Talk:Adam Taurus/@comment-1446360-20180415071208/@comment-26018514-20180416210012

Well I think that gets into something that has technically improved in the series before, and yet in another way that hasn't improved at all... background characters.

Season one there was Shopkeep and shadow-people, Season 2+ have mostly been mix and match clones. They really like fleshing out and over exaggerating the personality of each character, which can be good... but can also lead to many of the issues in the narrative such as:

A. Side characters like Neo, Torchwick, etc becoming more popular than the main cast when they decide to withhold showing actual MC development

B. Making Tukson, Sienna Khan, and the shopkeep look more important to the narrative than they are.

I'd guess they just fall in love with the characters too much to allow them to not feature them.