Sweetie Belle suffers an existential crisis when she accidentally discovers that she's a changeling.
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Was this a reference to the release of the G5 movie on Netflix?
One of the things you have to ask yourself is how much of that changeling said is true. I'm sure it's all true enough to matter. But has he replaced as many ponies as he claims, or is that just a manipulation tactic to keep Sweetie Belle under control? And the fact that we can't know who's been replaced or how many there are is just maddening.
You also have to wonder how far the changeling is willing to go before it would be considered more dangerous to continue.
On a side note, Ghosts can allegedly replicate the supernatural powers of any species they transform into. But what about Discord? Could a Ghost be able to replicate his chaotic powers? And assuming they could, could they even control that power? The only reason Discord seems in control of his magic is because his mind is just as chaotic as his magic. But could a Ghost control that kind of magic when not even a powered-up version of Chrysalis could control it? Even if a Ghost could perfectly replicate Discord's chaos magic, I don't believe they could actually control it. Because their skills are based on being tactical, which requires a controlled mind and planning. That orderly aspect to their minds will inherently be why they can never control chaos magic. Discord's magic only works for him because he's doing it all on a whim anyway. Nothing these Ghosts do would be described as anything close to "on a whim". Changelings in general are more tactical thinkers by their very nature. It's hard to control chaos magic when your mind is as orderly as a changelings.
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First of all, the last comment you made prior to this one was on the last chapter of this story or rather it seemed to be, but I suspected you weren't done with the story yet and still reading through it. You only commented within the story itself and that automatically plugs it into the last chapter using that tactic. I figured it out.
Secondly:
Admittedly I haven't personally delved too deeply on exactly how Ghosts changelings can replicate supernatural abilities of other species when normal changelings can't, but if I had to guess, it's a technique that probably stems from having a deeper understanding of the nature of that which they transform into along with an inherent understanding that pretty much every species on their world is magical on some level. By understanding that nature better, they change themselves enough to borrow those abilities.
But what about Discord? Well Discord might be an individual, not a race. A member of the Ghosts likely has at least heard of Discord, but most haven't personally met him. That might be required in order to morph into his form and understand it to the depth that even begins to tap into Discord's potential, yet you have a good point about the other half of your argument as well. This changeling, in particular, seems to be all about studying deep psychology and using that to his advantage. That is a very orderly approach so, even if this changeling could replicate Discord's powers, he'd likely have no better luck doing it than Cozy Glow ever did. That's a correction I need to offer as well. It was Cozy who tried, and failed, to use those powers. Not Chrysalis.
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However, Pinkie had much better luck hoofeling those powers because her mind was naturally more chaotic. Case in point;
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Although the example above is human Pinkie, I still think it delivers on my point.
So yeah. You're probably right. I have some doubts that even a Ghost changeling could replicate Discord's powers, but if they could, they wouldn't be able to control it without sacrificing something else inherent to their nature. If a Ghost changeling could enter a state of mind sufficient to use Disord's powers, it likely would come at the cost of being doomed to shift to random forms all the time and less control over them. Is that worth it? Plus they wouldn't be able to serve their role as Chrysalis's secret enforcers. Not enough disipine for that.
I really enjoy your comments! It has some deep insight. Makes me wonder how many others have read this and thought that deeply but never commented.