Background Pony #51B2
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She willingly kept her species in the dark ages, constantly starving, because she couldn't stop clinging to power. She openly denounced moving forward when it was finally pointed out to them by Starlight, saying that she makes the rules.
In short, Chrysalis seemed to care about the changelings more as tools to further her conquest than loved subjects. No one can prove that beyond a shadow of doubt that, but with everything that's happened the 'mommy Chrysalis' headcanon has gotten immensely delusional.
She willingly kept her species in the dark ages, constantly starving, because she couldn't stop clinging to power. She openly denounced moving forward when it was finally pointed out to them by Starlight, saying that she makes the rules.