#honverva

Villain couples are perfect when done like this.

The fact that Zarkon did everything in his power to save his wife, even dying together-- My god, my heart swelled up.

OH MY GOD I HAVE BEEN SCREAMING ABOUT IT FOR A GOOD 24 HOURS NOW!

There was definitely a part of me that really wanted them to have been in love, but DW took that and ramped it up so hard. I am having such a wonderful time reading all the theories and parallels that people are drawing after watching s3, and it’s so good. 

Honest to goodness, the last thing I wanted to believe was that Zarkon was your typical 2-dimensional flat villain. Hyperfocused on power and the Black Lion and nothing else. The first two seasons gave us little hints that there had to be a reason why he was constantly defending Haggar and choosing her decisions over that of his commanders. it said a lot. Now that I know what happened to both of them, their actions make so much more sense and Zarkon literally does not have a mind to know anything other than his lust for quintessence and his lion -- and also still to keep Haggar at his side. 

I loved young Zarkon! And he was so smitten for Honerva. It was so damn precious.

An Au where Honerva doesn’t loose her memories, and rules at Zarkon’s side,as he his Witch Empress. An Au, where Lotor is not genocidal manic. I mean the whole he was experimenting on Alteans this whole time, is definitely a Zarkon thing to do. Not someone who did everything in his power to preserve Altea. 

She feels sick, and her heart aches, seeing her son in his chains, but it had to be done, for Lotor refused to heel, he fought, screamed, kicked, shouted, bit, and struggled and strained at his binds like a man gone mad. His mane wild much like his eyes, as he lundged himself at the guards who tired to lead him to the flagship.  

“Lotor, please calm yourself.”

“He slaughtered them! They were innocents! Women, Children! They harmed no one!”

“Your father did what had to be done,Lotor. Please, understand that.” she rebuffs him as calmly as possible.

“Understand,” it’s a whisper “Understand! IT WAS MINDLESS SLAUGHTER! A POINTLESS ANNIHILATION OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATION!”

“Lotor-

“He destroyed what remained of Altea! He destroyed my people, your people!”

“They are my people no longer! All them Alfor, the rest, all fools! Do you not understand, My Lotor, what would have become of the universe, if we had listen to them! Our empire wouldn’t be what it is today, if it weren’t for my research, your father, and quitensence that fills our very beings!” she gently cups his cheeks, her gaze soft, and delicate,as she regards her only son, though in a irate state-he would soon understand. “ Sacrifices must be made to ensure the future of our empire, My Lotor, not matter how many, not matter the cause, regardless of who, it must be done. As future Emperor you must understand this, that you mustn’t show mercy to those that oppose you.”  

Lotor doesn’t answer, in fact his face is vacant of any emotion she could define, but his cobalt eyes bore into hers.

Though, he’s stopped his childish struggling, she can help, but be weary.

Even the way he breaks down at the end, it was completely chaotic. We’ve seen Zarkon break down to the point of being enraged, but he still was true to himself and his ideals (wrong and toxic as they were). We’ve even seen him when he was desperate, prior to being turned undead, when he was clinging onto what he believed was the only way to save Honerva from death. He did lie to his friends to get what he wanted, however it was in a situation that either this was going to work and he could clear the air later, or he was going to go down with the ship (he went down with the ship).

But Zarkon lying and hiding things is nothing compared to Honerva/Haggar’s ability to keep secrets. Honerva was the one that did all the research on the rift and quintessence, it was her knowledge and even in her feverish state it was  her idea to go into the rift in the first place. Zarkon had to find a way to make that happen, and the only way either of them knew how was with Voltron. 

Haggar had her spies and her puppets, that Lotor despised and yet he too manipulated everybody around him. Haggar was the one doing experiments with quintessence on the Galra and on other life forms. Lotor was experimenting as well on the Alteans. Haggar was so good at hiding things she hid them in plain sight, even herself. Lotor had to find a hole in time space to hide what he was doing, and was living a double life of his own.