COSMO SCARS RANT
so ive been thinking about how and when cosmo got attacked by maahox and scarred with acids and honestly it’s easily gotta be somewhere in “The Joyride Of Doom” episode with daniel, vince, and larmina
obviously they go to lotor’s planet to get the sample for pidge, but can’t entirely go by themselves to a planet they’ve never been so they convince the only other guy that knows what they’re dealing with to come with (which in an aspect on its own takes an excruciatingly long time) as always cosmo refuses to fly any lion so he’s instead sat with vince as they fly towards planet doom. thing is, the second they make it they get separated as cosmo (knowing his way around) makes his way inside the castle much faster than the cadets. maahox then catches him wandering through the lair, which automatically puts him on a lookout for any other intruders (eventually finding the cadets)
which then naturally brings the interrogation as maahox eventually learns of cosmo’s place in the vf and is determined to learn the secrets of the lions and of voltron itself, but cosmo’s even more determined to get the fuck out of there as he makes it his mission to give nothing of value which pisses maahox off who instead resorts to several different strategies to fish information out of him (we know one of them) eventually the cadets escape and knock maahox out which means everyones good and free right? of course not! because acid is a PAIN to deal with and on arus everybody’s fighting lotor, which means complete hell for his back! even better when after everythings all sorted out, the team gets onto the cadets AND cosmo for sneaking out and risking the safety of all of them as instead of opening his goddamn mouth cosmo stays quiet and presumably punished for nearly getting himself killed! only when he’s in the safety of his library can he finally relax and try his damn hardest to take care of himself, all while keeping nearly the hardest secret of his life
all this falls before wade knew of his existence which helps establish why cosmo was so terrified of him (poor guy, so much trauma) when he got snatched and was the LAST time cosmo EVER showed his face in the public eye