"Too many characters!"
A presentation about the argument often thrown against Vehicle Voltron/DaiRugger regarding the large cast of characters. And while I do agree with some of the points, a lot of people like to make it out to be a bigger problem than it actually is. Especially considering the times the show was created in and the genre itself.
But alas, the link to a presentation because I'm too lazy to convert this into a text post. Better viewed via demonstration mode.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/12-95O6aKFdZHExGdQvJBxn2u0i29lvSk/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=102148388049692755773&rtpof=true&sd=true
Feel free to call me a clown who doesn't know how writing works. I think the bigger problem regarding characters should be the fact that almost all "bad" Galveston officers are underdeveloped and produce little food for thought. The only exceptions I can think of are Barataria (his rebellion caused me to look deeper into what Galveston military conditions their officers to) and Captain Marius. The latter is the captain of the fleet from that one episode when Galveston and Earth Fleet had a joint survey mission. But everything went wrong not because of Marius' own ambitions or him being evil but because he was powerless to Laffite who at the time was given full authority over the survey mission. Something Teles knew was a bad idea but had no say in the situation.
So, Marius lowkey caused the entire war. But how he did it was interesting.