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I was watching S3E7 when something occurred to me. We know Keith has some form of connection with Quintessence from the beginning. He was able to sense Blueās energy, and then later Redās even though Red wasnāt calling out to him in Sendakās ship. In S7 we see him sense the druid, and summon his bayard from really far away. Definitely some kind of connection.
In fact, S7E5, The Ruins, reminds us of something else that happened too. That itās not the first time Keith faced this specific druid.
Everyone focuses on the purple, but Keith was actually seriously injured here. Obviously, they canāt show blood, but look at his armour. Itās almost melted. Those are probably open burns.Ā
And thenā¦
All better. Right? Right?!
Keith just got completely soaked with so much quintessence. Not only that, but look in the last pic. It wasnāt just that it got on his clothes or anything, it got inside of presumably opened wounds. It was enough to magically heal him.
It doesnāt at all surprise me that it healed him, because going back to S3E7ā¦
ONE DROP.
ONE FLIPPING DROP.
KEITH TOOK A FUCKING SHOWER IN A VAT OF QUINTESSENCE.Ā
If he didnātĀ have something weird with Quintessence going on beforeĀ that, he certainly does now. Not to mention being exposed to it when they went into the rift.Ā
This is why if Keithās Quintessence-thing turns out to notĀ be a thing, Iāll be shocked.Ā
If they donāt address this I shall be very put out!
So...I went into iTunes this morning...
Did we even know these were being released?
Allura using her altean magic in a fight against Keith
Like a sparring match to work out EXTRA tension? Ā (Ķ ā ĶŹĶ ā)
Orā¦corrupt!Allura vs galra!Keith like in the BPs Ep? ( ͔° ŹĢÆ Ķ”Ā°)
STILL, BOTH WOULD BE PRETTY HOT!Ā ( Ķ”o ĶŹ Ķ”o)
What if itās Haggar Corupted Galra!Keith vs Allura?
Happy Fanfic Author Appreciation Day to all the kalllura writers out there!
Iād specifically like to shout out @kalluralove, @kalluraicedcoffee, @chikraizyj, and @kazura-writes for writing some of my favorite Kallura fanfictions!
You guys are all awesome and I hope to see more Kallura fics from you guys in the future!!!
Thank you @princessstaryknight! Happy Fanfic Author Appreciation Day to you too! Your enthusiasm, kindness, and optimism do not go unnoticed, and the Kallura fandom is very lucky to have you! Thank you for all of your fics and all of your effort! (Iām going to add on to this post to wish @alteanbae and @nandireya a Happy Fanfic Author Appreciation Day as well!)
And a Happy Fanfic Author Appreciation Day to you as well ^_^
Just finished season 7...
And...well...
Reblog this if youāre still going to ship Kallura even if it doesnāt become canon
My heart wants what it wants. It is not a fickle thing.
So...this was in my inbox this morning...
So...um...is this common knowledge?
Do you know any people who wrote beauty and the beast of allura and keith
I donāt know of one currently but if one comes up or if someone knows of one Iāll gladly share it!
*meekly raises hand*
Um...?
If I may...?
Itās not an actual fairytale retelling...but...it is based on Beauty and the Beast...
https://archiveofourown.org/works/15184202/chapters/35214002
One issue I have is that Keith seems to constantly reap the rewards of the storylines of others (mostly Shiro, but to a certain extent everyone) while they do all the heavy lifting and going on the journeys. It's like, if it were a video game, everyone else would fight the enemies only for Keith to swing in at the last second and get the XP that shoulda gone to the character who actually did all the work to earn it.
I totally get what youāre saying, and itās a great analogy.Ā
However, I just tend to look at it like this - poor Keef. He gets forced into a lion he doesnāt want, forced out of the team by a clone of the person closest to him, and ends up living two years away from the paladinsā¦who never even looked for him.Ā
Then, once he gets back into a lion, he canāt even have it to himself. Even if he is the Black Paladin now, he still needed Shiroās help to open Blackās wings.Ā
Can he please be given the opportunity to shine on his own? Can he please get a moment where he unlocks the next level of Red? After all, Keith was -Ā
the first paladin to unlock his weapon in Voltron via his bayard.
the first paladin toĀ ālevelā up with Redās rail gun.
the first paladin to fly another lion.
the first paladin to be saved by his lion.
the first paladin to be kicked out of school.
