#rip rob garrison

[duranduratulsa]

Up next on my 80's Fest Movie 🎥 marathon...The Karate Kid (1984) on amazing blu-ray 📀! #movie #movies #actionadventure #karatekid #ralphmacchio #williamzabka #Miyagido #PATMORITA #RIPPatMorita #waxonwaxoff #ElisabethShue #MartinKove #RandeeHeller #RobGarrison #riprobgarrison #tonyodell #francesbay #larrydrake #riplarrydrake #toddlookinland #tomfridley #FrankieAvalon #bluray #80s #80sfest #durandurantulsas6thannual80sfest

[dream-beyond-the-fantasy]

An awesome picture of Tony O’Dell and Rob Garrison taken from the set of The Karate Kid in 1983.  From Tony’s Facebook post on Rob’s passing.

[thatsweetbobbyfacetho]

Because I dont have the words right now to make a proper post, all I can do is reblog all my Tommy shit.

[skedd8]

his smile reminded me so much of tommyyyy I just HAD to name him after the funny boi himself

[dailyadventureprompts]

Villain: Zametil, the Hunger of Winter Wind

Say what you will about nature’s innumerable perils, but there’s only one season that will eat you alive given the chance

Adventure Hooks: 

The party has gone north hearing tell of an ancient fortress that just might contain the relic/knowledge/weapon/magic they need to complete their grand quest, and has found lodging in the frontier settlement built under its shadow. Worsening weather threatens to delay the party’s departure, and the longer they take gaining access to the fortress’s lower reaches and finding their goal, the greater their chance they’ll have to winter here at the edge of the world, burning up weeks to months of precious time. 

An chieftain by name of Volmer rules both the fortress and the settlement, an old orc warrior who’s fallen to mistrust and superstition as his swordarm has faltered. Suspicious of the party from the beginning, he subjects them to all manner of trials, riddles, and test that seem primarily designed to waste their time. At some point during these trails, Volmer’s daughter will approach the party and explain her father’s ills: he’s convinced he’s under some kind of curse, and fears further bewitchment at every turn. Do the party delay their visit to try and investigate the source of this curse, or just circumvent the mad barbarian king and sneak into the fortress on their own terms?  

The moment the party succeeds at their goal (and possibly decides to flee after robbing the fortress), they find their way home blocked by a blizzard of mythic proportions, with winds so harsh they threaten to hurl ships from the face of the sea, and clouds so thick that they turn the day into a frigid, bone chilling night. The people say they can hear strange howls beneath the rumblings of the wind, and those guarding the walls report they can sometimes see what might be a figure, madly dancing through the storm

Setup: When Volmer was a young man, he ranged far afield looking for some act of heroism or great treasure that would prove him a worthy heir among his siblings, as such was the custom of succession among his clan. So far did he travel that he visited the semi-mythical city of the aurora, and from there wandered into the strangeness of the feywild, where he eventually sought to escape a perpetual winter storm by seeking shelter in a well appointed but apparently deserted cabin. 

Unwise in the way of faerie, Volmer made three blunders: He entered and warmed himself by the fire without permission, he raided the larder to eat until he was fit to bursting, and before he left he stole a sack full of jewels as his heir-prize. Now, Zametil, most terrible of the winter fey has come to extract ironic and terrible vengeance for this seemingly minor crimes, for no other reason than it is within the fairyfolk’s perogative to do so when slighted. 

The fey’s plan is cruel in its reciprocity: for his trespass Zametil will besiege Volmer’s hall with an army of Abominables, for his gluttony she will devour his flesh, and for his theft she will have what he won with her possessions, namely his throne. Only by these means will she be satisfied, leaving the party and everyone else in the settlement caught between the petty tyrant who thought to forstall their quest, and the slaughter mad force of nature who’ll gladly kill them all if it means getting to rip an old man’s frostbitten flesh from his bones.   

Background:  Skavl is the name of the settlement, once an outpost of a far reaching but now defunct empire, the people who dwell there are the descendants of the Fortress’s garrison that were abandoned when their imperium collapsed, having turned to fishing and intermarrying with the peoples they were once set to defend against. 

About Zametil there’s really not all that much to say, she is an embodiment of all that is terrible and rapacious about the season of ice and blizzards, casually aligned with the court of winter fey but often proving too wild and wrathful for that cold-shouldered lot. Her hunger for hot blood and flesh blackening touch means she has few friends save for the most dire of polar beasts, and those few peoples that know of her existence make offerings of meat and mulled wine only to forestall her visits. 

Further Adventures: 

Though Volmer’s people have kept the fortress in mostly good repair in the age since the empire’s fall, the lower reaches of the structure have largely been given over to disuse. Once intended as a warcamp and martialing grounds for any force sent to protect this barbaric frontier, this network of baracks and armories have become a dust choked dungeon over their innumerable years of neglect, still bosting some of the esoteric magics of the imperial cult that’ve gone feral over time. 

Should the party raise the alarm while  sneaking into the fortress to claim their prize, they may be thrown into some of the disused dungeons they just explored just as Zametil’s assault begins in earnest. If so, they may be too preoccupied with their jailbreak to notice the siege until they escape right into the middle of it. 

If Zametil manages to claim Volmer’s throne ( mainly sitting on it and having one of her Abominables plunk his crown on her head) then her dominion over the settlement of Skavl will see the place blanketed in endless winter, making her ascension a far more undesirable outcome than simply letting her eat the old man. If the party manages to defeat her after this point, the storm will break to reviel the whole clanhold (and everyone in it) has been transported to the feywild, leaving the party with a whole new mess to untangle. 

As her vendetta against Volmer might prove, the Hunger of Winter Wind is big on vengeance, and as a semi-immortal being has the capacity of making good on her grudges even after being defeated. Whoever lands the killing blow on Zametil will hear “ See you next Year” as her body dissolves into a frigid squall, starting the clock on the fey reconstituting and contriving to repay a slaying with a slaying. A party might ready themselves to  face her head on, or think that a vacation to the tropics might be enough to avoid her wrath. Sadly this latter option will prove of little use, as Zametil can get very creative in finding ways to reach those who owe her a life. 

