Jasico Bingo Challenge: #2

Jasico Bingo challenge: #2

Prompt: Painting Nails

Nico's hands shook more than they used to. After a gruesome fight that ended up with some nerves in his arm being a little worse for wear, his steady hands were lost to a warrior's death.

Of course, he fought it. It was his right hand, the one he wrote with. So, he practiced until he could write perfectly with his left hand. The pen felt foreign, but he made it work. No one seemed to notice the switch, no one but Jason.

Jason was used to watching Nico do almost everything. It was just how they worked.

When Nico started training and sparing with his sword and knives clutched in the wrong hand, he noticed but just assumed it was some new technique.

Nico sat at his desk one night. Jason lay on the bed in the Hades cabin. The bed was practically his anyway.

After a series of annoyed sighs and the sound of nail polish remover swishing, Jason sat up to check on him.

A scowl pained his face as he attempted to apply the thick black nail polish on his left hand. His right shook, making it practically impossible.

Nico sighed and put the cap on before giving up, and turning on his phone. He hardly noticed Jason's staring.

"What's up?" Jason prodded, noticing the frustrated look on the other's face.

"Nothing," Nico said absently. His voice had almost no affliction, like usual.

"You sure?"

Nico sighed loudly, unable to lie to Jason in any capacity. "Fine. Yeah. I'm just frustrated. It's dumb though," he said pointedly. His words were sharp as knives, but he made sure they didn't cut Jason.

"It's not dumb. What is it?"

"My hand is shaking too much and I can't paint some of my nails. It's not that big of a deal, I just don't like having them unpainted."

Jason nodded. "Why're they shaking?" He prodded, standing up just to flip done on the second, far less comfortable, chair by Nico's desk.

"They just...do that," Nico mumbled. He held up his right hand, showing how it trembled and twitched against his will.

Jason twisted his face. "I don't think that's normal."

Nico mumbled something inaudible, somehow unable to admit when any of his quests went mildly wrong.

"Did something happen?"

"I just messed up some nerves a while ago. It was months ago. It's just bad right now, and I don't know why," he confessed, words spilling out of his mouth like they would disappear on his tongue if he didn't get them out fast enough.

Nico studied his shaking hand. Maybe if he stared hard enough it would stop.

Jason, without another word, picked up the nail polish bottle and took Nico's hand gently in his own. He had never painted nails, but he'd watched Thalia and Nico do it enough to get the idea.

It wasn't great, but Nico smiled as he worked. Inexperienced hands painted diligently on delicate ones, feeling the stiffness and steadiness of Nico's undamaged hand. He almost preferred the violent shaking over unreadable rigidness.

Still, he completed his work and looked up at Nico to see if he was pleased.

Nico examined his hand. "Might've been better if I just did it," he laughed.

Jason feigned a gasp, forcing a laugh out of Nico's throat.

"Kidding," Nico said lightly, pulling Jason into a tight hug before pressing a small kiss to his cheek. "Thank you."

"Anytime."

This is also on AO3:

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I remade Keith's weird desert shack from the first episode of Voltron in the Sims 4 but I yassified it (click for better quality)

I didn't plan on posting this, but I thought it was silly so here you go

So basically I made the outside as similar to his cannon house as possible, but I went buck wild on the inside because they only showed it for like 5 mins

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Jasico Bingo Challenge: Cuddles

“I wouldn’t call that cuddling,” Nico says, arms crossed defensively over his chest. “I would call it sitting near one another.” 

Across the infirmary, awaiting medical attention from the busy Apollo kids, Annabeth rolls her eyes. “He had his arm around you.” 

“You put your arm around me all the time,” Nico rebuts. 

“You were leaning on him!” 

“I was tired!” 

Annabeth slumps sideways in her cot and stares at him, unimpressed. 

Nico refuses to budge. Cuddling is not resting your head on someone when they offer to let you nap on them! Cuddling is, like, prolonged, sideways hugging, or something. He and Jason do not cuddle, and even if they did (which they do not!) they wouldn’t do it at the campfire, for Hera’s sake. 

“Fine,” Annabeth concedes without averting her intimidating gaze. “What about when you two took a nap under Thalia’s Pine? That was definitely cuddling.” 

Heat rises up to Nico’s ears. He turns around to face the countertop, littered with empty bandaid packaging and unportioned nectar. “It was not, and you’re weird for remembering that.” 

