For a second I thought he was Bad future Dusk Shine.

@Darth Sonic  
I honestly like the name

@DanielTepesKraus  
It’s confusing fun though. Other than his name, nothing seems that edgy, at least when compared to already existent MLP villains.

@Darth Sonic  
nah. the reason they make these nice shiny images and release them ahead of time is for us to see them and form opinions and such.
 
besides, we’re just having some fun.

@DanielTepesKraus  
Except it’s way too early to have an opinion, especially when he looks far tamer than Sombra or Tirek.
 
Though I admit, the name is a bit much…

>Edgy.
 
… Guys, Sombra and Tirek are things that exist. This barely counts as a letter-opener by comparison.

@LightningBolt  
Plenty of bronies love horror games, sci-fi thrillers, and action movies, yet something that looks as dark as Final Fantasy is edgy.

Was destruction his talent and darkness his cutie mark?
 
He could be a decent character if only for the contrast of potential ideals.

For once I would like to see an earth pony as a villain that’s OP. Like if he was immune to magic or something.

@cheezedoodle  
a guy as outspoken as you really shouldn’t be impugning people for having an opinion or saying something just because they’re staff.

>shadowlock  
wow  
And this ties into S7?  
I guess his design’s not too out of place, seeing as we had Sombra timeline Dash and, well, Sombra in general. Maybe the story’ll be good, who knows.

@dynamicv  
I guess i shouldn’t be surprised, this always happens.

I seriously don’t like how this looks…

First four five comments are shitposts, two by staff. wonderful.

I’ll be waiting for the reformation where Shadowlock’s shadowed locks get cut.

Now I’m very curious about who this mysterious Shadowlock is…

@Spinny
 
At least with his reformation the shipping value of this pony will reach the roofs.
 
Probably gonna to be shipped a lot with twilight

@David Dyster  

@Dustcan  
@LightningBolt  
Same here, that phrase is so cliche now.

@LeoNero  
People being negative about something IDW is doing despite having no information beyond a one-line synopsis?
 
Who would have guessed?

@Spinny  
Normal? It’s another OP magic Unicorn because that’s the only type of pony villain they can come up with. I should give them props for not naming him Twilight-synonym, Sparkle-synonym.

I’m seeing mostly negativity concerning this new villain.

@David Dyster  
You didn’t list Adam Driver on that list? :(

Another normal pony villain?
 
(sigh)
 
Let’s just skip to the reformation already…

@Background Pony #0836  
Now hush, we shouldn’t have our expectations this low already…once plot synopsises start coming out, then it would be the time for butthurt.