@Background Pony #9A9A
Maybe their love-devouring form makes them more powerful than their changed form, but at the cost of never being satiated. It’s akin to accepting profane power at the cost of your soul, common to a lot of mythological and fantasy works, and it’s probably how Chrysalis got into power. It would be interesting to see some recidivism among changelings, especially since a lot of them seem to be ashamed of and inclined to move away from their dark past; I can see some changelings fear the hive becoming an Equestrian vassal state and that they were destroying their own heritage and customs in favor of adopting pony culture and customs, so they go back to what they know best. The best comparison I can make to changelings and changedlings is the Dark Eldar and Eldar respectively from Warhammer 40k: Some wish to move past their past that almost resulted in their extinction while others embrace their past, which granted them immense power.