Following her first semester at school, Ocellus returns home to the hive.
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* A part of the Love Bug Continuity!
* Takes place after the S8 premiere.
* Cover art done by Little Tigress.
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NavelColt
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My Sugarbug!! And good job on the story
Aww, it was about time my little cuddlebug got to cuddle with her own family in this continuity.
Damn you, friendship!
And naturally Thorax would break down, it's his way.
And, another fantastic piece by Tigress. She never disappoints. Any chance you went to her because of my cover?
SO PRECIOUSSSSS! *faints from cuteness* You've done it again. You've killed us of cuteness overloads.
Aww this was a cute short story and this is before a horse shoe in but it's nice for Ocellus to see her family this was nice keep up the good work
One of the influences of my head cannon is often the Gameloft MLP game, it's a character collection/city build style game. Where the pick to place various characters often influences my head cannon. Related ponies usually end up in the same homes often family units or teams some just because they all come from a specific episode or comic. Ocellus' family naturally share a home with two other changelings(back ground characters) Changeling Actor and Paint Splattered Changeling both of who share a color palette with Ocellus' Mom, I like to think they are her brothers.
Also a pony who cosplays as Sailor Moon lives with Fancy Pants and Fluer dis Lee, I like to think she's thier daughter.
They also have a Royal Guard Pegasus who for some reason I like to think is named Hank, dunno why he feels like should have a mundane sounding human name like Hank, Frank, Bill or Gus.
Hmmm not enough to prove a lot though. family could be a number of things. Not saying Chrysalis birthed them all but it does lean to that direction.
What I think though to be fair is this makes a very good semi/head (I guess?) canon.
Ahhhhh, today is a good day to die of cuteness again
Please excuse me while I go hug some buggos 
Just one thing, Ocellus...
'For now?'
Seriously?! Tis a mortal sin to ever discontinue a hug with a buggo! Whatever kind of monster would do that? 
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Should check out the linked blog I included. That's the actual headcanon, laid out in detail with arguments. That ending bit about Hearthswarming is really just a throw-in point.
It really doesn't lean that way at all, to be honest, not since the final seasons.
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It helped.
You have some enemies after you, evidently.
Never seen such aimless downvotes, before.
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And the social nuances of non-hug bugs. Alas, we knew her well.
She has grown too accustomed to pony friendship.
This is an amazingly heartwarming piece. I just can't get over how great this is, all the little bits of fluff add up to a veritable barrage of heart attacks. Cuteness all around, as is usual with you, and I wouldn't have it any other way.
Same. Except I'm nowhere near finished.
A missing hug? Now this is a Bugvengers-level threat!
You shall not dissuade King Cinnabug so easily when hugs are on the table.
Words cannot describe how much I want to witness this. Just this line gave me diabetes.
You fool! This is the Changeling Hive! No buggo shall go unhugged here as long as Thorax is in charge!
And there is nothing else I'd rather read than this fluff.
I better stop here, before I spend the whole day writing this comment.
Ouch, poor dad. :P
...and we get Ocellus' first stage of Twilighting.
Yeah, this was pretty short and sweet, with a lot of sadness and hugs. I'd be curious there was any memories Ocellus had before meeting her birth parents, your blog gives some idea of what their upbringing was like but still curious of how you'd interpret it in detail since I've done it in the past.
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Glad you enjoyed it, as always!
Making my day over here, pot buggo. It is your turn for hugs!
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So glad you asked. I wanted to rant about this a bit in the author's notes but they became long as-is.
Because Ocellus was so young, I imagine her past would look a lot like endless practice and lessons on stealth, acting/mimicry, patrolling, etc. The Spartan militia practices, which is what my headcanon is based on, cited that children were 'soldiers-to-be' who largely sat in grueling lessons, mentally and physically learning the ways of a loyal warrior after being removed from their families. I imagine it looked a lot like what Thorax was shown to be dealing with in his flashback, in 'To Change a Changeling', with being trained to attack doll figures, etc. One can only guess her level of engagement or lack thereof compared to Thorax, but unlike Thorax, she apparently didn't run away.
