#Voltron salt

[aro-paladin-pidge]

I can finally make polls!

[seliipi]

Voltron Season 8 Salt #2

[thegrimcroissant]

One of my biggest issues with The Bad Batch s3 was how despite the season’s supposed main theme being about redemption arcs and 2nd chances, the show refuses to acknowledge the Commandos or even the clone assassins as victims of the Empire, and instead they’re treated arguably even worse than stormtroopers.

The season would rather have characters like Rampart look sympathetic before the commandos or CXs could get any kind of pity from our main cast.

The only character who showed even an ounce of sympathy for the CXs was Rex.

"You’re still one of us. You’re still our brother."

I thought this was foreshadowing at least one CX getting saved and rehabilitated. So then Rex’s efforts in "Infiltration" wouldn’t have gone to waste. But nope, the CXs’ only purpose was to be the cartoonishly evil versions of the Bad Batch (seriously though, the idea of Hemlock creating the Evil Batch just makes me take him less seriously as a villain).

Only one commando was given some sort of redemption arc, but that was only because Wolffe commanded him not to do anything to Rex or his clone network. And then we never see him or Wolffe again.

[swagging-back-to]

worst trope is found family separating as soon as the antagonist is dealt with.

[shallurallels]

You know what I think about a lot.

The writers could’ve easily avoided the lion swap and Kuron as a whole by simply making it as if Shiro had been teleported to the Galra during those those last few seconds in the fight of 2x13.

To me that storyline would have been 10x more interesting.

Imagine Shiro being recaptured and having to figure out how to escape but we actually see his escape this time. Imagine the overarching issue for the Paladins being they can’t form Voltron in season 3 because they’re down a lion and Black doesn’t allow Keith to pilot it. They’re then forced to forge a better bond with their lions, unlocking new abilities and a greater understanding of the lions individually.

That way we still would’ve gotten the origin story of Voltron (with some major tweaking cuz I didn’t care much for the actual origin story) but it raises the stakes.

No Bp Keith. No Allura assuming a lion. None of that bs. They could’ve done so much with these storylines. Then either at the end of season 3, Shiro somehow reunites with the team, or that’ll be top of season 4. Seeing true emotions of fear, anger, sadness driving the paladins throughout the season would’ve added so much depth to each of their characters, especially Keith’s.

Lotor would still the be big bad of season 3 since Zarkon is down for the count, along with Haggar and the generals by his side. Ooouuu what if we actually got a scene where Haggar is explaining to Shiro why he could’ve been their greatest weapon.

On that note, I would’ve really liked to see more on Shiro’s ptsd. That could’ve been highlighted with him being back in the hands of the Galra. Perhaps Black was trying to teleport him to safety but Zarkon was interfering up til the very last moment? Just as Keith has suggested.

Idk I just feel like season 2 really set up season 3 to be the downfall of the show—the Lion swap specifically.

[hollow-dweller]

you can tell voltron is having something of a renaissance because allura's tag is full of klance posts that have nothing to do with her and complaints that her canonical relationship with lance, which was built up over 6 of the show's 8 seasons, was "rushed"

[heroinetales]

Shipping be damned but I hope for Horikoshi's sake that these leaks are fake because some of y'all have the most rancid reactions and wildest takes I have ever seen

[mckinlily]

Occasionally, rarely, I remember that Allura is dead in canon (derogatory). And then I’m filled with such repulsion and disgust that I immediately nope back to my headcanon and denial for the next 6-9 months.

[kari-izumi]

You know what?

Fuck it

I gotta speak from truths and since the VLD tag is gonna be active today in light of it leaving Netflix, I gotta say something about this picture:

The context has been lost to time and, to my understanding, LMAO herself has since deleted the tweet after the fandom became rabid

But folks

FOLKS

This was posted on her Twitter account the night of the 2016 election

That's it.

That was literally all it ever was.

There was no secret hints about Lance being bi and no intention of such and certainly not queerbait. It was acknowledgement to a traumatized fan base that they were seen and that it would be okay.

Neither she nor JDS were perfect and absolutely deserve criticism for the last third of the show but this was not it.

[aro-paladin-pidge]

Obsessed with the fact that Voltron actually did use alternate realities really well 1 time and then they just. Fuckin. Dropped the ball every time afterwards.

Like, when we first meet Slav in Escape From Beta Traz, he is literally paralyzed by a puddle of water because in some realities he never learned how to swim, and he can’t remember if he did in this reality. Like, that’s a really well done, existentially terrifying interpretation of infinite realities that would’ve worked really well with the whole terrifying monstrous creatures beyond understanding from within the rift concept, but instead they just go with the boring-ass cliche ‘alternate realities are just our world but slightly different’ approach.

Never gonna stop being disappointed by this show.

[western-magical-girl-confessions]

“After seeing the Bible Leak from Miraculous season 5, I’m really glad I dropped the show since it’s just getting worse and has officially become the next Voltron as far how disturbing it has gotten😖 (especially with the weird moral double standards both shows seem to have).”

[seliipi]

Voltron Season 8 Salt #1 (as well as ongoing salt from the usual people)

[itcanbesour]

I was just messing with the clay and I accidentally made something that looks like a croissant ,, im gonna keep it and paint it so James has some food with him (because im like 3/4ths done with my clay James figure) ‼️ as AJ said he wants a snack ☹️ I SHOULD MAKE HIM A PRETZEL AND WATER TOO . there’s a live AJ, aka James’ and lotors VA’s, where I asked a bunch of dum James related questions. One of them being what would James’ catchphrase be and and said like “im a little jerkboy” ,, “I want a snack” and then something about wanting water for his pretzel and it’s glorious

[toastess-with-the-mostess]

I know for a FACT that May 3rd announcement the official voltron instagram commented about is about the movie we're supposed to get and have already gotten info of

BUT IF I HEAR ANYTHING FROM ANYONE ABOUT VLD CONTENT IM GONNA MURDER THAT SHIP HAS SAILED AND ITS NOT COMING BACK

[longing-for-rain]

I’ve had both so I’m curious