Talk:Episodes, films, and shorts/@comment-26973802-20150217020640/@comment-26973802-20150217174923

You forgot to mention Equestria Games. Although aside from that episode they do not seem to intentionally disappoint, how could they have known people would be disappointed by that? Spike's characterization in Spike At Your Service was unprecedented, no one reacted to Applejack being overprotective in Bridle Gossip, and there is no way they could have known what the reaction to Daring Do and Alicorn Twilight could have been. With the villain thing two villains were killed off previously, and both were met with denial and, in the case of the one that was confirmed, disappointment.

King Sombra was "worst villain" (quotation marks coz I disagree) and people were disappointed that he was killed off. How do you think that made the writers feel? It'd be like if the fandom raged about Joffrey being killed in Game of Thrones (not saying whether he was yet or not, to avoid spoilers). What would the fandom's reaction have been if they had up front vaporized Tirek or the Dazzlings?

Although I would not have been surprised if the show had ended after Season 3 due to the reaction to Alicorn Twilight, since half the fandom left, but they were able to impress the half that stayed with Season 4. Disappointing people by killing off another villain won't cause people to leave the fandom, but will give them something to complain about all the same.

And as much as I'd like to see another villain end up like Sombra, I guess the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one. In order for the fandom to remain intact, it's in their best interests not to kill (or reform) another villain, but at the same time she has to be at least on the same level as Chrysalis to impress anyone. Sombra disappointed due to lack of screentime and lines which caused people to declare The Crystal Empire "weak" and contributed to Season 3 being considered "worst season".