Talk:Princess Luna/@comment-25559529-20150827034828

A lot of people criticize Nightmare Moon for how silly her obstacles were. I beg to differ. The Shadowbolts may have been obviously evil, but they still successfully tested Rainbow Dash's loyalty. Yes, the scary trees were pathetic, but the Mane Six still fell for them. As weak as the obstacles were is a testament to how effective they were. AND the Mane Six didn't all just breeze through everything; it took one different individual from the group to get past each obstacle. I can't believe I'm about to say this, but this is the only thing Nightmare Moon did better than Sombra. Most of his obstacles only required Twilight to pass through. True, they did put her to her limits (she cast a spell that she only saw Celestia cast ONCE, and dark magic can easily corrupt its user), but we only see Twilight and Spike go through his obstacles, as opposed to all of the Mane Six being challenged by Nightmare Moon, establishing their archetypes.

This is not to say that Nightmare Moon was a better villain than Sombra (she definitely isn't), but is she really the weakest?