I’m currently rewatching Voltron and I just remembered the silly headcanon I have that is Keith wearing his dads old ring because it was the only thing they had managed to salvage off of his body that day, and so Keith wears it either on his finger or on a necklace and never puts it down because he doesn’t want to loose what he has left of his father
(there’s also the headcanon that Keith was the kid his dad ran in to save and his dad died protecting him which means Keith had his dads dead body holding him for hours until they were found buuut that’s a story for another day)
Honestly, I love every headcanon that dives into Keith’s father — especially the ones where he was a firefighter (which, honestly, feels basically canon at this point with all the hints in the show).
About the ring i actually had a similar headcanon — just a little different.
So, in my mind, to activate a Blade of Marmora weapon, you need a specific kind of Galra DNA tied to that particular blade, right? (At least that’s how I remember it — I don’t think anyone besides Keith or Krolia could transform his blade.)
And what if adding someone else’s DNA to your blade is basically the Galra version of exchanging rings on Earth? Like— two Blade agents exchange their blades, add each other’s DNA, and later their child can inherit either of the two blades.
So based on that, I like to think that Krolia had a ring, and Keith’s father carried her blade. They promised each other that when Krolia returned, they’d both have a ring and a blade — tying both their cultures together in full.
(And I also love the idea of Keith running into the fire trying to save his dad. But honestly, I’m convinced that if they were together in the fire, his father would’ve done everything to get Keith out first — and probably passed away later, either in the ambulance or the hospital.)
