Talk:Princess Cadance/@comment-5263503-20121223051903/@comment-67.52.42.74-20121223190024

Well you have to understand, Cadance has only shown up in two adventures. This is no where near enough time to smooth out specific character traits to even her out, so until we begin to see a lot more of her, that can't really be explored.

Though, if I did have to look for a major flaw in Cadance, it would probably be that out of all the alicorns shown in the show, she seems to be the least powerful. This does not necessarily mean that she is weak, but the only times we have seen Cadance do any super big magic like Celestia or Luna, she had the assistance of others (Shining Armor, the Crystal ponies). I'm not sure how one of the other princesses would have held up with that shield over the Empire for as long as her, but I can take a pretty good guess that ponies with the power to raise the sun and moon might have been able to hold substantially longer without as much strain. This could be due to a number of reasons, like her young age (seen as a child with Twilight, whereas Celestia and Luna have been as they are for thousand-something years), or something more inherently special about Luna and Celestia that hasn't been revealed yet (think about it, what does Cadance specialize in? Love? Not saying that isn't nice, but compared to controlling entire celestial bodies and the forces of nature...).