Talk:Queen Chrysalis/@comment-26863109-20140627222829/@comment-26973802-20140628065819

First, she fell over a mountain unable to use her wings. You usually don't get back up from that, especially since Twilight, Rarity, Spike, and Fluttershy have nearly fallen to their deaths in the series before, some of them from shorter falls.

Second, she's so evil and creepy I wouldn't be satisfied any other way.

Third, she must die for what she did to Twilight, she turned all her friends, mentor, and brother against her that was the single most depressing moment of the show. At least Discord corrupted them with his magic, Chrysalis got them to do it of their own accord. (What Tirek did was arguably worse, which is why I jumped at some users' headcanon that he was eaten by Cerberus after reimprisonment)

Fourth, she was inspired by Disney villains, and Disney villains have a tendency to fall to their deaths. (ironically the two Disney villains that inspired her both get stabbed in the heart, although she has also been compared to Zira and Frollo, both of whom fall to their deaths) Contrast the more bumbling comical Team Rocket, whose "blasting off" inspired the way she falls, Chrysalis is a more serious evil than them