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darkspellmaster · 6 years

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Voltron Theory: Why Shiro x Romelle might be endgame for Voltron Legendary Defender

Before I start I should note that when I say endgame I do not mean wedding bells and kids. What I mean is they will probably be at the start of some sort of relationship. Whether that is holding hands or an actual kiss is up in the air, but regardless, I do believe that these two will end up as a couple, or at least proto couple and here’s why.

One of the things I’ve seen mentioned is the idea that the staff intend to have slow burning relationships. Meaning that it would develop over time, ala Lance and Allura. Yet we do have time for something to develop given that Shiro probably will not be back in the Black Lion. His role is now becoming more like Sven’s from the original. There to help the team but not the leader of the group. That is falling on Keith as the new Black Paladin.

So how does one do a slow burn relationship with a character that was just introduced? Well given the way that LM and JDS are talking in interviews, it seems like there will be a continuation of the story, since they have a lot more to tell. So the use of the last seasons (season if you count it as a full 26 episodes) as a spring board for such a romance would be useful.

You already also have a great set up with these two in regard to several elements of common ground that could build up a friendship and a possible romance. Both Shiro and Romelle have suffered at the hand of the Galra through Haggar and her son. Both have seen what blind loyalty can do and how others have suffered for it. And both are the older sibling figure in their own relationships.

With Shiro you have a large case of PTSD brought on by not only Haggar’s actions, but also the actions of her husband. Then there’s the fact that he died and was in the lion for a long while, dealing with his own trauma from that is going to be hard. We know also that his hair is now white, which may mean that he has ties now to the Altean magic which will not be easy. Given the situation with Sendak still out there, I have a feeling that Shiro’s going to have to confront this fear, and that won’t be an easy task for him, as Sendek basically said they were the same.

With Romelle you have someone who grew up in a prison, another similarity to Shiro via the gladiator events he was in. It was a nice prison, but still a gilded cage is still a cage. Naturally she would be worried and nervous about the outside world and what could happen to her out there. On top of that she suffered from the fact that she knew the truth but no one would believe her. You also have to consider she lost her whole family and her brother died in her arms. This was not something that she could easily get over and would need someone to help her, just as Shiro needs someone to help him.

The reason, I personally think, that they’re going to go this route with them is because it makes the most sense for both characters. Shiro is the big brother type and Romelle is about his age, it seems, given her physical look and her height compared to Bandor when he was leaving. Both understand the role of being strong and mentoring their younger sibling (Keith for Shiro, Bandor for Romelle) and I think that if anyone can understand the feelings Shiro’s going to go through as he deals with Keith now spending more time bonding with his mother, it would be Romelle. There will be a sense of loss there because, while Shiro will be happy for Keith, prior to him finding Krolia, he was the only adult figure in his life that seemed to understand Keith and his actions. He looked out for him and Romelle will understand this.

On the flip side I think Shiro would be the only one to understand the idea of failing to save someone that they care about. When his friend and ally died Shrio had to deal with that, and none of the others could get that loss. But he can understand that feeling for Romelle, and probably get it just as well as Keith could or better. Keith was a child when his father died, so naturally there was nothing he could do about the death. Romelle was an adult and could have stopped the situation with Bandor, but she didn’t and couldn’t at the time. Shiro had the same situation with his friend and possibly felt the same way about Matt and Dr. Holt. He was there and awake in the moment when Zarkon first brought them in, he had some idea of where they were going, and he could do nothing to stop the Doctor from being taken where he was, but he was able to save Matt. This I think he’d show her in regard to doing something to help her people back on the colony. She may not have been able to save her family but she can save the other Alteans.

There’s also the fact that, both Romelle and Shiro have several things that Already bond them and could give them more of a bond. First there’s Keith. They both share being saved by him. For Shiro it was with Lance, for Romelle it was with Krolia. The fact that both can have a conversation about Keith for a starter is a good thing. Another thing is their shared understanding of how dangerous the Galra can really be. Shiro was experimented on, Romelle’s family was lost to it. Then there’s the aspect we see of bother of them as being both determined even in the face of fear and having their own PTSD. Romelle’s is a hell of a lot smaller but that doesn’t negate the fact of what she felt, and the fact that she had to carry that feeling on her own for a unknown period of time. Shiro’s is far more in your face, but he had to carry that too for a long while when he was the leader of the team to keep everyone from getting mad at one another.

