This season.... completely blew away ALL of my expectations
As with most retrospectives, Spoilers ensue. However, i REALLY recommend watching this season.
In the most spoiler-less way possible, this season focuses on the theme of family and is very action-orientated.
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Firstly, I’m glad to see that I’m right about the Altean markings glowing
(Although granted, canonically her’s glow slightly more blue)
Secondly, all of you judging @smolsarcasticraspberry for putting forward the clone! Shiro theory, wow how does it feel to be wrong, like so wrong now?
Thirdly, Honerva. My HeArtttt- she’s like those overprotective mums who put monitors everywhere to look at their children.
On a serious note, i really loved this season. The healthy balance between humour, drama and seriousness does give the season a more complete feel. They managed to fit in character building (Kuron, Lance, Lotor, Haggar), worldbuilding (the world of the galra, Altea, etc) and make the entire season themed on family ( the slow breaking down of the Voltron team, the Holts being fully reunited, Lotor and his rejection of his family, Allura’s pining to act like her family, Honerva/Haggar coming to terms with the state of her family and her wishing to be with her son, and the scene where we see the team give messages to their families).
Anywho, fourthly, Clone! Shiro.... Kuron I didn’t expect that. I have so many questions- are his eyes cameras? How does his skin feel if he’s a clone? Is he made out of resin or plastic or some galactic material?
Fifthly, Lotor. Oh. my. lord.
I mean I like him much better now, but there’s something off, although I didn’t expect him to be the one to fully finish off Zarkon- that came out of the blue.
Honestly, I do like the fact that the crew decided to fully emphasise the extent of Lotor being Allura’s foil. We clearly see this in the first few episodes ( we see this visually, by the way that Allura looks clearly enraged at Lotor, while he keeps a cool and collected expression) and we are constantly reminded of this whenever Lotor mentions the relationship that his and Allura’s fathers held, while Allura doesn’t really seem to mind it all too much, suggesting that Lotor does like to relate to his peers in order to get close to them ( if this is true, we will see this come to a turning point in S6, if Lotor indeed has other plans, wherein he uses his closeness towards his prey as their weakness). Most notably, we see this in the White Lion scene, where we are shown that despite Lotor and Allura’s equal footing in terms of status and people that they have lost, the way in which Lotor fights (ie victory or death) differs significantly from Allura’s (peace first, then attack). If you want a really cool introspective on Lotor’s behaviour, Please read this by @radioactivesupersonic . They explain what I’m trying to explain 10 x better.
Also, the hints of shipping are not really hints anymore. I mean
But I think there’s a catch... my shallura ass won’t quit. I can’t really see them having a proper full-on romantic relationship, mostly because of them being each other’s foil, and by the suspicious nature of Lotor. That said, it is quite a sweet and interesting relationship, kinda reminds me of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Wickham’s relationship in Pride and Prejudice and this song:
