I don't even know

“What’s up Beta squad?” Lances cheerful voice came over the com. “We were almost getting worried.”

“We are not Beta squad, Lance,” Keith said tiredly.

“Says who?”

“Says this is how it works. I’m the leader. That makes my team automatically Alpha.”

Lance barks out a laugh at that. “Dude, because I’m suspecting you guys might have had the same kind of loony conversation with your fraction as we did and since I am feeling like super gracious today, I am not going to crack a joke about that.”

“What kind of joke would you even- actually never mind. Please just tell me you got anything workable from your contact with them.”

personally i don't think she would have. she left with the knowledge that she most likely would never see him again. for all purpose and intent it didn't matter, she might as well not have the child for all it changed in her work

(yes keeping keith save and far away from the war was her goal and motivation but since she resigned erself to the rest of her life without him it didn't affect her work with others you know what i mean)

so when keith showed up with the blade at the base he was this dumbass adolescent with an attitude problem that likely stole the blade or something.

trial goes... not great. their base nearly gets destroyed because of him and then the balade transforms.

and we know each transformed blade is unique so kolivan and likely every other senior blade would have immediatelly know that this is krolias blade.

and for kolivan its like.

First time shiro meets him he is this quiet outcast pre-teen that blows any records out of the water... and then proceeds to steal his military issued car

Maybe not the first impression but a very early impression he makes on hunk and lance is terrorizing lance during drills for no reason, getting them all in trouble and then punching a classmate in the face (and preparing to just pummel him even as he is already down)

First time pidge meets him is when he blows shit up, breaks into a secure military facility, beats people up and drives them off a cliff in a high speed chase (and the weird conspiracy sensing energies stuff)

First impression he makes on the red lion is yell-talking at it as if she was somehow slow or stupid, then getting himself spaced from the ship.

And the blade of Marmora? I mean no one made a good impression on ulaz that one time but oh man. Shows up armed when they were told to come unarmed. With a blade from them they can only assume is stolen. That whole trials in which yeah keith was resilient but also dumb. Alliance about to be fucked. Also his lion nearly destroyed their base. Peak first impression.

Even his first impression on acxa too. First meeting in a weblum belly is already bizarre. He does not realize she is galra and helps her. Only then looks closer and realizes she is galra. Ready to fight her. But then decides to work with her anyway. I bet she knew he was a paladin right away. Wondering what’s up with that one.

Don’t think his first meeting with krolia was a bad impression on his part necessarily. But like. he shows up, shit goes all kinds of sideways, krolia is left shocked that her baby somehow ended here when she did everything she could to make sure he would never and literally their first meeting ends them in the quantum abyss for 2 year time shenanigan. What a meeting. Reunion.

Actually romelle too. From her perspective their first meeting was a guy suddenly showing up at her colony that by all means should not be accessible by random people. Dude looks kinda altean but with weird ear, has a weird space wolf and also that’s his Galra mom. After hearing her story about lotor the guy that literally just showed up steals an altean pod with her and flies her away from her colony cult right into… that whole Voltron mess (and honestly romelle is a little insane for just taking the opportunity and rolling with it.)

At least with allura the questionable honor of terrible first impression went to lance.