Talk:Lord Tirek/@comment-5861883-20140603040111/@comment-10390252-20140604063745

It's sort of an established theme, isn't it? 'Mastermind'-type villains need to have an army of mooks and a small elite group of lieutenants (or 'Mini-bosses', if you prefer). However, I'd argue that you only need the army if you're planning to invade something. What if this is personal and/or your goals are so specific that you don't really need (or really have any interest in operating) an army? Then you can just get away with your mini-boss squad.

Sailor Galaxia and her animates jumps to mind as examples of this. She didn't really want to conquer the universe, per se, she just wanted to gather all the power of the galaxy's senshi under her control. What's more, her general methods were pretty covert so a full-scale army would be counter-productive.

That's the sort of villain I'd like to see - somepony who is after Twilight and her friends specifically and is coming at them with a plan and a small group of agents.