Does that mean if you know a changeling’s true name you have complete power over them, well I guess king thorax is screwed

Either way you don’t want to sign any contracts they give you

Skittlebugs and Murderbugs pretty solidly look like Good and Evil versions of the same character template, exactly the same way you’d see in about a bajillion other cartoons from fantasy to scifi to superheroes. The only reason people are harshin’ on the new kids so hard is that FIM shook things up by introducing us to the Evil versions first, then left them that way long enough that the inherently cool and creepy designs got imprinted in people’s heads as Teh Real Changelings; if we’d been shown the candy colored versions first, there would have been just the usual round of mostly like/dislike with a few love/hate, and probably a mass shift over to “the new darker designs are cooler than the old colorful designs” without it being something errybody gotta draw lines in the sand over.

@Pinkamena 314  
Exactly.  
Insects have patterns and multitudes of colors.  
Changedlings have about 6 and no real discernable pattern, just blocks of color.  
I get the distinct feeling they tried to make them like the Ponies pastels without really knowing how to do that.

@ExistenceNull  
I think at least some, possibly most, of their fanciful colors are derived from actual colorful insects. The problem is, you can’t just take one or two colors from, say, a junebug’s shell and smack it on a 2d flash character and not lose everything that made the junebug look good.

seelie
 
seelie un
 
unseelie un

@Background Pony #2559  
Garish, bright, clashing colors are a hallmark of Fae creatures  
First thing I thought when the Skittlebugs first appeared was that the Changelings had defected to the Seelie Court.

@Background Pony #2559  
True but even them theres a form of cohesion to them, and even seelie fae can be a bit darker or restrained in their forms.  
The Changedling just kinda…clash and clutter, for lack of an actual term to use.  
Theres no real pattern other then bright and skittle-e.

@Pinkamena 314  
Garish, bright, clashing colors are a hallmark of Fae creatures.

I’m so glad I’m not the only one who thought of this :D

Yeah, I’ve noticed this parallel before, and I like the idea of applying fae concepts to changelings in general. But the problem I have with the changedlings isn’t them not being dark and spooky, it’s that the specific brighter colorations they chose don’t look tasteful at all, the wing-tail is really stupid, and while there are some characters/people who make baldness look good, it’s A. hard to do, and B. the changedlings just don’t.

@Background Pony #2377
 
”I am the world’s only seelie sidhe. And I will not stop now.“
 
One of my favorite lines from any form of literature.

@Background Pony #2377  
oh man I remember that fic! some deepest lore right there

I recommend Mendacity for anyone that’s interested in a fic that features changelings, kelpies, and world building in the supernatural world of the fae.

@Background Pony #8AB9  
And to be frank, Celestia uses divine providence tp jistify everything she does.  
At least Chrysalis is actually competent, and not dependent on an artifact to do her dirty work.  
Also, depending on how you call the comics, Celestia hasn’t exactly given Chrysalis a reason to want to coexist.  
And Starswirl is arguable their creator but he peaced out like a sitcom father and ignored them after they came to be.

I could see certain future changelings characters being up for co-existing, but anyone not blinded by fan devotion should realize that Chrysalis is a ruthless bitch who would never be up for co-existing, ever. All she wants to do is conquer and rule. She’s getting thrown in Tartarus like Tirek or sent to the great beyond like Sombra.

Both are scary, alien, and don’t give the first jot about mortal life.

Changeling: the Dreaming reference.