friendlyslowpoke:

Why does no one ever acknowledge that Keith dropped out and went all rebellious because he was depressed and grieving over Shiro?

When people talk about him dropping out it’s always framed as either “it was inevitable due to his hothead nature” or “it was a natural pull by the lions that caused him to leave” but he specifically describes the “disciplinary issues” and “feeling lost” only starting up after Shiro was declared dead.

He didn’t drop out because he can’t work on a team, he can clearly work fine when Shiro is safe beside him. He was depressed. He had depression. Losing the person most important to you, especially when there’s evidence that the organization you work for is covering up details of his death, can make people a bit moody.