Avid Beader
@avidbeader.bsky.social
Statistically older than you. Mostly VLD. 🖤❤ #Sheith forever❤🖤 Banner art by Mishydraws. Avidbeader on AO3 and just about everywhere. Masterthread of my fics: https://bsky.app/profile/avidbeader.bsky.social/post/3jybwv3eett2z
Got my paperback of @luckyhart.bsky.social’s latest book, “Break the Rule”!
November 21, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Got my paperback of @luckyhart.bsky.social’s latest book, “Break the Rule”!
Got a wonderful #Sheith sketch from @jackalandhare.bsky.social for donating to their fundraiser! Please take a look and consider helping out if you can:
gofund.me/6eef2d1a8
gofund.me/6eef2d1a8
October 3, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Got a wonderful #Sheith sketch from @jackalandhare.bsky.social for donating to their fundraiser! Please take a look and consider helping out if you can:
gofund.me/6eef2d1a8
gofund.me/6eef2d1a8
Okay, hear me out. A Lord of the Rings remake, but with these two taking the One Ring to Mordor:
August 31, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Okay, hear me out. A Lord of the Rings remake, but with these two taking the One Ring to Mordor:
I now have my very own #KPDH Derpy in needlefelt, thanks to @kitnkadoodle.bsky.social! He will watch over my desk.
#kpopdemonhunters
#kpopdemonhunters
August 17, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I now have my very own #KPDH Derpy in needlefelt, thanks to @kitnkadoodle.bsky.social! He will watch over my desk.
#kpopdemonhunters
#kpopdemonhunters
It's a bummer that so many HP ships were in this year's top 100 on AO3. But #Sheith remains in the top 100 all-time, nine years after VLD debuted. 🖤❤️
July 30, 2025 at 11:07 AM
It's a bummer that so many HP ships were in this year's top 100 on AO3. But #Sheith remains in the top 100 all-time, nine years after VLD debuted. 🖤❤️
No cheating post your Lock Screen
July 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
No cheating post your Lock Screen
I knew nothing about the traditional Korean costumes and even then could put together that the strings on the hats were part of its design thanks to the opening sequence.
July 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I knew nothing about the traditional Korean costumes and even then could put together that the strings on the hats were part of its design thanks to the opening sequence.
- reading a pretty good article about the queer allegory of Rumi's character in #KPDH
- suffers a record-scratch moment in the description of "Your Idol" because...
...those aren't rosaries.
- suffers a record-scratch moment in the description of "Your Idol" because...
...those aren't rosaries.
July 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
- reading a pretty good article about the queer allegory of Rumi's character in #KPDH
- suffers a record-scratch moment in the description of "Your Idol" because...
...those aren't rosaries.
- suffers a record-scratch moment in the description of "Your Idol" because...
...those aren't rosaries.
Only surpassed by this thigh touch in S7E01. 🥰
July 7, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Only surpassed by this thigh touch in S7E01. 🥰
The Paladin Handbook has (1) the closest we get to canon ages, making Keith & Shiro both legal adults, (2) the birthdays, which make Shiro & Keith soulmates according to the Zodiac, & (3) little bits like these, with Shiro & Keith putting their support for the other in writing. +
July 5, 2025 at 11:48 PM
The Paladin Handbook has (1) the closest we get to canon ages, making Keith & Shiro both legal adults, (2) the birthdays, which make Shiro & Keith soulmates according to the Zodiac, & (3) little bits like these, with Shiro & Keith putting their support for the other in writing. +
And boy, the "Blade of Marmora" book doesn't hold back. This whole exchange is ramped up, including the fact that Shiro would not demand that Keith return the knife, Shiro's desperation to save Keith, and the famous "Nothing was worth Shiro's pain" line as Keith offers the blade. +
July 5, 2025 at 11:48 PM
And boy, the "Blade of Marmora" book doesn't hold back. This whole exchange is ramped up, including the fact that Shiro would not demand that Keith return the knife, Shiro's desperation to save Keith, and the famous "Nothing was worth Shiro's pain" line as Keith offers the blade. +
The S1E11 book includes Shiro saving Keith. S1 was supposed to be a mini-version of the series, in case they didn't get renewed. S8 should have had Shiro saving Keith again (among other things) and yes, I will die on this hill. +
July 5, 2025 at 11:48 PM
The S1E11 book includes Shiro saving Keith. S1 was supposed to be a mini-version of the series, in case they didn't get renewed. S8 should have had Shiro saving Keith again (among other things) and yes, I will die on this hill. +
There's also plenty going on in the chapter books that recap specific episodes. For S1E01, Keith is apparently strong enough to carry Shiro alone.
