Talk:The Crystal Empire - Part 2/@comment-1031724-20160324175318

I know a lot of people were disappointed with this because Sombra had little lines and screentime, but it met my three expectations, which ironically revolved around Sombra.

One thing I notice is that this is the last two-part premier that satisfied me, the next two disappointed me but the finales made up for it
 * 1) Have Sombra speak. Here we have a dark and menacing villain, like a male version of Chrysalis, and I'd prefer for him to have some lines and not be like some mindless beast. While many were disappointed that he only got five lines, I'm grateful he got any at all.
 * 2) Give Sombra a voice that suits the character. He is the most evil villain thus far, and IMO remains the most evil villain in the show to this day, and we need something that's deep and threatening, not something that's squeaky and high-pitched, or goofy like Wiseman's Japanese voice in Sailor Moon Crystal. I'd say Jim Miller did a fine job
 * 3) Destroy Sombra outright. With Chrysalis's fate unconfirmed (and in November 2012 I thought she was still alive), I felt the show needed to do this at least once to prove that it's not afraid of doing so, because if it was deliberately avoiding killing even the most evil villains of this show all the time, it would kinda come across as too prissy for that, and not help the show's reputation. Like, Disney movies are popular among the kids too and they used to kill villains all the time, and G1 did it twice (Tirek and Lavan) so why shouldn't Friendship is Magic? As he was in shadow form I thought this would be the perfect opportunity, vaporize him in rainbow shockwave like Myotismon, but they actually had him return to physical form then shatter to pieces.

Oh, and as an added bonus, there was a certain scene with Rainbow Dash...