You Give Love a Bad Name: Lotor & Merla
About the (un)happy couple
This section is to set the record straight about the deal between Prince
Lotor and Queen Merla. You may have heard conflicting reports as to the
nature of their relationship. Some say they're married, some say they were
divorced. Others say they were engaged and broke it off, and still others
claim that they just dated and were barely friends. They would all be
right, sort of. That's because these are all things that one or the other has
said at one point. But hey, we're on Doom, so you what did you expect?
Truth? Honesty? Get real.
Here's the facts. They're married. Zarkon is the ruling king of Doom, and he pronounced them married right in his throne room in front of many witnesses. They exchanged wedding bands. They kissed. They held bouquets. Everyone partied. I got drunk at the reception and did the can-can with Haggar on one of the tables. It's a real marriage already.
Unfortunately Lotor and Merla are in heated denial of this fact. They had a little spat shortly after the honeymoon which involved Lotor running off to Arus to save Princess Allura from a poisoned honey drink (we call this "mead" here on Doom, by the way, but she had to lie or Nanny wouldn't have let the alcohol in the castle because most of the Voltron force is under Arus' legal age) Merla sent to the Castle of Lions for Keith. Anyway, the two of them argued and Merla dropped her bracelet off of a bridge. Apparently she thinks this constitutes a divorce or an annulment, since later on she claimed it was just an "engagement" and he claimed just to be her "boyfriend". Uh-huh. Whatever.
Look guys, if you want anyone to take this so-called breakup and non-marriage seriously, you're going to have to get Zarkon to sign the papers. Oh and Merla, next time you want to dump your husband, try dumping him off the bridge instead of the bracelet. Then you'll be an instant widow and you can sell the band for a cash profit! (Nothing personal meant there by the way, Lotor. It was just an example. I think you're a great prince. Honest.)
Pictures
(If you want to see more pictures of these two, go to
Lotor's girlfriend gallery.)
Sound Clips
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here)
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