@Sgtnolisten  

 
I have been burned before and it kind of makes me cautious. But I’m not going to lie, shipping can be fun to discuss about sometimes. I usually just prefer talking about it to close friends though considering things are usually rather chill when we talk with one another. But I guess talking about it with other people has its merits too.
 
@Sgtnolisten  

 
That’s what I think too for the most part. I’m not too picky with ships but I do have a few strong favorites here and there.
 
As for the ones I dislike, I just let things be and try my best to not bother fans who like the stuff I dislike. There’s really no need to anyways. Let them have their fun, y’know?
 
@Hollowfox the Stallion  
Josh Haber? The Fox Brothers? Who are those people?
 
As for the staff liking Rarijack, I’m with the BP on this one, just because the show staff pairs up the two characters in certain situations (or even ships them), doesn’t mean it’s going to be a canon ship.
 
I’m going to be honest with you. I don’t think any of the canon main characters is going to be in a longlasting “be all, end all” ship anyways, at least when it comes to their pony (and dragon) counterparts. Compared to Equestria Girls, Friendship is Magic’s target audience is younger. Also the show focuses more on platonic love between friends, not romantic love (it’s right there in the title). Pairing up the main characters romantically with someone could even potentionally drastically change up the fun character dynamics they have now. And while Lauren Faust doesn’t work on the show anymore, I kind of liked how one of her “rules” was to not have the show focus on romance (especially since there’s so many shows aimed at girls that have romance as one of their main focuses). I don’t hate romance by any means, but it’s just nice to see something different.
 
@Hollowfox the Stallion  
I’m sorry you had to put up with that. But I feel the need to say that a loud vocal minority of fanbrats don’t speak for the entire fanbase. I’d like to think that a majority of fans (of anything really) are the silent majority. (I could be naive and wrong, but I’d rather think that a lot of people just want to enjoy the things they like in peace.)

@mjangelvortex  

 
Also, Hate to bring a different show that nobody cares about, bit tell that to the Total Drama fanboys who hate Courtney because they ship Duncan x Gwen.

@Background Pony #932D  
Same goes for every ship unless it is something like Miraculous Ladybug or Sailor Moon.

@Hollowfox the Stallion  
Just because the writers pair Rarijack in some situations doesn’t mean they ship them.

@mjangelvortex  
Sparity being popular does not stop the writers of the show from shipping Rarijack, not even Josh Haber or the Fox brothers, but glad to hear that I am not the only one.
 
Besides, neither Ember or Sweetie Belle are voiced by Tabitha St. Germain but at least they might be as pretty as Rarity. Just saying.

@mjangelvortex  
“Threads like this one are why I’m afraid to open up and talk about the ships I like.”
 
Come now! You grow strong from the flames of the thin skinned and those who deny the REAL OTPness of your ship!
 
Truthfully, I myself believe any ship is a good ship, with some standing out as favorites. It’s just all in how you sell it.

@Background Pony #5655  
Objection! The best light is Tempestlight.

 
_{^{(Threads like this one are why I’m afraid to open up and talk about the ships I like.)}}
 
@Gian Song Yim  
It’s not relevant at all. Just because a person likes a Rarity ship that doesn’t have Spike in it, doesn’t mean the person in question hates Spike. I haven’t the faintest clue how someone could jump to that conclusion.
 
@Hollowfox the Stallion  
Sparity has 4,855 images on this booru to date with one of the highest voted safe for work pictures of it getting pretty close to 1,000 votes on them. It even has a little subtag named Spike Gets All the Rarities.
 
It’s one of the most, if not the most, popular het ships for Rarity. (And this is just talking about people that are on this booru. There’s probably fans and fanart of the ship not on Derpibooru as well to consider). So you’re far from being the only Sparity fan. So there’s no need to feel bad about liking it (even if the ship wasn’t popluar, there’s still no reason to feel bad about liking it).
 
Compare that to Raritypants (another somewhat popular het ship for Rarity). It has only 170 images here with one of the top safe for work pictures of it at around close to 90 votes.
 
Some people like ships that are barely lucky enough to make triple digits (or even double digits) in terms of images here.
 
@Hollowfox the Stallion  
I’m not mad but I have a question for you. Do you think think that Spike can only be happy if he’s paired with Rarity? Shipping aside, I think he comes off as pretty happy already. He has a supportive group of friends (some of which, like Twilight, practically treat him like family).
 
If Rarity were to pair up with someone else, sure it would be sad for Spike at first, but he can learn to move on and be happy still. This is coming from a person who did fall in love with one of her friends, but said friend went to date someone else, so I’m kind of speaking from experiences here. In fact, that happened to me multiple times. It does hurt at first, but as long as they’re happy, I’m happy. It’s a cliche saying but “there’s other fish in the sea” has some merit to it.
 
Her pairing up with someone else isn’t stopping him from being good platonic friends with her nor is it stopping him from being happy (whether Spike chooses to get into a relationship with someone else too or not).

Because Sunlight is the best light.

@toasted_dashie  

 
glimmer fans are worst fans.
 
FIXED

@Gian Song Yim  
Well… Whenever people ship Rarity with somepony else (whether it be Applejack, Capper or Fancy Pants), Spike would be sad and he would yell “NOOOOOOOOOOOO” and nobody would care since he is a little dragon.
 
At least that’s how I think. I just want him to be happy.
 
I apologize if I made anyone mad just because of this.

@Hollowfox the Stallion  
Even so, how does me shipping Rarijack automatically mean I hate Spike?

@Gian Song Yim  
If I say that Spike loves Rarity so much, people will lose their minds (depending on age and stuff). Seriously. Also, who do you ship him with?
 
@ChuymaruZ  
Please don’t start.
 
Sheesh, It seems like I am the only one who ships Sparity.

@Hollowfox the Stallion  
Nope, how is that even relevant to my comment?

@Hollowfox the Stallion  

@Gian Song Yim  
Do you hate Spike?

Nah, AJ you are better suited with Rarity.  
@BackgroundLoL  

 
 
@EotD  

 
 
@EotD  

 
Captioned (Edited) but seems genuine.  
 
 
 
 

To be fair, Twidash is quite popular.

Sunset: Then let’s just all be girlfriends.

@Thanotos Omega  
I have to agree.

@Hollowfox the Stallion  
People like that who doesn’t appreciate her bravery just irks me….

@ChuymaruZ  
Well, sadly people disagree because of her character development of becoming a scaredy cat to a brave yet still kind mare.

@Hollowfox the Stallion  
Plus, he’s older than Fluttershy!

@Hollowfox the Stallion  
I hate fluttercord is toxic and freaking creepy… not only because he looks like an old man also because he is the representation of all the fluttershy fanboys… seriously, he really is obsessed with her…