Talk:No Second Prances/@comment-25270260-20160409212805/@comment-27739895-20160411153048

Well, of course, FIENDship is Magic Issue 1 was begging for Sombra to get reformed. However I fail to see The Crystal Empire two-parter foreshadowing any glimpse of hope for Sombra getting reformed, yet he somehow became "reformable", then got reformed. So, I was under the impression that Chrysalis might follow a similar path eventually if the crew ever decided the time had come to set such a story into motion by unveiling an untold mitigating aspect of her story (especially considering the show tends to disregard the events from the comics).

Moreover, many points seem ambiguous about Chrysalis, besides the way she explains her origins:

Make of that what you will. I may just be another delusional rabid fan who seeks mitigation, depth and psychology where there is none but, in the end, I just feel the case of Chrysalis might be another example of the crew purposely leaving a little bit of room for interpretations that may differ from the main picture, just like the case of Bon Bon and Lyra's "friendship".

Now, I've kept silent on the subject of Chrysalis for more than two years, so I'll just return to that.

@KillRoy231

On the subject of what the show could have been if Lauren Faust had enjoyed full control, according to Rebecca Dart (the character designer of Chrysalis) in The Art of Equestria, it seems it was Hasbro who complained that Chrysalis "wasn't scary enough" and needed to be altered so she "could be a super villain".