Talk:Friendship is Magic animated media/@comment-25003213-20190621001650/@comment-29981995-20190621064704

Option one seems the most likely, as said special would air after season nine. Of course, just what "aftermath" depends on how the show ends. I kind out doubt they would do another special just on a Grand Galloping Gala, unless it somehow played into whatever aftermath of the finale they were exploring. At this point I think it's safe to say that the Storm King is dead and/or not coming back; if they weren't going to revive him to join the legion of doom it seems unlikely they'd do it for a special. Personally I imagine he, Sombra, and the darkness that merged with Stygian to become the Pony of Shadows are hanging out in Equestria's underwold, waiting for Grogar or some other villain to die so they have enough for a card game.