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Warning: VLD Season 6 Spoilers under the cut.

Seeing Voltron Season 5, we all know the sequence of events that occurred within the growth of Lotor and Allura’s bond to one another. I did not trust him at first, but I knew from then that he had a secret motive. However, I knew some of the things he said to Allura in season 5 were indeed in fact, genuine, such as talking about their shared goals, Alfor and Honerva, and their time in Oriande. I would know this, because if you share something with someone, especially something that is very close to you, you tend to want to create a bond with this person, and share your fellow aspirations with them as well. That is the reason why he brought up so much regarding both their Altean heritage, and their goal for peace.

It is obvious that Lotor has taken fond of Allura. But did he truly care for her? Not as the Princess of Altea, or the daughter of the Alchemist King Alfor, but her as a person. Because almost each time from what we see, Lotor talks about Alfor and his [Lotor’s] goal for peace as a way to attract Allura. But from the way he brings the subject up, and from just… how he talks to her about it makes it look more like as though he was only using her as a tool to channel magic and help him build his ships. He shows his more vulnerable side to her, such through the words, “I cannot do this without you” as a sign of dependence, begging her to stay.



Their shared Altean history and future aim is what brought them together.

Despite having the same endgoal, their ways to approach it have different reasons, morals, and methods. As to which, separates them.

Allura is the Princess to Altea, an entire planet and civilization destroyed by mass genocide. She wants peace, and to stop the destroying of planets like her home had.

Lotor is the emperor to the Galra throne, who, also wants peace. As the new emperor of a powerful race, he would need all the power required to stabilize his empire that is, quintessence. He wanted to obtain that unlimited access to quintessence in hopes that on the day that he does acquire it, there would be no more disputes among the Galra, with the empire hopefully then becoming self-sufficient.

And to obtain that unlimited quintessence, he’d be willing to do and sacrifice anything to achieve his master plan.

After the destruction of the planet of Altea, Lotor did manage to find some remaining Alteans scattered throughout the galaxy. He indeed wanted to save them, with the intent of saving the Altean people and their culture through hiding them into his secret colony. However, he had to select “fit and worthy” Alteans to his so-called “other colony,” just to sacrifice and take their life force out of them to gain additional quintessence.

Once Allura found out the truth via Romelle, she was irate. The killing of other people, especially of her own race, is exactly what she does not want.

So when Lotor saw that Allura and the Paladins broke the gate to the unlimited quintessence, he attempts to negotiate with her. He begs her, with some panic in his voice. While still being civil, he states that his original plain of attain peace for the universe has never changed, and that they “are both on the same side.”

…But she can’t. Reminded by the destruction of her people, she says this:

Which leads to Lotor completely breaking down, attacking the Paladins and recklessly lashing out his intentions.

Both reminded each other of things they did not want to see and hear. At this point, I would not say that Lotor is entirely evil, but has a different set of motives and morals which are not entirely ethical. I’d want to point out that he, is quite similar to Loki. Not entirely evil, but hold their own personal plans for power– therefore being misunderstood. Simultaneously, he shares attributes with Zuko, being an antihero and most especially: Azula.

Lotor and Azula have almost similar reasons that lead to their psychological breakdown. They have gotten so close to their ultimate goal, only requiring one more step to obtain it. But as doing so at the brink of power and madness, they gradually fall apart in the process, leading to their forthcoming destruction.

In the end of their battle, Allura still showed care for Lotor by wanting to take him back to their reality. But at that point, the quintessence (or even the Dark Creatures of the rift) indicated that he was beyond saving in which he, most likely ended up like his own parents. It is unknown as of recent if he found some way to survive.

She had to make a choice. A sacrifice. Allura would have saved Lotor if she could, but that would mean for the quintessence and the Dark Creatures to consume all of Voltron as well.

Lotor has shown that he indeed loved her, and that he knew Allura felt the same. But was it worth the cost? Their similarities made hold for a better future. But their differences broke what they both desired to be.

