Do you realize why Shiro being confirmed LGBT is so huge???
Netflix just took a stance on having gay characters, gay HEROES, be a role model for children ages 7 and up!!! Voltron is a show that is targeted to 7+ kids and teens and Netflix gave the thumbs up to have one of the heroes, if not the MAIN hero, be a gay man. Gay people in childrenâs entertainment is still wildly frowned upon, let alone a BADASS ACTION HERO!!!Â
This is like how we all wanted Poe Dameron to be confirmed gay, but is actually canonically happening and not unintentional queerbaiting.
This is a huge day for legitimate LGBT representation, and not just shipping headcanon assumptions. The crew decided to make a stand, make a decision, and MADE IT HAPPEN.
i know there is a lot of sha//ies drama going on because of shadam/adashi but i see the same thing going on with some klancers, as much as i ship klance with all my heart, some people are just exaggerating a lot and spreading no needed hate, just because ânow that shiro and adam is a thing klance is not going to be our lgbt rep anymore!!!1!1!1!â, i mean, okay we all want our klance, but can we just think about the fact that one of the main characters, one of the strongest, a disabled asian gay man, being officially gay in a kids show is such a big deal? this representation is so important and valid and iâm just so happy about this huge advance they had. and they never said we would only get one lgbt rep, i mean, can we just talk about laurenâs freaking drawing of everybody holding signs with issues they all went through? everything we heard so far? everything suggests that lance will have his bi arc. âokay but what if we only get bi lance but no klance?!1!1?1!â, well, on my sincere opinion, lanceâs relationship with keith is different from any other boy he has met so far, and the whole natural progression and slow burn thing, everything suggests that klance will be canon. so letâs just not worry about klance for now because thereâs no need to hate on shiro and adam because they didnât even do anything but blessing us all, just because they arenât the lgbt rep you werenât expecting for, there is still a lot to happen, donât make shiro being canonically gay something to start a shipping drama, his relationship of years with adam was pure, sincere, healthy and they truly loved each other. donât ruin all of this.
Iâve noticed that thereâs a lot of adults in this fandom, actually I even think that weâre more adults than teenagers (I could be wrong tho). Iâm 26 btw :)
Sometimes i think about keith and just.....he's such a nice person??? Like a genuinely kind person?
YES,, THIS,, Listen thereâs so much I could talk about with this, I could go on and on. So Iâll try to keep this brief, butâour very first intro to Keith is him saving Shiro. Heâs not just rescuing someone either, he clearly cares so much for Takashi, looks down at him like he means the world and softens up completely, tenderly reaches out to turn his head a little closer. Right off the bat, our first impression isnât cocky or cold or aloof. Its seeing Keith fiercely protect someone he loves and then just melt. You know within the boyâs first scene that heâs got a big heart:
And even though heâs not thrilled to have the other paladins along for the ride at first, he still drives them to safety and lets them crash at his place. Contrary to popular believe, he didnât impulsively hate or antagonize Lance either. Quite the contrary, he didnât have any problem with Lance until Lance made it a problem and continually instigated everything. Even still, rather than continue pushing his buttons, Keith ends up being the first to let the ârivalryâ fizzle out.Â
And he does this as early as season 2. Lance thinks Keith wants to steal his Lion, and Keith does his best to politely apologize and try to explain rather than fighting back. Lance doesnât like that he has to share the pool with someone, but Keith tries to mediate the situation and work out a reasonable solution. Lance angrily yells that Keith is the hothead, yet he says nothing in his own defense. Keith could have easily let himself continue to be baited by Lance, but itâs obvious he doesnât like having a temper and does his best to keep those kinds of emotions in check. You can tell he really wants to bridge that gap, and makes a conscious effort to do so. He didnât have to do that.Â
We also have the way Keith is very understanding when Allura distances herself from him. Is he hurt by this? Yes, that much is clear. Like the rivalry with Lance, is any of this his fault? No. Unlike Lance however, Alluraâs feelings arenât completely unfoundedâthey stem from deeply rooted trauma, and he understands that. âAllura, itâs okay.â He never asks for an apology, nor does he ever expect one. He could have felt entirely betrayed by Alluraâs behavior, but he doesnât. Again, his compassion and concern for others wins out over his own emotional needs.Â
Going back to first impressions for a minute, because this is incredibly importantâwhen Keith only knew everyone for about a day, when they were all veritable strangers with the exception of Shiroâwhen he thought he was dying, his last words were literally, âItâs been an honor flying with you boys.â Keith is incredibly selfless and always puts otherâs needs above his own. Instead of lamenting that he might die, he instead tries to comfort his fellow paladins. That was his first instinct and itâs very indicative of the kind of person he is.Â
