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maychorian:

headspacedad:

starryeyedastronaut:

About a certain line in Shiro’s vblog:

“Heroic men and women… and Lance”

I have seen some people comment Shiro was dismissing Lance or being petty of him because of his choice of words.

Meanwhile I can’t know for sure what was the writers’ intent with that line, I think that by taking Shiro’s body language into account we can see he didn’t mean for it to be taken negatively.

Shiro is really expressive and when something annoys him, he let it be know with his face. We see that happen in the vlog later when he was remembering when he and the other paladins were trying to form Voltron:

But when Shiro says his teammate’s name at the beginning, we see a completely different kind of expression to the one above:

Shiro’s face is soft and he’s smiling.

That added with Lance’s signature sparkle sound makes me think that Shiro is referring to his teammate with fondness.

the open hands, palms upward, arms outstretched is also a fond - and potentially indicative of the person being referred to being in the room or available to see - gesture. The crossed arms close to his body is a disapproving or defensive gesture.  So we’ve got 1. the gentle way he says the name, 2. the body language he says it with, 3. the sparkle sound - and 4. Shiro/Kuron’s own personality in which Shiro acknowledged Lance by his chosen ‘sharp shooter’ tag and Kuron specifically sought out to share something deeply personal and troubling with.  All of which don’t add up to mockery or dismissal.  In fact, it would taking ignoring all of these to come to the opposite conclusion that Shiro is dissing Lance.  There are other ways to get Langst without having to make every other character into a villain to provide for it.

I really think it was just a note on Lance’s relative immaturity compared to some of the others. Lance likes to goof around and make jokes, and Shiro has specifically called him on some that were inappropriate. But he also appreciates Lance’s lightheartedness, including his sparkles. This was definitely a fond moment, not a dismissive one, and if Lance was in the room he would have laughed. And probably made heart-eyes at his hero for singling him out from the group, even in a joking way.