Can we recap what Takashi Shirogane has been through?
He was abducted by aliens and tortured for information about the blue lion, something Earth couldn't even fathom.
He was forced to fight in a gladiator ring and eventually kill his opponents to survive.
He was singled out by a 10,000 year old witch and had his arm removed and replaced with a killing prosthetic.
He was experimented on by alien witches--Sendak's words.
He was broken and reformed and had done shameful dark things-also Sendak's words.
He was put in isolation of his own cell where he learned to time the sentry patterns-season 1x10
Then he escaped and got a brain injury so he didn't remember everything that had happened. He didn't understand the arm or the scar on his face and only remembered bits and pieces of a traumatizing year. His imagination was likely running wild and he was afraid of what he was missing. "What else have they done to me?" was probably a very reoccurring thought.
He woke up in a Galra lab-which was probably very traumatic because of memories of Shiro's missing year. He didn't have Shiro's brain injury so he probably remembered everything.
He escaped and crash landed on an ice planet and almost died falling off a cliff.
He injured his leg and was forced to walk on it through snow and a blizzard without anything to keep him warm.
He went without food or water for his time freezing and injured.
Upon finding water he was attacked by a giant spider crab WHILE starved and injured. (That's just some shit luck 😂)
He was held captive by aliens who literally thought about eating him. Then he escaped and was isolated and starved for a week.
Once he was rescued he was rejected by the Black Lion which had to have been confusing. He assumed the Lion teleported him to the Galra and when he didn't remember anything likely thought that he had done horrible things to become unworthy like the last time he'd been a prisoner. Then he had to watch as Keith wouldn't pilot the Black Lion or lead the team when he was always right there and ready and wanting to do so.
He suffered through PTSD alone and his teammates abandoned him when he became difficult-EXCEPT LANCE ❤❤❤❤
Then his mind was taken over by Haggar and he was enslaved again and forced to hurt the people he cared for.
During his fight with Keith the remainder of his arm was torn to shreds to be replaced with scalding hot metal.
Then his team called him evil and cast him aside to replace him with Shiro.
He died and was stuck in nothingness for months with no way to contact and get help.
He was revived by being put into a clone's body he watched infiltrate his team and live his life which had to have felt very violating.
He woke with only one arm and the remainder of it lost to Galra tech.
He finally gets home and finds out Adam is dead from the Galra invading. He never gets to say goodbye or get his closure.
His arm is replaced with one that probably makes every day tasks very difficult and makes him stick out.
We also found out that he had a degenerate muscle disease and was looking at dying at a young age after having to lose control of his body.
I love Shiro because he is a survivor and no matter what he went through he kept his good heart. He will always be my favorite character. 💜💛💙💚❤
