Thread:LostGod2000/@comment-25836248-20141231081815/@comment-2059440-20150103030116

no he wasn't - Fim Tirek is more stereotypical "evil demon" but even that incarnation is a lot closer to CM than Hydia.. dangerous or not she's not qualified enough and the keeping torture devices, randoming cursing people and abusing her daughters is all very much what "wicked" witches do.. she didn't manage to amass enough truly horrific deeds to count on-screen.. nor was she taken seriously enough.

Smooze was a MEH moment but it's not as bad as many other MLP villains (even of that era) - large-scale destruction is nothing compared to the petty cruelty of CMs.

Hydia's not much different from a standard Care Bears special villain, if she's updated at some point you can argue but I doubt she will (even if she did, she'd be a different character).

Lostgod gave you a good reason, I'm telling you what I know of Hydia as I watched G1 when I was younger and she was entertaining - Tirek was just plain nasty.. that's a sign of a CM, when even the audience feels a little uncomfortable.

Also the MLP universe can easily live with Hydia around, it can not live with beings like Tirek - a CM must be removed in order for their setting to heal (for example Alan Yates had to die in order to restore balance in his setting).

MLP has dark villains, they do nasty things but Hydia and Smooze are simply the most destructive and play into standard fairy tale roles.

Now, let's allow Lostgod to have his message wall back and continue this on my own if you wish to debate more.. though it really isn't going to change much.