What exactly is Cadance' Princess role?

[Thrond 3,263]

18 hours ago, Veil said:

So think of it like this. To understand Cadence we must first understand what "love" is.

"Love" is a form of energy and/or magic that seems to be conjurable by certain entities in the world of ponies. Not too much is explained about what "love" is, but with some guessing it's mostly just an energy that is created by other ponies then is transferred and stored within a rock called the Crystal Heart. The energy is then somehow processed within this artifact to create a barrier around the Crystal Empire that wards off entities that don't possess "love" energy. Every pony seems to produce a small amount of this energy when they feel more upbeat. Another way to better explain this is how when we humans breathe oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide, plants then absorb the carbon dioxide and produce more oxygen. So let's think of this "love" energy more like that. Crystal ponies make this "love" energy which is absorbed into the Crystal Heart then it is dispensed into a "barrier" energy which I believe the crystal ponies also absorb into themselves by becoming crystal like then dispensing that energy which is of course "love" energy and so on and so forth.

So what does all this have to do with Cadence? Her magic and alicorn powers seem to be able to react to and make use of the "love" energy in some way. This can seem more complicated than one would think, but it is actually much more simple than that. She's not able to create more "love" energy, just simply manipulate it when it's around her. There might also be some sort of link between Cadence and the Crystal Heart artifice as she and Shining Armor were able to explode the changelings out of Canterlot in a similar manner to how King Sombra exploded in the Crystal Empire. So to better explain this, Cadence seems to simply be a living version of the Crystal Heart artifact. Being that she can store the "love" energy into her horn and then unleash it as a powerful attack against those that are evil or made of a form of evil or dark energy if you will.

In conclusion, Cadence is not "love" as much as she is able to take energy which is known as love and use it to dispense evil entities from their world. Also, that love is just a source of energy or "power" used to fuel certain weapons which are used to defend Equestria.

That makes sense. It fits how we've seen friendship form a unique sort of magic, and I wouldn't mind seeing more of this love magic in action, especially because Cadance is one of my favourite characters. More Cadance is always appreciated. 

 

[FizzyGreen 909]

19 hours ago, Veil said:

So to better explain this, Cadence seems to simply be a living version of the Crystal Heart artifact. Being that she can store the "love" energy into her horn and then unleash it as a powerful attack against those that are evil or made of a form of evil or dark energy if you will.

I mean she WAS able to uphold the very same shield the Crystal Heart is able to uphold, while it was gone.

 

Yeah, i like your theory. Even the way you think.

I had an idea before, that it is a kind of radiation, while thinking about and trying to explain how changelings can use it as an energy source.