#jaded.txt

[rebelromelle]

thinking about

her

[mapulwicche]

hey, so there are three ways to live your life:

1. hone in on your aesthetic

2. hone in on your passion/art

3. naruto

[rebelromelle]

I hate shiro’s floating arm it’s ugly as hell

[rebelromelle]

for anyone who cares about my opinion on the leaks: they’re most likely fake

re:

•they would never kill off Allura (she’s a Tolken character. Even if they are real she may not be in them because she’s ruling the new Altea-Coran is ambassador to earth?)

•some people have pointed out how the watermarks/lack of real color/discrepancy in character designs when they’re younger would point to them being edited, and I agree

•they’re likely very good fakes

[rebelromelle]

Thoughts on VLD Season 6

I have so many thoughts! Most are good...

Ok right off the bat: the conclusion of so many character arcs and plot lines!

Lotor and Allura’s relationship hit its quintessence fueled climax and left me completely devastated. Am I disappointed? Yes. Am I frustrated? Yes. Am I surprised? No. I was hoping Haggar/Honerva would ascend to her role as the ultimate-baddy this season but instead she has sunken back into the shadows, and God know’s where she’ll be headed next.

Lotor snapping was phenomenal, absolutely terrifying. He was definitely not in his normal mental state, fueled by quintessence and some combination of anger and fear. I feel bad for his character, but I feel bad for Allura too. Sincline assembled was top notch, and him piloting it? Top notch too.

ROMELLE! (More on her later)

I don’t even know where to begin with Haggar, or should I say Honerva? But I’m excited for what she has in store for us next.

Keith’s arc was so many things and more. The flashbacks the revelations, everything, every little detail, every little joke, it was euphoric to get those answers but it hurt so much at the same time. I’m so glad we got to see Keith grow and develop more, this is really what his character needed, and I was, actually ok with him piloting black? And taking charge?

What will never cease to get me is Krolia receiving the vision of Keith standing over his father’s grave. Just the body language itself hurts so much, like it confirmed what she had figured out but it still hurt, and you could tell. I also adored her interactions with Keith, as they both get to know and understand each other.

Operation Kuron’s conclusion!!! Most of it was me screaming incomprehensibly (@teamsincline can attest to that). It was animated so beautifully and it was so well written, Haggar-Controlled-Shiro’s acid words and probes at Keith, with them just rolling right off of him, which if this had happened earlier in the show, would have pushed the fight in Evil-Shiro’s favor, and seriously hurt Keith. A few scenes were so Star Wars-esque I loved it. The atmosphere for the fight and the voice acting were beyond words, but so immensely satisfying.

Shiro being stuck in the Black Lion has been something we’ve all been joking about since forever, and honestly I am so glad it played out the way it did. It was beautiful and poetic and I love white-haired Shiro wholeheartedly. I would also like to point out that Hunk and Pidge can build him a new prosthetic now! (If he wants)

Allura has come so far, using her powers to manipulate quintessence so beautifully! Her development was great this season and I am so glad the writers shifted focus to this aspect of her character! The scenes interacting with Lance made me both so proud of her and made the allurance shipper in me do a little happy dance.

Also??? Her being framed as Voltron in the fight against Lotor and Sincline??? I love it so much, not only was it almost DDP-esque, but it hails back to episode one where it is said that King Alfor tied her life force to the lions

Lance was everything this season needed. Was he comedic? Yes. Was it overwhelming or overbearing? Not at all! It was perfect, he was perfect. We got the line we’ve all been waiting for, him flourishing in his roll as emotional support, and him having a genuine and respectful crush on Allura. He’s matured so much and I am so excited to see where it takes us.

Hunk was so good, so good. He got some great development and was treated far less like the joke character this season. I loved it. He’s definitely growing as a character and I can’t wait for next season, where he’s really going to shine as he helps build a new Castle of Lions!

Pidge was once again, great this season. I knew she’d have contingency plans and I couldn’t have been happier. She had fun with her friends and shown in her most serious moments as well. The past seasons have been great for Pidge in terms of character and character growth. I hope we get to see the Paladins and everyone chilling at her house next season.

