Okay listen up losers I'm about to prove a fucking point.
So my presentation will be about proving season 3 Shiro is a clone and why DreamWorks made it too easy. I rewatched a crapton on episodes to make this, I need to sleep.Ā
If you guys didnāt notice the first thing Clone Shiro, umm wait imma call him Kuro Kuro looks at is his hand and a Galra symbol.
And that in and of itself is a big clue because thereās already a lot of meaning behind that since season 2. In which, Hunk and that team discussed how the arm can be used against them.
Memory is key! How could Galra have Shiroās memories? The arm! Like Hunk said, if it could create memories than itās pretty safe to say it can record them too.
Linking that with the shot of the Galra emblem is a huge deal in symbolism. Trust me Iām an English major, I deal with this shit all the time.
(Iām writing this on my laptop and phone at the same time, godspeed)
Speaking of symbolism, Ulaz made an appearance when Kuro was dazed
(Is that even Ulaz? I canāt tell Iām bad with faces)
This does two things. Reaffirm Kuroās undying trust with his arm, and make a connection with Galra as a comrade. Lemme explain;
During Shiroās āI can suddenly remember shitā scene in season 2? He die-hard believes the memories are his and not a [insert dream here] from Galra, by showing him Ulaz they are trying to recreate that same feeling.
By showing him a Galra (regardless of being evil or not) youāre connecting the dots with trust.
That could be a good reason why the Galra decided to give Shiro a weaponized arm in the first place. Why would they power him up for shits and giggles? Haggard herself even said this:
(Bitch, no thanks.) They wouldnāt have given him a cool fighting arm just so he could be cooler in the arena. Thatās fucking idiotic to arm a prisoner. (sorry)
This wouldnāt even be the first time Haggard had some evil version of Shiro
Remember this scene from season 1? Cuz I sure fucking do.
Speaking of that arm, why would they take it in the first place? Listen, itās already pretty fishy they gave him a super arm but why would they take it at all? Dare I say, D N A ?
This leads me back to this scene here:
Why would Kuro hurt himself? A French term can explain this, āLāappel du videā translation: The call of the void. Basically, your brain is telling you to self-destruct in order to take control of a situation. Ā Now we already discussed how the Galra controls his brain sort of so thatās that.
Now I know what youāre saying: Oh! But thatās so he could close the wound!!
Listen, man, I did training with an Army doctor on quick fixes for medical emergencies. Now Iām not saying Iām an expert cuz Iām not, but if Kuro did that do it to heal himself up it wasnāt done correctly. Or at least done accuratelyā¦. Especially with an unknown power. This might be wrong, it was a brief training, Ā so donāt take this part too seriously.
If youāve ever seen anyone wake up from a long coma, and I mean Ā l o n g Ā coma, they donāt have full feeling in their muscles and tend to fall because they do not have full control of their limbs. Iām assuming by the hair this hasnāt been up and about for enough time to get that effect.
Speaking of hair, yes guys, Kuroās hair is WAY too long to be Shiro.
(Lmao, Shiro/Kuro w/ long hair; hit or miss??)
Kuroās hair shows that he hasnāt cut it in at least 1 Ā½ years. There might not be much context of how long he was missing but Iām sure as hell itās couldnāt be more than a few months since Keith was searching through the Glara rubble.
<Man, all these analytical essays are finally paying off>
Is a big clue. For real why would the Black Lion do that? Send him into more danger? Thatās not right.
Well, guess what, she didnāt.
Remeber this gem? I sure fucking do.
She sent him with someone he trusts, Matt. This really makes sense cuz mATT JUST HASNāT SHOWED UP BUT IS OBVIOUSLY REALLY IMPORTANT *cough* sorry, I donāt know what came over meā¦.
Not only does Shiro trust him but so does Pidge, and I know those two never really had a connection but they kinda all share a state of thought while forming Voltronā¦
So the Black Lion theoretically has seen Pidgeās thoughts and stuff. Theoretically Black has two reasons why to trust Matt.
The Black Lion has so many reasons to send Shiro to Matt and not some Galra base.
This can also help understand why the Black Lion didnāt trust Kuro.
From what Iāve seen (or remember seeing at 4 AM, I havenāt slept in 45ish hours guys, help) all of you guys think that Black knows thatās not Shiro from the Connection they have but that might not be it!
Kuro thinks heās Shiro, he has the same memories, the same body, the same scar on the face! So the Connection can still be there, what he doesnāt have is Matt with him.
Which wouldnāt make sense because Black sent him there, so itās ridiculous cuz āhey I sent you to be with your buddy? Why didnāt you bring him along to see his sister who has been searching for him like crazy???ā
That could be why the Black Lion found Kuro and trusted that was the OG but then changed its mind and was like āno thanksā when she saw Matt wasnt with him.
I mean look howā¦.happy?? She looks when they find him!
Why would that change after the fact? The Connection had to be there in order to sense him in the first place. It just makes sense.
Also look at the symbolism here again:
Kuro is in a Galra ship, itās so subtle you might not even catch it (unless youāre used to over analyzing everything in order to fit 3 more pages into a term paper like me)
Instead of animating Kuro getting physically off the fighter they show them apart, separated from Black. They show him in enemy weaponry. Ā
(Iām getting too into thisā¦)
This is Kuro while heās being cloned
This is Kuro after heās āescapingā
Sounds like the plan was a success, but all that happened was Kuro getting away? I donāt know about you but prisoners stay locked up, unless they arenāt.
They even say Kuroās is approved for Operation Kuron!
Kuro was given that codenameĀ āSubject Y0XT39ā²
But Shiro already had a codename, and it wasnt that.
ItsĀ āPrisoner 117-9875ā²
Subject and Prisoner are two different things and two different codes.
Kuron is already a huge fucking clue. I donno know if you seen this yet but,
Shiroās name is literally White and the opposite is Black or Kuro which sounds a lot like Kuron
If you think thatās just a coincidence then try this:
Just try telling me this isnāt legit?
To add just a bit more, Kuro and Keith clashed a lot while both trying to lead Voltron.
He also made it so Keith looked like a weak leader, which he was not once he got more use to the role.
Appearance wise, Kuro is different from Shiro in a low key way. First off both haircuts he has where different from Shiroās. Theyāre all horrible but thatās a different story.
His cloths is different too, it shows more skin. The sleeve shows his arm and he took off his glove. Symbolically this means he trying to be more open, more free, more approachable.
This would make it easier to give the wrong feeling of trust to the team, which is the plan Kuro was given
*searching through my notes* okay did I miss anythingā¦? Ah Yes!!
When Shiro first meets those two freedom fighters the transmission radio picks of two things; something less important about Lotor and Voltron.
Which one was ignored and which one was heard?
Yes guys, Kuro didnāt even pay attention to Lotor cuz thatās not what he was told to do. He was told to find out about Voltron which, he did.
Also with those freedom fighters, we learn this:
It wouldnāt have been easy to escape injured and tired. When he escaped the first time it was with the help of Ulaz. They didnāt even try keeping him there, he wasnāt restrained and didnāt have any guards. The only thing trying to stop him were those androids they know Kuro/Shiro could easily defeat.
And I think this is the most important thing.
He didnāt finish that sentence.
He didnāt say he wasnāt a traitor.
This concludes my presentation on āProving Thatās not Shiro but Kuro the Cloneā
For my next presentation, I will talk about why we should save Kuro and love him indefinitely
