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I’m really glad that Matt is a perfect mix of “walking shitpost” and “fucking nerd” tho, god bless that lil’ shit.
keith: hm...how can i get closer to my galra side....how do i become more like the blade....keith: *watches ulaz sacrifice himself*keith: *watches thace sacrifice himself*keith: got it
reblog/like this if you
have watched season 4
don’t hate prince lotor
that’s it
that’s literally it
those are the requirements
and i’ll check out your blog fam
Anyways I hope you guys don’t forget the actually really good scenes that came out of s4 and start to whine like you did for s2
Me: Stfu Lotor. Rude ass, bitch ass, onion ass boi who disrespects his mom, Narti, and his team.
Lotor: *saves the rebel fighters, Keith, Matt, and Voltron*
Me:
Voltron: Legendary Defender (2018) Season 5 Episode 1: Here We Go Again
I saw it coming and I still stifled a scream at 7 am.
Just to think, a year ago I thought Keith was ‘space zuko’
pls let him crash onto your couch for a week
I will never betray Lotor
Oh man, where to start.
My entire feed is filled with “Justice for Narti” “Down with Lotor”, and all i can think about is how nobody’s looking at the situation from Lotor’s point of view. We’re so quick to jump down his throat for killing Narti, but let’s actually analyze the situation.
During this scene, Lotor’s ship is being attacked by countless fleets, there are literally seconds to make decisions, very important ones. Where to go, whose doing what etc. Narti is the only one who went inside with Lotor, so when Lotor caught on that she was being used for tracking, he killed her.
Yes, killing Narti fucking sucked, and i think everyone just thinks that Lotor did that because he’s a bad guy, but he’s not.
Let’s say that he wanted to save her, how? With literally a few seconds to decide, there was no room for error. Lotor did not know the extent of Narti’s “controlled mind/being a traitor” or whatever was going on with her, so he just assumed she was a spy and promptly killed her. I don’t think this was bad thinking on his part, and i don’t think he was being heartless. His mother’s powers go way beyond what we know, as well as Lotor’s powers. Lotor could have easily sensed that she was under control or a traitor, maybe under a control that she could not be freed from easily, if she could be freed from it at all.
I would also like to point out that i personally do not think that Narti was controlled. I believe that the cat was the real mastermind behind all of it, using Narti as a decoy for Lotor so that when Lotor did catch on, he would blame Narti, and kill an innocent comrade, all without his knowing, but I’ll assume that Lotor killed Narti under the presumption that either he thought she was being controlled, or that she was a traitor, since i doubt that Lotor is unaware that that is his mother’s cat. Thus, for him to think that Narti was probably working for Haggar is not a stretch.
“Well, he could have done something else?”
What? What could he have done? Take her with them? So that they can continue to be followed and their operations further compromised, and for what because the fandom likes her (there’s literally no other reason)? Taking her along would have risked putting the other generals’ lives in danger. TAKING NARTI ALONG WOULD HAVE PUT THE OTHER GENERALS’ LIVES IN DANGER.
You want to talk about Lotor protecting his group, he was. Leaving her behind alive would subject her to being tortured until everything was spilled about the other generals and Lotor himself. Or, she would have burned up in the ship, been shot, or something else that would have been agonizing to her had they just left her. There was no time to consult with the others about what’s morally right or wrong because that would have wasted time none of them have and could have potentially KILLED THEM ALL. Lotor may seem cold to just off her in one blow, but he may have been saving her from a dreadful experience of torture and control. You’ve all seen Haggar’s power, you all know how powerful she is, what makes you think that Lotor could have saved her? That Lotor is to blame? He made a decision for the team that he knew the team could not make.
The part where this gets less complicated is where the other girls come in. Why did they not stand by Lotor? Well, aside from seeing Narti be killed, it was a lack of communication on Lotor’s part. Lotor could have easily told them that she was being controlled, or that she was a traitor, but he did not. So any attack from them was solely because of lack of communication. Even if they were super upset and mad at Lotor for killing Narti, it would have made a huge difference in their actions had he simply told them what was up. Same for them, since none of them question his actions and just assume that he’s a crazy tyrant asshole that only cares for himself.
Bottom line, justice for Narti is deserved, but not through the downright hate of Lotor.
If you want to point fingers at anyone, point them at the writers of the damn show for killing a side character.
Lotor has lost everything. His family, his empire, the support from the fandom, and even his allies. Here’s to hoping that Keith will take his side and befriend him, cause i think that’s really all that Lotor needs.
rant OVER
So not only is Lotor physically distancing himself from the rest of his team, but he’s crossing his arms across his chest so tight, he’s making an even bigger barrier between himself and them. He looks like he’s deep in thought and I feel like here he’s honestly just totally shut down for one of the first times in the series that we’ve seen so far. He doesn’t even have a weapon on him to fight back against Acxa.
