Reflection and Analysis

VLD: Shiro and Keith Sibling Headcanon Pre-S4

I'm a fan of the idea of Shiro and Keith being biological siblings.

However, most of the VLD fandom isn't a fan of this headcanon, or the idea of said headcanon moving from the realm of mere headcanon to canon. The exception to the rule are antis, who wish to use the blood relation becoming canon to discredit the romantic pairing between the two as they see said ship as a threat to Klance. The problem is, there's another type of anti in the fandom, the anti-sheibling group who argue that anybody who argues Shiro and Keith being biological siblings will become canon is delusional.

Let me make it clear that just because someone argues that something will become canon doesn't mean they believe that something will definitely become canon, but that it is a possibility. The problem is, the anti-sheibling part of fandom have been very adamant that those two being blood related is an impossibility, but have made arguments which are just as erroneous as those arguing that Klance will be canon. People are more than willing to check the Klance fans so long as they're not Klance fans, but nobody is checking the anti-sheibling group either. Except me, but I'm also kind of in the minority on this one.

What's the point of all this?

Forth season is going to air within the next twenty-four hours, and I got to thinking, "what if forth season actually reveals something that actually makes the possibility of Keith and Shiro being siblings less likely, does that invalidate any of the arguments being made as to why it would be canon?" The answer is no, just in the same way Keith finding out he was Galra didn't validate the evidence people pulled from season one. I mean, the burns were burns, and his eyes are a blue color, not purple. Him being a Galra hybrid doesn't make those burns instead his skin turning purple, or his blue eyes purple. It just doesn't.

But don't the anti-sheibling's have a valid argument?

No, they do not. That's what I'm actually frustrated with. Time to go into the arguments they've made.

The staff are very supportive of Sheith, so there is no way they would actually make them blood siblings in canon.

How does this even work? I know from an artists and writer's point of view, that if I knew that I had a big reveal such as this planned from the beginning that I would support the fans of said ship. I also know that if the story decided to go that way, I would take it that way, but wouldn't let my support of the ship stop me, nor would I stop supporting the fans for the way they ship.

The funny thing is, one of the artists who's known for supporting Sheith has actually come out and said two things. First, what they headcanon ship wise has no reflection on what will or won't become canon. Second, the art they favorite has no reflection on their headcanon or the ship which will become canon. This is something they've said within the last month, maybe even the last couple of weeks.

The point here is, it's not a valid argument, but something I've personally noticed is that staff have actually been a bit biased towards Sheith over the other ships, which could mean they knew and choose to be super supportive of the fans before the major reveal. However, it may just be because people have kept track of the support for Sheith far better than the other ships.

I would never act that way towards my siblings.

Good for you. Thank you for invalidating everyone who does act that way towards their siblings, but making how you act with your siblings and how you see others act towards their siblings who've pretty much likely grown up within the same social and cultural dynamics as you the way things are for everyone.

Mostly this has to do with the fact Keith said "like", where both sides argue that it means they're brothers, it means they're not, when it really means neither beyond the fact Keith thinks of Shiro as a brother. A few have argued that, "I'd never say 'like a sibling' to my sibling", but ignore the fact there are people so unsure about their own identity that they would say something like that.