#mlp thorax

[shirecorn]

Changelings! Six legged insectoid beasts grown to the size of ponies, their target mimic species. Rather than evolving perfect physical mimicry, changeling imitation is a two-pronged process. In addition to a color-shifting carapace, magic distorts and twists the silhouette to match the mimicked subject. The spell is weaved with a rapid beating of the the wings, which creates a delicate network of invisible magic threads that tie the changeling's physical form to the projected mirage to make it move. After casting the spell, the changeling needs to recast it periodically, so if you doubt your friend's identity, listen for the buzzing of wings.

It takes a lot of concentration to keep the illusion in place, and changelings are naturally much taller than ponies when standing at their full height. Inexperienced or agitated changelings may forget to crouch, which breaks the illusion in a terrifying way. Because the features of the mirage are bound to the underlying insect body, moving wrong will distort the perceived form before it reveals what lies beneath.

The reason changeling bodies are so much longer than their target species is to allow a changeling to mimic creatures many times their size, provided they have the wingspan to reach the entire length of the target individual. A full wingspan is the sign of a healthy changeling, one that has enough magic to cast their illusions without much effort. Without sufficient magic, a changeling must constantly refresh their spell, and the ceaseless beating tears their delicate wings to shreds.

There is one changeling with enough magic to spare: The Queen. Drones store magic in their tails and bring it back to feed her. The queen of years past has been bleeding them dry and soaking up all their magic, leaving what should be a healthy reservoir in their tails as a withered pocket. This new style of ruling could possibly have started as a response to the ascension of the Goddess of Love, and the resulting magicification of feelings of romantic and platonic love.

For millennia, changelings evolved to feed on emotions directed at them (or rather the being they mimic) and convert it into magic. Positive emotions were the most stable, but any emotion worked. But when Love started to feel an entire meal, and gave the drones strength to subsist on their own, their queen demanded every drop of intoxicating love for herself, leaving them in a constant state of starvation and desperation.

Just a little love can go a long way. Changelings are forbidden from changing their colors or illusions to express themselves, as they must be seen as "mindless drones" and part of a single hive mind, despite their potential for individuality. Instead, they remain black unless imitating a pony or other creature. Each section of a changeling's carapace has a clear top layer with liquid suspended above the actual armor layer beneath. Microscopic grooves display different colors and shades based on how much of the liquid fills them, and how much pressure it's under. With the base colors set, wings spin the illusion of form to completely disguise the changeling beneath.

But what if they didn't have to save all their energy for disguises? What if there was enough love to go around?

The Changeling Revolution is an ongoing battle, but it has a hopeful, vibrant spark. Led by a mild-mannered former "drone," a growing faction are discovering peace, safety, and individuality by feeding off love directed not at illusions they cast, but to the people they truly are. It's a scary, vulnerable first step to allow others to see your true nature, but the rewards of loving and being loved are worth it.

Revolutionaries are not "reformed" so much as healed by embracing individual love. It turns out when each changeling allows themself to have their own color, preferences, and name, then the love felt from one changeling to another can be converted into magic, and a hive can become a thriving ecosystem within itself.

Nymphs, once destined for a viscous cycle of deception and starvation, are now able to bask in love given to them by hivemates, and they grow up stronger and kinder than any generation before. Though they can only shift into pastel colors until their carapace fully hardens and darkens, they still express by choosing their own look, name, and destiny.

The healing of the changeling population is as varied as their prismatic colors, and as beautiful as their glittering wings.

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[captainzigo]

i love them together. my sibling came up with this ship

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[kreeeeeez]

one in the same

#she is literally thorax #both had to sacrifice all theyve known for friendship #my little pony #mlp #mlp fanart #mlp g5 #g5 mlp #misty g5 #misty mlp #mlp g5 fanart #mlp gen 5 #misty g5 fanart #misty brightdawn #mlp g4 #mlp thorax #thorax mlp #my little pony fanart #g4 mlp #mlp fim #mlp mym

[majachee]

THE CHANGELING BROTHERS 🗣🗣🗣

Some design notes under cut:

In mythology, changelings are humanoid creatures that have been placed by fae (broad generalized term) in place of a human child, though there are also some stories here and there of adults being taken and replaced by changelings.

Changelings, based on my limited research, only really refer to the creature left behind during some good ol cradle robbing. They are related to the fae, though. Fae, or faeries, cover a broad range of different creatures in all sorts of European mythos, however, from elves to trolls to imps. In more modern art and stories, fae are drawn as tiny little humans with bug-like wings and long, flowing hair. But there have been less flattering depictions throughout history.

