Talk:Princess Luna/@comment-10390252-20131214225753/@comment-5837525-20131214231028

For the first three seasons, this was definitely the case -- Twilight put Celestia on so high a pedestal that we as the viewers couldn't help but see her as impossibly perfect. Thus, when we're presented with a character so mentally and emotionally troubled as Luna, we have something more concrete to latch on to. (Her difficulty with social situations and sympathy certain helped matters.)

And therein lies the problem with Celestia: she's not as deeply explored a character as Luna. I think Princess Twilight Sparkle - Part 1 was when we got our first real glimpse at Celestia's inner turmoil. How differently she saw the Summer Sun Celebration from everypony else, her struggle with banishing her sister to the moon, her reaction to Discord messing with her -- these improved my opinions of Celestia far more than past seasons did because, contrary to how she appeared in those past seasons, she's not as perfect as we think she is.