Player Name: Maru E-mail: dngenex@gmail.com Preferred Contact: beatdown#8099 @ discord or PM this journal Timezone: EST Current Characters in Victory Road: N/A
Character Name: Keith Series: Voltron: Legendary Defender Timeline: End of S1 Canon Resource Links:Character wikia // Series wiki
Personality: In early seasons of Voltron, Keith can be most succinctly described as a bullheaded, socially awkward shitchild with a reckless streak and abandonment issues strong enough to generate a gravitational field. In dealing with people in day to day situations, Keith is usually dry, occasionally snarky, and just a little too blunt for his own good.
...And that’s if there isn't a disagreement happening. If he's pissed off, he does not hold back from getting belligerent to get his point across. Though it takes some provocation, this can turn into fist fights as Keith is often stubborn enough about getting his way that he doesn't back down without one. People know exactly where they stand with him whether they want to know or not ...and really? That’s just fine with Keith because at the end of the day, he doesn’t care if he’s liked or not; he’s there to make sure that what’s necessary is done.
How does Keith determine what’s necessary, you ask? While he has a fairly strong sense of right and wrong overall and will usually argue for the position that is beneficial to the greatest number of people, there are a few things that make him somewhat polarizing to work with. First, just because something is "wrong" doesn't mean Keith immediately rules it out as an option. As an example, he's the only one who considers not rescuing Allura as the attempt could jeopardize the rest of the team. Another example is when he threatens the Olkari king in order to get his team to safety. Second, he drops objectivity and becomes incredibly tunnel visioned when something is threatening the safety of those he truly cares about. As shown in his relationship to Shiro, Keith shows an incredible amount of loyalty to the people he holds close as he quite literally almost gets everyone killed on an ill-advised mission because he was too focused on trying to end the war early in order to go looking for Shiro after his disappearance in S2.
This extreme level of loyalty may seem somewhat contradictory for the one paladin that is called out for being "the lone wolf" of the group in a show that's demonstrably about the power of teamwork, but it all has roots in the multitude of complexes that form the basis of Keith's negative self worth. As an infant he was abandoned by his mother for reasons unknown to him and his father died in an accident while he was still a child. He grew up orphaned and quickly became deemed a "disciplinary case" that wasn't worth anyone's time due to his inability to productively channel his negative emotions. As such he grew up internalizing harmful ideas about his worth and despite his attempts to prove people wrong about him, falls into self defeating patterns of self sabotage because he believes nobody will give him a chance anyway.
In other words, while Keith may dislike feeling isolated and being treated with indifference, what he tends to actually fear is active rejection and abandonment. Keith puts walls up to the moon in order to keep other people out as a means of self defense from what he perceives as being somewhat inevitable. If his mother left him after all, anyone can. Though Keith is incredibly brave when it comes to facing down physical, tangible threats like monsters and evil alien empires, his psychological fears draw out a very different side of him. As we see in later seasons, when Keith's confronted with the idea that his friends all hate him, he immediately grows combative, defensive and then makes an attempt to abandon them all in space because he can't face their anger head on. When he's confronted with the possibility of not being "good enough" to be the leader of Voltron, he immediately rejects the position and has to be coaxed into stepping up.
In short, while Keith's certainly capable of overcoming many of his demons (and does exactly this during the course of Voltron), his character is one that's riddled with seemingly contradictory elements. He's confident in his abilities... so long as he's not responsible for anyone other than himself, he's brave .... as long as he's not dealing with any psychological demons and so on. But where his flaws hold him back, he chases after his goals with persistence second to none.
Pokémon Information Affiliation: Trainer Starter: Houndour Password: Atomic Fireball
Please note, marmoron is me, I made the initial reserve while logged into the wrong journal orz
Victory Road Sample: [Keith leans outside the lab in New Bark Town, arms folded. Teeth grit and already looking like he wants to punch something. It’s hard to say how long it’s been since he woke up because of this bizarre music in an unfamiliar house by a strange woman who insists on calling herself his mother. Already there’s just so… so much to unpack in all this and the repetitive background noise isn’t helping him get his mind straight. Whatever wormhole he fell into, it’s clearly done a doozy in landing him in some weird planet.
Still wouldn’t explain why Red is gone. Or why someone would try to mess with his head by posing as his mom. His mom left him and his dad before he could even talk so what the hell kind of prank is--
An insistent growling from beside him interrupts]
Houndour. Hound...
[Unthinking, he snaps:]
Can you just be quiet for a minute?! There’s a major problem and I don’t have time for y--....
[He trails off into silence as Houndour’s ears fold back, cowed. The inappropriately cheerful music plays on and Keith simply stares. He didn't ask for an (admittedly) cool looking devil puppy to be placed in his care so he doesn't have any responsibility for taking care of it or anything, but as Houndour turns, an inexplicable amount of shame makes him bite his lip.]
Wait, Wait, okay, look. I didn’t mean-- [He sighs, kneeling down to be at eye level.] I’m sorry, alright? I just… I’ve got a lot going on right now, it’s not your fault.
[God why do things have to be like this? He holds out his hand for the pokémon to sniff, then gently pets the doggo’s head.]
But I guess you’re gonna be my partner for a little while, huh? You have a name?
Houndour.
[Keith blinks.]
