Sobana wrote:Actually that set up worked out well for Chrysalis who really didn't show up until the second part. The whole point was that she was suppose to be a secret until the big reveal at the end.
The problem with Sombra and Tirek is that there was suppose to be previous knowledge of them. If they dropped a few hints earlier in the season it would have been more helpful.
The only problem I have with a season long over arching villain is why would they wait so long to try to stop him? They usually try to resolve those kinds of situations as soon as they pop up like any rational thinking group of people would.
Because the villains are hiding? Maybe they were too big of a threat the first time that the Mane Six have to spend an entire season getting ready for the final round? Perhaps the Mane Six keep escaping the villain's grasp?
But yeah, it's mostly villains fleeing and fading into the shadows being the reason why the heroes just can't put an end to their foes. For MLP, I think having them unable to
fully defeat the villain in the initial two parter would better fit the show's format since the Mane Six would then be able to use their friendship lessons acquired during the season to help them finally stop the villain in the finale.
Unless the villain is some kind of clumsy buffoon that no one can take seriously until he discovers some power that makes him a real threat. But then it would make me wonder why he would actively seek out being a bad guy in the first place without a motive. Which is kinda out of the setting of the show. The show really doesn't do evil for evil's sake.
Well, I'd say Sombra did it for evil's sake. He wasn't really given a motive or character at all outside of
"Enslave ALL Crystal Ponies". But I do think you can have a clumsy baffoon be a threat and have a motive. Mojo Jojo was a threat, coming close to defeating the girls a couple times and yeah, initially he was just some villain and doing it for evil's sake but eventually during the series' run you find out that his turn to villainy stemmed from his creator, the Professor, creating the Powerpuff Girls and thus Mojo felt ignored and abandoned in favor of the girls. Lord Hater is another incompetent cartoony villain who comes somewhat close to destroying/capturing Wander and Sylvia yet still has motives.
I'd just like to see more villains with motivations in the two parters
PS I guess you could argue that Chrysalis isn't quote unquote 'evil' because she needs to feed her Changelings as it may be their only food source. But then again, she did have a villain song and she did try to take over Canterlot when maybe she could have seized some remote town just like in the comics.
