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arckhaic · 1 year
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idk what im saying but i just think hating on a piece of media bc it's been made into a different form ( specifically book into a movie / show / play / etc ) is so limiting ... like ur not any better bc you hold the opinion that the book is better than show and picking it apart to show the differences only the proves the point that they're Two Different Pieces of Media ... interpretations aren't inherently bad they're just different
you can enjoy them both
#this is specifically about the wheel of time#i love the series dont get it twisted now i LOVE the books#i've read it twice i have like 4 copies of the first book#it's a hoot#it's also an INCREDIBLE SLOG to get thru#and that's one of the NOTABLE things about this series is that it is hard to get thru#i skipped book 10 my first go round#just the entire fucking book i skipped it#do u want an ENTIRE season of perrin going: ): it's so cold where's my girl ):#and then not dO ANYTHING for an ENTIRE sEASON ?#no u have expectations of a movie/show to entertain u and there are parts#of the novels that aren't exactly riveting and wouldn't make good tv#on top of that ... there is queer rep in the show and the issues concerning rigid gender roles is sorta flipped about iirc#as much as they could be for hollywood ig BUT THE POINT IS the story is told in another way#not the story is completely done away with or trashed#does that make it perfect?? no ... but it makes it fun#having a tv show or movie is GREAT for me to introduce someone to a series i love so then i could go#“if you liked that wait until u read the book bc it goes deeper”#bc u CAN DO THAT IN A NOVEL! NOT A SHOW!#IT'S A HIGHLIGHT REEL! AT THE MOST!#this also goes for foundation and dune .... both books i LOVE and movie/shows that i ENJOY very much#a side by side scene by scene copy from book to page would take more money it would take 400 years to produce and it would be boring#plus i personally love to see how characters are remade and how they do the cool things in the book but differently
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jjungkooksthighs · 2 years
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coc!jk- are u sure what u feel for me is more than physical/sexual attraction? im glad I can please u physically but are u sure what u feel is more than that? bc I feel attached to u by the soul
I am offended you would even ask that, omega.
While you are the most beautiful creature I ever did lay my eyes upon, that is not the only thing that I care about.
You are enchanting in body and in spirit. Surely you know that?
I have watched over you for years, my sweet omega. In that time, I have witnessed your kindness, your loyalty, your devotion to the people and pack that you are part of.
I have seen you when you thought no one was watching- whether that was the schoolhouse or the forest.
If you didn’t have a book in your hands, you went to the forest for a run. Or a nap. I found it all adorable. Especially the way you’d wrinkle nose when you’d study those old tomes your grandmother would give you.
All those books you read over the years and you’ve become so intelligent… so sophisticated. I adore that.
I adore you. Not just your exterior, but everything inside as well.
I may talk a lot about doing things to you, but those things did not come until after I began to bond with you. Until I began to know to you.
For years I protected and guarded you from other wolves like that damned Min Yoongi, who tried to forcefully take you for himself.
For years I ensured no one so much as spoke to you in a tone I didn’t like. And for years I abstained from touching you. From approaching you directly.
All because I cared too much about your own free will to act and do as you saw fit.
Until you were ready to approach me, I vowed to myself I would wait for you.
It was hard, but for you, I had to bear it. I had to.
Until the day you were ready for me.
I promise you that my attraction to you goes so much deeper than that of your physicality.
I just happen to speak so much of sexual matters because you have just presented as an omega, which means your body has finally matured and you are now ready to be mated. To be bred.
And fuck, my love. You are sin on legs. You smell so fucking delicious. And you look even more so.
Even you cannot deny that physical intimacy has been something you’ve been craving for lately, hasn’t it?
After all, you are just about to undergo your first heat. Because of me. Because of what I did to you in our dreams that we shared.
Perhaps because I refrained from being by your side all these years, I now have my own urges that have been increased tenfold.
Or maybe if is because you are about to be in heat and will be so fucking irresistible to me.
Pardon my own instincts, but you make it so hard to keep my hands to myself.
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alastheatlas · 6 years
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Why Klance/Laith Will Probably Go Down - Masterlist
I know how season 7 broke many of us. We had a lot of expectations and this season, while beautiful and otherwise good, certainly failed at some points.
