User blog comment:Zathronas/Speculative author: Volume 2 and episode 12, general thoughts/@comment-70.209.104.70-20141101174000

I think a lot of issues can be traced to trying to cram too many characters into too short a show. Someone on the wiki stated that the writers excellent at creating interesting characters but not so much on the story pacing and progression. Each time we get a new character(s), like Penny, Sun or team CFVY, a lot of the episode is spent showing their moves instead of building the characters that have already been established (like RWBY, JNPR and the antagonists). I love the show but am a bit frustrated that I still know very little about most of the main characters or the motivation of the antagonists