I’m not sure, but it looks like Rainbow Dash is enjoying this.

@pony2535  
Makes sense. Capture the courier, and the other Princesses won’t know what hit them.

@Background Pony #2A42  
Maybe they aim to go for Mane6 first, so capturing Spike would prevent him from sending letters to warn other princessess.

@Background Pony #96F7  
This is only the first time for them alongside Luna, Cadance, Shining Armor, and Flurry Heart. Second for Celestia if you remember A Canterlot Wedding.
 
Plus, they’ve been in those cocoons for probably several hours to a couple of days compared to the few minutes for Celestia in A Canterlot Wedding. Plenty of time for the fluid within to probably sedate them with how they are struggling to even remain semi-conscious before falling completely asleep.

…. Is it weird that I want to see the Mane 6 in cocoons more often?

I was amaze she had something that could affect Discord also.

Am curious about why they capture Spike did they think of him a major threat?

@Keith Mowz  
Still does not explain how they got put into the cocoons as we’ve still been asking that question regarding it happening to Celestia back in A Canterlot Wedding.

I assumed they just used that “drag me to hell” type spell Chrysalis used on Twilight in the season 2 episode to transport them to the changeling kingdom.

wow, the other ending to a canterlot wedding got one thing surprisingly correct.

@Vaidelot  
Agreed, you make a valid point there. Writers using The Worf Effect again to spite us.
 
@pony2535  
Yeah, speculation is always a good way to sort out certain parts of the episode that don’t quite click in your head.
 
@CBine1994  
Yeah, how do they construct those cocoons anyway to look large enough to contain even an Alicorn as big as Celestia, yet still look comfortable enough for the pony within to be slowly placed into a peaceful sleep of suspended animation if kept inside for a long period of time?

@Blissey1  
It’s a possibility, though one could expect Equestria’s best warriors to be… more capable of fending off the bunch of drones, even when taken by surprise.

@SuperSonic15  
Ya since alicorns/unicorns should be panicking when they realized that they cannot use magic in dire situations, that’s why princessess was subdued without noticing. They charged in as they were confusing.
 
I feel kinda better now from this discussion, I feel annoying that how on earth why the most powerful characters in the story were defeated too easy. Now, it makes sense alot, using sneak attack and magic-inhibitors.
 
As for some strong non-unicorns like AJ/Dash, using swarm tactic in the night can defeat them.

@Vaidelot  
Ambush tactics, bruh. All the speed/strength in the world doesn’t help if you don’t see them coming.

@SuperSonic15  
Well, it may be true for unicorns… but others (Dash and AJ in particular) don’t need magic to kick a lot of ass. So it’s still strange to see them being captured without a big battle.

@pony2535  
Yeah, some of Chrysalis’ armored Changelings might have forged the material into their armor, making capturing the Royal Family and the Mane Six that much easier since their armor would neutralize their magic and leave them helpless.

@thps48  
Aha I forgot about that one too since they traveled with Trixie’s wagon, it will take so long time to travel back and forth.
 
 
@SuperSonic15  
That would explain everything, even Discord can’t use his chaos magic, no pony can then. Still, it’s sad to see our favorite ponies got captured easily. They may forge that material into thier armor while capturing them, no one would expect something like that.

@UTTFISH’S  
Indeed  
Would be interesting too to know how Changelings construct these wonderful Cocoons and also the Changeling Slime:)

@Vaidelot  
@pony2535
 
Thorax mentions that Chrysalis’ throne is made of a material that inhibits all magic but Changeling magic. Chrysalis must have had her drones take a piece with them to render Celestia, Luna, Cadance, Shining Armor, Flurry Heart, and the Mane Six unable to fight back against them, making them easy prey to capture and drag back to Chrysalis’ hive to be imprisoned in her throne room, where even if they could try and break out of their cocoons, the close proximity of Chrysalis’ throne blocked their magic altogether.

@CBine1994  
Sleepy, dazed, captive cocooned slimed ponies sure make for nice decoration!

@pony2535  
Also, considering the distance between Ponyville and Our Town, I’d imagine it’d take a few days to traverse. <w<

@Vaidelot  
That frustrated me alot that they got captured so easily. Although it’s reasonable to say that they were kidnapped in their sleep one by one, not sure about Luna thou since she shoule be awake during the night.

And we still don’t know how the heck changelings managed to capture them in the firs place…

Poor Celestia…This is the second time she finds herself trapped in a cocoon since A Canterlot Wedding. This has got to be humiliating for her.

@thps48  
He’s too little to spot- or I just don’t care for him kek.