However it isn’t the end yet. Hopefully season 8 will resolve at least some of our disappointments. But when it comes to klance/laith, I’m pretty sure we’re going to see something happen. Nothing has to happen however. But I’m just saying, based on all of the things listed, it just simply makes sense that it would.
This is just a show so whatever happens happens. But I'm just saying I'll have faith in laith until if the very last second of the show tells us any different. And here’s why.
Are you ready? [CONTAINS SEASON 7 SPOILERS!!]
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but first some lecturing lololol
WHATEVER HAPPENS AND WHICHEVER SHIP BLOWS OUT THE BIG CANON IN THE END IS FINE. IT'S JUST A SHOW. A SHOW THAT DOESN'T EVEN REVOLVE AROUND ROMANCE. If you can't handle that then you can go bite ass. Oh and also, Don’t spread around hate or threats or any shit like that. You should know better. Just enjoy the show as it is. And yes, this applies to if your ship becomes canon and if it doesn’t. Spreading hate and threats are never okay. Accept whatever the outcome of the show will be, and let people ship what they want. This isn’t your story and you shouldn’t become sour just because it doesn’t go the way you want it to go, and if it does go the way you want it to go, don’t rub it in the faces of those who wanted something different.
Just be mature and decent guys, it really ain’t that hard.
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ANYWAY here's my half-assed list of why I believe klance/laith will be endgame by the end of the series:   
[I REPEAT THIS CONTAINS SOME S7 SPOILERS]
Let’s begin with some random stuff:
Lance’s one-sided rivalry with Keith seems to... have something a little extra about it.
The blue and the red star in the astral plane?? Do they hold a deeper meaning??
The bonding moment. It could be seen as platonic, but... The colours and the lightning y'all... Interesting choice. (Also... that a//urance parallel in season 6... Coincidence I think the heck not, purposeful I think the heck yes)
Keith being seemingly really impatient for Lance to come out of the healing pod after the bonding moment, and then appearing to actually sulk for having to wait just a small moment.
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In one of the comic books Keith says that he’ll be training and suggests that maybe Lance should too, maybe or maybe not wanting to hang out with Lance and trying to create an opportunity, and then seems to become upset/disappointed when Lance rejects the idea.
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Lance talking to the mice about his crush on Allura could honestly pass  as him talking about Keith as well. 
Honestly though was Lance flirting/trying to impress Keith as pointed out here x?
They really pulled the stuck in the elevator trope lmao.
This doesn’t actually have to do with anything but I still find it a funny parallel with Lance rejecting Keith by denying the bonding moment and Keith rejecting Lance and denying him a proper greeting and hug after returning. Are they even now? fuhidsdfu top 10 anime betrayals
The Feud episode (here are the s7 spoilers!!)
Lance chose Keith (read more here x). Look, listen. This was pretty gay. To put it briefly, Lance’s reasoning was kinda weak and he could’ve honestly as well have chosen Allura here. But... he didn’t. And then he seriously says that Keith is the future which is like honest foreshadowing (especially considering how unnecessary it was for him to say that part, at the very least in that way). And then to deliver the final blow he drops that soft smile (a la bonding moment) on us. I don’t care what happens in season 8, this moment was gay af. If I’m stretching a little bit this scene could be viewed a little bit like Lance choosing between Keith and Allura (looking to the side and then the other, pondering, choosing Keith).
Keith chose Lance (same read more link x). Again to put it briefly. We know Keith seems kinda grumpy here. You know what we also know? Keith doesn’t dislike Lance, and he cares about the fate of the universe, therefore invalidating his answer. His body language and expression alone said it all; he closed himself off. He wasn’t comfortable sharing the real reason why he chose Lance. Keith no doubt knows what Lance is capable of. He trusts Lance. Keith chose Lance for a reason (or several reasons), and him ‘not wanting to be stuck for eternity with him’ is definitely not the reason why Keith voted for Lance to escape. Worthy mention of Keith being the quickest here to choose and to finish.
