Voltron?

I’ve had a few folks IRL (mostly, my cousin’s stepdaughters, who are 12 and 14) trying to convince me to get into Voltron (2016). I haven’t watched the previous incarnations, but understand that that isn’t a prerequisite to watching the new series. I started watching the first episode but found it a little … juvenile, I guess? (Although I was delighted AF to hear Rhys Darby voicing Coran!) As I said, the people who recommended it to me are young teenagers, and they were super-enthusiastic about how amazing the show is (they both cosplay and were excited to show off their Lance and Keith), and I recognize that I, as a nearly 40-year-old woman, am probably not the target audience, but I want to try and get into it as much as a means of connecting with my cousin’s girls as anything else. (I don’t think they have a lot of adults in their life who “get” their interests and hobbies, and whenever they visit they kind of latch onto me because I’m very open about my geekiness.)

Help me out, folks. Help me get into Voltron. What do you like about it? What do you love about it? Who are your favourite characters? Your least favourite? Why? Why should I fall in love with this show?

(Tangentially related story: The younger of the two girls, upon discovering that I LARP, came to me to ask about how she feels more comfortable when she’s in-character during cosplay, and whether or not I thought that was “normal.” I said that in my experience, it’s easier to interact with people when you’re playing someone else because the consequences aren’t the same. You get to model different behaviour and different personality types in a way that you can’t when you’re yourself. And it fucking killed me that she’d never really had anyone else say “Yeah, I do this, too.” I don’t know if it’s normal, but fuck normal – does it work for you and are you hurting anyone? If the first answer is “yes” and the second answer is “no,” fucking go for it. And in the past year since we had that conversation I’ve seen her grow a lot more confident and become a lot happier, so, yeah, if I can find other areas to connect with her I will because she thrives like this.)

So, uh, yeah, back to the main topic: Make me love Voltron.