RESOLVED: s9e6 Adjustment: I’m moving “Genesis” up to this episode, essentially flipping the order with “Day Forty-seven.”
Problems: My major issue becomes the amount of losing that Voltron seems to be doing in this last season; and so this episode puts Voltron at an excessive disadvantage. For the most part the episode is alright, but there are details here and there that should be revised. Solution: With the Olkari having been found in the previous episode, it gives the Paladins a better way to combat the revised cubes. Because of the interference, it gives the paladins enough time to actually “save” the white lion. However, enough energy was drained from the lion and planets that the effect is still the same; Lotor’s Sincline is brought back from the Quintessence field, but because the last of the Lion’s strength could not be drawn out, Lotor could not be repaired. Her plans ruined, Honerva is forced to retreat. The episode should be framed as a failure for Honerva, but not the last battle she can put out.
All of the Paladins, including Shiro, meet the white lion, dying on oriande. Allura reveals that Oriande cannot survive if the White Lion perishes here, and Lance insists they can save it. Alas, shaking her head, she says it’s life force is too week, and that she would have to give her whole life to bring back a being this powerful. The beast dies, bursting into light that, seemingly inexplicably, flows into Shiro’s right hand, and surges with light.
“What just happened?”
“I… I don’t know,” Shiro breathes.
The planet begins to collapse. The episode ends with Honerva glaring. “This isn’t over yet.”
I’m trying to reframe the idea that Honerva is “defeated” in this season so that the dark entity plot can be approached more effectively; it’s not a total defeat, however, as she still masks as the endgame boss presently.
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s8e7 "Day Forty-Seven"
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Adjustment: I’m moving “Genesis” up to this episode, essentially flipping the order with “Day Forty-seven.”
Problems: My major issue becomes the amount of losing that Voltron seems to be doing in this last season; and so this episode puts Voltron at an excessive disadvantage. For the most part the episode is alright, but there are details here and there that should be revised.
Solution: With the Olkari having been found in the previous episode, it gives the Paladins a better way to combat the revised cubes. Because of the interference, it gives the paladins enough time to actually “save” the white lion. However, enough energy was drained from the lion and planets that the effect is still the same; Lotor’s Sincline is brought back from the Quintessence field, but because the last of the Lion’s strength could not be drawn out, Lotor could not be repaired. Her plans ruined, Honerva is forced to retreat. The episode should be framed as a failure for Honerva, but not the last battle she can put out.
All of the Paladins, including Shiro, meet the white lion, dying on oriande. Allura reveals that Oriande cannot survive if the White Lion perishes here, and Lance insists they can save it. Alas, shaking her head, she says it’s life force is too week, and that she would have to give her whole life to bring back a being this powerful. The beast dies, bursting into light that, seemingly inexplicably, flows into Shiro’s right hand, and surges with light.
“What just happened?”
“I… I don’t know,” Shiro breathes.
The planet begins to collapse. The episode ends with Honerva glaring. “This isn’t over yet.”
SEASON SPLIT