In the wake of Allura's sacrifice, the Voltron season 8 finale jumps ahead for a one year later epilogue. What else will happen between these two bumbling idiots? Lance deeply cares about his team. And with that in mind, many were hopeful for how Voltron season 8 would take care to better handle their queer representation. ITS FINALLY HERE!!! Two years later, he was approached by Colonel Hawkins to join a team of outcasts to search for the legendary robot Voltron on the distant planet Arus. Its about saving the world. Ok so I've seen a lot of people complain about how the writer didn't put anything in s6 about how Keith was about to sacrifice himself and all that jazz and feel free to disagree but I'm gonna state my opinion right now: No, I'm not saying that Keith's life isn't important or that sacrificing yourself is okay, but like, it was not important enough to have screen time about. So just like how the Blade activated for him when he accepted himself as a paladin of Voltron, he found himself fitting in with both the Blade and Voltron when he decided to fly towards the sun. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Lance has many insecurities that he tries to hide. But the information, although incomplete, was enough to envision a future problem if it wasnt taken care of. The serenity that followed it was unexpected. After Voltron, the Blade, and Matt's team regroup, they realize that they cannot disarm the cannon on the Galra cruiser without taking down its force field. Meanwhile, she did everything she could to distract the fighters from pursuing the pod. Every two years open spots in this prestige college were available. So in light of the Season 6 finale (which was really like a three-episode conclusion), we're taking a more focused look at the events that transpired within it to see how they tied up the story so far and what they suggest for the future ofVoltron. And it's this compassion that makes Lance the ideal choice to carry Allura's message of peace and love forward. Think for a second: putting their lives in danger for the mission is nothing new to the paladins. Apart from being the only Paladin who is killed, in doing so the series ostensibly kills its only woman of color in the main cast. Voltron is an action-packed series, with a cast of crazy characters. Or they have a medical emergency?Lance eyes him. While we've done our best to make the core functionality of this site accessible without javascript, it will work better with it enabled. It seems like some people think Keith wouldnt have made this choice if he hadnt felt so disconnected from the team. Zarkon's Empire. This is from when Miguel(merkymerx) and I cosplayed Shiro and Keith from Voltron: Legendary Defender! What a way to celebrate my birthday. It's disingenuous, as if DreamWorks was only interested in scoring PR points instead of actually including a queer romance. Her favorite TV shows are animated, and she can spend hours and hours watching documentaries. Easy to bruise. Lets see how much you can take, old timer.. However, sometimes his inferior Fe comes out as hotheadedness (like when he blows up at Pidge). Also, the research board that he made for himself in his cabin just screams Ti: they are a product of the inner workings of his mind, and its clear he has his own structured logic that he imputes to the world. I think he always would have and always will be willing to make this choice. Allura's decision to give her life to save the lives of everyone in existence is the ultimate sacrifice play, and it's a testament to the selfless and courageous woman Allura has become across all eight seasons of Voltron: Legendary Defender. Be sure to let us know in the comments! Being his inferior function, Keith isnt the best at comforting people or relating to them, but it doesnt mean he doesnt desire it. Like with quintessence or a healing pod. Says the man who's never been knotted before, Lance sniffs.Cant miss what you cant experience. Keith smirks. Not even when they kiss. They need to break his bond, but the process ends up being heart wrenching for Keith. So just like how the Blade activated for him when he accepted himself as a paladin of Voltron, he found himself fitting in with both the Blade and Voltron when he decided to fly towards the sun. The blades leader had not considered that Keith would do so in less than a phoeb. Im just. Lance and Allura's relationship was a focal point of season 8, why must Shiro settle for a tacked on, five second blip of a wedding to a character audiences know nothing about? By the end of Season 6, Allura used her newfound Altean alchemy skills--which include transferring quintessence and, apparently, other types of energy--to restore Shiro's spirit by transferring it into the body of his injured but recovered clone. Ive been seeing people be concerned that Keith almost sacrificing himself was because he felt like others wouldnt care if he died but honestly? Hunk always felt like the Paladin who was most comfortable with himself from the get-go, and after he got over his initial fear at being thrust into a galactic war, he often took a backseat to the struggles of the other Paladins. The shows executive producers didnt want Shiro to come back so quickly, but they werent allowed to have him gone for longer. Feeding and changing the kit was paramount even when Keith refused to be put on one of the beds. [6] After finding Shiro on Earth along with Lance , Hunk, and Pidge, he joins Voltron as the Paladin of the Red Lion to fight against the Galra Empire. As Kolivan saw it, Keith didnt lose a soldier, he lost an uncle; as Keith called him. He missed Shiro's wise advice and soft voice. The go-to source for comic book and superhero movie fans. No one else has the knowledge or power necessary, and Allura knows this, choosing the only path open to her. Each character is larger than life and has their quirks and sense of humor. Which then makes it especially frustrating for Shiro's final moment to be a scene of him marrying some ancillary male character with