History FridgeBrilliance / MylittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic

* Why did Sombra go out of his way to crush the Crystal Ponies spirits? At first it might seem like he's just evil (which he is), but look at how thorough he was in preventing the Crystal Heart from being found. As Twilight said, if the Crystal Ponies spirits aren't high, they can't power the Crystal Heart. Crushing their spirits was another part of disabling the one thing capable of beating him!

* Why is it so fitting that King Sombra's last moments were spent vainly ordering the ponies who were absolutely ''terrified'' of him from pulling the trigger and blowing him into oblivion? Sombra's entire character revolves around ''fear''. He's practically defined by it. His most dangerous spell we see traps its victim in their worst nightmare, he relied on it to keep the Crystal Ponies from finding the Crystal Heart. In the end, the tables have turned, and they're in the one position where they [[IAmNotAfraidOfYouAnymore can defy him and break free of their fear by destroying the source of it.]] Once they could leave their fear behind, Sombra was powerless.

* Why is it so fitting that King Sombra's last moments were spent vainly ordering the ponies who were absolutely ''terrified'' of him from pulling the trigger and blowing him into oblivion? Sombra's entire character revolves around ''fear''. He's practically defined by it. His most dangerous spell we see traps its victim in their worst nightmare, he relied on it to keep the Crystal Ponies from finding the Crystal Heart. In the end, the tables have turned, and they're in the one position where they [[ImNotAfraidOfYouAnymore can defy him and break free of their fear by destroying the source of it.]] Once they could leave their fear behind, Sombra was powerless.

* Another major complaint some fans have about King Sombra is the fact that he barely talks or says anything to anybody. What he DOES do though is continuously act to reclaim the Crystal Empire. King Sombra was already established to be DangerouslyGenreSavy enough to hide the one thing that could defeat him, and then demoralize and eliminate the very power-source for that object. Him barely talking and instead acting shows that [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim he knows the less time his enemies have to think when fighting him, the less chance they have of defeating him.]]

* Why was Rainbow Dash nowhere to be seen during the climax, necessitating Cadance to save Spike and the Crystal Heart? Simple: She decided to "go easy" on Fluttershy during their next joust. It ended badly for Dash.

** It was said that the Empire is a source of powerful magic, for good or ill. If love and hope could power the heart like it did, it probably works the other way too - it is quite possible that Sombra evolved from a unicorn into borderline EldritchAbomination by pirposefully traumatizing his subjects.

** For all that, Princess Celestia still considers him the least threatening of the serious villains. Nightmare Moon merited a circuitous plan to find welders for the most powerful magic known to ponies, Discord was such a threat that Celestia tried to send the main six against him the moment she knew he was active, and Queen Chrysalis didn't make her existence known until after she'd subverted Canterlot's strongest defense and had her army in position. King Sombra, by contrast, didn't merit the Mane Six being armed with the Elements of Harmony or the personal attention of Celestia and Luna. He was just a convenient thing to test Twilight with.

* Some people were complaining that King Sombra didn't do much. The thing is, he DID, one thousand years ago. Unlike Discord and Nightmare Moon, he had no magical relic to deal with that would be capable of stopping him, because he already did a [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy pretty dang thorough job of it a thousand years ago]]. He emotionally broke the Crystal Ponies into near depression (meaning they COULDN'T power the Crystal Heart unless they were cheered up) and hid it in his castle in a way that could only be accessed by someone capable of using his magic, protected by a door that not only moved by itself but trapped whoever entered it in their worse fear. And on top of ''that'', [[spoiler:finding it would allow him to trigger a trap that not only traps the one going after it but would let him spread his corruption ''inside'' the castle without him even having to get through]]. And the only one keeping him out anyway was slowly weakening and would eventually give out. Whereas the other villains needed to disable their AchillesHeel themselves, Sombra ''already did''. And because of it, he only lost because [[spoiler:[[SpannerInTheWorks Spike decided to tag along with Twilight]].]]

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