#302151
Sun, 11th Nov '12 12:34:45 PM
from somewhere
@apple I like it.
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#302152
Sun, 11th Nov '12 12:35:35 PM
from Manehattan to Canterlot
Sweet! 
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#302153
Sun, 11th Nov '12 12:38:29 PM
from Horsehead Nebula
I must to say that episode growing on me (that I start to love more, and maybe soon it will be my favorite episode).
Unlike Wedding eps (mostly second part), what had huge impact on me from first viewing (it's because I didn't expect to be that epic).
Because he know I'm going to go out in this plane and I'm going to remove one of His creations from His universe.
#302154
Sun, 11th Nov '12 12:43:36 PM
Hm. Interesting theory via reddit(which is, in retrospect, sort of obvious) - Sombra is basically a metaphor for depression. The citizens all looked pretty depressed, they couldn't remember a time they were happy, Sombra was nothing any of them could truly see but they could all feel lingering around...
It's very in-keeping of the shows villainous themes so far. NNM was a representation of Envy, Discord of cruelty/chaos, Chrysalis of greed(in a way)...
#302155
Sun, 11th Nov '12 12:45:56 PM
from Manehattan to Canterlot
And Windegos were hatred/intolerance. Nice theming!
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#302156
Sun, 11th Nov '12 12:47:10 PM
from Nowhere
Doesn't Sombra's magic run on The Power of Hate, though?
#302157
Sun, 11th Nov '12 12:48:32 PM
from Horsehead Nebula
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Interesting theory.
But Sombra was more element of cruelty than Discord.
Because he know I'm going to go out in this plane and I'm going to remove one of His creations from His universe.
#302158
Sun, 11th Nov '12 12:48:36 PM
from The Magitek Holyland
Well, as far as villains are concerned, the first was effectively insane, the second ws batshit insane and the third only lost due to a deus ex machina.
Deus Ex Machina?
Is it a deus ex machina for the power of love to defeat the villain when it's established through the same villain that the power of love can be used as a massively powerful source of magic and energy?
edited 11th Nov '12 12:48:52 PM by Enlong
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#302159
Sun, 11th Nov '12 12:49:49 PM
from Meinong's jungle
Yeah, I don't think it's quite a Deus ex Machina. However, I am glad they required some sort of magical artifact to take out Sombra rather than just "Even though he won we have love power lol".
#302160
Sun, 11th Nov '12 12:50:55 PM
from At my computer.
G3 Rarity was identified as a Crystal Princess too, and has similar colors to Cadance. o.o
edited 11th Nov '12 12:51:09 PM by lalalei2001
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#302161
Sun, 11th Nov '12 12:56:03 PM
I don't think Sombra seemed to run on hate... if anything he ran on fear/sorrow. The black magic seemed to be a dampener - everything around it looked darker, but not more hateful Gray, not red, basically.
#302162
Sun, 11th Nov '12 12:57:17 PM
from Stardust Road
I don't think he ran on sorrow, just that he caused it.
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#302163
Sun, 11th Nov '12 12:58:47 PM
from Appleloosa
a good pony name
Sure
Life is simple: it has no nontrivial normal subgroups.
#302164
Sun, 11th Nov '12 12:59:19 PM
from The Magitek Holyland
Yeah, he's an "ordinary" unicorn, not a force of nature like the Wendigos or an alien presence like the Changelings. However, he certainly cemented his rule through the use of fear and sorrow. He had to have been quite cruel and hated for him to be sure nobody would dare enter his throne room.
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#302165
Sun, 11th Nov '12 1:00:29 PM
from Stardust Road
Well he was an ordinary unicorn. Now he's a shadowy smoke monster unicorn.
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#302166
Sun, 11th Nov '12 1:02:55 PM
he didn't lose because he got cocky and just stood there/wouldn't shut up.
Pretty much.
Really, I give Sombra A+ for effort.
edited 11th Nov '12 1:03:24 PM by dRoy
No heroes, no villains, only people.
#302167
Sun, 11th Nov '12 1:05:04 PM
from Meinong's jungle
Indeed, Sombra is practically a fridge villain. At first I wasn't really impressed, but the more you think about how he worked, the more formidable he seems.
#302168
Sun, 11th Nov '12 1:05:10 PM
from The Magitek Holyland
Quite. Even when he broke his horn off on the barrier, he still took the iniiative to use it to spread a corruption inside the barrier, and then grew it back anyway.
So, why did he lose his shadow form at the end, there?
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#302169
Sun, 11th Nov '12 1:07:00 PM
from Stardust Road
Pure determination and/or being near the Crystal Heart.
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#302170
Sun, 11th Nov '12 1:07:27 PM
from Meinong's jungle
More dramatic that way? Maybe he was regaining his power or something.
#302171
Sun, 11th Nov '12 1:08:54 PM
from a random Pokècenter
So, something interesting noted in this image
. It seems that only the female crystal ponies have angular eyes glints, the male crystal ponies have normal circular eye glints.
. It seems that only the female crystal ponies have angular eyes glints, the male crystal ponies have normal circular eye glints.
#302172
Sun, 11th Nov '12 1:09:37 PM
You know, I would like to see the mane cast defeating a major villain with their own power; not with the Elements, just their own magical, intellectual, and physical power.
No heroes, no villains, only people.
#302173
Sun, 11th Nov '12 1:10:12 PM
from The Magitek Holyland
Does that Ursa Minor count?
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#302174
Sun, 11th Nov '12 1:11:11 PM
I see what you did there.
No heroes, no villains, only people.
#302175
Sun, 11th Nov '12 1:13:13 PM
from Appleloosa
Well he was an ordinary unicorn. Now he's a shadowy smoke monster unicorn.
He's a smoke cloud with a stairs fetish.
Life is simple: it has no nontrivial normal subgroups.