ok, so i was watching escape from beta traz a few days ago. and i realized something. Lance never misses.
here he is, shooting the warden. if those metal arms werenāt there, the shots would be hitting him right in the face. itās already impressive that every shot is hitting its target, but itās ALSO implied that for most of those shots, lance was running and aiming simultaneously
and then there is THIS scene. i think lance was overshadowed by shiro here because shiro does some pretty crazy shit! but lance does some pretty crazy shit too.
theres this little screencap, which i love, because it shows lance being serious and concentrating which isnt something we get to see very much.
the two sentries in this photo were taken down by lance in the first few seconds of the conflict. Shiro does some cool fighting shit, using his environment to his advantage, it looks really cool. He then takes down a sentry that Lance, admittedly, DID have. Iām not bitter about it, but Lance is, and thatās why I mention it.
also look at laika shes so cute
but anyway. at this point, the warden and pidge both show up. the REAL fight begins.
lance takes on the big guy asap. again, if not for those metal arms, the warden would be toast. but it doesnt stop there, no. to avoid one of the wardens attacks, lance propels himself in the air and continues to shoot.
and still doesnt miss!! what a badass!!
and, of course, we have the sharpshooter scene. but thats been analyzed already, so i wont go into it.
ābut how can you know that this is intentional?ā
easy. everything in animation has to be intentional. both keith and hunk also operate guns in the series at some point. hunk, who has little experiencce with guns, has sporadic shots that sometimes do not meet their targets, or take multiple shots in order to do so. In season 2, episode 12, keith shoots at some galra sentries. but not all of his shots hit them either.
These are some screen shots of that particular scene. Keith hits the walls too, not just the sentries. Meanwhile, Lance is making the target with every shot. And Iāve only examined this one episode, so who knows how much iāve missed.
Anyways, itās intentional. Super intentional.
TL;DR: Lance is an expert marksman and sharpshooting is his thing. The others just havenāt realized it yet because his talent isnāt as flashy or as obvious as the others and often gets overshadowed