A few stray thoughts [Wrapping up watching Voltron S7]
But okay, first off I want to say this is obviously spoilery so don’t like, don’t read.
Also, my opinion will probs be a bit contradictory to most of the tumblr voltron fans, but bare with me here, I just wanted to point out some interesting things...
Okay so first, I just wanted to say the the ‘Family Feud’ rip off ep made me want to gag, and the only thing I liked about it was Pidge being smart enough to fool ‘Bob the host’ into letting his guard down so she could attack him.
Also, why? was it even needed? at all???? Honestly, the whole ep was like an animated bad work of fiction, and I seriously cannot believe the writers would pull this kinda crap so late in the series.
Moving on, there were points in the show that had me excited but there was also low points were I just wanted the story to move on and I felt like they were trying too hard to connect crucial moments and ended up adding in random junk because they had no idea what to fill in.
For example, the druid fight and finding Kolivan could’ve been shortened way down and honestly nothing would’ve changed.
Also, can we just talk about how Kolivan was being held? And (possibly) waterboarded?!? When I first saw that I was like, ‘woah, holy shit guys. That’s not okay. That’s not an okay thing to do/show’. That was fucking terrifying to watch, and even if he wasn’t being treated that way, the fact alone that he was being held in the air by rope in a very painful position is very scary and if Kolivan was real I would’ve been seriously concerned how tf he lasted so long without losing circulation to at least his extremities.
‘The Last Stand’ was where I began regaining my interest in the story as finally we got to see Sam back on Earth, and hot damn did he ever deliver the justice that the Garrison deserved.
I also liked Iverson not ending up being a jerk, and was honestly just trying to keep the peace and do the right thing. It was a huge improvement, and whether or not he deserved this change in character, he reminded the audience that people can change and become better, which is something I can get behind 100%. :)
(Lol, tho I totally predicted the lady commander being evil. She had her head too far up her butt to see the light of day. Doesn’t mean I agree with her dying tho :U)
Anyways, I love how Sam just ends up taking the reigns, being an overall wonderful/kind man, and laying down the law just flat out instead of trying to play nice and let Earth be mowed over by the Galra. (Would’ve liked to have heard from other global powers about what their thoughts were on this whole plan, but meh I guess that would’ve been too crazy to write with everything else going on.)
What I didn’t expect was how long they were going to focus on the Garrison arc, and like, all the people inside. Like, that’s fine I guess? but it made me worry that we were going to be seeing something like Go!Lion or have another voltron team or something, and really the only 2 people on the fighter team we knew were Keith’s rival? and Lance’s sister, but the other people might as well have just been random civilians because idk what their background was other than they were good pilots.
(also was the blond chick autistic or something? idk she just seemed a little less socially adept and more like a calculating computer, and god would I have loved it if they said she was and showed more about her and the other people because I can just sense a story behind them...)
It was cool seeing Earth tech and Altean tech work to make the Atlas, but seriously? SERIOUSLY?!?!? You just HAD to make another voltron toy to sell didn’t you Dreamworks? V_V
Why did you make Shiro be the pilot? Why did the Atlas have to become the new Castle of the Lions? How come Coran couldn’t help with anything aboard it? HOW COME THE SHIP DIDN’T FREAKING BLOW UP AFTER THAT FIRST SPACE SHOT?!?
All of this felt weird and odd, and like now that it is the new CotL, idk what to think. It’s just odd to have a bunch of military/space cadets running about on a ship and listening to young adults/teenaged voltron pilots tell them what to do to help in a war.
Also, how come we didn’t see anything about the humans as slaves in Galra encampments? Like, is humanity screwed now? The galara did blow up their satellites, how will Earth work the same?
This was literally 9/11-WWIV to them. Which is so bizarre.
The paladins literally came back to an Earth that, for all they knew, was completely obliterated, and they were just walking over corpses. (There had to be some. There was no way every human on that planet evacuated in time.) That thought alone is weird to think about in a Y7 kids production.
Not to mention the fact that this even happened at all?? Like, I get the fear of Earth being destroyed is a terrifying thing, but the writers just kept dangling it over our heads so much that for a bit I genuinely believed that the amount of bs going on against the heroes would just pile up and the Earth was just going to be fucking obliterated by how many holes were in their plans. The only thing keeping me from that was the fact that there would be no show if they did that, but that’s not a very comforting thought, nor does it make me want to root for everyone. What’s the point when you know how it’s going to end?