Ocellus is interesting because she's at this strange limbo age where she's old enough to have trauma from living under Chrysalis's rule (hinted at/shown in 'What Lies Beneath'), but young enough to still be considered a kid after Thorax took over. By contrast, Ocellus's siblings are both nymphs, and so it's highly likely they were either both born after Thorax took over, or were still larvae during Chrysalis's rule, and thus didn't really comprehend much of anything. In 'Hearth's Warming Club', Ocellus stated that Twilight introduced Hearthswarming traditions to them 'last year', so at least a year, if not longer passed between the end of S6 and the middle of S8. And by further contrast still, her parents spent much of their lives in the dark age of Chrysalis's reign. Every generation of their family likely has a different level of exposure to the old and new ways.
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Meh. It don't bodda me. shrug
Glad Tigress found another customer in you.
I died from how cute it was.
I'm suing. 
SUGARBUG SUGARBUG SUGARBUG SUGARBUG SUGARBUG SUGARBUG SUGARBUG SUGARBUG
so fucking cute, i love that ocellus and her parents have this need to really embrace each other because they all knew what it was like to be under Chrysalis's rule, i love the constant teasing of Thorax
good job
A very nice little one-shot. Ocellus and her family were just delightful, as well as King bugdad.
You know, there really need to be more fics covering exactly this, that tale of how Ocellus met and came to be attached with her parents, because there's clearly a very deep and emotive tale to be had there, even if you still assume the Mommy Chrysalis theory, because just imagine the emotional turmoil and social awkwardness it must of put those 'lings through, regardless of how one thinks the hive ought to work (though it really would work best if we just relent that the Mommy Chrysalis theory is debunked and stop trying to shove that square peg into canon's round hole, but I digress).
Unfortunately, I've--to date--really only seen one fic that ever got that into the subject like that. Most of the rest only just touch on it in passing at best, like you have.
Actually, now that I'm thinking about it, I'm kinda surprised you haven't done a fic precisely like that already, NavelColt--it seems to me like it'd be right up your ally.
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If I had to cite a reason, it's because there's no character that fits that role well enough for me to dig into. I like Ocellus, but I don't have the kind of emotional investment in her character that I do with Thorax or Pharynx. But then, doing that type of story with Thorax or Pharynx would involve inventing OC changeling character parents from scratch, something I just haven't had the time or interest to pour time into—at least to the extent it would need to really pay off well. Then your third option is to create a changeling OC and his/her parents from scratch, and that's even more plot planning and mapping. Hence, the passing mention of the topic.
I'm also still in the aftermath period of getting KoLB printed, so I've not thought about new stories asides mini-fics like this one.
But I do agree it's a topic that's rich and unexplored.
Maybe if somepony wanted to collaborate on something sometime, I'd be game. 
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Ooh! Me me memememememe me!
Well, at least as far as my work schedule and between-work-shifts residual energy allow... 
This was a nice story! Short and sweet.
Could use a tad more editing, though.I wonder what this family was like before Thorax became king. They act like they've always been a caring family, but Ocellus was born before Chrysalis was expelled. Did that mean they had to hide that they cared? Such interesting thoughts.
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I've addressed some of these things in earlier comments, but as for their family seeming so close together, it's not from hiding care during Chrysalis's reign. In my headcanon, Ocellus did only meet her parents after Thorax's crowning, as mentioned:
And this short amount of time of being able to see each other was the point of the emotional climax. It was worsened by Ocellus going to school, and it was on all of their minds.
The reason they appear close through physical gestures despite all of that is more to do with the nature of shared love magic than family history.
Entering Heavy Headcanon Territory!
