#coran (vld)

[sukoshininja]

Voltron: Legendary Defender S01E01 - The Rise of Voltron

79/?

[szmaciarz-pospolity]

Like less than two weeks ago I made a simple color swap of Allura's Paladin Armor and I really liked how it looked so I decided to draw her in this design! Also my first time drawing the paladin Armor!

[gwensketch]

I RELAPSED!!!!!!!!!!!!

[pidges-lost-robot]

A goodbye to voltron...

And if anyone has links to the show in its entirety please be sure not to leave them here for people to access in anyway

[ronihilator]

have these been done before....

vld is taking over my brain

[merzcey]

[evi-anxiety]

Compare/Contrast of Keith & Shiro's Relationship and Allura & Coran's Relationship

Keith & Shiro and Allura & Coran seem to share a lot of the same energy with one another, in being that they consist of a character that was raised by the other and therefore looks greatly for their opinion and approval. I've wanted to do this compare/contrast thing for a while, so I apologize if it's kinda disorganized + really long.

Comparisons:

Keith and Allura share a lot of similarities as individual characters themselves. They are both very stubborn, unwilling to change their opinion unless directly proven wrong, and put the safety of their friends over their own safety. This is what makes them the "leaders" of Voltron (even if Allura was never the Black Paladin, she was still the Princess of Altea).

They also share similar backgrounds. While there is a lot of importance put onto their fathers, there's even more importance put on to the characters that helped raise them: Shiro and Coran.

Coran was most likely assigned to be Allura's caretaker, seeing as how close he is with the royal family. He was probably there for her when her father couldn't be, being the leader of an entire planet and all. He knew his task from the start and gave Allura a person she could trust.

Shiro is the same in this way, except that he wasn't expecting to raise a kid. He meets Keith unexpectedly at whatever school Keith was attending. He gets Keith into the Garrison, and becomes an older brother figure from there on. Sure, he's a teacher, but he probably didn't expect to get this close with one single kid, but Keith mattered to Shiro in a way that none of his other students did.

In this way, all four characters also share the same destruction. Their homes are destroyed, they've experienced loss. Allura had lost her father and her home; the only person she has now from her original life being Coran. He's not her father, but he's the closest thing she has to one (she even says it in the episode where Coran was aging backwards: "You were like a second father to me!").

Keith and Shiro had lost each other. Keith had lost his family earlier on in life, and didn't get the childhood most people deserve. But then Shiro came, and Shiro became that family to him. And then Shiro left, twice. We can see it weighs a lot on Keith, that he becomes quite erratic whenever his anchor is not around; Shiro was one of the only people who expressed care for him, and although he left involuntarily, it still impacts Keith in a way that shows a close relationship.

They save each other, quite a lot. When one is in danger, the other of the duo is usually there to be their saving grace. They express direct connection with each other. Allura gets worried about Coran's wellbeing, making sure he's not in the way of battle, while Coran is immediately by Allura's side whenever she exerts her power. Keith and Shiro are constantly thrown into life-or-death situations, and it's almost always the other who brings them out of it.

Contrasts:

As I've mentioned before, Keith and Allura both lost their families. But here's the thing: Keith still has family, he just didn't know it at first. He has Krolia, likely his only surviving relative left, while Allura has no one. The introduction of Krolia also creates an inferred divide between her and Shiro (one of the first things she says to Shiro is thanking him for raising Keith). She is his mother, but she wasn't the one who raised him, Shiro is. Her and Keith aren't close at first either, Keith being hesitant to get to know more about her. Meanwhile, we never really get to know a lot regarding Allura's mother, her father places much more emphasis in her life. She probably wasn't that close either, but unlike Keith, she'll never get to chance to reconnect.

As I've also mentioned before, Shiro had left Keith twice. Coran has never left Allura. He's always been by her side, and whenever they have been separated for long stretches of time, it's done by Allura's decisions. She might not have her biological family, but she had always had her figure to rely on. For a good portion of the show, Keith didn't have either. Shiro disappeared, forcing a leadership role Keith didn't want, and even when Shiro returned, it wasn't the same person. This Shiro tended to get angry and lash out at people, most noticeably Keith and Lance. This Shiro failed to be the figure Keith needed.

We can infer that Allura and Coran are closer to each other than Keith and Shiro are. I'm basing this inference mostly on the fact that a lot of screentime is spent with Allura and Coran with each other or near each other. Keith and Shiro do have a lot of screentime together, sure, but they also have a lot of screentime apart. In fact, they don't even spend a lot of time outside of missions with each other. Shiro spends his time either alone or with Allura, while Keith spends his, again, either alone or with the other teen paladins.

The most obvious contrast is probably that Allura and Coran have a father-daughter type of relationship while Keith and Shiro have a brotherly relationship. With Allura and Coran, there is a sort of atmosphere in which Allura doesn't necessarily rely on Coran's opinion, but still looks to Coran for a lot of advice. Coran also treats Allura in much the same way a father would to his daughter (there are a few moments throughout the show in which Coran mentions stories of Allura in her childhood). Coran is also much older, considering how he has known Allura since she's been born.

On the other hand, Keith and Shiro are more like brothers than father-son. They are closer in age than Allura and Coran are, and Shiro had only known Keith for a portion of the other's life. Keith also puts a lot of importance on Shiro's opinion, much like a younger sibling would do with their older sibling. They also have a tendency to joke with each other (one of my fav moments is when Shiro just straight up shoves Keith for no reason).

Anyway that's all I have for now, thx for coming to my ted talk.

[queengeni]

saw your post abt redesigning the voltron character. mayhaps more inhuman looking allura & coran? cause like elf pretty yes, but also i just think itd be fun if they didnt look as human, or like human’s version of elves as they do

Omg you're so real, it always bothered me that they're just humans with pointy ears ��

Like yeah they're suposed to be the good guys and we as humans we sympathize with our similars so I understand the showruners decision but could they at least have given a canon explanation for this??

[little-cereal-draws]

Coran: *spits mouthful of blood onto floor* You’ve become far more powerful since we last crossed paths. Dentist: Please stop, there’s literally a sink right next to you.

[skz-miroh]

some people are normal

and some people hear “we had a bonding moment” and get war flashbacks

[sukoshininja]

Voltron: Legendary Defender S01E01 - The Rise of Voltron

80/?

[b3anieperson]

Okay so I'm pretty sure we all remember the random fucking cow the paladins got from that mall, Kaltenecker? Did you guys ever wonder how they got that wondrous fucking name?

ITS THE FUCKING LINE PRODUCERS NAME.

BENJAMIN KALTENECKER. THE LINE PRODUCER AND A COW.

WHAT THE FLYING FUCK.

[crioh-freeze]

Team Headcanon: If one paladin (Lance) is trying to prank another (Hunk), everyone will pitch in to help keep up the act (Allura and Coran do too, one explained. Coran is more willing to though LOL)

[pidges-lost-robot]

Okay so mine is not based on canon but how I would choose to characterise them

Pidge is in a team of mostly sincere masking bitches and she cannot hack it at all she needs more irony poisoned people around her (she really doesn’t)

and here’s the blank chart if you disagreed with these, cause I understand people may have different rulings on this (and also my own are subject to change):

[mothmanavenue]

Hear those bells ring deep in the soul

Chiming away for a moment

Feel your breath course frankly below

And see life as a worthy opponent

[merzcey]