but honestly I think that was one of her most dignified moments.
I’ll definitely agree on that one. Looking at the raw amount of time elapsed on its own, aside from how soundly she won, Chrysalis beat the two of them in less time than the other two cases. And yeah, being absolutely fair to them all, those two were no joke.
but her fight IQ, agility, aim and definitely reflexes is the best in the show. I’d straight out say she’s got better reflexes than Tempest.
Yep, she’s a
very dangerous fighter, because if she has enough breathing room, she’ll stay out of range or evade, and she’ll do it well, because she has
truly excellent reflexes. She did lose to Pharynx kinda, who got her in a sack, but she didn’t seem that panicked, with the situation.
Tempest just inherently has lack of complexity holding her back, even if she’s great for what she is, in strength and skill.
…would Starlight be kinda uninteresting inherently to see in fights for that reason? Or could you still get by?
…the latter? Hmm…
Chrysalis on the other hand has been consistently proven to not be all that good. Like her children, and somewhat appropriately, Chrysalis looks and acts scary and powerful, but does struggle in a straight up confrontation. Certainly Tirek and Sombra would stomp her, and I’d bet on Empowered Cozy too. Her combat style can be described as ‘fly to high vantage point, point horn, blast until enemy is dead’, which certainly compares unfavorably to all the other top level fighters.
The massive issue Chrysalis has is, taking the time to improve her combat skills would imply she ever had a problem in the first place.
Starlight would probably improve her magical knowledge from what it once was, to a degree at least, even if she still wouldn’t specialize on the matter, for instance, once she has a decent opportunity to do so (like being Twilight’s student; she kinda had less blunders with her magic being improperly controlled after S6, and ELTSD), and for what it’s worth, mentoring Trixie worked well for her, and she’s the Headmare of a School, if that position would involve organizing what magical knowledge would be part of the curriculum.
(If that take is flawed, you be the judge)
…Chrysalis is someone who tries to brute force it almost every time she’s in a position of power, despite what she is more geared towards, and I’d consider her
the most…
comprehensively self-destructive villain (a rather long comment, that), in a way that’s unusual, as a core flaw, as an
enduring pattern.
Someone else said it rather nicely on that thread:
It’s the reason why it would be so superbly difficult to redeem or change Chrysalis in any way. You can’t have her confront her flaws or realize she is wrong. She has no flaws. She is the Queen, and queens have no flaws. She can’t realize her issues with the help of others. Who are those peasants to teach a Queen anything? The world is divided into three parts. The Queen, her subjects, and the rest. And only one part ever matters.
…And that goes back to why she’s a subpar fighter, and she’d be most likely to improve if she were forced into fights that need finesse on a regular basis, because otherwise it probably isn’t happening, in part due to the way characters like her think. Still, she couldn’t stop underestimating opponents for the life of her, and overestimating herself is par for the course, too.
…Sorry for the Chrysalis tangent, but it’s all rather fascinating, if you ask me.