Allurance

Allurance is the het ship between Allura and Lance from the Voltron: Legendary Defender fandom.

Season 1
In the Rise of Voltron, Lance, Keith, Shiro, Pidge, and Hunk enter the Castle of Lions, and find the Stasis Pod Chamber. Allura’s pod opens, and she collapses. Lance catches her with his arms before she can hit the floor. She looks up at him confused. Lance looks at her, a blush forming, and says hello. Allura questions who he is and where is she. He introduces himself and flirts, which she pays little attention to and comments about how ugly his ears are. Upset by the comment, he tells her he heard her. Allura then locks Lance’s arm in a hold and questions what's going on. In pain, Lance tells her about the Blue Lion, and she releases him. When Allura assigns a Lion to each Paladin, she begins her explanation about the Blue Lion only to be interrupted by Lance confidently trying to guess it takes the most handsome and best pilot, a smile on his face, and making eyes at the princess. Allura looks at him with an annoyed look and moves on to the Yellow Lion.

In Fall of the Castle of Lions, Allura chats telepathically with the mice. One of them combs its hair and alters its eyes to imitate Lance in a cocky pose and using its tail as a stick or sword. Allura watches with flat eyes and a chagrined look and comments: “That seems like Lance”.

Slightly after, a bomb from Sendak destroys the Castle’s crystal and leaves Lance severely wounded. Allura is the first to notice Lance on the floor and exclaims his name. Since the Castle has no power, Allura points out the infirmary pods will not work to heal Lance. She leaves, to help Keith while Shiro stays with Lance.In Taking Flight, Allura looks at Lance inside the healing pod with slight worry. When Keith tries to interrupt the procedure, she angrily stops him and demands a bit more time so the process is 100% complete. This is the first time she shows concern and does something for his well-being as she wants him to be fully healed. Although, she gets distracted by a tick/second comparison the next instant. Mere seconds later, the pod opens and Lance exits, weak and disoriented. Allura smiles when she sees him. Lance asks what happened. She tells him they will tell him while he eats and asks is he can walk. Lance responds if she is asking him on a date. She immediately puts flat eyes, an evidently annoyed face, retires her hand of his back and turns away crossing her arms.

When Rolo sends his distress signal, Lance tries to woo Nyma, constantly flirting with her even in front with Allura. She does not display signs of jealousy, but she does display slight annoyance (along with Shiro) yet again. In Rebirth, Allura needs to land on the Balmera. When she proposes to go, Lance has a surprised look. She space-jumps from the Castle. Lance is the first that sees her and asks if it’s her before engaging the Robeast with the rest of Team Voltron. In Collection and Extraction, Pidge browses the extracted memories from Sendak looking for info or a weakness to exploit. Lance says that when they do, they can challenge Zarkon. He then fantasizes himself atop of the defeated Galra Emperor, a flag with his face, the Paladins giving him a thumbs up and Allura idolizing him. Of course, the gang (except Pidge) look at him upset with flat eyes.

While Pidge is trying to reprogram a sentry, Lance asks her and Hunk if Allura talks about him when he’s not in the room. Hunk replies that she does so all the time, with a blushing face and then asks Hunk to swear not to tell. This is false and an attempt by Hunk to make fun of and get his hopes up. Lance gets very excited by this answer only to be interrupted by the smashing hand from the sentry to the face knocking him out.

When Allura gets captured, Lance is shocked. In The Black Paladin, Keith proposes not to go to rescue Allura in order not to risk Voltron. Lance responds in a serious tone that he is afraid to do the right thing: rescuing Allura no matter the stakes. He does not hesitate nor object to enlist for this mission and begins to compute scenarios to infiltrate Zarkon’s base. This is the first time Lance displays concern for the Princess. Most probably, it is because of his Paladin code and his duty to Voltron since up to this point he has not shown any signs of real affection or feelings for her (all their interactions have been Lance flirting).

Season 2
In Shiro’s Escape, Team Voltron meets Ulaz. Shiro wants to go to the Marmora post for answers, Pidge to see the space pocket technology and Hunk for food. Allura wants to stay in the Castle, and Lance volunteers to stay with her for her protection (with his classic flirting tone and face). As usual, the Princess looks back with flat eyes and vocally shows her disapproval with slight disgust. In Eye of the Storm, Zarkon chases Team Voltron with a giant fleet of cruisers, destroyers and his command ship, forcing them to flee thru a worm hole. The physical stress of the wormhole creation causes Allura to weaken, sweat and collapse from the exhaustion. While the Paladins just approach her and stand nearby, Lance is the first to kneel next to her followed by Coran (everyone being very worried). This is the second time Lance displays a sincere concern for the Princess and her well-being. In The Ark of Taujeer, Allura thinks Zarkon is tracking them because of her. Lance resorts to his usual flirting by saying he would absolutely travel across the galaxy to find her. Allura again displays a slight annoyance. Their interaction is interrupted by Keith (thinking he is the one Zarkon is tracking), and the topic is dropped.

Keith and Allura launch in a pod to test their theory. When Coran informs this, Lance becomes evidently jealous. Shiro orders that the pod is contacted. Lance immediately seconds that order. Allura and Keith decide to stay away.

