Kaltenecker not so funny? IDK??
This might be a reach BUT–
Assuming it isn’t just random joke material and it’s an actual scene in the season, that Kaltenecker scene feels kinda off to me tbh. I would have thought he’d be playing the game with Pidge, but he’s by himself in the dark in his pj’s. Maybe Pidge is busy, maybe it’s nothing, and maybe I’m just reaching for nothing here?
The way Allura an Coran were hovering around for Lance’s attention felt very much like they were trying to distract him from something. Thus, I’m finding it hard to believe they simply wanted a milkshake. Seemed like an excuse for something else to me. They were also nervous about it, too, like they might scare him off or something.
AND Lance, despite this being a comic scene, felt very flat. When he exited the room (Pidge’s room? It’s her stuff and there is a lot of it) his hands were in his pockets, eyes closed and his shoulders hunched. We’ve seen him do that before when he approached Keith in season three in a emotionally heavy moment. And in normal instances where he might smirk or brag, his face was a dull ‘whatever’ instead. It seemed like a normal opportunity for him to brag and throw his confidence around in their faces, but he was very resigned, even when he smiled at them.
Also, when the shot focussed on Allura and Coran they seemed ecstatic when he walked away. And not bc they’re getting a milkshake, but–by the way they watched Lance walk away then fist pumped together–they looked like they accomplished something. Like getting him out of his (Pidge’s?) room, for example? Like ‘hell yeah we got him out!’ But still a little like “WTF ARE WE DOING?”
Lance just felt flat flat flat, (also very beautiful) just going along with what Allura and Coran wanted, and they themselves seem way too overly interested in the task. IDK. It just felt a fraction off. It could be related to his insecurities or it could be something else 'comic’ that’s been exaggerated eg. Blown off by a cute girl and feeling down bc of it etc etc. Something one dimensional like that, which I hope it’s not.
I’m honestly imagining an entire scene right now where Lance is down and the entire team kinda just freaks like ‘wtf do we do?’ and make this game out of trying to get him out of his room like how they did the whole black lion scene in season 3. And Allura and Coran are smug bc they got him out?
I stretch when thinking about these things. I could be completely wrong. I probably am. The whole thing though is that Lance hides his worries behind his personality. And the other two clips shown were serious and added to the plot. What if they showed this as another sort of masking of Lance’s issues? It’s funny, so we laugh, awesome, wow, but I’m a sucker for the fact that there could be serious undertones to this that might go unnoticed.
Then again, Coran and Allura could have just wanted a fucking Milkshake. And everything I said here was pointless. They’re delish after all.
Also these images were borrowed from @surferlance’s video from twitter, not mine at all.
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