[cobrakai84]

Josh Heald tweeted this !!!! RIP Rob Garrison

[duranduratulsa]

Now showing on my 80's Fest Movie 🎥 marathon...The Karate Kid (1984) on amazing blu-ray! #movie #movies #actionadventure #teenmovies #karatekid #TheKarateKid #ralphmacchio #patmorita #williamzabka #ElisabethShue #rippatmorita #MartinKove #RandeeHeller #RobGarrison #riprobgarrison #tonyodell #larrydrake #riplarrydrake #FrankieAvalon #bluray #80s #80sfest #durandurantulsas5thannual80sfest #cobrakai

[thelovelybitten]

vera’s first watch of south park — season five (part 1)

lfg babes i’m bored so lets watch

EPISODE 1:

LETS GO NEW SEASONNNNNN

KEPT THE BANGER INTRO YES WOOOOTTT

there’s a shit counter HAHAH LETS SEE HOW THIS GOES LMAO

BUTTERS VANDALIZING THE WALL

but tbh he slayed it

EVERYONE EXCITED ABT THE FUCKING SHIT LINE I CAN’T

kyle: i don’t give a fuck (SO REAL)

NOT THE CHEERS AND APPLAUSE HAHAH

huh ?? raining frogs ???

timmy SAID IT LETS GO

kyle is abt TO BLOW UP

sand in the vagina — cartman will not let him go

GARRISON NOT THE F SLUR

S H I T

what the fuck are these the seven deadly sins or sumth

cartman and his shirt LMAO

okay KYLE POP AWF he’s my smart bby boy

shit…twice, BFFR

chef helping the core four solve this stuff KING SHIT

CARTMAN STOP

no NOT KENNY ANYONE BUT KENNY PLS

okay who the fuck is this guy

no kenny looks so sick :’(

oh WHAT THE HELL

a rune ??? okay

LAS VEGASSSSS LET’S GOOOO

GANDALF???

MEECROB OH MY GOD CARTMAN WAS RIGHT

JIMBO IS A HOMOSEXUAL INTERESTING

shit counter thru the roof

not A WHOLE ASS DRAGON

CARTMAN LET IT GO FOR THE LOVE OF GOD

KYLE PREACHING 2 THE GOSPEL ICONIC

oh that was fucking feral i did not need to see all of kenny’s intestines

interesting ep

EPISODE 2:

FIRST NIGHT OF SCOUTS ?????

yO STAN THAT WAS OUTTA POCKET

timmy being strapped onto the back of the pickup

BUTTERS

KENNY AND STAN’S DAD ARE SHOOK

JIMMYYYYYY

give timmy his spotlight pls

well. last season he got it so ig give jimmy it

not the homophobia….

OKAY JIMMY POP OFF

JIMMY PLEASE NOT THE PLAN B JOKE

TIMMY BEING ROBBED BUT I LOVE JIMMY

BIG SILLY GOOSE

YOU DO NOT SAY BIG SILLY GOOSE— YOU CALL HIM AN ASSHOLE LIKE A NORMAL KID

but dad, i was just trying to—

STANLEY YOU CALL YOUR FRIEND AN ASSHOLE THIS INSTANT.

asshole.

CRACKED ME UP LMAO

troop 69 oh they knew what they were doing

jimmy this is so bad

oh BUT THESE IMPRESSIONS FUCKING SLAYED

okay BUT DON’T GET TIMMY I’LL BE MAD

jimmy deserved

homophobia is not cute STOP

oh MY GOD TIMMY KNOWS WHAT’S UP

kenny jacket is bad luck ig

the way jimmy avoided everything

jimmy ripping on timmy is not cool i’m mad

NAKED PICTURES ?!?!?!?! NOT THE CHILD PORNOGRAPHY

butters tryna explain they being exploited

not THE PUPPIES CARTMAN

OH THEY FIGHTIN

kenny’s parents and brother in the chapel aw

OH FUCK THEY GOING AT ITTT

everyone and their mothers watching two disabled kids beat each other up… weird

not THE NUTS

NOT IT BEING BROADCASTED

hc: all those boys are scarred abt their nude photos being taken and the unfortunate thing is the photos get leaked when they’re in college and it’s so bad :(

wait has kyle not been here the whole time.

WAIT

oh FUCK KYLE WASN’T HERE

prolly bc of his religion or sumth

anyways get the homophobes so true and real

real

wait what

timmy wyd

timmy OH MY GOD LMAOOOOO

okay that last bit was funny alr

EPISODE 3:

radiohead special guests???

cartman wtf u mean u got pubes

wait what the fuck

stan real

KYLE ATE

nah don’t mess w cartman

CARTMAN U DID NOT ATTACH THOSE—

oh lord…

damn scott gaslit the gaslighter

this what he gets for being 8 years old

EW

oh beg FOR IT HE SAID GET HIM

also cartman deserves it

WOW SCOTT IS RUTHLESS

WENDY IN FRAME I MISS HER

everyone is so… dumbfounded

GOD CARTMAN LMAO THIS IS GOING NO WHERE

uhm. this is so awk

undercover cartman

okay pls hold must feed my cats

okay am back

wait must control my cats

back fr

NED NO

also wtf

cartman pls this is a gag

scott one upping cartman is so iconic

YO CARTMAN THIS WAS GENIUS NGL

WHAT THE FUCK CARTMAN THAT WAS TOO MESSED UP

tbh don’t mess w cartman

anyways gonna go 2 bed will continue at a later date

EPISODE 4:

