“No no no no no OH NO NO NO NO!” Chrysalis babbled uselessly and weakly as her form glowed. Neither Tirek nor Cozy noticed, Cozy getting into position while Tirek was too enamored with the return of his power. She was vaguely aware of Tirek shooting his magic forward and tearing a hole through the force-field and Cozy shooting through.
But she had bigger problems.
She noticed something happening to her hooves first. “Stop it!” she demanded, pawing at her hooves to try and get the holes in them to stop closing. It didn’t work.
There was a flash from above her. Chrysalis glanced up, and saw her horn had straightened itself out, its beautiful twists gone save for a slight jagged edge at the bottom. And her hair, once wonderfully thin and slick, pompfed out, becoming thick and fluffy, aquamarine at the roots but fading to lime green at the tips.
“Stop it!” She demanded again.
But it was no use. A glow appeared around her chest. Orange fur erupted from the base of her neck back to her elytra. She tried shifting a hoof into a blade to cut it off, but she had just given most of her love/magic to Tirek. Her hoof wouldn’t change. Another flash from her dock revealed that her tail’s hair had gone the way of her mane.
“I don’t want this…!” Chrysalis cried.
Her carapace glowed and shimmered. The base of her hooves were now orange, but the color swiftly paled and transitioned to a cream white. And…and was that…fuzz? Yes, it was. Exactly what she’d feared, the worst thing in the world. The reformed changelings weren’t just garishly colorful. They were fuzzy.
Another flash from behind her drew her attention. “Oh no, come on!” she demanded. But it was too late, and the change didn’t care about her objections anyway. Her wings had multiplied, from two to four. They’d elongated. And they’d turned purple, concealed beneath a pair of purple elytra, while her underbelly had become lime green.
Chrysalis was so busy staring at herself that she barely noticed a flying filly hitting a snow pile near her. She did notice when the filly emerged from it, holding something aloft in her hooves.
“Ta-da!” Cozy exclaimed.
The Reformed Queen of the Changelings glared at Cozy’s choice of words.
Cozy looked back at her, as did Tirek. “Uh…” the centaur ventured, holding up one finger. “Chrysalis…what did you do to your mane?”
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Personally I rather like this version of Reformed Chrysalis...but she doesn't.
Annoyed Chrisse is hilarious.
This is pure gold
Hey, he noticed. Can't always expect a dude a notice a new hairdo.
Oooh.
*grins evilly*
She deserves it.
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Ooh, pretty. And shiny. And floof. Long day, hard to words.
Chrysalis shines resplendently with beautiful eyes
"I'm HIDEOUS!"
9653295 I chuckled at that line. Also, true.
Oh my. I shouldn't laugh at other's misery, but Chryssy's reactions are just too funny.
Give it time...
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Yeah, even though I'm against Chrysalis turning into a neon sign like the rest of her species, when she inevitably reforms, if she ends up changing forms, I wouldn't be entirely opposed to this rendition. It's actually really nice looking.
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Honestly the only reformed changeling I don’t like is Thorax himself. Pharynx looks boss, Ocellus a cute (CUTE!!!), and I do like the base Amazing Technicolor Dreambug design.
Hah!
Story and image are fantastic
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Story aside (and I love it already), my thumbs goes to this awesome piece of artwork!
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I prefer this one
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Eh, I think it's way too bright-white. I prefer the more cream color of the one I posted. Plus the horns bother me.
On the other hand, I do like the wings...
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That’s also my favorite reformed Chrissi, though I usually assume that MOST of the love bugs aren’t fuzzy (unless they want it) and it’s colorful iridescent chitin. Like Jewel Beetles.
Some fuzz is okay though, it’s a beetle thing.
XD Smooth as silk.
Can't she just shapshift herself black again?
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Yes, but she can only hold a shapeshifted form for so long. And it’s not her real form anymore. Think of it like, if your hair spontaneously turned bright green. You could always dye it back to its previous color, but that dye will fade. You’ve got green hair now. That’s weird.
I love her know look and how both others didn't even notice her transform.
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Is it just me, or does Chrysalis in that picture seem rather puzzled? Like, "What just happened? Why am I a pastel party pony-bug?" etc. etc.
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Oh yeah, I definitely agree. Thorax's design is... unfortunate. He's got... what, three different tones of jewel green, bright purple, lilac and neon orange all going on at the same time, and those huge antlers are unnecessarily geometric and look like they were just tacked on as an afterthought. Everyone else has a clear color identity and fewer colors per individual, which helps a lot, especially given that most of the generic ones just have a single main color and save the rest for highlights. Plus the color matching is better, the use of decals and doodads like the chest gems more restrained, and in Ocellus' and Pharynx's case the coloring and design also has a clearer relationship to their roles and personalities. Pharynx is also very clearly a second iteration on the newling royal design -- a lot of his appearance is very visibly a response to the problems with Thorax's, including both his more restrained palette and his having less obtrusive antlers with smoother and more organic designs.
Thorax's appearance honestly just tries too hard, but the others are honestly very good cases of character design.