[Fish Sandwich]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Annuga

This bugs me. Takeru being a protagonist obligatory has to go 'SAEF DAH HOOMINS CUZ EETS RAIGHT N DED IS WRUNG' when he finds out a human could be killed for an Eyecon, yet Newton coming out of nowhere means 'SAEF DAH HOOMINS CUZ EETS RAIGHT N DED IS WRUNG but this is okay because the guy who died for it borrowed sugar and never gave it back'

You see, I get why that's annoying but your problem here is you're confusing the plot with the toy advertising. The reason why Newton is just there is because it was in the Drive movie, and the reason it was in the Drive movie is that it was sold with Shift Next.

I know that's kind of unsatisfying, to just look at it from a meta perspective like that, but that's what it comes down to. 'Tis the curse of your show being a glorified marketing vehicle.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Annuga

psst...I think this was sarcastic

At most, I was being, like 5% sarcastic, actually, and I'll explain why.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

No, it doesn't. The show suffers from it because it's clearly trying to create it's own plot (Decade being a destroyer, but not destroying the AU worlds is causing more damage, Tsukasa's and Kaito's past being tied together, and Tsukasa's amnesia as a whole, Kivala, etc).

They had a clear goal that all would've culminated in a big movie finale. Instead, we got scenes to a movie that never happened, at it was hastily wrapped up in a Movie War or whatever. Too much time was wasted on half baked excuses to use old suits that they haven't trashed (Not just the Rider suits, but the old monster suits) to build up to something that never came.

See, all of that there, that's pretty much dead on, and I completely agree with it. But because I came into the fandom after-the-fact, hearing people say how frustrating it was, I just kind of take for granted how terrible Decade is.

I don't know why, but I find myself unable to get worked up about Decade, even though I should hate it. I find myself way more focused on the positives.

The destination may have sucked, but I think the journey there was a lot of fun, and really, isn't that what Decade was all about? No, it wasn't, because the jumbled writing kind of turns the themes of the show into a weird blur, but that's not the point I'm making.

Decade was a lot of wasted potential, but I don't find myself wishing it were any different. At the very least, it's an interesting conversation-piece.