Voltron Final Season Discussion Post

[erinptah]

Season 8 is out! Who wants to have some discussion about it?

Spoilers in the comments!

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[erinptah]

Onward, through episode 10:

-- The whole recurring theme of "you destabilized our society, promised to help us rebuild, and then disappeared on us" feels like it should be a direct commentary on the US' endless "nation-building." Except that the paladins just keep going "well, we tried our best, and anyway we're back now!", and the narrative seems ready to forgive them.

-- Shiro getting involved in a multispecies alien combat tournament, by his own choice and where it's all for fun and nobody gets hurt, is awfully heartwarming.

-- I honestly don't remember any foreshadowing for the Obviously Evil Dark Glowy Entity that was secretly the Real Reason behind this entire 10,000-year multi-genocidal empire. Actual gap in the writing, or just me being a casual? (I'd go look it up, but I'm still not finished the season and I already got spoiled googling something else.)

-- Mental battle on starlit plains with lots of glowing in thematic colors was really fun to watch.

-- Don't remember any foreshadowing for "the original paladins' spirits were secretly in mental prison this whole time," either. Don't get me wrong, it creates some cool moments and interactions -- but it does feel like a weird turn for Allura's arc to take, all the hard emotional work she's done to accept the loss of her family, and now with 4 episodes to go she gets to hang out with her dad again.

-- I do really like that their mental connection with the Lions has come to the forefront of the plot again.

[enemytosleep]

Dark entity was a big part of the original paladin flashback episode (s3 ep7). Typing on my phone sorry it’s short!