When left alone on a mission with Hunk, Keith could have easily been dismissive about his friendâs fears and stress. Instead, he tries to alleviate some of that anxiety by joking around with Hunk to cheer him up, as well as offering physical affirmations of reassurance (cue the signature shoulder touch). Ironically, even though Keith is often depicted as an excessively violent, aggressive harbinger of war, heâs actually very nurturing. And Iâd argue thatâs more in tune with his nature, and any hostility is more so a side effect of his fiercely protective instincts. See: Keith attacking Lubos for enslaving his own people, Keith immediately rushing to defend the Arusians when theyâre âinvaded,â Keith taking on Zarkon solo to defend Shiro, ect.Â
He also takes his duty as a paladin very seriouslyâwhen everyone but Shiro wanted to leave, Keith was the most intent on staying. He was harsh on Pidge, but that was because he was looking at the bigger picture. âEveryone in the universe has families.â Everyone but him, but heâs still willing to lay his life on the line and see this through to the end so that everyone else can return safely to their families. Thatâs commitment. He truly cares about others, and it always gets me.Â
And donât even get me started on Keithâs galra arc, because he shows so much remorse for simply existing. He thinks heâs the reason Zarkonâs tracking them, so he packs his things and leaves. Despite how much he loves his newfound family, he cares about their safety too much to selfishly stay. And when Allura tries to convince him that all galra are innately evil? Keithâs trying so hard to rationalize this with his own feelings and his intentions. Because he doesnât want to be a monster, because he desperately wants to believe heâs still him. Because he cares enough to ask, âBut at the same time, couldnât at least a few of them be fighting for good?â He wants so badly to be a good person, to do whatâs âright.â Itâs both incredibly endearing and upsetting.
Donât even get me started about how, aside from Shiro, Keith is the only one actually upset by Ulazâs sacrifice. Everyone else cheers when a man literally blows up saving all their lives, and Keith is the only other person whoâs distraught. For everyone else, Ulazâs sacrifice was a rather fortunate convenience. The fact that everyone else viewed the value of his life as lesser simply by virtue of being galra, thatâs incredibly alienating in ways I canât even begin to explain. Even more telling, rather than ruminating on his own demons, Keithâs first impulse is to comfort Shiro instead. Again, Keithâs compassion for othersâand Shiro especiallyâeclipses his own pain. He sets aside his personal dilemma to stand by Shiroâs side and speak up on his behalf against Alluraâs claims.Â
Then you have all of season 3, where Keith is the only one unable to move on. Where heâs the one person still burdened by their grief, still frantically searching for Shiro day after day because heâd never just leave him. And he canât understand how the others can just go on with their lives, erupts into grief laden outbursts that boil down to None of you care about him like I do. âWe donât have Shiro either. Everyone seems to have forgotten that.â âShiroâs the Black Lion.â âNo! Iâm gonna find him.â We as the audience feel Shiroâs loss entirely through Keith, and thatâs very purposeful. His heart is the one thatâs breaking the most, his life was the one thrown into chaos. Shiro was the literal manifestation of his greatest hopes and dreams.Â
If thereâs one that that indicates Keithâs gentle heart, itâs his unparalleled bond with Shiro. And the fact that Keith can care so much for others at all after having been burnt at every turnââShiro is the one person who never gave up on me, I wonât give up on him.â Abandonment is a big part of his life, and it stemmed from the fact that even his own mother left him behind. The fact that he could still keep an open heart to others after so much loss and rejection, the simple fact that he will lay his life on the line for a bunch of strangers when he has no real reason to do so, the fact that heâd defend even a âhome planetâ where thereâs no home there waiting for himâitâs incredibly humbling.Â
Even so obviously depressed and scarred by grief, Keith willingly puts his own feelings aside and takes up the mantle of the Black Paladin. For the sake of the rest of his team, as well as in honor of Shiroâs last wish. âThis oneâs for you, Shiro.â Keith puts everything else on hold and takes on a role he neither wants nor feels he can properly fulfill. And when âShiroâ returns, Keith does everything in his power to return Black to her âoriginalâ paladinâin his mind, thatâs setting things right. Even if it means leaving the team again. Keith obviously cares about the other paladins very much, but heâs willingly to make sacrifices for the greater good. Thatâs just the kind of person he is.Â
All his life, the universe seems to just take and take when it comes to Keith. So the fact that heâd still be willing to sacrifice himself after all that, the sheer notion that heâd still care so much about others when all his life heâs been ostracized and abandonedâitâs heartbreaking. The universe really doesnât deserve someone as kind and gentle hearted as him.Â
Keith is afraid of rejection, of course he is. Just the scene when he comes back to the castle and finds everyone mad at him... Breaks my heart everytime
Yeah!!!! Keith being afraid of rejection plays such a huge part in the show that Iâm really surprised to still see people ignore it. Maybe people donât realize exactly how scared he is? Here, have some screenshots:
It was framed in a comical way, but he was crushed that Lance forgot about the bonding moment.
