#vld thoughts

Oh, I have so many of them, but I’ll share the ones I like most! (I’m sticking to the general headcanons for now, but if you’re interested, I’d love to do a post focused on individual Lions later. )

Quick note: I’m coming from the perspective that the Lions are at least partially sentient beings.

1. The Lions are fueled not just by quintessence, but by their element.

They basically run on two kinds of energy: physical (quintessence) and spiritual (their element). Quintessence powers things like flying, firing, and forming Voltron. But their elemental energy is more like their soul. That’s why they were “asleep” on planets where their elemental energy was strongest. I even have a small theory: over 10,000 years, most of the Lions eventually processed the loss of their first paladins — except the Black Lion. Since she was sealed inside the Castle of Lions, she couldn’t fully let go of her connection to Zarkon. She never had a chance to move on.

2. The Lions didn’t have personalities at first.

Everything they are now comes from their bond with the paladins. The first generation laid the groundwork — like the Blue Lion’s playfulness or the Red Lion’s stubborn streak. The second generation (our paladins) added the finer details. That’s why the Lions often feel somewhere between teenagers and adults in terms of personality. They literally grow up with their paladins, picking up their habits, decisions, and emotional responses along the way.

3. They have a shared connection — beyond their individual bonds.

If one Lion goes down, the others feel it. And it’s not just a “huh, something’s off” kind of thing — it’s a full-on emotional blow to the chest. The same goes for the paladins. If a paladin dies, the Lions experience it not as “death” in a human sense, but as a deep wound. Because paladins aren’t just pilots — they’re literal extensions of the Lion itself. Losing a paladin is like losing a part of yourself.

4. The Lions have a very specific priority system.

Me, broke: Voltron is over, Klance ain't canon

i’m probably reading into it way too much, but i was talking with @kalinspace about this and IT SURE SEEMS LIKE this is yet another metaphor for Lance’s romantic endgame...

ahem. the heart, you say?

oh man.

Lance describes Allura’s role on the team right before this line. he says, “There’s a reason the Blue Lion chose you. You’re the one who brought everyone together.” 

so calling her the heart makes sense: Lance believed that she was the one who brought them all together, like a heart holds a body together, in a way. Allura and Blue are the figurative heart of Voltron, according to Lance.

but Keith and Black, as the handbook says, are the literal heart of Voltron. Black is the lion that literally takes up the head and body portion of Voltron, which includes the space where the heart would be if Voltron was a living being jsjskdlsdjs.

the thing is, this is all and well, but it doesn’t explain why that exact term was used for both of them. Keith and Allura were both referred to as the heart of Voltron. not the center, not the body, no. the heart. which brings us to the important fact that:

hearts are synonymous with love and romance.

and when Lance said this in season 4, he thought he loved Allura. telling her that she and Blue are the heart of Voltron is strange, because if you remember way back to the first episode of the show, Allura never got to describe the Blue Lion; Lance insisted on talking over her.

um, yeah, sorry Lance, that’s not why the Blue Lion chose you. Coran and the paladins didn’t “write” the handbook until after season 6, so unless Lance went up and asked Coran or Allura about the characteristics of the Blue Lion by season 4, what he said during the battle on Naxzela was not factually accurate. Lance thought that Blue/Allura was the heart of Voltron at the time. no one told him that, he came to that conclusion all by himself. 

Lance thought Allura was the heart, but then by this scene in season 6,

he accepted that she wasn’t for him.

and he didn’t know that Keith was the true heart of Voltron, just as he hasn’t quite yet realized he has feelings for Keith.

Lance still liked Allura throughout season 7, but he was actively trying to get over her. he knew she didn’t feel the same way. she had chosen Lotor over him, several times.

yet somehow, Allura suddenly started to return his feelings, towards the end of season 7.

and as Kal ever so kindly pointed out to me earlier, this episode is called THE HEART OF THE LION jkdksldkl and it was chock full of both klance and allurance moments.

i mean, in addition to that one, there’s:

flaming bi colors, Lance focusing on Keith despite Pidge being right there.

trying to deny his obvious attraction to Allura when Veronica brings it up.

and (my personal favorite) Keith yelling out for him more loudly and desperately than the others when he almost died, and this being enough motivation for Lance to come to his senses and keep fighting.

so yes, this episode is full of romantically coded moments, and is called The Heart of the Lion. i don’t know about you folks, but it seems obvious to me that the lion in the title is Red, specifically, since the episode mostly revolves around Lance and his feelings for the people he cares about. they could have called the episode anything they wanted, but they chose to connect Lance and Red to love, and they used the word ‘heart,’ yet again, to describe a member of Team Voltron.

but by this episode, Lance was trying to get over Allura, he had accepted that he had to move on. and as of the end of season 7, i don’t think Lance truly knows who he wants to be with.

he wanted Allura, but he will soon realize (along with his bisexual crisis) that the person he needs is Keith. Lance has shown that he loves both of them, whether he sees it himself or not.

the three of them have been connected to hearts and love, and there’s no way that’s a coincidence. Lance is the heart of the Red Lion. he cares for many people and has lots of love to give, but he still needs someone who loves him back. 

and Allura, he did love her, but he’s realized that she isn’t for him. he thought she was the heart of Voltron, but she isn’t.

It’s not Allura, it’s Keith. 

⌛️ Speed Paint: Here 

Where was Lance's broadsword?

Where was the acknowledgement that he DIED?

Where was the rest of the development with Veronica and Acxa?

Where was Lance's arc?

Where was Shiro meeting and falling for this new mystery man?

Why was Allura so aggressive?

What happened to the MFE pilots?

Why did Lance stay on Altea after spending YEARS missing earth?

Why did Allura have to die?

What about Lance having an endgame?

Why was Lance holding the LGBT sign with Shiro?

Where was Keith interacting with Krolia or Kolivan?

Where is the acknowledgement that Keith was going to sacrifice himself for the team?

Why did Hunk get almost no screen time?

How did Lance just magically become Altean? Shouldn't that have happened when Allura brought him back to life?

What about Lotor?!

Vld, you let me down in so, so many ways. It's not even about the ships. It's about the characters I love getting no development. It's about all the great plot points you brought up and swept under the rug. It's about your useless filler episodes when there's so much more plot to be addressed. You had so much potential to go out with a bang and you wasted almost the entire season on pointless build up and then resolved the main conflict by having Allura touch Honerva once. To say I am disappointed is an understatement. I dedicated so much of my heart to these characters and their stories and clearly I, and the rest of the Fandom, love them more than you ever will. So they'll live on in fanon, where they'll get the treatment they deserve.

I believe she’s right, you don’t need someone on your arm to state your lgbt, just because their partner is not there doesn’t mean they stopped being who they are and I think she was talking about Shiro~

Hes still our Shiro and still gay, btw~ the rep never went anywhere. BUT BONUS! Bex also mentioned that Acxa and Keith are not a couple. So in my head I’m like YES!! 😂

Mainly for a different reason, don’t get me wrong still a fan of Klance but for someone cool like Keith to have a warrior buddy like him who is Acxa, is ultimate woman identity respect because hey?? Women also know how to be badass and Acxa is just awesome like that ❤️