So I was watching some of the original Voltron and was shook to find out that Romelle and Sven were in love/married (according to Sven's wikipedia page) , I didn't remember that at all or maybe I never got to see those episodes but I found it to be super sweet and I'm now in love with the concept even though it doesn't really work in Legendary Defender seeing that Sven only appeared in one episode and MIGHT'VE died. It would be a fun thing to play with though seeing that Sven is from another dimension and anything in there could be different from the main one of the show.
Also has anyone else noticed how the original show likes to SAY that a character ended up being perfectly fine in the end, but doesn't show it? I'm not entirely sure but I think them saying that was probably added into the dub or something considering the show was originally in Japanese (I think) and from my experience watching anime the Japanese versions for some tend to be a bit darker than American versions, so perhaps they added them there to avoid kids knowing character actually died. Sometimes the paladins reactions to the character being 'unconscious' are way too dramatic, granted it's an old children's cartoon and they tend to do that sometimes, but it's part of the reason I think that when the narrator says that the character was 'okay and living happily' the character actually died.