Ziginz Zegell
No Fear, No Pain.
It is unlikely Koyomi will be a rider herself, but maybe a kaijin. Either way it could be a great starting point that may even lead to a break in the current secondary rider set up. Haveing a female rider lead at the start, bring in the main rider, then have a third later in the series. Something like what Ryuki abd Agito did except with a female lead on equal, or greater standing then the main lead. I hope for a day when we can have a female lead rider that the adult audience can respect and the kids can look up to.
The problem is the notion that because the main audience is mostly male youths that a male lead is easier to relate to. Wouldn't it be better to have a capable, female role outside of gender specific concepts that youths of both genders can relate to? Sentai already does this to some extent, so why does rider have such a hard time with it? Are we as a species still so scared of gender identification that we can't get an awsome, female hero for male and female youths to look up to equally?
(As much as I love Tackle, I do hate that the series rarely gave her the chance to snap some Kaijin neck. I realize it was Stronger's show and that she wasn't as advance a cyborg...but Riderman had one cybernetic arm and he was able to kill Mezool by slamming her into the pavment with a rope. Ziggy does not understand! Tackle could create shockwaves with her arms! What gives Toei!? What gives?!)
(And why can't I have the blue inventory pages on pokemon when I use a female character!? Pink pages bullshit! It is weird though...I feel fine playing as female characters on Skyrim, Megaman, DC Universe, fighting games, and tones of other media, but it still feels strangely akward playing a female character on Pokemon. I do not understand that, but I aim to over come it!)
The problem is the notion that because the main audience is mostly male youths that a male lead is easier to relate to. Wouldn't it be better to have a capable, female role outside of gender specific concepts that youths of both genders can relate to? Sentai already does this to some extent, so why does rider have such a hard time with it? Are we as a species still so scared of gender identification that we can't get an awsome, female hero for male and female youths to look up to equally?
(As much as I love Tackle, I do hate that the series rarely gave her the chance to snap some Kaijin neck. I realize it was Stronger's show and that she wasn't as advance a cyborg...but Riderman had one cybernetic arm and he was able to kill Mezool by slamming her into the pavment with a rope. Ziggy does not understand! Tackle could create shockwaves with her arms! What gives Toei!? What gives?!)
(And why can't I have the blue inventory pages on pokemon when I use a female character!? Pink pages bullshit! It is weird though...I feel fine playing as female characters on Skyrim, Megaman, DC Universe, fighting games, and tones of other media, but it still feels strangely akward playing a female character on Pokemon. I do not understand that, but I aim to over come it!)
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