Forming Voltron is strange, unlike anything else they have ever done, a sense of unity tinged with individual thought, harmony, focus, as though several puzzles have suddenly woven together to create an even larger image. And as such, sometimes it's a little difficult to tell where an idea originates from. In this battle, however, there is little time for consensus – the origins may wait until later, or perhaps be lost forever to the mists of time. It does not matter, so long as they do not follow it.
They've never done this before, never even considered it – perhaps they are the first to ever have a chance to try. In any case, Hunk is the first to move, one hand taken briefly from the controls to reach for his mask. He is their foundation, solid as rock and as steady, and his mask sliding into place under his helmet brings with it a rush of love so solid, so vast, that the concept of it ever wavering is beyond unthinkable.
There's barely time to process it before Lance has moved as well, adding the second layer, laughter seeping into the love and opening new possibilities, a thousand sly grins and shared jokes that will weave them together into something powerful enough to shake the universe.
Focus comes next, Fox-quick and laced with intellect as Pidge joins them, supported by the love and blending with the laughter to turn it into something sharp enough to pierce the darkness, running through familiar shadows and trailing light as they go.
They won't get far without passion, however, so it's only natural for Keith to slip on his mask and show the rest of them that there are no boundaries, only what has been tried or seen and what has not, and there is always something new. Everything is brilliant, and nothing is impossible.
Then all that's left is to shape this wild, blazing new force that has just been born, a single mask left to give it form and purpose, and for the first time in forever Shiro feels no doubt as he reaches to his hip-
-the universe dissolves for a moment in a flood of love, laughter, intellect, passion, all woven together with a desire to protect-
-and a new sensation floods across them all, bigger and more breath-taking than any of them have ever felt.
'THIS IS US!'
"WE ARE VOLTRON!"
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I was feeling esoteric. And toying with the idea of what would happen if they all wore their masks at once while linked together via Voltron. Do they actually form some sort of bond like this in the show when Voltron's around? I dunno. Apparently they do in this universe, though.