Talk:King Sombra/@comment-26973802-20131231172053/@comment-4531340-20140107065336

No, a villain doesn't have to be likable (I never said I wanted Sombra to be likable), but he or she should, ideally, then be threatening instead, and that's where I feel he was a major letdown. He never even felt like any sort of threat (to me) whatsoever; maybe he should've broken through Cadance's barrier a bit sooner, and started spreading his evil crystals closer to the inhabited area of the Crystal Empire earlier, because his final rush seemed, well, rushed, and not at all good enough to make up for his inactivity earlier (even if it was to be expected, what with the barrier and all). I guess what I’m saying is that it never felt like there was any kind of deadline that, if the ponies didn’t hurry up to meet, would bring about destruction (in other words, I feel the writing of Sombra in the episode did a bad job of making him feel like a pressing concern, rather than just something that could be taken care of at the mane six’s leisure).