User blog comment:Thomasfan502/Season 8 Discussion Blog/@comment-38108119-20190516122652/@comment-29197449-20190517003822

Honestly, with how Rainbow's been writing Riven, every time he makes a heel-face turn might as well be his "second chance" despite how many people he's hurt. Not only has he hurt Musa where it hurts her the most (her finally being emotionally vulnerable with somebody and romantically on top of it) but he's driven the Specialists up the wall plenty of times as well. If anything, I'm surprised that they're all so gungho about giving Riven another chance; Sky and Helia especially given how many times they've had to deal with him directly.

I don't hate Riven but I'm tired of how much they play up his turnarounds as being his big break and anyone who doesn't want to give him a chance is just "painting him in a bad light." Either that or they treat him as an irredeemable jerk; there's rarely any in-between when he's put in the focus.