Well, she is not a character that is totally useless for me; it actually shows us a little, even a little evolution in Shining's and Cadance's life: they went from young married ponies to parents. It may not seem much, but it IS an evolution, as meaningless it may look for some. And the character itself is just a chubby baby cute filly; I can't understand why people actually seem to hate her... because she is an alicorn? Sheesh, calm down...