GOOD EVENING GAMERS IM BACC

let's get’r done

not the terrance n phillip shit i dispise them

they shitting their PANTS FOR T AN P

kyle real for waiting for those tickets

oh kyle abt to eat those words oh no

YO TERRANCE IS BIG BRO

wait who the fuck is this

“kenny’s a random slut” damn cartman

clyde i love u my son

THEY GOING TO CANADA MY HOME

phillip being part of an acting crew ok

cartman right kyle oh boy

KENNY’S ARM WHAT THE FUCK— HE GONNA BLEED OUT

NOT HIS OTHER ARM :’((((

i’m sad abt kenny this is torture

mid ep :/

EPISODE 5:

oh damn… i’m sorry cartman

oh no wait this boy being ungrateful as normal

HUH SHE LEFT CARTMAN 1 MILLION DOLLARS

OH NO EGOMANIAC IS ON THE RISE

WENDY WYD FOLLOWING CARTMAN

kyle being real part 8393659373

he gonna. buy a whole ass amusement park for himself

NO NOT THE HEMORRHOID

not style angst

CARTMANLAND how fucking fitting.

style gonna beat his ass as they should

I NEED MY CWEAM— I NEED MY CWEEEEEEEM

properTAH

kyle in his delulu era

butters and clyde icons

STAN LSNDNCHSJDNCN I WISH U GOT AWAY W IT

KYLE U BETTER NOT DIE

kenny got bodied by that pole

kyle PLEASE MY SON DON’T DO IT

I LOVE WHEN KARMA KICKS CARTMANS ASS

“YOU ARE UP THERE ;”)” KYLE DSKHGHDSGSJJS UNHINGED

[william-zabka-is-a-hottie]

RIP Rob Garrison 🌹💔

He is sadly missed but he will never be forgotten. 

Cobra Kai never dies🐍👊

[izzymcfeegles]

For your listening enjoyment, more Cobra Kai/Karate Kid Playlists (OG Cobras Edition)

Bobby

Tommy

Jimmy

Dutch

Mike Barnes

Terry Silver

[jakeh0wl]

Star Wars Short Fiction - Week V - The Empire Strikes Back

A stream of light slashed across the black of space as the Millennium Falcon activated its hyperdrive and vanished into light-speed above the planet Bespin.

Standing on the windowed bridge of his Super Star Destroyer, Darth Vader watched from within the visor of his black mask as the small, YT model Corellian freighter, little more than a speck of speeding dust before the colossus of the Executor, evaded the howling TIE Fighters and made the jump to hyperspace.

Vader glared once more at the void beyond the ship, then turned away, striding from the bridge. He gave Admiral Piett a passing glance and nothing more, that alone being enough to drain the blood from the man’s face. Piett was right to fear Vader: there would indeed be retribution for his failure, but not yet. A pair of stormtroopers bowed as he exited the bridge, stepping aside to let him pass.

The Emperor would be awaiting his report, and Vader would be forced to deliver to his Master the news that Skywalker had escaped once again.

Skywalker. Luke Skywalker. Son of Anakin.

My son.

Despite Luke’s initial horror at the revelation, it seemed that he had quickly accepted the truth of his parentage, something Obi-wan had hidden from him.

He senses it. He senses the truth. He is strong with the Force.

Obi-wan was wise to hide him from me.

Obi-wan. Even now, his old Jedi Master haunted Vader. The old man must have kept Luke hidden from the Empire all these years, coveting him, preparing him to eventually face Vader. Obi-wan’s was admirable. Even in death, Obi-wan’s manipulations echoed through the Force.

That man, that old, grey man. He who had taken everything from Anakin Skywalker, and thus created Darth Vader. Obi-wan had even robbed Vader of his vengeance. In the moment when Vader had swung to strike that killing blow, Obi-wan had not sought to defend himself.

He had simply… given in.

Coward.

Luke had done the same, willingly falling from the antenna platform in Cloud City once Vader had told him the truth. It seemed Obi-wan’s hold on young Skywalker was a clawed one indeed. Luke had even been wielding Anakin Skywalker’s lightsaber during their duel. The boy had been enraptured by the ways of the Jedi. It would take no small effort to turn him.

Or destroy him.

The hate returned, a dark, cold burn within. Nothing of the searing, agonizing flames of Mustafar. No, they had long since cooled. What burned within Vader now was something far more powerful.

He made his way through the upper echelons of the Executor, mouse droids zipping out of his path, much in the same way the Imperial officers and stormtroopers did, ducking down alternate hallways or shuffling to one side as he passed.

Pathetic.

His duel with Skywalker had once again affirmed his craving for true combat. Training stormtroopers and slaughtering rebels paled into irrelevance when compared with the magnificence of a lightsaber duel. Crude blasters and laser cannons were mere annoyances to Vader; even the Death Star, the greatest superweapon ever constructed, was nothing compared with the raw power of the Force.

Vader reached the entrance to his meditation chamber, pausing before the door. Inside, he would have to make his report to the Emperor, acknowledging his failure.

Together, Vader and the Emperor represented all that remained of the Sith.

The Rule of Two. The most absolute rule of the Sith, as set down by the legendary Sith Lord Darth Bane a thousand years ago. There must only be two. A Master, and an Apprentice. These had been the ways of the Sith for a millennium.

Vader’s master, the Sith Lord Darth Sidious was a strict follower of Bane’s rule. His want for the young Luke Skywalker was not born out of need for allies, Vader suspected.

No, Sidious wanted Luke as Vader’s replacement. Should Luke defeat him, Vader knew that the Emperor would take him on as his new apprentice. And order Vader’s destruction.

Such was the Rule of Two. Such was the way of the Sith.

Vader would have to destroy the Emperor before that happened.

It will all be mine.

There was a great deceit here, Vader sensed. Sidious was wise. Very wise. His cunning had been enough to trick an entire galaxy into raising him up as their Emperor with thunderous applause.

Vader had a son.

Luke’s father had been Anakin Skywalker, and his mother…

Padme.

Somewhere, her voice carried from a distant memory. A memory he thought long gone.

