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Wait, actually, WOULD Keith get acne? Since he’s half Galra and all. Be know Jack-all about Daibazzal, but you obviously have
A) scaled Galra
B) fuzzy Galra
C) hella thick skin Galra (looks kind alike whale or seal skin
While Krolia does kinda look like a cross between a fuzzy and thick-skin Galra (probably character design to make her more likeable), so would Keith even have the pores to get acne? Would it be WORSE? Sure he has human DNA but how in the world would that cross over into Galra DNA? Is this a hybrid situation where humans and Galra are similar ENOUGH to procreate and hence their offspring could have acne? They aren’t even the same species, though.
Like, you tell me Galra can have hybrid children with multiple different species of sentient life (with Lotor and his generals as an example alongside Keith), but we get no further expansion beyond:
A) Galra tech responds ENOUGH to their DNA to unlock and start things
B) Marmora blades can respond to their quintessence (or at least for Keith, but that may be because Krolia is a member still)
C) most species have dominant DNA, at least by phenotype
D) they can be clocked on sight by other Galra, but not by others in their species
E) simple DNA scans won’t flag the alien DNA (since Keith managed to make it into what’s basically a military school and probably the hospital a few times without being called out)
F) Galra DNA becomes more obvious after puberty, making them bigger, stronger, and taller (and in Keith’s case, giving him more of Krolia’s hair type than his dad’s, yellow eyes, odd pupils, etc.)
That’s it, and some of the points are more or less pure speculation. Where’s the line in cross-species children? Only humanoids? Obviously it’s not on purpose with how much shit Lotor takes even as Zarkon’s son, so it’s not preservation of their species. But, like, where does it end? Species on Earth can’t cross breed without making sterile offspring, and that’s even if they’re physically compatible enough to finish their tango. It still doesn’t explain why a 50% human and 50% Galra managed to have a kid that looks 100% human, and there’s NO WAY Keith is neurotypical with two entirely separate sets of hard-wired instincts in that brain of his, even if humans are mostly soft-wired.
So, would Keith even be able to have acne? He’s 18 in the beginning, and built like a string bean compared to his adult self (seriously, how long have these guys been out in space? With time dilation Shiro could have been with the Galra for even longer than a year, so how long has it been for people on Earth compared to the Paladins?), so it’s safe to say he was still getting growing pains, so would have had it more before puberty, when he looked far more like his dad than Krolia? Does he have the same sweat mechanisms humans do? He would have to inherit some sort of cool-down system from his parents or he would have roasted like a rotisserie chicken out in the middle of the desert.
Most unrealistic thing about Voltron is that none of them had acne. Like you cannot tell me anyone but Lance put effort into their skin care
This is mostly targeted at Keith and Pidge cause Lance does face masks and shit and Hunk just seems like one of those guys that never gets acne
Current mood: Lotor flying into the sun to get away from his dad