The scene itself is fairly self-explanatory. Although it occurred to me as I was drawing this that Shining Armor proposing to Cadance is a bit peculiar; normally I think it would be expected for the princess to propose, as he is effectively asking to be made a prince here. But oh well. Details, details.As for the specific mode of proposal. I admit that the setting came before the idea of showing him proposing. I was initially going to have them playing chess, but that didn't leave much room for physical interaction between the two of them. If my initial aim had bee specifically drawing the proposal I might have been tempted to go for a more extravagant scene, or at least some variation of the standard down-on-one-knee pose.But in all honesty I prefer it like this. I don't want to belittle other people's choices for proposing, but it always felt to me that making a spectacle of it just put undue pressure on the other side. If you're both ready to marry then that shouldn't matter of course, but I still prefer the idea of doing so in a simple, quiet and relaxed setting like this. If I ever get round to having a girlfriend to propose to, I'd probably want to do so like this.See also: Rainbow Dash marks by