



First, Celestia isn't that stupid, that blind, or that weak.

Chrysalis is that good an actress, was able to ad-lip through any OOCs that even Twilight even when she suspected something, never once thought 'impostor' and was even able to play an attempt to expose her to her advantage, and Shining Armor's true love to Cadence was indeed stolen and sucked up by Chrysalis DID power up Chrysalis that much.





So please stop downgrading Chrysalis just to make Celestia look incompetent.





Second, Celestia is NOT responsible for Luna becoming Nightmare Moon. That was Luna's own choice to give into her jealously and anger (like all of us). Her sins are her own. Celestia was using six Elements when before she had only had to qualify for part of them (since it's implied she share their use with Luna before, who was now evil), so no wonder she wasn't able to use them at their true power to heal her sister.





If she had told Twilight the full nature of her plan, it would have resulted in Twilight Sparkle (as she was at the start of G4) treating it as a science project and any friendships she forged would have been artificial and IMHO resulted in the Elements not recognizing a friendship that was only genuine on one end, since for Twilight the friendships would have been just a means to an end.





With Discord, the Elements were now bound to Twilight and her friends, so Luna and Celestia facing Discord was no longer an option.





And please excuse me for going on a meta-level, but remember there is only so much you can show and explain in a half-hour cartoon, and the writers only have so long to edit before something needs to air, and changes from Hasbro can come at any moment, and that Celestia's role in the show, IMHO, is to serve to the idea that there ARE authority figures you can and should trust (like parents, teachers, etc) until proven otherwise, (this is purely my opinion and in no way canon or a final say, and just my point of view on the subject).





So please, to those out there, please stop trying to paint Celestia as the picture of incompetency.

This is just a personal MLP:FIM venting. Just me blowing off some steam. Feel free to not read if that sort of thing offends you. (No, I have not seen Equestria Girls or Season 3 yet).