Talk:Episodes, films, and shorts/@comment-26030051-20150226132202/@comment-26973802-20150226174954

That could explain the statement that Chrysalis, among others, might appear in something later but she won't appear in Season 5, only "in spirit". That also avoids the trouble of havng to bring Equestria's Chrysalis back and killing various headcanons (and potentially comic canon) of her