@Background Pony #A875
But it’s not. The Storm King was originally intended to be a raiju-like creature before he was finalized as a satyr-like creature.

The Should’ve Been Storm King’s Final Form

At the very least, one of these would’ve been nice as a one winged angel form for a climactic final battle.

Anyone know where to get a PDF of this book free or read it online?

@Flufux  
“Funny” can be a subjective thing. For me, most of his jokes didn’t really land and he just kinda came off as a buffoon. I also didn’t really find him menacing, but that one’s because, like you said, Tempest basically did everything and all that was left for him to do was bark orders, so he never had a chance to show why he should be feared.

@Frustration in Excelsis  
Sure.

@Background Pony #7320  
I don’t feel like mudslinging pointlessly over the web – and fair enough, I was too snappish; I apologize for that. Shall we put this behind us, then?

@Frustration in Excelsis  
I’m a bit offended. Please say srry. And I am sorry too.

@Flufux  
Yeah, I suppose you’re right. The comics used the Storm King pretty well – if just a bit more of his personality had carried over into the movie, it would have helped make him stand out more.
 
The movie did seem like it was trying to do too much in too little time, honestly – I feel the biggest issue a lot of its characters had was that they weren’t given enough time to be fleshed out properly. The Storm King and the pirates seem to have especially suffered in this manner.
 
@Background Pony #7320  
Oh, grow up.

@Ardashir  

 
I hope too.

@Flufux  
YES!  
@Frustration in Excelsis  
Take that! Learn from Flufux!

@Frustration in Excelsis  
Or they could have just given him more screentime to flesh him out. Honestly, he had everything needed to make a great villain. His personality was far more funny and dynamic than Tirek, Nightmare Moon or the Pony of Shadows (who seemed to be made entirely of villain cliches), his design and mannerism made him both goofy and intimidating, and the prequel comic proved that he could be written into one of the best bad guys out there. The only problem was that the movie focused so much on Tempest that he almost felt like an afterthought, which I felt was big waste of potential.
 
I don’t think changing his design to a lightning wolf would make him any better if he still wouldn’t be given any screentime to do stuff in.

The movie version was good, but I hope they use the wolf version for something in the show.

Am I the only one here who likes the final Storm King more than the concept art?

@Background Pony #F751  
Hmm. This is one of those situations where I find the concept art genuinely more intriguing than the final, polished version – the canon Storm King kind of fell flat as a villain. A less generic villainous characterization might have helped to make him more interesting.

Wow, I kind of wish they’d stuck to the original concept for him. It certainly would have been more interesting.