#voltron8

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Icy’s Final Thoughts on VLD Season 8

I know I’m super late to the party but in the off chance anyone was wondering my thoughts on the season... here goes. All are tagged as spoilers but if you see this and have not seen the season, please do not read further. 

These are in no particular order, just me reeling over various different things

The platonic Klance was strong and my heart is warm and fuzzy ♥ That is exactly what I hoped to see and I’m just so so so excited to see these boys so happy for one another. To see Keith especially in both of their one-on-one scenes supporting Lance just, mmm, so lovely. I’d have loved a hug but the handclasp was lovely too; very Shiro and Keith action.

I was very happy to see Romelle actually used as a character and a good one at that. Her connection to the Alteans was lovely and I particularly enjoyed that Coran was teaching her Altean traditions. 

Hunk’s whisper of “Shay” there at the end with all the Balmeras coming together melted me. 

I still want to know how Balmears can warp across the universe like that. Smh.

The big one here this season (two things, both with Allura, getting to the finale one in a bit) was definitely the Allurance. 

I will admit, it was one of two pairings I was warming up to. I did honestly think, based on some hints I was getting, think it was going to go Allurance, it would tank, and end game would be Plance. 

I loved Hunk being Lance’s wingman and what I truly loved was on their last night on Earth Lance wanted to share his family with Allura. I was about to headthunk and be like, no, please, Lance is all about his family and on his last night he wouldn’t just leave them... right? So I loved how that came about and loved all of his family and just, yes, family ♥

On that note, I loved so much of the family ties in here. Allura brought it up multiple times and Coran at the end had me almost in tears. 

Really liked seeing some more backstory for Haggar. I had hope that by the end of the series she would regain herself over the poisoned quintessence and while it wasn’t quite the ending (still coming) I wanted I’m glad she found some measure of redemption after nearly destroying everyone and everything. I sympathize with her far far more than Sanda. 

Also on Haggar, really loved the whole savior/goddess shtick she had going on and using the Alteans. Not quite as Lotor had done but perhaps even crueler in a way. Very nice villain ♥ Me gusta.

Also glad to see that Lotor did *not* get a redemption arc BUT

Child Lotor? holy shit I could not stop squealing. Dios mío. The whole accent especially on “Father” was sending me into spasms. Still is.

Lance with Altean markings? Sexy ♥

Coran being trusted to handle huge projects and coming through? Yes. Yes yes yes. All the love to the gorgeous man. As an aside, loved the whack-a-mole game of his

The filler episodes in this one (the carnival of a sort and the day 47) were both very well done. I especially liked getting to know some of the MFE pilots a bit more. Kinkade as a videographer is so lovely and Rizavi very strongly reminded me of me xDD 

The whole “awkward” moment via Ina because of Axca had me dying. Love. Axca being so serious 24/7 and not understanding Veronica’s attempt at friendship I thought was really nice way of showing the differences in not just aliens but in backgrounds. 

 How did Shiro end up alone in the giant Voltron/Atlas combo? Anyone?

Speaking of Shiro... what is the name of his husband now? I’m so so glad he was able to find happiness after Adam and I know for the LGBT community what a big moment that was too.  EDIT: Curtis! 

Still bummed int hat last scene though that Pidge is not wearing a dress. Come on >> 

Speaking of Pidge and outfits, I cringed and died and laughed so hard at the old Voltrons cartoon and her outfit at the mall. ohmhgoddd. Allura dressing up in hers too. Dios.

Also, Matt, why you cut your hair? Why? *gross sobbing*

Hunk with the food bringing people together was so beautiful and I was so glad to see it come back at the end too ♥

Wish there had been some more Keith and Shiro moments. I didn’t feel really any of that relationship and that made me sad. 

Okay, and the big one. Allura’s death. I’ll be honest, I did not see that one coming although I did predict someone big would die: I honestly thought it was going to be either Shiro or Lance so I am glad on that front for my boy. 

I am very torn to it as killing off a main character in the last nine minutes of an entire series is... a little hard to swallow. I am grateful she at least was able to have final words with each member of her family (except Coran T_____T) and I will admit to crying quite a bit. 

