Are the writers bad at giving good backstories for characters?

[ZiggWheelsManning 13,280]

Fluttershy, Maud Pie and Cozy Glow.  The writers provided nothing behind layers what could have been more interesting involving the pasts of those three.  

[Astralshy 29,290]

Depends on how you look to it. For this kind of show it's fine. There were definitely moments where I was really disappointed like Starlight. But this is the perspective from an adult and not from the target audience for which this is fine. But yes it could have been much better.

Of course there are also some character which completely missing a back story and it would be nice if they had one received.

In general I would also think that independent of how one would think about the character's backstory and it doesn't mean the write are bad. Those guys have time and budget restrains too and sometimes you can only do that much.

[Evil Pink One 13,550]

I guess nobody is perfect, and you can't please everyone.

[JMTV99 1,359]

1 hour ago, Astral Soul said:

Depends on how you look to it. For this kind of show it's fine. There were definitely moments where I was really disappointed like Starlight. But this is the perspective from an adult and not from the target audience for which this is fine. But yes it could have been much better.

Of course there are also some character which completely missing a back story and it would be nice if they had one received.

In general I would also think that independent of how one would think about the character's backstory and it doesn't mean the write are bad. Those guys have time and budget restrains too and sometimes you can only do that much.

Fair point.

1 hour ago, Kujamih said:

I guess nobody is perfect, and you can't please everyone.

I understand.

[Landi 602]

Yeah, they weren't the best when it came to backstories. Of course there's Starlight, who had a pretty poorly written backstory all around. But the writers were not all that good at developing the main characters backstories either. We know their cutie mark stories, which is cool, but other than that, info on their backstories is scarce. This is especially the case with Rainbow and Fluttershy, whose parents we didn't even get to see till season 6 and 7. We also practically know nothing about their Cloudsdale life other than that they went to flight camp together. So yeah, I'd say the writers weren't the best at writing backstories.

[JMTV99 1,359]

On 2021-05-11 at 10:19 PM, Megas said:

It's half and half. For every Sunset Shimmer(even if her run as a villain was pretty shit, her backstory of being a former student of Celestia who went rogue because she didn't get her way is hella intriguing), you get a Starlight Glimmer(Complete opposite of Sunset, a great villain brought down by a really pathetic backstory. Like c'mon they didn't even try to have something better than...that)

Then there was lots of instances where they added backstory that didn't need it and only managed to bring everything downs(Ahuizotl), while neglecting to give a backstory to something that really could have used it(Cozy)

 

41 minutes ago, Landi72 said:

Yeah, they weren't the best when it came to backstories. Of course there's Starlight, who had a pretty poorly written backstory all around. But the writers were not all that good at developing the main characters backstories either. We know their cutie mark stories, which is cool, but other than that, info on their backstories is scarce. This is especially the case with Rainbow and Fluttershy, whose parents we didn't even get to see till season 6 and 7. We also practically know nothing about their Cloudsdale life other than that they went to flight camp together. So yeah, I'd say the writers weren't the best at writing backstories.

Yeah, I agree with both of you. But hey, there's always fanfictions for it.

[Tom Gallagher 33,628]

But why does everycreature need a backstory? 

Edited May 13, 2021 by TomDaBombMLP

[JMTV99 1,359]

1 hour ago, TomDaBombMLP said:

But why does everycreature need a backstory? 

Because they're interesting.