Bii. Boh. Bi. Y’all. This shit. Call it a funny coincidence but the answer was “bi” and the Bii-Boh-Bi kept gesturing towards Lance basically during the entire thing. Call it a stretch if you want, but I have no regrets reaching for this cup. And call it a crack theory at this point but Bob tells the Bii-Boh-Bi “Maybe you could help this dum-dum out”, so this drink tastes like whatever-this-episode-even-was wanted to give Lance a shake. The name game wasn’t even valid. You can be bad at names and bad at remembering faces and still be incredibly smart. None of the games showed Lance actually being unintelligent. And Lance actually did very well in the last game, and I can tell you that game was confusing af so I’m impressed. With this in mind my arm has personally elongated so far that maybe Bob calling Lance ‘dumb’ here wasn’t a jab at his intelligence. Ok hi my ankle is broken but it was worth it. 
Interesting scenery colours and rainbows:
There are several cases of these, but they’re mostly subtle. I’ll leave some examples.
That one episode in season one (is it 06? or 07? you know the one) that is literally the bi flag. We have a lot of Lance in this ep.
In this ep we are also accompanied by at least two rainbows, one when Lance and Nyma fly across the water and another at the end when Keith teases Lance. (Honorable mention of Keith arguably checking Rolo out in this episode lol, we see u Keith x)
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That episode when Lotor plays around with the paladins on that planet with the explosive gas, and when the team has split and Keith nears Lance with his lion and no kidding that's the bi flag as a background right there (upside down).
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The very obvious, big ass, very not subtle rainbow that's seriously plastered on Keith in the season 7 trailer.
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Random rainbow over Keith here as well
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The scene where the paladins are in some galra place or something and Lance is sharpshooting and looking down at the others. Background + Lance’s suit + his gun = bi flag colours. 
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Funnily enough in this scene when Keith shows up and starts fighting the galra robots (or whatever those things are) and Lance goes ‘I had that guy!’ he looks wayy too long at Keith. Like. Way too long.
Ogling/gloating and jealousy?:
“I’d recognize that mullet anywhere” I’m sorry but if that doesn’t sound like someone has been ogling then I don’t know what.
Again I’m sorry but Lance’s reaction to Keith when he returned wasn’t of the straightest caliber.
Still, when Lance keeps looking at Keith fighting for several solid seconds when he’s supposed to be shooting down galra robots. Parallels a//urance in a way a little bit too when Lance looks at Allura fighting and goes ‘that was awesome!’
But Keith isn’t all that better, apparently
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Keith. Out of all people. Stops mid-battle to smile at Lance when Lance shoots away a knife heading towards Keith. Not noticing Axca coming up behind him and then almost getting his ass kicked by Ezor.
After the bonding moment Keith arguably seems like he's jealous when Lance starts flirting.
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(Here’s some more hehe x)
How Lance being jealous when Keith is involved could actually be interpreted as ambiguous. It is never actually clarified who he’s jealous over. why not both
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Really though the "Jealousy, thy name is Keith" from the comic could possibly be more true than it lets on (though not as you think, Lance).
Honestly I’ll never get over these danking looks:
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Lance you’re excused but Keith?? What?? Is that face?? The boy flirted with a girl and ran off and got his lion stolen and you had to get it back for him and you make THIS face?? (Also I think this is the same face 80′s voltron Keith did at Allura at one point?) 
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Lance you’re no longer excused. He seriously looks like he's daydreaming of prince charming coming and sweeping him off his feet. (Also remember the face he made when talking about Mrs. Blue Lion x?)
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KEITH. HONESTLY. WHAT.
Legit there are no excuses for any of these expressions.
Now for some parallels, some weaker some stronger:
[x] (Krolia/Texas and l0tura parallels, with a dash of Zarkon/Honerva)
[x] (a//urance and l0tura parallels)
[x] (s7 spoiler!), Might and might not be a reach but a//urance parallel (same energy lol))
[x] This entire scene (they make a great/good team). Let’s not forget the little hand glasp Lance does.
