Talk:Queen Chrysalis/@comment-26973802-20130425010430/@comment-7345250-20130428190302

Imprisonment seems like the most reasonable explanation. Insects are VERY different from ponies, so unless Chrysalis was able to give Celestia an open circulartory system, external spiracles, internal air sacs, and tracheoles, as well as hemolymph in place of blood, there is no way she meant to transform Celestia into an insect. It would be like transforming a sandbag into a toilet. You can't just create a new plumbing system out of nowhere.

But on that note... I just realized that the holes in the queen's legs are really giant spiracles. They are how she breathes! Biology prevails once again.

As for the matter of eating Celestia, the answer is almost certainly no. Chrysalis has been shown to dislike solid meals (she threw AJ's apple tart in the wastebasket), and she spends most of her screen time feeding off of Shining Armor's love.

So... Uh-huh. Just imprisonment.