When Keith joins the fight (with Allura as passenger), Lance asks is she is there. Keith replies she is. Lance jealously asks if she is WITH him (again supposing they are a couple). Hunk interrupts asking for assistance. In Space Mall, Coran proposes to visit a black market site (in reality, no different than typical mall) to acquire items to repair the damaged teludav wormhole generator. Lance approaches Allura with a flirting tone (although not as evident or heavy as previous times) and offers to take her shopping and buy her “something sparkly”. Coran immediately interferes and denies such plan. In contrast to all their previous interactions, Allura actually likes the idea and shows excitement/enthusiasm about it by commenting that she would love something sparkly (with a big smile and little stars shining next to her face). Coran rejects the plan again leaving the Princess shot down and visibly disappointed (flat eyes, smile erased and stars gone). This is the first positive interaction between the two as it is the first time Allura does not get annoyed by Lance or his advances. Unfortunately, Lance does not seize this opportunity to give Allura something nice. Pidge and Lance use the money they got to buy a video game console (which does not work because they don’t have a TV set to plug it into) and a cow (that came free with the purchase). In the Belly of the Weblum, the Team splits to accomplish different tasks. Lance asks Allura for a good luck/goodbye kiss. Once again, Allura and Coran look back with flat eyes and annoyance. Coran grabs one of the Altean mice and puts it in his lips, much to Lance’s shock.

Season 3
After Shiro’s disappearance in the aftermath of the epic battle against Zarkon, Team Voltron must reshuffle the Paladins to find someone to pilot the Black Lion. After presenting themselves in The Red Paladin, Keith is chosen (an event Lance reluctantly accepts). Prince Lotor arrives with his destroyer and engages the gang. However, the Blue Lion does not grant Lance access anymore. When Allura goes to investigate, she finds a sad Lance who now questions if he is even fit to be a Paladin. They hear a roar from the Red Lion. Allura recognizes it and orders Lance to go to it. He thinks the call is for her, but she replies that although she would love that to be true, she knows that Red is not for her but for him (to Lance’s confusion). With a pep talk and her hand on his shoulder (which surprises Lance), she inspires him and explains that when Lance accepted Keith as leader, it showed he values a strong team over his personal glory and became Voltron’s right hand as King Alfor once did. Lance decisively promises the Princess he will honor that by not letting him down. Allura looks at him seriously and firmly replies: “Go...”. Lance picks up his helmet and launches in the Red Lion. Allura begins walking away (with her head slightly down) when the Blue Lion deactivates its particle barrier and roars to her, selecting her as its Paladin. Allura smiles and launches to join the fight (to everyone’s surprise and excitement upon her arrival). This is the first genuine moment between the two. After the fight, Lance says goodbye to the Blue Lion since it has a special meaning for him after their adventures together: “I’m gonna miss you, buddy”. Allura pops up with her new pink Paladin armor. To her surprise, Lance summons the Blue Bayard and gives it to her saying it now belongs to her. Not only that but he adds: “if I had to lose Blue to someone, I’m glad it was to you”. She seems touched by the remark and Lance’s sincerity (looking slightly down with a smile). This may indicate the start of Lance developing an affection for the Princess as he willingly gives away something he treasures and has significant value to him to her. Moreover, this implies that Allura is special and important to Lance since he preferred to cede Blue to her over anybody else. In The Hunted, Lance radios Allura asking if she is holding up ok with the Blue Lion. She replies she is fine. Ironically, she crashed into Hunk a few moments before. This is the third time he shows genuine concern for the Princess, making this now a frequent thing on him.

Lotor engages the whole team himself. Since most of the team is with new Lions, they are not used to the controls. When Allura yells at the Blue Lion to obey her, Pidge, Lance and Hunk comment about that: Pidge doesn’t think yelling at the Lion works, Lance says he told her so only to be yelled at by Allura, and Hunk says she gets bossy and scary when under pressure, only for them to discover it is an open channel and she heard the whole thing, menacingly replying: “I can hear you...”. The other three yelp scared. Falling into Lotor’s trap, the gang follows him to Thayserix where their Lions go blind and almost incommunicated. Allura crashes and separates from the group. A worried Lance tells Keith they should go back for her. The team splits again, leaving Allura alone. She tries to communicate with the Blue Lion and questions herself what would Lance do. She imitates him flirting and throws a compliement to Blue’s control console. When this doesn’t work, she expresses doubt on herself again, understands she cannot control everything and should “go with the flow” (which is something Lance does often). This breaks the psychological barrier, allows Allura to connect with the Lion and unlocks her the Sonar Cannon and Ice Cannon. Despite Lotor’s attack, she turns the tables and disables his fighter, freezing one of his wings and forcing him to fall back. Allura finds and regroups the team. Pidge asks how did she connect with her Lion to which she replies she had to take a mindset like Lance’s and not think so much. At first, Lance likes that but then stops when he interprets this as her implying he is an idiot. She awkwardly replies that is not the case prompting a funny scene of everyone poking and making fun of Lance.

In Tailing a Comet, the team infiltrates a Galra base. Lance has unlocked a second form of his Bayard: a sniper rifle. He provides cover for his teammates when they engage Galra sentinels. Allura manages to take out 5 of them in an impressive display of fighting skills and her Bayard. Lance witnessed everything and says: “Well, that was awesome!”.

Lance admits to Keith, a bit later, that the Princess has become the fastest learner of the whole group.

