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Originally Posted by NGW

Thank God? Come on now. I'm way behind on Ex-Aid, so not sure how much story sense it makes, but every time there is even so much as a hint of a possible female rider people always get like that and its just laughable. If it works and makes sense, cool. But making a female rider just to make a female rider is pandering.

Don't take this the wrong way, but my word, what a stiff perspective. A lot of things happen in shows like these "just because." You think they gave Ex-Aid a burger form because they were concerned with its story significance? Doesn't mean they didn't make it work, but there was clearly no bigger thought behind doing something like that. They did it cause they thought it'd be fun.

KR shows aren't exactly high art, and after 45 years sometimes we just want to see something new. It doesn't matter if you want to label it pandering, there is nothing wrong with wanting more female Riders. Wanting a more diverse group of Rider characters (not even in a social representation sense, just diverse in the types of characters there are in general) is just natural.

Plus the whole idea that you're not allowed to make female characters if it's a conscious, deliberate choice is frankly ridiculous.