..okay, maybe we donāt have to highlight that last one, and while Keith did have a big part in Season 6, he deserves a storyline that lets him shine on his own.Ā
He deserves to be loved by team for the awesome character, awesome paladin, and the awesome hero he is.Ā
And the story hasnāt given him that yet.Ā
But he has a wolf. And thatās freaking awesome.Ā
ā¦ā¦ā¦. the fuck. He stormed into season six as a Big Damn Hero, pulled a Steve Rogers with his best friend, and costared in one of the most intense episodes of the show. He told his best friend he loved him, probably the first time he said those words since his dad died.
Iāve seen this often in the tags, but those two years Keith spent on that whaleās back passed in a matter of days for everyone else. No one thought to look for him because the most heās been away on a mission was weeks and it hadnāt even been one.
Pidge said, āWhere have you been?ā indicating to me, Keith had been away for more than a few days. On a whaleās back for a few days? Maybe. But we donāt know how long he was away from the team, and they didnāt ask him back at all.
Not really Found Family, is my point. They let him go, never cared to see Keith or even talk to him - according to the on-screen story.
I think never is a little bit of a stretch:Ā
Here Pidge is, crying, and telling Keith thatĀ āweāre really going to miss youā. The team may have been frustrated with Keithās conflicting priorities, but they never wanted him to leave. And Keith is pleased by this, that they really do care about him and want whatās best for him, see howĀ heās actually smiling at Pidge here.Ā
I do think that some of the interteam building and friendships arenāt developed as well as they need to be - we got tons of great stuff with Shiro/Keith, Allura/Lance, and Pidge/Hunk/Lance but we really need all seven of the main characters showcasing they all consider each other family more. Show > tell is a basic storytelling concept that Voltron struggles with from time to time. It wouldnāt take that much time to have one of the characters mentioning missing Keith or Allura mentioning the Blade had contacted her and Keith is on deep undercover mission or whatever.
But I do think itās a little silly to say that team doesnāt care about Keith as opposed to saying the storytelling has a weak spot here. Weāve got plenty of incidents where characters showcase that they care about Keith, after all.
The Team never even said his name again - if he wasnāt in a frame.Ā Out of sight, out of mind, apparently.
Technically, Shiro only talks to Kolivan when planning. Keith is in frame S4E5 and S1E5, but no one actually talks to him nor does he speak.Ā
Sorry. I donāt think thatās āa little silly.āĀ
And I said - they didnāt care to ask him to stay, reach out to him after he left, or went see him.Ā I never said they didnāt care about him.Ā
I do think a considerable amount of time passed for everyone while Keith was in the Abyss. Not nearly as much as two years, but still a decent amount.
They built the third Sincline ship. They had to design it, machine all the parts out of comet material that would have had to be processed, and then actually assemble it. That would have taken months at least.
And when Keith returned, they were shocked. Stunned. They were surprised to see him. I also think they knew something had happened to him. That Kolivan had contacted them with the news that heād disappeared after his mission to retrieve Krolia. That he had been declared MIA. Even to them, Keithās been gone for quite a while.
I hope they let Kolivan know he came back...
Itās a long way back to Earth when you donāt have access to a teludav...
Oh dear...
This is going to cause a stir
SR: Well, the decision to keep Shiro around led to times throughout the series where there were more Paladins than Lions. And with Keith returning, Shiro coming back to life (for real this time), and Allura remaining, it's again six pilots and five Lions. Will we see Shiro get to enjoy some well-earned retirement, or will Allura be stepping down?
LM: Are we answering this one?
JDS: Weāre answering this one.
LM: All right, well, I think story-wise the way we see it is when Allura took that consciousness of Shiro from the Black Lion and placed it in the clone body, she essentially pulled everything that was Shiro out of the Black Lion. His link to the Black Lion is no more. So the Black Lion, essentially, has only one pilot and that is Keith.
