Talk:Changelings/@comment-24346726-20140820072621/@comment-3511454-20150520051129

@The2ndplayer It's the other way round: why won't changelings live in peace with ponies? (Of course, the answer is: "because of Queen Chrysalis".) It's a fair guess that changelings could feed on love and friendship that they are voluntarily given, instead of stealing it with force or trickery, but this possibility doesn't even occur to Chrysalis. After all, what did she do in the land of "lovecats" where she arrived after being banished from Equestria? Did she accept their love, which could have sustained her and her changelings indefinitely? No, she went for the old "enslave them and steal their love" routine, and the well went dry.

@Guildmaster Grovyle Queen Chrysalis fed on Shining Armor, and he didn't become an unfeeling husk, let alone permanently. (Of course, this is because she didn't steal *all* his love.)