Talk:Queen Chrysalis/@comment-78.133.17.96-20120423074618/@comment-86.159.58.5-20120423181016

If you have watched Harry Potter, do you remember the Dementors? They feed off of happiness, but the way to defeat them is to use a spell that is based on the happiest memory the person has. This is the same idea as Cadance defeating Chrysalis with a love spell, despite the fact she feeds off of them. I think what's happening is the ammount of love between Shining Armour and Cadance overpowered her and the changelings.

OR (sudden brainwave) when Chrysalis points out that Shining Armour was too weak to perform his spell, Cadance says "my love will give you strength". So her love for Shining Armour gave him enough strength to perform to protection spell, thus propelling Chrysalis and her minions out of Canterlot. I reckon they were defeated by Shining Armour's protection spell, not Cadance's love spell; it only aided him.