Talk:Spike/@comment-28661201-20160602073138/@comment-24245960-20160603132404

Since we know as canon that Spike has been with Twilight since she hatched him from his egg and she was likely the first face he saw, I think it would be more accurate to say Twilight is his surrogate mother. (If my memory is correct, this is called imprinting.) That explains a lot about why he is so out of touch with his dragon heritage and other dragons tease him about acting like a pony. It also explains why he and Twilight are so inseparable. He has been raised by this pony his entire life.