Question on actual Changeling terms.

[Unity 332]

I really dont know how to word this.

but P.S. this is for before they were reformed and when they were still with Queen Chrysalis.

but for the changelings, what would they be? Would they be a Hivemind? a Brood? a Swarm?

and thats the same with Chrysalis, what would she be besides a queen?

Edited August 13, 2018 by Unity

[Will Guide 21,372]

It hardly matters what you call them. If you want to call them a swarm, go ahead.

However, hivemind doesn't exist. If it did, The Queen would know everything that Thorax knows, being "able to communicate through the hivemind." Season 6 Finale shows it doesn't work like that.

[EpicEnergy 23,247]

In season 7 Pharynx is referred to as Thorax's elder brood mate (present tense) (S7 ep 17). This means one could call the changelings a brood. However, Pharynx himself referred to the changelings as a "fearsome swarm" (only past tense though) (S7 ep 17). So I would call the evil changelings before reformation a swarm, as that is the canonical answer. I don't know what you would call them now, after their reformation, but I suppose "swarm" is still applicable to them (not fearsome though). I would say swarm is the best thing to call them, but that's only my opinion.

Brood definition: "A family of birds or other young animals produced at one hatching or birth" - Oxford Dictionaries definition.

Swarm definition: "A large or dense group of flying insects" - Oxford Dictionaries definition.

Either definition is acceptable, as the changelings can be both.

 

3 hours ago, Will Guide said:

It hardly matters what you call them. If you want to call them a swarm, go ahead.

However, hivemind doesn't exist. If it did, The Queen would know everything that Thorax knows, being "able to communicate through the hivemind." Season 6 Finale shows it doesn't work like that.

That's a very good point. I agree with you.

 

As for Queen Chrysalis, I really don't think she can be called anything else other than that based on my knowledge.

Also, here's a song about Chrysalis being indoctrinated when she was young, before she was leader I'm assuming. It also goes to reinforce the definition of the changelings as a swarm.

 

Links to Oxford Dictionaries:

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/brood

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/swarm

Edited August 13, 2018 by EpicEnergy

[Unity 332]

1 hour ago, EpicEnergy said:

 

 

Thanks for the answer, i really have no idea what that song is talking about because it is all over the place

I got the idea for this topic from this absolutely incredible song

they refer to themselves as quite a few things so i started to wonder.

While parts are hardish to understand it is very clear, unlike that other one.

[cuteycindyhoney 13,339]

Clearly not a hive mind or Gestalt. (Love the word Gestalt!) The changelings are shown to have independent thought. When they broke free of their queen's influence, they were able to chart their own destiny.

[EpicEnergy 23,247]

29 minutes ago, Unity said:

Thanks for the answer, i really have no idea what that song is talking about because it is all over the place

I got the idea for this topic from this absolutely incredible song

The song you posted  is amazing (and dark)! I posted the other song just because it referred to the changelings pre-reformation as a swarm. I forgot it was mostly rap though, along with a very complex vocabulary.

I can see how you got this idea from that song.