Talk:Spike/@comment-68.160.246.12-20120414173308/@comment-68.160.246.12-20120414201854

^I think most of the ponies are guilty of taking advantage of Spike. Twilight is at fault, just as much as Rarity. It may even be worse, because Twilight is more like family to him than just an employer. She's also like a big sis to him, which makes more upsetting to her make him do chores in episode like Swarm of the Century, or Read it and Weep where all he did was work, and nobody, not even Twilight thanked him. Rainbow Dash also treats Spike like a secretary. Read it and Weep, all she asked him was whether we got what she wants to send to princess Celestia written (she didn't even say hi), and Dragon Quest when he was willingly serving them food, and all she did was insult him. If anything she's the worst.

Rarity has gotten a lot nicer this season, and while her attempts at hiding whether she wanted the fire ruby or not were feeble, she at least thanked him, and showed her appreciation for what he did, a big step from her using Spike as a pin cushion and not thanking him. Also, that act of generosity saved him from becoming a monster. And as for Dragon Quest, I never saw her baby talk as treating Spike as a pet, I saw it more her being innocently insensitive. She was admiring his natural cuteness, and like I said before, she was simply oblivious to how this really made him feel. And she also stood up for him after Rainbow Dash picked on him. So while I agree, her treatment of spike is what makes me dislike her, she's gotten better.

Applejack and Fluttershy barely intereact with him, which makes me sad. It makes them look like they never cared for him in the first place, and makes them look like jerks, which they're not. But I don't blame the characters, that's the writers fault. Anyway, what I said, just proves that the ponies are innocently insensitive, meaning they're being these jerks to Spike, but they have no idea what they're doing is hurting his feelings. It's up to him, whether or not he wants this to continue. Either he deals with his "family" bossing him around and never caring about him, or he tell them all off, and let them know how he feels, possibly ending their friendship forever.