How so?

Fun fact contrary to what the Spike defense force will tell you the mane 6 abuse Fluttershy more then they abuse Spike mostly in season 1

@Phoenixflambe
Pretty sure he is able to do all the good stuff without anyone “supervising” him.

It seems the writers (usually) choke up when writing him as the focus(or is screwing with him on purpose)

@Daneasaur
Basically he needs to be supervised.

@MildMonster1234
Spike centered episode: Literally can’t cook and destroys a kitchen and is generally a buffoon.

Spike as a side note in an episode: Cooks, cleans, maintains an entire castle, casually befriends Discord, trains in Starlight, has connections to Fancy Pants and canterlot elite and asks for little to nothing in return.

Truly a painful paradox.

@Daneasaur
Spike when he’s a main character being a different character then when he’s partnered with say Twilight in an episode is something I do actually have to agree with although even then they eventually figured him out thankfully.

@MildMonster1234
I feel Spike was MOSTLY done justice through G4 with a couple of stinker episodes and lack of followthrough on some high potential plot points. it’s just that the stinker episodes generally REALLY make him OOC or are incredibly unfair for no real reason other than to make a joke happen that really isn’t funny.

@MildMonster1234
Maybe it’s because he’s been that way since g1. So it’s very difficult to change that mindset

@usercookies
This, I always tell people that “spikeabuse” is an overexaggerated meme past the first couple season and that he got better as the show went on but it’s as if people have gaslit themselves into the whole “spike is a slave” mindset. People say Spike got it bad in season 4 but honestly I think it was worse in S1. You can also make an argument for “fluttershy abuse” since she gets it bad too but I dont see anyone making any “justice for shy” posts sadly

When I first saw Spike, I though he was more of a pre-teen dragon.

@usercookies
I like the way Spike was depicted in “The Crystal Empire”.

@Daneasaur
It’s different from season 1 as he was going through puberty, his mind was muddled and confused as he didn’t understand what was happening to his body. In his panicked state his brain drew up every worst case scenario which in turn caused more panic. It devolved into a cycle.

@usercookies
He was unsure about it and mostly only wanted to hide it from Rarity until Smolder locked him in the closet and basically told him everyone he knew and loved would disown him, which overcranked his paranoia.

… I could be mistaken, it’s been a bit since I saw the episode.

Again, it’s the same beats as Owls Well where he tries to get Owlowiscious blamed for killing a mouse because he feels he is going to be replaced by him, then when he’s scolded for his lie he thinks he IS disowned and replaced and he leaves.

In both instances, the truth is revealed in tandem with an action scene with a large dangerous foe (Green dragon and Rok respectively), before the calm afterwards explaining everything is fine.

@Daneasaur
I think you misread molt down. He was going through something very personal, puberty, and was understandably awkward and reluctant to talk about it like real kids are.

@usercookies
Breakup Breakdown: Yeah, forgot about that.

He was also great in Sparkle’s Seven, which was sad as that is technically the first time Twilight or Shining Armor ever realized that Spike was NOT a pet, but was more like a younger sibling to them.

Matter of Principals… Yeah, okay he was good in that.

Molt Down, I would argue, was not. It was a repeat of Owls Well that Ends Well (Spike has [problem] and instead of addressing it properly by asking his close friends for help/advice, jumps to conclusion and gets him and friends in danger from large dangerous creature), only it’s worse because he is pushed away from his friends by the half-truths told to him by Smolder as she got a kick out of watching Spike squirm and freak out as his life was “seemingly coming to an end.” Oh and it ends with an unfunny joke about how no one cares he has wings or what he went through.

Disagree. He was excellent in break up break down, molt down and a matter of principles in season 8.

Geez, that’s a bit much towards a character, isn’t it?

@usercookies
He was excellent in season 6 especially.

But once season 7’s Triple Threat aired, his friendship with Thorax and Ember ended and his accomplishments with the Changelings and Dragons meant nothing and his entire character took a violent tumble to season 1 and didn’t even have a glimmer of decency for him until Dragon Dropped, which was promptly forgotten once the episode ended.

This is only true for seasons 1-3 Spike. After that, aside from Princess Spike, he was great

Whats worse is Sparky is literally a baby(as in literally just hatched and not years ago).
Meaning he won’t be much of a proper character, just goo-goo gaga.

You can do it sparky, break the curse

he’s a baby so its baby jokes. like diaper changing trying to put the kid down. its gonna be like the babysitting ep where pinkie pie babysits the cake twins