He was too scared to tell even Shiro about his suspicions of his heritage.
Literally the entirety of this scene -Â âstop being so selfish!â -Â âthen youâve chosen to be aloneâ - these are his greatest fears and he believed them. He genuinely thought that Shiro would leave him for wanting to know about his origins.
He was so scared of this. So, so scared. He already tried to gauge Alluraâs reaction to his suspicions back in s2e6. And once her rejection happened, he didnât push her into anything-
-it tore him apart but he waited for her to accept him, Hunk was the one who defended him. He is scared of rejection and heâs used to it and he wonât try to convince people to give him a second chance.
Look at his expressions when she came to apologize?? He didnât expect her to??? He had already accepted that he wasnât part of the team anymore when it comes to her!
When someone says something that excludes him from the group -Â âKeithâs the lonerâ - he immediately internalizes it. Heâs super sensitive to statements like that. And itâs not about critique in general, for example he easily accepted that Lanceâs plan was much better than his own back on the Balmera in s1, itâs about being isolated.
He doesnât expect support if it wasnât previously offered to him. Support means a lot to him and once itâs offered willingly he latches on to it and tries to repay it. Weâve seen this pattern happen with Shiro (since s1), Allura (since they reconciled) and Lance (since he offered the here mentioned support) already. And yet, once season 4 rolls around-
-heâs??? terrified??????? No matter how often someone offered him support before, heâs still afraid of getting rejected by them. Weâve seen that with Shiro in the BoM episode and now with the team in s4e1.
âI push people away before they reject meâ - how much more obvious does it have to be???????Â
Despite this, his character isnât only pushing people away, more often than that he just⊠canât reach out first. Whenever someone offers him kind words or friendly gestures he lights up. Look at his hugs, they are a good metaphor for that too. He can open up to other people, he admitted to feeling awful about his terrible leading to Lance in s3e3, he just needed him to support him first.Â
Keith is trying very hard to overcome his issues and connect with everyone, but as a matter of fact, even the slightest rejection still hits him hard.Â
Rules: Tag nine people you wanna get to know better! I got tagged by @ambulancemcclainÂ
Relationship status: Single? Taken? ... Honestly, I donât know. Iâm kinda in that state where Iâm seeing someone but we havenât made anything official yet.Â
Chapstick or lipstick: This time of year - chapstick. My lips are chapped af
Favourite colour: Green. All shades of green. Light green. Dark green. Donât care just green.Â
Last song I listened to: Technically, the VLD theme song because thatâs my ringtone. But I donât think that counts so âOne Footâ by Walk the Moon.Â
Last movie I watched: Ah my sisters were watching Moana the other day and I was there soooooo...
Top 3 TV shows:Â Fuck thereâs so many good shows. VLD, Daiya no Ace, and The Good Doctor. Yup, a cartoon, an anime, and a TV Drama - because why not.
Top 3 bands/artists: Dude, I donât have a top 3. Itâs more like a top 50! Damn, making me choose and shit. Okay so Make Out Monday, A.W., and Twenty One Pilots are all up there.Â
Peace!
I donât even really know nine other tumblr users. Oops! But I love getting to know people! So you can say I tagged you and do it if youâre interested.Â
I havenât drawn in so long! But what better reason is there to get back into it than the birthday of this beautiful boy!
A very happy birthday to this special yellow paladin. The sweetest man in the universe! The sunshine child himself! Keep on smiling Hunk.
I would have loved to give this the color it deserves, but Iâve been so pressed for time and since my laptop crapped out I canât color digital right now. Maybe someday Iâll get around to coloring it.
Also, please excuse my out of proportion eyes. Thatâs on my to do list.
VLD (Broganes) Whumpmas Day 12 - Free Day - Chicken Pox
@vldwhumpmas2017
Keith usually enjoyed his alone time. He liked sitting in his room reading his books in peace. He liked laying on the floor with his coloring books and building with his legos. He could spend hours by himself, lost in his own thoughts and content with his own company.
But after four days of quarantine, he was willing to do anything for some genuine human contact. His mom was in an out of his room multiple times throughout the day. But she usually just came to check his fever or give him food. She didnât really keep him company. But he couldnât blame her; he knew there was so much she had to do. She didnât have time to keep up a conversation.
Still, he couldnât take much more of the solitary confinement. He knew it was to protect Shiro. And he didnât want Shiro to catch it. He wouldnât wish it on his worst enemy. Heâd never felt more itchy his entire life. And this was coming from the kid whoâd had poison ivy all over both his legs. And maybe he wouldnât mind it if he could play with his toys, but he was too tired and achy to even get out of bed. All he could do was sit in his bed and think about how lonely he was and how his mom kept telling him not to scratch.
