Three Times Keith Pleaded With Shiro

if you’re a sheith shipper and you want to think about the “i love you” line without also thinking about the “you’re my brother” line, that’s okay and ily. the brother line in no way should discourage you from shipping sheith, and it doesn’t devalue their relationship in any way, but it’s understandable if you feel uncomfortable about it for any reason, especially because it’s going to be considerable anti fodder until the s6 hype dies down. 

if you’re a sheith shipper and you want to think about the “i love you” line in relation to the “you’re my brother” line, that’s also okay and ily too. the line is a testament to how close they are, and context matters. keith is telling shiro how much he values him in a moment where shiro is vulnerable and obviously not acting like himself. it’s objectively a beautiful moment. it’s the strongest and most explicit declaration of love in the entire series, and it’s even more powerful considering it comes from keith who tends to struggle with vocalizing his emotions.

at the end of the day, do whatever makes you the most comfortable, but keith loves shiro. that’s not up for debate in any way, shape, or form. it’s a good night for all of us sheith shippers thank you very much.

Sheith is good but wouldn't it be a horrible, confusing message for kids to have "you're like a brother to me" happen and THEN reveal a romantic relationship? Like, irl this complicated type of thing might happen but uhhh don't think we need to muddle the line between family and romantic relationships for young kids. that would really be a bad message. I don't think (hope tbh) it won't be canon for this reason

I mean, again, literally everyone on Team Voltron has referred to one another as found family. If you think sheith can’t be canon for that reason, no paladin ships can be:

Furthermore, this is Studio Mir. They made Avatar, and even though Aang and Katara get married, they still have that “you’re like a brother” thing going at first. Excerpt from The Ember Island Players:

Aang: “Did you really mean what you said in there?…when you said I was just like a brother to you and you didn’t have feelings for me?”

Katara: “I didn’t say that. An actor said that.”

Aang: “But it’s true, isn’t it?”

Harry Potter is also for kids. But Harry? Yeah, he thinks of Ginny as a sister at first. Still marries her. And again, this kind of thing is common for this particular archetype of relationships:

Literally the list goes on and on. Mistakenly thinking of someone as being like family before your feelings develop into something more is literally part of the natural arc of friends to lovers. This is plenty common in media for kids as well as adults, and I’m quite honestly sick of people pretending the friends to lovers trope is only okay if you’re straight but if not it’s somehow fucking gross. Especially considering how so many lgbt people like myself went through their childhood confused as fuck and thinking of their crushes as being just platonic or familial love because that’s the kind of thing internalized homophobia does to you. 

Hell, I even got scared and backed out of confessing to someone by saying I loved them like a sibling. And this is pretty common among lgbt people tbh. In that context Keith struggling with a crush on Shiro and not knowing how to classify his feelings or being afraid to admit it is extremely relatable and well written. 

I understand you think you’re trying to do the right thing here, but please don’t tell me what kind of representation would have helped me as a kid. 

Josh Keaton saying “Shiro loves you baby” at ECCC signing when my friend got her sheith itabag signed by him ^_^

Sorry for all the background noise- it was a loud room.

ohhhh my god

With the knowledge that Adam gave Shiro an ultimatum—him or the mission, this scene gets a whole new meaning to me. A way more painful one. Because as you may remember, the real Shiro was watching this

Shiro, who was forced to pick between his partner or the mission, would never make someone else pick between him or their family. Shiro knew how painful that was.

Roses sneak into everything I draw one way or the other

“just don’t make me want a whole scene where shiro pouts cos he wants to play with kee’s tits and kee’s like “THEY’RE NOT BIG ENOUGH” and shiro’s like “but they’re pretty and they’re mine.” @akaiikowrites

Anyway, Shiro and Keith’s relationship directly parallels Kogane and Krolia’s, and I’m so damn here for it. But of course, there’s also this big glaring thing, which killed me:

Fangy Boyfriends 🦷 ❤️🖤 something rough to help with stress and because drawing sheith makes me happy 😊

Patience yields focus

The whole Shiro Adam Keith thing

(This is kinda like why I see Shiro’s and Adam’s relationship as something that was only there to shine a light on Shiro’s relationship with Keith.)

So cuz of his illness Shiro probably thought he couldn’t do alot of things so he tried to break every record and do as much as he possibly can to prove it wrong, that was his way to deal with his disease. 

So when he snaps at Adam “you dont need to protect me” it’s because he was probably treated as a sick and weak person all his life while trying to prove how strong he is. 

So what Adam says with all it’s good intentions hits a very sensitive spot. 

Shiro doesnt want anyone to think he’s weak, he wants ppl to see how strong and capable he is.  

Keith did that every single step of the way. (like remember how I was going crazy trying to figure why their mentor/mentee relationship is upside down with Keith always being the one encouraging Shiro??)

This is also why Shiro was always hiding his troubles from the team, he’s probably been doing that since he was a child cuz he wanted ppl to think he’s strong.  

So Adam wasn’t a bad person, he apparently just never understood Shiro and how much he needed the support and the faith in him and his abilities. 

And Shiro needs to learn how to let himself be weak and accept help sometimes, that’s what his journey is about. He’s was probably partially only doing all that because he never really felt strong deep inside, and that’s what I hope Keith helped him with

I mean Keith is the ONLY person Shiro has shown weakness with, he allows himself to be weak with Keith and receive help and get saved by him. That MEANS SO SO MUCH considering all we know know.

So like the difference between Adam and Keith is that Keith always believed Shiro can do anything. Keith worried about Shiro but he never tried to hold him back. It was always “You can do this” instead of “you probably can’t do this so stand back” like Adam did (even thought it came from a good place)

Adam loves Shiro, and it hurts him to see Shiro put himself in danger. Like I completely understand him. After I actually watched the scene it’s very clear to me it’s not about “ur dream vs me”, it’s because it’s hard for him to see Shiro do this to himself over and over again, this endless chasing after “being strong and capable”. like that wasn’t easy for Adam, it’s like watching the person you love destroy their life without being able to do anything about that.

So I’m not surprised he had enough. But like that’s the thing… 

Shiro WAS capable going on that mission. It’s like… I dunno on one hand Shiro always trying to prove how strong and capable he is hurting Shiro, but like Shiro’s faith in that he can do more and be more is also what brought him to where he is now despite of everything. Like…he survived. And cuz he fought for it.

And Keith was A HUGE PART OF THAT. Because when Shiro was weak he always picked him up and told him “That’s not you, you are strong and you’re gonna make it, And I will always be there waiting for you to get back (no matter how hard it might be for me)”

That’s what that episode was supposed to tell us I think.

And yeah, comparing Shiro’s significant other to Keith has no “platonic brotherly explanation”.

That is A THING

And what I think this was all about: