I’ll save you all
Pulls out the lightsaber and charges while calling reinforcements to attack the changelings army then fighting chrysalis

@Prometheus labs CEO  
And Chrysalis was queen of her hive with the Changeling Swarm.

@SuperSonic15  
Probably not an “idea” as much as it is something they do instinctually, the same way bees know how to build a hive

@Prometheus labs CEO  
That’s one idea Chrysalis could have thought of after capturing and cocooning them back at the hive as her trophies.

@SuperSonic15  
They’re probably just BARELY conscious, hence the eyes opening and closing, but not conscious enough to do anything or be aware of anything, after all you can’t generate love if you’re completely unconscious. Keep them just conscious enough to respond to any mind control magic to get them to produce love

@Denis  
Actually, they are all under the influence of some sort of anesthesia being generated in the cocoons as none of them have any idea of what happened until after they were freed and Starlight brought them up to date on recent events since she last saw them.

Why Pinkie Pie and AJ have their eyes opened, while other ponies are under some sort of anesthesia.

@Background Pony #29B7  
I can agree with that. Seeing the Mane Six and the Royal Family like that makes Celestia being stuck in a cocoon back in the Season 2 finale seem petty compared to here.

Not gonna lie, I had sort of a protective-like urge feeling once I saw this scene. Like if it was an RPG, I got sort of a, “I’ve got to save them…” notion. Seeing the mane 6 like that, everypony you’ve loved during the show, was pretty stark.

@Background Pony #5B9C  
This ain’t instant messaging. Say whatever you want to say.

I had a way that we can get Revenge on chrysalis and her changelings and I’ll tell you all how if you want me to.

@Background Pony #5B9C  
My thoughts exactly. I’ll wait on seeing these again until after I get closure in the Season 7 premiere regarding the events here.

who would want to watch these two episodes.

@Background Pony #5B9C  
I’m inclined to agree on that. Celestia stuck in a cocoon is one thing, but stick her in one again alongside Luna, Cadance, Shining Armor, Twilight, the rest of the Mane Six, and Spike, that’s going too far in rendering the Royal Family and Mane Six to look like they are unfit to defend Equestria any more.

I think the creators went a little too far this time.

@Deon Miller  
We don’t know if staying in the cocoons for too long causes the ponies trapped within to be mutated into Changelings themselves as it’s never been shown in the show. Only stuff done by the fandom shows ponies being turned into Changelings if they are in the cocoons for too long. They could just be lethargic, or were kidnapped when they were asleep.
 
One example is a comic done by Ink Rose from the Brony Reviewer Community that shows Celestia being turned into a Changeling herself from being stuck in the cocoon back in A Canterlot Wedding for too long.

So are they’re basically twitching due to the transformation process, of just languish?

If Rainbow Dash is sleeping, then this is the probably the first time she slept without snoring.

@thps48  
When you put it that way, I’m inclined to agree because of the major change in the status quo of the Mane Cast and Equestria.

@thps48  
What do you mean?

@SuperSonic15  
Not literally, yo. MMC ended with a radical change that made the mistake of relying on future episodes to answer certain questions. Chrys rejecting friendship and seeking revenge was Starlight’s thing, although, since Starlight is essentially Bizarro Sunset, this sort of shit smacks more of one good story idea repeated ad naseum. XD

@Background Pony #F9A8  
So that’s where you heard it from. Either me or someone else must have made that suggestion over on the MLP Forums since I figured Thorax would willingly cocoon them again to help them overcome any trauma they might have regarding being cocooned by Chrysalis and being her prisoners.
 
@thps48  
Not sure I believe that the Season 6 finale was a re-hash of those episodes. It was basically a continuation of A Canterlot Wedding since Chrysalis returned for revenge for that defeat by kidnapping everyone involved or posed a threat to her invasion this time.

@Background Pony #F9A8  
As in the Season 6 Finale was both a rehash of the Season 3 Finale and the Season 5 Premier? Yeah, we gathered. XD

@SuperSonic15  
I heard the “put in cocoons to recuperate from the events of the season 6 finale’ thing back at MLP forums.

@Background Pony #F9A8  
What sounds familiar?
 
Also, I agree that they should have at least shown one of the Princesses, especially Twilight, being kidnapped by a Changeling before being replaced. Maybe we’ll get that plot hole answered in the Season 7 premiere.