[x] (tlok parallel)
[x] (atla parallel)
[x] (atla and tlok parallel) Insert Lance in this context lol
[x] (tlok parallel)
[x] (a//urance parallel)
There are so many parallels tbh I can’t
Allura honestly parallels Keith so much and she LITERALLY plays Keith in the coalition shows
[x] Lance talking about Mrs. Blue Lion vs talking about Keith
[x] (l0tura parallel)
A//lurance and klance/laith paralleling with how both Keith and Allura lectures Lance about the coalition shows not being about the show but about the people 
Some romantic mood parallels:
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The previous blue paladin with a (blushing) male galra
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Now lets move on to some interesting stuff from interviews and the cast and producers (no sources or direct quotes because I’M LAZY:
We all know about the art Lauren drew with Lance and Shiro holding up the lgbt sign and the theory that goes with it.
Bex pretty much confirming that there'll be lgbtq rep in voltron through a sinister laugh in that vid (we know now this to be true bc of Shiro, but there might be more to come?.. or unfold hehe if you catch my drift). Voltron having lgbtq rep has also been brought up before at interviews. I THINK there’s been hinted that there’ll be a little something something between two characters? Not sure tho
Bex also either confirming or shooting down klance/laith during another vid BUT most probably confirming. You know that vid. Reasons to believe: 1. It was dubious, since we don't know which of the questions she shaked her head to. 2. High Hopes by Panic! At The Disco was playing in the background. 3. I don't think she would actually openly deny a ship when she could have just ignored the question, much less making it so dubious.
Kimberly: "Friendship" (may or may not actually imply something within the future of the show, or if it just was @ the thorsty klancers)
We know that Lance will have an endgame (and Keith happens to check all the points of what’s been said about that endgame)
Lance will end up somewhere different than he thought at the start (he wanted Allura at the start, and Keith certainly would be someone different than he'd thought).
What he wants isn't necessarily what he needs(/gets?? I don't remember lol) (and we know he wanted Allura. plus the lion exchange becomes a pretty interesting topic here, as further talked about here x). 
What he needs/wants is someone who’s self-assured and who knows who they are (I think it was) and hey look Keith is back! (who just happens to fit these criterias more than ever).
The plain fact of how Keith and Lance's arcs actually just seem to intertwine so well.
Also adding that klance/laith interview lol. With the "natural progression" thing and that. And also when Lauren said the only incompatible thing about Lance and Keith is the shipname 'klance'. 
Lance’s milkshake bringing everybody to the yard.
It’s been said that Lance remembers the bonding moment but wasn’t ‘emotionally ready’ for it, whatever that could possibly mean 👀 
And apparently there’s more story to unfold... 
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Which may or may not be related but sure makes this a hella lot more interesting (I find this cup worth reaching for ok)
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(lmao if you seriously think the folding thing was an accident)
I’m not saying that the pic necessarily implies klance/laith but it certainly implies something with them. Which will be. Interesting.
Some interesting theories:
[x] Regarding the “Red lion” and the “Blue lion”
[x] Keith’s vlog and some interesting tagging
[x] Some possible, interesting foreshadowing?
Highkey Lowkey scared this is actually foreshadowing (from a comic, Keith is the one saying ‘isn’t that love’, and Lance is the other one)
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Also some reaches because we love long arms:
[x] Rivals to friends to lovers foreshadowing lol
[x] Interesting... Funny coincidence?
[x] I know I know but honestly you can’t deny his face here
[x] I’ll also add this while I’m at it because I can 
(s7 spoiler ahead) Look this is just an interesting concept ok, but in episode 2 in s7 when they’re splitting up in that tunnel, Allura goes one way and Keith goes the other. We see Lance going last, slowing up and almost seeming to take a little time to choose, before going the way Keith went.
So uhh yeah here’s my grand, half-assed take on it. Season 7 can come bite my ass if it doesn’t happen, I’ll be on the lookout until the very last episode of season 8. Klance/laith may or may not happen. But I strongly believe it will and honestly that’s just what makes the most sense to me. 
