Talk:Episodes, films, and shorts/@comment-26973802-20131024030559/@comment-5837525-20131024035244

1) I don't think there's any concrete pattern concerning the genders of the series' major villains -- at least no intentional pattern. That said, I think the next villain will either be male or maybe even genderless. If their goal is to destroy everything, it's possible they don't even have a proper mind to speak of. Perhaps the spirit of the Everfree Forest itself?

2) I also believe it to be the latter -- some sort of vision or out-of-body experience Twilight has while unlocking the secret of the Elements.

3) While it would be nice to see a villain defeated via means other than the Elements (a la Queen Chrysalis and King Sombra), it's probably likely the Elements will be used. However, if they are and we're getting into the Elements' origins, maybe they'll be used in a way they haven't been used before.