Season 4
In Black Site, Pidge brings back her brother Matt after tracking him in the previous episode. Allura, Coran, the Altean mice, Shiro, Hunk, and Lance welcome them back. During introductions, Matt is totally taken aback by Allura’s beauty, seeing her with a pink heart-shaped vision and says she is beautiful and is an honor to meet her with a suave voice. Lance becomes totally enraged and consumed by jealousy, lurking behind Allura, growling, with a murderous look, yellow eyes, a horror movie background "music", and a red face. He shoots through his eyes some sort of stars that hit Matt in the eyes, causing him pain and breaking the trance he is in. When Pidge takes Matt on a tour of the Castle, Lance looks at him with angry and distrustful eyes, again growling. Curiously, nobody else notices any of this as if it didn’t happen. This is the biggest jealousy case Lance has ever displayed and most probably signals the start of his feelings for the Princess as he frequently worries for her safety or well being and has shown jealousy multiple times when someone approaches her. So far, this is one-sided as Allura has never shown any affection for him or jealousy when Lance is in contact with other women. In A new Defender, Haggar activates a trap (which Allura senses) that disables Voltron with an increased gravity field and turns the planet Naxzela into a giant bomb. The gang goes to the planet’s nucleus which is a glowing sphere. Allura tries to disable it only to be zapped by the magical energy. The team has to pull her back and away of the sphere. The first one to run and grab her is Lance. When they successfully break her free, the only one to approach and ask her if she is okay is (again) Lance. This is another show of Lance’s growing feelings since this is the second time he puts himself in harm’s way without hesitation for her safety and integrity. The Paladins return to Voltron trying to evacuate. The gravity pull traps them even deeper within the planet. While some try to think of something, Lance contacts Allura (who has her head down, sad/scared) and says that he knows that she can get them out of there by tapping into her magic. She doubts herself (again) as she is untrained. He insists that he is certain she can do it since she has done great things on her own, she was chosen by the Blue Lion and is the heart of Voltron. She asks for her father’s guidance and tries her magic. The Blue Lion’s cockpit lights up completely (most probably signaling a full connection between the Princess and her Lion) and emits a blue-ish aura that allows Voltron to fly and escape the trap. Lance smiles when he sees the aura. The Red Lion uses its laser to break the containment shield. Allura thanks Lance with a smile and a relieved/soft voice. He replies it was all on her.

Season 5
In Blood Duel, Zarkon proposes a prisoner exchange: Sam Holt (Pidge’s and Matt’s father) for Lotor. The team is divided since Pidge wants her father back at any cost while others know it is a trap and Zarkon will double-cross them. Lotor knows this and talks about the possibility of a (friendly) relationship like the one Zarkon and King Alfor once had. The mere mention of this shocks Lance driving him to his jealous mode. He immediately sides with Pidge in order to get rid of Lotor.

In Post Mortem, Lotor is no longer held in a cell. He is sitting on the Castle bridge. Allura asks if he is okay and tries to comfort him telling him that he did something good by ending Zarkon’s rule. The gang enters the bridge. Lance is surprised (and slightly jealous) to see them together and comments about Lotor’s presence on the bridge.

Lotor announces that Zarkon’s death forces the Galra leaders to select someone to take the throne. He must go there to claim it. Allura does not agree as it is very dangerous and will require planning. Lance sides with her only to be told by Shiro it’s not his call (with a bit of aggressiveness, leaving Lance startled). Everyone else sides with the Princess, but Shiro overrules them all and imposes his plan of action. Tensions escalate leading to an argument between Shiro and Allura questioning his most recent decisions (like giving Lotor the Black Bayard).When Lance tries to intervene and calm things down, Shiro yells at Lance to stay out of it (with evident hostility, again leaving the Red Paladin shaken). This moment shows again that Lance puts the team and Allura’s safety first, very much like the Princess told him when he became the Red Paladin.

Lance goes to the training deck (possibly to clear his mind after what happened with Shiro). He uses his Bayard assault rifle and sniper rifle until the practice drones overwhelm him. He then unlocks the third form of his Bayard: an Altean broadsword he uses to slice the drones. He is totally astonished by its power. Allura suddenly pops up and explains what it is (the same weapon her father used 10,000 years ago). He is surprised to see her and has no idea how it materialized. She tells him the Bayard has shown that he has greatness and has been noted by everyone. Lance replies Shiro doesn’t. They both get a bit sad with heads down. Allura tells Lance she is unsure what to do as she is constantly arguing with Shiro. He says they all are under a lot of pressure and Lotor’s presence is not helping. She thinks that fighting the Galra is easier than working with them. However, Lance gives her some advice: Shiro is not her enemy, and they both want what is best for the coalition. The Princess smiles and restores her good mood after listening him and agrees. She thanks him with relief in her voice and admits that talking to him has actually made her feel better. Lance (jokingly) takes a bit of offense asking what she means with “actually” (with a little smirk). They laugh for a moment. Finally, Allura places her hand on his shoulder (making Lance a bit tense/nervous) and suggests Lance that if he wants to control such a powerful sword (making a quick leg movement to trip him off-balance, throwing him to the floor and disarming him) he has to work on his stance.



In White Lion, Lotor accompanies the team in an expedition to find Oriande. The gateway is a dangerous white hole. Allura proposes to use Voltron to go. Coran opposes this (second by Lance) as he thinks this will mean their doom. When Lotor says this is not the case, Lance angrily tells him to zip it. This reaction may be caused by two factors: him having jealousy towards Lotor (again) and/or him trying to protect Allura. Either way, it is very brave (or stupid) to tell the new Galra Emperor to shut his mouth! Lance adamantly opposes the idea to let Allura and Lotor go alone. Unfortunately for him, she insists to go and does so. While they are away, Lance is desperate and nerve-wrecked. He frequently asks the other Paladins if they think Allura and Lotor are okay or coming back until Pidge expels him from the room (with Shiro’s babysitting him). Obviously, he is extremely worried for Allura.

The team is about to run out of oxygen on the Castle. Everyone is too weak to do anything. The last one to black out is Lance, and he sees with relief that Allura and Lotor are returning from Oriande. Allura reactivates the Castle and says she could not have achieved her goal without Lotor. Lance watches them with a suspicious look (raising an eyebrow) as he detects the flourishing relationship between the two.

Season 6
In Omega Shield as soon as they return, Lotor and Allura thank each other for what they have accomplished. Lance can only hear and look with anger and jealousy.

Team Voltron heads to Omega Shield station to protect it after Sendak’s attack. Hunk directs the team: Shiro and Pidge to reboot the generator while Allura and Lance repair the broken panel. Hunk realigns the other plates. Allura proposes to use the Ice Cannon to hold the pieces together. Lance complements the plan using the Fire Cannon to weld them. Allura agrees. He then fantasizes the Princess saying they are a great team working together, hugging himself as if Allura is doing so, only to have her hurry him. He realizes this and embarrassingly blushes with a big smile. This is a clear and undisputed display of Lance fantasizing and having feelings for the Princess. The team repairs the station on time, but Shiro has a seizure attack (caused by Haggar’s link) causing the generator to fail. This starts a chain reaction that deactivates the shield. Lance sees the energy accumulate near the repaired panel. He realizes it is going to fail with Allura right next to it. He shouts “ALLURA!!!”, engages full thrusters and without a second thought uses the Red Lion to ram the Blue Lion out of harm’s way. The broken plate shorts out and causes a massive energy surge. In horror, Allura watches the Red Lion being engulfed in the surge, bolts of lightning emanating from it and hears Lance screaming in excruciating pain while being electrocuted. She gasps and cries “LANCE!”. She immediately ejects from the Blue Lion and uses her jet pack to go help him, desperately calling for Lance to respond. Panting, she enters the offline Red Lion cockpit and finds Lance unconscious. Shocked, she says: “no... no! NO!”. Allura puts her right hand on his right shoulder (hugging him) and puts her left arm in his helmet, closing her eyes. She taps into her magic

and glows in a bright blue aura. Lance’s body begins to glow shortly after. As their blue aura shines brighter and brighter, the Red Lion’s eyes become lit and growls ferociously. Hunk realigns the broken piece from the damaged panel. Just as the sun’s radiation is about to hit and consume them in a fiery inferno, Allura is seen hugging Lance’s head caringly. In the nick of time, Pidge manages to reactivate the generator. The shield rises and deflects the radiation. Lance slowly opens his eyes to find the Princess in front of him. She watches him with extreme relief, glittering eyes and a little smile. Lance can only whisper: “You saved me...”. Holding his hand, she replies: “I owed you one...”. The team leaves the station in their Lions. Lance is seen hugging himself (again fantasizing about Allura) and remembering what just happened with her. Simultaneously, she drives her Lion with the same glittering eyes and a little smile. In Razor’s edge, Allura enhances the third Sincline ship Lotor is building. Pidge, Hunk and Lance enter the room and interrupt them. He very awkwardly drops a toolbox causing a lot of noise. Allura becomes embarrassed, and they politely decline their offer to help. Lance insists only to be totally ignored. He leaves the hangar very disappointed. Pidge and Hunk experiment with some Galra and Altean tech in the Green Lion’s hangar. Lance is sitting near them in front of a console. They ask him to test their experiment. He does not listen and only stares at the table, very sad, obviously hurt, depressed and disappointed. So, they begin to tease him, which initially angers Lance. However, he soon returns to his sad state, heartbroken and apparently realizing his dream of having a relationship with Allura has been crushed if not destroyed. Lance retires to the Castle lounge, alone. The Altean mice approach him. He asks if they also come to poke and make fun of him while one of them partially enters his mouth. Angrily, he grabs them and demands to be left alone (the mice being a bit scared). He releases them and sighs. He opens up to the mice and confesses he used to make fun of heartbroken people (him often being the cause) until he met Allura. He likes her unlike any other girl because she is brave, intelligent and inspires him to be a better person. The mice listen closely. He thinks he cannot confess her feelings for Allura: she would reject him, he has nothing to offer her, and he cannot compare to a “space prince” like Lotor while he is a simple guy from Cuba. Allura has another moment with Lotor, blushing when he thanks her for their achievements. She retreats to her room in the Castle and finds the Altean mice. She seems happy and asks how are they. They look cleaner so she asks if someone gave them a bath. One of them combs its hair and does a Lance-like pose. She is amazed to hear it and asks if they are friends and how did that happen. One of them dances around the first one, and both use their tails to form a heart. This means the mice heard the whole thing and have telepathically confessed Lance’s feelings/love for Allura. She is stunned by this revelation, at a loss of words (only asking if he did say that) and is left confused and shaken. As much as she cares for Lance, she cannot ignore her growing attraction to Lotor or their working relationship. In Monsters and Mana, Pidge, Hunk, Shiro and Coran play a video game. Allura and Lance enter the room together and ask what is going on. Hunk and Pidge play while their experiment progresses, Shiro to clear his head, Allura says Lotor is busy with the empire (the mere mention of Lotor upsets Lance), is stuck with the Sincline ship (the mention of her impasse makes the sound of a bell ding while Lance smiles slightly) and thinks it sounds fun. He identifies this as an opportunity to spend some time with the Princess and joins too. Curiously, Allura has a smirk on her face when she makes the comment about her delay. It is possible she did this deliberately to draw Lance’s attention. She has seen him play the video game console he bought with Pidge. So, it seems that video gaming is a thing they have in common.

Allura joins as an archer/hunter while Lance joins as a thief/ninja. In one of their adventures, they are trapped in a sort of tar pit. They beat the game. The excited Princess enjoyed the long time they’ve played. Lance tells her they had a good time together which she admits. Lotor summons her and she leaves. Lance again becomes sad and disappointed and signs to play again (with Shiro and Coran).

