Voltron: Why is he made out of five Earth animals?

>>90408219
>the use of the word "paladins" as something like a translation from "noble warriors" from Earth culture into Altean

There you go. Do the same with lions. They're the closest earth word that Coran can come up with.

It's just a fun ride. Thankfully it's very fun.

Lion Spirits were the first species of the universe and seeded all life bearing planets with organisms that would inevitably create a version of "lions". Just so they wouldn't have to explain themselves.

>>90408219
A lot of this story depends on suspension of disbelief, and focusing more on what you like than poking holes in all the handwaving the show does. Just keep in mind they handwave that stuff for your benefit, so they can focus on telling the story they want to tell without a ton of set up and stoppin to explain every detail along the way.

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>>90408219
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ugebzq3juE

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>>90408302
Except they also *look* exactly like lions. And Coran calls them "lions" despite using Altean words for all the other Altean animals he mentions.

Some cartoons offer a reasoning like
>>90408520
which reminds me of what Star Trek TNG did.

>>90408582
>>90408691
I'm cool with shows that do not offer such answers; just wondered if Voltron had any "official" reason or if it's just a fun reboot.

So far I am enjoying it well enough. It features some surprising VA talent. I recognized Rhys Darby and Steven Yeun immediately.

>>90408219
Why do Alteans look exactly like humans with pointy ears?
How does everyone speak the same language without some sort of universal translator?
How can Galra and humans reproduce when they're two completely different species from different galaxies?
It's a fucking kids show about giant robots fighting, some things are going to be inconsistent.

Clearly there are species of space lions that look just like our lions, just like how there are space people that look exactly like humans except with pointy ears. Maybe their lions really do come in blues and greens and other weird colors or something.

>>90409030
I'm cool with it being inconsistent. I just wanted to know if it *was* inconsistent, because sometimes shows offer interesting tidbits like
>>90409069 came up with.
>Maybe their [space] lions really do come in blues and greens and other weird colors or something.

>>90408219
Look, you're trying way too hard to dig deep into a show that was originally reversioned from an anime. Just accept it and move on.

>>90408219

Altean lions are different than ours in that they come in a variety of colors and have the ability to fire laser beams from various orifices

>>90408219
Clearly aliens have been coming to Earth for millenia, saw the lions and kept some

That's how they got Kaltenecker

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>>90408219
Who's the best kitty and why is it the Red Lion?

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>>90411888
Red Lion was great... when Lance was the pilot.

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>>90408219

>>90411942
I don't remember the lions having a personality from the 80's show.

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>>90408219
Well, there's that other Voltron.