King Sombra

King Sombra is a villian introduced in the season 3 premire of MLP:FIM, he is protrayed as the former ruler of the Crystal Empire

Deceptiocns in Fan labor
With what little lines he had during his breif role, his fate is left undecided in the canon, is most fanfiction he is either dead or survives his ordeal he makes a suprising return the exact his revenge on the main six and Celestia and Luna and tries to take over the Crystal Empire and ultimatly Equestria. Very little fan labor protrays him as a hero or having redeming qualities

Criticism
Sombra was not as well received as most of the other Friendship is Magicvillains, as many viewers were disappointed that not much was revealed about his character and that he didn't appear or speak as often as other villains. This has been countered by saying it adds to how malevolent and intimidating he is, and that it highlights his resemblance to Sauron.

King Sombra's design has also been criticised by some fans, many calling it uninspired.

Memes
Shipping
 * Before the actual episode, King Sombra's appearance has been likened by fans to bad original characters. Due to this he was occasionally called "Lord Donut Steel" (a play on "Do not steal", a joke sentence referring to badly made original characters).
 * After his name was revealed, many fans have taken to calling him "King Sombrero" (a play on Sombra).
 * King Sombra's castle has not one but two unbelievably long sets of stairs on the way to the Crystal Heart. A common joke about him is to make him obsessed with stairs. There is a joke that his Cutie Mark is a staircase.
 * King Sombra has become memetically associated with a toy named "Gak", because commercials for said toy were aired many times during the live airing of the episodes. Sub-branches of this joke include things like "Gak got more screentime than King Sombra" and even "King Sombra is actually made of Gak".
 * As the first villain to unambiguously die (though this was still debated before it was confirmed), fans sometimes say "Nightmare Moon: Turns good. Discord: Turns to stone. Queen Chrysalis: Banished. King Sombra: ****ING DEAD!"

In most fanics he is shipped with Celestia, Luna, Queen Chrysalis and in some cases Twilight Sparkle in stories Kiss of the Dark and His Black Hearts Inquiry

Gallary
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