To clarify, Adam’s feelings are totally valid, and it must have been so hard to watch Shiro leave and then presumably die
I’m just being an intolerable Shiro stan right now
Honestly, I’ve been back and forth on this Adam thing all day so here’s my final verdict:
I don’t know what the circumstances are surrounding Shiro’s illness, but I think it’s implied that his days were numbered. I’m sure Adam wanted to spend as much time as humanly possible with the love of his life. Apparently, this was something they’ve went through before. I get that. I feel that, and I really couldn’t imagine what was going through his head when the pilot error news happened.
But Shiro had a dream, a really big dream, that he’d worked so long and hard to achieve, and with limited time to achieve it. Not only that, he was actually given the opportunity, his literal once-in-a-lifetime chance, despite his illness. We all know it was getting worse; what Shiro needed was all the support he could get from his loved ones.
Adam didn’t give him that. Instead, he gave him something worse: an ultimatum. I think it’s okay he felt upset that Shiro was leaving again, and those feelings are valid as hell, but he acted selfishly. He made Shiro choose between him and his life long dream, a choice spurred by the limited time he had due to his illness. Can you imagine how that would have made Shiro feel?
Idk what else I had to say about it, other than Adam gave up on Shiro and their relationship. Kerberos was meant to be a 6 month trip. Shiro was supposed to come home, and Adam’s ass could have waited for him, but he didn’t. Just so we’re clear, I don’t hate the guy or the ship, nor is he an awful person. The guy was hurting too, but Shiro deserved better. If Adam wasn’t willing to give him that, then that was his prerogative.
so anyway not to crackship but i cant stop thinking about this james griffin character who so obviously was in a rival/antagonistic role with keith in school and the garrison and, assuming nothing drastic has happened, is still at the garrison now
and i imagine them and, later, him, getting word that voltron, this…legendary defender or whatever, is here to help which is weird as hell at first but exciting when you find out takashi shirogane is one of them (and alive??) so they all go out to greet them and out step the paladins in their impressive matching armour, helmets on after an awe-inspiring battle. the garrison members step forward, iverson in the front, and james is watching the obvious leader approach, steps measured and confident, figure lean but obviously primed for combat, and thinking, holy shit, an actual space hero, leader of a universally-legendary mecha team, what a fucking badass of a pilot, who could possibly-
and the person reaches up to slide off their helmet, and a familiar mullet falls down, and theres keith fucking ‘’discipline-case’’ kogane, bigger, older, war-scarred, and better than ever looking back at them.
hes as cooly irreverent as ever as he asks ‘miss me?’ and everyone who knew him is Shook. iverson fears for his remaining eye, and all james can think is oooooooh fffffuuuck
shiro has his own moment of smug reunion (both because yeah thats the kid i vouched for lookit him now, and GUESS WHOS STILL ALIVE YOU PRICKS) while james has an inner-hatecrush meltdown trying to reconcile the kid he looked down on as cadets with this…cool, in-control, accomplished, beautif-uuuh man in front of him, and just as he think hes got a handle on it and might give speaking up a go, lance mcclain (is EVERY PALADIN AN OLD CLASSMATE OF HIS???) steps up and leans an elbow on keiths shoulder like hes done it a thousand times. hes making a quip or a joke or something at the garrisons expense, but he glances james’ way.
Nope. No, you- No, no, no. No, you don’t. his smirking eyes say. I’m Keith’s rival.
