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]

Through the end! (And now I've read the whole megathread on FFA too, heh.)

-- The whole "oops, we're destroying entire realities at the source every time we swing and miss" battle was so nerve-wracking. I feel like the writers knew they'd be fixing it eventually, so they didn't treat that incomparable scale of death with the gravity it called for.

-- Allura ascending to another plane of existence in order to save the multiverse is...not as bad as a traditional "takes a bullet to save a friend" kind of sacrificial death, but still awfully depressing. I'd be much happier if we'd just gotten some Madoka-esque sense that the spirit of Ascended Allura is watching over the paladins, not to mention the restoration of her people.

-- A roundup of all the shots that Shiro's husband appeared in. (Season 7 as well as 8!) It's a different design than we saw in the leaks -- wonder if the revision was planned, or if the post-leak outcry over "what, Shiro's marrying some random guy we've never seen before??" led them to redraw the husband as one of the established bridge-bunnies. I do like this better, although it's a shame they didn't also manage to squeeze in any...you know...buildup.

-- I'm cool with all the other paladins' endings. They all fulfill their dreams in ways that make sense for their characters, and it's great that they stay friends as the years go on.

-- Also great: how hard it leaned on the general themes of intercultural diplomacy, celebrating diversity, how "a misguided sense of self-preservation" can lead whole societies violently astray, and how we're Stronger Together. Listen up, next generation.

-- I have zero complaints that the show ends with a gay wedding, and the last shot is an m/m kiss. The creators wanted to get a finale same-sex kiss on Legend of Korra in 2008, they weren't allowed, but ten years later (and in the wake of all the road-paving Rebecca Sugar fought for with Ruby and Sapphire) they finally had a chance to make good.