But yeah reminder that ships doesn’t have to be canon for you to ship them, and if your ship becomes canon you should not harass others about it and you shouldn’t harass others if your ship doesn’t become canon either. All in all NO HARASSING. NO HATE. NO SHADE. JUST. BE DECENT. This includes to the creators and other people in the fandom both. 
Always be prepared for voltron to sock you in the stomach. Season 7 might very well do so. Season 8 might very well do so. Be prepared for your expectations and hopes and wishes to go completely out the window. But no matter how it goes, let’s just sit back and relax and enjoy the show as much as we can beyond our internal screaming.
In the end this is an intriguing story with aliens about family and being a team and it’s beautiful. So let’s just enjoy it, no matter what.
HAVE A BEAUTIFUL DAY
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callhimyoungk · 7 years
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Q&A tag
putting these all under read more bc this is vvvvvv long. enter at your own risk :D
pt1
thanks #legendlizzy @wonpillows for tagging me! luv u
1. What member of your bias group would you stay up until 2am and talk about random topics with?
It’s either jae or brian, probably jae bc brian is probably off sleeping somewhere but seriously tho, it would be fun to talk to jae cause he’s funny and deep at the same time :D i luv him
2. Of all your groups you listen to, who would you want to see do a collab?
G-dragon and tablo, their lyrics would make me cry :(  
3. Your bias wearing a bandana or a choker?
if brian ever wears a choker ill choke for real
4. Go to South Korea to see a concert as soon as possible, or wait until they perform closer to where you live?
go to south korea to see a concert and also travel at the same time, it’d be a fun experience
5. Of all your groups, who would you have to look after 24/7? Why?
idk tho, probably seventeen cause they’re chaotic and fun af
6. What is your favourite concept from any one group?
blackpink’s girl crush concept especially their fashion,omg
7. What would you give your bias at a fansign?
i’d give brian the right to murder me right there and then #noregrets
8. Describe your bias with a colour, and explain why you chose that colour.
brian + grey bc he gives off the vibe as someone who thinks a lot on his free time (hence the great lyrics) and probably has a lot on his mind and he looks great in grey (this doesn’t make sense sorry)
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tagged by @jahehyung​ luvluv uuuu
1. If you could put your bias group in any universe what would it be?
Hahaha i would put day6 in the shadowhunters universe, mostly just jae and brian cause they’re more fit for the whole concept hahaha (i have a mood to write this as an AU fic now)
2. have your bias speak your language or being able to speak your bias’ ?
Both tbh i love languages! it’d be great to be able to communicate freely w/o language barriers
3. who in your bias group would you go on a roadtrip with?
Jae and Brian, bc jae’s fun and we would have fun together and brian cause he’s good at everything
4. favorite album of the groups you stan?
all of taeyeon’s albums, epik high’s shoebox, day6′s sunrise
5. if you could recommend your bias one song/book/movie what would it be?
to jae Tablo’s blonote and Pieces of you
i think he would appreciate it
6. if you could sing one song with your bias what would it be?
um hsm songs with Jae bc hype hype hype JK
7. how did you know your bias was your bias?
ask mr steal yo fans himself please he dragged me into his lane
8. aaand you can only have one kpop song in your phone for the rest of your life you choose____?
BIG BANG FXXK IT omg that song’s a bop
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tagged by the amazing and super friendly @noa-noa-noa my fellow rock band stan :D
1. describe what kind of tumblr you would expect the members of your bias group (or a bias group, if you’re multi) to have - bonus points if you can make up a url!
jae (chickenjae / yellowpostitman / swegchicken )
he’d post memes
and those relatable text post things that you either agree with completely or fucks up your brain permanently 
everyone wants to be his mutual 
gets asks every. single. time
sungjin ( sungjinbear / bobbear )
is always lurking somewhere but doesn’t really post anything 
likes everyone’s posts and he only reblogs and never posts his own stuff  
selfie game is A+ so he gets tagged in selfie tag games a lot 
brian oops i mean youngk ( whoisbrian / callmeyoungk )
posts food pics everytime 
or snippets of him and the boys singing and jamming 
only follows food blogs and studyblr blogs
his followers love to tease him by calling him brian, hence the url
wonpil ( pilimiri / pilipili / keyboardpill ) 
loves getting asks 
answers asks with lots of emoji 
has a nickname for every anon he gets
everyone adores him except for jae who shades him
dowoon ( drummerboy / prank-em-all )
posts snippets of him playing the drums 
gets shy when people send in asks complimenting him
reblogs puppy posts
with the tags “!!!” 
