pre-Kerberos Mission, Pre-Canon, Fluff, just boys havin fun, also hi im not dead, i finally remembered the password to this account, so we vibin, also hi my name is el now, i havent posted on here since 2018, and now ive finished high school, and im almost 16, babie bois, im the ceo of rarepairs, Katt - Freeform, katt vld, Rebelfire, Gay Keith (Voltron), Bisexual Matt Holt, galaxy garrison era, vld katt - Freeform
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Various Storms
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by MsVox
At sixteen, Shiro's world ends with a diagnosis.
At ten, Keith's world ends with a phone call.
This is just the beginning for both of them.
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A re-telling of pretty much the whole story, from before the start to after the end.
Words: 4769, Chapters: 1/10, Language: English
Fandoms: Voltron: Legendary Defender
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Categories: M/M
Characters: Shiro (Voltron), Keith (Voltron), Adam (Voltron), Voltron: Legendary Defender Team, Voltron ensemble, Lance (Voltron), Hunk (Voltron), Pidge | Katie Holt, Allura (Voltron), Coran (Voltron), Pretty much everybody will be in this, Shiro's Parents (Voltron), Original Characters
Relationships: Keith/Shiro (Voltron), Adam/Shiro (Voltron)
Additional Tags: Canon Universe, Missing Scenes, Pre-Kerberos Mission, Backstory, Canon Era, POV Alternating, shiro's pov, keith's pov, Shiro's Illness, this man is sick, Friendship, Pining, Unrequited, Slow Burn, Friends to Lovers, eventually, Demi-sexual Keith, keith is bad at feelings, trials and tribulations, difficult conversations, Feels, Angst with a Happy Ending, Keith is a spitting cat, shiro is a dork, Adam is just doing his best, Other Additional Tags to Be Added
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Various Storms
read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/33CMjws
by MsVox
At sixteen, Shiro's world ends with a diagnosis.
At ten, Keith's world ends with a phone call.
This is just the beginning for both of them.
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A re-telling of pretty much the whole story, from before the start to after the end.
Words: 4759, Chapters: 1/10, Language: English
Fandoms: Voltron: Legendary Defender
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Categories: M/M
Characters: Shiro (Voltron), Keith (Voltron), Adam (Voltron), Voltron: Legendary Defender Team, Voltron ensemble, Lance (Voltron), Hunk (Voltron), Pidge | Katie Holt, Allura (Voltron), Coran (Voltron), Pretty much everybody will be in this, Shiro's Parents (Voltron), Original Characters
Relationships: Keith/Shiro (Voltron), Adam/Shiro (Voltron)
Additional Tags: Canon Universe, Missing Scenes, Pre-Kerberos Mission, Backstory, Canon Era, POV Alternating, shiro's pov, keith's pov, Shiro's Illness, this man is sick, Friendship, Pining, Unrequited, Slow Burn, Friends to Lovers, eventually, Demi-sexual Keith, keith is bad at feelings, trials and tribulations, difficult conversations, Feels, Angst with a Happy Ending, Keith is a spitting cat, shiro is a dork, Adam is just doing his best, Other Additional Tags to Be Added
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Fic rec: the whole town's sleeping
Title: the whole town's sleeping
Author: astrainclinant
Rating: T
Word Count: 17716
Publication date: 2016-06-29
Author’s summary: Of inevitability and stars.
Alternatively, how Keith and Shiro come together.
Thoughts: There’s a genre of Sheith fics that focuses on life at the Garrison prior to the beginning of the series. The number of fics in this genre will no doubt increase in the wake of the S4 reveals. These fics are almost always bittersweet because we know what’s going to happen.
Firmly steeped in this tradition (in fact one of its core fanworks), the whole town’s sleeping (written prior to S2) is 17.7K words of bittersweet build-up, as Keith and Shiro find each other, lose each other, and finally rediscover each other. We see Shiro tame the Garrison’s wild prodigy. We learn the origin of Keith’s gloves. There’s a haircut steeped in UST. Shoulder touches.
One of the things I love most about this fic is that after all the carefully crafted slow-burn, the fic skirts the smut and remains firmly within T-rating territory. Thus, the narrative demands that Keith and Shiro’s (mutual) longing is weighted more heavily towards emotional rather than sexual pining. When the two men finally, finally have some time together, the payoff feels both inevitable and earned.
