#vld s7 predictions

[klancecuredmydepression]

This message was made by Josh Keaton. Now, I don’t know when or where he made it, but I believe it was made at the end of Voltron, S8; I think he was talking to Voltron Community and fans as a whole, is what I’m guessing/predicting/thinking (lots of slashes there sry lol). He’s saying that you might miss an opportunity to move on and be you, because you keep on thinking about what went wrong. I think it’s obvious that the voice actors and Lauren and Joaquim that people DESPISED S8 and S7. Which is why Josh made this message for us. We can’t just get what we want 24/7 365. It’s okay if some things don’t always work out. Because we live and we move on. I watched Voltron about 16 times now, ever since I was a kid. I didn’t like the last two seasons very much the first time I watched the show, so I went and watched She-Ra, Kipo, and Glitch Techs. Because I knew that moping around and whining about the last two seasons wouldn’t get me anywhere. I would’ve missed other great things that I have till today. So, to those of you who are still upset about the finale of Voltron; Don’t be. You’ll miss other great things in your future. Some things aren’t hits meant to be. But it’s not the end of the world. Who knows, maybe next year, they’ll release another Voltron, one where they learned from their mistakes and make it even better than Legendary Defender. Thank you Lauren and Joaquim, and Studio Mir for helping to make VLD. Thank you to all the voice actors who were on VLD. And thank you to my VLD community, for a wild, wonderful time. And I wish that all Voltron fans will find happiness and peace, whether that be with Voltron or a completely new show. And personal thank you to Josh Keaton, for being the amazing, talented, and inspiring person that he is. If you have made or read this far, (I doubt that most people have :/) all the info in the original post is from The Sin Squad’s Voltron video, called: “How Voltron Became A Tragedy | Part II: Story”. Please go and check that video out, and have a wonderful day, lovelies <3

“Hello, it’s Space Dad, Shiro. Josh Keaton. I wanted to say that sometimes things don’t always turn out the way that you want them to. But that’s okay. All you have to do is to remember to always be positive, cause if you’re always thinking about what could go wrong and what did go wrong, and what you think went wrong, you might miss something else that’s great. You might miss a chance to do something that’s great. So go and be great.”

- Josh Keaton, voice of Shiro.

[taffydesu]

We all saw this coming. Thank you @gay-physicist for the post x.

[cndac]

Adding on to the theory about Keith's eyes -->

After reading the theory that Keith's eyes in the promotional shots for season eight having something to do with him being controlled by Haggar, I wanted to compare them to Kuron. This is what I found:

Notice in this shot, the body language and facial expressions of each paladin. Each of them look at a stand still, no clear expressions, except for Hunk and Keith(?).

Hunk looks like he's confused maybe, or unsure. And if you think about it, it sort of looks like he's looking at Keith who is smirking. And, to be fair, Shiro is also smiling in the background.

This reminds me of when Hunk became unsure as to whether Shiro was really Shiro or not, when he noticed the differences about him. Possibly, he's the first to notice these things about Keith as well...?

Moving on to this picture, look at everyone's body language and expressions again. Notice that they all look angry and concerned. But as you look, you'll notice that Keith isn't really expressing anything. Hes just sort of watching, with that same look that was described in the other theory. Maybe there was no reason for him to be concerned

Anyway, true or not, thank you for reading! Have a great season eight!

ALSO: I TAKE NO CREDIT FOR THE ORIGINAL THEORY, THESE ARE JUST MY THOUGHTS!!! 💜

[adreamneverends]

After seen a pic of Adam

Shidge and Shatt shippers be like :

Shiro likes glasses type 😋

[falincoded]

S7 Predictions:

- Lance is going to pretend to pick a fight with Keith about Space Dog/Cosmic Wolf trying to eat Kalternecker as a ploy to get Keith to notice him.

- There will be only be one (1) comment about Shiro's hair and it will come from either Shiro himself being self-deprecating or from Matt being like whoa I knew you would be hot as an old man.

- Lance's older sister is going to punch him in the arm when she sees him and then hug him for five minutes.

- Romelle and Allura will bond over weird earth customs. (Coran will accept everything with too much enthusiasm 'who's a good boy? You are!' / 'Coran that's a snake!' / 'i thought it was a dog!')

- Shiro will get hugged by Pidge's mom.

- Either the garrison has declared them all dead or they've been labelled as space vagabonds.

- Lance's character development will involve either him coming to terms with his sexuality or him telling others about it.

