History Headscratchers / VoltronLegendaryDefender

1. First, she concealed the information that there was hostile alien life from the rest of the world. Which is understandable for the Kerberos mission and Shiro’s return, since no one knew what was going on and there was no need to risk unnecessary panic. But, when Sam Holt came back all the info on what was going on and that there was a confirmed hostile alien force, she STILL kept things secret, even when it was clear that the Galra KNEW where Earth was and were ACTIVELY HOSTILE TO EVERYONE. Her rational for doing so was to avoid panic, but that’s ridiculous considering that an invasion was basically imminent and Earth was BADLY outgunned by the Galra in every way, and they needed resources and aid to make sure Sam could get the technology they need for defense up and running.

2. Second, she completely dismisses Sam’s advice when the Galra begin their invasion, instead using standard tactics and a few of their new weapons against them even when Sam tells it will not work. She doesn’t allow him to launch the M.F.Es or use their new Particle Cannon since they’re untested, which is fair to a degree, but that does not excuse her throwing under-equipped troops into battle against a FAR superior foe out of what appears to be arrogance and her own ignorance making her underestimate the Galra.

3. Finally, Sanda makes the BRILLIANT decision to leak the battle plan against the Zaiforge installations to Sendak, as part of a deal with him in order to have him get the Lions and leave Earth alone. Which is completely asinine. The Lions were literally the best weapons humanity had against the Galra and were their best hope of victory. Moreover, Sanda trusted Sendak, a conquest-hungry proud member of the Galra Empire which has been engaging in such actions for longer than human history and whom she has been fighting for years…and ACTUALLY EXPECTED HIM TO KEEP HIS WORD. Wow. What’s especially egregious there is that thanks to the data from the Castle of Lions, the Garrison had a copy of Sendak’s memories and an interface from which to learn what his tactics and plans might be. And at no point do we even receive a hint that Sanda used said interface to determine if Sendak would actually keep his word. And this was something she was considering from the moment the Paladins returned to Earth.

So, in conclusion…why was this woman still left in charge?!

[[folder: The Stupidity of Sanada]]
* Okay, this is really bugging me: WHY wasn’t Sanada relieved of duty sooner? The woman was a complete idiot with how she dealt with the Galra situation. Most notable are three points in particular:
-First, she concealed the information that there was hostile alien life from the rest of the world. Which is understandable for the Kerberos mission and Shiro’s return, since no one knew what was going on and there was no need to risk unnecessary panic. But, when Sam Holt came back all the info on what was going on and that there was a confirmed hostile alien force, she STILL kept things secret, even when it was clear that the Galra KNEW where Earth was and were ACTIVELY HOSTILE TO EVERYONE. Her rational for doing so was to avoid panic, but that’s ridiculous considering that an invasion was basically imminent and Earth was BADLY outgunned by the Galra in every way, and they needed resources and aid to make sure Sam could get the technology they need for defense up and running.

-Second, she completely dismisses Sam’s advice when the Galra begin their invasion, instead using standard tactics and a few of their new weapons against them even when Sam tells it will not work. She doesn’t allow him to launch the M.F.Es or use their new Particle Cannon since they’re untested, which is fair to a degree, but that does not excuse her throwing under-equipped troops into battle against a FAR superior foe out of what appears to be arrogance and her own ignorance making her underestimate the Galra.

-Finally, Sanada makes the BRILLIANT decision to leak the battle plan against the Zaiforge installations to Sendak, as part of a deal with him in order to have him get the Lions and leave Earth alone. Which is completely asinine. The Lions were literally the best weapons humanity had against the Galra and were their best hope of victory. Moreover, Sanada trusted Sendak, a conquest-hungry proud member of the Galra Empire which has been engaging in such actions for longer than human history and whom she has been fighting for years…and ACTUALLY EXPECTED HIM TO KEEP HIS WORD. Wow. What’s especially egregious there is that thanks to the data from the Castle of Lions, the Garrison had a copy of Sendak’s memories and an interface from which to learn what his tactics and plans might be. And at no point do we even receive a hint that Sanada used said interface to determine if Sendak would actually keep his word.

-Second, she completely dismisses Sam’s advice when the Galra begin their invasion, instead using standard tactics and a few of their new weapons against them even when Sam tells it will not work. She doesn’t allow him to launch the MFEs or use their new Particle Cannon since they’re untested, which is fair to a degree, but that does not excuse her throwing under-equipped troops into battle against a FAR superior foe out of what appears to be arrogance and her own ignorance making her underestimate the Galra.

* Okay, this is really bugging me: WHY wasn’t Sanada relieved of duty sooner? The woman was a complete idiot with how she dealt with the Galra situation. Most notable are three points in particular: First, she concealed the information that there was hostile alien life from the rest of the world. Which is understandable for the Kerberos mission and Shiro’s return, since no one knew what was going on. But, when Sam Holt came back all the info on what was going on and that there was a confirmed hostile alien force, she STILL kept things secret.

* Just how much destruction has the Galra Empire caused over the millennia it’s existed? Back in Season 1, it was stated that they had conquered most of the known UNIVERSE. However, during Season 8, Allura brought up that Zarkon’s murdered MILLIONS. That…seems like VERY low amount, considering universal conquest and all. Realistically, that number should be at least a few million times larger, so this has to be a case of SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale, right?

* In the very first episode, Keith mentioned that the cave drawings he found said that some “event” would happen the night before, which lead to him going to save Shiro and thus meeting the other future Paladins. What I get from this is that someone KNEW that the Paladins would meet that night, and thus become the Defenders of the Universe. My question is “How?” Was this a matter of DestinySaysSo (in which, does that mean EVERYTHING the Paladins have done was due to predestination)?

* Potentially weird question: in the alternate universe we see in Season 3, where Sven and the evil Alterans are, there only really seems to be one difference: instead of going to cryosleep, Allura managed to fight off Zarkon and defeat him, making her own Alteran Empire in the process and causing other changes down the line. My question is thus: doesn’t that mean that the Alternate Reality has its own Voltron Lions from their own Transreality Comet? If so, where are they?

** It's a scifi academy. They probably use hackable AutoDoc tech heavily, the team doesn't seem too surprised by or distrustful of the castle pod's abilities to heal Lance. If not, manipulating the system to get herself overlooked by some overworked school nurse would be easy enough. The real question is how an entire schoolboard thought [[AwesomeMcCoolname Pidge Gunderson]] was an actual name.

* S1E1: who opened the wormhole for the Blue Lion and the fledgling Team Voltron to escape the Galra cruiser pursuing them?

** One pet theory is that [[ReverseMole Iverson is actively covering for the kid nosing around]], since he lacks the clearance or technical skills to find enough evidence to break matters open himself.

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** [[spoiler:Blue is seen with the others in the final shot, flyibg towards a vaguely Allura shaped nebula. Some theorize that the lions have gone to look for her, now that the universe is at peace.]]