Space Trail

ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space

[booleach]

Mignola-style fanart of my beloved duo <3

[yelenhol]

Love undying

[zzztlk]

Did you know that diarrhea is hereditary?

[gazo1a]

Look for the light.

[firnella]

I needed more time with them 😭

[bujomoss-deactivated20240105]

ellie :)

[mossshhh]

the victory at denerim but i only used reference photos of football players after winning

[siderealsandman]

sheith is 100% the 5 a.m. beach jogging, rock climbing, marathon running in matching workout gear couple that’s in bed by nine

allurance is 100% the late night dining, dancing, shopping, stargazing couple that stays out until 5 a.m. and stays in bed until eleven

for these reasons, they are 100% incompatible double-date couples

[itssiccia]

Run, Keith, run 

(My only complain about season 7 is that this should’ve happened)

[itssiccia]

I was so thirsty for a Stranger Things AU so thank you @arahir for bringing them to us!

[itssiccia]

mourning a relationship is hard

[fenri]

Since you've actually seen the new episode, how do you feel about Adam/Shadam?

Like I said to someone on Twitter, I think you need to be aware of a few things here.

Shiro and Adam are approximately 21 when this happens. Shiro has a degenerative disease he’s trying to outrun, and as Lauren said, Shiro and Adam have been together for a while at this point as flying partners and boyfriends. Adam knows Shiro. Adam also alludes to Shiro running a race against his own degenerative disease. Shiro has maxed every record, already risked his life in space, and now, he only has a couple years left in peak physical condition. Those two years can be spent on Earth and having a life Adam can play witness to or Shiro can leave and do this final mission that may or may not kill him.

Again, they’re young adults at an age where people find themselves standing at a lot of important forks in the road. Realistically, at 21, it’s already hard on the heart to know the man you love has a disease that will entirely disable him and then maybe kill him. Adam seems willing to do this with Shiro, but he also wants Shiro to meet him halfway, and well, Shiro doesn’t have to. It’s Shiro’s life. It’s two very important years to experience his life passion, but also, Adam doesn’t have to meet Shiro halfway either. It’s Adam’s life. Asking your partner to watch you go on a perilous and time stealing mission is a lot at 21 years old.

We can’t be idealistic and impart these puritanical expectations on queer people in media anymore. Adam’s reaction is human. It’s not right or wrong. It’s just human.

I don’t think Adam is coming from an irrational place considering he knows Shiro is trying to beat a clock that will never stop ticking ahead of him. He basically asks Shiro what he wants since he’s already DONE EVERYTHING, and when Shiro couldn’t answer, I gathered that Shiro didn’t know either. He probably wants to cram his entire life into an impossible timeline, and that’s some rough stuff for young adults to negotiate. Shiro is mourning his life while trying to live it. Can you imagine?

My mom had cancer and died at 45 (believe it or not, internet, that’s tragically fucking young), and while she was declining, her decisions made me mad. They made me so mad I couldn’t see straight because I couldn’t understand why she would do things that felt like a shitty use of her time, and that’s normal. It’s something you discuss in grief therapy. You say shitty things. You’re scared. You don’t want that person to slip away faster than they are. It’s a desperate thing.

So, I don’t know. I trust Adam and Shiro had a good relationship until Shiro made the choice he had the right to make. I can tell this arc was written by people who are older and understand this shit is a nuanced thing we want to simplify but can’t.

That’s my hot take but it’s heartfelt, and until I see something that disproves my feelings in canon, then I’m not backing down from it.

[itssiccia]

Yes.YES.

I can totally understand and respect why some people feel uncomfortable with Shiro/Adam. But I think we have to consider that we are probably witnessing the last period of a long term relationship that is coming to an end. Therefore, I don't think is totally fair to judge what they had by their last interaction. There is so much story there that is being told off-screen. Even caring, loving and healthy relationships can turn into bitterness and grieve because, you know, humans being humans and life being life. Decisions are made, raw feelings get in the way, things aren’t handled right and eventually some paths can’t converge at the end of the line anymore. Despite that, I choose to believe Adam was important for Shiro and vice versa. They both were young scared men trying to do their best in a situation that was testing them, but their different personal goals couldn’t keep them together at last. And there isn’t really anyone to blame for that because sometimes these kind of things - these kind of wrong human reactions (and I am pointing out Adam's decision here)- are coming from a place we can’t barely understand.

Human relationships navigate such a wide complex range of grey scale.  

