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Why? Because it started out with two? I highly doubt violating your weird arbitrary concept of "balance" could be the worst thing...

Only reaction has basically been "Meh. That show's for girls." Not that good but not that bad. Pretty neutral. Swiss-like, in fact.

No. That's one of the most infuriating and dumb things fandoms do, this "real fan" bullshit. And as a Native, I find that comparison offensive and asinine.

Honestly? Respect and a slow clap. Everyone is so afraid to bring the good guy to harm and it gets so damned boring. Put the good guy in a situation and it's just not as tense or engaging as it could be because you know they can't be beaten. They have GOOD GUY ARMOR. But then you've got books or shows where good doesn't count for anything, where death is as indiscriminate as well. In Deathly Hallows, good guys started dropping like flies. In Cell, a teenage girl's head is caved in with a brick by some thugs over a petty argument (and it's a very powerful moment...I almost tore the book in half). In Game of Thrones, death is referred to in dialogue as the one true god. And hell, a "kids" show tackling something like real, legit death (not "the bad guy exploded!", a friend's death). I'd like to see that. Of course, if it's done poorly, that's not good.

Sauron is a different character in a different fiction under different circumstances. Sombra was not scary. He had nothing but a cool design. People hate him because the villains before him were great and very nearly won (Discord twice), and then he basically did nothing at all. And what's this "Sunset Shimmer and Discord failed to be scary" nonsense? Two things: 1) Sunset Shimmer wasn't MEANT to be scary. 2) Discord is the scariest villain as a fact. He is a being of presumably limitless ability who goes around warping reality and violating all natural laws and reason just because it's FUN. He is as scary as you can get because he is as unpredictable as you can get. Nightmare Moon was going to make night last forever. Chrysalis was going to take over Equestria. Sunset Shimmer was going to conquer an alternate dimension. Sombra was going to rule the Crystal Empire and, presumably, also eventually take over Equestria (there's another flaw: He's basically a downgraded Chrysalis). But Discord...We don't know what he's going to do because the very nature of everything he does is chaotic as a rule. Also, the Lich from AT is a better character because he's actually scary. Sombra was dark but "Ooh, he's dark." isn't very scary on its own. The Lich's entire existence is motivated by a will to end all existence. That is bloody terrifying. Not to mention the Lich actually does things. Hell, he once successfully ended all life in Ooo. All Sombra ever accomplishes is "Grrrr, I'm outside your forcefield, and don't I look SO DARK!" The ultimate problem with Sombra is that we're told he's scary but he isn't. The Crystal Ponies are scared, and he was presumably a monstrous entity during his past reign, but the Sombra we see is just not that scary. Little girls were scared of Sombra? So what? Little girls are often dumb (proof: look at previous MLP series) and probably afraid of the dark. I didn't know little girls were an authority on good characterization and fear.

There are a lot of bad things that could possibly occur in season four. Some are minor annoyances while some could legitimately damage the show's overall quality. But the worst thing that could happen in season four is, quite simply, the Holocaust.

She wasn't on the moon. She was magically sealed within it. A sort of "And I Must Scream" scenario. But for the thread's sake, she spent the whole 1000 years practicing her diction and elocution.