[Kamen Rider Die]

Hey, folks. Let's talk about spoilers.

(I am truly stressing out that this thread is going to cause someone to stop posting on these boards, and writing is a fun way to trick my mind into not being so anxious.)

I talk a lot in the beginning of these threads about my aversion to spoilers. I don't read the Wiki, I don't watch some Next Episode previews, I try not to know anything about a show. My preference is not to know about plot points before they happen on the shows.

But, like, it's just a preference. It's not destroying my enjoyment to get stuff a little ahead of time. If I really wanted to stay 100% unspoiled on a show, there's a bulletproof solution: I do not post on the boards while I watch things. But I'm willing to trade a little bit of spoilers for the chance to discuss these shows with all of you.

Because, god, I'm asking a whole lot, and I know it. I couldn't even post in a discussion about Kabuto right now without accidentally ruining something, and that's a show I watched earlier this year. Remembering exactly what reveal happens on which episode? When you haven't watched them in years? And I'm not exactly bending over backwards to describe what episode we're on? Shit's going to fall through the cracks! I get it! It's fine!

No one has ever maliciously tried to spoil anything, which would probably be my red line. Minor hiccups are going to happen; god knows I'd be even worse at it than y'all. It's not a big deal, and no one ever needs to feel bad about it.

I was watching a TV show episode recently. It was about a superhero that rides a train and helps people. (ToQger? It'll come to me.) When everyone thought a friend of theirs had betrayed them and that betrayal was unforgivable, this hero wouldn't think like that. He tried to remind his frustrated friends that one action doesn't negate all the good someone does, and it's not greater than the good they did. We don't judge people by their recent mistakes, we judge people by the entirety of their actions. One mistake isn't worth throwing away a friendship.

I've said it before, but I consider all of you friends. Giving me the opportunity to talk about these shows with you is way better than the enjoyment of watching even the best Kamen Rider episodes. (DEN-O! That was the name of the show. Knew it would come back to me.) I will never care less about any of you for dropping an accidental spoiler, and I would never want you to think less of yourselves.

These shows... they're just TV shows. Who cares. You're my friends, and I want you to be okay. I want that so much more than watching Kamen Rider.