Talk:My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (comics)/@comment-39245100-20190424090609/@comment-39245100-20190425074043

Missing from one Season is still better than the comics where he's basically not appeared for 8 years. Also although Cadance appears a bit more than him in the show it isn't that much more, she only has about 2 episodes where she does more than cameo that he's not in. But in the comics she often gets roped into adventures and plotlines and he doesn't even get mentioned.

Don't get me wrong I get those reasons you give but...like the show still does find some use for him? And when he appears they do at least acknowledge him and Cadance's relationship (You mention BGE and its got like the sweetest little interaction I think Shining and her have ever had in it). But in the comics...heck it feels like Shining gets actively excluded from her life and isn't even that important to her. He just sort gets handwaved aside and barely even gets to have scenes with her. Makes it feel like the comics think their relationship isn't even very strong.