Yeah, I Get That, I Really Do. I'm Well Aware That It's Not Truly Lance That I Dislike, It's The Writers

Yeah, I get that, I really do. I'm well aware that it's not truly Lance that I dislike, it's the writers for making his character go down hill. It would be far easier to like him if I knew why he did everything.

If I knew why he was constantly antagonising Keith, if I knew why he was always trying to hit on Allura, if I knew why he was so posessive over Allura.

I can make as many assumptions as I want, but it doesn't matter if there isn't any canonical evidence pointing that way. For example, I can fully accept that he was antagonistic towards Keith at first, due to how he was constantly compared to him during the Garrison. However, that antagonism doesn't make sense after Season 2, especially when he accussed Keith of using Shiro's death to become Black Paladin.

Maybe if he was called out for this, (by the show, not the fans), I wouldn't be so pressed. But, as it stands, it isn't highlighted at all. There is no indication that Lance recognised his mistakes and grew for them.

Again, I am treating him fairly in my rewrite, making sure he has a proper character arc and making him likable for even the antis or people who don't like Lance. It isn't fair to condemn a character for decisions of the writers.

Ugh, I didn't mean to ramble, but yeah. Those are my feelings about him, basically. I can understand some of the stuff he does, but I can't understand others, and that is why I do not like him, (or rather, I don't like how he was written).

Hi!

I know it's an old post but I casually encountered your Lance critical posts and I wanted to say that I couldn't agree more.

It's been like, six years since the last time I watched Voltron and I decided to rewatch it just for funsies and nostalgia sake. Man, Lance was not as funny and charming as I remember him to be! It took me be surprise to be honest.

I guess it was because when I watched Voltron for the first time I was also a teenager but now, that I'm closer in age to Shiro... yeah. He's so unnecessarily mean to Keith when he did nothing to him, that made me feel awful for Keith. :(

Anyway, I really like and agree with your points of view!

Hello!

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Yeah, even now, I'm not the biggest fan of Lance. I've said as much in previous posts, but I am still treating him fairly in my rewrite, as his character really only took a turn for the worst season three onwards, and I can do things to prevent that downward spiral.

I was actually quite glad to so many people share my dislike of Lance! It was hard to find posts against Lance, so to see little to no backlash was actually really surprising!

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Thanks for the ask/response!

saw people hating on Senor Pink and i just-

i don't really care if people don't like him, whether it just be because of the wrong vibes or they just didn't care much about him

but these people were going on about how his backstory was just 'boo hoo, the consequences of my own actions (ﾉД`)' and they didn't find it 'manly' at all

as if that wasn't the whole POINT!

the whole point of his backstory was that he brought it upon himself, that he didn't truly realise what he had until he lost it, that it's because of him that Gimlet is dead and Russian lost everything before her own death. it is his fault, nobody is denying that

if he had been honest with her, maybe Russian would not have left. maybe they would have been happy together, and maybe he'd have been able to leave Doflamingo. if he was able to put her above his life of piracy, if, if, if

his entire backstory is the consequences of his own actions, which is why i was so pressed about people complaining about it. it's perfectly fine to just not like a character, even if you don't have a reason. but to say the reason is because you believe nobody else understood that his backstory was him facing the fact that he brought his tragedy upon himself is-

it's just not it.

we find him manly and admirable because of what he did after. how he made a fool of himself just to see Russian smile, and continued to dress as a baby even after she was gone, because he truly did love her. he's manly because he's working on himself, not because he speaks tough

again, if you don't like him just 'cause, or you didn't care much about him, or you think his design is weird, (although, why the hell are you still watching One Piece if you think his design is weird?), or you just didn't like him, that's fine. that is your opinion.

but hating him because of what his backstory means? because you think Oda meant to portray him as a victim? he was never a victim, and nobody claimed he was. his tragic backstory was his own doing, and that is the point

Yeah that makes sense, sorry about the offhand ask. I saw "i miss ao3 being down" and "get wrecked losers" and blacked out without checking other context because I thought it was making fun of people who use AO3 generally.

So sorry for the weirdness, have a great day (or night!).

Nah, no problem. I was just confused mainly.

Have a great day/night too!

Hi!

I know it's an old post but I casually encountered your Lance critical posts and I wanted to say that I couldn't agree more.

It's been like, six years since the last time I watched Voltron and I decided to rewatch it just for funsies and nostalgia sake. Man, Lance was not as funny and charming as I remember him to be! It took me be surprise to be honest.

I guess it was because when I watched Voltron for the first time I was also a teenager but now, that I'm closer in age to Shiro... yeah. He's so unnecessarily mean to Keith when he did nothing to him, that made me feel awful for Keith. :(

Anyway, I really like and agree with your points of view!

Hello!

-

Yeah, even now, I'm not the biggest fan of Lance. I've said as much in previous posts, but I am still treating him fairly in my rewrite, as his character really only took a turn for the worst season three onwards, and I can do things to prevent that downward spiral.

I was actually quite glad to so many people share my dislike of Lance! It was hard to find posts against Lance, so to see little to no backlash was actually really surprising!

-

Thanks for the ask/response!

love how gosho went 'shinichi and kaitou are cousins!'

and the kaishin shippers went 'hmm nah'

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AS THEY SHOULD