“You’re weird for refusing to admit you like cuddling with Jason,” Annabeth says. She’s long since perfected that I’m right, you’re wrong, shut up tone, the one that makes Nico bristle. 

“How does that make me weird?” he grumbles, slicing even squares into the pan of nectar. “I spent the last, like, four years of my life doing everything I could to avoid human contact. How is it weird that I wouldn’t want to admit to something like that.” 

For a few moments, Nico almost mistakes Annabeth’s silence for a victory. He finishes with the nectar and turns back around, ready to gloat and everything, and is instead met with the worst possible thing: Annabeth Chase wearing her planning face. 

“No,” he says immediately, putting a hand out, as if he can physically ward off whatever bullshit he’s about to get dragged into. “No.” 

“I think we need an outside opinion.” 

“I think you’re concussed, do not go spreading my personal business to camp!” 

“Not camp,” Annabeth flaps her hand at him, and does not refute the concussed accusation. “But definitely some trusted individuals, who have insight into your cuddling habits.” 

“I’m not above getting on my knees and begging you to drop this,” Nico says. He’s fully serious. He will do it. Anything to stop this from going any further, anything. 

Annabeth glances him up and down, like she’s sizing up how serious he might be. 

He clasps his hands together. 

She flops back in the cot. “Nope. I’m too invested now. I think I’ll ask Hazel, first-” 

“Dude-” 

“-and then Connor, he knew you when you were a baby, he’ll have some good insight.” 

Nico buries his face in his hands and groans. 

Annabeth Chase gets her concussion treated, then turns around and runs back to her cabin to draft an honest to the gods survey to hand out to what she deems as a trusted, reputable group. 

Any group with Connor Stoll and Percy Jackson in it is anything but reputable, in Nico’s mind. As soon as he hears that Annabeth’s really gone off the freaking deep end about this, he finds the darkest corner of camp and hunkers down to hide. 

The best thing to do when Annabeth’s got an idea? Weather it. She’ll either find her own solution, or she’ll lose interest. Nico hopes, for his reputation's sake, she doesn’t get any further than the distribution. 

Upside to this shitshow: Nico has time to clean his cabin, finally. A valid reason to tell Will that he genuinely cannot come do archery practice today, a valid reason to kick any and everyone off his porch, lock his doors, and play CDs on his radio as loud as he can tolerate. 

It is, unfortunately, one of his most productive days as of late, and as Nico lays on his newly-swept floor, sweaty but satisfied, he almost forgets the whole situation occurring at the hands of one stubborn daughter of Athena. 

Almost. 

“Nico?” 

Three knocks on the cabin door. 

“I can hear your music, I know you’re in there. If you want me to go away, that’s totally fine, I just- y’know, want to make sure you’re okay. I’ll leave you alone in a minute.” 

Nico rolls over, squishing his face into the hardwood for one deeply satisfying moment. Then, with all the reluctance of a man who is going to face embarrassment head on, he pulls himself up and trudges to the door. 

Jason, at the very least, has the decency to look worried rather than amused. He’s got his hands in the pockets of his shorts, his head tilted off to the side, his glasses off-center like they always are. He’s frowning, kind of. He looks like Mrs. O’Leary when Nico tricks her into thinking he’s got a treat for her. 

“I’m alive,” he says, as dry as he can manage. The CD skips. 

“That’s good,” Jason says. “I, uh, hear Annabeth’s keeping herself occupied.” 

Nico’s temple pulses with something not-quite-achey, but nearly there. 

“Just- come in,” he huffs, stepping aside. Dammit. “If anyone’s going to explain it, I would really rather rip the stupid bandaid off.” 

“Laughing at me feels kind of insulting, going to be honest,” Nico mutters while Jason hunches over himself, cradling his stomach, downright howling. 

“She’s- She’s up in arms- about cuddling!?” 

“I don’t know! I don’t know, Percy’s stupid bullshit is rubbing off on her and she’s losing braincells, Jason, she’s losing her mind. We need to find something new for her to build so she stops trying to instigate shit in my private life!” 

Jason slumps sideways onto the floor, half-laughing, half-panting. His leg presses solidly to Nico’s like this, sitting side by side against his bed. 

Nico turns his head up and away and forces himself not to notice. 

“She just cares about you,” Jason says. He stays down. Nico can practically feel how hard Jason’s heart is pumping from all that laughter. 

Jerk. 

