There have been many fanfics that deal with what it must be like for Shining Armor: he’s supposed to be a defender, but he keeps utterly failing to protect the ponies he loves.
 
Kind of wish the show would do something like that. Heck, Transformers Animated had a pretty realistic depiction of PTSD and the horrors of war with Ratchet; why couldn’t they do something like that with Shining Armor?

the writers need to make Shining Armor better and give him and Cadence a push it’s worst then seeing WWE screwing up the storylines making Roman Reigns Strong and not even the great Wrestlers get a big push always with the Overrated ones same to one we all hate John Cena

If you’re a trained solder, I’d hate to see an untrained one.

@AnotherGoddamnAccount  
he’s a guard, not a soldier, guards are trained to defend, not to fight, he can take it, but he can’t dish it out

Sombra: Listen here, faggot. I am a tyrannic warlord and I kicked your ass when I was at my weakest. You are the Johnny Sasaki to my Solid Snake.

Trained Soldier and the only praiseworthy thing you did was take the hit for Spike.
 
YOU SUCK!

@Twilatron217  
Pretty much, yeah. I like Shining Armor but, the writers make him look like a joke. :/

@AnotherGoddamnAccount  
How Shining Armor sees himself  
 
How the fandom see him.  

@TheAntiCat  
Nobody’s taking anything seriously but you.

He’s a captain, he’s good at commanding.  
Typical soldier training is far in his past, if it ever was there in the first place.

Ahh, it’s fun watching all of you take this so seriously.
 
Please keep on providing me with more free entertainment.

Although i would like to break thy bones and rip thy flesh with no excuse or remorse if you will attempt to do your royal-shmoyal things to me, lofty newfound prince

oh please Cadence is more of a Badass then you Shining

@bAv_DB  
I was waiting for that!

@PonyPon  
Unfortunately not. Them pony sissies don’t know the definition of war. I’ve fought the Nazi’s in trenches, and killed fity of them.

What the fuck did you just fucking say about me, you little bitch? I’ll have you know I graduated top of my class in the Navy Seals, and I’ve been involved in numerous secret raids on Al-Quaeda, and I have over 300 confirmed kills. I am trained in gorilla warfare and I’m the top sniper in the entire US armed forces. You are nothing to me but just another target. I will wipe you the fuck out with precision the likes of which has never been seen before on this Earth, mark my fucking words. You think you can get away with saying that shit to me over the Internet? Think again, fucker. As we speak I am contacting my secret network of spies across the USA and your IP is being traced right now so you better prepare for the storm, maggot. The storm that wipes out the pathetic little thing you call your life. You’re fucking dead, kid. I can be anywhere, anytime, and I can kill you in over seven hundred ways, and that’s just with my bare hands. Not only am I extensively trained in unarmed combat, but I have access to the entire arsenal of the United States Marine Corps and I will use it to its full extent to wipe your miserable ass off the face of the continent, you little shit. If only you could have known what unholy retribution your little “clever” comment was about to bring down upon you, maybe you would have held your fucking tongue. But you couldn’t, you didn’t, and now you’re paying the price, you goddamn idiot. I will shit fury all over you and you will drown in it. You’re fucking dead, kiddo.

@DragonRanger  
Cadance kicks for more ass then him.

@Animegx43  
@AnotherGoddamnAccount  
Never said he was trained well.

Him being captain of the guard and a powerful unicorn would be impressive if he weren’t a secondary character. As is, he will never be allowed to shine and show what got him to his position. Hell, Cadance has had more badass moments than he has.

@AnotherGoddamnAccount  
@Animegx43
 
to be fair, chrsyalis was subterfuge, which isn’t really a soldier’s specialty.

@Twilatron217  
I killed 100 Tojo’s with just a fork.

@Kappe  
I killed fity Nazi’s.

@AnotherGoddamnAccount  
He is also trained in gorilla warfare, and has killed multiple individuals.

Daily reminder that Equestria’s military is a Gotdamn joke