Idk, it was so out of place I felt like I was watching an entirely different show. Since when did the paladins ever fight like military pilots? Why and how were there random pockets of human resistance that could somehow communicate to each other? How tf did the Garrison come up with tech to stop the drones from sending out signals to each other? Why didn’t they use that to stop Sendak’s ships???
Granted, there was some solid planning (mostly from Sam) that was genuinely smart (like the mini satellites they used that were too tiny and so many that the Galra couldn’t shoot at them); but most of everything after ‘The Last Stand’ episodes became a giant martyr after giant martyr of the team defying the odds but not having time to catch their breath. And that last robeast? I get why they needed to show off where the Altean colony went to, but the fight was lackluster compared to fighting Sendak’s whole fucking army and winning. (Even Allura complains about this, showing how self aware this show actually is when they put their thinking hats on).
The fact that the robeast was even that fucking powerful in the first place was insanity and why would you even have an impossible to beat villain take down the most hard to kill heroic team anyways? Aren’t we trying to show how friendship saves the day? Why give Shiro that credit? What the hell does he have that the paladins don't?
Apparently a big fucking ship named Atlas. That’s what.
And now we move onto my biggest grievance: The deaths and near-deaths of characters.
Why. Just why?
It was so poorly done, and kinda random. Adam didn’t get the screen time the writers were building up for him. All of Shiro’s problems, his degenerative disease, his near death again after the clone body tried to reject him (which ‘thank you Shiro’ we ‘totally’ need to be reminded how much shit you went through when you were talking with Lance about it. Not cool), and then his new arm trying to kill him? Dealt with in like 5 seconds. False alarm! Shiro’s totally not gonna die this time! ( ͡ಠ ͜ʖ ͡ಠ)
But I think the worst one was at the end when Shiro is giving that speech to the humans with the lions standing behind him not online after we’d just seen them crash land on Earth in a fiery blaze, and honestly??? I thought they were dead.
Goodbye my sweet precious babies, you died protecting Earth and now the fucking Garrison is gonna end up showing those knock-off paladin cadets into the lions and things are gonna be okay again~!
No joke, that’s what I thought.
But then suddenly they’re fine? In a hospital??? Why???? WHAT?!?!?!?
Cue music overture with a montage of everyone’s families and friends coming to say hello to them (instead of explaining wtf happened to all of them) and lots of hugging and oh yeah we forgot about Matt so here’s two frames of him with his weird android girlfriend? thing and long ponytailed head.
Cute, real heartwarmer with Shay suddenly having an entire fucking Balmeran transport her to Hunk. (omg think of how that’s affecting Earth’s gravity atm, the ocean tides r gonna b so screwed over).
Anyways, I did begrudgingly like the new season; but only barely, and I was nowhere near as excited watching this one as I was with previous seasons. There was too much testing my suspension of disbelief, not enough breathers during the last bit, and just overall confusion from all the devastation and chaos caused by Sendak. (Where the hell is Haggar?????)
Overall the story seemed to be trying too hard, and I’m not happy with that. I want Season 8 to smooth over some of this, but I don’t have the highest of hopes. I honestly just want to see my paladin children happy and not fighting a war, and I don’t want to focus on random secondary characters anymore. I want fulfillment, I want the paladins to come to some sense of self satisfaction and growth, regardless of the shipping.
Season 7 took two steps forwards and two steps back with the character development. They progressed Hunk and Sam, but regressed Lance and the others a bit. Coran has officially become the doorstop, with Shiro getting a whole army to command, and random secondary cadets acting like their the lead characters of the show.
I don’t want that. I want the normalcy the show has had up till now. I just want back regular Voltron.
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SPN 4X7 It’s the Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester
wow working off of....a very fun...adrenaline crash
I’m so tired, panicking is a bad vibe
let’s do this, I hear Sam meets Cas in this episode
wow look at this nice and lovely family, can’t wait to see how they FUCKING DIE
why is the candy shot like this, what happens to the candy
WHY IS THE RAZOR LODGED IN HIS THROAT
WHY IS IT BLEEDING
WHAT THE FUCK
HE’S COUGHING UP RAZORS WHAT THE
just my luck it’s a scary one and on the big screen
the *holds up spell bag and then hides it once Sam sees and starts questioning* was smooth, I like when they do the teamwork thing
Dean why are you eating candy, there are razors in the halloween
oh lovely that’s a Cursed Hex Bag
“he made vanilla look spicy” is a funny line
These people look so young
OH GOD NO DON’T BOB FOR APPLES
STUPID FRAMING DEVICE
ah I see love triangle or something
oh mY GOD SHE’S STUCK
IT’S BOILING THIS IS HORRIFIC
they’re high schoolers ah
because the hail bait comment wheeee
Sam does the hold up this time!
