Yeah, these people calling for changes to be made on ao3 like algorithms to make it more like social media & give fic writers more “engagement” make me really sad haha. You shouldn’t write fic for engagement, write it bc it’s fun. Writing for engagement WILL make it unfun, fast. I could go on & on about how this late stage capitalist hellscape has warped people’s senses of self worth, of community, of the worth of their own work, based on things like algorithms that demand people keep creating “content” (I hate this word) until they inevitably burn out.

I finally watched Ready or Not and uh...not to make everything a Sheith AU but Sheith AU where rough around the edges Keith marries heir to the Shirogane fortune Takashi Shirogane & discovers on his wedding night that Shiro REALLY wasn’t lying about his family being THE WORST Keith (like the protagonist Grace) came from a long string of foster families & KNOWS he doesn’t fit in with the blueblood Shiroganes, but he’s so excited to finally have a solid family & he loves Shiro so much, he seems like the perfect guy & Keith couldn’t not propose to him.

I know it’s a popular fandom hc that Shiro can’t cook but...what if, after the arena, after voltron, he learns to cook bc it’s calming, a way to ground himself & slowly but surely improve at something with tangible (& tasty) rewards. It’s silly, but it makes him feel human again. In his junior officer days, Shiro’s tragic cooking skills were smth he was often teased for by his friends & by Adam. They didn’t mean any harm by it, but Shiro’s not perfect — his pride was more than a little wounded — so now, he’s wary about trying again, and failing.

I like to think that Shiro & Keith’s first kiss was actually on the rooftop of the Garrison while they were stargazing before Shiro left for Kerberos and Shiro didn’t know what to do & Keith ran away thinking it was unrequited and they don’t talk about it until years later 😬 Keith doesn’t mean to do it. He doesn’t mean to. But Shiro is so close & the way the corners of his mouth crinkle when he laughs makes Keith reach out & touch. Shiro stops laughing, holds very still, breath warm, eyes wide, & Keith can’t not lean in and press his lips to Shiro’s.

thinkin bout dark fantasy/Japanese demons #sheith since watchin The Handmaiden...so here's a thread.

Once upon a time in a pretty little forest near the sea, there lived a creature too beautiful to be kind who lured men into his den & ate their hearts when he was done with them. Many a man had vowed to slay the creature, but every one of them met the same fate as the last. Over the centuries, the pretty little forest was known as cursed, and no one, man or woman or child, ventured into it, for fear of death by the creature who had killed so many before.

I had a weird but enchanting sheith dream last night about ancient mountain guardian Shiro and humble knight Keith, so here’s a thread. Hear me out.... Keith was born a commoner, not into nobility. He was trained by his mother to wield a sword & defend their farm against bandits and predators, & quickly became known as the best swordsman in the land. He lent his sword to other farms, & never demanded more than they could pay.