that was all you

and if allura decides she wants to beat lotor’s ass, he’ll happily sit back and point at allura in awe and say, “look at her! that’s my beautiful girlfriend beating up a piece of crap!!! she’s so strong wow i’m so lucky”

im gonna rb w my own tags bc really, what moral dilemma did he face that has supposedly “redeemed” him? his motivation for joining the paladins was self serving (bc he had nowhere else to go) and he killed one of his subordinates and friends while he did it. after joining the paladins he’s only tried again and again to have them aid him in his quest for power (getting the galran throne, getting unlimited quintessence, getting secrets to altean achemy from oriande). what has he done to aid the war effort? how many planets has he liberated from oppressive galran rule? what measures has he taken to reinstate freedom on the parts of the galran empire that are currently under his rule? 

his pitch has always been that he’s been a “nicer” oppressor and he’s used his altean heritage and his and allura’s father’s friendships to get on allura’s good books. he hasn’t had a redemption arc and it’s baffling to me that yall think that what, just bc he gave the paladins info on strike missions while he was in captivity and trying to gain their trust that he is trustworthy?