It certainly is very possible the sidelining of characters and storylines were in reaction to fan comments and the editing of the originally planned 10 to 8 episodes but i also believe that it’s been a plan from the start that characters pov and heavily featured will be fluctuating as the series moves forward . The events that need to transpire would necessitate this and frankly with the very material used as the basis for storyline I.E. Numenor very sparse stretching out and not very astutely is the result though in my opinion could have been even worse .
It certainly is very possible the sidelining of characters and storylines were in reaction to fan comments and the editing of the originally planned 10 to 8 episodes but i also believe that it’s been a plan from the start that characters pov and heavily featured will be fluctuating as the series moves forward . The events that need to transpire would necessitate this and frankly with the very material used as the basis for storyline I.E. Numenor very sparse stretching out and not very astutely is the result though in my opinion could have been even worse .