>>42267819
ive had this >>42267819 in my mind as a main headcanon for the longest time
the skittle bugs would probably find some new route though, given how powerful changeling cloning spells were shown to be in the mean six episode
>skittlebugs without their queenmother begin experimenting with cloning magic
>theyre able to make all new changelings by splicing the clone spells ingredients in one tree
or maybe they cant, resorting to cloning skittlebugs outright, having them take on the last name of their cloning stock while remaining an individual
besides all that i could have seen the writers making ocellus into a new queen given a couple more seasons