#keith's dad

[ishqkogane]

krolia actually left earth because tex cut his hair.

in other news, keith's 'mullet' may actually be genetic

[realestkeith]

Really important headcanon that I swear by. Keith's dad is Korean, but moved to whatever usa-adjacent place the Garrison is in. It's mostly English speaking, so he had to learn the language, and the way he did so is by watching a bunch of Westerns, right? Because he thought they were cool. And he picked up on a lot of words and kind of the pronunciations, too, and then when he met Krolia, he spoke more English than Korean because that would make more sense, especially if he wanted to teach her a few words. Which gave him a slight bit more practice. And then. And then when Keith came along, of course he was taught Korean, but also, to fit in better his dad taught him English. So at first he spoke with a Korean accent and a tint of cowboy-talk. Then, when his dad died he had nobody to talk Korean with and he was surrounded by US accents, so his own, faded.

And so sometimes he says something phrased in an extremely cartoonish-cowboy way and everyone will just stare at him.

[szmaciarz-pospolity]

Well geez mr Kogane you also look awfully similiar to someone yet we don't point that out like that 🙄

[princess-from-the-stars]

OK so I know no one really cares about Voltron anymore but the real most unbelievable thing that happened in that show is a guy from Texas falling for an illegal alien just saying....

[just-jae]

Not sure If I ever posted this here either but, behold, a take on Kieth's parents, Krolia and Texas.

[vee-is-a-clown]

Do you guys think that when Keith first stepped foot into his dad's old house in Texas, he smelled the house again for the first time in years and cried? That he hadn't known that specific smell in so long, it felt alien to him? Maybe even nauseating?

Do you guys ever wonder if Keith had been entrusted with a house key before his dad died? Did he manage to keep it all those years? Or maybe he had to search for the spare key hidden somewhere Keith didn't remember? What if he had to pick the lock? Or break in? Did he have to break into his own house like a common criminal?

Do you guys ever think about the food that likely passed its expiration date while Keith was away? Or maybe if his dad's friends had cleaned the place out of trash and perishables? Had they ever anticipated Keith coming back? Did they even think Keith would remember his house? His father?

Do you guys ever ponder how Keith treated his father's belongings? Did he leave them untouched? Or did he riffle through them for something, anything that could be a clue about the weird energy that was calling to him? Did he feel uncomfortable going into his father's room? Did he ever keep anything of his father's as a memento? Did he feel uncomfortable with Shiro wearing his father's clothes?

Do you guys maybe ever think about if Keith cleaned his father's grave? Did he ever pay his respects? Or had he ignored the glaring reminder that his father was dead and everything in the house Keith was staying in was borrowed from him?

I think about it. I've been thinking about it a lot these past few weeks.

[snackleggg]

I can't believe we were deprived of the whirlwind romance between a Texan and the alien assassin soldier that crash landed in his backyard.

Like, I'd watch an entire series of just the years Krolia spent on earth with Keith's dad and their unlikely romance while protecting the Blue Lion together.

[strawberijasper]

Paladin redesigns

So... my friend @adaphyl and I have been working on a Voltron rewrite because canon Voltron? Eughdghf god awful, we all know. But it's ok, it's not real it can't hurt us.

We've been working through the cast and redesigning characters. I'm posting the paladin redesigns first just because my Altean redesigns need a bit more explanation... there's a lot of lore and I just don't got it in me rn.

I say these are the paladin redesigns but I did also include Keith's dad for reasons, we called him Jim. Anyways here are my redesigns as well as some notes on our rewrites of the characters (I will go more into this at a later date, but for now just some important notes).

Keith:

He's trans ftm, wears a binder. He needs to be wrestled out of said binder because he will wear it for too long. He is on hrt but has been off of it for a while cause space.

Keith is itty bitty, we made him 5'5.

He has more non-human features, the stripes on his arms are Galran markings, as well as the "freckles" on his face. He does get more Galran features in the future (will be in a future post).

Shiro's son.

He's autistic because I say so (I'm projecting but also honestly none of them are neurotypical lets be real).

Lance:

Lance is amab and nonbinary, goes by he/they.

Fuckboy with a heart of gold but like... genuinely. He comes off as a fuckboy to many people but he truly is just a silly little guy. Canon Lance but far better.

He's average height, 5'10.

He wears friendship bracelets made by his nieces and nephews, and always has hair ties on him for anyone who needs one. The anklet is from his mother.

Shark tooth necklace is because it's his favorite animal (and because sharks are MY favorite and I'm projecting).

Pidge:

Transmasc genderfluid, uses they/them pronouns primarily but is fine with any.

Pidge is still the shortest, around 4'11 iirc.

Pidge is aroace because I say so, romance and sex repulsed they do not give a shit about any of it.

Their hoodie was originally Matt's, they stole it in order to sneak into the Garrison and decided to just keep it. Pidge misses their brother.

Pidge wears a binder and is very good about not wearing it for too long. They set a timer for how long they should wear it and will take it off as soon as they can, as well as set reminders for break days. They are on top of this shit.

Hunk:

Hunk has tattoos (not pictured, we're working on designing them). We wanted to really represent Hunk's culture and because he's Samoan we wanted to give him some traditional Samoan tattoos as a treat.

He's everyone's bestie/big brother actually and I love him can you tell I love him?

iirc he's around 6'0 tall.

Paints his nails the voltron colors, one finger for each member. His thumbs are painted yellow so he can point to himself.

Shiro:

Shiro is a trans man, he has had top surgery and is also on hrt.

Shiro is Keith's stepdad... kind of. Kind of stepdad kind of adopted dad. Simply dad.

Shiro is also around 6'0, shorter by Hunk by an inch.

Oh he also has a tongue piercing hehe haha.

Jim (Keith's bio dad):

Jim is Jim.

No but really, he was in fact a firefighter, we are keeping that. He dies in a fire and Keith now wears his dog tag.

He may have held hands with Shiro at some point :3c

There isn't much to say about him (I simply don't remember everything) but just know I love him.