Talk:Hydra/@comment-5490610-20111106161659/@comment-3010348-20111111143431

The hydya in the episode is threatining the ponies and Twilight faces that opponent so that her friends can escape. I would say that makes the hydra an antagonist, but it is not a particular important one, since the story is not about defeating the antagonist. The antagonist is more just a red hering, but still an antagonist (it is definitly not less an antagonist than Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon, or even Trixie). Anyway, it's not an exact science, so there is always room for interpretations.