The Changeling Metaphor · 10:34pm Jan 27th, 2023
A changeling is a creature that feeds off love. They are shapeshifters who take different forms in order to drain others of their love. That's an apt metaphor for the way I used to be when I was pretending to be male. I felt like I had to be this "person" that they wanted me to be, or I would lose their love... And the truly messed up thing is, I was right. However, they're all gone by this stage and I'm truly free... In this metaphor, Chrysalis is trying to change into something else because she once took a long hard look at herself just as I did and much like me, she didn't like what she saw... She decided that for Starlight, her love, she needed to be something else. Something better... And now, as she takes on this new role that she has chosen for herself, we can explore what happens as she opens up to everypony...