Talk:Sludge/@comment-34460132-20181125110558/@comment-29981995-20181207100431

I think it would be rather fitting if it turned out the Scale Collectors were real, and Sludge ended up getting captured by them after his departure from Ponyville. Then Spike finds himself in the dilemma of saving him, because no one else will. Ultimately Spike chooses to rise above his hurt feelings and save Sludge because that's what a good dragon should do. Sludge, on the other hand, gets a humble pie in the face over having his own lies come true and then being saved by the very individual he lied to, and coming to realize he's been a sorry excuse for a dragon.

And, hey, if it turned out the Scale Collectors actually had Spike's real parents in prison this whole time and he manages to save them in the process, I wouldn't complain.