Talk:Siege of the Crystal Empire/@comment-1031724-20151216192635/@comment-29856479-20151217065914

I would love to see Mirror Sombra get restored to his previous heroic state, perhaps with Mirror Cadance taking over as the main Mirror Equestria villain given that so far as we know she's a baddie of her own accord. I quite like Sombra's redemption-one of the great messages of this series is that very few people seem to be beyond hope of turning from evil to good. Tirek and Chrysalis can stick around as permanently evil and I'd be satisfied. As for the alliance of villains, I could half see them returning to pursue their vendettas with the members of the Mane Six later on before possibly reconciling with them-I think the creators wanted to stick with Sombra's redemption for this arc.

Though to be honest, I half thought that they would join forces with the rebellion, and the Hot Topic covers had me thinking that Discord, Gilda, and Trixie would be joining the fight against the Umbrum as well. As for why the Crystal Heart seemed to affect Sombra differently, the other Umbrum did turn him into kind of a half-unicorn, half-umbrum by all appearances. I personally imagine that the Umbrum were like other ponies at one point but then changed into what they are, similar to how the Crystal Ponies possess qualities different from others. In that case, you could look at the Princesses' actions as turning Sombra into what he always should have been.

In response to your observation, CocoChipoo, I don't know if Mirror Sombra's return to the light would be so easy. Mirror Equestria does have a number of differences that seem like they would affect things: for one, it acts like some malevolent force infected Celestia and Luna and was then absorbed by Sombra, whereas Sombra Prime went evil of his own accord. I get the impression it would take something more than just his counterpart going good for Mirror Sombra to be so affected-if they were that closely tied, why didn't Mirror Sombra become a ghost when Sombra Prime was defeated? Of course it's all conjecture, and there's no telling what may happen or even if we'll see Reflections Equestria again.