@Red Fire
 
To be fair, the “deep stare with one raised eyebrow” look is pretty common among movie vamps.
 

@Zincy  
looks more like nosferatu  

“What are you looking at?”  

I remember when the first IDW issues had people hyped.

@Chrysalislover  
Yaay! ^^

@Kappe  
I still think you could write possibly a REALLY good episode for either her and/or the Changelings’ return :)

@Chrysalislover  
Yeah, I really don’t like woobie Chrysalis either. But I don’t like either extreme. If she’s 100% evil, cruel and irredeemable then she’s doomed to be defeated again and again and given no depth.  
I’ve long thought that the best option for her return would be trying to form some sort of armistice with the ponies or fighting a common enemy together. Not reformed. Not brought back just to be defeated again.

Maybe, it’s also not that I don’t entirely disagree with you guys (on the contrary I can really see your points), rather, it’s just that I’ve grown tired of people portraying Chrysalis as some sort of good/sympathetic or even pitiful character, in contrast to what we saw of her in the show; or when people almost make her out to be good, while otherwise demonizing characters like Gilda or Diamond Tiara who otherwise didn’t do anything AS bad by any stretch. Because of all that, then, I almost then welcome portrayals of her that are darker/more psychotic/etc., since I at least feel those suit her better than when the former cases are taken to extremes.

@Kappe  
Point.

@Chrysalislover  
See, I want Chrysalis to be seen as a cunning villain to be feared, and more importantly respected. She was not cunning in the comics and certainly wasn’t respectable. She was pathetic, especially around the CMC. Halfway through her fight with Twilight, she was reduced to a blabbering mess.  
That’s not how I want Chrysalis.

@DSF66  
While I can understand your intentions here, to me it’s a little overblown. I think a lot of info on show Chrysalis is subject to interpretation… this is a character that has about 15 minutes screen time total (undisguised), and little to none of what people speculate about the character was openly stated. To me, anyway, attempting to take over the capitol city and from there all the lands as well as defeating the Princess single-handedly all after kidnapping and imprisoning Cadance and her bridesmaids isn’t exactly what I would call a balanced mind… that goes beyond being “a douche”. Personally I think calling her two-dimensional in the first arc isn’t any grand lowering of character compared to how she was on the show. But that’s the glory of these characters… we all enjoy it (or don’t) in how we interpret it.

@DSF66  
@Kappe  
I guess I just have a thing for psychopathic, murderous b**ches XD

@DSF66  
Actually quite fitting.
 
Well done.

@DSF66  
I only played the first Prototype, but this is a fantastic analogy.

@Chrysalislover  
Basically for me it was almost exactly like Alex Mercer’s depiction in [Prototype] series.
 
Prototype 1 Alex was quite a douche to say the least and by no means tried to be sympathetic but he had some character, some people he cared about and in the end proved to be the anti-hero by saving the city from something even worse than him. Doesn’t excuse thousands dead civilians but hey, he had some development.  
Canterlot Wedding Chrysalis was also a douche but she was brave enough to infiltrate the enemy capital all by herself with no failsafe cushions to rely on in case stuff goes awry. She had subjects she apparently cared about enough and for them she would’ve been a war hero if not for the deus ex love-powered WMD.
 
And then there’s Prototype 2 Alex. Crazed maniac with no social connections of any type. He would gladly consume his fellow converted comrades to get some strength, his motives are odd and his character is so 2-dimensional you could mistake it for a cardboard cutout.  
Guess what? Same story with IDW Chrysalis. She becomes psychotic, murderous, revenge-driven maniac who would send dozens of her subjects to a certain doom (capture) just so she could kidnap CMCs to get back at Twilight + friends. Her motives and plans seem to be as thought out as taking a walk in the nuclear weapons test range 5 minutes after a major explosion and apparently exist just so Mane6 would have something to foil.

@Chrysalislover  
I’d still prefer her to be sane. I like Mane-iac because she’s delightfully insane. IDW Chrysalis approaches Pinkamena levels of insane, and she’s the leader of a country.  
Evil and power-hungry, fine. Deranged, no thanks.

@Kappe  
Frankly, even that, for her, still suits me better than the many interpretations that try to give her a sympathetic vibe. I don’t hate those approaches like I used to, but I’ll always prefer something more like this.

I wonder if this scene is in a flashback.

My face right now:  

Chryssie doesn’t look too good.

@Chrysalislover  
Eh… I think there’s a difference between being cold-hearted/evil and being psychotic.

Daaaamn… This looks beast! I approve <3 Personally I generally love the way IDW tackles Chrysalis, portraying her as a truly cold-hearted fiend.

@Kappe  
Can’t blame you for that.  
Personally I was one of THOSE people who thought that comics might actually develop her or add some depth. Silly me.

Not looking forward to anything IDW with Chryssie again.

@Background Pony #51A6
 
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