- Shiro will be like, oh lol, same.

- The Alteans will be won over in one episode lmfao (even tho that kind of social conditioning literally takes generations to reverse and even then)

- Keith and Krolia on screen bonding!!!

[cheritsundere]

Wonderful things that could possibly be in the first ep of s7 tomorrow!

Lance playing fetch with Cosmic Wolf who now has a name!

Krolia bonding with the rest of Keith' family!

Shiro and Lance having a heart to heart. Bonus points if he says how proud he is; how much he grew while he was gone; he could see it all from inside the Black Lion

Shiro: 'Thank you for looking after Keith, Sharpshooter.'

Lance: 'All in a days work :)'

Hunk (and the team ofc) visiting the Balmera again to get a crystal for the new castle and seeing Shay again!!

Keith: 'So when I focus a lot while fighting, or get angry, I think I grow fangs. And I know I get better vision.'

Pidge and Coran, pulling out scalpels and probes: 'Imma need you to lie down on this table here for a sec Keith, no don't worry the dissection tools are just for show, oh also Lance, say his mullet looks stupid or something. You know. For no reason.'

Allura!!! and Romelle!!! bonding!!!

and by this I mean anything from stories of their family to having a girls day of the mice doing their hair together and painting the others nails

"Hey Man" 2.0; Keith-Fond-Voice Edition 👏👏👏👏

The team roughing it by camping and them telling scary stories around a campfire

10 points if they make space smores

Lance👏 and👏 Keith👏 sparring 👏

'So how was that, Samurai?'

'Not bad, but your stance could need some work'

Cue deja vu for when Allura said the same thing but instead of playfully tripping him Keith walks up behind him and actually fixes his stance

Lance blushes; Keith is Oblivious™

Krolia: 'So, you are Keith's little sister? He has told me that you would be the one to inform me of these things called 'cryptids?'"

Pidge, putting away the scapels and probes, taking out a 300 page journal about Bigfoot

The Resistance helping Voltron since there is no castle rn. Including lots of the minor characters that barely had screentime before like Olia

Lance, Hunk, Allura, Shiro, Coran, and Pidge arguing over the first thing they are going to do when they get to Earth

Keith, in the background with a smile on his face listening to them

'I missed you guys'

[maddiesup]

Okay but am I the only one

Everyone is losing their shit over what ship will become canon and here I am watching the season 7 trailer for the umpteenth time and thinking

WHAT

THE

QUIZNAKING

QUIZNAK

IS

THIS?????

[taffydesu]

We all saw this coming (On Twitter!)

[cryptidmullet]

i see you, i see what youre doing kick.

[anchoredtether]

LOTOR AND THE ALTEANS: A SEASON SIX META

[YARRR THERE BE SPOILERS AHEAD!!! YE HAVE BEEN WARNED]

I WISH NETFLIX WOULD LET ME TAKE SCREENSHOTS!!! So I apologize for the lousy quality because all my pictures I had to either find elsewhere or take with my phone. 

Basically I think there’s a lot more to Lotor’s story, and we may find that everything is different than what we are lead to believe. If interested, delve into the madness below the cut. (there’s also a tl;dr at the end)

Let’s start at the beginning - Krolia’s mission.

Kolivan: This base was, until recently, run by a Galra commander named Ranveig, who was developing a super weapon of some sort. We’re not sure of the weapon’s specs, but we do know that it is incredibly powerful. 

Keith: How did we learn all this?

Kolivan: We have a spy in Ranveig’s camp who’s managed to acquire high-level security clearance. Since Ranveig’s departure, it’s possible she assumed control of the base, but we can’t be sure.

Keith: Why not?

Kolivan: We’re not the only ones who know of the weapon. Two Galra factions, led by Commanders Trugg and Ladnok, are at war over the territory. Since their fighting began, all communication has been cut off. We need you to infiltrate the base, extract our spy, and destroy Ranveig’s weapon.

Krolia explains further:

Keith: What is the weapon exactly?

Krolia: Warlord Ranveig intercepted an undocumented shipment of quintessence traveling through his territory. He took it for his own and began experimenting with it. It’s more powerful than any quintessence we’ve received from the empire, and it has some very unexpected effects.

Krolia: We’re going after the enriched quintessence that created Ranveig’s super weapon. I was with Ranveig when an unmarked cargo ship passed into his region. When we checked it out there was no crew aboard. The ship had been nearly torn to pieces, but inside, a single vat of quintessence remained. It was unlike any other quintessence we’ve seen. 