The reformed changelings comprehend, feel, and display love and emotions more deeply than other species, and gain physical benefits from it as well. Any alienation Ocellus may have felt from her parents was bridged more quickly than normal for non-changelings because of this.
If a pony hugs another pony, it's just a nice gesture, first and foremost. Sure, it can have mild psychological and physical affects long-term but it's just a gesture. When a reformed changeling hugs another reformed changeling, there is literal magic at work. They instantly feel psychological and physical benefits, and these benefits are orders of magnitude more powerful than anything other species feel under the same scenario. Now picture what that kind of exponential relationship growth would look like for changelings over even just a few weeks, let alone a few months or even a year.
That's the basis for this depiction. It's been about a year, give or take, since Thorax's crowning. Ocellus and her parents still feel a longing/sorrow in their relationship, overall, due to the years they spent apart, but they've already adopted a very close relationship in what time they've had, since.
They are ALL BABIES and THEY HAVE STOLEN MY HEART—
Welcome to my Bookshelf It takes all kinds to make a Family you are number 66.
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I am SUMMONEDDDDDD!!! *crashes through the wall*
Seriously though, memememememe!!!!
I love fluffpieces of wholesome. Hive Dad Thorax is adorable
Wholesome buggy family time is wholesome. Very nice work!
The only thing gayer than my dad is my other dad.
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Man, I so want to volunteer, but between animation contests and trying to write my own fics, I'm not sure if I've really got time for more collabs. I can barely keep up with my best friend on our Pokémon fanfics...
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Hive dad best dad. Thorax is unrivaled dad energy. Only Thorax comes and finds you when he's worried for your safety and scolds you like a parent, even when your actual dad (the one that signs your permission slips) is in the same episode.
None of the Thorax fluff I write is even headcanon.
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Once I'm finished my current projects I'll look more into this. 
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I was not expecting this big a response.
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Buggo fluff galore all over my page if you're ever looking for an uplifting story. 
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So glad you enjoyed it!
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Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!! *prancing around*
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Now I'm imagining a catfight over who gets to collab with the best hugbug fluff fic writer ever
Round three! Who will it be?
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*Grinning* I'd win
Well, most likely I'd just say "you guys can go first, it's okay" to be nice
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*running over while panting heavily*
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Did I miss anything?
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*Cheers* Four volunteers for you, NavelColt!
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Whew. Wish I’d seen this sooner
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, buuuut after that I'd potentially be open for something. Welcome to any ideas anyone has in the meantime.
I am finishing another oneshot + blog which may take another week or so depending on the cover art search, and then after that I've sectioned off a few weeks to get absorbed into Pokemon: Brilliant Diamond
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Alright. Whatever you do, take all the time you need.
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Eeeeeee!
Four words: Thorax-Calor, Labrum-Clypeus
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(Sorry, I just can't stand shipfics)
Anyway, something about Thorax, definitely
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Well, technically Labrum and Clypeus aren't a confirmed couple...but okay
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I’d be on board for some Thorax stuff too. Bonus points if Pharynx is involved.
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And yes, Labrum and Clypeus are just close friends.
I'd enjoy doing more with those four for sure.
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Yes yes yes
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Yay! About doing more with them, I mean. Don't get me wrong, Labrum and Clypeus are adorable as little friendlings, I just think they'd also make an adorable couple-like, that one couple you find buried under a mountain of pillows, cuddling together. Thor and Calor could do that too though, so still, no complaints here
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Well that's part of the fun of the changelings in the headcanon lore I've developed, Labrum and Clypeus being 'just friends' can still result in all sorts of the same cute shenanigans 'couples' do, by pony/human standards. That was the whole B plot of 'Day at the Musuem—Part 2' in KoLB.
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Yeah, I remember reading that in the author's note. Not saying I don't agree with it, just that either way, they're adorable
Yeah it’s so damn cute, I loved it
awww
Ocellus never even got a proper whole episode just for her in the show, so it's great to see writers give her the attention she deserves ^^