Sorry for not replying before, I wasn't certain I had something to add until now.

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I would agree and disagree, and let me explain why. Princess Celestia is a pony like anyone else, who feels, who cries, who has interests and hobbies, who wishes for friendship and companionship, who wishes to be loved and liked. One who wishes not to be worship or bowed to, or treated as unapproachable.



Yet she is also more then that, in that the princess is over a millennia old. She had to suffer alone the guilt and sorrow of losing her sister, more having to banish Nightmare Moon and in such imprison her own sister to save her subjects and nation.



One thousand years of wearing a mask of strength, wisdom, calm, warmth, and cheer. One thousand years of smiling, laughing, directing, guiding, and teaching her little ponies without showing hesitation, pain, or sorrow. She is, a less dramatic and more positive case of, the Mare Wearing a Queenly Mask* who must play the role of High Queen* to Equestria... offering the presence and image of being perfect and without weakness so as to give her subjects hope and peace of mind. (*TV Tropes terms, look them up)



Princess Celestia is no different then anyone in Ponyville... yet she also not quite unlike anyone in Ponyville. I feel this quote works fairly well when applied to the princess: " So she has to make them follow her through cunning and the force of her personality, adhering to protocol and making it work for her. She has to dress perfectly, speak perfectly, be perfectly calm, never falter, never show "weakness". She has to think of and counter every possible intrigue and strategy."