“She cares about drama,” Nico says, though he knows it’s not totally true. Piper has gotten her more involved in the social life of camp, which is a good thing, really. Nico thinks it’s really cool that Annabeth has been able to come out of her own shell, after spending her whole life trying to prove herself, trying to be above everything, better than, the best. 

But does she have to do it at his expense? 

He rubs his hands over his face and sighs. 

Jason sits back up. 

“Are you really that upset about this?” he asks, his voice softened into a tone Nico got used to hearing in the days post-Cupid, the tone of a hero. “I know it’s still hard for you, to be comfortable and everything-” 

“I’m not upset about it,” Nico says. Admitting it makes his cheeks flush, but it’s the truth, and Jason has more than earned that with him. “I’m just…embarrassed.” 

“Awe, why’s it embarrassing? I mean, I get from your perspective, y’know, why you might find that embarrassing, but even if taking naps and stuff is cuddling, it’s not like it’s hurting anything,” Jason says. Then, softer, maybe hesitant, he adds, “right?” 

Nico’s heart tugs annoyingly into his ribs. “It’s not hurting anything, Jason, I’m not…I don’t know. I just feel a lot of things, I guess? And it’s a lot of, like, I-I don’t know how to react, when people poke fun at something I’m still- still getting comfortable with. I like being comfortable with you.” He pokes at the rips in his jeans and continues to ignore how much of Jason is pressed up against his side, how natural it feels to just sit with him like this. 

“I like that you like being comfortable with me,” Jason says, his own version of teasing, though one that Nico knows and understands and likes. He knows that Jason’s reassuring him by prodding at him like that. 

The next track on his CD starts to play—Jason turned the volume down, but didn’t shut it all the way off. They’re both too awkward in pure silence, but sitting together when there’s other background noise that means they don’t necessarily have to talk has become a staple of their hang-outs. There’ve been many an afternoon where Nico sets up on the floor of the Zeus cabin with his new, growing Mythomagic collection, while Jason sketches out temples at his desk. 

They’re so comfortable around one another, nowadays. 

Nico brings his knees up and nestles his chin on them, frowning at the opposite wall. 

Are they maybe too comfortable? If other people are starting to look at them interacting and put weird labels like cuddling on it? Isn’t cuddling something people who like each other do, anyway? Friends don’t cuddle. 

Nico feels his ears burn hot at the implication. Is that what Annabeth was trying to say? Does she think Nico likes Jason? 

He brings his arms up to cover his mouth. He chews on his lip. 

…does, Nico like Jason? 

 (to be continued) 

Overanalyzing (almost) every interaction between Keith and another character

I am sick of the fandom pretending that everyone except Shiro thinks Keith is a complete asshole because??? So here I am, rewatching Voltron for the one millionth time, and DETAILING every interaction Keith has that is positive or shows that not everyone hates him and people do think he has redeeming qualities

For this post, I’m doing season one only, but trust, the other seasons will happen and you can SEE WITH YOUR EYEBALLS that they all like Keith

You can use this post for fanfic reference or just silly fun times but GOD am I only making it out of spite

Episode 1:

Lance:

Lance sees Keith breaking in, knows him by name, and refuses to let him one up him. While this isn’t really positive, it does show that he knows Keith and thinks he’s talented or better in some way

They bicker, but in a nice teasing way, and Lance jokingly calls him a dropout? And instead of standing next to his brother for this whole scene, Keith stands next to Lance, for some reason??? He’s ALWAYS standing next to Keith. Why???

More bickering but over where the red lion is and somehow MORE loving? What? Lance: “remember that weird energy you felt in the desert [referring to blue lion]” Keith: “yeah, you made fun of me for that” Lance: “and I’m proud of that” WHAT?

Hunk:

Also takes directions from Keith on said plane thing: “Big man, lean left” and he instantly does, showing he at least kind of trusts Keith

Reassures Keith on how he’ll know where the red lion is, which is cute

During the fight at the end of the episode, while trying to figure out how to form Voltron, Hunk slams his Lion into Keith’s and playfully says “well that didn’t work” Keith doesn’t even get mad he just grunts as he’s being slammed and says “hey”

Pidge:

Pidge reassures Keith when he asks how he’ll know where the red lion is, which is still cute

Allura:

Says keith “Relies more on instinct than skill alone” when assigning their lions. Ik this SOUNDS mean, but it shows that she can see Keith has trustworthy and strong instincts within a few minutes of meeting him

Everyone/General nice things:

As he thinks they’re about to die, Keith says “it’s been an honor flying with you boys” to everyone while they’re all screaming

Fun notes: I’ve decided to do little notes about how I feel during the episodes because I get bored between interactions, feel free to ignore these. Why tf is this episode AN HOUR LONG??? Has anyone else noticed how similar Keith and Shiros voices are? I had to turn on subtitles because they sound the same sometimes lol. They’re such brothers. Also Pidge and Shiro are super silly in this episode.