2. If your bias were to die their hair green, what would you think?
brian boi come at me with green hair i’ll combust in happiness
3. if your bias group were in produce 101, what kind of trainee would they be?
day6 would be the ultimate talented group and seventeen would be the ultimate group that everyone adores (mind my pun) 
4. if day6 had a fandom colour AND lightstick design, what would you want it to be?
BLUE
5. give me your headcanons: what happened between the couple from congratulations and ywb?
the girl asks for a break and even though that guy doesn’t know why he still goes with it because he loves her, and then he discovers her cheating all along so he is very upset, but as time passes, he starts to let go and move on and instead chooses to view everything as a beautiful passing and fading memory. 
6. give me your headcanons 2: why did sungjin and the girl in i smile break up?
Because sungjin wants to delve deeper into his music career with the band and the girl gets tired of waiting so she breaks up with him.
7. what house would each of your bias group members be in if they were in harry potter? (you can do more than one bias group 
idk anything about harry potter oops
8. let’s have some fun: if you could be your bias group’s stylist for one day, what would you put them all in (bonus if you can add their hairstyle and makeup looks too because reasons) 
hmm whatever day6 has on rn is great and i’d let seventeen dresses more casually like how day6 carries their boyfriend looks every day
My questions:
1. If you could take a trip with your bias to an alternate universe world, where would you go and why?
2. One quote that you associate with you bias?
3. What concept do you hope your bias group will do one day?
4. If you and your bias are friends and you have feelings for them, how would you tell them?
5. Valentine’s Day with your bias wrecker or Christmas with your bias? Why?
6. What would you tell your bias if he discovers your blog?
7. Recommend a book for your bias!
8. Describe a fictional character that reminds you of your bias and why?
tagging @youngest-k @day69 @jahehyung @foreveryoungk93 @pasteljoon @day6k @dowooniee @dowoonerie @moondowoon @proteinmisfolding im just tagging people i see on my dash often you don’t have to do this if you don’t want to ofc :D (and bc i have a goldfish memory and i dont remember who’s done this and who hasnt oops)
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euphorithe-a · 8 years
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How will Shiro spend his days when Neko and Kuroh have passed away from old age?
wOAH SLOW DOWN SATAN?????????
keyli why do u always kill me w/ these painful asks JFLKADSF ( jk i appreciate it bc i love crying about shiro 24/7 BUT STILL )
but.  ok so.  breathes into hands..  first, let’s look at how shiro reacted when the gold king died – the gold king, the lieutenant, shiro’s very first and oldest friend.  i’d like to point out that shiro has… never really been a character who shows a lot of emotion.  not to say that he’s emotionless or extremely dull – no, shiro is far from stoic, and he doesn’t typically come across as someone with the same cold professionalism you see in a lot of characters who “don’t show emotion,” either.  shiro’s ‘lack of emotion’ thing that i’m talking about is more… this sort of constant calm, this air of carelessness that shiro keeps about himself.  and when i say ‘calm’… i don’t mean that shiro is cool and always in control of situations, because he’s not that kind of calm.  i mean – he doesn’t let things affect him in the way that they should.  i.e., in episode 1, when homra chased him through the city, shiro was obviously in a state of panic —- but his reaction as soon as he was whisked away from the threat of immediate danger wasn’t worried, concerned, or even confused.  he simply… planned to walk away.  causally, as though that hadn’t just happened.  he completely disregarded the fact that there was a gang out to kill him.