Taking the origin of the mythos, and the obvious bug inspiration in the show, I've decided to redesign these two to look like impish little sprites! Changelings in my AU are smaller than the average pony, usually reaching their chin or shoulders. They have thin, flexible bodies that are protected by an exoskeleton! Their jaws are an odd mix of mammalian and insect, so they can expand and protrude their lower jaws while their upper jaw stays fixed to their skull. Their tongues are thin, based on nectar-drinking bugs and animals like butterflies and hummingbirds.

Most changelings have two wings, only Pharynx and Thorax have four wings (reformed form only.)

Pharynx is also a bit taller than the average changeling drone... Have fun imagining how tall Thorax is. Height chart coming eventually.

Their tails are loosely based on a scorpion's stinger, but I took more inspiration from cartoony imp/devil tails in art and cartoons! 😇

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[queenly-owl]

some draw you favs like this art

#my art #rayman #fnaf #rhg #mlp #my little pony #mlp thorax #woody woodpecker #fredbear #rhg andre #captain laserhawk #picos school #newgrounds

[eros-apage-art]

PRINCESS TWILIGHT'S LOG: Day 1

SUBJECT: Patient Zero

AUDIO START: TAPE 1

----- ----- *wirring* *click, click, click**wirring*

Is this working??? Testing, testing. 1, 2, 3... Okay! It looks like everything is working just fine now. *Twilight clears her throat* Hello, My name is Princess Twilight Sparkle of Ponyville, Equestria. I'm recording these audio logs with the hope of tracking the progress of a... dilemma Equestria is currently facing. We are on the verge of a widespread Epidemic.

Where to even begin explaining the situation... I guess I should start with where it all began. Just yesterday Thorax, ruler of the Changeling Colony, summoned me to the hive colony to discuss a matter of importance. I had no idea what I was in for. When I arrived he took me down to a lower level of the hive I had no idea existed, that he had no idea existed. It smelt of rot and mold.

We came across a small enclosed space, the entrance lined with the familiar green slime Chrysalis used to entrap me and my friends several times before. Inside was a young Changeling, younger than any Changeling student at my school. She was walking limply in a circle as if in a trance.

"We found her roaming the tunnels in this buried sector of the colony. It's so old not even I've seen it before." Thorax told me. He then continued by saying, "But I've seen this before, these symptoms and behaviors... My mo- Chrysalis... Used to quarantine Changelings who began to behave just like this young girl. It's horrid, only she knew what it was, but it's too dangerous to release her from stone."

I felt terrible for the girl, but recognized similarities to a fungi I studied briefly at Canterlot before moving to Ponyville. I thanked Thorax for the info he gave me and I wished him luck in his own search for answers, then I decided to travel to Canterlot looking for my own. I found something... something I wish I hadn't.

END TAPE:

DAY 1 FINDING NOTES:

PATIENT ZERO SYMPTOMS-

walking limply in circles

frequent erratic mood swings

restlessness

trance like state

poor eye contact/motor skills

wings droop

high bodily temperature

#mlp infection au #mlp infected au #mlp g4 #mlp art #mlp fim #mlp #mlp twilight sparkle #twilight sparkle #my au #my art #mlp thorax #mlp changeling #audio fiction style??? #i guess???

[tottallytoby]

thorax ,,

#himb !!! #my gf loves him n the reformed changlings So So Muvh #The Wheel #mlp #my little pony #my little pony: friendship is magic #mlp fim #my art #mane 6 #thorax #mlp thorax #changling #mlp changling

[chowmoon2]

This account is a big fan of Throax!!! 🪲

I love this changeling so much :3

#mlp #my little pony #mlp fim #thorax #thorax mlp #mlp thorax #changeling

[silhouettegloomofthesundownlands]

he is so fucking cute.

#thorax #my gif #thorax mlp #mlp #mlp fim #mlp g4 #mlp gen 4 #mlp thorax #changeling #blazeposting

[fat-bot]

6 ponies I was given to make fan art of

#mlp #my little pony #mlp fan art #art #fan art #mlp pinkie pie #mlp nightmare rarity #mlpzecora #mlp troubleshoes #mlp thorax #mlp moondancer #digital art #digital drawing

[fandomfuntimem]

My favorite mlp character.

He just so baby

#love himb #such a funky lil guy #so happy to just be there #mlp #my little pony #my little pony friendship is magic #mlp thorax #mlp king thorax #funtime speaketh

[theartisticpixelbit]

Equestria's most autistic world leader is up next!

