Voltron Commentary

Me giving my random thoughts on Voltron. Sometimes saying things that I don't buy but the fandom is into, always being ridiculous

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Okay that was a roller coaster

Predictions:

Lotor is not dead. Still evil though despite wishful fangirl thinking. He got a bit nerfed due to losing his charisma and ability to inspire others by getting drunk on power, but he always had the makings of a good villain. I say he’s going to somehow go through a rift and wind up in the Altean Empire and hook up with Empress Allura for the Lotura power couple the fandom deserves

Something is wrong with Earth. Not sure what. Maybe the Galra have already taken over there when they weren’t looking. Maybe they’ve sent sleeper agents (or regular undercover agents) to subvert the garrison and the rest of the military. Maybe the Earth scientists have begun their own work on the quintessence since learning about it and it’s corrupting them the same way it did to Honerva. Maybe even Papa Holt. But it’s not going to be a glorious return home

Despite that, family bonding will take place as all the Paladins are introduced to the others’ families that they haven’t met yet. Lance’s parents are overjoyed their son is alive. Hunk’s parents cook a massive feast with all of Earth’s delicacies for all. Coran likes it but comments that it’s just not the same as a home cooked giant slug or something. They visit the grave of Keith’s dad and he and Krolia bond.

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SHIRO’S BACK BABYYYYYY

Too bad his hair can’t seem to catch a break XD

And dang it, now my prediction is ruined - I was gonna say they’d bring him back next season since they had a clone body and his spirit then they went and did it at the last second this season

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NOOOO LANCE DONT CRY BABY ITS GONNA BE OKAY

Yay Allura comforting him

Oh what’s gonna happen here? Is she bringing Shiro’s spirit into the replacement Shiro body?

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THE CASTLE 😭😭😭😭

I haven’t had these many feelings for the death of a vessel since the Going Merry in One Piece

So many memories the past couple of years from that ship

Rest well, Castle of Lions, your journey was long but it’s finally at an end

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OKAY GOOD KALTENECKER IS SAFE

Milkshake day will continue as planned

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Awwwwww, Pidge kept the trash Paladins. Adorable sentimental nerd.

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So we go from a space battle to a bunch of rifts opening in space-time. Sounds like the end to season 1 again. Hunk and Pidge try sciencey stuff and Lance has adorable unfounded faith in Allura. Let’s see what they do to fix this.

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Allura still trying to be good and save the abusive ex. But in the end some people just don’t want saving. And as much as he tried to avoid becoming his father, Lotor wrapped himself all the way around the other side and wound up in basically the same place. Power at all costs for the destruction of the Alteans and the glory of the Galra Empire that empowered you. Power at all costs for the preservation of the Alteans and the destruction of the Galra Empire that spurned you. Two goals, same means, same end. The horseshoe meets at the starting point again.

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I was right about the quintessence being a corrupting influence. But the question is, is it intentional or just a side affect of being an enormous amount of power, and people tend to get corrupted by power easily?

Good call by Allura in trying to get out of there and escape the influence. And also to get Lotor overloaded by his own power

OH HEY THIS IS JUST LIKE THE WHITE LION TRIAL WHERE LOTOR FAILED BECAUSE HE TRIED TO SEIZE THE POWER BY FORCE BUT ALLURA LET IT GO AND LET IT WASH OVER HER INSTEAD AND THAT MIRRORS THIS SITUATION ITS SOMEHOW A TEST TO SEE WHO CAN PROPERLY HANDLE THE POWER OF THE QUINTESSENCE

....but wait, then how the heck did Haggar/Honerva pass?

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So Voltron really is holding back a lot of its power. Or rather, the Paladins aren’t capable of unlocking all the power yet. Makes sense, and keeps the fights interesting too. In the old series Voltron was just overpowered from the start so you knew when the Blazing Sword came out the enemy was DONE. But that was appealing in its own way. Like One Punch Man.

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Pidge: “See if you can dodge this!!!”

Lotor: *dodges it easily*

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So you’re going to go into the quintessence and absorb its power? That.....hasn’t worked out for everyone who’s tried it before. Or have we forgotten? Also my theory about the quintessence being sentient somehow and manipulating everything is still in play here. It really seems to be a corrupting influence

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So he’s planning to crush the Galra, take over all realities, and create a new Altean Empire? Gee, where have we heard that before? He and Empress Allura sound like they’d get long splendidly.

.....OH WAIT IS THAT WHERE THIS IS GOING SINCE HE HAS FEELINGS FOR HER BUT WANTS HER TO BE LIKE HIM AND PURSUE POWER AND PEACE AT ALL COSTS OH GEEZ IS THAT WHATS COMING???

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Oh great, now we’ve got a giant Nightcrawler robot with enough firepower to level a fortress. This is going well.

Hey Lions, if you’re holding back any more of those super secret weapons you like to drop on us at the last second, now would be a good time to bring them out.

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Okay Lance, you should know the tropes better than this. When you fire on the enemy and they disappear, you NEVER say any variant of “did we get him?” Or “I think he’s dead.” Come on blue boy, you know better

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Lotor, expert tactician: *flies his robot face first into a rock despite having a long range cannon that can outblast the castle and an opponent that’s standing still*

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Aww, Hunk doesn’t want to vandalize the town for money. Nobody tell him about Link.

So uhhh is all this dying Shiro is doing trying to tell us something?

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OKAY THIS IS UNRELATED TO THE EPISODE AT HAND BUT I *JUST* REALIZED THAT FAKE SHIRO MADE A CHARACTER THAT DIED AND WAS REPLACED BY AN IDENTICAL COPY OF HIMSELF AND I HATE YOU WRITERS WHY MUST YOU DO THIS