Talk:Princess Celestia/@comment-24101825-20140813173446/@comment-4531340-20140814231022

I think Chrysalis was the only one where she was well and truly defeated - and only then because Shining Armor's love for Cadance made Chrysalis so strong. In Nightmare Moon's case, I think she might've let herself get caught, because she knew that the Element bearers would find each other and find their elements, then defeat Nightmare Moon and restore her sister (presumably she couldn't do that on her own). And in Tirek's case, it seems pretty obvious that she (as well as Luna and Cadance) gave up their magic since Tirek would have no way of knowing about Twilight being the newest Alicorn (as they stated) so it again seems more like strategy than just being defeated.

But yeah, showing there being a problem that the Mane Six can't deal with, so she has to step in and fix it (or she and Luna have to step in; I'm not gonna be picky) would certainly be interesting.