Talk:Twilight Sparkle/@comment-16424758-20130820211957/@comment-26973802-20130823040442

@UnknownAnon You do know that us "expendable liabilities" form over three quarters of the fanbase, according to polls. The products appealing to us would make them far richer. If only they didn't have monkeys working in the marketing department.

@Doopliss You sound like you've only seen The Crystal Empire once. Sombra was more menacing than Chrysalis, which is saying something. You certainly don't see villains like him in true little girl shows. He enslaved an entire empire, presumably murdered its previous ruler to take it over, tries to trap Twilight and Spike inside their worst fears, waits for Cadance to run out of power and possibly die so he can invade the empire again, and licks his lips at the prospect of skewering a baby dragon.

And anypony who thinks he didn't have a plan, he was probably the most intelligent villain in the series. Look at the traps he set. You have to use his dark magic to uncover his hidden staircase, but using it on the door below will trap you inside your worst fear, which will trap you forever unless you've got somepony else to snap you out of it. Beyond the door which you need light magic to open, is an endless stair that you can't get by without a gravity spell. And the Crystal Heart is on an alarm floor triggered by stepping on it, which again would be the end of anypony without somepony else to finish the job. Also note that only unicorns or alicorns can even advance because earth ponies and pegasi wouldn't be able to use magic. King Sombra almost won, and if it wasn't for Spike, he would have. And not that he underestimated Spike either, he would have killed him if Shining Armor and Cadance hadn't had their Incredibles moment.