Shurtis

Shurtis is the slash ship between Takashi Shirogane and Curtis from the Voltron: Legendary Defender fandom.

Canon
Shiro and Curtis both met in Season 7, Curtis worked on the Atlas and would refer to Shiro as "Captain" or "Sir". Curtis stayed working on the Atlas in Season 8 and aided Voltron in their mission. In the episode "Clear Day" Curtis was seen in the audience watching Shiro arm wrestling. When Shiro won, Curtis is seen celebrating among the others.

In the ending of Voltron Season 8, he and Shiro are married and kiss. The Paladins, Coran and others are celebrating.

Fanon
Shurtis began to rise after Season 8 as the two are now married, it has some fans but other fans were disappointed as they wanted Shiro to end up with Adam and were hoping Adam was really alive and would marry Shiro in Season 8.

The ship also earned ire from longtime Sheith fans, who felt Shiro and Curtis's relationship happened at the expense of what only they headcanoned as a 'romantic relationship' between Keith and Shiro.

The Shurtis ship, despite being a healthy canon ship between two male characters, have faced a large intense irrational backlash in the fandom. The source of the bashing originated largely from fans of other Shiro ships. A large amount of malicious fan content had been created after the show's finale to spite Shurtis shippers and the ship itself. These often included: depictions of Shiro cheating on Curtis with another character, bashing and debasing Curtis, submission of fanfiction with homophobic language, alarming amount of beastiality association, and portrayals of a toxic, unhappy and loveless marriage,

Fans of other Shiro ships have also been known to attack Shurtis fic writers and leave scalding comments on fics that portrayal the ship positively.

Detractors of this healthy happy canon ship often claim it as the main and only source of writing issue with the show, and have known to create unsightly editorial pieces in media publications lamenting the fact that Shiro got married and 'deserved better'.

Fans of this ship often draw or write a happy and healthy marriage or submit pre-relationship content to fill in the gap of how the ship came to pass. Much of the positive fan work have Shurtis adopting children or animals together.

Fandom
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Variations

 * Curtashi is also used.