After Season 2 I have A LOT to point out that everyone else seems to be overlooking due to petty ship wars and other complaints. I’ve waited a week to post this, and now that the hype has (mostly) died down, it’s time for me to force all of you to listen to my analyses and theories. You’re welcome in advance.
I understand that the majority of the fandom is disappointed that Season 2 didn’t dedicate much character development to Lance and Hunk, and Pidge’s screentime was cut short as well. But may I remind you:
This season was all about world building, and the crew did an amazing job. They managed to fit 2 seasons worth of information into thirteen (13) episodes.
We’ve met new alien species.
There are organised rebels within the empire and they’ve infiltrated Zarkon’s main ship.
Alteans and Galra used to be allies.
The Black Lion was built on Planet Galra.
The lions can be piloted by a new paladin even if the previous one is still alive. They can also act on their own accord if their paladin is in danger.
Keith is Galra.
Haggar is Altean.
This key phrase:
Some of these things are connected, and I’ve decided to dump everything into one post.
Remember when Coran said that his grandfather built the Castle six hundred years before Coran and Allura’s ten thousand year stasis? The thing is called “Castle of Lions”. You can’t tell me that it wasn’t built specifically for the Lions of Voltron. Every Lion has their own hangar even, so we can safely assume that Voltron is older than the Castle.
BUT! Alfor was alive when Altea was attacked, and he was the one to build the Black Lion from a comet that crashed on the Galra’s home “planet”.
That’s a span of 600+ years. (Altean years ≠ Earth years. We don’t have a converter, and 600 Altean years could very well be the equivalent to 20 earth years.)
Zarkon was the Original Black Paladin, Alfor was the Red Paladin. We don’t know who may have piloted Blue and Yellow – but I have an idea where the Green Lion came from.
The Green Lion’s guardian spirit is that of nature. Which species did Season 2 dedicate an entire episode to? Which species has a magical ability that combines nature and technology? Come on.
The Original Green paladin was Olkari.
They know that Voltron is real when the rest of the universe believes it’s just a myth.
“Okay, but how do we know that the Olkari have had any interactions with Alteans and Galrans before the 10.000 year war?” you ask, unconvinced.
“CORAN CORAN THE GORGEOUS MAN!” I shout in reply.
VLD staff wouldn’t have showed us the Olkari planet if it only served as a filler episode. There was not enough time for any filler episodes. Even “Space Mall” had Shiro travelling through time and astral projecting to fight Zarkon. Man. Wild.
Which leads me to my last point:
When Zarkon attacked Planet Altea, the Alteans weren’t strong enough to defend themselves. And although the Galra have had 10.000 years to conquer the known universe, they still haven’t managed to build a weapon stronger than Voltron, even with the addition of Haggar and the druid’s magic.
This was the Galra’s home “planet”.
Dim light, definitely no day/night (seeing as it doesn’t appear to orbit a star or rotate around its own axis.) Now, I don’t want to go into this any further. Voltron isn’t exactly written by people with a degree in astrophysics, so this frame might not necessarily hold any scientific value.
But what the hell happened to this thing?
It’s falling apart, its atmosphere is gone. This wasn’t the doing of a Weblum. Something blasted a huge hole straight through that planet’s core.
I think it’s important to remember that Black didn’t actually take Shiro there. These were her memories, also from over 10.000 years ago. And since there have only ever been 2 Black Paladins; Zarkon and Shiro – this is something that must have happened before Alfor locked Black in the Castle and sent the other 4 Lions away.
Something happened to Planet Galra that forced its inhabitants to flee. Something that Allura refers to as “The Dark History of the Paladins”.
And because this post wouldn’t be complete without a conspiracy theory:
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