Talk:Lord Tirek/@comment-3410511-20180124082941/@comment-25559529-20180124214155

FWIW, I initially thought they were intentionally setting up Nightmare Moon as this "indirect" foe intentionally, so that she would break down at direct confrontation. It would end the journey about friendship with a conclusion about friendship.

But then they had her fighting with Twilight, which was epic, but the resolution is freakin' magic swag-induced redemption.

IMO, Discord and Susnet had the best redemptions.

My point about what you're saying is that NMM could have very easily been a really great villain by going the full mile with this "indirect" approach, but what they actually did meant she had a very limited presence. It wasn't until S5 when NMM actually started being direct and, you know, threatening.