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The fact that Shiro\\\'s time as the former Black Paladin seemed {{Retgone}} in favor of Keith who only assumed the position out of necessity seems like the larger problem and the source of the dropped ball when it came to his friendship with Keith (and the others for that matter).
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n The fact that Shiro is not treated as an ex-paladin but an unrelated character to any of his former Castle comrades save for a few scenes is the greater issue here. While his friendship with Keith is the most obvious dropped ball due to all the prior screentime dedicated to it it\'s not the only one. That Shiro\'s position as a member of Team Voltron and its former Black Paladin was forgotten entirely while Keith who\'d only been promoted out of necessity was treated as the only one who mattered reeks of {{Retgone}}. Likewise the cast had a major case of selective amnesia , even when it came to recent plot points such as the Entity.
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Yeah that tweet definitely reads as cheap PR speak to me. The fact that Shiro couldn\'t be friends with anyone male did indeed stick out to me like a sore thumb given his focus in the previous seasons, and it is something I pointed out in the forum thread, but I doubted it had anything to do with the fact that Shiro is gay. Seasons 7 and 8 were written and animated before they got the go-ahead to confirm him as such so that wasn\'t a motivator.
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I do concede that their relationship is written kind of strange (hence why a RelationshipWritingFumble entry is worth considering) and that tweet made me do a double take as to whether they might consider it, but as it was likely made by an intern I figured it was likely cheap PR speak similar to the comments about seeing more of Adam.
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The fact that Shiro couldn\\\'t be friends with anyone male did indeed stick out to me like a sore thumb given his focus in the previous seasons, and it is something I pointed out in the forum thread, but I doubted it had anything to do with the fact that Shiro is gay. Seasons 7 and 8 were written and animated before they got the go-ahead to confirm him as such so that wasn\\\'t a motivator.
