Also for the record the age thing is maybe 10% of the reason why L0tura is bad.
He lead the Empire that killed Allura’s family that wiped out her entire race and culture. And no that isn’t erased by the fact that he’s half Altean. He still took over planets and stole their resources. the whole “not enough to kill the planet” doesn’t,,,make it ok. working “with” the planet’s leaders while super imposing his rule doesn’t,,,make it ok. you can’t be a “little bit” of an imperialist.
A “nice” imperialist is still an imperialist. It doesn’t matter how nice he was to the planets he took over he still took them over and effectively enslaved and oppressed entire races in the process. My god do I really need to explain to y’all why imperialism is always a bad thing?
He has literally personally tried to kill Allura and everyone she cares about and we have no indication that he’s not lying about having changed. In fact we have undeniable proof he is lying because he claimed to have no part in attacking them when they went to go get the comet back when he was the one giving the order.
He used Allura’s past trauma and desire to end the war to manipulate her into helping him. Helping him find his mothers alchemy tools. Helping him enter the white hole. Helping him get through the puzzles. Helping him take the throne. For everything he offered Allura he benefited more than she did. And his language is awful and manipulative
There is literally nothing romantic about emotional manipulation and imperialism Jesus Christ