stevetwisp:

i never liked cadence’s design all that much, too much pink… i mean, i like pink!! but there is a lot of pink in mlp already and i find that with episodes where cadence is in ponyville (like one? like one episode? probably bc they saw this problem) she tends to blend into all the pinkness

the only times she really stands out is in the crystal empire and there is just nOT ENOUGH episodes that take place there 

so while playing around with what colours i would make her i came to the conclusion that i actually didn’t really like celestia’s colour palette either
i love princess luna’s design, it just says so much about her and her role in the kingdom and i wish celestia’s design reflected that too
so i ended up sort of flipping their palettes and then making celestia’s a lot warmer to really sell that sunny look, i also made her just a unicorn because i think it would be cooler to have the three princesses be a unicorn (celestia), a pegasus (luna) and an earth pony (cadence)
i think that not only will white will help cadence stand out with the princesses, but the blue and soft purple is gentle and soothing and i think that’s important for a princess of love

in my imaginary reboot i want to keep these three princesses the guardians of equestria, and i want to put cadence in there from the very beginning
they’re referred to as “princesses” but they don’t really make the rules, they just simply have talents that line up with rather large or vague concepts like

the sun, the moon and, love

(i like to imagine there are lots of ponies who have these talents (like star mapping or… tree planting) and ponies will travel to them for help- or they will travel around to spread their teachings)

it’s like 
celestia uses the magic in her horn to give her strength to lift the sun,
luna has wings so she may fly through your dreams and check on you, and
cadence was born with the biggest heart in all of equestria!!! 

now making her white and blue could pose a problem with the crystal empire, but that’s A-OK bc i would redesign the crystal kingdom anyway, i like to imagine it like underground and maybe kinda dingy? 

the mane 6 meet cadence and she’s so gentle and sweet and nice and they imagine she lives in this amazing crystal castle and then when they meet real crystal ponies they’re all basically like fantasy dwarves? who dig for gems and have crazy labyrinths, theyre basically a lil twist on twinkle eye ponies?
so cadence being white would actually make her stand out from her surroundings

i allllsssoooo … like the idea of making her a boy? i just want a lil spin on the idea of a ‘princess of love’ 
so cadence holds the title of princess, but is still a boy. he still looks the way he does and he’s still referred to as a boy in all senses but the title “princess” 
i really liked when the show did this for spike, making him princess spike! and that not being like a dumb joke because princess is literally the ruling title 
and i also think it would be beneficial to have more androgynous and (more) diverse boy characters on the show