I’m guessing this was a ship of Alteans who were trying to escape or one of Lotor’s crews that helped with the Altean project (there were other Galra present, at least in Romelle’s recount). I believe the void tore the ship apart, and probably destroyed whoever was on board due to the stretching of space time. This ship could have been from thousands of years ago, or just from a week ago when Krolia discovered it. It’s impossible to tell.

The Altean colony is sketch from the get-go. It’s a synthetic environment (terribly similar looking to Allura’s simulation room where she would speak with her father - who was not real, it was a projection of his memories) within a dusty, abandoned-looking station. If Lotor came to this colony frequently, wouldn’t the station be in better shape? Wouldn’t he have some Galra soldiers stationed there? In Romelle’s flashbacks it shows other Galra assisting Lotor in moving Alteans to the other colony, so we know he didn’t work alone.

Keith also immediately says “What is this place??” When they first enter. 

They walk for a little ways (or maybe a good distance? It’s hard to tell) when Keith stops and says he hears something, and it’s Romelle humming. A convenient way to draw them towards her since she wasn’t sitting right next to the door.

The first we see of Romelle she’s cleaning clothes in the river - something that seems very routine and normal in a real environment. But if this is a synthetic environment like it appears to be, Romelle being there is a major red herring. The ONE Altean who doubted Lotor and the ONE Altean who knew the truth (part of the truth?) happened to be the ONE and ONLY Altean that Keith and Krolia see? 

Either the writers wanted to get to the point and keep the story concise, or Romelle is a conveniently placed trap.

Also convenient that NO ONE was around the hangar where they took the Altean pod? And again, no one was on the moon colony either. Keith and Krolia make moves to stealthily enter as if they’re expecting guards or alarms or something, but it seems abandoned.

Lance: Once they reach the quintessence field, then what? The last time anyone got in there, it turned Zarkon evil.

Shiro: Zarkon fell prey to his own evil instincts. The quintesence field didn’t create them, it revealed them. 

This is important to remember that the first time Lotor went into the quintessence field he didn’t turn evil. He seemed like the normal Lotor we know both when he was in the field and when he returned with Allura. Lotor didn’t snap until his second time in the quintessence field AFTER everyone called him a monster and wouldn’t even pause for one second to hear his side of the story. 

In fact, Allura even mentions how quintessence can’t fall into the wrong hands for evil intentions, and Lotor agrees with her.

Lotor: Readings are beyond anything I could’ve imagined. What we do here today will change the course of the universe forever.

Allura: In the hands of the wrong person, this power could easily corrupt.

Lotor: Together, we’ll see that it never does, and continue the work your father started so long ago.

If the quintessence field is supposed to reveal one’s evil intentions, all it did was reveal Lotor’s good intentions. He also brings this back to Altean Alchemy (mentioning Alfor), which I’ll talk about in a bit.

Let’s hear Romelle’s side of the story:

I come from a planet where there are thousands of Alteans. We have lived there since the war with Zarkon began. ... Every Altean child knows the story of how Lotor saved us from destruction. When Zarkon attacked, many were off-planet on trading expeditions. When news spread about the destruction of our home, those of us who remained went into hiding for deca-phoebs. But Lotor, with his deep knowledge of Altean culture, managed to track some of them down. ... To keep the Alteans secure, Lotor hid them on a remote planet beyond the quantum abyss. ... And over time, the Alteans came to worship Lotor as their savior. Generations ago, in an effort to increase our odds of survival, Lotor announced that he was creating another colony far from our own. But in order to do so, he needed to assess which Alteans were viable candidates to survive the journey. One by one, every Altean in the colony was given a series of tests. Those who were deemed fit for the journey were loaded onto a cargo ship and taken to the second colony. It was considered the highest honor. Any communication between the colonies was strictly prohibited for fear it would compromise the other’s location. This was the world I was born into, one of unquestioning devotion to a supposed messiah. My brother Bandor was always faithful, but I had questions. ... Eventually, Bandor grew old enough to be assessed for the journey to the other colony, and he was selected to leave mmediately. ... My brother was dead. I knew the truth, or at least part of it. But I also knew that no one would believe me without proof.

Let’s hear Bandor’s side of the story:

Bandor: Romelle, you were right. Lotor... the other colony... it’s all a lie...

The only thing we can rule out for Bandor’s statement is that the Alteans on the second colony weren’t there/doing things as Lotor explained. What exactly happened with the colony is still a mystery.

