#shirp

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[kyoanrio]

gay shiro? hm yes i do think so

[thisbibliomaniac]

20 minutes into Voltron and chill and he gives you this look

(courtesy of @jayykesley )

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Just a warning, there are mentions of vomit  

Two and a half jobs (Shiro counts his third job as only half of one, because it’s only a couple of hours a week, helping out Hunk’s elderly grandmother) and a full load of classes has the tendency to steal sleep and add stress, and those concepts aren't foreign to him. Now that he’s been at it for a couple of months, he’s used to it.  

What he isn’t used to, however, is this nagging headache he’s had for the last half hour.

He figures it’s the fumes from the cleaning supplies, because he’s been cleaning Martha’s house for nearly an hour how, and the room he’s in is small with little ventilation.  

“Shiro?” Martha says, opening the door.  

He sets down his cleaning supplies down and brings his eyes to her.

Fuck, his head hurts.

“I think I'm going to call it a day for you.”

“What? Why?” Shiro frowns.

“You're exhausted, dear,” she says, stepping inside.  She pats his upper arm, and smiles up at him, “I very much appreciate the help, but you need to take care of yourself.  Go home and get some sleep, you don’t look well.”

“But..you still need groceries,” he mumbles tiredly.  God, why is he so tired?

“Hunk is coming by later today, I’m sure he won’t mind.”

Shiro always forgets that Hunk is Martha’s grandson.  In fact, that’s how he met Martha in the first place.  Martha practically raised Hunk while he was growing up, she was more of a mother figure to him than his own mother. By the time Hunk went off to college, she was in her late seventies and not doing the greatest, and Hunk asked Shiro if he could stop by once a week or so and make sure she’s alright.  

Martha quickly became one of the most important people in Shiro’s life, and even though Hunk moved back home a while ago, Shiro still stops by frequently.

“Oh...really, grandma.  I’m fine,” he says. She stands on her tiptoes and puts a hand on his forehead.

“Tsk.  You were going to keep working with a fever like that?”

“I’m f-”

“-don’t you dare finish that sentence.  You work too hard, love,” she says softly, “you need to go home and rest.”

“Yes, ma’am.”

“I’m going to have Hunk check up on you.  If I hear you’ve been doing anything other than resting, I’m going to be very upset with you.”

He chuckled lightly, “I promise I’ll get some sleep.”

*

Shiro’s glad that Martha convinced him to leave, because an hour after he gets home, whatever the hell kind of flu this is hits him like a ton of bricks, and he’s miserable. He’s had the flu before, but this is like nothing he’s ever experienced before.

He’s curled up on the couch - shivering - blanket draped over him haphazardly as it threatens to fall onto the floor.  He’s freezing, but he’s too achy to fix it.

He just hopes that Hunk comes by soon, because this is bad and he can tell, even through the fever haze.

His stomach churns and lurches, and he pushes himself off the couch before staggering unsteadily to the bathroom.  He drops to his knees in front of the toilet, empties his stomach, and then slumps down onto the floor.  

He isn’t sure how long he stays there for, but all he knows is that he’s too weak and feels too sick to move, and he’s drifting in and out of consciousness.

That is, until, “Shit.  She didn’t say you were this sick.”

“Hunk?” Shiro mumbles, squinting up at his friend.  

Hunk steps around the throw up, and grabs the hand towel from next to the sink and wets it.

“Yeah, it's me. Hey, buddy.”

“I-I don’t...um...I don’t feel very well.”

“Yeah, no kidding.  Are you alright to get up and move to the couch?”

“I think...doctor.” He mumbles tiredly.  

Hunk’s heart pounds in his chest, “yeah, okay.  I’ll drive you to the emergency room.”

“My head hurts,” Shiro groans.

“Can you get up?” He asks gently, crouching down in front of Shiro to wipe at his face.

Shiro doesn't seem to have heard him, and Hunk manages to haul Shiro to his feet. Shiro slumps weakly into Hunk, who stumbles slightly under his weight.

There's no way he can get Shiro to the car by himself, so he gets him to the couch, and then calls Lance and Keith.

“Hunk, my man! What's up, dude?” Lance asks, immediately upon answering the phone.