most people would be freaked out, at least a little —- but shiro shrugged it off and planned to leave it behind him as though it was nothing.  shiro doesn’t dwell on things.  he simply doesn’t get caught up in swells of emotion – at least, on the outside – and thus, throughout most of the series, despite the stressful situations shiro is put in, he remains largely unaffected.  he’s calm – again, not in the cool, sophisticated way, but as in… that he just takes everything in stride.  just because shiro doesn’t appear to be affected doesn’t mean that he isn’t, of course.  shiro just does an excellent job at seeming relatively at ease.  even with people out to kill him, arrest him, and the looming possibility that he might be a murderer that exists for much of season 1… shiro only cracks once – the very end of episode 6 – and even that is incredibly brief.  he goes back to being carefree the moment scepter 4 bust in and attempt to place him under arrest.
i don’t think that shiro’s ‘lack of emotion’ thing is something he does intentionally; it’s just… the way he is.  i don’t doubt that this awkward way shiro socializes with people stems from the fact that weismann, as a kid, didn’t have any friends, and spent most of his time studying.  it’s a canon thing that shiro didn’t really know “humanity” for a long time, because he’d just… only read about people ??  what he knew of people consisted of what he’d learned through books, not through actual human interaction.  it’s why his friendship with the gold king was awkward at first.  it’s why shiro, though he likes people, comes across as quirky.  and yeah, sure, he’s friendly and nice, he makes a good first impression… he “gets along with everyone,” or whatever… but none of the people he interacts with actually grow close to him ( aside from kuroh, neko, and the gold king, of course ).  it’s because it’s hard to, really – shiro doesn’t connect with people, and no matter how nice and sweet he may be, friendship and the formation of bonds – KIZUNA, which is the main thing that k focuses on, actually, ha – require some deeper sort of connection.  not just “oh, he’s nice.”  he can be nice, but never really open up, and then what ?  it’s like you barely know them beyond “nice.”  people don’t become friends just because someone is “nice” on the surface layer.  not counting his sister, shiro has literally had a total of three friends – genuine, actual friends, not counting acquaintances and others who he’s just friendly with – in canon.
…i feel like i’m getting off from the point i was originally trying to make, uH —-  but, like, basically… when the gold king died, shiro just… didn’t really show a lot of emotion.  of course, you could say he’d been prepared for it for almost a year by then, but still.  his first friend ?  dying of old age ?  while shiro, if anything, appears younger ?  we, the audience, couldn’t see his face, but… i really liked that whole sequence because shiro didn’t even really have to say much, but it was still so painful.  every time the gold king said something, shiro just made a noise of agreement.  and on the last one, shiro’s small response was delayed.  he waits long enough for the monitors on the gold king to go off – and then shiro gets up, walks out of the room, and outside.  the audience never catches a glimpse of his face until he’s, uh… doing the titanic pose thing on the railing.  but that whole scene – it’s not emotional in the sobbing, tear-shedding, shaking with grief way – it’s sad because shiro swallows his grief, walks away from it, and doesn’t look back.  it’s sad because you know shiro is in pain, but the only expression of it that you get is from what you hear – the soft, almost hesitant responses he gives the gold king during his last moments.  it’s sad, in a different way, because shiro doesn’t dwell on it.  it’s almost like… the lack of shown emotion is what makes it so.
you asked me once before how shiro would behave when kuroh and neko’s inevitable deaths were impossible to ignore, and i told you “he wouldn’t focus on it” and that “he’d be sad, of course, but wouldn’t let it burst through in raw emotion.”  so, when kuroh and neko die… shiro moves on.  he gets up, and continues living.  heck, you even sent me an ask for that one prompt… shiro after neko’s death ?
shiro’s lack of expressed emotion doesn’t mean he’s not sad.  he is, surely.  but… shiro, just like when the gold king died —- gets up, walks away, and tries not to look back.
shiro has also sworn to “take responsibility” and all that – so i don’t think there’s any worry of him secluding himself in the skies again.  because doing that was an intentional isolation.  what shiro wanted – and this was character development, too – was to find happiness, to grasp that feeling of joy, despite immortality.  and, as shown when he was amnesiac and spending his days with kuroh and neko… he wants that.  and immortality won’t stop him from living – really living – anymore.
he would be saddened, but he wouldn’t let himself stay bound by “chains of time,” as his second character song puts it.
so shiro sighs, accepts the continuous flow of time leaving him behind, and continues to live.
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