AGENT SEGER
Samhain! Halloween origin! that’s kinda neat
600 years! “and the next cycle is” “Tomorrow” “naturally”
so it raises All the Supernatural that’s fun
DEAN STOP EATING CANDY WHY
aH THE TEENAGER!
Of course her name is Tracy
never heard of Luke Wallace my ass
“if you could pick any costume to come back in, wouldn’t you pick a hot cheerleader? I would”
DEAN WHAT THE F U C K DOES THAT MEAN THAT’S DEFINITELY NOT HOW OBJECTIFICATION WORKS
ooo flashbacks to hell in the mask!
Sam asks if it brings back memories of being a teenager, Dean interprets Hell
...what...brings back memories?? DEAN?
huh the Occult Drawings that’s interesting
“emancipated teen” DID NO ONE FUCKING CHECK THAT
“Trick or treat” “This is a motel”
Dean just wants to eat candy
Dean stop antagonizing the kid
CAS CAS CAS!
SAM IS SO STARSTRUCK THAT’S SO CUTE
Castiel what the actual fuck you’re adorable but fucking terrible at communication
“we’re working on it” “that’s unfortunate” KILLED ME
That was a Significant Look of Uriel
of course it’s a seal
“purified a city” aka kill 1000 people wheee
“you’re bigger picture kind of guys” oooo interesting
“have faith”
OOO CAS BLINDLY FOLLOWS ORDERS
heh puts it in context of his daddy issues but Dean’s been growing past that
Uses his own life as a bargaining chip AGAIN DEAN
Although to be fair, that works
Castiel takes! chance! on DEAN!!!
Angels are assholes, time to figure ir out
“they are righteous that’s the problem”
“there’s nothing more dangerous than some asshole who thinks he’s on a mission from God” OHHHH COME ON THAT’S SO LOADED YOU CAN’T JUST LEAVE THAT THERE
“This is what I’ve been praying to” OH M Y G O D I HAVE THING ABOUT THE FAITH AND SIBLINGS AND AHHHH
“bad apples” SERIOUSLY THIS LOADED ASS CONVERSATION
DEAN WANTS HIS BROTHER TO BELIEVE IN SOMETHING STILL O W
Sam figures out where to go based on the burning of the bone wow!
Sam being smart Sam being smart!!!
“you shouldn’t call them that” Castiel #1 human stan
Why stand and then sit, why stand and then-
disobey orders oho
ah so Tracy’s the sacrifice, and Don’s the Evil One and used her as a scapegoat? ?
of course the perving on the teenager why wouldn’t we god fuckign dammit kripke
...that’s her brother? what the fuck?
ok the eye glitter/lighting was neat
no ok but Magic Witch Lady is kinda a fun character too bad she’s gonna die
Sam do ur magic
Dunks them in blood? Sam what are you doing?
kills her? I feel like kills her?
bro that’s your brother’s body technically
yep
...whore...
Still kinda funny tho
heh they play dead
OH THE MASKS! THE MASKS CALLBACK!
SMART SAM SMART SAM SMART S A M
“you gave it a shot” god i love that, I love when Sam just tries Wack Shit
“BeCauSe thE aNgEl SaiD so”
Angst Teen Sam
bUT DEANNN Why can’t I use my POWERSSSS
just gonna kill the teenagers and trap them with the corpses
oh sweet jesus
oooo CLASSIC horror iconography
IT JUST DOESN’T FUCKING WORK ON SAM OH HELL YEAH
And then they graduate to fistfight but still
Dean’s just going on the Murder Train
GOOD YES DO IT SAM!
