6820943 OOC? Yeah, kinda had to make my peace with my usual standards to get anywhere. I'd get nowhere fast if I decided to hold myself to my usual rules. Downvotes tell me that I probably should've stuck to them.

6820963 Depends. Psychology is a fickle mistress and so are the workings of the mind. Maybe Cadence just wanted to actually be able to raise a loving family and not just be some ruler of a nation? You may never know.

And I had no idea the Shadowbolts were real til now. I'd also have imagined the cape was stained as well but... Meh, details at this point in time for me to think involving 'Who has sex on with just their cape and since ponies don't really wear clothes so...' And so on.

Actually sounds very interesting