Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-43757330-20191216191748/@comment-35199716-20191226020037

Kaitryona Acheron wrote: Getting back to the character overload, I actually binged RvB for the first time recently (loved it), and I have to say, it really illuminates the problems that RWBY has as a show. Particularly the fact that RvB has far fewer characters, and introduces them in a much slower, more deliberate manner. It was so refreshing to see new characters added, one at a time, and aggressively developed, rather than a slew of characters being added with little to no development at all.

I've been thinking about writing a blog about this, because it's been bothering me recently. Eh I don't entirely agree. The character balance is better sure but some characters still get shafted or nothing to do. Donut does literally fucking nothing after Blood Gulch until Season 16, almost a full decade later and Lopez has had a combined total of 6 lines in the past 4 seasons and Simmons has had literally no character development or depth past "nerdy kiss-ass" since his inception. The closest he gets is in S15, which is pretty minor and mostly a stepping stone for Grif's own arc.

I can't really blame the show for that, naturally that's going to happen when you have 10+ main characters now like it does, but I agree that the bigger cast is handled better than RWBY.