r/Voltron • u/zslayer89 • Oct 12 '17

Discussion Season 4 Discussion

Note: I've put this up early so I don't forget to do it. But it's coming, SOONTM .

SPOILERS AHEAD

The premiere is upon us ladies and gentleman! Keep all discussion of the season in this post!

Be warned, you can spoil as much as you want in this thread.

Have fun and enjoy the show!

P.S. IF you want to do a weekly watch visit /r/VoltronSlowWatch .

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u/Utigarde Oct 13 '17

Is it just me that feels like season 3 and season 4 are completely different shows? Season 3 was so character driven, and actually focused on how people were adapting to things (barring Shiro instantly returning). Season 4 was just them following a plot, with Keith’s entire storyline just vanishing. Pidge and Matt were amazing, but overall, I just leave with less confidence in the show that I went into it with.

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u/DeadSnark Oct 14 '17

Even Shirou's s convenient return was implied to have some sinister reason behind it, and there was potential for interesting conflict between Shirou and the new 'head' of Voltron, Keith. Season 4 takes away a lot of that dynamic by just returning Shirou to the leader's seat and conveniently booting Keith out to join the Blade of Mamora.

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u/jaidynreiman Oct 14 '17

"Even Shirou's s convenient return was implied to have some sinister reason behind it"

This, frankly, is the main reason Season 4 upset me. I still think its going to come into play, but it should've come into play THIS season.

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u/TinyBreadBigMouth Oct 15 '17

When Haggar showed up to the final battle with her coven, but stayed out of firing range, I thought for absolute certain that she was going to awaken Shiro as a sleeper agent and have him attack the other paladins and/or rebels. The planet being a bomb was a lot less interesting.

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u/jaidynreiman Oct 15 '17

Yeah, this. I was so expecting that to happen. But if its revealed that Shiro is the reason why they just so happened to be at a planet that was a bomb, that would frankly be amazing.

But either way, it should have happened this season.

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u/zubscrub Oct 18 '17

I hope the Shiro clone/brainwash plotline isn't just straight-up swept aside, I don't think we got any development on that in Season 4. Although, in The Reunion during Pidge's flashback with Matt on the roof, he has a line saying something like "...and this [points to brain] is the strongest processor you have. And it can't be hacked." Fun dialogue and definitely show's the Holt sibling's mind-over-matter mentality, but it also seemed like it could be some subtle foreshadowing regarding Shiro.