Talk:Celestia/@comment-77.101.53.93-20120909175817/@comment-4520079-20120910192732

She didn't attempt to do anything when Nightmare Moon returned because she didn't have what it takes to turn Luna back to normal, only the mane 6 could use the Elements of Harmony at their full potential. Another possible reason of why she didn't show up until the end was because something (possibly)happened to her. Note that when Twilight confronts NMM, she says "now you'll never see your princess or your sun", which is a possible hint that NMM did something to keep Celestia from showing up.

As for Discord, the same explanation. She didn't go after him because she couldn't use the E.O.H. She explains right near the beginning that she and Luna have lost connection to the Elements long ago and that only the Mane six could use them. If she accompanied the mane six throughout their quest, she'd probably just mess things up. However, she DID prevent Twilight from losing completely after she(and the other five) fell completely into Discord's influence, by sending back all her previous friendship reports, which made her go back to her senses and give her another chance to save her friends and defeat Discord. So next time you attempt to shout up about Celestia not doing anything to stop Discord, think well before you say something reckless.

Even thought she got beaten by Chrysalis, she DID stand up to her(while everypony didn't to do anything) and put her life on the line to protect her subjects. Also note how nervous and frightened Chrysalis felt when Celestia launched her attack, she just got lucky that she chose the ideal pony to suck so much love to make her overpowered. Being ruler doesn't being the local superhero who solves all troubles around. It kind of annoys me how everyone expect celestia to all superhero-like to save the day, specially because she's not the main spotlight of the show.