You predicted it.

@Yet_One_More_Idiot  
Close enough to warrant a Hilarious in Hindsight tag.

Descendants maybe.

@Background Pony #31F5  
Well they’re weren’t exactly flutter ponies….were they?
 
(Also, do they still have the power to copy other ponies’ appearances?)

Ok, now i need to know the lottery results for the three next years, thanks.

Soooooo. about this theory…

@Yet_One_More_Idiot  
That’s also an excellent idea.

@LanceOmikron  

 
Ooooooooor perhaps…  
Instead of Changelings being cursed or having been “transformed” from Flutter Ponies in some way, they are a separate evolutionary branch.
 
I vote that maybe Changelings and Breezies are actually both species that evolved from the G1 Flutter Ponies as a common genetic ancestor! :P

Suddenly relevant.

Flutterponies + Giant bess = changelings

A lot of fanfics seem to run with this theory.

Would prefer changelings to be changelings. Interesting idea though.

I like to think that’s true, but turning them back would kill them.
 
Slowly.

silly silly silly

@Kappe  
I’m perfectly fine with changelings being their own race. But alternate theories are fun to think about as well.

Flutter Ponies who, influenced through Discord’s reality-warping abilities, were merged with the giant bees of G1’s first serial?

@Background Pony  
Not necessarily. IMO It depends on what caused the transformation, and how exactly it was carried out.
 
Like, were they specifically cursed to become ragged, cheese-legged insects all at once, or is their appearance the result of a corrupting mutation that irrevocably altered them on a genetic level over many generations? That sort of thing.
 
Personally I prefer an interpretation were turning back into flutter ponies isn’t possible.

…guys. better idea. similar, but better. flutterponies as a race were cursed by..something. and became changelings. a genetic curse, perhaps. if the curse is broken, we get flutterponies again.

Why does everybody think changelings were once something else, or can be “converted” back to normal ponies, etc.?  
Does it make too much sense that they are their own standalone species?

@LanceOmikron  
But this means the process can be reversed.

@LanceOmikron  
If the show is going to have an artificial race, I think it should be the dragons. So much about them doesn’t add up.

personally, i think the changeling would consider chrysalis weak, and overthrow her as leader. then chrysalis starts mooching off twilight and blaming her for the dissent at every chance.

I like to think of it as being the opposite. As in, changelings as a race used to be flutter ponies. The mane six investigating the ruins of the ancient flutter pony civilization would be a great premise for a changeling origin episode.