This story is a sequel to They were MY changelings!
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Chrysalis, after being captured by the blue-purple hive, is given a perfect opportunity to exact her vengeance on Thorax and his 'abstergo changelings'. However, the queens are not as blind and vengeance-hungry as Chrysalis is. They're wary of the traitors to their own species, but they're moreso wary of those surrounding them.
With the discovery of a changeling hive, others have begun to surface as well, but queens all have their own goals and agendas, many with conflicting interests. With the increasing threat of changeling hives at each other's throats, the red hive is not far off.
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The other hives might do well to not support Chyrsalis' vengeance and not be hostile toward Thorax's new brood. As well Chrysalis was foolish enough to lose control of her hive and Thorax's brood being in the open means attacking them means fighting their allies as well. Why risk full scale war with Thorax's Brood, The Dragon Lord, Equestria, Yayyakastan and Hippogriffa/Seaquestria for a lunatic like her? Of course lots of chances for drama between the hives if the point becomes contentious :p
Do the other hives feed on love because if they don’t; Thorax's way would only piss them off.
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Not unless they use Changeling laws. I mean all different races have their own laws.
What is Abstergo?
While they may look down on the Abstergo changelings, outright conflict with them would be foolish. If anything they should be attempting to make sure they don't expose other Hives.
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It's more a matter of the Changeling MO is to be secretive. Chyrsalisis already broken that rule, rising exposing them all. There is no way to eliminate Thorax with out his allies noticing, which would confirm their existence and mark them as hostile. Assisting Chryssi means exposing their existence and the other races activity hunting them. Some Queens might insist that eliminating the "fallen" must happen, while others would refuse to bear the consequences and others might insist on allying with Thorax. The story will basically be the choice made and the fall out.
You want to kill me, right?
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Why do you think that?
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There's gonna be a very bad ending to all of this, am I right? c:
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No, Blueberry Soda. Who knows what the ending will be like, though?
Y u always assume?! You know what they say about assuming.
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Death?
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No.
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Good <3
I'm liking that they’re finding a way to destroy Thorax but I think they should focus on a more serious fact. Finding a flaw on their new forms, I mean new transformations should have a price. Nothing in life has its ups and downs.
I say the elder should find a flaw in the Changelings. I mean a major change in a race should have negative consequences. There is nothing in life that a major change stay positive. There is always consequences in life.
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You already said this.
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I forgot. It happens a lot
The Elder seemed to have a point for a moment there, but it seems she's just motivated by them being different.
Why they seem so determined to destroy Thorax's changelings doesn't really make sense.
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Betrayal is a major Taboo to them. Try to imagine Bees, Ants or Termites; They all have a queen, yes? What would happen if they got rid of their queen and there was no next queen?
Misses.
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Don't forget the blue changeling queen (Which I'm going to make with a fun little dynamic in the next chapter :3)
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Typos?
Oy vey!
Why didn't you respond to my comment?
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Oh. The 'what is Abstergo' thing? Sorry. I missed it. It's just a name. No real meaning behind it other than meaning 'outcast'. Thorax is using it ironically. Never really intended to explain it. Just wanted it to be a name.
When will story continue
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I can start work on a chapter tomorrow if you like. I was just focusing on Weary Traveler.
Hmm...i think you kept saying Thorax instead of Pharynx
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*sigh* That's what happens when you haven't written for one of your stories for so long.
Fixed.
Ohh. This series has me hooked.
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I forgot about these stories...
Heheh, the dragon lord, no less. And it's one of the most popular ships involving Changelings.. or at least, that's what I'm inclined to believe.
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I remember Thorax admitting in Triple Threat that it's easy for him to defend his friends, but leading is another matter (or something along the lines of). And if one of these queens put a member of his pack in danger, I can imagine him going completely batshit. (Like, all Mufasa on them... featuring the maulwarf as the stampede /s).
But, the incredulousness over Thorax being a king still baffles me. I mean, in the name of lore and forced-uniqueness I see why it's an issue.
In many fanfictions I've read, despite being a mostly-if-not-only female thing in insects according to Wikipedia, "ovipositors" (which, for the life of me, I continue to mentally pronounce as "opivositors" for some reason, after countless times of telling myself otherwise) seem to feature... covering the whole reproduction-thing, because drones are most likely (physically-)asexual/sexless.
But, it sorts of brings the idea of a lion-pride sort of thing into the equation for male-led hives/broods. I sort of like the idea of there being such hives, seeing as the metamorphosis featured in the show is probably a natural thing that wouldn't bend nature too much, if at all.
So, the reasoning for Thorax to be transformed into a king is definitely baffling if it hasn't happened before with unreformed, or other reformed, Changelings.
The concept of (other species of) Changelings in general, really, excite me.
Oh god, raised eyes must be scary for all involved.
(I'm chuckling, this feels like irony, but I'll bite, I guess)
But, Pharynx! You are concrete proof!
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Hm. Seems I had started the next chapter and never continued. Needs to be restarted anyways.
Oh yes. Oh yes, oh yes. Spirit of Harmony... is or could be a draconequus.
This is exciting! The fear around the red hive is rather interesting. It sort of makes them seem other-worldly. I can't wait for more (if you choose to continue it, then in that case, by all means, take your time)!
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Seeing your excitement I should hurry, then.
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Take your time, by all means.
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If I do that I'll never resume.
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Unfortunately, that is the most relatable thing I've heard all year. Perhaps even ever.
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Doesn't help that I have problems with concentration.
I’m unsure as to whether I commented this on the original story / book / whatever, but seeing as they’ve dissed Thorax and his “brood” a little, here, and I recall the queens’ disdain and misunderstanding of / towards a changeling “king”, I’ll go ahead.
Honestly? In Triple Threat Thorax refers to his Hive as his “pack”, so I can quite easily imagine that Queen-ran hives are the most common, and eusocial af, while King-ran hives, while less common, are like lions, of something, with the primary male (the king) impregnating a whole lotta drones, or even having an ovipositor (yes I’m well aware that’s from the anatomy of many females of certain insect species, but I’ve seen it used in a few other more sexually explicit changeling fics, so I’ll stick with it for now) to use drones as incubators.
Whether or not Pharynx would also be like it, or just Thorax, oh well, I don’t know.
And… I’m just realising that—alongside the Pharynx thing that we’ve discussed from last year / whenever I read this last—I’m giving, or I have given away all my ideas for my changeling-species-lore fic.
Eh, well. Glad to share, I guess.
Oh... now I remember this story. Its almost been a year since you updated
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It was last updated in 2019
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Sorry, didn't check the date of your last chapter
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No need to apologize for that.