Adam’s Death Doesn’t Do What They Say It Was Supposed To Do. 

Adam’s death doesn’t do what they say it was supposed to do. 

His scene with Shiro is too negative and too short for the viewer to care about him, it’s hard to recognize it is he who dies since he’s got a helmet on and it’s probably hard to remember what he looked like…

We only recognized him and got attached to him cuz we had a MONTH to discuss that one scene haha, but your regular viewer would be like “oh it was that.. guy, oh well *shrug*” so that goes for showing how harsh and sad the reality of war is.. by killing someone no one would really care about?

So ye.. their explanation for Adam’s death doesn’t makes sense. If you want ppl to care and hurt about a death, you gotta first make em get attached to that character in some way, (in show, not like telling ppl they were gonna get married at panels haha) which they didn’t do. 

Meaning Adam’s death probably played a different role. It was there for Shiro’s character growth to make him realize things about relationships. About how sometimes it can be too late, and about appreciating ppl who want to protect you and allowing them to do so.

This also connects for me to the talk Shiro has with Keith in the desert. 

I feel like “successfully jumping off the cliff” is kinda a metaphor for a good relationship.. 

Like look

“It’s all about timing, you pull up to soon and you won’t have the momentum in it to create lift" 

Adam and Shiro’s relationship didn’t work because they jumped into it before Shiro was ready for that kind of commitment.

“too late, and there won’t be enough lift to avoid the crash”

Adam’s death was Shiro’s “too late”, kinda like sometimes if you wait too long you might miss your chance at it.

AND THEN we have Keith asking 

“You think I’m ready to try that?" 

and Shiro asks him "what do you think?” 

and Keith replies 

“That I should be patient and keep focusing on the basics first” 

‘basics’ being friendship and building a strong solid bond before jumping into romance.

And like it all fits so well in the end when you think about it like that.

Not to mention Keith literally has to cross a cliff to get to Shiro in the episode that talk was originally was supposed to be in.