Today is @vldtenyearanniversaryfest day five, and ngl I struggled with what to do for today! Not because I don't know what my fave vld ship is---obviously that is sheith---but because so many of my other prompt days are sheith fills, I didn't know what I wanted to do for The Sheith Day.
So I decided instead I'd just talk about how and why I like them!
A fun fact I've shared before but that not everyone might know is that I actually went into vld PRIMED and ready to like klance. A fave author from my homestuck days, @qpenguin98, had flipped from johndave to klance before I ever watched the show, and I'd skimmed some of their fics. So, naturally, I assumed that since we had such similar tastes in homestuck ships, I'd follow suit when I joined vld. Not the case. The NANOSECOND I saw Keith gently turn Shiro's unconscious face and tear down his handkerchief so he could whisper his name with wonder and distress I knew I was gone. Then they had their touching little reunion on the mound outside Keith's shack in the sunrise and Oh Boy Oh Boy.
I love the trust between them. How Keith doesn't trust ANYONE initially but he does trust Shiro. How Shiro tries to shoulder the entire world on his shoulders (like atlas, one might say) but he allows Keith to take care of him and watch out for him. How Keith never hesitates when Shiro is in trouble and, to quote, would save him "as many times as it takes." How neither of them ever give up on the other, no matter how dire the straits or how hopeless the circumstances may seem. I love the homoerotic shoulder touching. I love the black/white motifs. I love the sunshine/raincloud. I love how Allura and Hunk and even Lance and Pidge had bad reactions to learning Keith was half Galra but Shiro, who'd been kidnapped, enslaved, disfigured, and tortured by the Galra, never treated Keith differently or even doubted for a moment that that was still his best friend.
I love how we get to watch their relationship develop over years. We get flashbacks to when they were two punk teens (just one of them better at hiding it than the other) being friends and watching out for each other in ways they both desperately needed at the time. We get to see Keith supporting Shiro at his lowest points post-abduction and we get to see Shiro be the calm and steady hand that guides Keith. We get to see them fight alongside one another as brothers in arms. And we get to see them fall slowly and undeniably in love as the show progresses, their relationship and their care and respect and trust for each other blooming into something deep and abiding.
I also think they're hot as hell ;)
