i actually think my favourite episode of season 7 has to be the ruins. it’s the one i can’t stop rewatching and crawling back to. everything about it is just so good. it kind of mirror no assembly required at the beginning but in an amusing way as this time allura is also asleep but nope keith up and ready and he wants his team in good shape it’s so good.
it starts perfectly with the simulation where we get to see krolia and keith being DORKS OF ALL DORKS krolia making this pure chaotic and evil unbeatable simulation then keith ‘oh this is a good one’ lol you just know they’ve made up these scenarios 1000 times before in the quantum abyss,
the way the team talk to each other is so familiar and casual whilst they eat it’s really nice to just watch and see keith as part of that too. keith reveals he hasn’t named the wolf bc he’s waiting for the wolf to tell him the name which IS REALLY GOOD and also given his quintessence sensitivity and the way kosmo is a cosmic wolf, makes me wonder if they actually are somehow communicating in ways nobody else realises.
THEN THERE’S THAT RANDOM BIBOBI DRAMA WHICH LITERALLY HAD ME WHEEZING LIKE IT COMES OUT OF NOWHERE AND IT JUST “OH no…. the drama caught me totally unaware” – RELATABLE CORAN….. RELATABLE.
THEN we get into a story geared around the bom and kolivan, and it clearly demonstrates how much both keith and krolia care for the bom and also kolivan and it’s just really everything i wanted in my life keith determined to find kolivan and help him and then krolia and keith crouching down beside him in concern ;-;
the goodbye parting scene there is so much to say and talk about especially in relation to the next episode and it’s just a beautiful moment when they exchange ‘i love you’s.
AND we haven’t even spoken about the cool fight with macidus and macidus i just…. love everything about this episode.
the music was rad, we learn more about krolia’s position in the bom, keith and kosmo are bamf and also that moment where keith yells in alarm as the sword comes down lmfao,
THE RUINS IS EVERYTHING TO ME.
I LOVE THE RUINS TOO!!
For one Good Space Boy is given more screen time and he is an all rounder and the best! Whoosh he poof you some breakfast, he lov cuddles and scrotch scrotch, he doesn’t mind if you want to call him kosmo he just happy to be there!! And then growly growl snarl good boy can also attacc and protecc and I LOVE him
Plus the animation is super flawless with the fights!! I love watching Keith and Shiro fight the most bc they tend to do close-combat fighting (hunk and lance have guns and pidge uses her zip line thing a lot, or is hacking into some kind of software) and I LOVE how they incorporated kosmo into the battle.
The Druid is also a very interesting – and powerful – character and it was great to see what they look like. His death was striking too. He was taken down in one hit which really drives home that no matter how powerful, all the characters we’ve seen are mortal and they all have a weakness. Plus, it shows that Keith really has taken to heart “pateince yeilds focus”. He wasn’t able to defeat the Druid until he slowed down, was patient, and tapped into his inner quintessence.
Krolia was amazing in this episode too. She was given so much more screen time and development and we really saw how she’s bonded with her son and how close she is with him, but also takes her Blade duties seriously. The fact that she knew she could part with Keith again also shows that they’ve built a really solid relationship over the couple of years (and a bit) they’ve been together.
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