Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24901923-20150922051229/@comment-25555436-20150923011037

Monty planned specific things, Miles and Kerry helped him finish the things that were not set in stone, and wrote based on his plan. There are multiple ways to see it.

A) Monty didn't truly plan, at least not as much, the things that didn't have much to do with the plot. This leads to the emptyness of Remnant being his fault, leaving Miles and Kerry semi-innocent at least. In this case, things like the lack of info regarding Atlas and the other Kingdoms, and the cultures and stuff about all kingdoms, being Monty's fault for the most part.

B) Monty did, but Miles and Kerry wasted the moments that could have been used to explain them. In this case, they are mostly to blame. Probably, though not necesarily, for writing while drunk, which could have made them forget some details here and there.

C) Monty planned how each whatever was, but none of them found any way to explain it in-show without feeling too forced, much less how to show it. In this case the blame is more arguable. On one side, one can blame Monty for not planning such an almost-crucial thing. On the other hand, Miles and Kerry were the ones who wrote the actual moments that could have been used. Like in the classes. How about instead of Port talking about something no one truly cared about, he explained some of each Kingdom, it's environments and what kind of Grimm they have. It would have been something.

D) A combination of the previous ones.

Do remember that they had WoR. They had the almost-perfect method of finish establishing, finish building, even show Remnant, without hurting the plot's pacing nor feeling too forced in-show. WoR Kingdoms could have been used to give a glimpse of each kingdom. Dust could have been used to explain the things the fans didn't know, like which color is what, or how is Dust combined, is it even combined?

Instead we were only told what we already knew and barely anything new. They had the base, and the concrete to fill almost every hole in said base, thus leading to a complete base of the building that could be finished in greater detail later. We would know how each Kingdom is, even if just a bit, before the show reached a good time to present them directly, for example.

And, they wasted them. Monty may have planned it all, but the base is practically empty. Monty planned a world, but failed at building even it's base, let alone explaining it's structure or however it's spelled. And when given the methods to fix that, they wasted them.