Talk:Adam Taurus/@comment-1446360-20180415071208/@comment-4010415-20180416201528

Another thing they should learn is that you can build upon a character and/or their backstory without having the character verbally lay it all out. It's even possible to do it without having the character even appear in the episode! My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic just did it this past Saturday! A kids' cartoon that has an ongoing plot but doesn't dedicate every fiber of itself to said plot!

We got to see that part of why Trixie is the way she is, is because she most likely emulates her father, Jack Pot. Trixie didn't appear in the episode at all. Her father did appear, and we could tell he's her father because he looks just like her, except male and with age lines on his face, and he displayed some of her quirks. He didn't even mention Trixie, and he wasn't even the focus of the episode. He played a brief role, but the episode revolved around Applejack's elderly relatives and Rainbow Dash. Yet, just from seeing Jack for a single scene, we learned a little something about Trixie. In doing that, the show didn't need to have Trixie feed us a monologue about how her father runs a succesful magic show in Las Pegasus and how she's been trying to be as grrreat and powerful as he is.

Having a character sit there and tell us their story is easy, but it's also boring, and Miles and Kerry need to set their minds to making sure that the scenes that build upon the characters, their motivations, their backstories, etc are not boring to watch.