While Keith was able to track down Shiro (my secret sheith/brooomance heart is proud) my shallura heart was like: she singlehandedly reached out to the Black Lion without hesitation even though she thinks she “isn’t an alchemist that her father was” therefore she didn’t know if this would work to transfer Shiro’s essence from the spiritual plane through her actual body to a physical clone she literally carried his soul home after Keith saved him and brought him physically home in this essay I will
Keith risked his life to save Shiro, from jumping through the wormhole at the last second to fighting him on the base to not letting go. Allura could have died trying to transfer Shiro to the clone - quintessence in raw form destroyed Lotor’s Voltron and has taken its toll on her before when she’s given a lot to the castle/ during her haggar battle/ saving that crystal planet that’s spelled like Bulgaria or something. She could have easily been exstinguished herself trying to carry too essences in one body, but Allura had the strength and determine to save Shiro Atlantis-Kida-glowy-style to give death the middle finger in this documentary I will
Round of applause for this tired boy for finding a way to cling to existence even in the smallest way so he could get back to his loved ones and save the universe!!!! I’ll miss your hair
While Shiro says “you found me” while seemingly looking at Allura and not looking straight up at Keith he’s also being held by Keith and actually looking at both of them in this frame (what heart eyes you two), I believe he’s saying it to both of them. They both had a hand in saving Shiro. Keith had to follow/find Shiro in person and basically give up his life to get to the astral plane more than once to find Shiro not to mention also grabbing clone!shiro from dying at the risk of losing his life too. Allura found Shiro within the black lion’s quintessence/mind to bring him back to put him into the physical body. She probably walked in all glowy into the galaxy plane and stuck her hand out and and was like “alright let’s go home” also they are the only two not crying after he comes back from the dead??? Not because they are apathetic but because they never doubted Shiro would find his way home to all of them even when the odds were more than stacked against that scenario in this novel series I will
In other news kudos to the black lion for keeping shiro safe in its mind you switch paladins but you a loyal SOB you didn’t save Zarkon’s essence you a true blue black lion friend 🦁🦁