Talk:King Sombra/@comment-26973802-20131231172053/@comment-4531340-20140115063623

Alright, if you think that the majority of the brony fandom likes villains doing something "badass" or "violent", even if it messes with the competence of the character or whatever, that's your opinion. Just don't make the mistake of confusing your opinion with objective fact.

And it's not that I think Sombra was a complete failure; I think the concept was there, it's just the execution was, quite frankly, awful (IMO). There was no sense of urgency from those episodes; with Friendship is Magic and Nightmare Moon, I was worried because Nightmare Moon had shown up in the town hall when all the ponies were expecting Celestia, proclaiming nighttime eternal, and there actually was night during those two episodes. With The Return of Harmony and Discord, he was really able to screw with the ponies' heads, and get them to go counter of everything they stood for (well, except Fluttershy, whom he had to force), and he also caused quite a bit of chaos over Ponyville. With A Canterlot Wedding, sure it was foolish of Chrysalis to allow Cadance and Shining Armor to reunite, but she was able to take down Celestia, and had her minions poised to strike as soon as the barrier failed (also, she had mind controlled Shining Armor, which no one but Twilight was able to see - although we can probably chalk that one up more to Twilight's friends failing than Chrysalis succeeding).

What about Sombra? Sure, he blocked Shining Armor from using magic, but considering that he wasn't the one casting the barrier, that really didn't accomplish much. Also, what did he do besides that before his rush towards the palace at the end of part two (which actually was quite awesome, but by then, it was too little, too late)? Spread some crystals on the outer border of the Crystal Empire? I fail to see how that's at all threatening or urgent.

Now, I don't deny villainous presences, when done right, can be quite ominous or threatening, and that's just it; I don't feel Sombra was done right at all. Maybe it was also because the ending was telegraphed so badly (with the other three, although I knew that in the end, the mane six would prevail, there was also a slight feeling that, was this some different show, perhaps the villain would have won out. But that feeling was nowhere to be found with Sombra; I could tell pretty much as soon as Spike asked to accompany Twilight into the tower that she would have to go against what she thought Celestia told her, and let Spike deliver the heart so Sombra could be defeated). Though like always, this is just my opinion, and you're free to disagree with me (which you definitely seem to).