#Zethrid

[mushed-kid]

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[cosmicpack]

A klance ending.

Where after everything is said and done; Allura lives, Lance takes time off to be with his family (not a farmer, just a break). Lance and Allura break up shortly after the war. They both realize they were two hurt people trying to find comfort in each other, but Allura was using Lance as a rebound and Lance realizes they both deserve better. It’s mutual and only a little awkward.

Keith is helping the Blade of Mamora make the transition into a relief group.

He taken on a leadership position (along side Kolvian and Krolia)

Acxa joined as well and together they convince Ezor and Zethrid to join.

Note: I wish more people added them in post canon fics. I think it’s so funny that they are now Keith’s squad. And I think there is a lot of fun that can be had with those relationships. Whether wholesome as Keith unknowingly expands his found family, or angst as the girls compare their new lives to their lives with Lotor, but that’s another post.

Anyway Voltron has their one year post war meeting. And Keith is telling everyone about the Blade work and how they are working with the rest of the Galra to figure things out.

Lance teases him about them asking Keith to lead and Keith turning it down. When Keith confirms, they all laugh.

Everyone stops laughing when Axca, Ezor and Zethrid show up running towards Keith.

Keith is out of his chair in an instant. He worried something horrible has happened. Is Krolia hurt? What about Kolvian? Did something happen with the blade? There are planets with extreme prejudice against the Galra and they’ve had attacks against their relief teams before.

He’s not ready for what leaves their lips.

Apparently after Keith refused to lead, no one has been able to gather enough support to become the leader of the New Galra government. Keith was an easy pick because of his connections to the Blade, Voltron, and the Atlas. He has fallible connections and experience. No one else can gain the over all support he did.

And you know he’s also pretty. Like unfairly so (for a halfbreed) and somehow the remaining candidates come to the conclusion that whoever can gain Keith as their mate will be the one to lead the Bew Galra Empire.

After all if Keith doesn’t want to lead he doesn’t have to, he can just sit in the arm of whoever is leading. Give the people reassurance that they are in good hands.

So know at least 15 different Galra, from members of Zarcon’s old regime, to High ranking Blade members, anyone who wants to lead the Galra. Are making their way here to try and court Keith and or force him into Marriage/Mating.

Shiro is instantly in over protective Big Brother mode. They need to get Keith out of there.

Kolivan and Krolia had sent Axca, Ezor, and Zethrid for that reason and to back Keith up if he had to fight.

The rest of Voltron is moving to try and help Keith.

But Lance

Lance is a mix between indignant for his friend who has somehow become a trophy for people to win. Enrage that there is talk about people trying to force Keith to mate them. And also a burning need to keep Keith safe.

But there are also old feelings. He’s mature enough now to know he’s had a crush on Keith for a long time now. And now Keith is apparently the most desired bachelor in the universe!!!

Anyhow I think you can have a lot of fun with this

You can have Keith dealing with a lot of stupid/rude proposals

Gossipy Girl squad. They’d do anything for Keith but they are also going to Mike each of these horrible proposals

Jealous and protective Lance

Big brother Shiro

Maybe even bring in the Lions being protective

You can also go the route of lance just declaring that he and Keith are engaged/courting.

He’s trying to get everyone to stop bothering Keith.

But it puts these two, who have been pinning for each other for years in a fake dating situation.

Also Lance suddenly is enemy number one for anyone wanting to ascend to the Galra thrown.

I just think it’s a fun idea

Part 2

[coranfucker94]

space lesbians…

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When the paladins got back to Earth, they weren't thinking about politics or how tough it would be to integrate the entire universe with Earth's database. And of course, somehow, Keith ended up being the one person to have to deal with the Gala resistance fighters and making sure they filed their damn paperwork.

"Yes, I know you've already moved Acxa into your clan Kolivan, but Earth doesn't see it that way. You have to fill out adoption papers, so they know she's your kid."

"No, Ezor I know you and Zethred are bonded. But Earth needs you to fill a marital status. Why? In case you get hurt in Earth territory. Yes, I know you can handle yourself, but the government needs to know who to contact."

"Krolia you have to officially notice Romelle as your kindling by Earth standards. Why? Because mom, I'm a member of the government and they need to know who is considered family and who isn't."

"No, Ezor and I don't consider each other family but because Acxa does, it goes into my paperwork as us being family."

"Zethrid, Ezor, you can't take random alien babies and claim them as your own without bringing them in for a checkup and filing the paperwork... Because Zethrid, Earth thinks were family!"

Keith specifically spends as little time as possible on Earth just so he doesn't have to update his paperwork. Galra customs and Earth paperwork don't mix well, and Keith is kind of sick of it.

[deepestuniversallove]

Some Zethrid x Ezor!

[paramoreparaless]

The squad with some hcs (acxa changed the most but the others are pretty subtle I think, gave ezor and zethrid tails, took some gecko inspo for narti)

[vldunchartedregions]

So, when I saw your post about it being obvious that the Season 8 we got was heavily edited and changed. It made me go on the Voltron TV Tropes page and search the "What Could Have Been" page, and I found this on there.

It is quoted like this:

"Ezor and Zethrid were supposed to both die: Ezor being killed in the explosion in Season 7 and Zethrid being killed trying to avenge her in Season 8. To avoid more Bury Your Gays controversy, the Season 8 episode in question was rewritten so that Zethrid was angry about Ezor leaving her rather than being killed, Keith then saves Zethrid and she is reunited and reconciled with Ezor. The fact that they do very little after this and that Ezor's voice actress wasn't even brought back (instead it was Allura's voice actress voicing her instead) is a dead giveaway that something got changed in production."

I just wanted to show this to you, I can't wait for any future posts on here.

