Incompetent side characters useful for nothing but being defeated to show that the villains mean business

Young male characters who lack facial hair for some reason are also bumbling incompetents (except Mercury and Adam because like I said, they’re villains)

Not just the overprotective father but the fact that Blake's parents just happen to the most influential people in their city (the fact that the Belladonnas had to be in order for the White Fang part of the series to work only makes it more jading)

Rich, controlling, abusive-ass father; and snide, remorselessly manipulative snobby brother + arrogant, insensitive Atlesian upper/middle class are all we’re presented about Atlas - honestly the difference in how Ironwood’s character stands out

Giggles-McCripples tried too hard to be Joker-esque insane, instead seeming like he ran on laughing gas

Scene with Ren in Li’s final moments was a little lacklustre imo, plus considering how for the only father-son scene we will ever get in the show (discounting Jacque-ass & Shitley), it didn’t even last two minutes

Etc etc - as far as I can tell most of these appear after Kerry and Miles took over the writing, making me wonder wth were they doing in their meetings, it's like they deliberately aimed for some of the most obvious tropes

