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(Note: this analysis only takes into account the Lord of the Rings books, not the Silmarillion where Sauron is given more depth)

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Awe
The End wasn't The End - Found a new home after the great exodus of 2012

>Sauron  
>no explicit motives
 
Shiggy diggy. Sauron’s goal was to bring order to Middle Earth, because the Valar left it in ruin and chaos after the War of Wrath. Sauron is the anti-Discord, he cannot abide a lack of order, so he creates it. (source: Gandalf in FOTR)
 
This wouldn’t have been so bad had he not been Morgoth’s right-hand maia…
DasHiveMind

You forgot another, genre savy as fuck!  
Sombra with all his traps, Sauron with the fact he almost won except for one freak accident that Sauron had no way of predicting.
Acidicore
The End wasn't The End - Found a new home after the great exodus of 2012

He was a moderate villain at best, the focus wasn’t on him entirely, he was just a plot device. No story, other than the exposition dump, no real motives entailed, just existed to move along a subplot that’s hinted at the end.
Ponyfodder
The End wasn't The End - Found a new home after the great exodus of 2012

my problem with sombra is-
 
You could have easilly replaced him with a hurricane, or an earthquake, or any nameless, faceless, natural disaster, and the story would basically be unchanged.
Background Pony #334F
@boz Nah, I guess the heart could boost his dark powers, the same way that Celestia showed on her explanation to Twilight.
Background Pony #79B9
what  
the  
fuck  
150000th picture?  
and it’s this piece of shit?  
OH COME ON SOMEONE DELETE THIS >.>
Background Pony #79B9
Sauron = controls power army and have elite dark nightmare riders  
Sombra = got shit
boz
Lunar Supporter - Helped forge New Lunar Republic's freedom in the face of the Solar Empire's oppressive tyrannical regime (April Fools 2023).
Thread Starter - The evil council continuation

You mean the sunstone, the heartstone was the one that give goods feelings to the mountain and the rockdog.
 
The crystal heart is very different from other power crystal seen since this one get power from ponies hapiness, making it unusable by villains. It is probably also indestructible like the ring because King Sombra would have sure destroy it instead of hiding it if he had the opportunity.
Background Pony #4CD6
Not so petty fighting over jewels if one of them is the legendary Heartstone of Flutter Valley, which can either be used to give a perfect climate for your domain, or to deliver an unending heat wave to your enemies’s domains.
boz
Lunar Supporter - Helped forge New Lunar Republic's freedom in the face of the Solar Empire's oppressive tyrannical regime (April Fools 2023).
Thread Starter - The evil council continuation

There is a major difference in the artifact, sauron want an artifact that assure him victory while the fellowship/frodo want to destroy it. KIng Sombra what to prevent the crystal ponies from recovering an artifact that can prevent his victory it completely the opposite.
BronyHeresy
Thread Starter - Word Associaton

@Trotsky  
I’d give ‘em a go, just based upon the fact that they’re classics. The writing style_does_ require a little patience, but the story is enjoyable.
Yurp
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The End wasn't The End - Found a new home after the great exodus of 2012

@BP
 
so the first image is the one demanding more pony pictures and the first comment was deleted by a mod … interesting