Player: Sam Character/Username: Keith Kogane focusedroar Prior to coming to LifeAftr, what is an aspect of your character that they struggled with - be it a shortcoming, a fear, a bad habit, or eccentricity?
Keith’s original canon point was a time where Keith didn’t know where he belonged. He’d thought he felt right with Voltron then they’d discovered he has Galra blood in his veins. Worse yet, Shiro had vanished and his team all dogpiled on him for every mistake. His own temper was an enemy. Add grief to that and when Shiro came back and kept stepping all over him too…how could he really feel he belonged with Voltron?
Yet when he went to the Blades, he didn’t belong there either. They are willing to sacrifice their own if they lag behind. Keith’s heart wouldn’t let him. That’s not how he’s wired. He’d nearly self-destructed in his own bid to be in a sense, doing his duty. His life meant little in the scheme of protecting the universe.
Post update, Keith has found where he belongs and he’s ready to lead the team. Most of his baggage has been put to rest. But the guilt of leaving the team in the first place is rooted inside.
What do they struggle with now? Is it the same as the above? In a word, partly. The guilt is something he endures. He failed the team once. Failed them in-game by circumstances beyond his control but they all still died. He failed Rapsho. It doesn’t matter they were too far gone. He can rationalize it needed to be done but, Rapsho’s words make it difficult to let go of that guilt. He failed Shiro. Shiro keeps vanishing and originally Shiro had to share his own pain to break him out of a dream. Failure and guilt haunt his every step. He can keep moving forward but…yeah.
What personal demons, specifically, haunt your character from canon or from past game experiences? Rapsho. The whole thing. Shiro, see above his vanishing. Pidge, she died alone. Lance, he died in front of him. The sleeping dead kids in the Standing Water.
What is the type of person your character hopes to become? He wants to be strong and honorable, two things he already is. More importantly, he wants to do right by his team this go around. By following his heart and keeping them as safe as he can this time. He wants to be worthy of them and all that they are. A Black Paladin. A leader. Their friend.
What is the type of person you hope your character will become? I want him to be someone who while he will have things like guilt and pain to work through. He’ll actually sit down and deal with it. I feel with the right nudges he will and can. Keith’s focus has always been so outward with less regard for himself. I’d like him to at least take care of his own emotional needs.
Do any of the Seven Deadly Sins or Virtues stand out as applicable to your character? Why?
Wrath - For much of his life Keith was ruled by his emotions. He was cast aside and discarded when he couldn’t control them. It built an anger inside him that had been sparked by the lack of a mother in his life. Galra emotions run higher an more intense than most people. That anger turned inward but became an explosive bomb. These days it’s more like a berserker side of himself he can tap but it is still there.
Love -
The opposing side of the coin that is Keith is his love. He will launch himself into the fray to protect others and shield them. In the Blades of Marmora, a group of assassins and scouts, one must think of the mission first. He can’t do it. Repeatedly Keith breaks their rules for the sake of saving lives. While his loyalty is extremely steadfast it is his love for people he cares about that drives him to be a better person. It was kindness that turned him around and he gives it back in his own quiet way ever since.
For those, he loves he will fight even death itself. There is no fight too hard for their sake. His love is dangerous, a fierce thing that shines in the darkness. But it is the source of his strength.
Together this wrath and love merge into the storm at sea that is the core of Keith Kogane.
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Character/Username: Keith Kogane
Prior to coming to LifeAftr, what is an aspect of your character that they struggled with - be it a shortcoming, a fear, a bad habit, or eccentricity?
Keith’s original canon point was a time where Keith didn’t know where he belonged. He’d thought he felt right with Voltron then they’d discovered he has Galra blood in his veins. Worse yet, Shiro had vanished and his team all dogpiled on him for every mistake. His own temper was an enemy. Add grief to that and when Shiro came back and kept stepping all over him too…how could he really feel he belonged with Voltron?
Yet when he went to the Blades, he didn’t belong there either. They are willing to sacrifice their own if they lag behind. Keith’s heart wouldn’t let him. That’s not how he’s wired. He’d nearly self-destructed in his own bid to be in a sense, doing his duty. His life meant little in the scheme of protecting the universe.
Post update, Keith has found where he belongs and he’s ready to lead the team. Most of his baggage has been put to rest. But the guilt of leaving the team in the first place is rooted inside.
What do they struggle with now? Is it the same as the above? In a word, partly. The guilt is something he endures. He failed the team once. Failed them in-game by circumstances beyond his control but they all still died. He failed Rapsho. It doesn’t matter they were too far gone. He can rationalize it needed to be done but, Rapsho’s words make it difficult to let go of that guilt. He failed Shiro. Shiro keeps vanishing and originally Shiro had to share his own pain to break him out of a dream. Failure and guilt haunt his every step. He can keep moving forward but…yeah.
What personal demons, specifically, haunt your character from canon or from past game experiences? Rapsho. The whole thing. Shiro, see above his vanishing. Pidge, she died alone. Lance, he died in front of him. The sleeping dead kids in the Standing Water.
What is the type of person your character hopes to become?
He wants to be strong and honorable, two things he already is. More importantly, he wants to do right by his team this go around. By following his heart and keeping them as safe as he can this time. He wants to be worthy of them and all that they are. A Black Paladin. A leader. Their friend.
What is the type of person you hope your character will become?
I want him to be someone who while he will have things like guilt and pain to work through. He’ll actually sit down and deal with it. I feel with the right nudges he will and can. Keith’s focus has always been so outward with less regard for himself. I’d like him to at least take care of his own emotional needs.
Do any of the Seven Deadly Sins or Virtues stand out as applicable to your character? Why?
Wrath - For much of his life Keith was ruled by his emotions. He was cast aside and discarded when he couldn’t control them. It built an anger inside him that had been sparked by the lack of a mother in his life. Galra emotions run higher an more intense than most people. That anger turned inward but became an explosive bomb. These days it’s more like a berserker side of himself he can tap but it is still there.
Love -
The opposing side of the coin that is Keith is his love. He will launch himself into the fray to protect others and shield them. In the Blades of Marmora, a group of assassins and scouts, one must think of the mission first. He can’t do it. Repeatedly Keith breaks their rules for the sake of saving lives. While his loyalty is extremely steadfast it is his love for people he cares about that drives him to be a better person. It was kindness that turned him around and he gives it back in his own quiet way ever since.
For those, he loves he will fight even death itself. There is no fight too hard for their sake. His love is dangerous, a fierce thing that shines in the darkness. But it is the source of his strength.
Together this wrath and love merge into the storm at sea that is the core of Keith Kogane.