Talk:King Sombra/@comment-24222138-20141205063300/@comment-26973802-20141207042842

I just think they could've done a whole lot better because it's obvious that scene was just done to make the episode long enough (which I previously attributed to "running out of ideas", but after Tirek I guess I was proven wrong).

But the question still remains, how did the other Mane 5 think they were going to defeat the "villain" without Twilight and all the Elements of Harmony? If they thought the Plunderseeds were caused by the Tree of Harmony being cursed by some villain, did they think Rainbow Dash was going to Rain Nuke him/her or Fluttershy was going to reform him/her like Discord? (which she kinda did coz it was Discord who created them) For enemies this powerful it's usually taken the Elements of Harmony or Crystal Heart to defeat them. Chrysalis was conveniently high up on a mountain when Shining Armor and Princess Cadance blasted her into the distance (and even then it took the undeniable power of their love to do that attack), and it took Fluttershy quite a while to reform Discord.

If they wanted Discord to do something useful, if they had already planned out the Tirek thing by now, I'll say giving Twilight her key definitely qualifies, not to mention making the Mane 6 realize what the keys were.

And just saying, a King Sombra flashback would have been received much better. Also because I liked the facehugger fight, they could've set it in place of the cragodile fight and then had them reach the Tree of Harmony right away.