In The Colony Lotor and Allura take the newest Sincline ship to enter the Quintessence field. Before entering, a worried Lance tells Allura to get back safe. She replies she will. Despite Allura’s relationship with Lotor, he still cares deeply for her, constantly fearing for her safety above all else.

Keith arrives in an Altean capsule with his mother, the Galra Krolia, their pet wolf Kosmo (named episodes later) and Romelle, an Altean from a hidden colony run by Lotor. Lotor has deceived them all along. Keith wants to attack and capture him immediately but Lance stops him since Allura is with him and could get hurt.

Lotor and Allura leave the Quintessence field. Before they land, Romelle demands they attack and, again, Lance stops this.

Lotor and Allura land on the Castle and have a kiss in the hangar. They enter the Castle bridge to find everybody there. Keith draws his Marmoran sword and Krolia her gun. The first and only Paladin to draw his Bayard is Lance (his assault rifle) and decisively orders Allura to get away from the Emperor. She does not do that and even shields him from Lance’s weapon (showing that she does love him as she tries to protect him, even from her friends in Team Voltron). Romelle reveals herself to Allura and Lotor’s treachery: Lotor has been harvesting Quintessence from Alteans, killing thousands of them including Romelle’s family. Pidge states he has been lying to them the whole time and is nothing but a monster. Allura is in total shock. Lotor, however, does not deny the accusations. He tries to justify the death of a few to save the many (admitting he DID kill those people). Allura is absolutely crushed and extremely hurt by this confession. When Lotor touches her, the Princess becomes furious and tosses him, smashing him to the floor with incredible force (knocking him out). This obviously means their relationship is broken, and the Princess does not believe (much less love) him anymore. Haggar possesses Shiro while Lotor’s ex-generals steal two Sincline ships (now working for the witch). Lance orders Hunk to take care of Shiro, he and Allura will

tie down Lotor while the rest stops the ships. The possessed Shiro develops purple-ish eyes and punches Hunk with enough force to throw him across the room, knocking him and Coran out. He does the same with Lance (as he flies across the room, Allura cries his name with evident concern). The next two to be knocked out are Romelle and the Princess.

Allura helps Lance get back up, carrying him with his arm around her. She looks at him in a caring way since he is injured after Shiro went berserk.

In All good things Pidge, Hunk and Coran try to repair the Castle after Shiro (revealed to be a clone under Haggar’s control) released a virus that disabled the ship. Coran asks Allura to reboot the system. She is lost in thought and does not listen. It is crystal clear she is extremely hurt by Lotor’s treason and more vulnerable than ever. She reacts only when Lance calls her by name. She slowly inputs some commands into the virtual console. The Red Paladin notices this and knows she is in terrible pain. The repair fails. Krolia and Romelle leave to assist, leaving Lance and Allura alone. Lance walks right next to Allura and asks if she is okay. She replies that she is extremely angry at herself for falling in Lotor’s trap and blames herself for their current situation. Lance responds by telling her that it is not her fault but Shiro’s by releasing the virus. She insists it is her fault by giving Lotor what he wanted (the Sincline ships and access to the Quintessence field) and expresses doubts about herself, afraid that the coalition cannot and will not trust her since she cannot even trust herself. She does this in a serious and angry tone and mask (pretending to be tough or fine). However, Lance sees through all this. He correctly states that ALL of them trusted and were fooled by the Emperor, indirectly telling her again she is not the only one to blame and is not her fault. With her emotional barriers destroyed, she looks at him for an instant before quickly and desperately hugging him (burying her head in his left shoulder). He softly hugs her back. He then comforts and inspires her, giving her some advice from his experience from his many mistakes: all she can do is try to get up and fix it. She cannot doubt herself as everybody needs her right now. With a torrent of tears on her eyes and cheeks and relief and comfort on her voice, she can only say (crying): “Thank you, Lance.” In the Defender of All Universes, after the climactic battle with Lotor, the Castle of Lions is sacrificed and destroyed to avoid a catastrophe. Shiro’s spirit is contained in the Black Lion. Lance becomes agitated because he did hear Shiro calling out to him but did not respond in a previous mission. Allura puts her hand on his shoulder and calms him with a smile before using her magic to “implant” Shiro’s soul into the clone body, essentially bringing him back. This is the third time she acts as Lance’s shoulder.

Season 7
In Heart of the Lion, the team has returns to Earth but it is occupied by Sendak’s forces. To gather information, they must infiltrate an installation. Lance, Veronica and Hunk are part of the sniper team while Keith, Kosmo, Allura and Pidge are part of the ground/infiltration team. Allura remains outside but is spotted. The sniper team dispatches the Galra patrol and save Allura and Griffin. Once clear, Allura looks back at Lance and thanks him. Lance replies “No problem” with a smile (seeing her through his scope). Veronica immediately detects the attraction and notices something going on between the two. She approaches Lance and comments that Allura is pretty (with a mischievous look and smile). This makes Lance nervous and causes him to shake while blushing slightly. He denies knowing what she is talking about. Allura interrupts as they have incoming. He saves Allura and Griffin again when more patrols arrive. The team and the Garrison come up with a plan to liberate Earth. The team has to separate with every Lion attacking a different installation. Veronica and Lance prepare a Jeep vehicle. Allura approaches and calls him, to his surprise. Stuttering, she states she wants to say something. Veronica notices this and temporarily hides away to give them privacy. Allura tells him with very red cheeks, a soft voice, and a smile to stay safe. Lance is also blushing and smiles at her. He wishes her the same. Allura slowly turns around and walks away. Lance is in a trance with a big smile and red cheeks. until Veronica comments that Allura seems to like Lance. Lance immediately goes into the defensive and denial, shouting “WHAAAT?!?!”. He “explains” she cares about everyone.