Let’s hear Lotor’s side of the story:

Romelle: Lotor is a monster and has been harvesting Altean quintessence for generations!

Allura: An Altean!

Romelle: [Lotor] killed my brother and thousands of others!

Pidge: Lotor has been lying to us the whole time. He’s a murderer, just like his father!

Lotor: You know nothing about what you speak.

Allura: What are they talking about?

Lotor: Allura, listen to me. I’ve dedicated my life to preserving Altean culture. Now that we have unlocked the quintessence field, all of your people, who would have been hunted down long ago had it not been for my intervention, can live in peace. Were some lives lost in the process? Yes. But they were martyrs to a noble cause. I sacrificed a few to preserve the future for millions. Allura, do not let this ruin everything we’ve worked for. Think of what we experienced in the quintessence field.

Lotor doesn’t deny Romelle’s accusations. He admits that lives were lost, but he emphasizes that it was for preserving Altean culture, and preserving the future for millions. It’s also interesting that he says “I sacrificed a few” as opposed to “a few Alteans died” as a result of failed experimentation or whatever. I think if you were trying to preserve a species and ran tests on them and a few died from random variables, I don’t think you would use the word sacrifice.

When Lotor first sees Romelle, it’s a strange look:

He looks more confused than he does shocked. Even a tad fearful. Keith and Krolia didn’t see any other Alteans besides Romelle. The place where they found her looked abandoned, the inside world looked like a simulation. There might not be any living Alteans left, only the ones left in the cryo-tubes that started to resemble Honerva. If this is the case, Lotor would be wondering who the heck Romelle is supposed to be.

Apparently in the 80s version, Haggar disguised herself as Romelle:

And Romelle may not be like Kuron, a puppet so to speak. She could simply be an Altean from this colony as she so claims, but Haggar could have given her false memories the way she did with clone Shiro. Or she might have been preserved via cryotube from back when there WERE Alteans living in the colony, and was just woken up now that the only Alteans left are the ones on the moon in their weakened near-dead state. She could be telling the complete truth as she knows it, but from what we’ve seen I would say there are no Alteans living at the colony. (I’ll address this more further down)

Also interesting that IMMEDIATELY after Romelle confronts Lotor, there is an alert that his generals (who are now working for Haggar) are attacking and then Shiro gets taken over by none other than Haggar.

Again, either the writers wanted to keep the story concise, or somehow Romelle was used to time the attack perfectly.

Honerva: You’ve continued the work I started all that time ago and have indeed seen it to heights I could have only imagined.

Is she referring to his search for knowledge on quintessence, or did she have something to do with the Altean colony as well? This statement is so vague that it opens many possibilities regarding Honerva’s involvement. The conversation that continues is also interesting:

Lotor: My mother ceased to exist when Honerva drew her last breath. Do not believe for a moment that I would ever accept you as kin. You are an abomination. A twisted perversion of what was once so pure and beautiful. The end is near, witch. I know you can sense it. If you beg for your life now, maybe I will take pity on you when the time comes.

Is Lotor being poetic, or did Honerva actually die? What if she was in the same ill-state as Bandor and all the other Alteans and died, and became the “witch” as she is called - and Lotor started or picked up the project of the Altean colony as a way to figure out why Honerva became the way she is? Maybe even as a way to figure out how to return her back to being Altean?

Allura: Then you’re... half Altean?

Lotor: Yes. It was something the Galra considered a weakness, but I consider it a strength. The union between Zarkon and Honerva sparked a technological revolution within the empire. Even back then, Altean culture was remarkably advanced. The kinds of experiments she was conducting she advanced science by eons. 

Allura: How did Haggar get her hands on this?

Lotor: She was constantly seeking Altean magical knowledge that she could pervert for her own power. There must have been things that she was unable to access.

I think it’s safe to say that it’s possible Honerva started the Altean colony. Perhaps Lotor was trying to right her wrongs. Allura even asks how she got her hands on scientific knowledge, and I think it may be more than simply she was once Altean 10k years ago. She probably learned more from the Altean colony.

I think the Altean colony somehow ties back to Honerva, in one shape or another. Whether she started it or Lotor started it because of what happened to her. I think we’re going to learn more about her and how she ties into all of this, since they focused greatly on her trip to Oriande and how she’s reverting back to her Altean form (I don’t think they would have focused on this unless it was important - course it could just be symbolic that Honerva is gaining more power).

