Klavier Gavin has to be one of the most blatant examples of heteronormativity in media, seeing as how he can openly and explicitly flirt with a man on multiple occassions, even ask him out for dinner and say shit like “this is the first time i’ve felt this way about a man :)”, write and perform a song titled “My Boyfriend is the Prosecution’s Witness”, and have the official lyrics of his song “Guilty Love” feature the line “where is this love headed - go ask the wind - or better yet, ask Herr Forehead!” and still have ppl claim he’s not mlm because he has never explicitly stated it in canon
Lauren Montgomery said in an interview once that the episode where Allura died in 80s Voltron traumatized her when she watched it as a child because she was a strong female character she could look up to, and then rebooted the show, made a Black Princess for little girls to look up to, and then up and killed her off, fully knowing it would be traumatizing to them. that’s not just carelessness on the writers’ part. that is downright purposefully violent and sadistic.
