mistlethace:kcgane:Keith’s (near) final moments: a comparison When Shiro truly believes he’s going t
mistlethace:kcgane:Keith’s (near) final moments: a comparison When Shiro truly believes he’s going to die in S3E5 we get flashbacks of the team, of people he’s close to and fond memories of him and his team together. Yeah we’ll talk about this pair of screenshots later. EVEN MORE THOUGH when Pidge thinks Matt is dead in 04x02 that entire run up and sequence is built on personal flashbacks:So this is a very conscious thing that happens in key moments and has happened when it concerns a long build-up sequence of paladins & facing imminent oncoming death (or their own death). And this does a lot in terms of connecting us emotionally to the character’s events and trying to better understand what they’re dealing with. Keith’s entire sequence is a stark contrast. Keith has nobody in this scene. He doesn’t call out to anyone. He doesn’t speak to anyone. He doesn’t give himself the luxury of having anyone by his side as dies, at least not enough for us to see it or for the viewer to be made consciously aware of it. We’re given nothing. Just. Him. Yes we get flashes back to the team sure but the horrible thing is they don’t know what he’s doing, there are two dire situations about to unfold here and they’re reacting to the bigger one “we’re not gonna make it”. The scene changes that happen here aren’t attached to Keith explicitly. It’s all situational. Only Matt (and inferred Coran - see this) know exactly what Keith is doing. That’s proven moments later, when team voltron actually congratulate Keith for his work!! In such a notable moment honestly, these contrasts are so telling, given the way they have used flashbacks in paladins + near death experiences, this absence of such HERE is revealing. This speaks volumes on Keith and where he’s at regarding his relationships with everybody else. Keith seems to think he is alone here, and he will die alone. The fact is, we can only speculate as to what his final thoughts were. Given the sequence, and what we know about Keith it’s plausible he was focused solely on getting this done and completing the mission. Whereas with Shiro we are explicitly shown his memories of the team. With Pidge, we are explicitly shown memories of Pidge & Matt. Keith is purposefully detached and isolated in many senses visually, thematically ect. during this entire scene. -- source link
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