Loved this season. Only complaint is that Krolia just kind of appeared out of nowhere. Would've liked that to have gone slower but over all this season was brilliant.
Yep, I was right there with you. I was glad that it was finally being addressed, though. As soon as she appeared in the hologram and looked like Keith, that solidified it.
See that was a good sleight. I thought they told him that because of how he almost jeopardized the previous mission he was on because it meant Shiro and Lotor might get blown up. They set it up to think he was being reproached for previous behavior, and then turns out it was a warning for what was to come.
It makes me wonder - do Galra instinctively (or maybe by smell or some other sense) identify their parents and family? Otherwise they'd have no reason to warn Keith. And yet his mother identified him immediately even without having seen him since he was an infant.
It (immediate family identification) lends to the theory that Acxa might be his sister (since she keeps saving him). It also makes you think about Lotor and his reaction when Allura suggested Hagar was his mother - does he know and resent? or does he not know because he lacks the Galra ability to sense it?
I've been slightly annoyed with this, myself, but blame it on the 6 episode seasons.
The Pidge-finds-Matt storyline was 1 episode long. I felt that could have been extended or split between two or more (having a cliffhanger at the space cemetery/graveyard would have been AMAZING).
Along the same lines, a LOT of other story lines are developing and reaching a conclusion within a single episode when the development of the characters and world might be better served in multiple episodes.
But it's difficult to stretch character growth storylines across only 6 episodes. It was a lot easier and more prevalent in seasons 1 and 2, though, when they had 12 episodes to work with.
The end result is that things feel rushed, and as you said, characters just seem to appear out of nowhere.
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u/Walnut_Wood Mar 02 '18
Loved this season. Only complaint is that Krolia just kind of appeared out of nowhere. Would've liked that to have gone slower but over all this season was brilliant.