[rosemary-andtime]

They would say, if asked, that it doesn’t mean anything, that there’s nothing between them. It’s just for comfort, for reassurance and warmth, for something familiar to hold to in the cold darkness of unknown space.

I get cold, Keith would say brusquely. I can’t sleep without some kind of noise so Shiro lets me stay with him.

I get, Shiro would say, and pause. He would rub the back of his neck, smiling small and self-conscious to cover the sudden shadow behind his eyes. I get disoriented sometimes. I wake up and I don’t know where I am. It helps, when Keith’s there.

Neither of them would be lying.

Neither of them would be entirely truthful, either.

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[fenri]

Sorry I sent you an ask already recently and this is pretty nsfw, but... have you noticing the cultural phenomenon, the swing, the shift, in Sheith art and fanfic around the world that Keith is gradually being portrayed as a top? If so, do you have any thoughts on this matter? I feel this transcends sexuality, even in an emotional sense Keith is perceived as the strength or the rock for Shiro to lean on as we’re progressing through the story. He has grown into it and folks are noticing. I think.

Don’t apologize! I don’t mind at all.

I mean, drums fingers. It’s no mystery people view being on the receiving end of penetration as a feminine and submissive act, which also translates into emotional vulnerability, so it makes sense it would happen even if for some this push is on a subconscious level. That being said, having been in this fandom since its genesis, I promise there’s a combination of things going on here that goes beyond the reality that most couples switch. Before I hop on this, understand these are my theories/opinions, so don’t put much stock in them.

The first big one is that eastern fandom loves bottom Shiro, and eastern fandom doesn’t seem to give a damn about western fandom politics. At the beginning of Voltron, there were a lot of western artists drawing a metric shit ton of sheith nsfw art featuring Keith on the receiving end. Then the age discourse happened, harassment happened, and the majority of the skilled and refined artists who drew this content left the fandom because skilled and refined artists tend to be adults aka their thresholds for dealing with this shit are slim to none. A good artist is bound to do okay in about any fandom, and well, I’m not going to blame people if Voltron wasn’t the hill they wanted to die on.

I say this because if you notice there’s a quantity disparity between bottom Shiro nsfw art and bottom Keith nsfw fanfiction. The reason for this is likely because of fanfiction being something you have to willingly seek out, take the time to consume, and then judge. If an anti were to seek out fanfiction of Keith getting hammered by Shiro, then that’s their own fault. Art is something they can rapidly consume and pretend they happened upon aka validate their sense of entitlement to artists and in turn harass them for making the content. Because anti fandom is largely western rhetoric it would make sense that bottom Shiro came to the forefront and has mostly remained.

This leads me to another thing about antis painting the way we interpret sheith. As much as I’d like to think people are getting over their yaoi-centric top/botton ideals that are completely unrealistic between two men, I think putting Keith in the place of ‘power’ softens the cruel accusations thrown at sheith shippers throughout the past two years. If Keith is in control, then this is significantly less problematic, and we’re balancing the ledger here. Shiro isn’t a domineering top. Shiro isn’t taking advantage of Keith. If Shiro is on the receiving end and soft, then there’s no way this is unhealthy.

Again, I have to reiterate how stupid I find the concept of top/bottom (as in mandating that one person is more of a top than a bottom like it’s law), but I’m being objective here because I’ve thought about it before. I know there are plenty of people who like bottom Shiro just because they like Shiro having sex, which is the boat I’m sailing on. These ideas aren’t intended to generalize. 

I’m gonna be real here and poke at this romanticization of fandom coming to see Keith as Shiro’s rock. 

Keith has definitely come into his own. Yes, he’s saved Shiro many times, and yes, Keith has now officially fought for Shiro’s life as much as Shiro likely fought for Keith’s quality of life on Earth, but Keith still emotionally leans on Shiro more than Shiro has ever leaned on him in canon. Keith is not Shiro’s guiding light. Keith was never Shiro’s mentor. For a long time, Shiro was Keith’s leader. 

They’re on equal footing now in regards to Voltron and being teammates and friends, but their history still places Keith on the more emotional/vulnerable end. If anything, they’re just standing shoulder to shoulder at this point, but I think Keith loves Shiro on a much louder frequency than Shiro loves Keith.

The idea of Keith being Shiro’s rock over Shiro being Keith’s rock doesn’t check out. He is older, calmer and trusts himself more, but. I don’t know. Something here isn’t adding up for me. 