He grimaced while he looked at the clock, watching the second hand tick by. If heâd known this would be his fate, he might not have complained to his mom the other day about the âbug bitesâ that were making him super itchy. When she saw the little red bumps spread all over Keithâs back, she immediately rushed him to the pediatrician. There, her worst fears were confirmed. Thankfully, they had caught it early and Keith hadnât been spreading it for too long.
But Shiro had been exposed to Keith almost constantly. They lived together. And even though the bumps had only just shown up, the doctor told them that he has been contagious for a few days. And it was especially dangerous for Shiro since he was so much older than Keith. It was just a nuisance for him. As the doctor explained, the disease would have more complications if Shiro were to get it.
But Keith would be fine in about a week. The doctor assured them that all the bumps would blister and scab over, then he would be back to normal. Until then, however, it was best for him to keep his distance from everyone who hadnât already the chicken pox before. Thankfully, his mother had them as a child. He worried that if she hadnât, he wouldnât even be graced with her short visits.
He was four days in. Many of the bumps had already started to blister, and some had even started to scab. Only a few more days and he would be good to go. And he promised himself that he wouldnât spend anymore time than necessary alone in his room. He doubted he would be playing by himself any time in the near future. He would go outside and ride his bike and help his mom in the kitchen and do whatever he could to be around people. He may even befriend some of the neighborhood kids just for some extra playmates.
He was shocked from his thought by a knock on the door. He looked over at the door, expecting his mom to walk in. When it didnât open, his expression changed to confusion as he called out, âHello?â
âHey Keith, how you feeling?â Shiroâs voice carried under the small slit under the door. Keithâs eyes burst open with excitement. He hadnât talked to his brother since his confinement.
âIâve been better. Still really itchy.â Keith complained, and just mentioning the itchiness increased his urge to scratch.
âMom said not to scratch!â Shiro warned. âThatâll make it worse.â
âI know. But Shiro, itâs so itchy!!â He whined, rubbing his back against the headboard of his bed. Because that technically wasnât scratching.
âLetâs do something thatâll take your mind off of it.â Shiro suggested.
Keith gasped, âYou canât hang out with me Shiro. I donât want you to get sick too. Iâm still contagious. Mom said so.â He argued despite how badly he wanted to hang out with his brother. Refusing the company was probably the hardest thing he had to do. No, it was the second hardest. The single hardest thing he ever had to do was supress the urge to scratch. Â
âRelax, Keith. Iâm not gonna come in. Iâm gonna sit out here in the hallway.â he heard Shiro plop himself down in front of he door. âBut mom mentioned that youâve been lonely, so I figured I could entertain you for a while.â
So mom was listening to him complain when she came to check on him. That was good to know. âBut how can you play with me if you canât come in?â Keith asked. Iâm seemed a little ridiculous that they would hang out but also be separated by a wall.
Shiro seemed to have thought it all out before he came. He didnât even hesitate when he answered. âWe can play one of the games we play on long car rides. We donât need to be next to each other to play those games.â Â Â
Keith actually liked that idea. Their family hadnât taken a long trip in a while, and he really enjoyed those car games. âCan we play last letter first letter?â He asked pleadingly.
Shiro let out a short laugh, âSure thing, bud. What category do you want to do?â
âAnimals!â Keith answered quickly and enthusiastically.
âYou always pick that one,â Shiro laughed. He didnât mind though, âIâll go first. Lion.â
âNewt.â
âTurtle.â
âElephant.â
âTiger.â
âRhinoceros.â Â
âSnake.â
âEagle.â
âElk.â
âKangaroo.â
They played all through the afternoon. Theyâd both been well versed in the category to keep this round going for hours. They occasionally got tripped up on a few letters, but they always managed to come up with something. And though Keith hadnât noticed it, he hadnât felt the need to itch the whole time he was playing with Shiro.
âOpossum.â
âMacaw.â Shiro answered after a long pause.
âWallaby,â Keith replied through a long yawn.
âAre you getting tired?â Shiro forwent an answer (and good thing because they had pretty much exhausted the list of animals that start with âYâ). They had been playing for a while. And he knew Keith still wasnât at 100 percent energy-wise.
âMaybe a little,â Keith replied, tiredly rubbing his eyes.
âAlright, dude.â Keith could hear Shiro standing up, his joints cracking from sitting so long, âGet some rest. We can play again later.â He knocked against the door.
âHey Shiro,â Keith called out before Shiro could walk away. He heard Shiro hum to continue, âI said the last animal. That means I win.â Keith replied snarkily.
Usually, Shiro could be a bit of a sore loser. But he figured heâd let Keith win this one. âYup, I guess it does. Weâll have a rematch later though.â He laughed.
âI look forward to it.â Keith smiled before falling asleep. Even though it wasnât exactly the human contact heâd been craving, it helped. Keith didnât feel as lonely anymore. He slept soundly knowing Shiro would be back later.
