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Page 650 – The Dream Job, Part 11The Nightmare Moon-centric FIENDship is Magic comic issue does a neat little band-aid job of putting the evil back into her step. That said, it also introduces the adorable little plot hole of Luna, immediately post-reformation, thinking to herself, “Okay, when exactly do I tell Celestia about the army of corrupted natives of the moon, who are probably now wondering where their glorious leader disappeared to?”
Transcript:
Nightmare Rarity: Surrender, peasants! Your efforts against my army are in vain!
Granny Smith: Really? Cuz over there looks like your long-due butt-whoopin’.
(beat)
Nightmare Rarity: The dragon? And that’s…
Shadowfright: Ooooof course.
Nightmare Rarity: Is that all? Our loyal guard is probably just bringing him to me to be sentenced.
Spike: Oh, really? Got something you want to say to that, Jerome?
Jerome: I’m done being a guard! As well as… being a nightmare!
Pinkie Pie: Did somepony here order the purifying power of friendship??
Princess Luna: Comrades! You made it!
Rainbow Dash: Nice job buying us time to save you!
Applejack: …Why are you back to normal?
Princess Luna: Not now!
SFX: (WHOOSH)
Shadowfright: No! NO!
SFX: (BAM)
Larry: …huh?
Twilight Sparkle: So there’s no real nightmare army. Just one big one.
Applejack: And it’s still got our Rogue. Let’s do this!
Nightmare Rarity: No!
SFX: (ZAP)
Princess Luna: So the moon folk I corrupted resurrected the essence of my old anger? I knew I was forgetting something…