Talk:Queen Chrysalis/@comment-5263503-20120909173652/@comment-99.163.24.174-20121006141632

I know it was executive meddling, but here's my thoughts, Celestia and Luna are not powerful enough to be counted as queens and decided if one of them were to be queen, they feared they would go mad with power. To fix that, they agreed that they would stay princesses, keep each other in check and thus rule as equals. Here's my other headcanon for Chrysie. Chrysalis was once an alicorn herself, a daughter of Celestia and another alicorn who died (alicorns may be immortal but they can still be harmed) named Skystreamer. She was told by Celestia that she would take the throne when she (Celly) and Luna could no longer live in the mortal plane and ascended as true gods. Growing up, Skystreamer loved Celestia until one day, when she was a teenager, she fell in love with another alicorn who didn't share the same feelings for her. Skystreamer then came across the recipe for the love poison and used it on him. However, things went for a disasterous turn when poison turned her into a monster (who she is today) and caused her to siphon the love from the prince to the point that it killed him. Skystreamer found out that she could now shapeshift and disguised herself as she was before, hiding the body of the dead prince. One day, a rogue dragon attacked Canterlot forcing Skystreamer to deal with it. After she drove the dragon off, she inadvertantly revealed herself to be changed, right in front of her mother. Disgusted, Celestia coldly banished Skystreamer, causing a rift between the two which brought forth Discord. With her heart broken by her own mother, Skystreamer severed all ties with Celestia and made a new name for herself: Chrysalis due to her now insectoid appearance. Chrysalis then came across a race of creatures similar to herself called Changelings. The Changelings were creatures who looked out for and fended for themselves with noone to guide them. Chrysalis then assumed command of the Changelings and, in hateful memory of her mother, proclaimed herself queen as opposed to princess and pledged to take what would once be her's through lineage would be taken by force.

As for why she didn't kill Celestia, I know it's a kid show but, think about it, Chrysalis (my headcanon) may despise her mother but she can't bring herself to kill the very pony who she looked up to as she was growing up and why she didn't just kill Cadance, she's her cousin. She said she dreamt of taking Canterlot when she was small, but we don't know anything about that unless the upcoming comic gives us a different explanation about Chrysalis and the changelings.