Akemi Homura

Look what I stumbled upon. How did this slip past me? This might be the most clever subliminal message the writers put in for kicks.

That was the result of Pinkie Pie's attempts to convince the fillies/colts that Luna was some sort of monster that wanted to gobble them up and take away their souls. What Luna and Twilight both failed to realize, however, was that Pinkie Pie's intent was to properly enjoy Nightmare Night by making up a crazy story which, in the end, worked pretty well. Seriously, everypony cheered when Luna came back from her banishment after accepting Celestia's hoof in friendship and rule. It would be asinine to think that Luna was still crazed, in all honesty.

I doubt the art of black magic is necessary at all to use even in combat for Equestrians. While powerful enough to warrant attention and maybe utilize it, Equestrians are much better off with their normal spells. Again, this isn't to discredit the power of aforementioned, but it just isn't a good fit. Imagine a superstar football wide receiver. He is great at catching balls in traffic, can beat double-coverage, and can sometimes make clutch catches. He runs his routes well and puts up big stats. Only thing is, he has a big ego and could care less about his team, and only focuses on improving himself and not leaving an impact on whatever team he's playing on. Now imagine a team where they value hard work and determination and doing your job more than anything else. If this team were to sign this specific player, he would hinder them because he would not get along at all with anyone on that team... and so the team suffers as a result. To prevent themselves from this guy disrupting any more team chemistry, they have to bench him and play him as little as possible. While he has great stats and is a great player, he's really unneeded if the team is doing great without him. Essentially, it's signing the superstar to a big contract but not playing him at all. Good eye on that. It was pretty clear that Luna's transformation was the result of her jealousy, though I don't think an alicorn of her status could just be pushed off the edge without some sort of exterior force... Hell, Sombra was banished the same time around Luna was, so it could also be claimed that both of their personalities were the result of some crazed, evil force who feed on negative emotions and thus pushing their hatred even further. It might have been prevalent during that time period of 1000 years ago. Maybe Discord's remnant works of chaos had something to do with it as well? If it's not already there, look out. You're gonna be transformed into something that'll disrupt everything.

You know, I think Queen Chrysalis could change into any object she desires. It's implied that she's at least just a bit further down in magical power than Celestia, which is an incredible feat for anyone. Something that her minions can't do, only because they're either not trained highly enough in that regard nor do they have the discipline necessary to put themselves in a position to master that art. It remains to be seen on when Cadence was actually trapped in the mines in the first place. It's hinted that this sort of operation made by an entire species would take many months of planning (let's face it - this wedding was hug , so much that it would probably be written off as the happiest of all events in a long while), but how long ago? Perhaps in addition to taking the form of the pony, Chrysalis can assume that pony's personality for a while until either of the following things can apply: 1) The "personality assumption" effect wears off after a while. 2) The above effect can be turned on or off to the Queen's liking. 3) She cannot get help from any sort of side effect of her spell. She has to learn to mimic the pony's personality manually. Given her magical ability and ruler of her own race, however, I can go with 2) - it's possible that she got arrogant and cocky that she could just invade the entire place without having to even mimic Cadence's personality as much as she could. Though, after a while, it could be assumed that she could get real tired of mimicking one pony's personality for as long as that and she could start toying around with her own attitude, and not that of a princess who dearly loves her subjects.

Here comes the crazy theory train. The dark magic business might have screwed over Sombra's head when he initially started using it, thus lending himself to all that Celestia said about him, about his heart being "as black as night". Effectively, it corrupted him, and I couldn't help but think that Celestia felt a little tug at her heart when she called upon that "history lesson spell" when she showed Twilight what seemed to happen all those years ago. Something of an addiction - if you use the dark magic too much, you have to realize you're going be one of two things: you're either going to be a genius, or an idiot. And if you don't make it, look out! The path to madness begins.

