I didn’t wanna say it, but I’m going to say it.
I’ve never felt so emotionally and physically hurt over a show before. And no, I’m not joking. I had to take breaks from watching due to hyperventilating and all that shit because of how excited I was. Then that excitement turned into pain more than a few times and you all know why because you’ve felt it too.
It’s pretty obvious a lot of people ship Klance, including me. I didn’t like having expectations but they were there for what I think are good reasons and the same can go for Adashi.
This season was brilliant with an amazing plot, awesome giant fighting robots, and character development! Ship wise? It tore me apart.
I’ve never felt so used before. It feels like they knew how the fans felt about lgbt rep and exploited it for personal gain. I honestly feel queerbaited and I never even thought I would with a beautiful show like this.
For those of you who claim, “They’re just fictional characters, get over it.” or “You’re not a real fan, you just wanted the show to be something it’s not.” I don’t think you understand just how important those characters are to us.
We learned from them and shadow them because we see ourselves in them. Yeah, you can say we set ourselves up for disaster when something doesn’t go our way, but after this season, can you blame us? There was so much evidence leading up to representation that you can’t expect us to believe we imagined it all in our heads.
I’m not dropping Voltron but I seriously considered it. I love mech shows and always will. Believe it or not, (even if it wasn’t intentional) because of the idea that Lance was bisexual, I’ve come to terms with my own bisexuality and even came out to my mom a few months ago. I felt comfortable thinking I could connect with and maybe even learn from a character I loved so much. I found comfort in something I loved and so did others with Shiro’s sexuality.
This show and it’s characters shape people whether you want to believe it or not – so when our favorite characters aren’t really given a happy ending, it’s like we’re not given a happy ending.
I know there’s still one more season but where was Shiro’s happy ending like everyone else’s at the end of the season? Why does it feel like our favorite characters and ships are being waved in our faces and then tossed aside?
Yeah, I ship Klance. I ship Klance because when I look at those two boys I don’t see a raunchy ship to love and obsess over – I see two characters who have grown so much together and have made each other better people without even trying to and with full acceptance on both sides. I see two characters who have an obvious connection and bring so much happiness to people everywhere. I see two characters that have created fans and a fandom bigger than anything I’ve ever seen and have given so many people another reason to be happy. I don’t see the threats or blackmail because those people aren’t real fans.
Yes! People have started watching this show because of the ships! You can’t argue that the show was never about the ships because whether you want to believe it or not it was ALWAYS about the ships to a lot of the people watching.
The ships, the characters, the connections each of them have we can see and relate to on a deeper level!
There are a lot of lgbt people watching this show and to have our only chance at representation literally die and our other small chances not even exist, it’s no wonder that people would be frustrated.
We put so much attention and love into this show that it KILLS us to see a bond between characters get ignored and a revelation about a couple be erased.
A lot of people are like me right now. They’re stressed, exhausted, disappointed, and depressed that characters they love so much seem to be forced into relationships that don’t mesh as well as others.
We know how stupid it sounds, but it’s true. I can admit that I cried when I saw Allura suddenly out of nowhere start liking Lance. I thought, “Why does it feel almost convenient for her?” I love Allura but I hate how she can never just NOT be blushing over a guy. She’s so amazing without the help of a man! Lance feels like a rebound because he is! She’s shown no interest AT ALL this season until that very moment and it feels terrible. I’m sorry Allurance shippers because your ship is just as valid, but it just sucks for those who look at Lance and see an amazing person who doesn’t deserve to be the aftermath of Lotor. I know the Allurance ship is more than that but it still hurts.
And Axca? What the heck? Why!? Why is that even a thing now?? Why is that being forced on us when there’s obvious connections to others characters like Klance, Heith, and Sheith!
I just feel so used right now. I’ve cried about it for hours, I’m exhausted, and I’m just kind of done. As much as I loved the season and the development I can’t help but feel used for profit.
They didn’t need to kill Adam but they did and it still hurts to even think about how they really used the ‘bury the gays’ trope. I feel so insignificant compared to the straight representation that will always be shown in every single piece of media.
The creators know people like me are gonna keep watching for our ships and they’re not going to care one bit about whether or not the ship makes sense because lgbt rep seems to always be the backseat to everything else.
If you’ve made it this far, thank you for reading my rant. I hope we can all love season 8 and find happiness and good representation in it later. For now… I’m gonna go take a nap.
snowghoul
jbbartram-illu
gummygunk
jacobvanloon
germansingergirl
janainaart
areudirty
dededos
