Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4403232-20140411230237/@comment-3257939-20140605014013

The problem is that some character were originally for the sake of being there, but the fandom loved them so Monty and co. decided to give them more focus in the show.

Miles said it twice. First, Team JNPR was created for Volume 1 so that they could show more students instead of a classroom full of dark shades and silhouettes but then they decided to give them more focus since they fell in love with their own characters. Then, Velvet was introduced and the fandom burst out fangirling, they loved her the moment she first appeared, she only has three lines yet they went as far as making a contest where a huge amount of people participated. And as a result, Team Velvet will have a lot of focus in Volume 2.