This image.

It's cute. I can't deny that. But it got me thinking. Why does everybody assume that the Sirens are a thousand years old and run with it? So, in a fashion not unlike my previous post, here's what we know:

Movie
• Banished to the HSAU "ages ago" by Starswirl.
• That's all they wrote.

Comic
• Banished directly to what looks like at most days before the movie starts.

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No conjecture here, only observation.

Cartoon
• Insect-like ponies.
• Regular changelings have single voices -- listen carefully at the giggles when they're breaking the shield.
• Can change on a dime.
• Cannot instantly tell who's the original and who's a copy in the heat of battle.

Guidebook
• Insect features are "designed to scare."

Comic
• Regular changelings have single voices -- compare their speech bubbles with Chrysalis'.

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5 Reasons the Video Game Industry Is About to Crash

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What if the Changelings weren't always as monstrous-looking as they are now?

This is a fairly common headcanon from what I could see, with "they were originally Flutterponies" as a particularly popular specific variant. But I know next to nothing about the Flutterponies, so let's ignore that for a moment.

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This morning, I found Merge had gained four faves and two downvotes since last time I checked, which was shortly after publishing chapter twelve.

I don't know what to think of that.

The website Celestia refers to in the talk show chapter of Merge has been defictionalized. > tinyurl.com/celestialism

More may be added later.

At this moment, just after releasing the latest (and so far, longest) chapter of Merge, the +22/-10 vote count turned to +21/-11.

If this were after the religious debate I had in mind for chapter 9, I could understand. With a topic like that, you're bound to cause some hurt feelings no matter which side you have win. But this is not that chapter.

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At the moment I write this, Merge is 8 to 8 17 to 9 on votes.

<Kawa> Damn. Merge is soaking up downvotes like it's nothing.
<JunkyardDog> I've seen worse.
<Archonix> Don't you just hate driveby downvotes?
<Kawa> :(
<JunkyardDog> Heard that happend with Conversion concepts. They must think Kawa doing more of it. Sad that is.
<Archonix> Yeah.

If JunkyardDog's guess is correct... cut that out, please. Merge is not a Conversion Bureau fic.

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1. Thou shalt treat hoofed creatures with due respect.
2. Any meat shall be yours to eat, except for the meat of a horse, of course.
3. Thou shalt keep the Solstice holy and have a good time, for that day is longest and it's nice out.
4. Thou shalt make certain to carry sunglasses when appropriate, for Celestia is as bright as she is hot.
5. Thou shalt make certain the target of thy jests can take it.
6. Princess Celestia is best pony, for she is the Sun.

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Especially the ones without any further comment. Don't you just hate those?
They're just like

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