JDS: The Black Lion is still cool with Shiro. Heās like, āYouāre cool, man.ā
LM: Yeah, he doesnāt hate him. But Shiro is a retired Paladin.
https://screenrant.com/voltron-legendary-defenders-season-6-producers-interview/
Black Paladin Keith
I know Season 6 did a number on all of us, what with announcing that Shiro had, in fact, died in Season 2. I donāt think any of us expected it to end that way. But as a result Iāve seen a lot of posts that are outright dismissing Keithās ascension to the position as leader of the team and the pilot of the Black Lion, that it was all Shiroās doing from inside the lion.
Thing is, the show writers done a good job of pointing out to us that he is, in fact, leader material. Even in the first few episodes itās apparent. Even at the reception on Arus, when Allura is speaking about the team she is looking in his direction. He speaks out when others dare not. And he takes the lead when things get hairy.
In fact, going back further we are aware that he is the one who has tracked down the location of the Blue Lion, save Shiro from the crash site, and he is the first to approach it when they fall into the collapsed cave.Ā
When the team is assigned their lions more emphasis is placed on his than any others. The Red Lion is the right hand of Voltron, and important position. Theoretically it is given to the person who isĀ ānext upā as leader of the team.
We know that Shiro also wanted Keith to become the leader should the need arise. He reiterated this twice. This wasnāt just for Keithās sake but also the audienceās. Foreshadowing is big in VLD and this is no exception.
We even have a sneak preview of Keith flying Black. He was able to fly a lion that had been severely damaged and grounded. Yes, it was to save Shiro. But as weāve seen in previous episodes, lions are capable of saving their paladins independently. Black hadnāt awoken when Shiro was in dire straits.
Now we know he had some bumps in the road during the transition in Season 3, but we also see him pull through and work well with the team. Itās only the return of Shiro that puts him back in an uncomfortable position of being in his best friendās seat.
However, we see his triumphant return in Season 6. Even though heās been away for two years, heās able to jump right back into the key position and fight Lotorās ships effectively. When they open a wormhole to escape he executes an action that propels him into the hole before it closes.Ā
Laterā far from the teamā it seems he wonāt be able to get back to them in time to assist with the battle, yet the lion helps him unlock the ability to teleport to save them. We see Black face off with Lotor, whereas previously it faced off with Zarkon. Thatās another hint of how the torch has been passed.
Back in episode 2 we see Shiro learning toĀ āseeā through Blacksā eyes, which in itself is impressive. His eyes glow yellow to match the lionās. Both are fueled by quintessence, which weāve seen exists throughout the universe in every living thing.Ā
But when his spirit is removed from the Black Lion it takes on a purple essence, Ā as in the color of the astral plane.
Now when Keith is trying desperately to reach his teammates his hands glow purple, which means heās either āborrowingā from Shiro, or itās energy that he himself brought back from the other dimension. But letās keep in mind that Shiro hadĀ trouble simply manifesting himself to Keith, so any energy he provided would be minimal. So while it might be a visual cue that Shiro is with him, it in no way indicates that Shiro himself is the reason the lion has this new capability.
We also see Keithās face overlap the lions. In the past it had been a half and half shot, which indicates two separate halves of a whole. But by superimposing one over the other it gives the indication of two wholes as one. This would seem to hint at a complete connection, mind and soul.
Keith is the one shown piloting Black with every ounce of energy he has. He pushes it, and himself, as hard as is possible.
The other major point is that his eyes glow blue. When the comet that Voltron was made from lands we also see that same blue glow. So whatever the āmagicā is that makes the giant robot tick is in Keith somehow. (*ahem* Altean Keith)
Much was made about Allura using Alchemy to remove Shiroās essence from Black and put it in Kuronās body. When she does so we see the purple light move through the ship into her body. But when she turns around her eyes are glowing blue, same as Keithās. That is because of the power that she is using, the ancient Altean science.
