lctor:

don’t get me wrong i like vld but it’s such a fucking mess like. first u spend one and a half seasons establishing that keith is gonna be the black paladin but then have him step down 2 episodes later, leave the team altogether and make him look selfish when he’s actually the only character that has always prioritised the mission over his own feelings from the start

pidge wants to leave the team in season 1 and comes to realise that the paladins need her and she can’t act on her personal feelings but that lesson is thrown out the window in season 5 when she’s blinded by her emotions & basically forces the team to exchange a prisoner with enormous knowledge of the galra empire for her dad? and is NEVER shown to reflect on her actions?? 

allura’s arc in season 1 & 2 is about unlearning her prejudices (side note: NO ONE – not even shiro – stood up for keith when she treated him like shit. they’re literally the worst friends a guy could have) but then returns to her black-and-white thinking just one (1) season later. then there’s “crystal venom” – allura letting go of her father and becoming her own person, but now in season 5 she’s all about becoming a great alchemist – an “interest” of hers that was never brought up before. not to mention her magic abilities are used as a wild card, she just gets Power Ups whenever it’s convenient at the moment and ugh

in season 3 it’s revealed that alternate realities exist (something that hasn’t been of importance since then) and allura has to learn that she can’t trust everyone blindly, but now in season 5 she’s written as conveniently naive so it’s easier for lotor to manipulate her like……wh y,.

there’s so much more stuff like how the paladins only became wary of kuron after is ideals clashed with THEIRS, but not when keith – the person closest to shiro – was so fuckgi n uncomfortable around him. also, half of season 3 focused on lotor’s trans-reality comet and the sincline ships just for them to be never brought up again (just like alternate realities i guess), and i honestly wouldn’t be surprised if the oriande subplot is yet another thing in vld that doesn’t actually matter in the long run. and i’m just so frustrated bc the pacing is horrible and at this point the plot is shaping the characters when it should be the other way around, so watching vld feels kinda like this: