#constructing legends

[violethowler]

Constructing Legends: Episode 07A - What Could Have Been (Part 1) is now live on YouTube!

For this month's video essay, I break down what the original version of Seasons 7-8 were intended to look like before the IP owner meddled by going through all the signs of editing in Season 8 from front to back. Due to how much information I crammed into this script, I experimented with splitting it into Part 1 and Part 2 on the suggestion of my roommate. So the second half will be going up at the same time tomorrow to give people tie to digest everything in Part 1 so they won't be overwhelmed.

[violethowler]

Constructing Legends Episode 08: Voltron and the Heroine's Journey is now live on YouTube!

In prior videos, I've done a lot of talking about what I believe was changed by the executive meddling in the final season, but now it's time to talk about the reason why I'm so confident that the direction I've talked about in prior videos was what the writers intended. And to to that, this video will be breaking down the arc of the character whose journey most affects the plot structure of the entire show: none other than Princess Allura.

[violethowler]

Constructing Legends: Episode 09 is now live on YouTube!

In this video, i finally stop beating around the bush and address how the executive meddling of the final season affected the show's major romance arcs and what the themes, parallels, and signs of editing indicate the writers were actually intending.

[violethowler]

Constructing Legends Episode 4 is now live on YouTube! I was going to release the episode on saturday like usual and then I decided to make it public a couple days early as a thanksgiving treat for you all!

In this video, I talk about what the show presents to us about Lotor as a character and how that contradicts the dominant perception that both the main characters and the audience have of him.

(I know the thumbnail looks a bit trollish, but if you understand what the title is referencing then you'll be able to see the meaning behind the thumbnail).

[violethowler]

Constructing Legends Episode 6: The Blue Herring is now live on YouTube!

In this month's video, I talk about what the show actually portrays about Lance's character and the trajectory of his arc, and how the payoff to that arc is undermined by the executive meddling of Season 8.

[violethowler]

After months of hard work, the first episode of my Constructing Legends video essay series covering Voltron: Legendary Defender is now live on YouTube!

The Episode 0 video summarizing the show for any of my followers who haven't seen or need a refresher on the series' plot is still blocked due to copyright claims that i'm working to resolve, and I will post the link as soon as I can get it available.

[violethowler]

Constructing Legends Episode 5 is now Live!

Decided since it's already all set up to go ahead and post this a day early. Constructing Legends Episode 5: Piece(s) of Me is now live on YouTube! In this video, I break down Shiro's character arc and the lore behind the Operation Kuron Subplot, and how those things tie together to show that yes, the writers did, in fact, have a plan for Shiro after they brought him back in season 3!

[violethowler]

Constructing Legends: Episode 02

Welcome to the second episode of Constructing Legends with The Violet Howler, a series dedicated to literary analysis of DreamWorks' Voltron

Constructing Legends Episode 02 is now live on YouTube! In this video, before diving into analyzing the characters and story proper, I wanted to establish how important it is to pay attention to the little details in the series by discussing how consistently the show's visuals and writing pays attention to the smallest things.