Klance in Season 4? Studies Show It’s More Likely Than You Think.
I suck at meta’s, I really do. But, I realized some really important moments that point to Klance in the latest NYCC spoilers that I absoloutly have to share, awful meta skills or not.
Under the cut are spoilers, as well as my theories and thoughts.
First off, lets start with this.
Keith is training with The Blade now. In the clip we’ve seen of Keith talking to Shiro about his training, Keith is still desperately trying to get Shiro to reclaim the role of the Black Paladin. While this isn’t anything new, we now know that Keith wouldn’t even think about taking Red back from Lance, he was willing to sit out on a fight to make sure of it. Keith’s a smart boy, he knows if Shiro took back his lion, he’s the odd one out. So, this leads me to believe a few things:
Keith counted on Shiro reclaming his lion and planned on joining The Blade, this would be the reason he’s training
The Image from season 4 of The Blade surrounding a single member with their sword is Keith, he joined The Blade
You’re probably trying to figure out what this shit has to do with Klance, right? Well, now we’re jumping onto that rollercoaster.
When Jeremy did the interview where he talked about Lance falling in love, he talked about the return of Kaltennecker in the same season. He mistakingly referred these scenes to season 3, and they obviously didn't happen. Kaltennecker is back, however, and we’ve got a few interesting clips of Lance to discuss, because as Jeremy said, with the return of Kaltennecker comes the romance we’ve all been waiting for.
Let’s not forget Lauren’s famous drawing either, the one with Lance holding the LGBT+ sign with the support of Shiro. Clearly we’re getting Shiro back this season, and with that, I truly believe, the start of Lances bisexuality arc.
First of all, I want to start out our Lance scenes with this:
A lot of people took this scene with a grain of salt but I want to point out some key details. Coran and Allura are planning something. Clearly they aren’t just going to go visit their favorite blue/red paladin, they’re walking in with a purpose. I think this purpose becomes infinitely clear when the doors open and low and behold, theres our Lance.
But Lance, happy-go-lucky, always around his friends, Lance is not sitting there. Instead theres a Lance who’s shoulders are hunched, his eyes are crazed and sleep deprived, the lights are off, he’s wearing his pj’s, and he over all just looks awful. Allura and Coran are clearly coming to Lance with the intent of cheering him up, but why is he upset in the first place?
My theory here is quite simple. Keith.
We saw Lance bond so much with Keith in season 3, it was such a a dramatic change in their relationship. If the intent of this wasn’t to at least start showing Lance having feelings for Keith, it certainly set up for that in season 4. I think Lance’s state is either due to his feelings for Keith and Keith’s departure, or Lance dealing with his newly discovered bisexuality with the departure of Keith.
Let’s talk about this.
Many people theorized that Lance was looking at Keith here, but I was skeptical. Now, I’m counting on it. The team, especially Shiro, look devastated. Shiro’s face, might I add, is identical to his face in the clip where Keith suggested his training in the first place.
I think this scene is Keith’s departure to The Blade.
“But Kaitlyn,” you may ask, “why would Lance be smiling?”
This part is fun.
I solidly believe that Lance has admitted something he absolutely wishes he hadn’t, particularly to Keith himself. We’ve all seen the relationship between Keith and Lance evolve, and I believe feelings are surfacing, and Lance, in haste to stop Keith from leaving has most likely admitted something such as “You can’t leave! I need you!” or something similar. And we all know our Lance, the second he said something like that his face would turn as red as his new lion and he’d blabber and stutter and make a mess of himself to cover his tracks.
This, I believe, will tie into Lance’s insecurity over his bisexuality. I think he’s going to be extremely nervous and scared when he realizes his feelings, and so a confession like this is surprising to not only Keith, but to himself.
Keith, most likely, leaves the team to train, if only temporarily, and this, I believe, leads to Lance’s oncoming state of sadness.
Lance not only would be devastated to lose Keith, but confused and hurt over dealing with the discovery of his sexuality.
This was so hard to write, I know it probably makes no sense but I wanted to share.
Tell me your thoughts, and please follow! I’m lonely and sad.
