I genuinly HATE this comic strip. Shining Armour is treated badly in she show but this shows that he is incapable of reaching anywhere on his own. And further than that, Twilight goes to CELESTIA who SHOULD atleast have way more important stuff to worry about as she governs the entire Equestria. He havnt earned this, he was GIVEN this without any more reason than Twilight thought "hey thats my brother, I want him to have it better!", granted its a kind gesture but this is just abuse of power on twilight/celestias part. Honestly its just as bad as the Swedish goverment forcing women into top positions due to them beeing women rather than having the most competence! If shining had been harbouring enough potential, willpower and dedication he would most likely have been promoted on his own, showing a great work morall, instead he is just treated as if he cant do anything on his own