Week of Jan 2, 2019

:: You thought I was done ranting…think again. Look forward to my work and reporting on the #FREEVLDS8 Media Campaign

:: Queer Characters like Shiro got done dirty — why is this LGBTQ wedding regressive rather than progressive?

:: WOC characters like Allura got done dirty — staff and animators at DreamWorks and Mir imply that Allura wasn’t supposed to have the permanent end that she did and there was supposed to be a message of hope

:: Mixed Race Characters like Keith got done dirty — all his character development and growth with his mother went backwards inexplicably and became distant from her, and his teammates, and even more strangely, more distant from his queer best friend who he used to ride and die for.

:: Dark and fat characters like Hunk got done dirty — he was reduced to his food character archetype when Seasons prior showed he was going on a path of not just food but of bravery, cultural learning and diplomacy.

:: Common relatable characters like Lance surprisingly got done dirty — he was becoming a humble person on the team supportive of his friends, his former competition, and his friend who he fell in love with…he ended up becoming a tool for man-pain trope and we now have way too many questions than we have answers for this series.

:: Honestly why does the epilogue exist if you’re not gonna put Pidge, the character made a girl instead of a boy compared to previous incarnations, the focus of her end card?

:: Coran, Coran…not the family man? Man what the fu- he didn’t even get to say goodbye to Allura who he knew all of her life and was close to her father as an adviser and became a guardian when he passed?

:: Get into Voltron now if you can, watch seasons 1-7 which were pretty decent in storytelling quality, voice acting direction and animation and compare it to Season 8. If you think the final season is fine, ignore me then and go on your merry way. But if the negatives outweigh the positives for you, then fans young and old, early in the fandom of this particular incarnation and new…we all want to know what could have been, what Studio Mir saw, what the staff here in the US thought was so exciting before they all went silent and said their goodbyes with not much else to say, let alone mention the wedding.

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Links & Resources:

Articles:

How the End of ‘Voltron Legendary Defender’ Exemplifies the Quarantining of Queerness in Animation by Sean Z | GeekDad

https://geekdad.com/2018/12/how-the-end-of-voltron-legendary-defender-exemplifies-the-quarantining-of-queerness-in-animation/

A By-The-Numbers Look at the Disaster That was ‘Voltron’ Season 8 by Taylor | The Geekiary

http://thegeekiary.com/disaster-voltron-season-8/58749

#FREEVLDS8 Fandom Movement

Petition & Masterposts
Recent Updates:

We found another instance where the audio description was wrong, saying that Keith was supposed to talk when Curtis seems to have taken his line. We’re still searching if there’s more than this, and will keep everyone updated with what we find #FREEVLDS8 https://t.co/g9dJyJpltZ

— Free Voltron S8 (@FreeVoltronS8) December 30, 2018

Now this was is hard to properly show, but in Day 47, it seems that Curtis took a line that the subtitles say is for Coran. Check for yourself, if you have Netflix the time says 16:46 at this particular screenshot pic.twitter.com/wKFUQmJm4y

— Free Voltron S8 (@FreeVoltronS8) December 30, 2018

They fixed the epilogue that said Curtis was Adam?? That’s interesting… especially during this time of year. That’s not smth you snap your fingers and it’s fixed. To me this proves DW is very much aware of what fans are saying, since fans were the ones pointing out this mistake

— ✨ siny 🍃 contact the pod (@sinycath) December 30, 2018

@hulu I know Voltron is out of your jurisdiction but you have acquired @DWAnimation and should know how they treat fans with legitimate concerns and criticisms (and how they spoil their own series). It is not a good look and they have lost a lot of loyalty and trust with people.

— Allie | 25k signed! (@theuncannyallie) December 31, 2018

Hey @DreamWorksTV @Voltron @netflix I noticed that this was very quietly just fixed which means you’re seeing feedback from this season and yet not willing to address the massive negative reaction it has garnered. Please stop ignoring us. https://t.co/UlXBWPbJzj

— Taylor (@IamSizzlebutt) December 31, 2018

More Polls in thread:

Thread of polls to gauge the general consensus of the final season of VLD. Multiple questions asking the same thing just in different ways. Please retweet after you vote, I want a variety of people in the fandom to see this and give their input.

— discourse catharsis (@lizcourserants) January 1, 2019

More Polls in thread:

Would you be interested in buying a Voltron DVD if it had a directors cut/deleted scenes of season 8? #FreeVLDS8

— Free Voltron S8 (@FreeVoltronS8) January 1, 2019

Petition and Masterposts:

Change.org Petition

FreeVoltronS8 Twitter
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because the video links no longer work on the archive link, we will post them here in the order they appear on the doc so you can watch the videos on your own

— Free Voltron S8 (@FreeVoltronS8) December 20, 2018

Theories and Evidence Compiled Masterposts of Animation Anomalies