In a show where there are alternate realities, there is no shortage of ideas. However, I can say I would probably go the FMA route.

So much of Voltron’s story was actually never developed – from the simple reason as to why Shiro was cloned, to Lance’s insecurities, to Allura’s demotion from a commander, to Lotor’s freedom from his abusive past, to Keith’s actual leadership arc (not two years on the back of a whale), to even “they brought another one” in the first episode.

As you probably know, there was one FMA anime that finished to an original end and a second anime that told the story as per the manga.

Therefore, I‘d like to see a spin-off that redid S3-onwards and actually give answers to plot points abandoned. (Call it an alternate reality.)

I’d like to see the characters’ struggles this time, not just hear in interviews that Lance is no longer insecure because he’s now playing Keith’s role, that Shiro is no longer ill (though we have no idea how he knows this or if he even does), and then I would like the spin-off to reinforce what the show seemed to forget – that the paladins are always stronger together.

(My apologies – tangent – I don’t understand why “six paladins, five lions” is a problem. So Shiro flies Black and maybe Atlas (if it is needed). Keith can fly Black and Red, Lance Red and Blue, Allura Blue and Atlas, or all the lions. [The lions are connected to her life force, after all.] IMHO – this versatility would make the team stronger.)

In any case, I know this won’t happen. I know Atlas is a more likely spin-off.

But I just can’t get onboard with that since VLD had a non-white, queer, disabled man as a main character and then separated him from the team, along with a list of other offensive actions dealing with race, disabilities, and sexuality.

I might be able to get onboard if it were different EPs, but as it stands – I’ll finish the show and move on.

Thank you for your time.

And while you’re at it, get a new production staff. This time, led by someone with the humility to get out of the creatives’ way and let them do their job. Someone who won’t grab the wheel just before the third act, throw out the window every payoff we’ve been waiting on for six seasons, and then drive the story right off a cliff.

Skip those steps and we’ll just get more of the same. That’s assuming you could convince the fandom to come back for more of the same truncated arcs, flat stereotypes, abandoned storylines, forgotten side-characters, empty worldbuilding, unfulfilled promises, unexplored premises, and the joy of being told major plot points in interviews rather than in the story itself.

I mean, you could *try* and sell that, but there’s a whole lot of us who wouldn’t be buying. We already invested enough waiting for Shiro to return to his place as the head of his team, and for Allura retake command as Voltron’s (and the coalition’s) leader. Instead the story stuck her permanently in a foot soldier’s position, and tossed Shiro a punishment disguised as a consolation prize.

Why would we sign up for going through this all over again?

I love your passion for a character. I’m not ready to say goodbye to the Voltron. If you were in charge of a spin-off, what would be your story?

The title of the show is Voltron, not Atlas, and Shiro’s entire arc revolved him being the Black Paladin. He fought for the role and strengthened his bond with his lion, which is Black. We actually don’t know what Atlas is, other than Allura’s crystal and the castle-ship crystal, both which are not his.

Also, a bigger mecha isn’t always a better mecha.

And he didn’t save Voltron, actually. He fell from the sky and got zapped of energy. Voltron saved Atlas.

Thanks!

Susie,

You know the ATLAS is a bigger Voltron, and Shiro can make it work because he’s a Paladin? All he’s hardship led to this point and saving Voltron.

Oh, and he’s disabled, a minority, and queer – and no longer a paladin, the one thing he wanted to be.

Sorry. Captain Shiro just isn’t a story I want or the story the character deserves. Black Paladin Shiro is.