Talk:Princess Luna/@comment-26973802-20131025035631/@comment-26973802-20131025163012

They only trapped Nightmare Moon because Celestia was only wielding half their power. When the Mane 6 used their full power, it returned Luna to her true form.

If the evil sides of Luna and Sunset Shimmer were merely trapped, where were they trapped exactly? Frozen north? Then Nightmare Moon would've returned alongside King Sombra a la Ghost Kaiba from Yu-Gi-Oh! Released Nightmare Moon from inside Luna? We'd have seen more of her by now. (Besides, if it is a present day Nightmare Moon transformation in the premier it's a new one once again created from Luna's dark side). Primary objective was to release the ones possessed/corrupted. With Discord, he was evil on his own and his body was his own so they turned him to stone. Maybe it didn't kill him coz he wasn't pure evil, but didn't purify him coz he didn't want to be redeemed or know he could be. Also apparently Sunset Shimmer wasn't so evil that the Elements turned her to stone, they could have done it instead of exorcising her demon form.

And real "little girl shows" don't even have villains like Chrysalis and Sombra. I know they seem to limit it to villains and obscure background ponies for now, but remember Sailor Moon, which was also mistaken for a little girl show once, kills Queen Serenity, Sailor Pluto, and redeemed villains Neflite, Sapphire, and Prince Diamond (even making Neflite's death quite gory). So its death scenes aren't restricted to villains.

I will have to admit though, if they are going about fanservice the right way this season to make it best season, killing Luna right off the bat would lose the favor of many fans. And killing both her and Celestia would force Twilight to be the sole ruler of Equestria in their place, which would contradict the "stay in Ponyville and not leave her friends" thing.