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@Siarnaq (Model P)  
Ah.  
As for your question I…..don’t know since there’s alot of things wrong with the arc like it propping up Cosmos by making Discord’s seem like he wasn’t as bad as he was in the premiere of S2.
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@Siarnaq (Model P)
 
Cosmos, a Copypasta Story: Really not. The arc is a complete joke that takes the concept of a “Discord-Style Villain” and goes your standard “3 issues of everyone acting like jackasses and one issue in which they still are for 90% of it, then someone pulls out a deus ex machina and wins the day” routine. Speaking of “Discord-Style Villains”…
 
Edgelord Knights: Oh, hey, there’s another, this time pulling the “Alternate Dimensions” can of worms opened by the shitty Reflections arc wide open. Ughh. Still, at least the writing here is… somewhat decent, and some underused characters do get some much needed attention, despite the highly convenient way they’re tied into the plot.
 
Along with the Accord arc, those three alone make a pretty strong case as to originality officially being dead within the comic series with how similar they are to one another, with Accord pulling Andy’s “Celestia is a mental wreck” headcanon and enforcing the then-inviolable “Sue-light” bible entry stating that Starlight Glimmer can only be portrayed as being some sort of demi-god that knows better and acts better than everyone else on top of everything else that atrocity of an arc did.
 
Still, I do think it goes Nightmare Knights > Cosmos > Accord. NMK at least has the originality of reaching for a multiverse, despite how damaging those can be on the long-term. The other two are just… ughh.
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Oh, yeah. It’s like the brainstorming session on that abortion of an arc went something like:
 
“We want to show how unstoppable she is, but without actually doing so, what do we do?”  
“I know! Let’s have 3/4 of the arc being about a wild goose chase that inevitably goes in the villain’s favor!”  
“Huh, won’t that make the first three issues boring?”  
“I KNOW! Let’s bring up some lore about…. uhhhh…. whitewashing Discord and putting the fault for all of the evils he did solely on her shoulders? YEAH!”
 
The final issue isn’t out, but.. come on, 99% chance of it going exactly how it always goes when an arc spends so much time showcasing a villain as being quite literally unstoppable, she’s gonna be brought down by a Deus Ex Machina out of nowhere, most likely wielded by Discord. The ONE element that was original was Cosmos merging her final form with her mind-controlled slaves, but all that did was to prevent one or two pages of all of them being handwaved off anyways.
 
What a goddamn waste. I SWEAR, if one of the next arcs is about Discord’s parents….
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Okay, I guess.
@Poison Trail  
The way I’m seeing it, the final issue will be about Cosmo mauling everyone while Discord shudders in fear, then she will try to delete Yellowquiet to get rid of anything that could distract Discord’s attention from her and only then Discord will go SSJ on Cosmo.  
Or something like that.
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Wow. Cosmos just went out like a bitch. After all three parts of her just winning everything she just lost that easily, and then get thrown onto the moon.
 
Also Cadence was a complete afterthought as after she and the others separate from Cosmos she’s nowhere in the rest of the story.
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@Ardashir  
No she was there when Cosmos was powering down, afterwards she’s not there at all even when the main characters were getting medals she’s not with the other two.
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Par for the course, par for the course…
 
Oh, hey, at least there was some participation from other characters, I guess?
 
@Ardashir
 
How about IDW throws the whole into the trash bin and forgets they ever greenlit this story in the first place? Let’s go with that!
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Okay, I guess.
So should I assume the arc’s wrapping was unsatisfactory.
 
(Edit) Well, the comic was finally storytimed on /mlp/. So yeah, this was yet another generic Cook arc finale, complete with pop culture overuse, rushed pacing and an open ended epilogue to get sure her original character can be brought back, or at least referenced again in a future story.  
Oh, well.
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“Just when you think this comic can’t get any worse, something wonderful happens.”  
“What?”  
“It ends.”  
“Do-ho-ho-ho-hoh!”
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This is like… the second or third time Spike saves the day because he ate something, isnt?
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GOKAAAAI... SILVER!
Kind of looks like this one might be the only one that’s nearly universally agreed to be the absolute worst one. Even previous ones that were considered to be the “worst” arc still had SOME fans or some good aspects to them. This garbage, however, is just irredeemable.
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@Anonycat  
Spike has been the key to resolve many things eh?
 
I wonder if one day, in the comics, Spike tries to save the day by eating “evil X rock” again, but it backfires and he turns into the new villain.
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@Jarkes  
It was not quite as bad as “Seige of the Crystal Empire” but not for lack of trying. It did not make me angry, just annoyed. “Seige” thankfully was thoroughly jossed.
 
@Prowl  
The LARPing arc could be good. I’m not sure about the next one with Pencils. It seems like a boring premise.
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