// Honestly putting aside the obvious of, Oh it was a design choose. For a more "in-universe" reason on why Princess Cadence did not have a flowing mane and tail was because of age. I always felt like she wasn't quite as old as the sisters were. I mean again putting aside real-world reasoning. Look at Twilight, she ends up looking like Celestia when flashes forward in the series finale. Then again...IDK? Maybe it is tied to power? Twi looking that way because she became as powerful as the sisters. But ehh to me, the second reasoning kind of lessness Cadance's role in a way, By implying she's far less powerful despite also being a princess./