Board Thread:Rant and Rave/@comment-34657163-20180311191124/@comment-28162607-20180402082013

Calibaz wrote: Aine1989 wrote: Something hit me when I was talking on the Ella forum. When s7 first started, they had 9 main characters, and then it went up to 10 when Gothel was introduced, then along came Robin and Zelena, up to 12, and then Ana came in, 13. And while Tremaine, Drizella and Ana's exists have made it go down to 10, that is still a very heavy main cast. One of the things that hurt the "original" show was the fact they had too many regulars and storylines (I think in s5 they had 10, and then down to 9 for s6). They cannot balance all these arcs, so some characters, like Ella and Tiana, are being left behind. You're forgetting Jack, Naveen, and Facilier. And the Coven 8 if you really want to include them. Jack, Naveen and Facilier are more minor characters than mains, although Facilier seems to be working himself up there. But including them that is 13 characters to work with.

Back in s1 they only had 6 main characters.

Don't get me wrong, some shows can pull off large ensemble casts (Freeform's Shadowhunters is a good example with 9 significant characters), but this show isn't really good at it.