I don’t anticipate writing any fanfiction really going forward but if I do write anything post season eight you can bet that Allura lives in my book. Coma maybe, and it takes a couple months/years to revive her, but they do it. 

Then again I do appreciate the fact they were able to kill off a major character and her death was absolutely not in vain and was worked well into the plot. I just... poor everyone. Especially Coran and Lance

And last bit. Lance’s new Altean marks glowed at the end, which is only for “chosen” Alteans so... what exactly does that mean and how exactly did Allura give him them? 

And last, last bit. I found it very fitting that we came full circle in the end. In discovering the Blue Lion we zoomed in on Lance’s face and then cut to the sky with the Lions (in memory) through his eyes and here we end it with zooming in and out on Lance’s face and to the Lions. It just... feels right. And solidifies my personal thought that Lance *is* the heart of Voltron ♥

AND last last thought. The mice? Where were the mice in like... all of this? I cry. 

And Icy out. Feel free to respond in comments/reblogs below but I will not be posting any ask responses.

[tannvea]

I feel really bad for Keith. He has a pure heart. But he didn’t find his “home”.

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#LotorDeservedBetter

[icypantherwrites]

Im all for these rewrites but the only way I think itd actually be good is if Alluras character was remodeled. I think her character was done terribly from the beginning in leu of having a "strong" female lead(even though they didn't make her a strong character) and I just want an Allura that does more than mess up, fix her mess up, and mistreat people.

I’m trying hard not to be overly critical as I know that the writers did have some constraints with what they could do and time, but…

Considering there were thirteen episodes I don’t feel like any character had any actual real development… except for Hunk. I very, very much enjoyed Hunk this season ♥ But of all the characters in season eight, Allura, Lance and Shiro easily suffered the most.

Allura, ending death not withstanding because that is a pedestal all its own, was regulated to a plot device to function as a Honevera-tracker, a juxtaposition and “explanation” for Haggar’s own darkness, bridge between the old Altea and the new Alteans and then an attempted (but badly done) love interest.

Lance was pigeonholed into a love interest and that was pretty much it. I did like the Allurance pairing (that was the ship I boarded) but what they did to it? Not so much. Besides that point, Lance is so much more than just a love interest. All of that development from earlier seasons, him learning to support the team and finding confidence in the talents he does have, were pretty much wiped out. I loved his and Keith’s moments but the fact that it was constantly Keith giving the uplifting speeches? Read that again and yeah xD 

And Shiro. Oh, Shiro. This poor man was literally made a background character. I think his entirety of season eight can pretty much be summed up in “someone is trying to break into the bridge!” The only time we really saw him was during the arm wrestling and I ask, truly, what exactly did that add? I liked the Beta Traz warden coming back but otherwise? I’m with the Atlas team – he had a robot arm, how is that fair? Only part I really adored him in was when he was getting yelled at by the Clear Day head guy and all of those exchanges. 

My fic, should I write it (and it’s looking like that’s a very real possibility) isn’t going to fix everything. I can’t. That’s impossible without rewriting pretty much the entire season (and cough, a lot of season seven too xDD)

What I can do though is bring Allura back to her core character (the one I love to write ♥) that we saw in earlier seasons and bring back a team that is actually that, a team, and work with that in the capacity of the clusterfuck season eight gave us and ended with. This certainly still won’t be a cure all, but it will fix the big sticking points for me for Lance and Allura and their endings. 

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More Lotura :)

[icypantherwrites]

I was trying to cut this at a nice even 100 but y’all snuck in while I was cooking dinner ;p 

So. Majority says yes to a langsty, whumpy, Allurance fix it fic for Allura’s death and thank you all for your excitement for this project ♥. Now for the small terms of service text ;p By saying yes you are pledging to support me in this writing venture, which is going to be a very emotional one for us all. You will (hopefully, please?) drop in with comments, reblogs, notes of encouragement and enthusiasm. Sound good? ♥

I won’t be working on this until next year and publishing sometime then, but it does look like there’s enough interest for me to give this the green light. This’ll be my last fanfiction hurrah and honestly, I couldn’t imagine it being any other fic ♥ 

To happy endings for all! *cheers*

(Read my discourse on Allura’s death here)