In Lion’s Pride Part 1, the team must face Sendak’s fleet and his Zaiforge cannons. Shiro faces Sendak and manages to disable one. The team is hit and lose consciousness momentarily. The first to wake up is Lance. With a titanic effort, our hero hits his thrusters and resumes the attack on the cannons. Allura wakes up next and sees the brave Paladin engage them. She whispers his name. With extreme courage and an emotional voice, our heroine says: “Hang on, I’m coming to help.”. She accelerates and joins him. Together, they destroy another cannon and heavily damage the third. The rest of the team rejoins the battle and launch a final assault that destroys the cannons, saving Earth. This is the second time Allura and Lance work together with tremendous success, saving two planets from destruction. First, it was in Naxzela. Now, they save Earth as their efforts weaken the beam, buying time to finish the offensive. Sendak’s flagship crash-lands. He moves to kill Shiro until Keith saves him, slicing the Galra in half with his Black Bayard. The Paladins cheer in their Lions. Lance looks to Allura’s Lion with a smile. She was doing the same before blushing and smiling, but they are interrupted by a Robeast arriving.

Finally, in Lion’s Pride Part 2, the battle is won and Earth is being rebuilt. During the cleanup, the Red and Blue Lions are seen working together to lift a big pile of rubble.

Season 8
In Launch Date, Lance is sitting on a table with a cup of coffee, slowly shaking it with a spoon with a sad/disappointed face. Hunk approaches and tells him they will launch tomorrow, reminisces about how their adventure started in the Blue Lion and about the TV show which shows the possibility about Keith and Allura having a romance there. This shakes up and launches Lance into his jealous mode saying that it should be Lance and Allura. Returning to the present, Hunk remembers that Lance was planning to ask the Princess on a date and asks how did it go. Lance confesses he never asked her and thinks it is not the right moment. Hunk states that there won’t be another moment, as they will launch the very next morning. So, he commands the Red Paladin to ask her out today no matter what. Shiro starts a final briefing, and orders everyone to take some time for themselves before departing. At the meeting’s end, Lance calls Allura. He awkwardly tries to start a conversation. She cuts him off as she needs to get back to med bay and begins to walk away. Lance disappointingly turns around. Hunk glares at him after this disastrous attempt, grabs Lance’s head with a hand, turns him around and gives him a kick in the butt, thrusting him in front of the Princess. Stammering, he invites her to dinner with him and his family. The Princess is totally appalled. Allura gets a bit nervous and originally declines. However, Romelle encourages her to unplug herself for a while and take the night off. Allura relents and accepts Lance’s invitation with a little smile. Hunk grabs an excited Lance and drags him away before Allura changes her mind.

A nervous Allura and an excited Romelle ask Pidge, for help getting a proper attire for her date. They go shopping. along with Ina and Rizavi, and get the Allura nice clothes. Lance goes to Coran for a proper Altean wear which turns out to be a terrible idea and Keith for advice who basically tells him to be himself. Allura arrives at Lance’s residence. The Princess looks incredible and glowing in her new white dress. Lance is using a more formal set of Earth clothes which she approves. She laughs at the mere thought of Lance wearing a full Altean attire. Lance introduces his family to Allura. They spend a while dining, chatting, and remembering some embarrassing moments from Lance’s life. Lance’s mom tells the Princess that she must mean a lot to him while the latter says that she had the impression of Lance being good with ladies. She replies it is all talk but beneath that he is a good kid with a great heart. Veronica makes a toast to family as members may be separated but never apart as family is forever. Despite it being good-intentioned, this accidentally saddens the Princess as it hits a weak spot (which Lance immediately notices). Lance and Allura leave to go to a nearby park/woods. The trees are leafless and dry and the lampposts are off. Lance comments that the place used to be beautiful. Allura voices she is responsible for the Galran invasion. He replies it is not her fault and meeting her was the best thing that ever happened to him. Allura does not respond to that comment and uses her magic with the central tree to restore the place back to life, with flowers, roses, grass, trees, everything. This sets up a very romantic setting: under the moonlight, glowing and falling orbs emanating a soft orange light and the lampposts now lit. Allura says that she originally felt that when the war started, she felt Team Voltron was like a family: alone but alone together. Now, she realizes that everybody already had a family and home to return to except her and now feels uncertain about her future. Lance firmly responds that she is not alone and will never be. He finally confesses that he loves her and has done so for a long time. He wishes to be her family and will follow her across the Universe. She asks if he truly feels that way. Lance grabs her hand, places it on his chest and swears he does with all his heart. They look at each other for an instant before embracing in a deep and loving kiss. Beezer approaches, grabs a small flower and asks them to smile. They do while Allura holds Lance’s arm. The robot snaps a photo, prints it and gives it to them before departing. The new couple looks at the photo with joy and a smile. The Princess returns to her room in the garrison, obviously very happy and sighing with a smile.

In Battle Scars, the gang tries to track Honerva/Haggar’s Robeast. Unknown to the team, she has taken control of Lotor’s Altean colony and Oriande, corrupting them to the core. Allura becomes angry because the Alteans are being used as soldiers and are several steps behind Honerva. Lance tries to calm her down, but she replies he does not understand. However, he answers that he understands what it feels to see someone he cares so much being so hurt. This immediately calms Allura and makes her apologize.

