Talk:Princess Cadance/@comment-5109093-20120515231523

Goodness, that article. "Pegasus unicorn" instead of simply Alicorn? Also, the URL has it right: Her name is CADENCE--NOT "Cadance." That is an unfortunate misspelling. Her full name is Princess Mi Amore Cadenza. Cadence is both a word and a name; it's a musical term. (Surely you've all heard about the "authentic cadence" and "deceptive cadence" so cleverly used in the aria?)

Anyway. I was somewhat baffled about her parentage as well, because in order to be Celestia's niece, she would have had to be the daughter of an as-yet unknown third sibling, or Luna (which would've been totally possible, except that it now doesn't appear to be the case--they didn't mention it once, and Luna didn't act like her mother at all...she even flew in towards the end and asked whether she'd missed anything. That would seem a bit more likely to happen at her niece's wedding than her own daughter's, right?)

Now, I guess I'm assuming that it is similar to the Prince Blueblood situation--a more distant relation, though probably closer than he is to the two royal sisters, and yet still referred to as "niece" or "nephew." I seriously doubt that Fleur de Lis is related to them. Sure, she has the uncommon "princess-like" body type, but even if she were a relative, she'd probably be distant...more so than Blueblood. Otherwise, Rarity would have surely recognized her.