Mood: Happy  

Eating: Cereal

Listening: Hatsune Miku

Drinking: Water

RULES AND GUIDES:

1) Post these rules in the journal
2) Answer the ten questions directed towards you, the taggee, and make up ten more questions for the people you tag to answer
3) Tag at least ten people (if you can't think f ten people to tag, that's fine, just do as many as you can)
4) Don't tag whoever tagged you
5) Try to avoid not tagging anyone
6) Don't force the people you tag to do this meme, if they don't want to, that's their choice
7) Mention your tagger in the journal so they can see your answers <33

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ANSWERS:

1) Favorite Song?

Good question. Umm... Light 'Em Up would be one of them, I guess.

2) Know any other languages besides English?

Tagalog/Filipino, Hiligaynon/Ilonngo, some Spanish, a few Mandarin words from 4th and 5th grade, Kinaray-a (I purely understand it, but I don't try speaking it though ), French, a little bit of Portuguese, roughly Indonesian and Malay (I would know it when I see it), and of course, some Japanese because all otakus do.

3) Favorite medium for drawing?

Paper, pencil, pen... not to mention an eraser too.

4) Do you love me?  

Haha yeah... bakit hindi? xD

5) Do you take any cool sports?

I took summer swimming classes before. I love badminton, but I rarely play it because if I do, I'd end up having a noob as my opponent.

6) Do you like ice cream?

Who doesn't?  

7) Do you think I'm cool?  

Syempre naman!  

8) How tall are you?

As tall as an average Filipina would be. _{sobs in a corner}

9) Do you like pick up lines? 'Cuz I do love me some pick up lines, can u give me a pick up line?  

Leave it to the guys~ *wink wink*
NOPE


Kumain ka ba ng asukal?
..Kasi ang tamis ng ngiti mo...  

10) Did you enjoy answering these?  

  

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QUESTIONS:

1) Do you have another hobby?
2) Favorite Food?
3) Which foreign countries have you visited?
4) Do you have a pet?
5) Do you have any personalities/traits only a few people know about?
6) What drink would you like to try?
7) What is something you have always wanted to do?
8) What shirt color are you wearing now?
9) What do you like to do when no one is home?
10) Thanks for answering! Would you like a cookie?  

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THE TAGGER:

 EJAdelPilarPhils

Salamat po  

THE TAGGED:

Wrengirlwonder, WilsaDoodles, Clear5000, Zolkiewska

You know, you wouldn't even be here today if it wasn't for me. You ask what I mean by that? Well, I stopped the apocalypse. Let me tell you about it.

One day I was walking home and suddenly, four mysterious men in black suits on horses appeared, and each of them had ties, one had a black tie, another red, a green, and a yellow one. The man with the green tie had a monkey on his back. I dropped my stuff and screamed. Oddly enough, the four men were startled; the monkey jumped off the man's back and got onto mine. The one in the red tie yelled to the one in the yellow tie, "Look what you did, you fool! You brought us to a mortal? Now our plan may be ruined!"

"She is just a little girl; she can't stop us, and no one will believe she found the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse," the man in the yellow tie replied sharply, while looking straight at me. My mouth was wide open from what I just learned. They quickly disappeared, leaving their monkey behind. "I need your help to stop them," a voice said. I looked around in alarm, but nobody was there. "Hey! Could you please not ignore me?" The voice said again, then I saw the monkey was racing all around me with its mouth open. "Wait a second, are you talking?" I asked the monkey. "Of course I am! Now we need to get going on a plan to destroy the Horsemen," the monkey answered. "Well, I need to know what the heck is going on!" I cried. The monkey then settled down on the ground, and with a big breath he began. "Since the beginning of the world, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse have been here. They are Famine, Strife, War, and Death, the men that aim to destroy the world. Each set has a certain amount of time, and if they fail they get replaced. No other set ever got this close to the current set, and they are going to put their plan in tonight." The monkey said quickly, and plopped onto the ground with a sigh.
"How did they get you, a talking monkey, and why would they want you?" I asked.


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((I originally found this story in a piece of, well, badly folded notebook paper in one of the books I borrowed from my school library. I found this weird, but in a good way. It reminded me of those tales I used to listen to as a child. I found no title or name in the paper, so to whoever wrote this, is the one deserving the credit.))