#also based on ur one post about ur HCs for Keith’s childhood with his dad I think u would truly appreciate my other thoughts 😂

[roylustang]

hi this is electricsynthesis (anon cause im a pleb with a sideblog) but i just wanted to tell you that your vision for keith is vivid. i was thinking about it at work actually. on the salesfloor at my retail job considering how a griefstricken keith who entirely forewent bathing for both practical (conserving water) and mentally ill (needs no elaboration) reasons would react to having access to lots of clean water in the Pristine castle of lions. it actually made me think about a lot of things. but mostly i decided he actually kind of likes being dirty. in a My friend the sand kind of way. sorry for being insane in your inbox but thank you for sharing

No no PLEASE be insane in my inbox I wanna hear this. Tell me your ideas bro I am insane about pre-canon Keith I eat this shit up. Also you’re so right oh my god. I think investing literally all his time into investigating the caves and making his crazy little conspiracy theories was probably the only thing that gave him any reprieve from the overwhelming mental anguish of losing the only person that genuinely cared about him (which is why he did it LITERALLY 24/7) that he started associating being dirty with like, being Okay (sort of, not really, but it’s better than being too depressed to move) and also with having a sense of purpose. It gives him a weird sense of comfort esp after they get to space bc being dirty reminds him of being Important (in terms of him having a major role in starting their whole journey to Defend the Universe) which is much better than feeling abandoned. When Shiro disappears again he goes back to neglecting bathing partially out of how much time he spends searching for him but also if they have a mission on a planet that actually requires them to get dirty Keith just. Stays dirty. Bc it’s the only thing that helps.