Dark Magic MLP True Antagonist · 3:03am Jun 25th, 2015
Over the week I've been wondering about the villains and dangerous objects in MLP. It hit me what most had in common. Dark Magic.
Of the two parter villains only all but one are tied to dark magic. That expectation is Discord as we all know.
It's been shown dark magic feeds off of negative emotions or can use it to power itself. It also can twist a user's personality as well. It also seems unnatural to the world itself.
Each villain is tied to a manifestation of dark magic.
Nightmare Moon is possession
Chrysalis is necromancy and Demonic
Sombra is corruption
Tirek is life force absorption
Starlight is soul manipulation
The dizzlings are mind control and self destruction
These would be explained in each details:
Nightmare Moon is literally Luna possessed by a dark magic, and it came from her (in the comics it's even more upfront as she was possessed by the nightmare forces which feed on her doubt)
Chrysalis is more as she looked, the holes are not a thing normal living beings should have, plus the whole feeds of of love is a sign of a demon (a succubus which was what she was a child friendly succubus) however the comics the changelings are literally born of dark magic.
Sombra is corruption that overuse of this stuff usually brings. The Crystal empire is a land of love and happiness, yet Sombra is it's opposite, he corrupts the one good kingdom by conquering it and transforming it into its opposite. Just like corruption he is purified... By being destroyed!
Tirek drained beings of there magic which takes everything from them, this is a sign of some things dark magic is used for removing the life force of your enemies to impower yourself and what does the magic tirek takes do for him?
Starlight is more subtle then the others but removing a cutie Mark is basically removing part of who the target is, there very soul. Starlight magic replaces that missing piece with something that slowly destroys who you are. Pick up any fantasy book 9 times out of 10 magic of the soul is the domain of dark arts.
The dazzlings cause conflict which is self destructive as they hypnotize there enemies with mind control to use this to feed themselves, the side effect those around them slowly implode as they destroy themselves.
Now Sunset shares both traits with Tirek sombra as in her attempt to use magic which was not hers corrupted her.
These are just the characters, the objects like the Alicorn Amulet are another story.
It's save to say the biggest threat to equestria is dark magic and unlike the beings who use it , they can't stop it from appearing to ruin there lives. A for who you can't truly defeat.
Tell me your thoughts.
I can see something like this showing up in a later episode