In The Grudge, the Paladins are ambushed by a group of pirates. They lose the Lions and must get rid of their armors. When they get lost in a forest, Lance finds the way out by deducing the opposite direction of a volcano when they first arrived. Allura is the only one who compliments him by calling him a genius (which causes Lance to show a couple shining stars next to his face and a big smile). A bit surprisingly, Hunk commends him too. On the run, Lance and Allura are ambushed. One of them punches Lance with great force and subdues him. He shouts that Allura must run and get out of there, always thinking about her safety and integrity above his. What he did not see nor know was that Allura camouflaged herself with her Altean ability and counter-strikes the pirates, knocking them out (which Lance thanks her for). This indicates that Allura is not willing to run from a fight much less when the man she loves is in danger despite him putting her safety first.

On Genesis, Honerva’s plan is put in motion in Oriande and succeeds in achieving something apparently impossible: bringing Lotor back (in his Sincline mech) from the Quintessence field. He manages to disable Voltron and the Lions temporarily. Allura ejects in order to directly attack Honerva. Lotor detects this and moves in to kill Allura with one of the mech cannons. However, Lance sees this, shouts Allura’s name and yells while piloting the Red Lion on the offensive against Lotor. One of the new Altean Robeasts intercedes and stops Lance. Lotor does not resume his attempt to kill Allura but instead impales his defender and rips it in half. Now, he sets his sight on Lance and tries to finish him off but is stopped by Honerva. Before Allura can kill Honerva with a lance from her Bayard, Honerva “teleports” her to a dark realm and tries to convince her to join her. Allura refuses. However, Honerva shows her an image of Lotor’s mech with a sword threatening to stab the Red Lion and kill Lance. She reveals that if she dies, he will die too (as she controls Lotor) before returning to Oriande. Allura tearfully powers off her Bayard before it hits Honerva. She crashes to the ground and cannot get up, sobbing. In Day Forty Seven, Rizavi and Kincade make a documentary aboard the IGF Atlas, recording several events and interviews. One of them is the capture of the Altean pilots that ride the new Robeasts. They consider Romelle and (particularly) Allura as traitors. This obviously upsets the Princess as she is being rejected by her own people who have been corrupted and twisted by Honerva. Rizavi decides to secretly record the couple who are talking about it in a corridor. The Princess is obviously shaken by her people’s rejection and feels horrible, thinking Lance cannot relate. Indeed, Lance replies he cannot. However, he desires to do something/anything to change that. He knows that Allura has suffered tremendously, but she still stands and endures, inspiring him and others. He says this is another of the reasons why he fell in love with her. The Princess restores her good mood and smiles. They warmly hug, look at each other for an instant before they lovingly kiss again. The kiss is not seen as Kincade covers the camera as this is a private moment, despite Rizavi’s protests. On Clear Day, there is a change in the Alteans’ attitude after Hunk cooks them some food. Allura interviews one of them called Tavo who quickly states they don’t have much time and that Honerva will use Lotor to destroy everything. The witch activates a sort of self-destruct mechanism on his mind, and he collapses. The Princess uses her magic and extracts a kind of parasite, one of the creatures the witch found experimenting on the Quintessence field. It seems to somehow communicate with Allura who looks exhausted.

The IGF Atlas is forced to go to a planet they visited previously to provide security for a carnival. Allura returns to her room with Lance accompanying her. They are in her bed while she rests on his chest/shoulder and he hugs her with one arm. Lance wants to go with the Princess to the carnival, but she declines as she needs to rest and does not feel well. He offers to keep her company. She wants him to go, have fun and bring her "something sparkly" which he agrees.

He gets her a nice blue fluffy Lion despite being conned by the game manager, but Lance’s absence turns out to be a bad move. The Princess begins to have horrible nightmares with Lotor luring her to fuse with the parasite which she releases... In, Knights of Light part 1, Allura is having another nightmare on a dark realm, alone. It isn’t until Lance calls her name that she wakes up, disoriented. She admits fusing with the creature and calls for a meeting with Shiro, Coran and all Team Voltron. The parasite gives Allura a link with Honerva, and she proposes to use it to find her through the Infinite Void, a sort of mental realm. Lance is not comfortable with the idea but relents after everyone votes for the plan. Allura knows he just wants to keep her safe and holds his hand, cheering him up as they will have their sharpshooter for support.

They enter the realm and find a dark wall that Allura thinks is Honerva’s mind. All except Keith are absorbed by the wall where they split up and must fight a dark figure of their own. They all win their fight, and the figures turn out to be the former and original Paladins, now free of their dark entities. In Lance’s case, he meets King Alfor. The King can feel Lance’s love for Allura and viceversa. The King tells Lance the biggest dilemma in life is who to journey with. Placing a hand on his shoulder, the noble King is glad that Allura chose Lance. They all meet where Keith stayed. After so long, Allura finally reunites with her father. Despite his protests of fusing with the entity, Allura creates a portal to enter Honerva’s mind. An important thing to note here is that Lance did honor his promise to not let King Alfor and his legacy down and she manages to see his father because of Lance. In, Knights of Light part 2, they dive deep into Honerva’s mind and memories discovering it was she who killed and corrupted the original Paladin’s spirits with the dark entity. Lance insists that she must get rid of it, but Keith correctly states they cannot as they will lose the link to Honerva. Again, Lance shows concern for the Princess.

