Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-25110963-20160117025514/@comment-226878-20160121044940

Backstories needn't be wholly unrelated to the main characters. More characters means more for the girls to see and to do and to discuss. We've already been shown that Blake was there with Adam when Cinder first approached him. She's therefore ignorant of her connection to her. But it still exists.

Other than that Cinderella and Beauty and Beast are both French tales, there was no reason to have them connected in this way.

Backstories are necessary to make things, places, and people interesting. No premise for a show's plot is worse than "monster-of-the-week".

In the stories I'm developing, I have nearly 200 characters who are all connected in some way because history connects us all. I haven't fleshed everyone out yet and I'm far from done adding characters.

There's nothing more disappointing than a 2-dimensional character. I'm not saying that shopkeeps, security, passersby, etc. need backstories. But anytime even a corner of the spotlight falls on a character, that one should be explored rather than being left to gather dust (npi). The White Fang Lieutenant is an example. He may be dead for all we know at present. However, his role has been important enough to feature him on three separate occasions: the White Fang gathering, the train, and the flashback. Each time, he has had spoken lines. But we still don't know anything about him other than that he particularly hates the Schnees.

More characters doesn't guarantee more fleshy bits, but it does certainly help.