#sheith#sheith rec#takashi shirogane#shiro#keith (voltron)#genre: drama#era: pre-kerberos/pre-canon#relationship: slow burn#relationship: pining#rated: T#word count: 10K+#astrainclinant
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Shiro (Voltron) is Steve Rogers (Cap/Marvel)
Personality
“I can do this all day” Self-sacrificing, brave leader, is not afraid to f*ck you up if you are a bad guy, total softie with other people, protective, many times goes into Dad Mode, PTSD, soldiers that are willing to break the rules for the better good, big hearts, adorable sweet lovable puppies that need to be protected and loved and...Ok my fan side is showing, sorry
Love Interest 1
Sort of slow burn, (Peggy goes steadily along the plot in Cap1 and we see that relationship develop / Adam we mostly asume since they were flightparters and roomates), one happy goofball, the other a serious looking badass brunette, Peggy fell in love with the little guy, Adam stayed with his man despite his illness (he broke up with Shiro because of Kerberos not his illness, otherwise he would’ve done it a while ago), they both saw more than just the suit and wanted the best for the man beneath, end tragically when one dies
Love interest 2
Are shown to exist and what they can do (shield agent/altas officer), interactions with love interest are not explicit or very watered down (Curtis only talks as a subordinate to Shiro and are never seen talk casualy/ Staron 1: Keep your distance but not too much, Staron 2: Conversation about his dead ex that gives us closure to the past relationship but very little about this new one)
Out of nowhere they are very much in a relationship (Staron kiss and she says “finally” when 3 seconds ago we just saw Steve let go of Peggy and being more like an acquaintance rather than a love interest / Shiro marries Curtis)
Both are good characters that deserve love and recognition but writters paid no mind or attention to them because each has just one role in the story, causing writters to not care to develop any further personality to them (Curtis came out of the LGTB backslash to show mlm rep last minute / Steve needed a new love interest because all heroes have one and for hetero rep)
Often hated because the are ‘in the way’ of a more popular ship (interestingly in both is their best friend) or fandom just likes love interest 1 better since we got more emotionally attached to them than poor love interest 2 since they don’t have enough development but sadly it’s not their fault they are not given any
Best friend
Knew each other from childhood or at an early age, supported each other when things went down pre-main story plot, during main story plot one gets really f*cked over (get’s kidnapped by the enemy and made to fight for them, even gets temporary amnesia), one does everything in his power to save the tragic one, canon wise they have a very strong platonic bond but their romantic fanon pairing is amongst the most popular ones due to the sheer intensity of their bond shown in canon
Ending (almost close)
Dedicated soldiers that recieved something that makes them better prepared than most to contend agains threats, their amount of dedication makes them want to use it to the max, but only in one we ever see the bad repercussions it may have when in the other they just trash all of this (I’ll explain)
Steve is given the serum, so he is better equipped to face threats and is willing to use it to his last breath, repercussion? He is so dedicated to his job he doesn’t know how to live without a war, we would be a lost man in an era of peace yet he is willing to fight tooth and nail for it, with this premise we see 2 options to his ending, dying in the battle field (most likely theory) or learn to finally settle down with love interest 2, which is a little less, say believable, after seeing him be so dedicated, will he really give up the Cap mantle when he still has the ablities to keep further helping? It’s not impossible but certainly less believable, the MCU literaly has to kill him to explain why this problem is happening and Steve is not there wanting to help (even Clint got out of retirement in Civil War)
Shiro in canon does marries and retires without a problem, however this has left fans dissappointed because, like Steve, we know this character, he gave up his relationship to explore space and later on help others, he is now not held back by a dissease that will terminate his life early, he is still a young and promising pilot and now he is the captain of the Atlas! He has the potential to do so much more and we know this character would take the chance and the opportinty to do so, but he doesn’t? Especially since we very well know the wedding was just for brownie points and not really thought profoundly based on the character they’ve created and built in front of us for 8 seasons, we do want him to rest and be peaceful but we understand and accept that this man is an unstoppable force and in fact we love him exactly because of that
So in conclusion, I just love them so much *cries* but seriously, Shiro needed a better ending, they could’ve gone together to space to help people, they both work in the Atlas! Why retirement?
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Daydreaming
read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2Jzm7NQ
by crawlingfiction
Una pequeña culpa adentro le decía que girara la cabeza y prestara atención a lo que explicaba el profesor en la pizarra.
No quería volver a ese viejo hábito de la escuela.
Pero el viejo Keith soñador seguía allí.
Words: 1692, Chapters: 1/1, Language: Español
Series: Part 25 of Fluff Special Sheith One Shots 2019!
Fandoms: Voltron: Legendary Defender
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Categories: M/M
Characters: Keith (Voltron), Shiro (Voltron)
Relationships: Keith/Shiro (Voltron)
Additional Tags: Pre-Kerberos era, Pre-Canon, Orphan Keith (Voltron), Protective Shiro (Voltron), Bromance, Platonic Relationships, Platonic Soulmates, Keith is a daydreamer baby
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i trust you
read it on the AO3 at http://ift.tt/2vHeyJP
by bio_at
five times shiro and keith were vocal about trusting each other, and the one time keith says something else.
Words: 2291, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English
Fandoms: Voltron: Legendary Defender
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Categories: Gen, M/M
Characters: Shiro (Voltron), Keith (Voltron), Hunk (Voltron), Lance (Voltron), Pidge (Voltron), Allura (Voltron), Coran (Voltron)
Relationships: Keith/Shiro (Voltron)
Additional Tags: 5+1 Things, Oblivious Keith (Voltron), i cant believe thats a tag, Pre-Kerberos Mission, Canon Era
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Various Storms
by MsVox
At sixteen, Shiro's world ends with a diagnosis.
At ten, Keith's world ends with a phone call.
This is just the beginning for both of them.
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A re-telling of pretty much the whole story, from before the start to after the end.
Words: 4769, Chapters: 1/10, Language: English
Fandoms: Voltron: Legendary Defender
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Categories: M/M
Characters: Shiro (Voltron), Keith (Voltron), Adam (Voltron), Voltron: Legendary Defender Team, Voltron ensemble, Lance (Voltron), Hunk (Voltron), Pidge | Katie Holt, Allura (Voltron), Coran (Voltron), Pretty much everybody will be in this, Shiro's Parents (Voltron), Original Characters
Relationships: Keith/Shiro (Voltron), Adam/Shiro (Voltron)
Additional Tags: Canon Universe, Missing Scenes, Pre-Kerberos Mission, Backstory, Canon Era, POV Alternating, shiro's pov, keith's pov, Shiro's Illness, this man is sick, Friendship, Pining, Unrequited, Slow Burn, Friends to Lovers, eventually, Demi-sexual Keith, keith is bad at feelings, trials and tribulations, difficult conversations, Feels, Angst with a Happy Ending, Keith is a spitting cat, shiro is a dork, Adam is just doing his best, Other Additional Tags to Be Added
source http://archiveofourown.org/works/21369121
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