Episode 2:

Lance:

Keith guides him through the maze and is pretty compliant, despite Lance arguing

After Shiro gets annoyed at Allura for not giving them a break: Keith: “Yeah! We’re not some prisoners for you to toy with, like…like…” Lance: “Like a bunch of toy prisoners!” Keith: “Yes! Thank you, Lance!” (Copied exactly from the captions, so punctuation is accurate lol) They’re so odd.

After the food fight: Allura: *something about everyone actually working together* Keith to Lance: “Hey, she’s right!” Lance: “I actually don’t hate you right now”

Pidge:

Tells Pidge to “go loose” after Allura throws food at Pidge. Kinda silly, shows how he’ll back her up and continues to work with Pidge during the food fight, laughing with her

Hunk:

Hunk puts his arms around Keith and Lance after forming Voltron and says “I just want you to know that when we were in Voltron, we’re brothers man,” and hugs both of them super tight. Then says “I love you guys,” to which Keith replies “did the G-forces mess with your head a little bit?” jokingly. THEN Lance lets go of the hug but Keith keeps hugging him for a bit before scurrying away like a rat

Coran:

Smiles at Coran while he hands him a pack of water like a little kid lmao, idk I just like this one since Keith hasn’t really smiled all series tbh

Everyone/General nice things:

Does his best to defend everyone from the gladiator thing, getting up after being knocked down to rush to Lance and Shiro’s aid

Fun notes: Keith sleeps in his normal clothes? For some reason? Also damn the animators gave Shiro nice eyelashes wtf

Episode 3:

Lance:

He’s still sitting next to Keith. There are like 5 open chairs. Where do they sit? A FOOT APART.

Let’s Keith boss him around during the battle

Hunk:

Gives Keith and Lance a fancy meal he cooked and smiles as they both devour it

Everyone/General nice things:

Let’s that weird little arusian hug him and says “I don’t usually hug strangers but, uh, man, you are cuddly.” And pats its head

Fun notes: Keith wants to shoot a child at the beginning of the episode. Also the fight scene is cool because Keith is cool. And Shiro and Pidge make me wanna cry again and again.

Episode 4:

Lance:

In the crowd at the very beginning, they’re standing together. ALONE. WHY.

Infamous “I say vol you say tron” scene. I like this scene sm because it shows how head empty stupid ever stoic Keith is

Walks around Lance curiously with Hunk after he throws up the nunvill, very cute scene

Pidge:

Pidge contacts Keith during the invasion instead of anyone else, even though Hink, Coran, and Allura were available. She trusts him to be strong and helpful

Hunk:

Walks around Lance curiously with Hunk after he throws up the nunvill, very cute scene

Standing with Hunk during the party, smiling while an Arusian hands him a cup. Jokes around with Hunk and laughs in a way you don’t see him laugh until this episode. I didn’t feel like explaining all of this one, so here’s the clip (it’s the third one)

Allura:

Goes with Keith to check on the Arusians, blindly trusting him to protect her

Shows concern for Keith when he says that he’ll go in for a closer look at the village, which is currently in flames.

Everyone/Generally nice things:

Smiles while the Arusians are given their signal thing by Allura

Jumps down to the village currently in flames to check and make sure there’s no one in danger (isn’t that how his dad died?)

Fun notes: Coran and Lance bonding moment. During his argument with Pidge, Keith says something about her “putting the lives of two people above everyone else in the universe’s lives” and I think it really shows how he thinks and acts based off his life experiences.

Episode 5:

Lance:

OH MY GOD THEYRE SO GAY. after the fight at the end, Pidge is helping Shiro up and Keith is helping Lance up. Keith: “Lance, are you ok?” Lance, WHILE HOLDING HIS HAND: “we did it, we are a good team.” AND KEITH SMILES AT HIM. OH MY GOD.

