Talk:What Lies Beneath/@comment-24217346-20180926071012/@comment-26423071-20180929214447

I don't actually.

I'm looking more towards "Steven Universe". That show is just like MLP, but not afraid to go to dark places, and not afraid to follow through when they introduce dark elements.

And that's the key: follow through. Season 8 introduced several dark or bizarre elements, but never truly followed through with them, the only exception being Cozy.

Having the Tree actually be evil would be doing SOMETHING with:

a-the sheer amount of power this artifact possesses (even moreso than the Alicorns, and they are akin to godesses)

b-the fact that its (his? her?) actions are morally ambigousous.

Also, Kilmarnock:

-this episode was about the Young Six, not the Mane Six

-Imperfect flat out said the actual reason the Elements didn't work in "Return of Harmony" is because the Tree refused to let them use their power.