Shidge

Shidge is the het ship between Shiro and Pidge from the Voltron: Legendary Defender fandom.

Season 1
After failing a flight simulation, Pidge leaves. Hunk and Lance soon find her outside the Garrison, listening for any signals via radio. A spaceship is seen falling through the sky; Pidge and Lance hurriedly run off to see the ship, quickly discovering it's Shiro who was aboard it. A plan is made to rescue him, but Keith already is. Once Shiro and the others are out, Pidge holds onto Shiro while Keith drives the hoverbike.

After escaping the Garrison, the Galra and flying to the planet Arus, Hunk and Lance are out retrieving the Yellow Lion, Shiro and Pidge are out retrieving the Green Lion. Later, Shiro, Pidge and Keith are out attempting to retrieve the Red Lion. Shiro realizes the ship they’re on is the same ship he and his former crewmates were taken to. Pidge insists on finding them, when Shiro tells her no, she snaps. She yells how Commander Holt is her father. When Shiro learns that, he abandons the search for the Red Lion to join her instead, there also rescuing other prisoners of Zarkon.

The prisoners they recused tell Shiro of his time as “Champion” and how he injured his fellow earthling, Matt. Pidge turns to Shiro demanding to know why he attacked her brother. Shiro stammers, until he leaves to go to the cashed ship that brought the prisoners. Pidge follows after him. They take their Lions to the ship; soon Pidge begins downloading files with the help of Shiro's Gala-tech hand. Moments later a large Galra breaks through the atmosphere, Shiro tries to removes his hand, but Pidge forcibly keeps him in place. As more seconds go by, Shiro becomes more anxious. Shiro tells Pidge he's sorry, before wrapping an arm around her and jet-packing up. Pidge struggles in his hold, yelling about her father. As the Galra gets closer to impact, Shiro tells her to run. Unfortunately they don't make it in time, so Shiro covers her body with his own. It's there they learn that the Lions protect them. Shiro tells Pidge to get to her Lion. They fight together, Pidge gets hit and knocked down, before the Galra can attack her again, Shiro (in his Lion) jumps on the beast's back. Shiro gets thrown down too. With the help of the other paladins, the monster is defeated. Soon after, Pidge is sitting alone, Shiro comes up to her, saying, "There you are." Pidge looks up him with a hurt expression, asking why he'd hurt her brother. Shiro tells her he did what he did to save Matt. Realizing this, Pidge tears up and flings herself into Shiro. The two share a warm hug, and Pidge tells him she's sorry for doubting him. Shiro can tell how much she misses her family. He tells Pidge how her brother and father would be proud of her, even saying her real name, “Katie”. He reassures her how her secret is safe with him.

Sometime later, at a celebration party, Pidge informs Allura she’s leaving the team. Before leaving, she wants to talk with Shiro. As she and Shiro are walking back to the castle, an explosion goes off. They go their separate ways for the time being. The next time Shiro and Pidge communicate is when Pidge radios Sendak about his fallen partner, Haxus. In response, Sendak forces Pidge to listen to Shiro being tortured. Pidge is visibly affected by this. Once Sendak is engaged in battle with the other paladins, he is soon defeated. Pidge crouches down by Shiro’s side, touching his shoulder. The two share a relived smile.

Shortly after, the team is looking over Lance is the healing pod. Shiro turns to Pidge, thanking her for all she did. He mentions how he can’t help but feel she was meant to be a part of this team, but understands if she still wishes to leave. Pidge says how her father used to tell her how close he was to his crew members, how they were like family. Shiro smiles at hearing this. She goes on how she understands what he was talking about, and that she’s staying with the team.

Season 2
In “Escape From Beta Traz,” Lance, Shiro and Pidge go an a mission to Galra Space Station Beta Traz. Once in position, Lance opens the Blue Lion and Shiro and Pidge jet pack out then shoot hooks to attach to the station. From where Pidge hooks hers, she falls back and is moments away from being pulled into deep space. Shiro acts quickly, grabbing Pidge's wire, saving her. Through out the course of the mission Shiro relies on Pidge on where to go and what to do.

Season 5
In “Blood Duel,” Team Voltron and Zarkon make a deal: Lotor for Sam Holt, Pidge's father. As Shiro, Pidge and Matt meet at the location of the trade, they demand to see Sam, once Pidge sees he father, she immediately breaks into a run for him, forcing Shiro to hold her back.

Season 6
In “Omega Shield,” the team must fix broken plates shielding a radioactive planet. As the engineer, Shiro asks Hunk what the team should do. Hunk gives the orders, which means mean Pidge needs to take Shiro with her to reboot the station's system. Once inside, Pidge directs Shiro to place his Galra hand on the terminal. Soon the others are done their their part, only waiting for Shiro and Pidge to complete theirs. Pidge tells Hunk they need another minute, that's when Shiro starts losing focus and finally screams in pain, he flies back from the panel, thus causing the plates to lose power. Pidge flies after him, holding him close. She flies them back to the panel where Pidge places her hand over his in order to get the code they need to reboot the system.

In “The Colony,” the castleship is infiltrated by Lotor's former generals. Soon after, Shiro screams in pain. Pidge is ordered to help out with Lotor's former generals. A few minutes later, Shiro, now under Haggar's control, comes running out with Lotor over his shoulder. Pidge runs after, aiming her bayard at him. She hesitates, Shiro looks directly at her with a cold glare. Pidge lowers her weapon, defeated, unable to hurt him, thus allowing him a chance of escape.

Season 1
The Rise of Voltron Crystal Venom
 * Shiro and Pidge are both startled by a large sloth-like creature; Pidge jumps on Shiro's back.
 * On the search for the Green Lion, Shiro quotes Pidge's father making Pidge smile.
 * Shiro and Pidge smile knowingly at each other after their Green Lion retrieval went so smoothly.
 * When the team runs to where Shiro and Sendak are, Pidge is the only one to ask if Shiro’s okay.

Season 2
Across the Universe Greening the Cube
 * Pidge makes a junk sculpture of Shiro. While pretending to be him, she says, “We’ll get through this if we work together. We’re a team!”
 * Pidge thinks the spores the team are playing with are coded. Shiro looks at her and says, “If anyone can figure it out, it's you, Pidge.”
 * While in the Green Lion, Pidge takes a hard hit and falls, Shiro yells her name and immediately flies down.

Season 4
Reunion
 * Shiro calls Pidge saying how he doesn't like her going off on her own and asking if she needs back up.

Season 6
The Colony
 * As Shiro runs with Lotor, Pidge hesitates in shooting him, thus allowing him his chance to get away.

Fanon
On AO3, Shidge is the 12th most written ship in the Voltron: Legendary Defender tag; Pidge's second most written and Shiro's fifth.

Fandom
AO3

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Trivia

 * Shiro is the only person (outside of her family) that has called Pidge “Katie”.
 * Pidge and Shiro have the biggest age difference out of all the paladins. Pidge is 15 while Shiro is 25.
 * Due to this the ship has gotten some backlash on Tumblr.

Gallery

 * Shidge/Gallery

Variations

 * Shidgance refers to the ship between Lance, Shiro and Pidge
 * Shkidge refers to the ship between Keith, Shiro and Pidge