Nice, a villain that's a mix of both antitheses! That'd be a pretty flexible - I'm sure the writers have more ideas for villains than just the Mane 6's polar opposites, but this is a great reference point. Kind of like Batman and Joker - that rivalry is so fierce and engaging (as a result, world famous) because Joker is the perfect enemy for Batman, not because of his crazy nature, but because his nature greatly contrasts with Batman's lawful and heroic interpretation of the world. Joker kills mercilessly and sadistically, and Batman is willing to reform villains himself so that he can clean up Gotham and perhaps even the world. Holy hell, did I just get all three of them right without even looking at the OP? A pretty fantastic thought by the guy who came up with this.

Season three hasn't even begun yet, and I'm already making a case on Sombra being the polar opposite of Fluttershy's Element of Kindness. It remains to be seen what he'll do this time around, right after his return, but this guy's history tells us a story about a unicorn forcing a magical kingdom to become his personal toys and working for him. That alone is enough to give us a bulging contrast between Celestia's ideals and values of friendship and harmony and view Sombra as some kind of sadistic ruler and conqueror, which is exactly what he is based on what we already know about him. That gives the Element of Kindness an arch-enemy to mess around with.

To be a realist here, I have to agree with TailsAlone that the writers probably won't implement such a thing into a TV show like this, as interesting as it is. Villains are created through vices being their cardinal traits, their behaviour directly stemming off from committing actions according to their sins, and thus it wouldn't be insane to think such a thing would apply here. That said, So far, the three villains have captured some of the vices pretty well. Let's take a look. Nightmare Moon: Envy. Princess Luna transformed into Nightmare Moon because she was envious of her sister's ability and slightly higher status among ponykind. Somehow, I get the feeling that Luna not only wanted her night to be appreciated much more than just looked upon, but also sort of yearning to have the effect that Celestia's day puts upon her subjects. Eventually, of course, she went over the edge and transformed into something pretty wicked, even though it was emotionally charged and wasn't pure evil, she was subjected to it quite easily. Chrysalis: Lust. Let's face it, she not only wants to feed her minions by sapping the love away from Equestria's denizens, but she also wants Equestria all for herself. The fact that she went out of her way to sing an opera about it, about how she's a fake and doesn't care for Shining Armor at all speaks a lot about her character. There is an intense look in her eyes every time you see them - nothing but an intense desire to rule over all of Equestria. And do not be mistake - lust goes beyond just excessive sexual wants. It can apply for power as well as fame or wealth. Discord: Pride. This guy is a cruel prankster and joker, and he knows it. He reminds you of the hooligan down your street who pulls mean pranks on you just to make himself feel better, and that's really all that he is. That doesn't stop there, however. As a viewer, you were subjected to his various taunts that were directed to not only Twilight and her friends, but also Princess Celestia and her kingdom. He was so confident in his "jokes", however, that he became very arrogant throughout the season two premiere which led to his eventual defeat. He's also given us the impression that he cares for no one other than himself and his work... which wreaked havoc in Ponyville. Celestia's simile of his heart being "as black as night" seems to speak great volumes in itself - I definitely got the same impression as you did. We have not seen a ruthless and homicidal villain yet, and his antics will surely have a unique impact on the Mane 6. Of course, wrath stems from rage - if Sombra is revealed to be angry most of the time, we could be headed somewhere with all this. Oh, I almost forgot - if you remember, I made a thread back in May (I think) which spoke about how the major villains represent the opposite of each Element of Harmony. For example, Discord was Pinkie Pie's antihesis (to put it into perspective) because his kind of sparking laughter was vile and pretty mean. It wasn't fun at all. Likewise, Chrysalis rose to power through lies and deception not unlike Emperor Palpatine from Star Wars - the complete opposite of Applejack. And Nightmare Moon was driven by a selfish desire to reign supreme over all beings and to command them, not really caring for them at all - the opposite to Twilight Sparkle. If we follow that line of thinking, and given Sombra's character, he could turn out to be the opposite of Fluttershy's Element of Kindness as, once again, his heart is as black as the night.