Hi! I’ve been dying to know, how would Keith react/cope with Lotor dying in a similar fashion as in the show (quintessence poisoning after a battle with Voltron) if he was in love/falling in love with him? Also, how would the paladins respond to heartbroken Keith? I need my angst. Btw, thank u so much for continuing to write Little Blade, I love it so much!!!
I’m going to go with: horribly.
As we saw with Shiro’s disappearance in canon, Keith......doesn’t deal well with loss. In part, because he has so few people he cares for to begin with, but more so because I imagine that his history of losing those closest to him—his mother so shortly after he was born, his father (likely his only known living relative) when he was perhaps nine, and Shiro twice over with both Kerberos and the s02 finale—has ABSOLUTELY left him with some severe abandonment issues,,, not to mention he spent more than half his life in the foster system, seemingly without forming a single significant bond until Shiro.
So if Lotor were to die like,,,, that, Keith’s first thought would be to blame himself; could he have turned Lotor away from that path before he was too far gone? Could he have saved him from such a fate, even after that point? Let us not forget that even in canon—even when they’d barely interacted—it’s Keith who in that final battle says “Let’s grab Lotor and get out of here.” with the only member of team voltron more insistent than him being Allura (with whom Lotor was literally romantically involved). So if Keith himself had spent time with Lotor, grown fond of him, fallen in love with him... at best, I think he’d never forgive himself.
At worst, I don’t think he would have left the quintessence field at all.
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A burst of agitated whispers erupts from his students, drawing Cristof back into the room.
A whine: ‘Stop pinching me, Vincenzo.’
A hiss: ‘I’m not touching you.’
‘Yes you are.’
‘Am not.’
Ah, Cristof thinks, to be a glorious future leader of the Venetian Republic harassing a potential colleague with chalk. Turning to his students, he finds several with dusty cheeks and marks across their clothes. He exudes an air of disapproval.
‘Alright,’ he claps hands. ‘Let’s hear it. Vincenzo, since you were so full of gusto, why don’t you start us off.’
‘I wasn’t pinching Francesco, maestro.’ The boy declares, standing with an air of authority. ‘He pinched himself.’
‘I did not,’ Francesco scowls.
Cristof points to young Vincenzo’s slate. ‘Read.’
Cristof and his very noble, very serious, very scholarly students who aren’t at all a bunch of miscreants.
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Emotion Meme - Leonard (DOD1)
◈ ANGER. jaw clenching, hands balling into fists, teeth grinding, yelling, going nonverbal, stuttering speech, rushed speech, slow concise speech, rambling, quiet, arms crossing, shaking head, tearing up, animated, expressionless, projects, internalizes, vents, withdraws, passive aggressive, direct physical outbursts, verbal outbursts. //
◈ JOY. easy smiles, fighting back grins, suppressed laughter, loud laughter, giggles, chuckling, smirks, whole body laughs, covers mouth when laughing, throws head back when laughing, slaps leg, touches people around them when laughing, looks down when laughing, looks for eye contact when laughing, sparkling eyes, bubbly happiness, quiet subtle happiness, obnoxious happiness, wants to spread joy, quietly savors joy.
◈ SADNESS. crying, bottling it up, seeks distractions, wallows, meditates & processes, avoidance, seeks out comfort, withdraws, talks it out, internalizes it, sad smiles, depression naps, uses alcohol, uses drugs, seeks out sources of joy, fidgets with sentimental item, sits in silence, broods, gets moody, wants someone to share the misery, tries to hide negative emotions, nurtures others to make themselves feel better. //
◈ EMBARRASSMENT / SHAME. blushing, looking away, rubbing at back of head, covering face, laughing nervously, laughs it off, overthinks -> lets it go, self deprecating humor, deflects, gets irritated, smiles, withdraws, crossing arms over stomach, crossing arms over chest, hands in pockets, shoulders sinking, shrugs, falling into silence until comfortable again, talking a lot to compensate. //
◈ GUILT. avoiding eye contact, shoulders sinking low, head hanging down, crying, chest aches, lashes out, internalizes, apologizes, deflects, communicates, withdraws, grand gestures for forgiveness, accepts fault easily, punishes themselves, martyrdom, victim complex, overactive guilt complex, healthy conscience, internalizes even after forgiveness, seeking redemption, moves on easily, denial, lack of guilt / conscience, sorry they got caught more than caused harm, can’t handle knowing they hurt others. //
◈ FEAR / ANXIETY. trembling, crying, sarcasm / sass to cope, rambles, goes silent, gets angry, fidgeting, clenching jaw, picking at nails, chewing at lip, pulling at clothes, adjusting jewelry / clothing, swallowing thickly, eyes widening, overreacts OR underreacts, calm, logical, panicked, irrational, overthinks -> carefully analyzes, talks to themselves, breathing exercises, flight -> fight, withdraw, fawn. //
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