Hi Hi!! Thank you for sending this through - this is actually going to be addressed in the meta too. I can confirm 100% that Ezor was never meant to come back. She died in Season 7. That's the whole motivation and driving force as to why the episode even occurs; Zethrid seeking revenge on Keith for the loss of their partner in crime.

Team Purple Lion also covered this in great detail too, but I'll definitely address it within this meta.

There was a consistent theme in the first half of Season 8:

"The paladins didn't always make the right decisions."

[seihdacalling]

look he’s a fan kid of the best gals (rip narti you would have loved him)

[demiboydemon]

Lotor’s generals: *betray him*

Lotor: fuck. This is going to ruin the tour.

[meliathequeer]

they are all so gay and beautiful

i would let all of them date me and step on me

[queengeni]

Zethrid is so real I'd also Hunt down the twink that killed my girlfriend

[mushed-kid]

zethrid is so fucking gay for ezor its INSANE

[cosmicpack]

A lot of you liked it so here’s more of the Galra Marriage proposal au

Occasionally the group can’t out run the Galra commander that wants to propose to Keith.

Zethrid suggests just stabbing them and running. Keith Axca and Ezor are in but Allura pushes for diplomacy. (Kolivan does to… for the polite ones)

Shiro tries to act like a responsible adult but his big brother instincts is ready to tackle everyone of these Galra who think that they can use his baby brother to farther their political career.

Lance is all for stabbing. Maybe if Keith stabs enough of them they will stop (they won’t they think it’s hot) Lance is also willing to shoot any suitors Keith wants him to.

Pidge and Matt are just hacking any transition so that they cut out anytime a suitor calls to propose to Keith (put in the effort to show up in person)

Hunk for the first time is thinking about poison food. Not like to kill them but definitely to make them sick.

But truly the only thing I can think about is that one of the Galra that proposes to Keith is just the Mister Colin’s proposal from Pride and Prejudice.

Where they just go. I singled you out as my mate, but before I propose let me tell you my reasons

It’s part of the job… marrying you

It will make ME happier

My boss/superiors desire that I marry you.

And Keith just has to sit there and listen to him go on and on and then they guy is just like great I proposed and now we can get married and Keith just looks at him like he’s crazy because “I never said yes!”

And the guy ignores him and keeps talking.

Keith is ready to stab him when Lance shoots him. “Did you want to stab him? I should have let you stab him.” Lance only feels bad because he’s worried he stepped on Keith’s toes.

[otbye]

the gang on their way to build an insane ship out of transreality ore

[lefty-draws02]

Keithtober Day 8 - BOM

or alternatively… Keith and the Lesbians™

[vldunchartedregions]

Have you found anything relating to Lotor’s generals plot lines in season 8? If Ezor was meant to be dead, and Zethrid redeemed, how would Acxa and her react to Lotor’s return? I wonder if it was ever something they wanted to explore or were they going to cap it off with Acxa and Zethrid’s talk.

Firstly, thank you for the question! I hope you're having a wonderful day.

Do you know what's funny about this?! We were literally just talking about this today.

We are sure that any remnants of the generals having a subplot would've been lost in the mix unfortunately, considering Lotor was cut out of Season 8 (allegedly - Dreamworks & WEP, don't come for me please lol) so subsequently, if there was a subplot involving the generals and Lotor, that would've been scrapped too.

That being said, usually we've been able to find remnants of a missing plot line somewhere amongst the edited mess. That's how we found out Allura & Keith were allegedly beefing in the love triangle. More on that later; not the time.

With them unfortunately, we believe after many, many rewatches with the generals in particular, it does and did unfortunately cap off at the Zethrid & Acxa discussion. Ezor wasn't meant to be back; she was meant to be dead, and thus the whole motivation for the Grudge episode. She was added in very last minute (as also pointed out by Team Purple Lion) due to backlash with Adam's Robotech/Macross inspired death, and the backlash of how they introduced Adashi in general.

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✨ Theory Time ✨

Maybe there would've been a scene between Acxa & Lotor in Uncharted Regions (fits the theme of the episode title; they haven't spoken since... y'know) to make amends and provide closure on their relationship.

Acxa's motivation was to follow Lotor as she's grateful to him in ways we can't even imagine as the viewer. There's one important theme that flows throughout Voltron: Legendary Defender... The importance of found family. They were Lotor's found family. Rejected by the world for being half-breeds, they came together to dismantle the empire.

Her motivation to follow Keith was (at least in our humble opinion) to always find Lotor at the end of the day... Keith & Allura lead to Lotor. If you think about it, Acxa was his most trusted general, faked a betrayal + knew plans that Ezor & Zethrid did not.

Lotor took her in and treated her equally in a world where nobody else did as a half Galran, and that is SO important. It would make sense that she's joined the coalition not just for Keith per say, but to ultimately find Lotor again, whilst also finding a much greater purpose within this universe.

(Coran talking about how Allura may have known Keith was the key to the Galra's future... cough, cough).

Realistically speaking - As soon as Lotor wakes up, they would've began the preparation for the climax of his redemption arc. The writers wouldn't have much time before the final battle to provide closure to a lot of plot lines before Hunk & Coran go to get the Balmera, Honerva brings her EVA and breaks down reality, and it all goes to absolute chaos.

Positively speaking, I'd like to think there was at least a scene storyboarded where Acxa & Lotor reunite one last time before the final battle on the Atlas. Maybe a hug scene with Lotor mentioning how grateful he is to her and the generals... Especially with the loss of Ezor, we believe they all needed some closure there before everything goes to chaos.

This is just a selfish want of mine, but I would've also loved to have seen how Lotor met all of his generals, their backstories as to how they found Lotor, and vice versa in greater detail... maybe in another reality.

Thank you for the question. Vrepit Sa.