He also had to be reminded who Lance was. +
He also had to be reminded who Lance was. +
July 5, 2025 at 11:48 PM
There's also plenty going on in the chapter books that recap specific episodes. For S1E01, Keith is apparently strong enough to carry Shiro alone.
He also had to be reminded who Lance was. +
He also had to be reminded who Lance was. +
In "Pidge's Story", again, Keith is Shiro's friend. And in "Keith's Story", we get glimpses of that devotion Keith has for Shiro - "I couldn't let that happen" referring to the Garrison keeping Shiro prisoner - as well as more illustrations with very affectionate expressions. +
July 5, 2025 at 11:48 PM
In "Pidge's Story", again, Keith is Shiro's friend. And in "Keith's Story", we get glimpses of that devotion Keith has for Shiro - "I couldn't let that happen" referring to the Garrison keeping Shiro prisoner - as well as more illustrations with very affectionate expressions. +
These stories made it clear that Shiro and Keith are friends, not brothers (sorry, antis, you're wrong). And then they'd include illustrations like the second one, where Keith is most definitely not looking at Shiro like a friend: +
July 5, 2025 at 11:48 PM
These stories made it clear that Shiro and Keith are friends, not brothers (sorry, antis, you're wrong). And then they'd include illustrations like the second one, where Keith is most definitely not looking at Shiro like a friend: +
The mini-biographies, like "Shiro's Story" would echo the character relationships the same way the comics did. This illustration has three distinct groups: the Garrison trio, Shiro & Keith, and the Alteans. +
July 5, 2025 at 11:48 PM
The mini-biographies, like "Shiro's Story" would echo the character relationships the same way the comics did. This illustration has three distinct groups: the Garrison trio, Shiro & Keith, and the Alteans. +
The second comic series had a lot of threads focusing on characters rather than a team story. But when (dual-wielding!) Keith was attacked and everyone else came to help him, only one person looked absolutely livid over the situation... +
July 5, 2025 at 11:48 PM
The second comic series had a lot of threads focusing on characters rather than a team story. But when (dual-wielding!) Keith was attacked and everyone else came to help him, only one person looked absolutely livid over the situation... +
Pidge had to fight the rest of the team when they were under mind control. Even while possessed, Shiro and Keith teamed up instead of attacking separately. +
July 5, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Pidge had to fight the rest of the team when they were under mind control. Even while possessed, Shiro and Keith teamed up instead of attacking separately. +
Again, group shots tend to have Shiro and Keith next to one another in the same half of the panel: +
July 5, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Again, group shots tend to have Shiro and Keith next to one another in the same half of the panel: +
Please tell me if there is any reason for Shiro and Keith to be sitting that close together. +
July 5, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Please tell me if there is any reason for Shiro and Keith to be sitting that close together. +
Speaking of coming to each other's defense, note in that lower panel how Shiro and Keith are back to back as a situation is about to go south: +
July 5, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Speaking of coming to each other's defense, note in that lower panel how Shiro and Keith are back to back as a situation is about to go south: +
The writers also weren't afraid of double meanings. In the first shot, Keith could be talking about Coran or Shiro when he threatens the alien. In the second shot, the "Split it open" line got some mileage for potential smutty interpretation at the time. +
July 5, 2025 at 11:48 PM
The writers also weren't afraid of double meanings. In the first shot, Keith could be talking about Coran or Shiro when he threatens the alien. In the second shot, the "Split it open" line got some mileage for potential smutty interpretation at the time. +
Like here, you have a defined space between SK and the others in the first shot and Coran divides the team into SK and the Garrison trio in the second. +
July 5, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Like here, you have a defined space between SK and the others in the first shot and Coran divides the team into SK and the Garrison trio in the second. +
Often in the comics, you see a lot of layouts where the characters mimic their positions once Voltron is formed, like the title spread in Vol. 1. But inside, with panels showing the group they tend to put Shiro & Keith side by side, often apart from the others. +
July 5, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Often in the comics, you see a lot of layouts where the characters mimic their positions once Voltron is formed, like the title spread in Vol. 1. But inside, with panels showing the group they tend to put Shiro & Keith side by side, often apart from the others. +