whom he had zero romantic development of explored chemistry. Instead, he found himself leaning forward in his seat, hanging onto every word that Arryn spoke. He has learned to accept his place collared and imprisoned within the Empire and at the whims of their breeding program, despite the memories that haunt him in his darkest hours. Then a good friend suggests that Keith sell his virginity at an auction to pay for it. However, Keith was not denied comfort. Relationships: Keith/Shiro (Voltron)Additional Tags: Platonic Bed-sharing, Platonic Cuddling, OR IS IT, ( ), post-Season 1, Childhood Friends, Fluff, Lance is there for like 2 sentences, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, demisexual shiro, First Kiss, Friends to LoversSummary: Both Shiro and Keith have trouble falling asleep with everything thats going on, and they fall back into old habits. In the wake of Allura's sacrifice, the Voltron season 8 finale jumps ahead for a one year later epilogue. Hes called everywhere, and while he is happy to know that the Galran Veterans Association is fully staffed, and that the kits at the shelter have company, and that the soup kitchen is covered, the lack of service opportunities does nothing to alleviate the tightness in his chest that says he must be doing something. But for a friend as good to him as Hunk was? He missed how stern and inspiring Allura was, and how comical and caring Coran was. Watching Lance loose himself to stress was always painful for Keith. Luckily Keith talked him out of it. He presents her at court, she's greeted by the smiling faces of King Alfor, his wife, Melonor, and their daughter Allura, and everything is just as Honerva wanted - perfect. He realizes the BOM is a little different from Voltron in that sense. When Lance wants to kick the electric orb in episode 3, Keith reminds him that its a bad idea, especially after hes already tried it. It was simple, had no confrontation, and Keith could try his hand at piloting. He's not, he just didn't see any other way to do bring down the shield and is the type to put himself on the line before others. Keith is an expelled ace pilot cadet from the Galaxy Garrison who functions as a Paladin of Voltron fighting the Galra Empire, piloting, at first, the Red Lion, but later transitioning to the Black Lion after Shiro's disappearance. But withthe Paladins having destroyed the physical gate to the quintessence field, followed by sacrificing the Castle of Lions itself (by detonating its powerful teleduv crystal in order to provide a super-supermassive gravity well to seal up the multiple breaches in different realities thanks to Lotor's reality-hopping), there's a good chance that access to that energy is cut off, at least temporarily, and Lotor along with it. He has lots of them. The first time Keith went out of control occurred when Ulaz had to leave for Thaldycon. Crossing the event horizon takes them all to a strange realm which Allura describes as the "connected consciousness of all existence." While they're all sitting around the table remembering Allura at the end of the episode, Coran tells Keith that Allura believed he would be the key to the Galra's future. Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Rape/Non-Con, Rape/Non-Con, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings (247), It's all safe sane and consensual but Shiro is mean, let him lay me in the dirt (sheith omegaverse fics), Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Allura & Coran & Hunk & Keith & Lance & Pidge | Katie Holt & Shiro, galra shiro and cannon shiro meet each other, Non-Traditional Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Keith (Voltron) has PTSD - Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Shiro (Voltron) Has PTSD - Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, it gets a little steampunk you're welcome, yes im finally using that tag here. ? Aghast, Shiro lost the battle against an embarrassed laugh. Season 6, despite its short seven-episode run, packed a lot of interesting sci-fi concepts, emotional character development, and insane action sequences into its storytelling. Keith was so much softer. The fight was long. To fight this threat, Voltron also gets an upgrade, combining with the IGF Atlas into their own super mech - the Atlas-Voltron. That's about as evil as it gets despite Lotor's assertions that their sacrifice was done for the greater good. He missed Hunk's food and (sometimes overbearing, but always adorable) kindness. he asked shakily. Keith missed everyone while he was with the Blades of Marmora. He faced hologram!Shiro telling him to give up the knife, and then his dad telling him to wait while the world outside was crumbling. What did you think of Season 6 and what do you want to see in Season 7? Simple to kill. Fresh out of work from a forced vacation, Shiro has run out of things to do. Kolivan insisted on a more thorough investigation and Krolia agreed. It was barren of the holographic capabilities to display ones deepest fears and hopes. When Allura says goodbye to Lance in Voltron season 8, she bestows on him the Altean markings, and while it's unclear what these markings really mean - are they simply meant as a symbol of her love or do they imply Lance is now part Altean? The Shiro that the Paladins and viewers have been hanging out with since that battle was actually a clone, one of many aboard a creepy Galra ship that blew up in spectacular fashion during Keith's battle with the Manchurian Shiro. The poor thing craved a contact that was alien to them. Let alone have a kit with him. Introverted Intuition (Ni): Ni is characterized by focusing their energies on thoughts, ideas, and concepts that may reveal something in the future. With Zarkon in a comatose state under the care of Haggar, the . Previously, Voltron: Legendary Defender came under fire for mishandling its LGBTQ representation, and it's almost certain the decision to kill Allura will cause a similar backlash. Afterwards, Keith continued to practice many other forms of martial arts