I’m currently busy with Eid hectic events right now but I did share some thoughts on twitter loosely. I will say one thing tho. The reason why captain vultures and I did privately speculate that Lotor might be having a villainous breakdown and never speak up about it was out of dread from fandom. I can finally admit that it felt hostile to ever point out certain things about Lotor, so we kept quiet in public out of dreading a witch hunt and 50 vague posts about us.

I will say one thing tho. After season 4 I stopped listening to word of god and started to examine the show on its own. Idk if anyone noticed but I really don’t reblog many quotes from interviews here after season 4. And what I pointed out about Lotor in season 4 -seeming less sympathetic than his parents and disliking how he was hyped up to be different from them when he’s just the same- did earn me lots of shade.

What I’m saying is, the fandom experience and meta on here did contribute greatly to the utter shock of this revelation. It’s the same I felt when Narti was killed, because I spent months in fandom contributing to team Sincline. So involving in lots of meta about Lotor and his angles and why he is not like his parents sadly did build up lots of expectations. I was personally shocked by the horrific things he did but the fact that he did hide something horrible wasn’t a surprise for me, nor was his breakdown. So while I did personally enjoy his breakdown I understand why specifically it’s tumblr fans that are most hurt about it. But I do ask that those of us who finally started to enjoy Lotor as a legitimate villain be left alone. We respect your feelings, please be respectful to us.