I hate to barge in, especially since I'm new here, but I wanted to have my input on this comic. When I read the end of Issue #6, I was incredibly hyped to see my favorite pony become one with the darkness. Then I instantly became disappointed at the start of Issue #7. Not saying that the comic in the whole was terrible, I greatly enjoyed it. I loved how brave Spike was in fighting his way to save Rarity. Also, the secretive reason why Rarity was chosen to become the new Nightmare Queen. The thing that I was sad about was to find out that the Nightmare was a separate entity. All this time, I thought the darkness was a symbiotic-type creature that makes the host more aggressive and evil. Not to the point where it takes total control of the user. Would have made things a lot personal to the rest of the Mane Six. To me personally, it was a bigger letdown than when Twilight Sparkle, the worry-some pony who reads books all day, becomes a princess. Sorry for my ranting.