Talk:Episodes, films, and shorts/@comment-26973802-20140119042025/@comment-26973802-20140120002355

How do they... never mind. If they can't use Tirek anymore, then I guess there will be no more main villains, except maybe one. We might still get good one-shot villains like the Mane-iac though but don't expect any more.

Because the final antagonist of the series comes down to four choices:

1.) Queen Chrysalis - They don't want to bring her back or even mention her anymore, unlike Nightmare Moon flashbacks, Discord reappearance and redemption, and mention of King Sombra and use of his dark magic. I think what it is is, Meghan killed her but doesn't want to admit it to the fans who love her so much. (King Sombra was a different story, he was least favorite villain before Sunset Shimmer came along) If she knows about the comics she's probably leaving Chrysalis returns to them.

2.) Tirek - If they lost the right to use him (to who?!) then I guess it can't be him.

3.) Starswirl the Bearded, corrupted by Nightmare Moon magic before she was banished - Could be, that Shadow Pony we saw in Castle Mane-ia had a wizard hat. We probably won't know who he is until they decorrupt him with Rainbow Power. Either he'll be final antagonist of Season 5, or he'll be final of Season 4 and they end Season 5 another way. (I'm leaning more towards Season 5 since Season 4's final will be a one-parter featuring the discovery of Rainbow Power within the box)