i was feeling super angsty and emo in the shower today, and i had a really, really sad thought. i know a lot of people have brought this up before, but what if time exists differently in space? what if pidge and hunk created a machine that calculates how long they’ve been out there in earth days, and by the time they’ve finished saving the universe and all that, it says that five earth years have passed. and while it feels like that’s true, what if space earth years are longer than actual earth years, and it turns out centuries have passed?
imagine they’re all so excited and relieved to finally be able to go home, but they land and everything is Wrong. they don’t know what or why, but somehow they know something’s not right. the air’s thicker, heavier, and everything looks off. imagine lance and hunk going to where their houses used to be, but now it’s a giant glass apartment complex; the park where they first met is cemented over, too; the holts returning home only to find their entire town doesn’t exist anymore; shiro helping keith find his little shack again, but instead all they find is barren sand and more sand. the garrison is still there, but it’s old and crumbling and looks more like a high security prison than a school.
just,, imagine everything they fought so hard for, everything they know and love, is gone, and suddenly saving the universe doesn’t seem like that big of a feat anymore.