If They Do This I Want There To Be A Bedroom Scene Parallel, But I Also Want Lances Family To Support

If they do this I want there to be a bedroom scene parallel, but I also want Lances family to support him and tell him to stay.

One Paladin Too Many: Will Lance Stay on Earth?

In recent interviews, it’s been brought up that there is an uncertainty about who’s going to go where in the following seasons. LM and JDS implied that this was something they would inevitably have to address.

And like, yeah, because Shiro’s back now, and while he needs rest and a new prosthetic, once he’s better, where will the team go from there?

I’ve actually been thinking about this since season 6 dropped, but the more I consider it, the more likely I think it is that Lance will be the one to step down. That he’ll stay on Earth. Or at least attempt to.

Why?

Well, for one, Lance is at his lowest low.

He not only feels isolated from the team, but blames himself for it. In his mind, if he had something to offer, maybe Allura would’ve liked him back. Maybe Pidge and Hunk wouldn’t exclude him. Maybe he would’ve been close enough to Shiro so that they could’ve made contact in the astral plane. This all has to lead somewhere. Something has to give. JDS said that Lance was pigeonholed as the goof-ball early on, but that there are so many more layers to him, and I think thats a big part of the conflict in his arc. How Lance is Vs. How people perceive him. His friends - mostly Hunk and Pidge of late- don’t take his feelings seriously. People don’t take Lance in general seriously, not always. Not like they should. Lance staying behind would be a breaking point in a lot of ways.

Secondly, he’s tired to leave before.

In season three, thinking he was the weakest link, Lance talked to Keith about stepping back from the team. Only instead, it was keith who stepped back. There was no real conclusion to this. If anything, Lance’s self worth has only gotten worse. I can definitely see him trying to take a step back again if he feels as if it’s what’s best for the team.

Finally, Lance’s homesickness has always been a point of emphasis. Lance desperately misses his family, something that’s been obvious since season one and has carried through up until last season. Those feelings have probably been exacerbated by his isolation. Home, Earth, it’s always been clear that it’ll play an important part in Lance’s arc. And we know we’re heading back to earth where we’ll be getting Lance’s backstory.

I know it might seem weird to have Lance stay behind on earth this last in the series, but there is still 27 episodes left, and if he does stay, just like Keith did, I’m sure he’ll come back. Maybe we’ll even get a Bedroom Scene parallel where Keith tells Lance he understands why he has to go - because he went through the same thing. Or maybe he’ll tell Lance why he shouldn’t go - also because he’s been through the same thing. Maybe this will parallel Keith leaving by allowing the team to gain clarity on what Lance actually means to them and by helping Lance validate who he really is.

This is all speculation, of course. So I’d love to hear what who guys think.