Talk:The Ending of the End - Part 2/@comment-26423071-20191013013310/@comment-1031724-20191013070643

She's intelligent, manipulative, murderous, and overall dangerous, they couldn't afford to treat her like most ponies her age (hell, Cheerilee even turns a blind eye to bullying), and I trust Celestia's judgment if she thought it was necessary, since she's usually so forgiving. Didn't you see the sadistic grin on Cozy Glow's face when she said she was going to kill the other Mane 5 - including Fluttershy - and Spike? Or "crush our enemies to dust and laugh as they all scream"? She's worse than Stewie.

And they're not necessarily dead. They could be from three people using it at once (my headcanon), or they could be asleep the same as if one person cast the spell. Or awake like Discord was, but of course that'd be worse for them. I have a feeling that Cozy Glow is the reason that the rainbow didn't vaporize all three of them right there like it did the Windigos, and at least here there are plenty of ways to look at it and room to write fanfics where they're released and reformed, as opposed to Sombra's more definitive fate.