“I need you and Keith to come to Shiro’s apartment. We need to get him to the emergency room.”

“Whoa, whoa, whoa. Emergency room?”

“He's sick,” Hunk says, locating the thermometer. He sticks it in Shiro’s ear, heart still thudding in his chest as he waits for the numbers to beep in. They do, after what feels like an eternity, but then Hunk takes a look at them, and he feels panic clawing at his chest. “Shit. Get over here, now.”

“Do you need to call an ambulance?!” Lance cries.

“I will if you two don't get your asses over here,” Hunk snaps.

“Stop yelling at me! We’re coming as soon as we can!”

“Well come faster, his fever is over 105.”

“Shit.”

*

Shiro is lying in the hospital bed, fast asleep and curled up on his side.

“Grandma is going to kill him when she finds out he has meningitis,” Hunk says, shaking his head.

“What the hell, how the fuck did he even catch it?” Keith asks.

“Beats me,” Hunk frowns.

“Guys?” Shiro mumbles, but doesn’t bother moving. He feels awful, the worst he’s ever felt, and all he can do is lie there, wishing he was dead.

“Hey, man,” Lance says softly, crouching down in front of him. He brushes his fingers over Shiro’s forehead.

The fever is down from 105.4 to 102 even, and while it's much better, a 102 degree fever is more than enough to make him feel like hell.

Shiro winces, and squeezes his eyes shut.

“Your head is going to be bothering you for a while,” Hunk sighs.

“Just try and sleep,” Keith says.

And he does

[secretariatess]

I’m rewatching the third season of Voltron and I noticed Shirp said something after he got his makeover.  He mentioned that he had a “weird headache.”  He’s interrupted by Pidge and the team gets distracted with finding Lotor.  Shirp’s weird headache isn’t brought up again in the remaining time of the season.  After all, it’s just a headache, right?  A headache could just mean a lack of food, water, sleep, something being implanted in the brain . . . .  Nothing big, even though using the adjective “weird” would imply he didn’t think the headache was brought on by normal reasons.  With this theory, I don’t think Shirp knows that he’s really not Shiro, and he doesn’t know what he’s supposed to do for the Galra.  Honestly I think this headache will have a much bigger part later on.

Another thing I wonder about is Shirp having Shiro’s memories.  He has them, yes, but can the emotions also be replicated?  He remembers the other paladins, he remembers Allura, and he remembers Coran.  But remembering who they are and feeling the emotional connection are two different things. Shirp might know from memories how to interact with them individually, but he might not feel the same bond.

I have to give credit to the Galra, though.  Replacing the well reputed and liked leader with a fake?  It’s brilliant.  Even in the sixth episode you can see what it’s done.  Keith is struggling with figuring out how to be a leader.  His first attempt at it left the paladins scrambling around blind on a gas planet trying to find Lotor.  Sure, he apologized for it, but it’s still going to be in the back of the minds of the paladins.  So when “Shiro” comes back and starts giving out confident commands, almost immediately the rest of the paladins sided with “Shiro,”  After all, he was the leader before Keith, and has in the past proved himself to be a better leader than Keith.  And even Keith would either back down or doubt his own leadership.  Keith’s ideas may have been better (in fact, we see that Lotor is angered by Keith’s decision to dodge, thus resulting in the teledove’s destruction), but because it’s “Shiro,” his commands are more trustworthy.  Fake Shiro doesn’t need to know he’s fake.  He’s just got to be fed potentially destructive ideas that he’ll present to the paladins and they’ll follow him.

So this started as a mention of Shirp’s weird headache, but it ended in a ramble of who knows what.  Maybe I should just add this to the long post in my drafts about why I don’t think Shirp is Shiro. XD

[throwaninkpot]

This isn’t Space Dad, this is Anime Dad.

@maysartcorner, on watching the first five minutes of Voltron S.3 Ep.5

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Im so sorry for the poor quality!! :((

anyways this is a quick sketch of shallura for that one ask, because i feel bad that i havn’t drawn them yet?? I’ll finish this tomorrow :)

[thisbibliomaniac]

Self care is staying up until 2 am to watch all seven new episodes of Voltron, and then 3 am to scroll through all the new memes