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Shining Armor attempts to delay and distract King Sombra from his relentless onslaught,  
giving his sister and her friends times to flee into the heart of the Crystal Empire

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Background Pony #482D
@Millennial Dan  
Funny you are calling them not scary. Because you most likely shit yourself whenever that big jock bullies you.  
The fact that your a flutterfan says a lot enough
Lord WyrmSpawN
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Lingering Wyvern
@Millennial Dan  
People forget often that the Sauron Defence hardly works because Sauron had way more than an eye on a tower at his disposal.
 
You know, like the thousands of evil creatures and people at his beck and call.
Millennial Dan
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You know, I always thought the Sauron defense was pretty weak, mostly because I didn’t think Sauron was all that intimidating in the LoTR movies. Big fiery eye on top of a tower, oooh, scary. The Hobbit movies are definitely making him more interesting.
 
As for Sombra, he’s even worse. He’s comical instead of frightening, so he’s neither a good character nor a good faceless threat.
 
@Background Pony #B004  
I’m not sure what you mean.
CobaltMoon

Sombra seriously should’ve been an season long villain.He seems interesting but they barely did jack shit with him.I hope the comics do something better with him.
Background Pony #BE29
The good thing about Sombra is that he is a clean slate. You can characterize him in any way you want. For example, My characterization of him is that Sombra is a monstrous, bloodthirsty warlord that wants nothing more than to drown Equestria in blood and darkness. Also, banging the finest mares is an optional extra.
Amethyst_Crystal
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Goth Hippie Nerd Pony
@Background Pony #1621  
I think an even better example are the sorts of video game monsters or bosses that linger and stalk for so long.  
You know next to nothing about them, but they sure are kinda tough and scary in the mean time, if designed well. :P
Amethyst_Crystal
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Goth Hippie Nerd Pony
The thing about Sombra is that there is almost no direct characterization about him… but instead, tons of indirect characterization throughout the ‘Crystal Empire’ story.
 
These are two very different means of conveying a character in storytelling, and this is probably the primary reason there is so much disagreement on how ‘good’ a character King Sombra is, depending on which of these forms of character building are more engaging for them, within the confines of this show.
marconde

Wand of Inferno
@Background Pony #1DB9  
This anon knows.
 
Sombra was a cool villian.  
Cadence was protecting the Crystal empire, Shining was useless by the fact his horn was blocked by Sombra dark magic.  
This character was the terror of the episode.
Background Pony #BE29
And to think that this is Sombra’s weakest form, and he still bitch slapped Shining Armor. I don’t want to know what would happen if Shining Armor had to face Sombra’s true form. I would have advised Cadence to start mourning.