User blog comment:Guildmaster Grovyle/JLE Role Play, Winter 2015-2016/@comment-7345250-20160226204436

Mare Do Well: "An absence of supreme power, a system to prevent a power vacuum, a safeguard against nepotism... Those are all good and decent thoughts, but I'll be the first to admit the title represents none of those things."


 * She looks up at the old portrait.

Mare Do Well: "What happened was this: a pony named Star Swirl approached my sister and me one day to ask that we be the monarchs of a new nation, wherein all three of the common races would live together in peace. This pony wanted us to be Queen Celestia and Queen Luna—rulers of ponykind. As a matter of fact, my sister was sold on the title right away, and I don't think the dream of being queen truly left her until she saw the consequences of her bid to claim that very power."


 * She looks down again.

Mare Do Well: "No, I was the difficult one. I did not want any power over other ponies, so I proposed that we step in as Protector Celestia and Protector Luna—guardians of ponykind. Star Swirl did not like that idea quite as much. We debated for a time."


 * The former ruler of Equestria spreads her wings wide.

Mare Do Well: "That debate is how the title of princess came to be. It was our compromise."