We see that same knowledge transfer over to Voltron. After Keithās return he recognizes that the ship can do more than they ever imaginedā might I add these scenes were a great throwback to Defenders of the Universe! And those new capabilities all glowing a bright blue, not yellow as one would expect from quintessence. Keith and Allura together have made Voltron nearly unstoppable.
But, perhaps most importantly, is this scene. Since Shiroās been back he hasnāt used his bayard, always relying on his Galra hand. GrantedĀ āreal Shiroā never had possession of it longer than a few minutes, but Kuron could have used it had he so chosen.Ā
During the fight between Keith and Shiro, Keithās blade is locked by a sword formed by the Galra arm, not the bayard. However, once Keith hears that his teammates may have been killed the bayard forms in his hand. This is huge considering it was still in Shiroās possession at that time.
Hopefully people reading this understand that this is in no way a knock on Shiro. I simply felt compelled to make this because Iām tired of Keith being kicked around by the fanbase then accused of being given preferential treatment. If you disagree thatās to be expected. Go make your own post. Do not add your hate to this one.
Let the boy have his destiny.
If I may add a little something?
Iām pretty sure heās the first paladin to hear a Lion actually speak to them. I donāt recall it mentioned before...
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Trying to prove a pointā¦
I was tagged by @aquaburst07 a while ago...but I waited to respond because I figured Season 6 might change a few answers ^_^
How did you discover the show?
I was aware Dreamworks had gained the rights to the property but I didnāt think much of it, Iād never really watched more than a few episodes of the original. But then I bought Kung Fu Panda 3 and there was a trailer for the reboot included on the disc. As a fan of Avatar the Last Airbender, the look and feel of the show appealed to me so I decided to check it out when it premiered on Netflix...and, as the saying goes, the rest us history...
Do you have a favourite episode?
For the longest time it was Blade of Mamora, Iāve lost count of how many times Iāve watched it. Since season 6 arrived Razorās Edge is up there (though I find pining Lance is hard to watch, much prefer him as his usual jovial self). The Black Paladins is high on my list too...the fight thatās so hard to watch but from which I cannot look away...plus we get the tiniest glimpse of Galra Keith!
Do you have a favouriteĀ Paladin?
If my choice of favourite episodes doesnāt make it obvious...Keith. I always seem to favour the snarky loner with a fondness for red and an affinity with fire.
Do you have a favourite Lion? (If itās different from your fav paladin, why?)
Itās a toss up between Red and Black. Red is my favourite colour and I pilot a red lion myself...and I love Blackās wings...
Do you have a favouriteĀ Villain?
Haggar. Sheās far more complex than Zarkon...and seems so thoroughly fed up with him at times...her motivations are murky. She a far more credible threat.
Do you have a favourite Alien Race? (recurring and/or minor)
I like the Olkari with their ecological technology...and the Galra for their amazingly diverse appearances
Favourite side / other character(s)- Rebels, General, Blade of Mamora, Garrison, etc?
So many...Matt...Kolivan...Krolia...and, though Iām totally a cat person, I love the cosmic wolf!
How/Why did you join the fandom?
The week before Season 2 was due to drop I wanted some people to talk about it with...
Care to share a favourite headcanon?
Keith has a mullet because he only lets Shiro cut his hair...
What do you think is the best part of the show?
The animation is incredible, the voice cast are amazing. The characters are likeable and have some wonderful development. The story is engaging...but as a Keith fan, seasons 4 and 5 were a little rough...
Any hopes and wishes for future episodes / seasons?
Iām happy to go where it takes me, but if I have one wish, though I donāt normally ship, Iāve developed a soft spot for Kallura, Iām not going to throw a hissy fit if it doesnāt become canon, though.
Do you think youāll stick it out until the end of the show?
I usually like to see how a story ends and will only leave if it gets dragged out just for the sake of keeping it going, or my favourite character gets written out or pushed aside, but I made it through the Keith-less wastelands of seasons 4 and 5 so Iām probably not going anywhere now ^_^
Tag your friends or someone you want to get to know better�
Anyone who reads this and hasnāt already done so, Iād love to see your responses.
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