Talk:Episodes, films, and shorts/@comment-26973802-20140319051837/@comment-10390252-20140319072430

I'd say it's about 50/50 at the moment. Either there will be a new villain or the Mane Six will open the Chest anyway because they think it contains something that could replace the Elements (Three's a Crowd having served as a salutary reminder of what Discord is capable of doing and them without a weapon to use on him).

It very much depends on what Meghan wants to do. If you get rid of the villain and/or arbritary crisis, then you can spend more of the episode exploring the new power and the other consequences of opening the Chest (Changes to the world around them? The Breezies being re-integrated into the world?).