At the mind’s "core", the Paladins fight and defeat Zarkon in his Robeast armor, uncorrupting him of the entity, and deduce Honerva’s goal: find a reality where she can live with her family. This would be catastrophic as she will destroy all realities in the process. Suddenly, Allura screams in pain. Lance and King Alfor try to help her. Zarkon realizes it is the entity’s fault as it is controlled by Honerva. All the Paladins form Voltron and use the Flaming Sword to escape. Keith, Pidge, Hunk and Lance wake up, but Allura does not. In Uncharted Regions, the Team returns to the IGF Atlas. Allura has now become comatose, and they deduce the witch used the entity against the Princess. Coran protests, but Lance firmly states she will be OK. They are interrupted by Shiro calling them to the bridge. They come up with a plan and deduce her next move but cannot get close as only Allura can create wormholes to approach their enemy. Lance returns to Allura’s side. He grabs, holds her hand and sends a prayer: Not knowing if she can hear him, he says they need her help... the Team, the Universe, all realities need her... but above all: HE needs her, he cannot imagine this world without her and implores her to come back to him... Miraculously, she wakes up, slightly opens her eyes, looks towards him and very softly calls his name. Our hero raises his head and delightfully sees his prayer has been answered. This beautiful, incredible and heart-melting scene is their eleventh moment as Lance has never ever opened his heart in such way and brought her back from her coma.

He escorts and helps her to the bridge where everyone is delighted to see her back. She opens the wormhole to bring the IGF Atlas to the battlefield.

In The End is the Beginning, Honerva has succeeded in opening the portal to enter other realities. They journey to the origin of space-time, and the witch destroys all realities but one. The IGF Atlas and Voltron have merged into a massive mecha, sort of a Super Voltron. They stop her from destroying the last reality and appear in the origin. Allura convinces Honerva that they can repair the damage that was done but will require a massive cost. The Princess states that this is where they part ways... She sadly says goodbye to each and everyone on the Team, Lance being the last one. They hold each other’s hands... Lance hopes there is another way, but Allura replies there is none. Crying, he says that she is too important to the cause... and to him... The Princess, with a torrent of tears, says she will always be with him and will always love him... They give each other one last kiss. When their lips separate, Lance’s cheeks glow and show blue Altean marks... Allura gives him one last smile before a light shines. There, the original Paladins, King Alfor, Zarkon and Lotor welcome Allura and Honerva. Allura gives the Team one last smile before departing... All realities are restored, and Super Voltron splits up. Blue’s cockpit is empty. The poor and saddened Lance comments she did it and saved them all while holding their photo of their first kiss and date in his hand. Hunk sees a new planet that was not there before. Lance realizes that this new planet that was created is no other than Altea...

One year later, Lance now spends his time between Earth and Altea. When on Altea, he spends his time with some kids telling them the tale of what Allura did. One of the kids asks if he misses her. He replies he does so very much but is reminded of her everywhere he looks. So, in a way, she is still with him. They have a private feast in front of Allura’s monument and have a toast for her. In the middle of the night, the Lions growl and wake up the Paladins. Each Lion looks at their Paladin for a moment. Their eyes glow a bright yellow. Interestingly, Blue looks at Lance with bright blue eyes. He smiles with a tear in his eyes while his marks glow the same color as Blue’s eyes. The Lions fly away from Altea...

Season 1
Rise of Voltron Taking Flight
 * Allura proposes to activate the particle barrier for defense. Lance replies that she has activated his particles only to be interrupted Shiro.
 * When Hunk proposes that they escape, Lance seconds and proposes to take Allura.
 * Allura pats Lance's shoulder while talking to him.

Season 7
The Ruins
 * When Keith and Krolia wake the paladins, Lance complains it is pointless since there is no day nor night in space. Allura immediately agrees with him.

Behind the Scenes
Showrunners Joaquim Dos Santos and Lauren Montgomery on Aug 10, 2018. Among other things, some romantic subplots were discussed.

"We really wanted to focus the beginning of our show on making sure each of these characters had a fully formed arc and a fully formed self before they started doing anything beyond that so that none of these characters felt solely defined by being solely ‘the girlfriend’ or ‘the boyfriend’ or ‘the whatever’ of ‘whoever,’. Now I think that you can look at every character and really feel like they’ve grown personally — maybe they feel a little more comfortable in themselves to feel comfortable looking beyond themselves."

- Montgomery.

"I think things evolve. You know, we’re the rare situation where we have this many episodes to serialize a story and character arcs. So, I think while initially romantic interpersonal relations weren’t really the driving factor of the show, things naturally evolve."

- Dos Santos.

Fanon
Fans of the ship Allurance were small in number to begin with, but as more seasons arrived, the number slowly grew before shooting up after season 3, possibly becoming one of the most popular het ships in the fandom.

Fan art of the two, whether it be romantic or platonic, is rather common. Fans of the ship often enjoy depicting the two hanging out while doing activities like shopping, beauty treatments, sharing sweet treats, and other fun hobbies. It's from this, along with a favored pastel-colored theme, that some fans affectionately dub the ship "Cotton Candy".

During New York Comic Con 2017, Joaquim Dos Santos and Lauren Montgomery (both executive producers and co-showrunners for the show) were asked what Lance would look for or need in a romantic partner. Lauren responded with "I think he needs someone who is self-assured and knows herself, so that he can kind of become that same person and know himself." Some fans believe this fits Allura and the direction the development between Lance and Allura is taking in the show.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Allura/Lance on FanFiction.Net

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Trivia

 * In the original series, all the paladins had a crush on Allura. Lance is the only one whose crush carried over.
 * Lance is the first and last character to be shown interacting with Allura.
 * Lance and Allura have kissed three times.

Variations

 * Hallurance refers to the ship between Hunk, Lance and Allura
 * Kallurance refers to the ship between Keith, Lance and Allura
 * Shallurance refers to the ship between Shiro, Lance and Allura