Pidge:

At the end of the episode, after Pidge decides not to leave Voltron like she planned, Keith smiles and says “Good to have you back on the team” and she smiles at him

(I didn’t get many this episode because Keith was only there for like 9 minutes)

Fun notes: Hunk and Shay my beloveds. GOD PIDGE MAKES ME WANNA CRY. Rover :(

Episode 6:

Lance:

Keith looks mildly annoyed when Allura says Lance has to stay in the healing pod a bit more. Specifically, he pouts like a baby

“I crawled you in my arms!” Enough said, homo.

This wasn’t Keith, but Lance FREAKS OUT when Nyma says she’ll just get a ride from Keith. Mr jealous over here. Also, that means it was so obvious that Lance admired Keith that Nyma was able to pick up on that and use it within hours of meeting Lance

Infamous “can you come unchain me?” “Oh I think you’re cutting out” Scene. Keith is silly, not bitchy. Also, Lance says “Oh come on, I thought we bonded” showing that eh remembered what Keith said about their “bonding moment”

Pidge:

Keith smiles as Pidge has her “I can’t man up, I’m a girl” speech, and says he knew for a while. Proving he pays attention to his team and him smiling shows he cares

Hunk:

Hunk asks if they should give a speech or just start blasting their guns (Danny devito core), Keith leans down and says “Hunk, calm down. And yes, blasting.” Then leans against the stairs and smiles. Their friendship means so much to me I’m gonna hurl.

Says “Ok we get it!” twice while Hunk is ranting about no one listening to him about Rolo and Nyma before everyone joins in. I like this because no one else was talking, but they all could. Keith was the only one trying to calm him down

Everyone/Generally nice things:

Says “Well we’re gonna change all that,” when Rolo is talking about how no one is fighting against the Galra

Keith was leaning on the metal right next to Rolo as he finishes working, smiling? No one else is near him? Just Rolo? What?

Shiro tells Keith he’s the only one who can navigate the Astroid field. Keith says “you got it, see you on the other side.” I felt like this was worth including because he didn’t complain lol

Fun notes: this isn’t nice, so I’m putting it here, but while Lance is trying to woo Nyma, Keith is staring DAGGERS at him while everyone else is looking at Rolo. He then rolls his eyes A MILLION TIMES.

Episode 7:

Lance:

While breaking into the Balmera, Keith and Lance get paired together. Keith tried to go in guns blazing, but Lance stops him, looking concerned for him. Jesus Christ. When proven wrong about his Danny Devitocore performance, Keith says “That…actually is a better idea” to a smirking Lance. I get that this isn’t really nice nice, but it shows how Keith isn’t afraid to admit when he was wrong.

Lance is impressed when Keith is able to close the hanger door. “Woah howd you do that?” “I just put my hand on the handprint…” but also it was all in galra, so Keith could probably read it. Still, Lance is impressed and nice to that’s all that counts

Famous Lance doing hand signals scene. Their interactions that aren’t just mindless bickering are all I care about

Everyone/General:

Infamous laser gun scene. Keith says two words, but they show that he can joke around with his friends (BECAUSE THATS WHAT THEY ARE, FRIENDS)

Says “It’s not about the glory, Lance,” while Lance is talking about how he wonders if the Balmerans will thank them. People like to act like Keith is only a paladin because he had no choice, but it’s obvious he enjoys it

Yells “Got you covered!” While Pidge and Hunk are defending themselves against a Galra ship and jumps to their aid. I see people say they think he dosent care about the lives of the other paladins, WHATS THIS THEN?

Fun notes: Don’t even speak to me about the implications of Lance and Keith finding out their lions had ice and fire powers right at the same time.

Episode 8:

Lance:

Gets offended when Keith agrees with Pidge instead of him even though he and Pidge made the same point. Then, Keith warns him to look out in a nice way

Hunk:

Hunk, while explaining to Shay that they can’t defeat the monster above at the moment says “I don’t know, but we can beat it…tell her, Keith” He looks to Keith for guidance and reassurance even though Shiro, his leader, is right next to him

Hunk realizes he can do the cool thing Keith did with his bayard in another episode too, and says he thinks he knows how to take down the monster. When he says he thinks he knows how to deal with it, Keith says “are you sure?” In a concerned way. He’s making sure Hunk doesn’t get hurt. He’s being a leader when Shiro can’t. I LOVE THEIR FRIENDSHIP

Keith is consistently the first person to answer Hunk when he asks something. Its usually just “rodger that” or something but still, he cares enough to listen and answer when no one else ever responds

At the end of the episode, Hunk pets the Balmera and says “who’s a good Balmera!” (?) and Keith says “Dude..what are you doing?” While everyone else just stares. THEYRE BROS YOU GUYS.

Coran:

Keith is the only one to answer Coran when he asks the paladins how they’re holding up against the monster. He also makes sure the Balmerans are in place, which didn’t matter with what he was currently doing and had no bearing on his actions? He just wanted to know?

Everyone/General:

Keith is always first to explain situations to those they’re defending. He quickly explained to the Arusians what was happening a few episodes ago before they even asked, and in this episode does the same for the Balmerans. I think it shows that he knows what it’s like to be in the dark, to not know why something is happening or what to do. So, he takes action and makes sure everyone stays informed, and even later in the episode makes sure everyone has a way to contact each other

Delivers the final blow to the monster, and gets a cool cutscene. This ain’t really a nice thing, but I needed to tell you guys because it was cool

Fun notes: fun fact, I’ve saved like 20 minutes by just skipping the Voltron formation sequence because it’s like a magical girl transformation and the exact same every time so there’s no point in watching it and istg it like a year long

Episode 9:

Lance:

Saves Lance from being thrown into space by the castle “malfunctioning” (Sendak) despite his own issue with the castle training bot trying to kill him. They bicker for a bit before running off together.

Eveyone/General:

Keith immediately thinks about Shiro when told that Sendak is dangerous and is the first to say “Wait, has anyone seen Shiro?” When he’s told that being around Sendak is dangerous by Coran.

Fun notes: I think we all forget that Pidge Lance and Hunk were all friends before Voltron

Episode 10:

Lance:

When Keith leaves to investigate all alone, Lance says very much like an annoyed mother “Keith, think about what you’re doing. Don’t walk through that door!” as Keith walks out the door. While Keith does blow him off, Lance wouldn’t never spoken to Keith like that in the beginning of the series. True show of their growth

Allura:

Calls Allura “Princess” for the first time all series at the beginning of the episode. I think this shows how he finally respects Allura and acknowledges that while she’s not his princess, she is a princess

First to ask where Allura is when Shiro returns without her

Everyone/general:

Loudly worries about Shiro all episode lol

Fun notes: I watched this whole episode with my mouth open and eyes glued to the screen, so no notes

Episode 11:

Lance:

Keith says “you guys get the princess without me.” And flies off in the middle of battle. Lance says “What? What are you doing?!” And Keith says “Whatever I can. Lance is the first and only one to respond to Keith. OH MY GOD VOLTRON WRITERS WHAT THE HELL

Hunk:

Hunk looks very hurt at Keith suggestion of not going in the rescue mission for Allura. He’s visibly distraught, and says “Keith that’s cold, even for you. What if it was one of us? What if it was me? You wouldn’t leave me…would you? Would you?” And Keith jumps to defend himself, saying “I’m not saying I like the idea. I’m just thinking like a paladin” while this is a little cold, Keith obviously cares about Hunk’s judgement. He dosent bother to defend himself from Lance’s remarks soon after, but to Hunk, he explains himself. He wants Hunk to like him.

Everyone/General:

Goes after Shiro instantly, jumping into danger, the only one to realize something is wrong with him

Despite Coran’s desperate warnings, Keith throws caution to the wind and tries to kill Zarcon himself, saying “This is my change to put an end to the Galra empire, I have to take it” with an insane look on his face. Keith is willing to throw away his LIFE to end the empire. Through sheer determination, he does everything he possibly can to defeat Zarcon and almost dies because of it

Fun notes: this is one of my favorite Voltron episodes ever, I love it sm and have sm nostalgia for it. Also, I never realize how much foreshadowing there was for the reveal of Keith being half Galra, it’s said multiple times that Keith “fights like a galra soldier” and the blade member at the end of the episode UGH I love this show

Conclusion:

Well, that was it for season 1! If this post gets to 50 notes I’ll do season 2 lol

Keith is a very complex character. Too often in fanfics and media I think he’s dumbed down to “Mean hard ass who is cold to everyone until extremely close with them” in reality he’s a normal guy who got shoved in a wormhole and is scared. He may come off as cold, but he’s just on guard. He’s physically capable of being funny and goofing around, just like all the other paladins