Voltron: Legendary Defender
I would honestly like to know more about Garrison and the training faculty.
I really like how the show starts, with the simulator and the ship going down. I thought that was a really good start to the show, because it shows you what the training is like and how much pressure is on these young men and women.
Why do so many people want to train to be pilots or engineers or a communications officer? I get the communications officer and engineer, but what is a pilot in that universe?
I know that when Lance and Keith find Shiro, they say that they’ve always looked up to him. I’m starting to wonder if he’s just a local hero, or whether people all over know him as a great pilot.
In real life, you have your town hero’s, like the commanding officer of the local police or fire station. So is Shiro just a hero to the trainees in Garrison? Or is a hero all around.
From what I’ve gathered, they’ve never had to save the universe before. There was never any known threat before the mission Commander Holt, Matt and Shiro went on, so how could he be an all around hero?
He is obviously an inspiration and an idol to most trainees, but maybe that’s just because he trained and worked in Garrison. Maybe his picture got hung up on the wall, like the employee of the month, or his case, pilot of the month.
Over all, every member of the team seems to look up to Shiro. A lot of people joke that he’s like a father figure to them or their “space dad”, and I think that it might vaguely be true.
Keep in mind, Keith is 18, Lance and Hunk are 17 and Pidge is a mere 15. They left they’re family’s behind to go save the universe, and probably didn’t see them for months prior considering the dormitory in Garrison. At the end of the day they’re still kids, and Shiro is the only one that they’re familiar with and know they can trust. I think that also puts a lot of pressure on Shiro, because he always has to act as if everything is okay.
Honestly, there’s a lot of pressure put on all the team. They didn’t sign up for what they got. They expected pilot training or communications training or engineering training and that’s it. Not for the whole universe to depend on them.
Keith, in general, had a lot of pressure put on him from the start. To start off, he was be himself. He had no team and lived in the middle of nowhere, trying to find out where Shiro was.
Overall, I think that one of the reasons the paladins are still in the team, is Shiro. He convinced Pidge to stay, even when she was dead set on leaving. He deserves a lot more credit and appreciation.
Coran, I think, does a lot for the team too. He nearly runs the castle be himself. Of course Princess Allura helps too, but he’s mostly the voice of reason. Before Hunk, he used to cook, and before the paladins knew how to connect their minds and train properly, he trained them.
I really love this show a lot, and I have a lot of opinions on it, so let me know if you want my opinion on something in particular. I might do a post about Galra tech, because I’m actually really interested in that.