She was trembling. And still so beautiful.

“Something wonderful has happened. Ani… I’m pregnant.”

Sidious had lied to him.

I did save her. Enough to —

“My Lord.”

Vader was torn from his thoughts. He turned to find Lieutenant Sork – the officer he had placed in command of the garrison on Cloud City – standing in the hallway, flanked by two of his stormtroopers.

“My Lord,” the lieutenant said, removing his officer’s cap, “we were unable to locate Administrator Lando Calrissian on Bespin. We scoured the city, but it appears he has fled the system. We —”

In a single, deadly motion, Vader spun, his lightsaber soaring to his hand and igniting into a vivid red. He swept the shimmering blade through Lieutenant Sork’s torso, a hissing sound filling the corridor.

Sork swayed for a moment, then collapsed into two smoking pieces, his upper body severed between the left hip and the right shoulder.

The two stormtroopers stepped back, staring down at Sork’s body, then at each other.

Vader sensed their feelings.

Fear.

He thrust out one black-gloved hand, reaching with the Force. He took hold of the left stormtrooper’s helmet, then closed his fist.

The trooper shrieked, dropping his blaster and clutching at his head as the polished white helmet fractured in multiple places, the visor shattering. Then it buckled, collapsing inward and crushing the stormtrooper’s skull within.

He fell, and Vader turned as the second stormtrooper fled, sprinting down the hallway, footsteps thumping on the polished floor. Vader snarled, spinning and throwing his lightsaber in pursuit of the trooper. The humming scarlet blade spun once, then impaled the stormtrooper in the centre of his back, erupting out of his chest.

The trooper stumbled, blaster clattering to the floor. He dropped to his knees.

Vader ripped the lightsaber back towards him, the blade carving upwards through the stormtrooper’s head and spinning back to his waiting hand. The stormtrooper’s half-cleaved body slumped forward, sizzling.

The hallway fell still, silent but for the resonating thrum of Vader’s lightsaber and the steady rhythm of his breathing. He stood there for what may have been minutes, the smouldering corpses of Sork and his troopers splayed around him.

“It seems in your anger, you killed her…”

I… I couldn’t have. She was alive, I felt it!

“I felt it,” Vader said.

“My Lord?”

Vader turned. Admiral Piett was standing behind him, his blood-shot eyes studying the bodies strewn over the floor.

Vader deactivated his lightsaber. “Skywalker, Admiral.”

Piett straightened. “Skywalker… My Lord?” he asked, voice trembling.

“I want him found.”

Piett saluted. “At once, My Lord.”

Vader strode past the Admiral, catching a glimpse of the man touching a hand to his throat.

The Emperor could wait.

[miss-mishka]

Cobra Kai, I am not done with you. How dare you make me laugh in S1 at Tommy possibly suffering brain damage then bring him into S2 to die having one last hurrah with his high school crew? And then I see that the actor who played him, Rob Garrison, actually died after that?!

[khellamendrawrites]

Future in Your Eyes

“Be with the ones you love.”

That had been his order for their last day on Earth but they have to keep their love a secret. Now with the last big fight on the horizon, they want to go into it with no regrets.

Pairings: Shiro x Lance

“Be with the ones you love.”

That had been his order for their last day on Earth. It wasn't as if he didn't have people to spend it with. Keith would have gladly done so but Shiro had opted to stay away. The new leader if Voltron had his mother back, Shiro hadn't wanted to intrude. This was their time, time for all of the paladins to spend with families they wouldn't see for who knew how long.

So he had declined any invitations thrown his way. The only exception he had made was for Iverson. Even then it was only because he knew the Commander didn't have anyone. It had been a nice, long coming talk. By the end of it, he was emotionally and physically exhausted but happy all the same.

The sound of the buzzer pulled him from his thoughts. Glancing at the glowing display he ran hands through his hair. There was only one person that would come to him at this hour. One that he wanted to see more than anyone else.

“Come in.”

Lance walked in, hands in familiar jacket pockets. Shiro tried to recall a time when he wore it over his Garrison uniform but came up blank. He remembered how happy Lance had been when they had returned to Earth. The look on his family's face had been the real highlight. Shiro would have given anything to be able to be a part of that moment.

The former Blue Paladin had been the one to bring up the idea of a relationship. They had been dancing around each other for a while. Lance had been struggling with his attraction to someone that wasn't a girl and Shiro didn't think it was appropriate to be with a seventeen-year-old subordinate.

Except Lance was too observant for his own good. The boy had started pushing his luck and making a comment here or there. More than once he had caught Shiro off guard, causing him to slip. The small victorious smile that Lance would try to hide, let Shiro know he was in trouble. He still tried but Lance was also persistent as Keith could attest.

When they had been stranded in a cave, waiting for a sand storm to pass, Lance had seen his chance. Lance was so vibrant and yes maybe Shiro did crave companionship. After everything he has been through in the arena and in general, he had to admit he didn't see why he couldn't be a little selfish. They were in space fighting a war and putting their lives on the line.

So after a long talk, Shiro had given it a chance. With strict rules of course. Most of which Kuron quickly tossed aside much to Shiro's annoyance.

That had been over a year and now they were back on Earth. The only thing that had really changed was how much he loved Lance.

Shifting from one foot to the other, the boy gave Shiro a shy smile. “I kind of figured you'd still be awake but I wasn't sure.”

Smiling, Shiro moved over and patted the empty space next to him. Lance hesitated, staring at the offered spot before closing the distance. Plopping down next to Shiro, hands still remained in pockets. After a moment he pressed his shoulder to Shiro's.

Putting his arm around the other, it only took a moment for Lance to settle against him. Combing fingers through hair, he listened to the soft rustle of fabric. He could feel a hand moving against his thigh recklessly. “What's going on in your head, Kitten?”

Teeth worried over a lower lip. “It's really happening, isn't it? Soon everything we've been working towards, the whole reason we even started this whole thing, it's all about to be over.”