FCUK EM UP BABE HEAVEN’S A PIECE OF SHIT ANYWAY
OOO THE ANTICHRIST IMAGERY, THE HORROR IMAGERY, THAT’s SO COOL
AND THE STAND IN FRONT OF STAINED CLASS AND DEAN IN FRONT OF LIGHTS WITH LIKE THE “OH SHIT AM I GONNA HAVE TO KILL MY BROTHER”
November 2nd is the day AZAZEL killed Jess and Mary, making the day before, day after, day of, two days before thing Neat
“you were told” THAT’S NOT COMPELLING H E A V E N
~wing flap~
“ask Dean what he remembers of hell” oof
CASCASCAS CAS AND DEAN CAS AND DEAN CAS AND DEAN
ordered to follow Sam and Dean?? what?
the ripped jeans by the way, good
“I don’t know what’s gonna happen tomorrow” he never knows, that’s why-
THE KIDS! THE K I D S
the angel that loves humanity ~too much, the way God told them to
Aziraphale and Cas should hang
“I’m not a hammer” “daddy’s blunt little instrument” DAOFIHADSPIASFSIP
RIGHT AND WRONG RIGHT AND WRONG RIGHT AND WRONG
DID THEY PASS? WE DON’T KNOW AHAHHH
MEANINGFUL STARES
and then just the Disappear is so good
ok uh first
1. Sam praying. I don’t really know why this one got me, but the fact that Sam believes in a higher power, or tried to believe with his entire soul, and Dean desperately tries to get his brother to believe in something(unbroken? tries to make sure he’s ok because Dean never will be? Something like that?) feels important? Or maybe it’s that for Dean, Dad’s Orders and Consequence hit as the Ultimate Punishment, whereas Sam got to relax about it a bit
Look am I directly finding parallels to my own experience now? yes of course, it’s my unparalleled media experience and I can project if I want to. I’m WAY more scared of my parents/dad and what they do than I am of any higher power(crying while driving home as Vibe Music that I generally enjoy vs the Season 3 finale scene wheeee), whereas my sister actually tried to give religion a fair shot and used to pray. It’s not a direct parallel, but it’s been a bad day, I wanna put that in there somewhere
(also if it genuinely wasn’t my fault and I just assumed that I would never be able to explain my way out of anything so I shouldn’t try, leading me wishing to never be perceived so I don’t get punished for things that weren’t my fault. If true then Pain)
*insert Paws Meme*
2. Smart Sam. I liked Sam being smart, doing shit for the case in interesting ways, and I really like his powers plot line! Like you’re right dude! Heaven has no compelling reasoning other than “because I told you so” and it’s way more practical to just do it! His mom and girlfriend are already dead there’s nothing else to be done now! Like! Sam’s Antichrist arc is actually interesting! And I like him getting to be a character! The mask Idea was SO NEAT!!
3. bad apples+mission from God. I. Ok. Listen. This is just that one loaded conversation with “bad apple”(I’d like to point out that at some point it shows Cas as the Only Good One, right? dismantle the institution type thing, right? Is that what they were going for?) and also that “people who believe they have a mission from God do bad thing” LIKE SO CLOSE ! To SO MANY! lOADED THINGS! A G H
Look I’m too tired to type out all my thoughts to this, but I think you get the point that this is shit I wish they’d explored more
4. I entirely forgot that whole thing where they tried to show Dean objectifying teen girls and accidentally made Dean sound like he wanted to be a girl. Like even if that’s simply sexuality, or both gender and sexuality...like that’s. how did you do this. How did you accidentally make him like this.
5. Cas/Cas+Dean. Ok first off, having him desperately try to save humanity(reminds me of aziraphale) is so interesting! like It feels like Dean(who's working on not taking orders blindly anymore following that demon deal) doesn’t like seeing Castiel and Heaven because it reminds him of that part of himself he’s worthing through! and that one scene where Cas said “I’m not a hammer”(Directly parallel to “Daddy’s blunt little instrument”) is like. Dean started that journey in Cas. Getting him to question things.
that whole thing about “I know this was a test, but we don’t know if you failed it or not” because I don’t know what God would want because God’s the ever present father figure for Cas, and Dean’s lack of faith in God, and Cas’s lack of faith in God and
ok they have an INCREDIBLY compelling story currently, and I am kinda excited to see where they go with it.
yknow before the queer bait REALLY sets in
6. I was ready to write this episode off with the horror but the iconography at the end with the seal/witch/Sam and Dean scene was rEAlly fucking cool and I loved it.
7. the beginning of the stares
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