Talk:Princess Cadance/@comment-5153052-20120531130151/@comment-5109093-20120601230806

I also completely disagree. We've seen enough of Cadence in two episodes to know what she is like--just not in great detail. She isn't a "Mary Sue;" she is whom she is, and she did what she did. Simple as that. The tendency to slap seriously distorted labels onto characters bugs me. The term "Mary Sue" gets bandied about, but I can't think of many characters at all that truly fit the definition. Characters are what they are; you can like or dislike them as you please. A real Mary Sue is generally disliked because they are portrayed as being so "perfect" and flawless as to feel unrealistic, unbelievable, and generally uninteresting. As others pointed out, Cadence hardly fits that mold--at least, not in my opinion. She wasn't merely a damsel in distress, either (not that being in distress makes you bad or weak, anyway. Odds are you're going to be distressed at some point.) I like her, and think she's a wonderful wife for Shining Armor, sister-in-law for Twilight, and new friend for everypony.