Shiro nodded. “Hopefully, yes.”

Brows furrowed and hands shifted more inside pockets. “Even though I know it's supposed to be all serious and stuff, we've had a lot of fun too. Seen things I do think I ever would have been able to see much less imagine. And,” he glanced up shyly at Shiro, cheeks tinged pink. “I would have never gotten to be with you.”

Blue eyes darted away just as quickly, the red deepening. “All of this has been a journey I'll never forget but…”

Shiro waited but for all the subtle fidgeting, Lance didn't continue. Instead, teeth were working at his lip again. Fingers gently tugged a hair. “But what?”

“But what if we don't all make it?”

Such a simple question managed to steal the breath from him. He had expected some nerves, a little bit of fear even. Not this. “Lance you can't think like that-”

“But I have to.” Lance shifted in arms. Hands had finally left pockets to settle on a chest as deep blue starring with more intensity than someone his age should. “We're about to go back into space after finally getting back to Earth, to fight some super powerful enemy that we don't know much about. I know Voltron is supposed to be able to save the universe or whatever but will we all come back? If I don't-”

“You will,” Shiro interjected quickly.

The boy shook his head. “There's no guarantee of that. I was in Red and it still happened. You had Black and you-” Lance sucked in a shaky breath, fingers worrying over Shiro's shirt. They had talked about all of this at great length but Shiro's chest still aches at the mention of it. The memory of when he had thought Lance had died on the field right before Red saved him still gave the captain nightmares. The brunette had admitted Shiro almost rejecting the new arm had woken him on more than one occasion.

“I don't want to go into this fight with any regrets this time. I know that how I feel about you is real and it's important. I don't care that we can't tell the others, as long as you know. I love you, Takashi.” Eyes looked away again and he watched as even the tips of ears turned red. “And I want to stay the night if that's okay.”

Opening his mouth, nothing came out as his mind struggled to catch up, too caught up on one word.

Regret.

He had left the man he thought he would spend the rest of life with, on earth. So many things had been left unsaid between them that he never got to take back. No matter how many times he said them in front of that wall, the guilt still ate at him.

The things he had meant to say before the battle with Zarkon, to tell Lance how much he meant to the then Black Paladin. They had hastily separated before Hunk could catch them, casting each other looks before getting in their respective lions.

Instead, his clone had done it for him. Had robbed him of a lot of firsts with Lance. Ones he could have had if he hadn't hesitated. If Allura hadn't been able to move his consciousness or save his arm? If she hadn't been there when Lance had taken that hit? They owed her so much.

“Marry me.”

Lance stared up at him, impossibly blue eyes wide. “What?” He asked, voice so soft Shiro might have missed it if he wasn't looking into that cute face. The same one that made his heart soar and ache. That had spent so many times helping him feel normal and reassured him. The same that had been stained with tears too many times. The one he wanted to protect.

“You're right, I don't want to have any more regrets. I've let too many moments pass me by, too many things that I never got to say.” Hands cupped a face, tracing over a cheek and catching a tear. He smiled. “I love you and I would be honored to take this journey with you as my husband.”

A face scrunched up and for a split second, he thought maybe that was too much. As soon as Lance threw himself at Shiro the anxiety calmed and he hugged back just as tightly. “Yes! Absolutely yes! B-but now? How? We leave tomorrow.”

“I know we do. Would you be willing to do it tonight? I know someone that can do it for us.” Shiro pulled up the holoscreen, sending out a quick message. It took only a moment for him to get a response. Reading the message, it brought another smile to his face. Shiro knew he could always count on him for anything. “It won't be anything fancy and I don't even have rings for us but-”

Pulling back, Lance grabbed Shiro's face and pressed a kiss to lips. Pressing their foreheads together he smiled. “All I need is for you to be there. Nothing else matters.”

“Alright, but we can at least change into something a little better. You got your new uniform I'm assuming.”

Perking up, Lance nodded. “Yeah I did and it looks amazing! I tried it on and I looked nice if I do say so myself.”

Shiro chuckled. “Good, then go put it on and we'll meet up. I can't wait to see you in it.” Nodding, Lance almost knocked the wind out of him in his haste to get up. He was about to leave before coming back for another kiss.

“I'll be waiting for you, Kashi.”

Those few words chased away any doubts that might have lingered, even after Lance finally left.

---------

Fingers straightened out the black and white uniform for the fifth time. He knew Lance would show but he still felt awkward standing the hall in the middle of the night. Shiro felt hyper-aware of everything as he waited. He wanted to do this, was more than ready.

When someone cleared their voice he turned. “Hey, I almost thought you got cold fee- Matt!” Coughing, he tried to cover up the slip. “What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be asleep? We do leave tomorrow you know.”

Matt didn't even try to hide the grin, twirling a flower in his hand. “I could ask you the same thing but I know we don't have a lot of time. Pidge is already inside with Coran. Hunk and Allura intercepted Lance. I, am here for you.”

“Aren't I supposed to ask you to be my best man first?” Shiro teased.

Matt scoffed. “We both knew it would be me. Well me or Keith but, well anyway.” He held out the gardenia. “Felt like this would be appropriate.”

Pulling out a pin, he stepped forward and carefully attached it to the uniform. Shiro ran fingers over the delicate petals. “Not exactly as secret as I thought. Thanks, Matt.”

“Mom grabbed a few for a kind of makeshift bouquet thing. It's nothing special, they just barely look like she didn't rip them straight out of the ground but you didn't exactly give us any warning. You'll see them when you see Lance. Oh and mom said to tell you that once this is all over with, that you two have to have another wedding so they can be there.”

Getting choked up he nodded. “Of course.”

Matt patted him on the back. “Come on, before they show up. Bad luck to see the bride before the wedding.”

As soon as they stepped inside Coran immediately pulled him into a bone crushing hug. “I can't believe the day has finally come.” Matt tried to console the suddenly weeping Altean. Romelle looked incredibly clueless behind him.

