Say what you want, but I honestly feel bad for Lotor as a character. He did everything he could (or thought he could) to not be like Zarkon and Haggar, yet he ended up with the same fate as them, worse even.
As for whether his feelings for Allura were genuine, I think they were. 1) That kiss (and that almost kiss) canāt be faked. 2) He didnāt want to attack her. 3) Axcaās expression confirmed that as well. 4) The way he reacted to hearing Allura say heās just like his father just shows how deep that cut. This is someone whoās heard his entire life that heās not worthy, that heās weak, yet always managed to keep going. He definitely wasnāt able to do that in this situation. It says enough.
I do hope Haggar/Honerva brings him back from the Quintessence field, since she does care for him and since she was able to bring herself back to her normal state (even more so with her newfound abilities from Oriande).Ā
His arc canāt leave at that.
I wish Lotor could redeem himself in some way. But that wonāt happen, because there is no coming back from that colony reveal. (I actually just wish that whole colony plot was written differently.)











