SharpWit

@Wizard Might be too much work and not a common enough issue, but maybe ranked voting instead of plurality? A second vote for finalists is probably much easier though.

Oh my god, I can't believe I did that!!! I decided on Celestia because although I'm definitely a critic, she holds the keys of power. I went to vote for her, and asked Luna to forgive me, but my thumb followed my heart rather than my brain. We are the tide, we are the moon!

Haven't seen the movie either, but that would make sense to me. I don't think you'll have success with combining colors, because A) The color wheel does work the same when chemistry is involved. Rare earth stones take on their colors from specific elements reacting under intense heat and pressure, so what you get can be vastly different depending what you put in, but you might learn something by looking into that if you think that's a rabbit hole worth exploring, and There's no way the creators put that much effort into how things look, lol. Dash wearing sunglasses was supposed to be "B" and ")"

Yes, the shake of the crack container. But to get it down just right, you need to socialize with them strongly from a very young age, become their surrogate momma. Get them used to falling asleep in your arms, being pet, even clipping their toenails. When done right, they'll try to get into your lap if you sit down within their area. Essentially, turn them into a cat. If you talk to them reassuringly, and repeat their name before and during handling positively, then they respond in kind and come to you when called, if not on their own accord. You can go with any name, but practice saying it aloud. See how it rolls off the tongue, can you say it clearly with a raised volume, are there specific syllables that raise and lower. The last bit is important because animals will often respond to words that also sound like theirs. For example, I have a cat named Blue, but we call him Boo sometimes, and we have another cat capped Tulip, but I also call her Tularoo, and my girlfriend has a dog that lives with her parents named Cupcake whom we often call Cupparoo. All of these Oos raise some confusion because the animals hear that part and think it's them were calling or talking about sometimes. Something to think about.

@Dawnshine Wonder Turns out their intent was that the clones were turned back into magical energy that returned to the mirror pool and nothing more, according to Meghan McCarthy. I would still argue that there's a disturbing level of callous towards their sentience, and that's reinforced by the one remaining clone's reaction we see in, season 6, episode 9, The Saddle Row Review. Sure they seemed to lack individuality, especially as the clones deteriated in quality from copies of copies, but little can be said from the actions of an afternoon flash mob, and we dont usually have a grasp on our mortality for quite some time after we're born, justifying the level of naivety to witnessing each others "destruction", so I think the jury's still out. But now the mirror pool begs a different question. I'm willing to bet most villains would end up fighting their own clones if they had access to the mirror pool, but if all you need is drones, then this serves as particularly dangerous with Sombra and Chrysalis in mind. An army could be raised in mere minutes.

@Dawnshine Wonder We've even seen Twilight be ruthless in "Too Many Pinkies". If she can take out a room of ponies that all happen to be slightly more annoying versions of one of her best friends, who knows what she's capable of when unleashed. Maybe her magic blasts weren't as strong while fighting the Changelings, or their armored carapice has some magic deflecting capabilities, but if she wants you gone, you're gone.

Firstly, the strength of the United States Military would be extremely hampered if it could only operate at a TV-Y rating. Second, and strictly for the war against Sombra, his use of mind control is such a devastating attack on morale. Every one of his soldiers is fighting against their will, and are just as much a victim to his cruelty as every defeated Equestrian. Worse still, everyone you were fighting alongside yesterday who happened to be captured, you'll be fighting tomorrow.

Limited knowledge here, but perhaps the lack of friends means word of the power of friendship hasn't reached them yet with the same clarity? Word traveling down a grape vine will never reach the raisin below. I'm sure you've read of these situations, but there is usually the typical addition that the villain was betrayed in the past by those they considered friends, on top of the general greed in not wanting to share the spoils.