Now that she remembers that Lotor is her son she wants control of him. And we know a few of her other, smaller motivations. We don’t know what will drive her going forward, but we know what has driven her in the past. As Honerva she was willing to sacrifice her people, her planet, and even her own life to discover the secrets of quintessence. She pursues it to the detriment of all else. So what does drive Haggar? To some extent she shares Zarkon’s need for power and control, but that’s secondary to her lust for knowledge. Unlike her son, Haggar has no compassion and would have no wish to preserve the lives of others. Unlike her husband, Haggar hasn’t been shown to need to consume quintessence personally to preserve her life. Haggar? Undoubtedly this will come down to quintessence as well, but what exactly she wants it for is still unknown. Lotor wanted access to the quintessence field, to negate the need to steal the life of the living and to tap the wellspring of that power itself. Zarkon wanted ultimate power and control: he was a parasite feeding off the life force of the universe. Now, as we prepare to start season 7 and Arc Three, it’s time to brace ourselves for Haggar.ĭespite her being present from the very first episode we’re still missing a major piece of the puzzle when it comes to Haggar: her motivation. Season 6′s finale was his antagonistic peak he’s not gone yet, but when he re-appears in the plot he won’t be filling the same prime-antagonist narrative role.
Position in the story in conflict with the ‘protagonists’, not by their From the moment he appears in season 3 he’s been the main force moving the plot forward, and here it’s important to remember that an ‘antagonist’ is defined by their
He was defeated during the final battle of season 2, and while he managed to survive thanks to Haggar’s magic he was never again the same formidable antagonistic force he’d been in earlier seasons.Īrc Two was Lotor’s. The arcs are defined by the primary antagonist of each, Arc One, which covered season 1 and 2 belonged to Zarkon. The launch of VLD season 7 will soon be upon us - episode one will screen at SDCC in less than a week - and with it the commencement of the Final Arc of Voltron.
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