@441TheSecond
The thing about that, is you
can make a sympathetic
and pure evil villain. Lots of writers just think the only way to make a villain sympathetic and three-dimensional is to make them this boo hoo hoo tortured villain who you’re supposed to feel sorry for. A villain can be sympathetic, have clearly defined goals and morals beyond just being villainous, and
still be pure evil. The worlds best villain is one where you actually understand and even relate with his motivation but
still hate what he is, I think.
@Jarkes
While it wasn’t what I’d have preferred, to be honest I didn’t mind it at all. More than anything I was pointing out that it’s just funny they made
her the least sympathetic out of all of them. Honestly, I always saw NMM as the least sympathetic: “Boo hoo hoo nopony loves me and wah wah wah lets kill my beloved sister and take over the world.” What a bitch. Even
Tirek came off as more sympathetic than that.
@PonyPon
Well, they were
always a swarming pest, but I always kind of saw them as vampires. They
need to swarm and conquer and feed and kill or else they will die and are only doing what they have to do to stay alive, but that doesn’t change that they’re an evil and murderous species. It actually makes not them, but the plot in and of itself tragic: there is
no way they can co-exist and the only option is one side or the other.
@Red-Supernova
I honestly think she and the changelings fit the “enemy army” characterization the best. Maybe they’re not evil as individuals or personally, like maybe
a changeling could be a good guy and even friends with ponies, but they are devoted to their goal and they
must be stopped at any cost.
@Villain Pony
Yeah. Her being 1000 years old sucked a
ton of the appeal out of her for me. Like with the other “leftover” villains, it
seriously cheapened her entire feud with Cadance and Twilight.
And I think it felt forced purely because there is
no need to hammer home the fact that Chrysalis is a villain. That’s a pretty well-established fact. She’s basically a G-rated succubus/vampire hybrid.
@441TheSecond
And damned if that didn’t come out
after I claimed Whitley was a crappy author. Credit where credit is due: that shut
me right the fuck up. Hell, maybe he actually took the wrath and scorn that was being heaped upon that issue to heart and decided to, you know, just write a comic next time instead.