>>23430391
>It's just that Gotchard inexplicably decided to apply that position officially to the heroine as well despite having the archetypal candidate standing right there.
Because the archetype doesn't fucking matter, the role of serious rival can go to literally any Rider. Gills, Chalice, TheBee, Saga, Calibur and Buffa all had a rivalry with the MC and yet they were not the Secondaries. It's not hard to see Majade's role as the Secondary when she's just the kind of Secondary that isn't an asshole rival (AKA the friendly close ally), like G3, Birth, Mach and Blades, She's not just the Heroine, she's also the MC's closest and most frequent combat ally by far, which is not a role other Heroine Riders have ever had before.

I feel like the people who think that the asshole rival must always be the Secondary and can't accept someone like Supana being anything other the Secondary are either new to the franchise or deeply autistic. Not everything is as cut and dry as you pretend it is, just look at Ex-Aid, whose Secondary and Tertiary are both of the standoffish asshole archetype, or Gavv, who has no rivalry with anyone.