Don’t think about how Keith was probably on dangerous missions while the team was throwing their plays for the people.
Don’t think about how it probably sounded like they were having a great time without him there to drag them down.
Don’t think about how he probably saw the televised play, or about how he saw the team doing just fine without him.
Don’t think about how it probably made him even more sure that they were better off with him not there.
Don’t think about how he probably thinks that they don’t care that he’s gone, considering how not one of them really tried to stop him from leaving after Shiro piloted Black again, and not one of them has asked him to come back.
Don’t think about how he didn’t bother saying goodbye probably because he thought no one would care.
imagine the moment matt first saw keith over the comms on the big screen and him having another Moment like fuck…..is everyone on this team fucking gorgeous…
Okay, I'm also 100% NOT alright w/ team voltron acting like Keith was goofing off while he was going on life or death missions w/ the BoM!! Seriously, wth!?? They KNEW what he was doing EACH TIME he was on missions! *I paid attention religiously bc I saw spoilers b4 watching* And this guilt-tripping is implied to have gone on for months! I am not ok. *& I feel like Keith's presence has a good effect on the BoM?? Or maybe it's just that we got a closer look into their ranks bc of Keith joining.
Yeah, I was kind of pissed that the other paladins didn’t seem worried about Keith at all. He was going on these extremely dangerous missions to bolster efforts against the Empire, and their response was basically “stop messing around and come help us put on shows”. There was no “gosh, I hope Keith’s okay” or “I’m really worried about him putting himself in danger like this” or even “is it a good idea for an irreplaceable paladin of voltron to be in the line of fire unnecessarily?”
Because that was the whole argument for Keith sticking around, right? That he was the rightful paladin of the Black Lion and couldn’t be replaced? So why weren’t the others worried when he was putting his life on the line?
The best answers I can think of are:
a) Keith kept them in the dark about how risky the missions were so they wouldn’t worry. Thus, they never understood that his life was on the line every time he went out there.
or
b) They knew Keith was taking dangerous missions and were worried and just weren’t handling it well. They felt like he wasn’t taking the risk to his life seriously when, in fact, Keith was taking the risk seriously but had decided that the potential gains were more important.
