Uh the comics are canon until stated otherwise.

@Background Pony #4186  

 
True but the comics aren’t canon. ;)
 
I still doubt they will die or anything that could be mistaken for suspense will happen.

So are they killed off or something? Does Sombra smash the statues?

@hooon  
Good idea, then she will join with them and make things 100 times more difficult, or she could go all Hulk on their ass and smash them.

@hooon  
high chance of being usurped by her?
 
that and he wants revenge on both?

Why don’t turn Princess Luna back to Nightmare Moon?

@lunafan22  
What about Hope?

Their stoned!  

 
But seriously Celestia and Luna have been defeated?

@Background Pony #3843  
only sombra and cryssalis are villains

All this rage in the comments.  
I personally enjoyed the comic, though I agree Iron Will shouldn’t be on the villain team.

@Turkleson  
or sunset shimmer…  
dun dun dun dun!

Why do I have a sneaking suspicion that Discord’s gonna have a part in saving the day now?

equestria’s only hope now is john ce…

Awwwwww did I miss drama? :(

@Psyga315  
I don’t think Radiant Hope expected this to happen.
 
She returns Sombra to flesh and blood, and he takes his revenge on the Royal Sisters for his imprisonment in the Arctic for 1,000 years, much to her shock and disbelief? Definitely did not expect him to do that.
 
However, it is still only the halfway mark of the saga. By the fourth part, Sombra should return the Royal Sisters to normal, or they will be returned to normal by Twilight, Cadence, or someone, or something, else. Time will tell…

@PonyPon  
To feel deconstructed? To be the victim? To watch your dreams die?

@SuperDEF  
You forgot ‘Hope is an idiot’

Okay, so in case there are folks out there who are curious on what transpired here, let me break down all 342 replies in a nutshell. Beacuse I’m a nice guy and I do this for laughs.
 
>Comic and Show are kinda sorta not really but could be however aren’t is maybe canon, probably.
 
>Sombra is too OP, plz nerf
 
>Cockatrice are by default the most powerful species in Equestria, because stone magic (Discord is gonna need his brown pants)
 
>Lazy writing trololololo
 
>Celestia and Luna are too OP, plz buff
 
>This guy wants vanilla ice cream, the other guy wants chocolate
 
I think that covers just about all the important highlights.

Oh, crap…
 
Halfway through the 4-part saga, and Sombra has already removed the Royal Sisters from the picture by doing to them what he did to Amore: Turning them into statues.
 
This is not good, not good at all…

@toxicitzi  
Sooo… nothing new here then?

Sweet mother of comments!

@Pagan  
pointless shoving and reinforcing of one’s opinion, repeating, more repeating, even more repeating, etc.
 
not like it matters what I think, I’m going to find out eventually, as well as if anything happens to be rule breaking.

@toxicitzi  
What do you think happened here?

@Pagan  
oh I agree, but civility is sometimes also just a mask.. Sometimes, actions speak louder than words, which is why I’m in no way thrilled to have to go through all of these comments sometime latter today or tomorrow, if only to confirm what I think happened here.