Okay. So is Houndour your name or is it the only thing you can say?
Keith / Voltron: Legendary Defender / Reserved
Name: Maru
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Character
Name: Keith
Series: Voltron: Legendary Defender
Timeline: End of S1
Canon Resource Links: Character wikia // Series wiki
Personality:
In early seasons of Voltron, Keith can be most succinctly described as a bullheaded, socially awkward shitchild with a reckless streak and abandonment issues strong enough to generate a gravitational field. In dealing with people in day to day situations, Keith is usually dry, occasionally snarky, and just a little too blunt for his own good.
...And that’s if there isn't a disagreement happening. If he's pissed off, he does not hold back from getting belligerent to get his point across. Though it takes some provocation, this can turn into fist fights as Keith is often stubborn enough about getting his way that he doesn't back down without one. People know exactly where they stand with him whether they want to know or not ...and really? That’s just fine with Keith because at the end of the day, he doesn’t care if he’s liked or not; he’s there to make sure that what’s necessary is done.
How does Keith determine what’s necessary, you ask? While he has a fairly strong sense of right and wrong overall and will usually argue for the position that is beneficial to the greatest number of people, there are a few things that make him somewhat polarizing to work with. First, just because something is "wrong" doesn't mean Keith immediately rules it out as an option. As an example, he's the only one who considers not rescuing Allura as the attempt could jeopardize the rest of the team. Another example is when he threatens the Olkari king in order to get his team to safety. Second, he drops objectivity and becomes incredibly tunnel visioned when something is threatening the safety of those he truly cares about. As shown in his relationship to Shiro, Keith shows an incredible amount of loyalty to the people he holds close as he quite literally almost gets everyone killed on an ill-advised mission because he was too focused on trying to end the war early in order to go looking for Shiro after his disappearance in S2.
This extreme level of loyalty may seem somewhat contradictory for the one paladin that is called out for being "the lone wolf" of the group in a show that's demonstrably about the power of teamwork, but it all has roots in the multitude of complexes that form the basis of Keith's negative self worth. As an infant he was abandoned by his mother for reasons unknown to him and his father died in an accident while he was still a child. He grew up orphaned and quickly became deemed a "disciplinary case" that wasn't worth anyone's time due to his inability to productively channel his negative emotions. As such he grew up internalizing harmful ideas about his worth and despite his attempts to prove people wrong about him, falls into self defeating patterns of self sabotage because he believes nobody will give him a chance anyway.
In other words, while Keith may dislike feeling isolated and being treated with indifference, what he tends to actually fear is active rejection and abandonment. Keith puts walls up to the moon in order to keep other people out as a means of self defense from what he perceives as being somewhat inevitable. If his mother left him after all, anyone can. Though Keith is incredibly brave when it comes to facing down physical, tangible threats like monsters and evil alien empires, his psychological fears draw out a very different side of him. As we see in later seasons, when Keith's confronted with the idea that his friends all hate him, he immediately grows combative, defensive and then makes an attempt to abandon them all in space because he can't face their anger head on. When he's confronted with the possibility of not being "good enough" to be the leader of Voltron, he immediately rejects the position and has to be coaxed into stepping up.
In short, while Keith's certainly capable of overcoming many of his demons (and does exactly this during the course of Voltron), his character is one that's riddled with seemingly contradictory elements. He's confident in his abilities... so long as he's not responsible for anyone other than himself, he's brave .... as long as he's not dealing with any psychological demons and so on. But where his flaws hold him back, he chases after his goals with persistence second to none.
Pokémon Information
Affiliation: Trainer
Starter: Houndour
Password: Atomic Fireball
Samples
RP Sample: Link
Please note,
Victory Road Sample:
[Keith leans outside the lab in New Bark Town, arms folded. Teeth grit and already looking like he wants to punch something. It’s hard to say how long it’s been since he woke up because of this bizarre music in an unfamiliar house by a strange woman who insists on calling herself his mother. Already there’s just so… so much to unpack in all this and the repetitive background noise isn’t helping him get his mind straight. Whatever wormhole he fell into, it’s clearly done a doozy in landing him in some weird planet.
Still wouldn’t explain why Red is gone. Or why someone would try to mess with his head by posing as his mom. His mom left him and his dad before he could even talk so what the hell kind of prank is--
An insistent growling from beside him interrupts]
Houndour. Hound...
[Unthinking, he snaps:]
Can you just be quiet for a minute?! There’s a major problem and I don’t have time for y--....
[He trails off into silence as Houndour’s ears fold back, cowed. The inappropriately cheerful music plays on and Keith simply stares. He didn't ask for an (admittedly) cool looking devil puppy to be placed in his care so he doesn't have any responsibility for taking care of it or anything, but as Houndour turns, an inexplicable amount of shame makes him bite his lip.]
Wait, Wait, okay, look. I didn’t mean-- [He sighs, kneeling down to be at eye level.] I’m sorry, alright? I just… I’ve got a lot going on right now, it’s not your fault.
[God why do things have to be like this? He holds out his hand for the pokémon to sniff, then gently pets the doggo’s head.]
But I guess you’re gonna be my partner for a little while, huh? You have a name?
Houndour.
[Keith blinks.]
Okay. So is Houndour your name or is it the only thing you can say?
Houndour.
…..
[This is going to take some time…..]