Talk:Siege of the Crystal Empire/@comment-26478829-20171114161555

I went into this arc thinking I would hate it, but I actually found it rather enjoyable. It's not perfect, or really that great but I was engrossed in the plot and was happy with its conclusion.

My biggest gripe with the comic was it felt like they went into it writing one story and ended writing a totally other story. By that I mean most of the sub-plots of the first half don't really go anywhere or change in really weird ways, like Hope going from someone willing to conquer a kingdom to a good-natured, peaceul person was a little odd. The "minor villains" also seemed rather out of character. I can see Lightning Dust doing what she did, but I never really pictured Iron Will to a bad guy, and I certainty never pictured Flim and Flam to be thugs willing to stoop to violence or their goals. Con men, sure, but thugs? Seems a bit much.

The visuals of the comic where all around great. The Umbrums were legitimately freaky looking (even if the comic devalues them greatly by the end...), and Sombra had a lot of visually cool scenes when he started to regain his power. He really commands the scenes he's in, like any good villain should. I thought his redemption was paced well enough, I don't see how others complain that it came out of nowhere. It was made pretty apparent that he wasn't evil early in the comic, just angry, bitter and afraid. He didn't exactly have much personality in the show lets be honest, so it doesn't feel like a betrayal to his predefined character.

The stuff involving the ponies other then Cadance or Hope felt a little forced, like they were only in because they had to be. Other then Twilight near the end, they didn't really contribute much other then ending off the minor villains, who again, didn't feel like they were needed.

Also, the comic had a Nightcrawler reference. Nightcrawler is my favorite Superhero so that gives it points in my book.

All in all, I'd said it's one of the weaker story arcs, maybe a little worse then Friendship Ahoy but better then Root of the Problem and waaay better then The Good, The Bad and the Pony.