After doing some thinking, I think we jumped to conclusions yesterday about Klance being âdeadâ WAY too quickly. Let me sum up why:
1. We keep forgetting the term âEnd-game romance.â As in a pair that will end off the show together. I feel like every time we watch a season, we expect to see something happen immediately rather than wait for realistic progression and development.Â
- Lance likes Allura a lot. This crush has been developing since s1, itâs been established and recently heâs gotten even more serious about it. But something else major was brought up in s1 that weâre seeming to forget as well, and I think it will be very important next season. That being Lanceâs homesickness. It was also emphasised in s5 how much he misses his family, to the point where he started crying over them. Initially I believed that Lotor would be the one that would be the reason why Lance and Allura wouldnât end off the show together, but itâs going to run deeper than that. This is something that actually impacts Lanceâs character.Â
- Allura knows how strong Lanceâs feelings are for her after the mice confessed. Except she still has not confronted it, most likely because sheâs still recovering from what happened between her and Lotor, but the other possibility is that she just doesnât feel the same way. If she does possibly develop feelings and their relationship becomes mutual, it wonât last long. Why? Because once they reach Earth and she sees how much Lance loves being there/how much heâs missed it, sheâs not going to want to take him away from that. This visit probably wonât last forever, and theyâll have to resume their fights in space against the Galra. But once the whole mission is complete, theyâre most likely going to return back to Earth because they no longer need to be out there fighting as Voltron. By most likely, I think Lance will be the one who feels most obligated to return or stay since his story line revolves around his homesickness. Alluraâs home is not Earth, but Altea. It does not make sense for her to go back with Lance or stay with him either. They canât end off the show together. Thatâs why theyâll probably let each other go before the time comes. Also Lanceâs end game is supposed to be someone he needs, not wants like the writers have mentioned. Heâs wanted Allura since s1, but like this season showed, his crush on her has always been unrequited. He needs someone whoâs self assured too. Keith has grown physically and mentally two years, didnât even hesitate to pilot the black lion to help the team like before, is a lot more confident after what he went through with the BOM, and he knows about his past too? That means a lot.Â
2. Keith has not been on the team since s4, meaning he has not been able to have any proper interactions with anyone personally. That being except for Shiro because they are the closest on the team, and it made the most sense for him to be the one to take down Kuron. But as highlighted many times in this season especially, their relationship is purely familial. When he came back, it was in the middle of having to expose Lotor for what heâs been doing to the Alteans. There was no time for anything else to happen, everything was so fast-paced, thatâs why he literally brushed off Lance when he tried to approach him. This season was a lot more about the actual story. It had a lot to do with conclusions, questions being answered, and a few loose ends being tied up. We discovered Lotorâs true side and he was defeated. They managed to get back the real Shiro and heâs doing okay now. Itâs also when Lance and Alluraâs arc is starting to pick up a bit, but as I emphasised before, it will not last forever.Â
- Lauren and Joaquim recently admitted to using a few of the same aspects of their older shows on the story line in Voltron. By saying theyâd started off Lotorâs arc to be kind of like Zukkoâs, but by the end he went full blown Azula by betraying the team and going crazy. So I have proof to believe, they are using a few of the same aspects on Lance, Allura, and Keith. In this situation, Lance is Korra, Asami is Keith, and Allura is Makko. In LOK, the love triangle was more established. There isnât a love triangle between Lance, Allura, and Keith, but like they did with Makko/Korra/Asami all three have been involved with each other in some way almost to throw the viewer off. Remember s2 with Allura and Keith? They set up their storyline to seem as if it was going to go in a romantic direction, with the hugging, that one scene where they were floating in space together, and even her falling into his arms. They incorporated all of that into Allura accepting Keith for being Galra, that was their little arc. But in the end, whatever they were building between them went nowhere. Now theyâre doing the same thing with Lance and Allura, obviously itâs more serious because Lance actually has feelings for Allura, but I feel like she views him in the same way as Keith. Itâs not meant to be romantic, they just have a close relationship because theyâre apart of a team and are a family.Â
- There was an obvious friendship and dynamic between Korra and Asami that was prevalent throughout the show, people most likely shipped them but they probably didnât think too much about their canon relationship because of the love triangles going on around them. Thatâs what Keith and Lance have. Itâs obviously not exactly the same because they arenât the same show. But those same parallels and dynamics are interpreted, red and blue? Soft scenes with bi flag colour symbolism? Also if Iâm correct, just like Keith and Lance, Korra and Asami did not like each other too much when they first met eitherÂ
- Jeremy spoiled the Earth reunion and Lance dying, those both happened. So I donât think heâs lying when he says weâll be happy about LGBT rep and that something might happen between two characters. He wouldnât lie about something like that, it makes no sense to. One of the writers of the show said âNo commentâ when asked about LGBT rep. I saw people were a bit mad about this, wondering why he didnât just flat-out say no if there wasnât any? Probably because there is and him saying no would just shut down any hope or belief which again, makes no sense to do. Keith and Lanceâs development in s3 wasnât for nothing, Lauren didnât call Lance Keithâs stability for nothing, these romantically coded parallels arenât for nothing, their bonding moment in general was not for nothing, this?? Wasnât for nothing
Everything is intentional. The show is not over yet, thereâs still so much that could happen. Look how much we got just this season in just seven episodes. We still have 26 more left. I think instead of jumping to conclusions, we need to just chill and watch what unfolds. This season was about endings, things came to a close. Next season will have new beginnings, more will develop. We just need to let the story tell itself.
