lancemccute:

there are some major issues with episode 4 of season 3 of voltron, i’d want to rewrite it so that in this universe, the war never existed in the first place. altea is thriving and one of the peaceful influences within the universe along with the galra empire.  we learn about the culture surrounding altea, learning about everything that was taken away or destroyed in voltron’s reality. we meet alteans that would have lived if the war never happened, maybe coran’s great-great grandchildren, or even allura’s great greandchildren. in this alternate reality allura probably never had reason to destroy alfor’s a.i., and probably was able to find him and communicate with him during her visit to altea.

instead of the plot of ‘here’s how the alteans could’ve been just as evil as the bad guys’, it’s a backstory ep. it’s a sobering episode to what was lost with altea, with the other cultures. it’s allura being comforted by her people and the paladins, about allura’s want to stay there forever and only choosing to leave when she remembers coran, her only living family member, and her dedication to freeing and protecting the people that can’t protect themselves on the other side of the wormhole. 

allura getting the respect to her grief and trauma from the genocide of her people that we deserve.