Talk:King Sombra/@comment-24997990-20140529075516/@comment-26973802-20140601011238

Meghan wrote the episode, and neither she nor any of the other writers of the show are involved in the comics, they're essentially fanfiction, except they're official. Comics can do whatever they want, they could try to fit in like The Return of Queen Chrysalis or they could try to not fit in like the Nightmare Rarity arc. Hasbro said "You can use the characters", and beyond that there's no interaction, they don't care whether the comics try to fit in or not. IDW could have even made them as violent as Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash if they wanted to, or even directly cross over with them. They just chose to try to fit in the way many fanfics do and may be contradicted (as the Nightmare Rarity arc already has) by the show itself.

Also...

a.) Though they did mention "the same things we used to defeat Sombra of our world", in the show Sombra was defeated by the Crystal Heart, but here they're planning on using the Elements of Harmony, which they brought into the mirror world.

b.) They were planning on using the Elements to turn the evil Celestia and Luna to crystal (similar to turning Discord to stone). The connection to Sombra there is the Crystal ponies defeated him with the Crystal Heart so they can defeat the evil Celestia and Luna by turning them to Crystal.

c.) On the subject of turning Evil Celestia and Luna to crystal, this obviously did not happen with Sombra since he clearly shattered to pieces. It could be argued that he was turned to crystal then shattered. Unlike the evil Celestia and Luna, there was no reason to keep him alive.

d.) They never explicitly said they turned Sombra to crystal, just that they were planning on doing this to Evil Celestia and Luna and the only mention of the evil Sombra is "the things that led to the defeat of Sombra in our world... Crystal".

e.) As to what the show says, aside from seeing him disintegrate and never reappear, Cadance said "The Crystal Heart has returned. Use the light and love within you to ensure that King Sombra does not." (a fancy way of saying "destroy him")

Please I really don't need the one confirmed villain death of the show to be retconned, especially since we're not going to get any more of that in MLP or any other series except The Hobbit (since Smaug is doomed by canon).