These aren’t really complete thoughts. This doesn’t invalidate those who are doing exactly what you believe they’re doing. On a lot of levels, I think you’re right, but it leads into this endless dissection of small, pretty men being submissive until they prove themselves as masculine entities who can purchase the golden ticket to thrusting into a wet hole. 

It’s weird. I have no conclusive thoughts on this. I’m also not the first or last person to say any of this, but I also don’t judge people on their preferences, so more or less, look at these thoughts as like, free-floating musings, lol. I hope this is what you were looking for. I know it’s a bit of a mess. 

[cherrybomb-and-starlight]

Keith’s fears being voiced (by the most important person in his life)

Believing them // Knowing they are not true

[itssiccia]

Oh god, I have been thinking about how strongly those two moments parallel each other.

[itssiccia]

Well

[fenri]

so, how do you feel about the state of canon sheith post season 6? I really liked your analysis a while back and I'm curious how you feel now

I think it confirms everything I thought about them from the start. Strictly canon speaking, Shiro and Keith are devoted to one another in a way that makes blood look thin. While Keith’s energy to love and protect Shiro is far more kinetic than Shiro’s mature and quiet love, those two have literally bent time and space to protect each other.

As corny as it sounds, I pin them as soulmates after S6. Whether or not they’re platonic or romantic, they’re definitely driven by something that’s quite literally found in the stars. There ‘across the universe’ thematics are too strong to ignore. Shiro literally reached out to Keith through an astral plane after dying. He knifed the laws of life and death with the Black Lion’s help and sought out Keith when Keith needed him the most. Even in death, Shiro saved Keith’s life.

Powerful shit. 

For more elaboration, I’ll add a few thoughts that some people weren’t fans of but personally made me love them even more.  

Keith taking time away from Shiro matter. It mattered a lot.

Whether or not the circumstances were devastating, every bit of time Keith spent away from Shiro was necessary. I remember thinking before this season there was no way for sheith to maintain health if something didn’t change. Keith needed to find drive other than the debt he felt he owed Shiro. Yes, I believe Keith was always inherently good and determined to do what was right for the universe, but Shiro’s shadow was present. Very, very present. It was to the point of distraction at times. Considering Keith’s trauma, it made sense, but it was bad.

Ultimately, Keith needed a force that was entirely his own. I’ve seen some sheith fans get mad about this. They think it’s the same thing as taking away the one person Keith had, but I never saw it that way. I think it’s normal for young people who’ve been through hell to fixate on one comfort. Drifting away from Shiro and finding his own space wasn’t Keith deciding he’d never need Shiro again. Remember, Keith still needed Shiro in the astral plane. 

The time apart just helped Keith figure out how to calmly utilize the tools (aka leadership skills) Shiro had been offering him with for a very long time. It helped him focus. It helped him trust himself and likely meditate on some hard life shit. Without the expectations and pressures (not malicious ones, by the way) presented by Shiro to distract him, Keith had to work some messy shit out. 

Keith grew up. He was grown up in other ways. In ways I’d consider terrible and unfortunate, but that didn’t mean he was exceptionally mature. He matured.

That leads to the best thing about this season. 

It made me see Shiro and Keith as absolute equals. They were equally teammates before, but attitude-wise, I now view Keith’s authority as a counterpart to Shiro’s leadership. They’re shoulder to shoulder, and I could see Keith sticking to his guns and not letting up if he thought Shiro was wrong. 

I’ve always believed they mirrored each other’s trauma, but I wasn’t sure why they never read as incredibly close. Like, Shiro kept him an arm’s length away.

Not anymore, though.

I don’t know if Keith is going to become Black Paladin, but I firmly believe he’s going to play a role that will challenge Shiro, which is important. I don’t think they could have ever broken their mentor/student relationship and fully come into their adult friendship had it never happened. It no longer feels like Keith is trying to prove a point to Shiro. It feels like Keith is doing things because he knows he loves Shiro. I guess I should say that he loves Shiro and he’s not trying to prove he’s no longer the kid who got into schoolyard fights and embarrassed Shiro’s faith in him. Keith knows he’s more than a dropout. 

Shiro has always respected Keith, but I think it took a lot out of Keith for him to fully believe it and also respect himself. Just an opinion, though. 

Ultimately, Season 6 put Shiro and Keith into a different life stage together. It cut my young and desperately pining Keith nerve, and I’m relieved.

They’ll probably butt heads in the future. There’s going to be a lot of guilt and pain, but they’re growing pains love will see them through. I have no doubt.