Another aspect is that both felt they wouldn’t be able to tell the truth and be believed. Shiro when he came back to earth was going to be tested and possibly hurt by the garrison to see what was going on with that arm. They didn’t want to listen to him about the Galra. In the colony Romelle knew that she wasn’t going to be believed about Lotor and couldn’t explain to anyone until Keith and Krolia arrived.

The fact that they have that much to talk about and share in regard to their own emotional states with one another I would think would give a hint about them working together to find a way to become more peaceful regarding their status as they are right now. This is not to mention their connection to Allura. The white hair on Shiro, I don’t doubt, is a hint that he’s going to have some level of magic in him from the Alteans, and Allura would have to teach him in some way. Romelle may or may not know magic, but clearly she’s going to want to learn what she can from Allura so the two also have Allura as a way to bond as she teaches them things about what she knows about Altea and it’s magic.

You can throw Krolia now in there as a parental figure and helper. And possibly the others who would want to know things about her.

Romantically, it also makes sense seeing as both are in a very vunrable place at the moment. The others have people to connect to. Allura with Coran, Keith and Krolia, Pidge and Matt, Lance and probably his family back on earth, Hunk and his family there too, etc. Each character now has someone, and, where as before, Shiro and Keith had only one another since neither brought up their family, now the only one that doesn’t seem to have a family mentioned is Shiro. Given the fact that he seemed to take in Keith so easily as a mentee it makes sense that he may not have family either and can understand how Keith felt. Romelle lost all her family, she is alone in this world and has no one to trust right now.

You could say, “well what about Allura? She and Coran are Altean”. True but they’re ancient alteans by her standards. Romelle is coming from a world where there was no ruling family, no King Alfor, and only Lotor was the main worship there. So she may not be as connective to Allura on the same level as she may with Shiro. Allura lost her family, as far as we know, but she has Coran and now she’ll have the people of the colony. She also has the Voltron team, so while yes she’s going to understand Romelle’s losses, she’s also going to have a bit of a disconnect because the circumstances were different. Shiro, on the other hand was more recent with his issues with the Galra, and if he, like Keith, lost his family, unlike with Allura, it’s a more fresh wound not 10,000 years ago.

There’s also the fact that they seemed to have set it up pretty well for Shiro to have a connection with Romelle because of the fact that Shiro probably won’t be doing a lot of work with the Castle. What I mean is that given Pidge’s dad will probably be with Coran and Allura figuring things out for it. You’ll have Keith and Lance helping out with making sure there’s room for the lions and working with pidge, hunk and allura to do their things as a team. Not to mention that when Alllura is not working with Romelle or talking to her about Altea, she’s going to be doing other things. So that places both of them with a lot of free time and time to get to know one another.

Romelle also seemed to want to know how to fly the plane, and clearly will want to know about earth culture. Shiro is the most likely person to do that for her as we’ve seen him be a teacher before.

It’s not a huge leap in logic to assume that Shiro and Romelle will both be working for the release of the Altean colony, so I’m sure that that will lead to them learning more about one another and having fun. Given that Romelle is one of Lauren’s favorite characters I don’t see her passing up the chance to have these two interact. And, given that Sven and Romelle’s romance played a key role in helping Sven get better, as well as the two working as a team as part of the ground resistant fighters, it’s no small guess to assume something of a similar nature for this show could show up and allow their friendship that I’m sure we’ll see cultivated, growing closer.

Now we don’t know the ending of this. But given Shiro’s age, and I’m guessing Romelle’s a lot older than Allura because, like Lotor, she wasn’t put to freezing sleep, it’s not so hard to see them using that as part of the reason that Shiro may hang around with Romelle and could, potentially, stay with her to help train the other alteans in flying or other things.

Honestly it makes the most sense for that set up with him because, he can’t go back as the black pilot, it would advance her as a character as well, it fits within the aspect of the story, and is an easier romance to develop over a short period of time or at least start it, then say figuring out all the complexities of a Lance, Allura, Keith or Lotor, triangle that they may create with the characters.

That’s why I honestly think that it makes sense for them to be endgame in regard to being close at the end of the show and possibly starting off on a new sort of relationship.

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