Romantic love is more abstract than something Twilight Sparkle puts into practice. She knows of its power—but she's got bigger things to worry about.

The thing about love is that you don't get to choose how it happens. It's a control freak's nightmare. Twilight is the mother of all control freaks. She can handle herself, her impulses, her wants.

And yet, she still finds herself in a married stallion's bed. More than once.