Demonic possession maybe?

He looks great…wait…what kind of inspiration did she get???

Good stuff. ^^

That’s kinda skeezy actually…

Oh my…

@Wolfblade  
Well, OK. But I’m still inclined towards Chrysalis being the culprit because Sombra would be too obvious.

@Micro-Cyberbrony  
“Alternate timeline” is the key word here. Nothing that has or will happen in canon, in either time frame or physical locality, has to have any bearing on this comic.

@darknessRising24  
Right. But still, Sombra was turned to shadow and banished into a void. And he was only in season 3.  
If you’re saying that this is an alternate timeline from way back in season one, then how could he appear before season 3?

@Micro-Cyberbrony  
Uh dude? I think you’ve forgotten something: This is an alternate timeline that diverges waaaaay back in season one. Spike never went with Twilight to Ponyvillie, Luna came back from her 1000-year banishment freed from Nightmare Moon’s influence, the Elements of Harmony were never recovered, Discord has yet to be freed and/or reformed (and that’s assuming he’s still alive seeing as his severed hand is seen in Celestia’s grasp during one of Spike’s flashbacks) , and God knows what Chrysalis is up to…

@darknessRising24  
But still, we never know. It might be Sombra or it might be Chrysalis.
 
Because Chrysalis has tried taking Canterlot many times before.
 
Maybe she teamed up with Sombra. Discord is out of the picture because he was probably reformed

@Micro-Cyberbrony  
I feel like that was less of a direct physical representation of what happened to her and more of a mental representation, like she’s trapped mentally and someone is pulling her strings. Considering the fact that this is an alternate timeline where the elements were needed to cure a Luna, it might be possible that Sombra may have returned earlier than the Empire itself, and is working behind the scenes, controlling and manipulating Celestia…

@darknessRising24  
They do, but the REAL Celestia can use both hate and love magic, as shown in “The Crystal Empire”, parts one and 2.
 
Besides, Sombra was completely destroyed. Unless his horn was found by Chrysalis, then the situation would be logical.
 
I’m still inclined to Chrysalis taking over, unknown to everyone else, since we saw the real Celestia trapped in spiked vines of some sort under the throne room, which is weird considering changelings usually trap their prisoners in cocoons.

@Micro-Cyberbrony  
Notice the odd whisps coming from the edges of her eyes…. do they look familiar?  
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@darknessRising24  
I’ve looked at Celestia’s eyes, but I don’t see anything hinting NMM or Chrysalis. What’s different from the real Celestia?

@Wolfblade  
Great. Now I can’t stop staring at it. 8I

@Wolfblade  
 
Look VERY closely at her eyes…

“I also made you 27 extra sets of this same outfit so the author can focus on tiddies instead of clothing designs.”

@Background Pony #0E9D  
Not to burst your bubble, but pages like this >>1437798 have put the whole “evil Celestia” thing in doubt, at least in my mind.
 
My own personal theory is either Nightmare Moon or Queen Chrysalis but that seems…kinda cliche.

Yeah, not bad Spike. NOW FULL SPEED AHEAD AND KICK SUN BUTT!!! KICK HER IN THE BLACK HOLE AND AVENGE LULU!!

@ArtColter  
Quick somebody tell Polnareff we’ve found his sister’s real killer.

I’m wondering if those are breakaway pants.

she saw the D, the mightiest symbol of inspiration

She wants that big dragon dong BAD!

@ShimmeringStallion  
Actually, it would be XD And given how she sounded with that proper inspiration line would work, but besides Spike’s goods, I bet it was his muscles she referred to as well

@iamnotabrony  
It’ll be funnier if she designed the pants to look like they have a constant bulge-strain.