Galran Conspiracy

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Why Haggar was interested in Shiro

Shiro’s illness

Cloning- mentioned once and never really brought up again

Kosmo

Keith’s turning into a Galra once and ONLY once

How different species are biologically compatible

What the hell are the druids

How Keith could sense Blue

Haggar’s appearing and disappearing maternal instincts

Why aren’t planets round. Moons can be round. Why aren’t planets round???

What Matt saw in Sam Holt’s cell

“Another [human]”- mentioned in the opening minutes and then not a thing since

Lance’s sword

what are the Blue Lion’s preferred Paladin traits

Voltron Coalition’s distrust of working alongside Galra

How Alfor even knew about the Sincline comet

The implied sentience of the MFE ships

Keith’s entire thing on quintessence sensing

What the hell Voltron even is, even the whole ‘universe’s strongest weapon’ got dropped as of, oh, s5

Lotor, how he learnt about alchemy, and really everything about him.

Lance’s insecurities/home sicknesses

Found family plot

Shiro’s life before being a paladin, and his time as a champion.

Shiro. did he hatch from a fucking egg. WHERE ARE HIS PARENTS.

Allura’s quintessence being connected to all the Lions. whatever happened to that

Alfor’s “if all goes well, we’ll see each other again soon” line - did that? ever pan out? or…?

why did the Lions not pick their endgame Paladins back in the pilot if that’s where they were supposed to end up. if Keith’s a better Black paladin than Shiro and Black “believed in him before he believed in himself” why didn’t Black just choose him in the first place

the Lion Switch still makes no fucking sense. where did the hierarchy of Lions come from. how would that even make sense. the OG Paladins were all rulers and leaders how did they get arranged into first-second-third

seriously though what the fucketh happens if the Red Paladin with the fiery temper who relies on instinct isn’t the trusted right hand of the Black Paladin. like this is a mess. it’s a fucking mess my dudes

Allura going from Mystical Princess whose life force is connected to All The Lions to Naive Teenage Girl who can’t fly in a straight line. seriously why. like why

for that matter why did they all struggle so much in early S3 if those were their ~destined~ true Lions like lmao okay just. *rubs temples* *screams into pillow*

the Blade of Marmora. were they just. chilling for 10k years doing jack shit. how did they form? who set that thing up? what did they have spies in central command for? what did the spies do??

seriously those dudes were all like “we just hang out in secret hating the Empire we cannot possibly do anything” like OKAY SO LIKE. WHAT IS YOUR M.O. WHAT DO YOU DO. WHO FORMED YOU. WHO’S IN CHARGE. CAN I SPEAK TO THE FUCKING MANAGER

how did spending 2 years on a space whale qualify Keith for leadership but a lifetime of learning and training was inadequate for Allura to be the one taking charge

what even the fuck was with Shiro’s illness. did he ever tell anyone about it. did it go away.

why did the Black Lion suddenly forget all about Shiro in S7. where did the bond go. i don’t fux with bullshit interviews EXPLAIN IT IN THE FUCKING TEXT YOU COWARDS

did JDS draw that blush on Allura’s cheeks in S7 with a sharpie

bonding with the Lions. remember when that was all mystical and about connecting to the element of the Lion. what happened to that. why did Pidge get that one storyline about it and then Shiro in the astral plane but no one else ever did

why is Keith’s quintessence still red and Lance’s still blue and they’re supposed to be “mirrored in their Lions” but they’re not

who would win 10,000 year old super-powerful quintessence zombie vs. one pointy boy

are there just like. 1000s of random Shiro clones roaming the universe now. just chilling in tubes. like what.

HOW? DOES? MAGIC? WORK? you cannot fucking have a science fantasy world feel compelling and real if you can’t even be bothered to map out a functional magic system. like does Allura just get power ups whenever it’s convenient

if Allura is supposedly “the heart of Voltron” why isn’t she in the Black Lion, since that forms the torso/heart of Voltron. yes i’m still salty about Allura not being in Black I ALWAYS WILL BE

whatever the fucketh happened to Allura’s ability to supercharge Voltron

why did Allura have to die seems fake but okay

WHY THE FUCKETH. did the Galra empire offer Keith the role of Emperor. i’m pissing this is the dumbest fucking bullshit i’ve ever heard. lmao WHY. WHY THAT DUDE. FUCK.

