I mostly dislike it because it just serves as another example of Twilight being elevated above the other characters in the show in focus and importance. I don't really feel that adds to the show in any way, and I find it really grating for some reason.

I mostly dislike it because it just serves as another example of Twilight being elevated above the other characters in the show in focus and importance. I don't really feel that adds to the show in any way, and I find it really grating for some reason.

Which is why she's had less of a role in 7 or 8 episodes of this season.

...oh.

Which is why she's had less of a role in 7 or 8 episodes of this season.

 

...oh.

Which I very much appreciate, however I still expect her to take center stage during the major storyline they're building up to.

The writers took a huge risk and made a huge change toTwilight, supposedly to allow for more character development.

Heh, I'd say the real reason behind that is because Hasbro wanted to make some cash.  Alicorn Princess as a main character?  Which little girl wouldn't want to buy that toy?

But, for relevancy's sake, I think you're right on the fact that they haven't spent as much time for a Princess Twilight development.  When they do, it's usually a painfully cheap and dirty exploit like in the newest episode.  Cadence greets Twilight and has some sort of mixup with the titles like "Oh well you're a princess too now I guess hehehe Oh you don't have to greet me like that now that you're a princess too hehehe." Or consider how Discord's reasoning for wanting Twi's friendship or whatever is because she's a 'princess' and everything is all relevant to her and such.

There's a lot of things the writers could explore with the princess concept.  The problem is that they don't wanna.