NO LONGER SPOIL FREE BRACE YOURSELVES

Blue is an executive member of the Lance Fanclub 

Hunk and Yellow

Keith and Red

Pidge and Green

I wanted to take a moment and draw the space queen of my heart before the vld staff ruins her.

Because with the effort they have of trying to design female characters with any luck she’ll turn out like this:

Ok. So, I just wanna talk about this for a second. For anyone who doesnt know, this is from the teaser for season 4. It should be on this hellsite somewhere if you wanna watch it, or you can find it on youtube.

Now, if you haven’t seen season 3 yet, you should probably stop reading this, cause I’m gonna mention a few spoilers. There probably not going to be terribly large spoilers, but spoilers all the same. If you’ve seen season 3 or you dont care about spoilers, then read on.

So here’s what I’ve read on what went down at the panel:

1. Season 3 will be 7 episodes long and will air on August 4th while season 4 will be in October. 

On the negative side this means that Shrio may actually be absent for season 3 (yeah, I’m sad too) and that leak we saw back in April may have been a clip from Season 4. But on positive side the wait won’t be that long because season 3 is shorter than what originally thought (13 episodes). It seems like the plan is that as expected, season 3 will focus on the team evolving without Shiro with the cliffhanger being Shiro revealing to be alive somewhere in the universe (there was a teaser of him opening his eyes but I can’t confirm this to be true).

2. We learn more about Prince Lotor

I had to do some googling on Lotor beforehand and in a nutshell he:

-Has a love and hate with his father, Zarkon.

-Is very pro-active. He’s not some guy who sits in a chair and sends minions to do his bidding, he’s comes to you.

-Is a creep when it came to Allura. In the Japanese version it was because she looked like his Altean mother. 

- Has a “girls club” if you get what I mean.

- Despite being a villain he has a sense of honour to him. This means that there are moments where he’s “good”.

-Is Kieth’s rival. If Zarkon is Shiro’s foil then it makes sense for Lotor to be Keith’s due to them now taking over for their missing/comatose leader.

Combining what we’ve learn from past interviews and today’s panel this Lotor is:

-Half Altean. We already knew in the first teaser so it’s no surprise.

-Still maintains his ‘good’ qualities. Whether or not this leads to a redemption arc remains to be seen.

-Won’t be a creep to Allura. A popular theory is that these two could be half-siblings or cousins but even if it’s not true keep in mind that it’s 2017. What was okay in the 80′s is not going to fly in this day and era.

-Has four female generals. I’m not a shipper  but do you think it’s possible that the reason Lotor isn’t interested in Allura is because he’s already in a committed relationship with one of them (or someone that isn’t a general)? If it wasn’t done in the original then why not do it here (As long as it’s well-developed and not the main focus of the story I’m okay with it). It would give Lotor a personal life outside of villainy.

Overall, Lotor does seem to be shaping up into a complex villain.

3. We learn more about Lance and Hunk.

It’s been confirmed that Hunk will be getting development this season because as The Heart of the team, he’s gong to be the one who will try to keep the teams morale up. As for Lance, it turns out he’s the youngest in his family. I’m sensing that this is going to play a part in Lance’s story arc because being the youngest can give you insecurities. 

4. Keith’s origins remains a mystery

I’ve never cared about a character’s ethnicity (and I still don’t because a character’s likability shouldn’t be determined by their gender, race, sexuality, etc) I’ll admit that Keith being the only one out of the Paladins to not have his ethnicity confirmed is odd. We know he’s half-Galra so why not confirm he’s half-human. He’s half-human, right?

……………..Right?!

Lengthy post, mostly because of pictures!

“when the sky falls down

when the birds call out

in the crimson light

like the day has come”