Talk:My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (comics)/@comment-39245100-20190424090609/@comment-39245100-20190605212800

I don't think having Cadance have some appearances with her husband, or having her acknowledge that her marriage to her husband is an important part of herself, makes her anymore 'defined' by her husband than Shining is 'defined' by her. I mean I do get what you mean but, let's be honest, Shining is always gonna be more the satellite character more in danger of only being known for being Cadance's husband, Cadance I think isn't really in danger of that. Instead what we get, for me at least, and some others I guess, is the comics often make it look like, well, the relationship isn't even very important.

It doesn't help that a lot of the comics seem to, uh, like bullying Shining? Like Neigh Anything has Cadance and Twilight constantly taunting him whilst he never taunts them, then they did an entire cover issue for number 62 which was Cadance and all his family and friends gossiping behind his back and laughing at him, it...the comics often seem to just like treating him like a butt monkey, and then compounding that with almost no time together with Cadance and it leaves a really bad taste.

I just kinda get sad that even in a big arc like this, with a major villain, and all the primary characters getting together, and happening right inside the Crystal Empire, and Cadance herself being endangered directly...Shining doesn't even get to appear at all. It gets to the point where I fear the comics will never even have Shining and Cadance so much as smile at each other again. I mean they haven't in the comics had actually affectionate behaviour between the two since 2013.