until he turned 18 and enrolled in the United States Marine Corps, spending several years as a reconnaissance specialist. Throughout the series, Allura has grown more knowledgeable of Altean alchemy, learning a tremendous amount during her time studying with Lotor. Krolia ran to her ship, trucks parked at the front of their shack. That'll give us a good chance for the Paladins themselves to get caught up with newcomers like Krolia and Romelle (the name of the princess of the planet Pollux in the original series, along with her brother Bandor), and the newly reunited Shiro. It would be forced, weird and overall bad writing. He has Galran heritage rooted in the Galra rebel faction called the Blade of Marmora, which he decides to join, leaving Team Voltron so that "Shiro" can return as . Want to talk about it? Shiro asked. In the end it seems like they end up becoming one and the same. He also has moments where he enjoys a good laugh, allowing others around him to bring that out in him, and his usual stoic manner is dropped for a change. Probably a healthy dose of Altean exposition thanks to Allura, Coran, and Romelle; some interesting family dynamics between Keith and Krolia (and the teleporting wolf! A year later, they're holding elections on Daibazaal (seemingly restored alongside Altea) and Keith's mother, Krolia and his mentor, Kolivan are elected as the Galra's first representatives to the Galactic Coalition. He was very supportive of Keith becoming the leader, even though he wanted to lead. Combining this with his selflessness, if he had to choose between himself and his team he would choose his. Allura did it on the Balmera. She could put a front and evade fighters, shoot a few of them. Later on, he becomes the Paladin of the Black Lion of Voltron until Shiro's return where he training with the Blade of Marmora. [11] The comic book version of Keith depicts him as 26 and a very asocial character in the beginning. A new Galra weapon. Leading up until that moment, theyve shown him being conflicted between saving everyone he can and prioritizing the mission above individual lives. "), transforms the Blade of Marmora into a humanitarian relief organization. Keith is found out to be an omega by Sendak. Keith passed, yielding and advancing where he could. The more interesting question in the meantime is how the fractured Galra Empire will move forward under Sendak's rule (or some other challenger) now that Lotor is out of the picture. No one understands the importance of a good meal like Hunk, recognizing how food can remind people of home and that a full stomach can make them more open to new ideas. Much like his mother, the kit didnt stop calling through desperate sobs until a crackling voice came from the pod. During the course of the series, he begins to form a comradeship with his teammates, and begins to develop feelings for Princess Allura and vice versa. Shiro's spirit, however, was sheltered within the Black Lion, unbeknownst to anyone. its finished!! A sense of belonging, they hadnt felt for deca-phoebs. When it turns out Shiro is a clone under Haggar's control, Keith returns as the Black Paladin. Keith in heat is mewling and desperate and docile, malleable under Shiros hands like freshly dampened clay. Keiths existence gave the blades something else to look up to after every mission. Yeah e-mails and booklets were sent to him and other information and shit but he didnt bother reading it as he didnt see the point of it. Get your heads out of your fanfics. That he just also happens to be gay is remarkably refreshing, making it just a single aspect of his overall character and not his sole, defining trait. Thace left to infiltrate the Galra Empire and Keith wept less than before. Later in the series, Keith joins the Blade of Mamora to better understand his Galran half and so Shiro can return as the Black Paladin and leader of Voltron. He sent Thace and Antok for supplies and appointed Ulaz as the medic for the growing kit. It seems like so far, weve seen him trying to reconcile the BOM/Voltron conflict and trying to balance both in his life. Fueled by grief and rage, Honerva is still too powerful and she escapes into another tear in reality. Sarah Moran is a news editor and features writer for Screen Rant. Yeah, Lance had that moment in season 1 where he took an explosion for Coran, and that moment in season 5 where he almost died while trying to protect that base. So what can we expect in Season 7? It shows Allura standing firm, dressed in her Paladin armor, and with her long hair flowing behind her. Hes saving the rest of the world and his friends, which is exactly how hes always been. Queer. stay tuned. Now equipped to do battle with Honerva, the Paladins set off in pursuit, prepared to defeat Honerva and defend not just their universe - but all universes. In turn, they convince her that though life can be cruel and sometimes hard, that doesn't erase the happier times when life is beautiful and vibrant. And yet, the decision to kill Allura and only Allura is for some a controversial one. When the Lions are departing at the end of the episode, the Blue Lion, the one that Allura piloted, is front and center with its eyes glowing unnaturally bright. tip: "uchiha sasuke/uzumaki naruto" angst kudos>10. Keith would not stop crying. However, Keith has no qualms about flying off cliffs (his excited yup when he sees the edge in the beginning of episode 1), competing with Lance during their blind-lion training session, and also, most notably, jumping into a one-on-one fight with Zarkon with the explanation if I have an opportunity to defeat Zarkon, Im gonna take it. His deep immersion in the fight is also what spurs him on into basically evolving with Red and hardcore blasting Zarkon. Prorok, who is remade into a Ro-Beast, finds the Paladins and quickly gains the upper hand, until Ulaz sacrifices himself to destroy the monster. There were moments here and there that suggested Keith took initiative in plenty of those missions. 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