Can you help me out a bit, i haven't watched vld past half of s6 and am trying to establish a timeline for Lotor but hitting a few roadblocks. Unless i am mistaken it is suggested that Lotor saved alteans for his colony 10,000 years ago but like wasn't Lotor born until after Honerva was Haggar and was growing up during that time(also it's probably just me but 10,000 years just feels too much especially when from flashbacks it feels the technology and society has remained mostly the same)
the Lotor timeline is kind of a mess and galra lifespans are also a mess (Lotor's governess was the same when he was a smol kid as we met her in the start of s6) and like.
The one thing you can be certain of is that Honerva was very very pregnant when she became Haggar, and I think gave birth at the same time that Zarkon was leading the destruction of Altea.
Given his age and how the colony is explained... I'd say it's been only a thousand-ish years that the colony has existed, and maybe 300 for the second colony? Like, it started to exist after Romelle was born, and we know that the Castle of Lions was built 600 years beforehand (and Coran's grandfather helped design it), so Alteans are long-lived.
The most frustrating part about this whole thing in figuring out the timeline is that we have no clue how long Alteans or Galra are supposed to live. I'd say, based on context clues, the Castle of Lions was built for Voltron (otherwise that's... weird to have it specially made for the Lions and yet be centuries before the comet appeared), and Allura states at the start of the series that Zarkon should not be alive after 10,000 years.
So. To answer your question...
Honerva was late-stage pregnant when she became Haggar, and either during or just after Zarkon destroyed Altea is when Lotor was born.
When Lotor was a young lad (like, by Human standards 10) he confronted Zarkon bc he was a genius who wanted to learn about his mother and knew she was Altean, but not that she was Haggar.
Somewhere when Lotor looked his canon age he was put in charge of a planet and then, after Zarkon saw he wasn't subjugating the people or destroying the planet, Zarkon had that whole planet obliterated.
Assume Lotor didn't start the colony until one thousand years ago because he looks the same age as canon when he does, and didn't start to harvest their quintessence until probably 300 years ago, and how long Humans live is rather short when compared to the lives of the rest of the universe.
Also yes, 10,000 years feels like too long a time and definitely isn't helped when we have no frame of reference to how long Alteans, Galra, or anyone else not-Human in the universe lives.
As for how Lotor met his generals... we're on our own for that one, as no answer was given. Same for when he figured out about the second comet, and when he learned Haggar and Honerva are the same (he was told by her at end of s6, but admitted that he already knew).
so like... other than exposing l*tor and the altean colony (which ended up kinda being pointless).... what did romelle do. I like her and all, she's fun, but uh.... what is her purpose if s7 ends with them finding another altean when they shouldn't be surprised since they found romelle already LASDKFJ
I thought every altean have different color marks?
Before I answer this I want to make sure everyone knows this post is heavy with VOLTRON SPOILERS for season six.
Every male/masculine Altean I’ve seen has had blue marks and every female/feminine has had pink marks, with the exception of:
Hira (green in my opinion, but some people say they’re blue? it’s like the dress!)
Honerva (maroon, also seen on multiple feminine Alteans in S6 EP 4, but no masculine Alteans)
Romelle (blue)
Lotor (whose marks don’t show normally in the first place)
Some of the Alteans in S6 EP 4 (a lot of the feminine ones had purple marks, one of the masculine ones had purple as well)
Here is the list for Alteans that DO fit my original description:
Allura (pink)
Coran (blue)
King Alfor (blue)
Allura’s mom (pink)
Bandor (blue)
Altean Empire scientist from S3 EP 4 (blue)
The unnamed refugee Alteans talking to Lotor in S6 EP 4
If we assume that maroon and purple are also normal marking colors for Altean females, then that leaves the question of Hira, who is from an alternate reality where markings may work differently therefore this cannot be applied to our vld reality. Since Lotor’s marks don’t show normally, we can also eliminate him since it’s unknown what color they would be if they were present without Oriande’s influence.
This leaves Romelle and the masculine Altean from S6 EP 4. I headcanon them both as trans.
I really do thank you for this ask, it made me look more deeply into this theory, and I did have to adjust it to allow for more marking colors.
In conclusion, it’s a headcanon, and although it’s not exactly a hill I’m willing to die on... I’m still pretty confident with it. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.
Take a guess who my favorite MC from Voltage’s Lovestruck is! So, I pricked myself with needles/pins a crapton of times already making the tunic. But, here are some work-in-progress photos. This is the second costume I’ve made since learning how to use a sewing machine. First time using a sewing machine was Andi Kim’s outfit that I posted a preview of here.
I’m getting super excited for Halloween! Feels good to wear stuff you made yourself. BTW, I saw the new schedule posted in-game: Altea on 9/3, Antonio on 9/5...and I just want to say:
“I’m gonna go apeshit in here like a cat with a roll of toilet paper!”
The Galra had the red lion from the beginning right? Yes.
WHAT IF ALFOR WAS FIGHTING AGAINST HAGGARS DROID OR SOME SHIT WHEN HE DIED, SO THE RED LION HAS HIS SOUL.
And Lance has gotten a super close relationship with Red, because he feels down all the time, and Red always listens. (sorry for the tiny amount of langst) He would eventually get contacted by Alfor
AND WE ALREADY KNOW ALLURA IS ABLE TO GET HIM OUT, BUT THEY NEED A BODY.