Lotor’s closing himself off to everyone, including us, the audience. We haven’t been let in to his mind or his heart. And I really, really hope that the paladins can give us that insight and at least we get a little peek.
This isn’t asking for a redemption arc. Lotor doesn’t need redeeming. He needs a story, and it’s clear he’s reluctant to tell not only his generals, but us, too.
Anyway I just thought this imagery and body language was pretty interesting. There’s definitely so much more to this than we know right now.
Here’s to hoping we get some deeper insight into his plans, and what exactly he’s hoping for with all the quintessence he wants to gather, and the Sincline ships.
AU to distract myself again
Lotor joins the Paladins and explains his past in doing so, and Shiro relates since he, too, was a gladiator and tells Lotor that, if he ever needs anything to come to his room and talk. After just the first night Lotor begins having nightmares of his past actions, traumatic moments, and awful fights in the arena. He shakes and he sweats and he doesn’t know what to do. He remembers Shiro’s words, walks to his room and knocks on the door. Instantly he breaks down crying.
Shiro hugs Lotor in his arms and brushes back his hair. He attempts to reassure the Galra prince, tell him it’s going to be ok. But Lotor can’t sleep and Shiro, being such a big person has a large bed enough for 2. He gives half of it to Lotor for the night, figuring sleeping alone isn’t good for either of them after something like this.
Lotor watches Shiro go back to sleep. He realizes he wants the Paladin to wake up again, he just wants to hear his comforting voice. He reaches a hand out to his back but draws it away and makes himself think he’s being irrational.
Every time after this, when Lotor has a nightmare, he goes into Shiro’s room and the two share the bed. Sometimes the two say nothing, and they just nod and share the bed after Lotor enters the room. They do this numerous times, and Lotor every time attempts to touch Shiro’s back or arm or hair–something to let him know Shiro is real and he is there and he is truly that close.
Several months pass. Lotor’s nightmares slow, and he’s able to handle them on his own so it’s been ages since he slept near Shiro. But one night he remains awake and cannot fall asleep in his own bed. He rushes down the hall to Shiro who asks if it’s a nightmare, but Lotor just walks to his side of the bed, lies down, and rolls onto the side facing Shiro’s back and wraps an arm around him.
Shiro smiles. He presses his hand to Lotor’s and tells him, “I was wondering how long it’d be.”
honestly keith is in a super bad mental place right now yet i haven’t really seen that many people… care?
now i hate to say this, but if it was lance going through all of what keith’s going through right now? you know the fandom would be going CRAZY.
…but it’s not. it’s keith.
his teammates all keep dying around him left and right, he keeps nearly escaping death (like when he was stuck in space in e1), and he’s being given a bad mindset just being with the blade altogether. but that’s not even all of it.
we all know keith pushes people away before they reject him, but how do you think he felt when the team, the only family and friends he has, did reject him?
as someone super similar to keith, i can tell you that does not feel good at all.
and i know they ended it all with a hug saying they’ll always be there for him, but don’t tell me it didn’t hurt keith when not a single one of them actually said they wanted him to stay.
especially when shiro knows the blade of marmora way. victory/knowledge or death. and he knows how keith is.
(which shows this shiro… isn’t s2 shiro. that shiro would’ve stopped keith from staying with the blade, like how he tried stopping him from doing the trials.)
now there are really only two reasons keith stays with the blade in the first place.
now that shiro can pilot black again, keith doesn’t feel as if he has a place on the team (similarly to lance). now we do know part of the reason he’s been with the blade so much is because he didn’t like being the leader. he didn’t want that position. he was forced into it, then always criticized for being bad at it. now he did get somewhat better near the end with the help of lance, but i don’t think he realized it. (lance is the only one on the team who ever acknowledged him as leader besides shiro, after all.)
keith tried staying off the team since s3e6, after lance opened up to him. he tried to give black to shiro (which we all know didn’t work) and he let lance have red. so he truly feels he doesn’t belong on the team anymore. the team not stopping him from just straight up leaving cemented that.
the other reason keith stays with the blade is to get a sense of identity. he’s had his knife all his life, it’s his only real connection to who he is. but he’s learning the blade way, the galra way, and it’s not good for him. they keep telling him “the mission is more important than the individual”, which shows why so many bom members we’ve seen (thace, ulaz, etc) have sacrificed themself for the greater good.
keith tried sacrificing himself not only for the mission, but because he believed the team would benefit more having him dead than alive. he didn’t say goodbye to anyone before he did it, not even matt, who he was already talking to. he doesn’t think he matters. he’s just another casualty that (would’ve) died for the cause.
in conclusion keith’s mental state right now is bad. he’s not selfish for leaving the team. he did it because he doesn’t think they need him anymore. he doesn’t think he matters.
and it’s the blade that’s really cementing this in his mind.
People be disappointed with voltron and the lack of klance but I’m over here crying because Pidge and Matt got to be siblings laughing together again
