Yeah it’s weird that Voltron made it self but I do think Lotor actually invented Sincline to form. Because each ship looks like a body part instead of the same lion in different colors. And in the s6 battle I’m pretty sure he a pressed like some button lol for it to form. For Alfor it was like “woah didn’t know it could do that!” But for Lotor it was intended for his and inspired by Voltron.
Hi anon, thanks for the note! Yeah, given Acxa appearing in s2 to gather resources, Lotor had some time to figure out what an "optimal" ship design would be for his own Voltron, to break into the quintessence field.
But if the Voltron comet had some level of sentience, wtf did that mean? Why were their TWO comets to begin with, in which at least one was immediately "awake" enough to start self-forming a body, with passive help from Alfor? And did the other comet just accept being infused into Lotor's ship because it knew a ready-made body was more efficient?
I know in the original GoLion, the Voltron mecha was an evil being that got struck down and split by the Goddess of the Universe, and it was forced to do good deeds through its pilots to learn humility. Sort of like the mecha version of 100 Good Deeds of Eddie McDowd or the Labors of Hercules.
So given that VLD is a reboot of GoLion concepts, that mecha background kinda messes with me, lol. It makes me think that in another reality, those comets in VLD could have been...something else.
So this gives me, like, vibes that Voltron and Sincline were interdimensional beings that all other universes sealed and tried to kick out, in the style of Kars from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure lol as;dlfjsd
Actually, could the comet sentience explain Lotor's uncharacteristic s6 descent into quintessence madness?
Supposedly, Lotor was immune to quintessence per his in-utero exposure, right? Like, I remember EPs talking about it, and even in the show, he's seen as an adult actively questioning his father's methods and wanting to save lives, even at the cost of his own. That's not something quintessence madness allows for. (For example, we're given that Mining Colony flashback where he pleads with Zarkon to take out his wrath on him and not the people). So the show has never been able to justify to me why it suddenly said quintessence turned Lotor into a mad man.
But what if it wasn't the quintessence itself that did it?
The Voltron comet had a time of soaring through the universe and then crashing into this reality, where a well-meaning King could give it a second life in exchange for protecting things. And we see Voltron subtly making positive bonds with its paladins. It seems capable of being at least morally neutral as a result.
But the Sincline comet was stuck in some interdimensional twist, neither here nor there. Its concept of time was whacked out, and it was isolated from other people or events that could emotionally influence it.
The Sincline comet didn't appear sentient, but it's possible that, given its different circumstances, it remained silent long enough to slip under Lotor and Allura's radar and gain a body?
The Sincline ship, knowing itself to be indestructible, also had to get rid of or alter Lotor's goals if it wanted a pilot more aligned to its own goals. Because we know the show confirmed that Lotor genuinely believed, right or wrong, that just accessing the quintessence field would fix all his mistakes and heal the universe.
And once Lotor was out of the way, Sincline bonded to Honerva to explicitly destroy realities, which is also what it did when Lotor finally went unhinged.
Could the Sincline comet itself, who didn't get the 100 Good Deeds treatment like Voltron did, weaponize a paladin bond with Lotor? Maybe tilt Lotor closer to his bad thoughts/insanity, beyond the point of reasoning, just like the rift creatures did to Honerva?
Like maybe there's a reason two comets got kicked out from wherever they came from, idk ad;sfsa
