Okay but pre Kerberos Sheith werenât dating or fucking or anything. They were just friends? Like that much is obvious.
Letâs take a loot at the dialog in episode 1. This is what Lance calls Shiro. âSenior officerâ now depending on the area a senior officer can be different things (thereâs different types of senior officers like for prisons, royalty, etc), typically in the army theyâre like a lieutenant who serves under a commander. Shiro is called that because he graduated top of his class as a pilot. Thatâs all that he was for the Kerberos Mission, a pilot & nothing more. Sam Holt was the Commander of the mission, he was the leader, a teacher.
Now in episode 1 This is what Lance calls Iverson their teacher:
He calls him Commander Iverson, a commander holds a position of authority over troops, or cadets. Heâs the teacher.
This is what Hunk calls Montgomery, another Commander/Teacher:
âProfessorâ was used. Indicating some kind of teacher.
Now we know Lance calls Shiro his hero, meaning that Lance knew about Shiro preKerberos. Lance calls Shiro âthe pilot of Kerberos mission.â
He doesnât call him commander or professor, or some formal title like that, he just calls him âthe pilot of Kerberos.â You would think that heâd call Shiro commander or professor if heâd been a teach In the past, but Shiro was just a high ranked pilot serving under Commanders.
Okay remember the scenario in episode 1 where Shiro is about to be sedated by Iverson & his staff & lance says âThe guys a legend, theyâre not even gonna listen to him?â
He doesnât say âthat guys a commander or professor just like them? Why donât they listen to him?â He just says âthat guys a legendâ. Meaning there was no authority to his name that Shiro could have used to help him, he was just a really good pilot.
Hunk doesnât use titles like commander or professor for Shiro, neither does Keith, neither does Pidge. Keith was able to be close to Shiro because they were both students. Pidge, who probably heard and knows a lot about Shiro through Matt doesnât address him as Commander either, even though she would technically know he was a teacher or something of authority figure.
That being said, I still believe Shiro to be a student, or just a high ranking pilot at the Garrison, not some kind of teacher or professor.