For that matter, how was Lotor’s plan to provide infinite quintessence and make the Galra peaceful by taking away the supposed material need for conquest going to address the cultural aspect? As badly as Lotor’s plan went, I don’t believe he’s stupid enough or naive enough to overlook that part.

Keith and Krolia spent a lot of time with Romelle (the exact timeline was not super clear to me) and yet once they rejoin the other paladins, they don’t speak to each other and have no relationship whatsoever.

Shiro’s relationships with any other lead characters in s7 and s8.

Why are they called Paladins? That usually carries a very specific connotation…

Coran uses the term “Sacred Altean” to refer to Allura and Alfor. …but there’s no follow up on that.

What determines who’s “worthy” to enter Oriande? I mean, I know it’s the Guardian, but what is the Guardian looking for? Why is Lotor worthy when, presumably, Haggar/Honerva wasn’t (seeing as how she apparently disabled and ensnared the Guardian)?

How come Honerva used those dark rift beasties to “enslave” all the other Alteans but apparently not her second-in-command (who later whips around and attacks her when she realizes they’ve been duped)? 

the opening shows Allura highlighting an entire field of enemy ships and Coran pushing a button - the Castle does a light show and everything blows up. WHY DID WE NEVER GET TO SEE THAT?! 

Allura says the Arusians are the first race in “the Voltron Alliance” - a term we never hear used again. I assume the Alliance are like “yay Voltron” and the Coalition are more like “We will FIGHT with Voltron”? But…?

At the end of s1, Red sprouts a huge-ass cannon on its back because Keith yelled a lot. We finally did get to see it again in season 8, but… where the hell was it all the rest of the time? 

Like… how tf do genetics work in Voltron? How does Galra chick + Human dude = Keith who looks entirely human but Galra dude + Altean chick = a purple Altean (Lotor)? (And meanwhile Allura looks like a freaking clone of her mom.)

How it’s possible for random mechs to just smoosh together and make a new mech all of a sudden? I’m not talking about the Lions forming Voltron; I’m talking Voltron + Atlas and Sincline mech + Honerva’s mech.

Balmeras can teleport apparently? wtf?

How did Lotor’s generals find Sendak? He was dumped into a random part of space. Is there a tracker in his arm? What’s the range on that thing?

Sam and the Garrison apparently built the Atlas to shapeshift? Like…?

They go into Honerva’s mind… but it’s apparently the Lion Spaces? How? What? Also, how did Honerva trap Alfor’s soul when, as far as we’ve seen, Zarkon faced Alfor alone in single combat and killed him?

Why did Lotor send his generals to the Ulippa System to steal the giant teludav lens (apparently from Haggar). What was he using it for?

Why was Axca collecting scaultrite inside the weblum? What was Lotor going to use THAT for??

What was the “pure strain” of quintessence (aka: the Altean body harvesting quintessence) being used for?

How did the aforementioned quintessence create Ranveig’s creature? 

What was really going on with the second Altean colony?

How was Bandor able to escape? How was he even able to pilot a pod?

How the hell did Romelle even know what Lotor’s fighter ships looked like?

We know Lotor has been through the Quantum Abyss so he MUST have had visions of the past and future. Did that affect his decision making going forward at all?

The role the Rift Creatures played in corrupting/manipulating resurrected Zarkon and Honerva (and possibly Lotor) is NEVER discussed. 

Also they mention that newborn Lotor has the same “energy signature” as evil Zarkon and Haggar (implied to be the Rift beings), but this is never explained further and literally never mentioned again.

The paladins never acknowledge that they royally fucked up the universe by killing Lotor. Like, they fucked up SO BAD, it’s astounding.

Also never acknowledge how Alfor’s decision to sacrifice Altea for “the good” of the universe is, in essence, the same exact decision Lotor had to make with the Altean Colony (albeit, on a much smaller scale). 

