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I've seen a lot of people saying that Allurance is feeling forced to them. And it did, too, at first to me because I admittedly dont like the trope of hey girl falls for the bad boy who breaks her heart and suddenly she's in love with the one she had been friendzoning all along and we just cured the "nice guys finish last" problem. That's not what happened, though. Or what is happening. Because, yes, Allura is showing signs that she's starting to see Lance as a love interest, only after Lotor broke her heart. Which makes Lance feel like a rebound, right?

But you guys are acting like she's suddenly going to proclaim her undying crush for Lance from one second to the other completely out of the blue? Were you all so blinded by hoping kl/ance would happen and ignored all the building up to allurance? Do you think that low of Allura??

Because, did you expect her to fall in love with Lance from the very start? If yes, you guys seriously missed Lance's character development, as much as it wasnt all that screen-centric as, for example, keith's or allura's. Lance, as much as I love him, was a flirty little loser at the start. As he said, just a boy from cuba, what could he have to offer a space princess? Nothing. At least he hadnt had anything to offer her at the start. Because he didnt really truly care about Allura at first, he just saw a pretty girl and thought hey I want that. He had no idea who Allura was but a pretty girl. And Allura rightfully kicked his butt at his attempts of flirting. Because Allura isnt LOOKING for love. And she had no obligation to giving Lance a chance and wouldnt because she's Allura and not another girl character.

But he's had a lot of time to get to know Allura and his crush didnt go away but grew by getting to know how awesome she is and seeing her growth and improvement of herself. As Lance says, he's never met a girl like Allura and he's never felt for anyone like he felt for Allura. Which, you could just brush off as heterosexual bullshit or "yes, duh, because youve never met a space princess", or you could take your head out of your ass and take it seriously. Because, in a space war, Allura isnt like any girls Lance has ever met. Because Lance has fought for her, fir her cause, by her side. They've grown a friendship even, somehow, because of that, as its bound to happen when your life and the fate of the universe depend on itand you spet pretty muh every day together.

And, yes, Lance's crush could have faded and he could have started seeing her as a sister when he got to truly know her, but his crush stayed because that's also something that could realistically happen and you all would be all over it if it were kl/ance instead of "heterosexual bullshit".

And, yes, Lance is swooning over Allura more than ever, which is a good thing, as annoying as it is when you want more Lance development, but demanding differently is misinterpreting Lance and have you guys never had a hardcore crush on someone?! Like, really hardcore when you were like 15? Because I did. And I behaved exactly like Lance. The girl I had a crush on was my friend and I behaved exactly like Lance. I puppy-trailed after her, I talked about her nonstop to my other friends, and my entire world just completely surrounding around her. And yes it was as annoying to my friends as it was for us watching Lance swoon over Allura. Because we arent in love with Allura. Lance is. Maybe it's also a thing for romantic people like Lance and me or maybe its even a latino thing, who knows. Maybe it's a bisexual thing hahaha either way, Lance's obsession with Allura is very accurate to what it feels like to be in love with someone.

And adding to that, Lance is acting as he should. When he hugged Allura after they found out Lotor had been doing some really terrifying stuff in the name of preserving Altean culture, Lance didnt say "Yeah he was a dick" or "I told you so" or "I didnt trust him at the start" or "yeah you should have been with me instead" like Allura expected him to and like a dick would react. No, Lance is a decent human being and was being his sweet, understanding and caring self and hugged her and recognised that Allura felt like it was her fault alone for trusting Lotor and instead attempted to soothe it by saying that it wasnt only her being deceived by Lotor. It wasnt only her. Lance might not have liked Lotor because of his jealousy but he never really said hey Lotor is evil we shouldnt trust him. At least not when he was already way too ingrained amd had actually proven himself to the group. Instead he just tried to desperately keep them from being alone like a desperate person with their heart breaking would do. And when he saw it was a losing battle he left and went to sulk instead of getting amgry or anything. Or sabotaged their date like mean people would do. Lance is an actually nice guy, y'know?

And Allura? If she starts showing interest in Lance now it's not because "it was bound to happen" due to "heterosexual bullshit". It's because she saw Lance grow from a prissy loser to a really great fighter, a hero, and a great guy. She's going to see that he changed. That he's more than just his attempts to flirt with her. Something that she had dismissed because his first impression was pretty damn awful so any attempts at flirting, even later on when Lance's crush wasnt vain but true, were linked back to vain flirting instead of seeing them for what it was. Expression of his true feelings for her in the only way he knows, flirting.

And I dont expect Lance to blatantly start flirting with her now that Lotor is out of the way. I think the writers are more capable than that. After Allura's heartbreak I think if Lance is going to attempt to flirt with her its going to make her sad and he'll back off if he notices. And if they write Allura dealing with her heartbreak (as they should) it will hopefully ne Lance helping her deal with it rather than take advantage of her vulnerability. You know, like a real friend would do. Because Lance is a friend first and foremost who just happens to also have a hardcore crush. And if they get together its because Lancr has proven himself and actual good human who Allura is going to give a chance because she sees that instead of "oh this boy was interested in me all along so i must give him a chance". And if the writers do it differently, I have faith in them enough to see where they lead it instead of dismissing it as heterosexual bullshit on default.

And if Lance and Allura do end up together, I think it's gonna be with a build-up and I really hope you guys can get past your kl/ance-goggles to see it instead of willingly dismissing everything the writers attempt to make Allurance make sense. As rocky as the start was, it can still be done right if the writers put the effort in. Because as much as the parallels to forced heterosexual romances in media, especially kid's cartoons, are there, this is not one of them, at least not yet.

And, man, I dont even ship Allurance. And I used to be a really hardcore kl/ance shipper too, and I didnt like Allura at the start and she's still not my favourite character, and I used to stan Lance with my whole heart and get really angry that Lance was reduced to his crush. Except that then I realised that he wasnt, I was just upset because kl/ance would obviously never happen and Lance's crush on Allura wasnt going away and I sat down to enjoy the series anyway and recognise what it was doing right instead of letting my prejudices on heterosexual relationships in media get in the way.

And, no, Im still not going to enjoy Allurance much because I dont ship it. And that's fine. Because despite it I can still recognise it's legitimacy.

And yes I love Lance, still, and I wished we could see more of Lance's other sides and more of Lance in the spotlight, but I'm also not gonna deny that his feelings for Allura are part of his character. And I'm not gonna deny canon Lance just because he doesnt fit my expectations or wishes for his character. I'm not saying Lance IS only his feelings for Allura, but Lance is the type of person that loves with his whole being. And although I wished it would have been towards a guy and in the past I wished it would have been towards Keith, I'm not going to get angry at it just because its towards a girl, towards a character I dont care about as much, because I know that if it would have been towards keith i would have been delighted. So I'm trying not to be a hypocrite.

And, in conclusion, if you're still angry about Allurance then so be it. If you're angry because you wanted kl/ance then fine. If you're actually going to leave the fandom and abandon the tv show then go on. But maybe in the future try to see things for what they are instead of with crazy shipping goggles and maybe try to see relationships for what they are instead of "ahhh my gay babies" and "cishets are evil on default".

I'm just angry at people reducing Lance to kl/ance.