[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by dreamcastegirl

Agreed, the scenes they share together in the series are some of the most memorable for me, and some that I still think about. There's a lot from this later half of the series that I've been brooding on since I finally watched it all earlier last year/this year—and I found myself very much in the same position as you with the big reveals, in that I knew some of what happens but didn't really know how—and... I think that some thought was put into how these events that led up to 2008 were portrayed, and whilst not all of it worked in my opinion, some of it I found really haunting.

Honestly, I'd say that the Inoue turns and reveals are ones I've had less problems with, so I am cautiously optimistic about how things are going to go down on Kiva. Agito had some sort of uncompelling stuff about the Akatsuki-go that was a gigantic and stupid shrug, but I don't remember feeling like the series lived or died by that part. Faiz, on the other hand, perfectly revealed its big secret, and it was one that locked in and elevated literally every thematic element of the series.

I feel like we're in a good place right now with the series arc stuff?

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Originally Posted by dreamcastegirl

Gosh, I'm so excited you've reached the Maya episodes though. Not that I am big-headed enough to assume that you pay avid attention to a lot of the nonsense I write, but I've had this Maya fic sitting here that I haven't published just on the off-chance that you did notice and saw the picture and the Kiva setting, and were suddenly like "Who the heck is this Autobot?" I'm really pleased that no one spoiled her arrival for you. She's just a genuine delight of a character.

Aw! That is very kind.

I don't... if I really wanted to stay completely unspoiled on every aspect of a series, the easiest way to do that would be to not interact with the rest of the fandom. If I'm here on the boards, there's a certain amount of background noise that's unavoidable. (Like, Seihou Dark Kiva! And the possibly imminent Seihou Emperor Kiva!) So I try to separate out the spoiler things that'd adversely affect my enjoyment (here is the entire arc of a character) from The Cost Of Doing Business context-less stuff that I'll forget long before I end up experiencing that story (I've seen every Saber suit without watching Saber). I can still exist in the fandom with all that other stuff swirling around me, with folks loving parts of the fandom that I've not gotten to, them gushing about toku. I just skip out on threads where it's more about digging into story than appreciating aesthetics, and it works out okay.

All of which is to say that seeing Maya and Seeing Maya are two different things, and I'm sure I don't need to explain the difference between those two things to you!