Thought corner - Zarkon... zombie...?
I wouldn’t call this much of a theory so much as a thought I just had that I thought was kinda interesting.
But I was thinking about the (presumably) Galra ‘ally’ we see with Keith briefly in the trailer, and how he is wearing a helmet. Which implies they need some sort of atmosphere. They’ve never come out and really said that all Galra can breath in space, or if that’s something intrinsically unique to Zarkon.
(Although it could also be that when that shield barrier went up it created an artificial atmosphere, though it didn’t seem to bother Zarkon when it went down and he was still outside. So nix that.)
Anyway I was just sitting here thinking: what if Zarkon is really dead? Like what if for all regular scientific purposes, he is dead and it is only the quintessence keeping him alive. He’s essentially a zombie, but without the rotting and is obviously high-functioning and in good shape.
Also makes me wonder if Haggar could have/has some control over him. I don’t feel really like that’s the case with the behaviour between them, but it’s an interesting thought.
Also explains the more drastic measures for quintessence, because maybe it takes more and more to keep him ‘alive’ so to speak. But yeah. Can fight out in space cause, hey, who needs air when you’re dead and being kept functioning by crazy soul magic.