“I thought this was a good thing? Is something bad going to happen? Is he not showing up?” She asked.

Matt laughed. “Oh no, he is. He would be here already if we hadn't caught him first.

“Allura says they're coming here now. We need to get Shiro into place.” Pidge urged.

Coran sat him back on his feet and clasped his shoulders. “I'm so proud of you my boy, of both of you. You both've been through a lot but I'm grateful to be here for this moment. Well, go on them.” Stepping back he twirled his mustache. “As a great leader once said, go be great.”

Letting Matt lead him towards the front of the room, he took a deep breath.

“Nervous?”

Shiro wiped a stray tear away and shook his head. “I've never been more ready. Thank you for agreeing to do this. It means a lot to me, Keith.”

The former Red Paladin's face broke out into a smile as they embraced. “I'm honored you wanted me to do this. Seeing you this happy is the best thing I could ask for. You deserve it and I'm grateful I get to be here for it.”

“We're here!” Allura rushed into the room, smoothing her pink uniform down and adjusting her hair. “Oh, you're already in place, perfect. Should I let Hunk know to bring him in?” She asked.

Exchanging a look, Keith nodded. “Yeah, we're ready.”

Just as Allura joined Coran and Romelle, the door opened and Shiro forgot about all else.

The uniform was just like everyone else's but it somehow managed to look like perfection on Lance. The blue seemed to magnify his eyes and Shiro was pretty sure he had forgotten how to breathe. Cheeks were tinged pink though Shiro caught the look of surprise when eyes landed on Keith. His heart skipped a beat when they turned on him again.

A few gardenias were clenched in a trembling hand, the other wrapped around Hunk's arm. Someone had placed a spider lily behind one ear.

“You look amazing,” Shiro said in awe, looking Lance up and down. Holding out his hand, Lance took it, still holding onto the poor flowers as Hunk moved aside. “I can't believe I'm this lucky.”

“I can't believe mullet here is the person you were talking about.” Lance winked at Keith. “Then again there isn't anyone better.”

Keith made a show of rolling his eyes, a small smile playing over lips. “Let's just get this started already.” When they both nodded, he continued. “Earlier today, I told you that I knew you would always have my back. I also said that you know exactly who you are and what you have to offer. I meant it. I know that sometimes you have doubts, but there is no one I am more proud to have the chance to marry Shiro too.”

Lance choked back tears. “Keith…”

“Tomorrow, we start the last part of our journey as defenders of the universe but today the two of you start the beginning of your own journey. Would you like to say your own vows?”  

Nodding enthusiastically, Lance handed Hunk his flowers. Taking both of Shiro's hands, squeezed them rightly. “Kashi I admired you for a long time. I had this image of what I thought you were. When I met you, when I got to actually know you I saw all the flaws hidden underneath and I realized,”

Lance smiled through the tears. “That you were so much better than I imagined. You are my hero but not for the childish reasons from before. Because you are so strong even when you think you aren't. Because you always put others first and because you never give up, no matter how hard it gets. You inspire me and encourage me and I will never forget everything you've done for me. Thank you, for loving me.”

Hands shaking, Shiro squeezed the warm hands in his own. “L-Lance-” his voice broke and he swallowed thickly before trying again. “Lance your light is so bright and you have come so far from the person I first met. Anytime it feels like the darkness might swallow me up, I look for you. I thought seeing space would be the highlight of my life but I stand by what I said, you are cooler than space. You are my northern star. No matter what, all I have to do is look to you to know I'm home.”

Keith cleared his throat, voice a little rougher than before. “Let's continue. Do you, Lance Charles McClain, take Takashi Shirogane to be your husband, no matter what the future might throw at you?”

Lance smiled. “I do.”

“And do you Takashi Shirogane take Lance Charles McClain to be your husband, no matter how many long-winded conversations he pulls you into. Regardless of how much whining he does and the bad pick up lines-”

“Keith!”

Shiro laughed. “I absolutely do.”

Keith grinned. “Then it is my greatest pleasure to declare you husband and husband. You may kiss.”

Wrapping arms around Lance, he pulled a smaller frame against his. Hands rested against his chest as he pressed their foreheads together. Lance chewed on a bottom lip, smiling with an intensity that Shiro was sure matched his own. He wasn't sure who made the first move or if they had just done it together. The only thing he remembered was the feeling of warm lips against his own and the cheering of their friends around them.

Neither of them knew what tomorrow would bring, but they would face it together.

[astravein]

i have so many gripes for my boy about voltron in general, and obviously many from s8. 

black. first of all, why did they want to kill shiro off? after the entire first 2 seasons of him earning black’s trust and respect, of him building that deep connection ( and its significant, you can see that in his battle with zarkon ) only to violently rip that from him only 2 seasons in? why. why do all that work only to fucking trash it in the end? because that was their goal. make shiro want and want black so bad, then pull it only for keith to get that in less than half the time? it was easy for keith. or maybe that just was the plan all along and shiro had to fight for that trust because he was never meant to have it to begin with ( which now makes me incredibly sad to think about ). and don’t get me wrong, i love keith so much more than this might let on, and i do think he’s worthy to be black paladin.  but goddamnit shiro worked so hard to be black paladin and it amounted to nothing ( until fans were upset enough that higher ups literally told them to find a way to bring him back ). and then after they bring shiro back, it was literally to keep his soul within black. they made it so that black literally kept shiro’s essence alive within themselves. WHAT WAS THE POINT OF THAT IF BLACK WASN’T TO BE HIS, AND TO DESTROY HIS BOND BY SAYING IT NO LONGER EXISTS. shiro literally meant jack diddly in the end to enough people that s8 completely destroyed his character.

