Talk:Cosmos (story arc)/@comment-29981995-20190306202812

Hm...I have a feeling I'm not going to care for this arc. Possession tends to be just as creepy as mind control. The premise of Cosmos also seems a bit of a shoehorn: yet ANOTHER threat from 1000ish years ago who was imprisoned only to reemerge in the modern day? Her being Discord's overpossessive girlfriend is a concept I'll accept, but I don't know about her apparently being so much more powerful/chaotic than him. I mean, he's supposed to be THE Spirit of Chaos and Disharmony.

I also have to say that the whole prologue sequence seems problematic. What is it with all these monarchs apparently being over a thousand years old? Makes you hope they've been good rulers, and wonder if/when they might step down like Torch. Also wonder how the whole living so long thing works: is there some kind of long-lived "royal" strain among ponies, centaurs, hippogriffs, (possibly) gargoyles, Abyssinians, umbrum (in Sombra's case), deer, and Changelings? Or is it just particular individuals who have, through one means or another, gained such longevity? Are there any species besides dragons that have naturally long lives?

Also, where were the Abyssinian King's apparent combat skills/"magic eyes" when the Storm King invaded?