The worst stand that u can possibly get

I actually kind of wish this show had a villain that wasn’t so verbose and articulate. Stygian seemed like one that would be so consumed by hatred that he couldn’t even speak properly. He was a normal, upstanding pony that was hurt so much, so often, and for so long, that he lost himself to anger.
 
But nope, we had the typical “MUAH HAH HAH, FOOLISH PEASANTS” villain. Probably because the target audience can’t understand a villain of circumstance, like Arthur from Joker 2019.

@Dust Rock  
 
Understandable

I want to make out with Stygian for some reason.

I imagine this is all he saw the entire time he was possessed. Poor guy.

Looking at this while listening to the Death Stranding OST again.  
:o

Wow this looks so great the shading and the way the dark background and the ponies look is just great!

@Tazool
 
Thank you very much.

We need a human version of this for the Venom 2 poster.

@Kalash93  
It’ll take some time but I’ll remind myself to send you the link.

@Darkest Lunar Flower  
They interacted in the comics, but I get what you mean. Heck, I still wish Stygian and Star Swirl got more screentime together….

I also wish there would have been some in show Luna and Stygian interaction. They have a lot in common.

He’s right! I even remember his descendant, ShadowLock. Wonder what he’s up to these days?

@Tazool
 
Please do and send link?

Absolutely nothing wrong with this character. Even if his development was short I enjoyed what I got.

This picture inspires me to draw some art of this guy; There just isn’t enough out there.

Wish we got more of them.

@ThomasFan45  
I don’t even know who this is. I’ll have to watch that bit. There’s some episodes that I missed including an entire season around the middle of the series.

@Vinylshadow  

 
You my friend are absolutely correct, it was a shame that stygian was given the short end of the stick like that. MLP does have a habit of downplaying male characters, but I suppose the fan content can fix that problem, that and the idw comics which seem to care more about male characters than the show ever did.

Anyone else wish we got more of Stygian in later episodes. Like, maybe bring him on as a second guidance counselor at the School of Friendship or something?…..

Spooky.

…oh right, Stygian was a thing at one point, and then he kinda evaporated rather than being a male counterpart to Twilight who could’ve been used to show off a male character in a positive light in a main character role for once

Daauukness!

You know! For children!
 
Hehehe it always gets to me ><
 
nice art!~

@WatermelonRat  
Like… 5 seconds in the finale aside from the song? They really did the Pillars a disservice in the show, down to being reduced to idiot level Worfing in the last two parter. Least the comics do a much better job with them. Stygian is even the star of two arcs.