Talk:My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (comics)/@comment-36752332-20190915135931/@comment-29981995-20190916182439

Well, this particular series is kind of like the show-it's rare if not unheard of for one of the Mane 6 to at least make an appearance in an issue. Personally, I think Starlight was fortunate to be left out of that awful Cosmos arc. Odds are she probably would have replaced Zecora or Big Mac as one of Cosmos' host bodies before being absorbed into her creepy gestalt form.

The Crystal Empire seems to be a setting that both the show and comic writers have a hard time tackling, whether from difficulty or lack of desire. Apart from Equestria Games and that one Cadance Friends Forever comic, it seems like all they can think to do there is have some crisis occur involving the Crystal Heart or an attack on the Empire. The Beginning of the End didn't help matters there, as now I imagine the comic writers basically have to act like Siege of the Crystal Empire never happened. That means no resolution to the reformed Sombra and Radiant Hope restoring Princess Amore arc.

That is the nice thing about the miniseries we've been getting: they allow other characters to play a part, and Twilight and co. are minimally involved at best. Technically we've had two series focused on the CMCs; Ponyville Mysteries came before Spirit of the Forest. I'm just hoping that IDW is going to keep going with those; the fact that we went from the 5 issues of Mysteries and Nightmare Knights to three for Spirit and Feats has me wondering if they're not selling well.