History Fanon / VoltronLegendaryDefender

** Pidge, Keith, and Leifsdottir have autism. (Fun fact: ''Voltron Legendary Defender'' stories take up the largest portion of the "Autism" tags on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn.)

** Lance has ADD/ADHD. (Fun fact: ''Voltron Legendary Defender'' stories also take up the largest portion of the "Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder" tag on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn.)

** Tyler Labine has confirmed Hunk to be a native Samoan.

* Several fans believe that Keith's father is James Hawkins from the original series, given their resemblances. This gets Jossed when the ''actual'' James appears in Season 7 as a Galaxy Garrison cadet.

* Several fans believe that Keith's father is James Hawkins from the original series, given their resemblances.

** Pidge, Keith, and Leifsdottir have autism.
** Hunk has generalized anxiety disorder. (Fun fact: ''Voltron Legendary Defender'' stories take up the largest portion of the "Autism" tags on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn.)

** Hunk has generalized anxiety disorder.
** Lance has ADD/ADHD. (Fun fact: ''Voltron Legendary Defender'' stories take up the largest portion of the "Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder" tag on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn.)

** Pidge and Keith are autistic.

* Hunk was believed to have two mothers until the seven season, in which he explicitly identifies both his mother and father in dialogue.

** Lance has ADD or ADHD. (Fun fact: ''Voltron'' stories take up the largest portion of the "Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder" tag on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn.)

** Lance has ADD or ADHD.

* Following Pidge's GenderReveal, some fans interpreted her as a trans girl, a trans boy, or non-binary. The trans boy and non-binary headcanons have been {{Jossed}} by WordOfGod clarifying that she is a girl.

** In a similar vein, Lance is believed to be bisexual or an ArmoredClosetGay for shipping purposes. Similar to the above however, while Lance flirts with just about every female he sees (save Pidge), he has shown zero evidence of being attracted to males. Jeremy Shada, during [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAKSGNnsjn4 an interview at Wondercon in April 2016]], flat out said Lance is only attracted to women. Most shippers of Keith/Lance are either unaware of this or have chosen to ignore him.
* [[ShipToShipCombat Some Keith/Lance shippers like to believe that Shiro and Keith are actual brothers or step-brothers]], particularly due to the show suggesting that Keith and Shiro have a past together and Keith stating he thinks of Shiro like a brother in Season 2. {{Jossed}} in Season 6, where it's shown that although Keith views Shiro in a brother-like light, they are not actually related in any way, and explicitly confirmed by [[WordOfGod Josh Hamilton]].

* [[ShipToShipCombat Some Keith/Lance shippers like to believe that Shiro and Keith are actual brothers or step-brothers]], particularly due to the show suggesting that Keith and Shiro have a past together and Keith stating he thinks of Shiro like a brother in Season 2. {{Jossed}} in Season 6, where it's shown that despite Keith viewing Shiro in a brother-like light they are not actually formally related in any way.

* Fans believe that Lieutenant Ozar is an Altean himself, due to him having similar facial markings and ears as said race.

* Several fans believe that Keith's father is James Hawkins from the original series, given their resemblances.

* Some fans like to think Allura is African despite her being an alien. However her voice actor has [[{{Jossed}} specifically denied]] she is black or any other human ethnicity.

** In a similar vein, Lance is believed to be bisexual or an ArmoredClosetGay for shipping purposes. Similar to the above however, while Lance flirts with just about every female he sees (save Pidge) he has shown zero evidence of being attracted to males. Jeremy Shada, during [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAKSGNnsjn4 an interview at Wondercon in April 2016]], flat out said Lance is only attracted to women. Most shippers of Keith/Lance are either unaware of this or have chosen to ignore him.

** Pidge was revealed in the Paladin Handbook to be Italian. Keith was also confirmed to be Korean (though this seems to refer only to his ethnic heritage, as his father's accent seems to indicate that he was born somewhere in the American south).

** Pidge was revealed in the Paladin Handbook to be Italian. Keith was also confirmed to be Korean (though this seems to refer only to his ethnic heritage, as his father's accent seems to indicate that he was born somewhere in the American south.

** Pidge was revealed in the Paladin Handbook to be Italian.

* A large portion of the fandom, predominantly shippers, is convinced Keith is gay, to the point that a staff interview that mentioned Keith and Allura interacting more in the future led to a lot of panic, outrage, and accusations of [[BaitAndSwitchLesbians gay erasure and queerbaiting]], even though the show has done nothing to indicate his sexual orientation in any direction whatsoever. Some of it has to do with the staff's work on WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra which did have the main character end up in a canon same-sex pairing. However, the two head writers who pushed for said pairing have nothing to do with Voltron.

** As of NYCC 2016, Lance has been confirmed to be Cuban.

* Though WordOfGod on Keith's attempted HeroicSacrifice to stop the Naxzela explosion from wiping out the Voltron fleet in the Season 4 finale is that he's the type of person who prioritizes the mission over himself, it's popular for Keith fans to interpret him as secretly suicidal.

* [[ShipToShipCombat Some Keith/Lance shippers like to believe that Shiro and Keith are actual brothers or step-brothers]], particularly due to the show suggesting that Keith and Shiro have a past together and Keith stating he thinks of Shiro like a brother in Season 2.

* A large portion of the fandom, mostly shippers but of whom there are a notable number who aren't, is convinced Keith is gay, to the point that a staff interview that mentioned Keith and Allura interacting more in the future led to a lot of panic, outrage, and accusations of [[BaitAndSwitchLesbians gay erasure and queerbaiting]], even though the show has done nothing to indicate his sexual orientation in any direction whatsoever. Some of it has to do with the staff's work on WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra which did have the main character end up in a canon same-sex pairing. However, the two head writers who pushed for said pairing have nothing to do with Voltron.