I think this all ties back to Altean Alchemy. 

Lotor: I know you have the power within.

Allura: What if I don’t? ... Coran doesn’t have it, Honerva didn’t have it... The truth is, I may not have his abilities either. 

Lotor: You must. There must be a way to carry on the tradition of Altean alchemy.

Allura: That tradition died along with my planet 10,000 years ago. I’ll never be the alchemist my father was.

Why is Lotor so desperate to have Altean Alchemy? I think it ties into the Altean colony, whether he needs the alchemy to save the Alteans or if he needs the alchemy to further his goal, whatever it may be. At the moment it seems Allura is the only hope for there being Altean Alchemy. 

Back to the quintessence Krolia discovered.

What if the quintessence Krolia describes as “more powerful than any quintessence we’ve received from the empire [with] some very unexpected effects” is somehow a form of Altean Alchemy? Sounds kind of like Voltron when Alfor created it - Voltron was more powerful than anything in the universe, and it had the unexpected side effects of the Lions each having their own life force of sorts. 

What if Lotor figured out how to turn Altean Alchemy into pure quintessence?

He picked out Alteans on the colony based on “certain requirements” - I’m betting it was based on whether the individual had the potential for alchemy. As we’ve seen with Allura and Coran, some Alteans have it while others don’t. Whatever Lotor did with the second colony is still uncertain, but whatever it involved it caused them to have this “Altean sickness” (what I shall call the near-dead state with the elongated markings). I think all the Alteans on the moon colony are still alive, however, merely being preserved.

Romelle is a victim.

I suspect that she doesn’t have the whole story but everything she knows - albeit limited - is truth. I think Honerva is using her to further her agenda. Honerva could have even sought Romelle out, seeing that she had doubts about Lotor and thus would be the perfect one to turn Voltron against Lotor.

I’m speculating that Romelle is the last living Altean from the colony (without the Altean sickness) and that she either:

Was kept in cryosleep and recently woken and placed in the colony for Keith and Krolia to find (Honerva could have tabs on Krolia because she was technically working in the empire).

Is a clone of the original Romelle.

Knowing that Honerva was the one who started project Kuron in the first place, it’s not too much of a stretch to say she cloned Romelle as well.

Considering this was a thing that Voltron deleted shortly after, it may be a hint towards this theory. The binary translated to “Kuron.” Some speculated that this might mean that clone Shiro might come back, or that Lotor might even be cloned (apparently he was in the original), but I think it might relate to Romelle.

TL;DR

In summation, I think that:

The Altean colony is dead (possibly has been for many years now), save for the ones preserved on the moon colony.

There is more to Lotor’s story.

Honerva is tied to all of this.

The quintessence has something to do with Altean alchemy, and both have ties to both Lotor and Honerva’s goals.

Romelle is not a spy, but a victim of Honerva (and possibly a clone).

[tarnishedvampyr]

There’s a rumor about Adam dying...

I’ve seen many people complain about Adam’s “ultimate fate”, and I honestly think there’s a misunderstanding here. But if Dreamworks actually kills Adam but makes Shance/Sheith canon, I’m gonna be all like:

[edgy-cowboy]

PIKACHU, I CHOOSE YOU!

[quackdreams]

So theres a moment in season 7 that has me thinking

I was rewatching some of the episodes of season 7 and in episode 10 I found something interesting. During this part of the episode Shiro talks about how the Paladians can connect to their lions from every where in space. Lance mentions the time where their lions got them when they were lost in space. And this is where Keith says

And it kind of confuses me in a way cause he's not the Paladian of Red anymore. Maybe it was a way of reminiscing or maybe it was a way if telling Lance that Red can save his life. Idk. I just think its weird how he mentions Red and not Black. Idk.

[incorrectvld-quotes]

So because I’m slightly panicking and curious about what will happen in this new season of soul torment, I was wondering what you amazing paladudes want to see in season 7.

In all honesty, I just wanna see Shiro get a new arm, the group stay safe, and *prays to the god of color coding* they get back in their original lions BECAUSE I’M SORRY BUT IT’S BEEN 4 SEASONS AND IT STILL STRESSES ME OUT!!!

[taejoxter-blog]

okay but I can't wait for Shadam fanarts and I HOPE FOR SHADAM REUNION

[ame-on-ice]

what if... what if s7 ends on a cliffhanger like, you know, after all of bonding and fighting, lance saying "i have to tell you something important" to keith completely serious and once he inhales- BOOM! end of s7