════ •✧• ════ MIDDLE NAMES WORK THE SAME AS LAST NAMES IN MY AU, MOST CHILDREN TAKE THE LAST NAME OF WHICHEVER PARENT THEY WANT ════ •✧• ════

~Bio~ Name: Thorax Atena Nicknames: King of the Changelings Gender: Genderfluid (Pan) Race: Changeling Parents: Queen Chrysalis Siblings: Pharynx Partner: N/A Children: N/A Other Relatives: All Other Changelings, Ocellus

~Headcanons~ 🐛 Thorax and Pharynx are Royal Changelings. Unlike the standard Drones, they have gems on their chest. Gems are reserved for Changelings of the royal court. 🐛 Thorax has an anxious habit of rubbing his legs together when nervous and it makes cricket noises. 🐛 During the first few weeks after his reformation he often banged his antlers on stuff since he wasn't used to them or his new height yet. 🐛 Rarity and Thorax do fashion shows and Rarity has a collection based around the reformed changelings to spread awareness that they aren't bad anymore 🐛 In the first week or so, Thorax kept forgetting he was the new leader of the changelings and had to be reminded as a result 🐛 Spike tried to introduce him to Ogres and Ouellettes, but it didn't go well at first because Thorax kept trying to make friends with literally every encounter. 🐛 Hes still not quite used to being a leader so he gets really embarrassed/flustered when people call him ”your highness” or anything of that sort 🐛 He now has the duty of fathering the next generation if the hive, much like Chrysalis before him mothered his generation 🐛 Thorax sees himself in Ocellus and has taken her on as his personal student, and when he couldn't teach her anymore since she knew everything he taught her, he enrolls her in Twilight's School of Friendship 🐛He doesn't enjoy politics, finding such diplomacy either boring or stressful. Even so, he is very well read up on these matters, to ensure he can represent his people well.

[Image Description: A digital art reference sheet of a redesigned King Thorax from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. He has a lime green chitin coat, sharp fangs, and orange bug-like mandibles, a pair of transparent light green insectoid wings, his legs are also segmented with spaces of orange in between the segments, no visible cutie-mark at all, and his hooves are separated into two segments like short pinchers. His is very tall and also has dark magenta eyes with black pupils, a twig-like unicorn horn, two orange moose-like antlers, a wavy light green fin mimicking a mane on his head, and a light green wavy fin on his tail, a plum-colored saddle, and a yellowish-green rib plate, the plating also is segmented up his neck. His eyes have a double pupil: a normal black one within a normal round one. His antlers are also displayed casting a brilliant blue colored magic. The image also includes a watermark reading 'TheArtisticPixelBit'. End ID]

#(✿~autistic_artist~✿) #(✿my_art✿) #art #mlp #redesign #mlp art #my little pony #thorax #thorax mlp #mlp thorax #changling #mlp changeling #mlp king thorax #mlp redesign

[captainzigo]

headcanon relationship chart for the mane 6. for some undefined amount of time after the show

i am not trying to lend undue legitimacy to the institution of marriage. or devalue queer platonic relationships. these are just different types of relationships. obviously.

#twilight sparkle #pinkie pie #rainbow dash #applejack #fluttershy #rarity #mlp treehugger #lightning dust #fizzlepop berrytwist #mlp cheese sandwich #mlp gilda #mlp discord #my little pony #mlpfim #ditzy doo #flash sentry #sunset shimmer #maud pie #mlp octavia #vinyl scratch #mlp thorax #mlp sunburst #starlight glimmer #trixie lulamoon #autumn blaze #mlp shipping #mlp headcanons #friendship is magic #mlp fandom #mlp

[hallow-graves]

i just think he's neat :]

#art #digital art #my artwork #artists on tumblr #character design #artist #digital artist #my art #mlp friendship is magic #mlp #mlp g4 #mlp art #mlpfim #mlp fandom #mlp thorax #mlp changeling #mlp fim #mlp artist

[majachee]

Hello mlp au community

drops this and runs

#mlp fim #mlp g4 #my little pony friendship is magic #my little pony #mlp au #mlp pharynx #mlp thorax #thorax mlp #pharynx mlp #mlp changeling #ask to tag #insects tw #< kinda?????? #delete later #majart #wip #sketch

[queenly-owl]

mlp favs

#mlp #my little pony #my art #mlp thorax #thorax #radiant hope