Is Romelle’s only point to get Lotor out of the way so A//urance can happen? 

Who was Lotor’s “secret team”?

Why was Lotor, who hated and didn’t trust the Galra, working with Galra medical officers on the colony? 

How could Bandor fly a ship when Romelle literally said they could not.

Rift creatures

How can Keith and Lotor never once have a conversation? 

Why did the paladins ignore the fact that all of them would be death repeatedly without Lotor?

When did Allura go from being upset Lance liked her and then kissing Lotor even while knowing that, to realizing that Lance was the one she loved? Since I sure didn’t see it on screen. 

A lot of my questions have been mentioned above, but here are some more: * the whole timeline of the colony, from its founding to the moment Romelle runs into Keith and Krolia; it literally just makes no sense of how and when and in what sequence things took place * where did the Altean mechs that Honerva was using come from? did she make them herself? were they lying dormant on Oriande? did Lotor make them and they were just hanging out in the colony? (maybe I missed this, season 8 was really hard to follow) * what are the rift creatures? are they there to guard the infinite quintessence so no one can take it all for themselves? are they creatures that have been trapped there intentionally in order to prevent them from causing horrible destruction (and if so, by whom? the Altean “creators”? the white lion? someone else?)? are they sentient creatures with an agenda (like the homunculus in a flask from Fullmetal Alchemist) or just galaxy parasites? Like… what?!?!?! * did the energy crisis happen after Honerva and Zarkon got zombified, or was it an ongoing pressing issue before that? As in, were the original paladins specifically searching for a new energy source? Or is the Galra Empire in this critical state because they came to depend on it for everything and to sustain their own lifespans? * how is Shiro holding up mentally? He’s got his original soul + Kuron in there. Does he have doubts? Does he second guess himself? Does he have nightmares? Are the two consciousnesses clashing inside him, or did they come to some kind of peace/agreement? * why did no one on Earth question the paladins for their actions? I’m not even talking about Lotor, I’m talking about putting Earth on the radar of an extremely violent group of alien life forms that didn’t know shit about the planet before this group of teenagers went meddling off in space. Why was no one angry??? * Keith and Krolia ended up finding the colony while they were on a BoM mission, from Kolivan, their leader, to track the source of the new quintessence. WHY DIDN’T THEY EVER REPORT BACK TO HIM ABOUT THE FINDINGS OF THEIR MISSION????? Especially prior to bringing a stranger on board the Castleship, but don’t even get me started on that.

Also, I did some rewatching, and I think I can now answer two questions: 

One, what Matt saw in the cell was: nothing. I think his shocked expression was meant to convey that it was just another empty cell but, being the very last cell, it meant that his dad was not in the prison as promised and his expression was supposed to show his disbelief and dismay. I totally thought he saw something horrible, though, the first time I watched, so they just didn’t do a very good job at getting their intent across.

There were some good ideas but as it went on it felt more and more like they were just throwing things at the wall to see what stuck - and what would look cool so they could market toys and merch and make a profit. After the writers quit/got fired/whatever the fuckery happened nothing was cohesive or even halfway to sensible story-wise.

I really think a lot of the ideas and mentions of things brought up in earlier seasons were meant to be expanded on as the show developed, but without the writers there to guide it, everything just went to shit.

My fellow Kacxa fans, I apologize for posting this so late and practically last minute. Last month I had gotten sick with Covid even with my three vaccines and it literally took a lot out of me, my exact wording was “I feel like Godzilla bitch slapped me into the path of the Enterprise,” I still don’t feel 100% yet, so during this time of year, take care of yourselves!

So when I started putting this together, I tried to pick the best prompts out of the ones I got but there were so many fantastic prompts I received so I decided to put them in the “Extra Optional Prompts” section.

I look forward to seeing what everyone comes up with!

So September is right around the corner which means Kacxa Week will shortly follow. That being said ideas for prompts is needed, about 18-24 please. The plan is to get enough prompts so that we can vote for the best ones when the week is finally upon us. If there are any tie results they will be optional extra days!

Keith! How did you get here so fast?