Voltron Theory: Season 5 and Beyond

darkspellmaster:

So given that it’s going to take me a bit to write up all my
thoughts on Season 4, because there is a lot, I thought I might go into a brief
set of thoughts on season 5 and 6 as well as the rest that would follow.

1. Keith returning to
Voltron. I think this is a possibility if not by season 6 then by season 7
at the latest. With Lotor being around, and Keith not trusting him, I can
certainly see him not wanting to be away for long if Lotor is there. My guess
is that he’ll stay on, playing Shiro’s role in helping out rather than flying,
or fly with Lotor to watch him.

2. Lotor’s
redemption. I don’t expect Lotor to get this till nearly the end of the 78
episode run. Lotor is not Zuko, and he’s not a man that will enjoy the idea of
at all working with the people that he was trying to capture for his own gain.
He’s going to use the crew, that much is certain, but as to if he’ll be a good
guy by the end of season 5 or 6, I would say no.

3. Lotor will at the
least start on a road to being a Good guy. This I think will happen. I have
a feeling that given the hint that there is some sort of connection between
Lotor and Allura this will alter his view on the Altean’s and possibly his
plans. What those are I don’t know, but seeing how his personality is I can see
us seeing more of a goofy side to him thanks in part to the crew. More than
likely I can see him finding Pidge the most interesting along with Hunk in the
matter of getting things to work. So I can see him seeing them in a new light,
and he may actually start changing his view on the world and what really
happened that day.

4. Lotor and Allura. Hard
to say right now. Some are spectulating romance to come from this, I don’t
think so. The fact that they’ve been pushing him to be different then his
normal play boy counter parts indicates to me that he’ll respect Allura’s looks
but there will be a more brother to sister affection going on there if there is
anything like that. The fact that they may be related could come into play, and
Lotor might help her understand her powers or vice versa. Leading him to gain a
greater deal of respect for her as a leader and maybe lead later to a peace
between the two sides much like their father’s started with.

5. Operation Kuron.
We’ve seen this Shiro become more like his normal self. I’m wondering now if it’s
not so much that we had regular Shiro when we had them earlier, but that the
Clone version was the first Shiro and this one is the real one who is now
implanted with the Clone’s memories and could lead us to a very interesting situation
in regard to Haggar’s plans. This plot has not been dropped but I think it will
take on more of a role come season 7 over these next two.

6. Sam Holt. Now
that we have the brother, where is the father? We know the Holt Patriarch was
held captive and that he was not in the Gladiatorial pits. We also know he’s
the one that was working on the Photon and Helix storage, and more than likely other
significant projects for the Garrison. A brain like that would be useful to
Haggar and Zarkon, so I’m betting he’s being kept in an Area 51 place ala our
friend from season 2. Also I have a feeling that if anyone is getting that gate
to work it will be him, pidge, Hunk and Matt.

7. Lotor and the deal
with Voltron. No doubt he’s going to do this to save his own skin. But I
think he knows that he’s going to need a better understanding of how the gate
works and Allura would be the one to show him that. My guess is he’ll offer
himself as a prisoner to help them beat his father, but in return the Galra
empire is to be turned over to him. He’s probably got at least three or four
ideas in his head, and Unlike Zuko where he has issues with daddy and wants to
please him to the point of betraying his friends, Lotor is far more adult and
probably plans on making it so that Voltron will have to help him with his
plans weather they like it or not.

8. The Generals.
Given their reaction to Narti’s death I have a feeling that Acxa will probably
be the one to betray the group and end up joining with Voltron to not only help
Lotor, but also, if it proves that she’s related to Keith, to help him.
Although even if not, she owes him one and will probably make good on her
actions. Both Zethrid and Enzor will join with them later, but for a while the
four will be on opposing sides, and Lotor will not easily forgive over this,
but he respects their choice. I have a feeling Haggar or Zarkon will let them
live if they help him capture Lotor.

9. The Mecha.
What that thing is, I don’t know. Right now Lotor has the legs, and it looks
like the girls have the torso and arms, which means the Head is elsewhere. To
me this means that someone is still finishing up the body, and, given that
Lotor was missing and unheard of for a while and clearly the girls didn’t know
about the gate, this screams to me that he’s working with Pollux for the
creation of all these things. Pollux would be a great place to hide it, as well
as have Lotor grow up since if there are Altean’s there his connection with
them would be stronger too.

10. The Gate.
Lotor’s reaction to the destruction of his home world was written all over his
face. Much like Allura he feels for the world that he lost. However, his plans
seem to be getting the quintessence between the worlds, not going to the other
one. Which begs the question, does he know about that other world, or is he
just going on theoretical info that his mother had. That Gate, I think, will
probably be the door to letting in the Evil Alteans that we met last season and
more than likely will ultimately lead Lotor to turn to work with Voltron to
beat them back.

11. Haggar’s plans.
Given her state of face for that one moment, I have to wonder if whatever is
causing her to do this lost some of its grip on her when she faced herself. It
looked like she remembered something or was in horror of what she had become,
but then was taken over again. I don’t think she’s brainwashed but something is
clearly influencing her actions. We also know that whatever she’s up to she’s
happy with Lotor’s actions. It could be that she’s been feeding him stories of
herself to get him to do her dirty work and open the rift again, which he seems
to be doing.

12. Princess Romelle,
Prince Bandor, and Prince Avok. Given that it’s looking more and more
likely that we’ll be seeing a Pollux at some point, my guess is that Princess
Romelle may be the head of the Rebels and hiding it from her brother. We’ve
seen that there are Alteans and Galra that live in peace, so I have to wonder
if there’s going to be some time in the future where we will meet this trio. My
guess is that when we do, Romelle will be captured as the Rebel leader and that
she’ll send Bandor off with Voltron to keep him safe. Not sure about the
romance between her and Shiro, but given that Lauren said she liked the
character, I’m pretty sure at the very least we will get her.

13. Zarkon’s new
look. I get the feeling that Zarkon is not alive anymore. Or at the very
least he’s still mostly in a coma. We’ve seen that he’s in a metal shell being
pumped full of warped quintessence. So I have to logically guess that he’s
going to end up playing more into his robeast form. I don’t think he’s going to
make it past Season 6 with this look and then the new villains will show up at
the end of Season 6, and start to work with Haggar who will be on the run.

14. Collation.
With the line being drawn in the sand, metaphorically and the Galra losing a
huge section of their planets, I get the feeling that we’ll see the collation
taking on a larger role in protecting the galaxy and probably playing an even
bigger role against the evil Atlean’s to come. After all, we were told over and
over about a different reality and we saw it, so that’s more or less a pretty
big hint on who is going to be the big bad for the last three seasons.  

15. Keith, Lance,
Allura, Lotor, Matt, Pidge, Hunk, and Shiro. This group is going to become
the core in the next season and how their dynamics will play out. It’s clear
that Lance and Matt both have crushes on Allura, while, given Lotor’s reaction
to things he’s probably going to become something of a rival to Keith and
Shiro. I have a feeling he may also display some of his own attraction at Pidge
due to her intelligence, something that will probably piss off Matt and
possibly Shiro as the big brothers of the groups. Hunk will more than likely be
the one that shows him how to become friends with the others. Allura’s ugly
side may show up due to her issues with the Galra still, and it will show.
There will be a lot of dynamics these next few seasons. Although I don’t see
the romance hitting high gear at all.

Anything I’m missing?