sendak. as stated, i love keith with all of my heart. i have no doubts that his love for shiro, platonic or otherwise, would drive him to do everything he could for shiro. but why, whywhywhy did the writers take away sendak’s death and give it to keith? we get it. you’re just beating a dead horse at this point with keith’s constant ability to save shiro from life and death situations. his love has been made known. we been knew for 6 seasons. but goddamn, can shiro have some form of autonomy when it comes to his own life? can he be anything unless keith is saving him? is this purposeful because shiro was keith’s driving force for his garrison life? is this what happens when a character is brought back when they weren’t supposed to? i have no doubts that shiro is forever grateful for all that keith does for him. but everything that has happened to shiro, every villain who has taken away his choice when it comes to his own person, HIS OWN BODY; shiro was never given closure for that ( except maybe when it came to zarkon ). this isn’t about revenge for me. this is about shiro finally getting the control of his own life that could have been presented to him. he literally fought and fought sendak only to fall from a ship and be left exposed on the ground? for keith to jump out of black to strike him down personally? which is so extra vld, so fucking extra. and it hurt me. it hurt me personally that keith took the weight of sendak’s death and shiro was left to watch once more as someone else had that control over his life.

keith. ok so maybe this piece is about keith more than anything but, shiro literally loves this man. idfc what anyone has to say about it. he loves keith and that should have been said, by shiro, to keith. it should have. fucking. after everything they’ve been through keith deserved to hear that. i know it’s common knowledge through actions that these two mean something significant to the other, but goddam. after everything that boy did for shiro, he deserved to hear, out loud, that someone loves him so much they would go to death’s door for him in return. the point of this is that shiro was also robbed of returning keith’s feelings. idec if it was to be platonic, i literally don’t fucking care after the fuckery of s8, but shiro’s character deserved to show keith some measure of the same devotion he was shown. because you can’t tell he wouldn’t have. you can’t tell me that shiro wouldn’t have given keith love in return.

shiro. what the fuck even is s8? admittedly, i enjoyed the purpose of what s8 was supposed to represent. but like so many others, everything that was omitted killed the season. allura’s death killed the season. lotor’s dismissal and torture killed the season. shiro as a prop? killed the season. where was the depth to s8? was it actually supposed to end at s8, or was that rushed for some other reason? i feel like so many things were cut out to pack the big war, the big battle, the big sacrifice into 13 short episodes. shiro has no purpose in the show anymore, after making him the reason of the show for so many seasons. i’m sorry, my bias will show, and i will defend that voltron easily became about shiro and keith in the end, and that was threatening to some people and it was completely omitted in s8. but shiro amounted to nothing in s8, even removing keith from the situation. becoming one with the atlas? shrug. having connections with the paladins? shrug. spending time with those paladins at a fuckin carnival? shrug. yes, yes i firmly believe that the sunset belonged to shiro and it was the perfect moment for shiro to actually express his gratitude and love for keith. because shiro would have known where to find keith, not lance. i’m not even sorry for how ship biased that makes me sound. lmao, also, that little stupid credit end is a load of bullshit because shiro fought for the stars for his entire life and they just took that from him like it meant nothing for 7 seasons. leaves his ex for the stars? check. survives being champion? check. wants to be paladin so much he fights for black’s acceptance? check. his clone, which embodies shiro, wants nothing more than to be a paladin no matter what? check. him getting married to a nobody and settling on earth? ??? who tf wrote this ending?

anyway, i’m fucking disappointed in vld s8, and i refuse to acknowledge it as canon. i will literally rewrite everything for myself. lotor will have his redemption, allura will save him just like she saved lance and shiro, honerva will die for her choices, and her death alone will be enough to end the realities being destroyed. allura will live, and yeah, she’ll probably be with lotor because it ended in that progression anyway ( i love a//urance a lot but her connection with lotor progressed into something that moved away from a//urance ), shiro will show, and tell keith that he loves him in return, keith will still give the blade the purpose of restoring what the war destroyed, pidge hunk and lance will be the trio together coming full circle, lance will actually be given the development he deserved and not be consumed by allura??, coran will be so sappy crying sad that allura literally gets to live out her life and he gets to see it happen, team earth squad will have their moments, hunk will revisit shay, pidge will actually find the olkarion, matt will keep the ponytail and live with his robot ‘friend’, lotor will get to bring about the change that he meant for ( obviously did not make the greatest choices in how to get there, but it’ll happen and he deserves to see it happen ), and shiro will travel the galaxies, living a full life doing exactly what he dreamed of for years.

[average-trickster]

VLD7 spoilers ahead:

I liked a lot of stuff about this season, but i hated a lot of it too: 

- Hunk finally has the arc he deserves, his characterization is extense and I’m really happy with how they portrayed it, he was awesome, Hunk brought the team together, his interactions with keith were great and he was really cute, hot and inspiring;  - Romelle was portrayed as a really relatable character and she was really fun to watch, I loved every scene she was in;  - Pidge also had their moments, their family had a lot of characterization, we gt to see they metting their family and it was sweet and meaningful, Pidge was really badass in a lot of scenes an it was awesome; Pidge wasreally really cute in the whole season too;

-KOSMOS WAS THE BEST BOY EVER, HOW DARE THEY HURT THE DOGGY, YOU DON’T HURT THE DOGGY;

- The art was amazing, I was baffled with it, everything looked so neat, the fighting scenes were so well animated, I was completely awestruck;

- Keith trusted Lacne to lead the team momentanly and it was sweet, Keith acknowledging Hunk was also one of the cutest parts of these season, Hunk deserved this;

 - So. Many. Hot. People. I was fauning after everyone, Allura was really hot, Romelle too, Hunk was soooo hot in some scenes, I was thirsting so bad guys. 

