I honestly just?? Don’t understand this sentiment in fanon that Shiro doesn’t give a damn about Lance?? Like, I really don’t?? When Lance gets knocked unconscious, Shiro is the first one rushing over, is the one who picks him up and holds him and takes care of him. How is that someone who doesn’t care?
And he meant what he said about protecting his teammate. Shiro sets Lane down somewhere where he think’s he’ll be safe before he goes off to fight Sendak.
And when the galra use Lance against him, he freezes–he doesn’t dare risk Lance’s safety, even though it costs him the fight. Even though it means getting captured again, and he’s already endured that hell for a year. Even though he’s only just gotten away. He’s lost his crew once already, and he’s not about to let that happen again
Yes, Lance was clearly hurt bad. He was unconscious for two episodes and needed a cryopod. But you can’t tell me that Shiro wasn’t hurting also, that he wasn’t tortured–and that he wasn’t willing to risk being recaptured again just to keep Lance safe. That doesn’t strike me as someone who’s a bad leader or doesn’t care about their team. And even while Sendak is tormenting him, the safety of his team is still Shiro’s top priority
And I don’t understand this notion that Shiro doesn’t think Lance is capable or a skilled paladin either because??? When the guard at Betra Traz grabs Slav, Shiro was just ready to accept that they’d lost. But Lance was like “No!! I’ve got this!” And Shiro doesn’t tell him he’s being ridiculous, he let’s Lance take a breath and steady himself and take that shot. He trusts that Lance can make it. And honestly, that makes a lot of sense. Because when Lance managed to wake up from a coma and hit Sendak with perfect accuracy, Shiro was right there to see it. He’s known for a while know that Lance is a damn good shot
And in Beta Traz, he makes sure that Lance knows it
I love the line “go loose, Pidge” because it almost implies that Pidge is some kind of weapon of mass destruction that should only be unleashed when absolutely necessary
Oh, golly, anon, I hope that gets better for you soon! D:
“Son of a bitch!”
Coran jumped at the sudden curse, nearly banging his head on the underside of Red’s raised paw, then tentatively wheeled the mechanic’s gurney out from under where he was working to find Keith holding his jaw in pain after jumping down from the cockpit. “Gritka fire, are you alright?”
“Shit- I’m fi- ow!”
“That’s definitely a ‘no’.” He grabbed a decontamination cloth and quickly wiped his hands down before putting his gloves back on and getting up. “Let me see.”
For a second, it looked like the human would turn away and refuse, then Keith winced and hesitantly opened his mouth. Coran hissed softly in sympathy. “Well, you’ve definitely cracked off the tip of one of your sharp ones. I don’t suppose it grows back?”
“Why would it grow back?” Keith asked, somewhat garbled from the hands holding his mouth open.
“Just asking. Our last queen had enough offworlder blood in her that every time she cracked a few, she sprouted a whole new set within days. Nearly gave Alfor and myself triple heart attacks the first time she did it.”
Keith made a slightly horrified face as he was released. “Uh… helpful, I guess, but… ew.”
Coran shrugged. “We’ll just have to do yours the Altean way and graft a new tip to the tooth. Hopefully we’ve still got supplies for it somewhere in the castle. In the mean time, let’s get you some hetchrika root from the kitchens to chew on; it’ll help deaden the pain.”
—
Keith eyed the instruments lying innocently on the table with deep suspicion. “This isn’t going to be, like, drilling and surgery and all that, is it?”
“Sweet stardust, no. Whatever gave you that idea?” Coran asked, picking up a rather vicious-looking little tool that sort of resembled a grappling hook.
“Uh-”
“This is the most basic of tooth sculpting. Everyone learns it before they’re sent out onto the field. Can’t defend the planet if your choppers are rotting out of your head, you know,” Coran said calmly, and then the hook-thing was in his mouth, holding it open.
This had been a bad idea. He had made the absolute stupidest decision in the world to go along with this, and now he was going to die-
“And we’re done!”
Wait, what?
Keith blinked as the hook-tool was removed with no other pain than a stiffness in his jaw. “Huh?”
“All finished, see?” Coran held up a mirror to show that, indeed, there was now a fine, sharp new tip to the tooth he’d broken.
“It hasn’t even been five minutes!”
“Well, you’ll have to give it a bit to set. I wouldn’t recommend trying to gnaw your way through bone or anything until tomorrow. But that’s Altean work for you,” Coran replied cheerily as he began putting away tools.
Keith stared into the mirror, tilting his head to look at the fixed tooth from different angles.
“Any chance you’d be willing to replace my dentist back home?”
tfw voltron hits the Big Screen™. so here’s my attempt scoring some music for Netflix’s Voltron: Legendary Defender, as if it were a cinematic trailer. Some notes on composition below. Enjoy!!
note: original VLD Opening Titles written by Alexander Geringas. This is most definitely a homage to his work.
saratogaroad 