@Jarkes  
It was interesting, in the 4kids dub of Ultimate muscle, it actually was somewhat more vulgar than the original japanese cut.
 
How did they get around saying a character was dead and that their spirit shows up to curb their actions?
 
“He now resides in the spirit world. That’s why his spirit can come here now!”

@Background Pony #FB26
 
Or the “Advent Void” in Kamen Rider Dragon Knight.

@Daneasaur  
Reminds me of yugioh and the shadow realm. No your not dead haha your just in a shadow version of hell. You know for kids.

After years of reading, there are plainly many fates far worse than death. The ironic humor being that, in attempts to “avert saying someone died”, they often give them a fate that is far less merciful than simply being dead.

Guess Hasbro just don’t want kids to get the message that nothing lasts forever.

Wow, he really meant to kill her. Ballsy.
 
@Background Pony #767E  
Man that sounds terrible, yet plausible.

@Jarkes Yup! That’s what gave me the idea. Instead of Pinkie, use Cheese! Now ya got Sombra and Cheese back at once, and they can comically fight for control of the body. Although best ending IMO is he actually manages to suppress Sombra with help from the mane 6’s rainbow power and then he’s like “WITH THEEEESE INFINITESIMALLY COSMIC POWERS…. I CAN BE A SUUUUUPERHERO!!!”

@Niggoslav_Krawczyk
 
God, I miss Sombra Pie… it’s too bad IchibanGravity lost interest in the show…

@Niggoslav_Krawczyk  
Since Megan was so attached to the “Sombra is the pony version of Sauron” story, why not make a comic or an episode where Sombra’s conscious is still alive, and he manipulates a pony into taking the Crystal Heart and hiding it? With the trinket out of the way, Crystal Empire shall be exposed to his wrath, crystal ponies will once again lose their love and hope, thus giving Sombra enough power to reincarnate himself since he is the incarnation of fear and hatred.

@Ledvi I still want him to come back by him trying to latch his horn onto somepony and take over their body, and it just so happens to be a wandering party pony entertainer…

I prefer this outcome. Petrification lends itself more to being “death-lite” anyway, which can be more flexible for a writer later on. There can be a quest to restore her or all sorts of other results. Wouldn’t it be wicked if he fought Celestia and Luna with a blade made of a still-living shard of her?! Now that’s evil… and freaking metal.
 
Death is harder to work with because if you keep taking it back, the audience realizes you’re just using it as a cheap way to generate shock.

@Background Human
 
why must you force me to +1 on so many comments you make

@Psyga315  
“Amore exploded into a thousand pieces but it’s okay, I can see her parachute.”

Sigh…I’m gonna go ahead and call bullshit on Hasbro’s action. If they confirmed that Amore can be revived by being put together again, then Meghan’s confirmation about King Sombra is permanently dead are nothing but lies since he could be revived by his horn or be put together again since he’s scattered across Equestria. But then again these comics are non-canon.

@Background Pony #2898  
I read that in Billy Crystal’s voice.

@TheMadMan  
Well, I was referring to the “child friendly” fate being so much darker than the original version, though I think you’re right about that being applicable here also.

@Background Pony #70DA  
Yeah. If I remember right, it’s called “I’ve got no mouth and I must scream”…or something like that.
 
@Background Human  
She’s not even remotely dead. According to Sombra, she wasn’t dead when she was shattered and sent to the four corners of the world. Which honestly puts him into Complete Monster territory.

A million pieces and a thousand years later? I think “dead dead” is putting it lightly. She’s disco dead.

@TheMadMan  
I’m sure there’s a trope for that.

All we need is Miracle Max and she’ll be fine.

I honestly think dead dead would’ve been the more child friendly option than…what she is.

@PonyPon  
or turned into a mcguffin.
 
Cadance- something is wrong with the crystal heart. we need to find amore’s pieces, celestia said she knew more about the heart than any being.  
Rainbow dash- why are you asking us and not twilight? we’ll get her and find amore.  
Cadance- no……. i am to lead you to her pieces. i am the only one capable of hunting down the shards of her statue. twilight is doing her best to contain the crystal heart.  
pinkie pie- plot convenience!!!  
Cadance- maybe a little. her power was of love and light. and no one knows love and light better than myself, my very talent is that. celestia gave me the pieces and i can already get a sense where the rest are.  
Applejack- think some of us need to stay with twilight, just in case.  
Cadance- hmm, good idea. applejack and fluttershy, you two remain with twilight and shining. the rest of us will hunt for the shards of amore and restore her.

Next thing you know Daring Do finds all the pieces and sells the recompleted statue to the Canterlot museum.

Hasbro confirmed for 4kids.

@Background Pony #2898  
If the person’s all dead, the only thing you can do is rifle the pockets for loose change.