Do Changelings have genders?

[Nylon 158]

Since we now know that changelings (sorta) reproduce asexually, that raised a good question to me. Do they have a gender? Or do they technically don't have a gender since they come from eggs and some like Chrysalis sexually identify themselves as either male or female?

[Lil Pip 775]

I think they do, as Queen Chryssi is a Queen, it implies the rest are males.

Reminds me of Tron Bonne + her servbots lol.

[Cocoa_Cream25 12]

I think they do. Queen Chrysalis is obviously female and Thorax is male. Or is he.....?

[Blackshirt Brony 415]

I always thought they were supposed to be like bees?

[Cocoa_Cream25 12]

I always thought they were supposed to be like bees?

They pretty much are bees, but you know, in the mlp universe. It works the same way.

[KrazyDashie 1,847]

well, chrysalis being a queen and the rest sounding like males... I'd say yes..

 

but they may or may not be hermaphrodites soo..

[cmarston1 5,958]

I kinda just assumed they did.

[shy0wl 484]

What happens if a "male" changeling morphs into a female pony? Or vice versa?

[Sovereign Leader Rarity 12,005]

Considering that Chrysalis is obviously a female and Thorax is obviously a male, yes I think that it's safe to assume that they do have genders.

 

What happens if a "male" changeling morphs into a female pony? Or vice versa?

Oh............................that must be........................an interesting experience to say the least.............

 

 

 

Now I want to be a Changeling!

[Fhaolan 4,475]

If they truly follow the insect model, then yes. However, in general bees, ants, and wasps usually don't work the way people often seem to think. For those species that group together in a hive, there's usually one mature full female in a hive, the queen. There's often one or two immature full females as well. There are a small number of males all of which are haploid, meaning they're born from unfertilized eggs having only half the chromosomes. All the rest of the hive are the equivalent to 'spayed' females. So the majority of bees you see are female, just non-reproductive females.

 

However, ants can have way more complicated systems. For some reason ants aren't consistent, with different species having completely different gender mixes than others.

[Johnny1226 14,674]

Changelings can morph their bodies into any species or gender so their sexuality would most likely depend on their own preference or whatever they need to get love energy I would say their basic form is sexless yet could change at a moments notice