OK, so I've had this thought buzzing around in my brain for a couple years now and I finally decided to put it to paper...or blog post, as the case may be.

Twilight Sparkle should never have been a princess.

I'm not saying she shouldn't have been an Alicorn. I love Alicorn Twilight. But becoming royalty was possibly the single worst thing that could have happened to Twilight not just from a story standpoint, but from the standpoint of Twilight Sparkle as a pony. Allow me to explain.

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