#triganes

Sven grew up with his father, he remembers he used call himself a Norwegian, because he came from a human settlement called Norway. He didn't got to know his mother nor her family who were killed in the war with the Alteans when he was really young, but he knows they were from a place called Japan.

Ryou remembers all what Shiro remembers about his family, but they're distant flickering images for him, he feels that the emotions with which Shiro talks about these memories are lacking on his head. But he wants, with all his heart, to hold them close, like they were his. So he listens attentively to Shiro's stories.

One day the subject of family comes between the three of them, Shiro and Sven both of them keep a photograph of their family close, these photos are from a time before sickness or war took away their loved ones. When they share these photos, they discover that the images are just the same with very few changes in the scenery.

In Shiro's reality his mom got to see him grow, in Sven's it was his dad. This realization hits them hard.

They start to know more about the parents they don't remember thanks to each other, excitedly sharing stories about their mom and dad.

Ryou thinks he can't possibly win Shiro up when it comes to telling family's stories but he is proven wrong when he remembers a memory more clearly than Shiro does and soon enough he isn't just a listener but also a participant in the conversations.

ahahaha they would TOTALLY do this too xD

Usually it’s Shiro calling Ryou his “biological clone” and Jiro his “artificial twin” to harass both his brothers—

(and to make Jiro feel better—New Timestream, Old Angst. Timetravel’s Weird so all Jiro’s old relationships are kinda gone and will This Shiro be okay with him??)

—buuuut once Jiro’s comfortable in his own skin again? YOU BET he’d become insufferable with his own brand of clone humor xD

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...also Ryou just belts out Protoman’s Theme whenever Jiro does it. Mostly to beat Shiro to the punch.

Ryou: “Shiro, you may be the older twin but out of the two of us, you’re totally the Megaman.”

Shiro: “...hEY—!!! ...actually? I’ve got nuthin’.”

Ryou: “tOLD yA sO, Taka!!”

Jiro: “...why are you both like this.”

Shiro&Ryou: “It’s genetic.”

Jiro: “...lovely. (also never do that again.)”

S&R: “cOMe pLAY wITH uS, Jiro!!”

Shiro and Ryou? It’s Shiro.

Jiro and Shiro? It’s Jiro.

Ryou and Jiro? It’s Ryou.

Getting his brother free from unknown tech literally grafted onto him was kinda at the top of Ryou’s To Do list—made worse by the Galra continuously finding them and Hunk being of the same mind, too. Ulaz literally storing data like his brother’s a Flash Drive was the last straw. (Shiro fought Ryou on getting it removed Immediately after Allura’s capture—“more pressing matters” with Pidge chiming in that she can just hack around it.) MAYBE it’s Just the Black Lion. But Ryou’s done taking any chances (and the Lion having a tyrant in her circuitry doesn’t explain everything.)

So...Shiro ends up with a new arm, and then some. All detatchable, some weaponized, some not and simply designed for Everyday Comfort and Durability. At least one arm is basically a glorified swiss army knife, which gets heavy use from Shiro. Ryou’s constantly fiddling with the remains of Shiro’s Galran Tech removed to try and figure out how the darn thing admittedly functioned with such a high degree of response. (Ryou also discovers other secrets that cause him to wake up screaming. Shiro always demands to know what’s wrong, but all Ryou can do is hold his twin tightly—Taka’s better off not knowing if Ryou can help it.)

Besides constantly tinkering with Shiro’s prosthetics and the old one, and always looking ways to improve his designs, Ryou also makes Shiro arms that are simply for Just Fun. (well, so long as the fingers and wrist and elbow respond. Style doesn’t entirely substite substance.) Arms with hands that float freely. Arms that are transparent. Arms that glow an ever changing gradiant of colors. Ryou’s pride and joy is an arm that glows and shimmers with starlight and can even display charts both on the forearm and project from the palm and fingers.

However, none of Ryou’s designs can hold a candle to the Black Bayard in comfort, function, versatility, and power...which he’s completely okay with. (Shiro does insist on using Ryou’s Designs fairly frequently, especially after he learns to make other forms with the bayard. But on days when his remaining flesh is simply too tender for anything to touch for long periods, Black’s Bayard is Shiro’s preference. Especially if there’s a chance on getting called on a mission.)

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When the BlackLion drags Jiro home and demands to keep him, he’s absolutely overwealmed by the sheer variety Ryou’s made for Shiro, and touched that Shiro’s insisting that Jiro can share with him until Ryou can make something a little bit more specific for Jiro’s wants and needs.

This timestream may be different in ways Jiro couldn’t anticipate, but this time Jiro isn’t stuck waiting for an arm that isn’t designed to hurt him or wondering if he’s accepted.

-Shiro’s brought home safe&sound

-Team FINALLY prioritizes Shiro and Jiro

-Jiro prioritizes Shiro’s well-being (and getting Shiro reintegrated back into the Team.)

-Jiro doesn’t die and isn’t ever taken over

-No Colony

-No Allura losing her RV

-More Lions

-(yep, Jiro gets his own Lion)

-(the Lions also continue to view Allura and Jiro as alternate Pilots, even if they’re not “Paladins” in the traditional sense for the OG Voltron Lions.)

Jiro: repeated self-denial until finally breaking, until forced to face how refusing to take care of himself actually hurts those he’s denying his wants and needs for

Ryou: ...why am I stuck with these selfless, emotionally constipated idiots? (Also struggles with his own brand of Self Repression. What’s his constant worry compared to his twins’ different and intertwined brands of trauma?)

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When Ryou least expects it, he always finds some new trinket to toy with sitting on his work station, courtesy of Jiro. Or Shiro will abduct him with a pod or even the Black Lion, and they simply fly aimlessly until they find a clear patch of remote alien terrain where they can blow things up with whatever’s stashed in the cargo to their hearts’ content. Or Jiro will subtly take over a debriefing so that Ryou can fuss over his first brother after a mission and reassure himself that Yes, Taka’s Really Right Here. Shiro not-so-subtly heading out to harass Hunk for a “cooking lesson” while Jiro’s trying to work out a programming bug for Ryou’s latest project.

CloneShiro: wait. You’re sure about this?

Shiro: well...yeah. I was actually supposed to have a twin.

CloneShiro: I know, but—

Shiro: except I kinda absorbed him. Whoops.

Shiro: so actually you’re already PartRyou

Shiro: and my mirror twin

Shiro: ‘cause your heart’s not on the wrong side. Not just the scars and being righthanded instead of a southpaw

CloneShiro: your heart’s on the left side.

Shiro: yep! ‘Cause Haggar put it back in wrong while rummaging and I decided to leave it that way

CloneShiro: ...Shiro. (Or Takashi. Whatever.) What the honest fuck.

Shiro: :)))

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Ryou: ...oH YEAH?? Well Jiro says in another reality I absorbed you! Who’s the older twin nOW, Taka!