Thread:JeloElducal/@comment-31727837-20181105173619/@comment-26888167-20181109041214

JeloElducal wrote: Moving on, do you think filler can be used to develop characters? Come to think of it, it's kind of a stupid question. That depends on what you define as filler.

If it's just something that doesn't follow the series' main plot, then of course! You jsut have to do it right, and make sure whatever happens in that filler story is mentioned in the future. In other words, what happens in a filler story should still contribute to future stories.

An example of how not to do this is my solo story " Lead the Way, Leader!". That story has is wrong, since it's just a filler story that, despite "developing" Blue Ocean, is completely irrevelant to any other episode in the series, and the development Blue Ocean gets here doesn't affect his behavior in any other episodes.

An example of how this could be done right is in "Unicorn Rush". In that episode, even though it was filler, Iron Heart got some valuable character development that will help her in future episodes.