Talk:Princess Cadance/@comment-5837525-20140126081545/@comment-10390252-20140126083827

I do think that this further establishes Cadence as the most accessible of the non-mane-cast alicorns. I commented on Equestria Daily once that Celestia and Luna are characterised as remote mentor/god-like figures and are thus deliberately written as hard to relate to. Cadence is more down-to-Earth.

I also think we're seeing in her something that Celestia and Luna went through millennia ago and Twilight has yet to experience - having to jump between the freedom of being a wandering adventurer and the neccessary imprisonment of ruling over the lands you saved. I think that Luna and Celestia also felt trapped by their crowns and thrones. Celestia has learnt to deal with it; Luna less so, at least in fanon. It's just something that Cadence is going to have to learn: Being Empress of the Crystal Ponies means that you don't get the freedom that you had when you were nobody in particular. She has responsibilities to thousand or even possibly millions of ponies and those chains will never break.

I wonder if the show is going to have Twilight having to face the same lifestyle change challenge?