Talk:To Where and Back Again - Part 1/@comment-7345250-20161006200208/@comment-25103718-20161007092714

If Chrysalis did have a endgame plan, she would know that she wouldn't NEED to conquer all of Equestria that way because then there wouldn't be any love to feed her changelings. Let's face it, the ponies look up to the Princesses a huge amount and with all of them out of the way, they'd be a mess. That's why she had them swapped out instead of outright missing. She *wants* them to still all be lovey for feeding her people but still have the ones in charge under her direct control so that no one would stand against them. As time went by, any other royal or threats that would emerge, she could deal with them by replacing them or some other evil means. Still, I think Discord would have seen through Fluttershy's fake the first time they had tea. Imagine a pissed off Discord? Every Changeling from Ponyville to Chrysalis's lands would be sorry they messed with Discord I'd imagine.