It’s been a while since anyone’s really talked about Kuron/Clone Shiro since season four (4) premiered, but that doesn’t mean the theory has lost it’s value or validity. Actually, season four seemed to show some pretty hard foreshadowing in regards to the Kuron story line. Hear me out.
Okay. Season four shows Lotor acting almost...manically after Zarkon basically kicks him out of the empire and marks him an enemy--something his generals seem to notice (Ezor, Zethrid), especially after he goes and kills Narti when he believed her to be a spy and his plan to pass into another reality and obtain more quintessence fails. However, Acxa still has faith in him as a leader, even though it seems as if the rest of his generals have turned their back on him.
Eventually, however much Acxa dismisses her teammates’ warnings, she betrays Lotor and sides with her team, realizing the dangers of staying by his side.
There are many metas describing how Acxa and Keith could be related (the ones I’ve seen have something to do with them being siblings), and whether you believe them or not, there is clear mirroring going on between both Acxa and Keith, and I do think that the comparisons between them are definitely on purpose.
If you don’t believe me, here are some comparisons between the two:
both are the “loner” types
both are loyal to their leader (shiro/lotor)
both are very capable in battle
also, this seems to speak for itself:
(that expression is,, like,, exact. just sayin’)
Although, they also contrast (which can add to mirroring value):
Acxa is described as “a calculating, intelligent leader and Prince Lotor’s top general. She's calm, measured and never rushes into action.”
Meanwhile, the wikia describes keith as “hotheaded and temperamental” and “while Keith is imbued with a sense of justice and bravery, this can manifest itself in a stubborn personality, making him someone who refuses to back down from a fight despite any warnings from his teammates that he should flee”
These clear distinctions makes it seem as if these two make up for what the other lacks.
But it isn’t just those two.
Notice how both team voltron and lotor’s team are both made up of five characters. We’ve discussed the similarities between keith and acxa, but let’s break this down further...
First, we have hunk and zethrid. These two are similar in build, to point out the obvious, but are otherwise quite contrasting. Like I mentioned before, contrast can add dimension to two characters’ mirrors or foils.
according to the voltron wikia, “what [zethrid] has in strength and combat prowess she lacks in mental acumen” to which, i would say, is opposite to hunk’s obvious mental stamina ("a high acumen for xenobiology and chemistry as well as his skills as an astromechanical engineer” sounds smart enough to me), although zethrid is also given credit for being highly knowledgeable about weapons
both are considered the strongest (physically) of their team
both are loyal to their leader
Next, there’s lance and ezor. To me, this makes a lot of sense:
they have v similar personalities--ezor is considered the “friendliest” of lotor’s generals,,,let me directly compare that to the blue lion (lance’s OG)’s wikia: “The Blue Lion was the first of the five lions to be found, and reflected Lance's personality of a hyper and fun-loving person” hmm. just gonna leave that there.
then there’s just...ezor is known to be agile and acrobatic, and lance, well...
(if this is your gif, please let me know so I can credit you)
...we know he has some capabilities.
and then there’s the fact that ezor can literally turn invisible. *clears throat* how was lance feeling in season three (3) when there was one paladin too many? *ahem* invisible, you say?
Then we have pidge and narti. honestly, this jumped out at me because narti’s cat (kova) strongly reminded me of rover/beezer. but there are some other similarities if you squint a little...
kova is narti’s eyes and ears, as was rover to pidge
narti uses her tail as a weapon to grip and choke enemies. whooooo else has a weapon that can transform into a literal whip?
tbh I don’t have much on these two, but i think there’s enough to tell where I’m going with this,,
also, i’m not implying that pidge will die, because dreamworks will be receiving a strongly worded email if anything happens to her, but maybe pidge, in a sense, already “died”? if you catch my drift? when she found out matt was “dead.” but who knows, maybe it’ll be a metaphoric “killing” of sorts
Also, in this case, we’re gonna draw a comparison bt lotor and “shiro” for argument’s sake
I’m pretty sure the writers wouldn’t just accidentally draw so many comparisons between the two teams. I mean...why? They could have literally given Lotor’s generals SO many different characteristics,, but,, alas,,
ANYWAY, on to the Kuron plot line. (Aka, back to the Keith-Acxa Theory)
We see Acxa side with her team near the end of season four, as previously stated. And we also know that she was reluctant to stun/betray Lotor, even though it seems as if his actions had slowly started to pile up. Now...who else is very loyal to their leader despite his recent out-of-character behavior, and would be too stubborn to see what’s right under their nose because of their trust in said leader?
It seems to me that season five will touch on team Voltron, much like lotor’s generals, discovering Shiro’s (Kuron’s) true nature, but Keith’s trust gets in the way of him seeing what’s right there in front of him.
Still, Keith will have to make the same choice as Acxa: continue his loyalty to “shiro,” or betray his “leader” and side with his team?