 - Shiro’s prosthetic was beautiful, it didn’t hide his disability, it made his disability an advantage and it was beautiful;

 - HUNK AND LANCE’S FAMILIES WERE SO BEAUTIFUL, I GOT SO EMOTIONAL ON THOSE PARTS;

 - The micy & kosmos saving everyone cause Coran is too much of a gorgeous man to work alone;

 - The paladins in their lions with their companies, Pidge highkEY ignoring everyone to play videogames and then having to deal with everyone’s nightmare xD;

 - Lance’s interactions with Romelle were adorable, she’s so funny;

 - Keith being able to have SHiro back was beautiful, I’m so happy for them;

 - VERONICA MCCLAIN WHERE DO I GET A PIECE OF THAT;

 - Shiro and Keith leadership scenes wer awesome, Keith has matured so much, I’m really pround of him;

 - Sam HOLT TAKING OVER EARTH;

 - tiny Keith was adorable and the first episode as really enjoyable, it felt like a follow up to season 6, it was meaningfull;  - Everything (plot wise) from ep 7 to the part where atlas randomly turns into a big-voltron was quickpaced but enjoyable,the earth episodes were the coolest of the whole show for me and I loved the traitor plot they put in there;  - The hinted at alien lesbians;  - Coran was so silly and cute, i loved him;  - The ‘‘lets torture pidge cause they are the weak of the team’‘ part was really cool and i loved it;  - The garrison cadets were awesome and I loved them all, (keith’s former bully was kind of a bitch, and his manerism gave me a lot of keith vibes but I liked him a bit) The mute undercut guy and the smart yellow freckled person were awesome and I loved themm. BUT  - The whole season was kind of a confusing development. The first episodes were really slow and boring, they wasted time on stuff that didn’t matter, the paladins randomly appeared on other planes of existence because of a space thing they didn’t even explain properly;  - The filler episode wasn’t nearly as enjoyable as the one in season 6, they called and portrayed Lance dumb, multiple times, when every other paladin did fairly well. The most enjoyable time was when they showed the importance every paladin had to each other and how all of them thought they mattered to each other (I don’t buy Keith’s bitching, actions are worth more than words);   - God Allura who came out with random convenient magic for every bad situation was really weird for me, has been since last season.. ressurecting lance and shiro, ending stuff with the power of quintenssence just because... well, it was kind of a low point for me;  - Again, Atlas wasn’t build to be a big voltron so it made absolutely no sense that it turned into one by God Shiro’s powers?;  - As a lowkey allurance shipper, that was really low for me because it came of nowhere. Allura didn’t like Lance like that, there were no signts, she was sad when she found out about his feelings, both Allura and Lance deserve better than that;  - Lance, in the last seasons had had almost no screen time at all, he has been made into a joke and it was no different this season. He had really good moments, Keith trusted him as a leader, Lance has really awesome in some moments but because we were promised screen time for Lance and because this has been going on for so long, I’m disappointed he didn’t got better;  - The Klance QueerBait: Im disappointed but not surprised; The one that hurt me the most was when they were drifting in space (for no good reason) Lance said Keith ‘’maybe shouldn’t have even came back’’ when Lance was the loneliest in the ship after Keith went away. Lance was utterly alone and felt the worst at those moments. I know it wasn’t from the heart but it hurted me and I don’t know how to deal with it given the rest of these last seasons;  - Acxa x Keith was the most disapointing thing I’ve ever seen, they had no interest on each other, they had no conection whatsoever, they have nothing between them and I really hope she’s Keith long los sister because if not, I’m not going to watch this happen;  - Shadam/Adashi: Well, voltron you really fucked up on this one.   I think the worst was how much you advertised this, you made us feel like we had a guaranteed gay relationship and then ripped it from us for what? shook value? When all the heterosexual relationships went fairly well? But you didn’t advertise these heterossexual realtionships like you did with adashi so what was the problem? Also, you could say it was not queerbait cause Shiro is still lgbt but why would you rob Shiro his fiancee? Like rena said on twitter, Shiro has suffered so much and everyone returned to their families, had their happy ending, but shiro has ptsd, was tortured, died, and returns home to be alone. You didn’t even say they were planning to get married on the show, if you didn’t watch the enterview, you wouldn’t even know they were planning on getting married. But no, his dead was fast and meaningless, he didn’t got anymore flashbacks, we got nothing else about him, you did’t spend more than 5 seconds mourning him, it was empty and careless. We don’t know anything else about adam, you used him to get your lgbt coverage and that’s why you queerbaited us. And you know what is so sad? You were there when some of us watched the first episode, you saw how happy we were about lgbt representation, you saw us yelling and crying in happiness and you ignored all of it and followed a trope we’ve been watching again and again and again and again.

You know, I wouldn’t have been so sad if there were at least some other interactions between them, or memories/flashbacks about them. But you used Adam as your head line when he became nothing but a footer line on the show. You advertised the relationship you knew would be the most important to us before destroying it And you know what hurts the most? You mourned and cared more for the white women that almost killed the entire human race by not listening & being arrogant that you did for Adam, the gay POC character that gave his life willingly and needlessly to save his planet. Her dead had so much intensity, she had time to speak and try to redem herself, she was made into a hero. We didn’t care about that bitch, she was a rules-lover, selfish women that didn’t know anything about zarkon or the galra but still thought Shiro & Sam & everyone else were wrong in how they were approaching the enemy. We all knew Zarkon would end earth with or without lions and she couldn’t accept that, she was an arrogant twat and you treated her like she was  the best person ever because she sacrificed herself after being proved wrong. And being cruel: I wonder what they told the families of the ones she, the hero,  send to their deaths when everyone told her it was the wrong decision.  You mourn that women like an hero, and you treat Adam, our hope for canon representation, the symbol of our identity, the hopes we had on this show since the begining, as a footer. I hope you give us something about Shadam/Adashi in next season, if you want us to stay, if you want us to respect you again. I’m more than happy with some flashbacks from Shiro and a deep meaningful conversation, I’m happy with anything that makes their gay relationship strictly visible because that what was you showed us was going to happen and that wasn’t what you gave us, you own us an apology. Shiro and Adam deserve better.

[duranduratulsa]

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