There was some great, and tragic world building this season, but I think everyone picked up on that.

OK SO: ROMELLE, I loved all of it. Drank it up. (Yes, her design is bland, and I am a little disappointed, but she is not an Allura clone, and her design is clearly homage to her original design, which is needed as she is not the most well known character. I want to cosplay her so bad regardless.) I have seen some griping about her backstory, and how she was “shoehorned into the plot” but honestly, her backstory gave her a direct reason to be incorporated into the plot, different than Sven (DOTU, DDP). Maybe it’s just because I’m that Romelle-stan but I do believe she’s going to become a recurring character and will have future significance, especially as she will seek to help her people, and grow close to Allura (a sister like relationship for them, with the emotional support they both need, Allura finding the unity under Altean culture she was looking for with Lotor in Romelle).

Ezor, Zethrid, and Axca, I have another post planned for them soon. This one is long enough.

I am so excited for next season! I am excited to see our alien members of team Voltron completely out of their comfort zones for once, and excited to see the paladins on their home turf. I’m excited to see what happens next with Haggar, and with Lotor (I can assure you he’s not gone for good)! I’m excited to see what happens with the remaining alteans. I’m excited to see what happens to the galra empire and at the Galaxy Garrison vehicle voltron or at least its characters please.And  I’ll be surprised if there isn’t a significant time jump with newer character designs.

[rebelromelle]

Hey, do you have any Romelle headcanons?

Ok this has been sitting in my inbox for forever and I am so sorry anyways here’s some headcanons:

•loves roses in any color but red, especially yellow but would never admit it

•not that she would admit she likes flowers from earth the best in the first place

•Polluxian society has values similar to Sparta, so she was trained in some forms of combat when she was younger, •but her father pulled her out of the trainings when her mother died

•it wasn’t just about her mother though, increased interactions with other Royal families from other planets with different customs also influenced her father

•she is not considered “traditionally” beautiful on Pollux, due to her being smaller in size than the “ideal” polluxian woman and her having blonde hair

•(she is a little too arusian in more ways than one)

•of course this doesn’t exactly mean /anything/, as she is still praised for the strength of her will

•Romelle has a a fairly decent singing voice, nothing absolutely amazing but better than average

•Romelle always felt as though she functioned more like a second mother than an older sister to Bandor

•Romelle was very close to Avok when they were younger, but they grew apart in the years before he was killed

•she often wished to share her opinion in court, against war and slave taking, against the drule, but was too afraid of the repercussions

•after the death of her father, and her brother Avok, and her being captured and enslaved by Lotor, this changes and she stands up for her beliefs

•she always secretly wished to have a sister

•she’s also secretly a little jealous of Allura (although she’d never admit it)

•she has scars down her back and on her arms from Lotor and her imprisonment

•she can no longer bare the color purple

•one of the first things she did when she returned home was burn the dresses she had that were purple

•it took months for her to even be able to kiss Sven without feeling like she needed to run

•beyond a few statements made to her handmaidens, the only person she ever truly opened up to about the horrors she experienced was Sven

•she and Sven aren’t “officially” married until a few years after the events of Voltron Force, mostly due to political climate (but also haggarium poisoning)

•not that them being married matters to either of them, so long as they are together

These are all sort of a jumbled mess but thank you so much for the ask!

[mapulwicche]

honestly this is like five years too late but i’m gonna make a studyblr.

[rebelromelle]

some thoughts:

•did Romelle just immediately share everything that happened to her and her brother immediately after meeting Krolia and Keith?

•Like did she just over share immediately? like “blehh totally personal info you didn’t really need to know” within the first 5 minutes after they met, bc if so that is so relatable

•why would Lotor keep the bodies of all those Alteans he drained, seemingly comatose, after they expired of their use, so to speak?

•the “drain the Alteans of their quintessence” is so similar to the classic sailor moon “drain the people of Tokyo of their energy” plot I’m just

•its such a morally ambiguous anime character plot

•in terms of the thousands of Alteans taken line I’d like to point out this is explicitly stated as “over generations” which idk,, makes it less like an immediate act and more like a continued decision to the sustaining of something (creating of the rift gate, sincline, The Colony, etc.?)