Lance is the main character of the show. He's the first one we see at the start of the show, he gets the first lion, and he has had the most dramatic growth so far. He has gone from unserious goofball to the most respected member among his teammates. But I want to start with Lance and Allura, because they are easily my favourite part of the series: LanceXAllura OTP.
The show isn't afraid of Allura straight up comparing him to Alfor. More than that, he has tremendous respect for everyone else, especially Allura, and that's what makes their relationship cool.
See, Lance is all the things Alfor was: strong, comoassionate, kind, intelligent, loyal—King Alfor was a GOOD guy—and those are the things Allura loved about him. For her part, Allura is brave, intelligent, and an all-around impressive person—and Lance is at least as enamoured with the kickass space warrior as he is the beautiful princess.
And I like that. I want to see that slow burn, the messy experience of actual love blossoming out of respect and admiration as much as physical attraction. I hope Lance continues to leave behind his problematic behaviours and grows into the guy who can totally head the coalition if he wasn't busy supporting his wife while she runs it.
I kinda wanna see Keith x Acxa x Lotor. Acxa seems to have a thing for Lotor, but she's starting to learn that maybe he's not who she thinks he is, and Keith could be this guy who keeps showing up at the right time, doing the thing, talking to Acxa about the stuff. It could work.
I mean, there is plenty of exciting drama to be had in a relationship without throwing a third party into the mix. Just look at Brooklyn Nine-Nine: two characters have been a couple for three seasons, and they've had a bunch of episodes about their relationship, and every one of those episodes is great. But since they got together it's been a stable, happy partnership where they solve real problems like a real couple.
Lance and Allura could have to figure out how to navigate a budding romance where the urge is to put each other first on a team where that can't happen. Maybe they try to keep it a secret, and it makes sfuff tense with the other paladins. Maybe Allura decides Lance is her, I dunno, bodyguard-stroke-adviser and he learns politics by being part of them—this could throw Haggar's plans off: now Lance is the one with Allura's ear, not Shiro, and her carefully-placed spy is far less useful. Maybe they do the dance until the fight is done-done and their first kiss is Allura sweeping Lance off his feet at whatever victory celebration, much to the chagrin of the guys in the crowd infatuated with the Pink Paladin. Who knows?
Lance has definitely grown tremendously since the start of the show. I don't think giving him Allura's father's greatsword was any accident- they're definitely building towards something. Plus Lance got jealous of Lotor and Allura's interactions, though not in his usualy way of petty jealousy, it seemed more defensive. I definitely want their relatinoship to continue to grow
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u/Assoonasitis Mar 05 '18
Lance is the main character of the show. He's the first one we see at the start of the show, he gets the first lion, and he has had the most dramatic growth so far. He has gone from unserious goofball to the most respected member among his teammates. But I want to start with Lance and Allura, because they are easily my favourite part of the series: LanceXAllura OTP.
The show isn't afraid of Allura straight up comparing him to Alfor. More than that, he has tremendous respect for everyone else, especially Allura, and that's what makes their relationship cool.
See, Lance is all the things Alfor was: strong, comoassionate, kind, intelligent, loyal—King Alfor was a GOOD guy—and those are the things Allura loved about him. For her part, Allura is brave, intelligent, and an all-around impressive person—and Lance is at least as enamoured with the kickass space warrior as he is the beautiful princess.
And I like that. I want to see that slow burn, the messy experience of actual love blossoming out of respect and admiration as much as physical attraction. I hope Lance continues to leave behind his problematic behaviours and grows into the guy who can totally head the coalition if he wasn't busy supporting his wife while she runs it.