Reflection and Analysis

Voltron - Season 7 - 8/21/18

Note - Apparently I posted this to the wrong book.

My reflection upon seventh season is coming late.

First off, are they going to reveal Shiro and Keith as biological siblings? Given we only have one season let, I'm going to say not likely. There's oddly enough a chance they may squeeze this in due to the fact there is a lot going on off screen, but that's no guarantee. My point is, they took time revealing what dynamics of the relationship they did, so it isn't out of the question there isn't more not yet revealed. Chances are though super slim. The fact they're not biological siblings though doesn't mean they're not siblings.

Second, there was honestly nothing I didn't expect in this episode except possibly the ship tease between Lance and Allura, but also Keith and Acxa. More on that in a bit.

A lot of people are picking up on the Robotech/Macross Saga references in the last season. Except, I noticed them all the way back in season one and knew they'd be throwing in more. Because, you know, both series were released by the same company over in Japan, yet GoLions got canceled prematurely, yet we still got a crossover in the comics meaning they are linked somehow.

I'm not surprised Adam died. As others have pointed out, this doesn't make Shiro any less of a representation. Actually, I'm not surprised Shiro was the representation given the fact he was the character who in GoLions received the least amount of screen time, but there are some fans who've read the comics and suspected Sven was LGBT – only they couldn't openly go that route. He wasn't strictly only into males though, given his relationship with Romelle.

I'm also pleased with how it's presented in the show. I believe – since this is a children's show – that there are two ways of going about introducing LGBT subject matter. Either you are upfront and have it in the show from the get go like Steven Universe does, or it's something which remains subtle.

One of the reasons parents get upset about LGBT content being in children's cartoons comes down to the parents depending on knowing what's in it so they can make the best decision whether the series is appropriate for their children. A few people will scream, but that's not right for that parent to censor their children's knowledge, so it's a form of homophobia. Except that's not what's going on.

Parents are a better judge of when their children are ready for certain content than outsiders to the family, but to assume all children are ready at the same time is faulty logic. Some kids for example think kissing anybody like Lotor and Allura did is gross, so why insist they must also see the LGBT version of said kiss. Putting something in subtly still allows parents to talk about the subject with their kid, if the kid notices.

Now onto the Lance/Allura and Keith/Acxa.

I am going to admit that these two pairings are a possible end game for the show as this season did set up the pairings in the simplest of terms – someone said they should be a pairing.

However, that's also no guarantee either. Look at Hunk and Pidge for whom Pidge's father said something similar. From the looks of how Shay showed up at the end of this season, the staff are likely still leaning towards him being paired up with Shay. Of course, one could argue that the set up for the two pairings mentioned above is also set up in the narrative.

Possibly.

Or the VLD staff could turn everything on their heads.

Specifically, I'm not fond of pairings where other characters tell the characters they should be together. These pairings always came across as forced. Plus, there are a few things which don't add up.

First, romantic attraction isn't the only way you can interpret the relationships. As I've seen someone else point out, Lance's sister doesn't know Allura well enough to know whether she has feelings for Lance or not, but she does know her own brother. There are other reasons Allura may have been blushing. She could have blushed because she interrupted an intimate time for the two siblings, OR she might not realize Vanessa is Lance's sister. This is the beauty of not knowing what has or hasn't been said off screen.