Talk:Gauntlet of Fire/@comment-27988120-20160316045309/@comment-27161581-20160316122844


 * "Spike as a strong side character" Perhaps in his dreams. The character is comic relief with a few moments of cleverness.


 * "This not only furthers the idea of one race lording over others" Much more could be said about the Diamond Dogs, here than about Spike. He wouldn't be in with royalty otherwise. I would also like to point out that the government is a diarchy. One race is supposed to lord over another. Due to the lack of dragons present, and of other sentient species there is no reason to have it any other way.


 * "but its also cuts off the much needed connection to the other moving forces of the story such as the CMC, Luna, Big Mac, and Discord" Those connections will be there, whether or not Spike is. He isn't doing anything special to hold them together.

I agree with Bluseymoe to a large degree. Spike is handled with a heavy hand in these episodes, and the episodes that focus on Spike weren't well received due to it. Giving Spike a little more wit and a little more snark would go miles toward giving him more visibility without spending absurd amounts of time on his character. Many of the Spike is a hero episodes feel forced since he breaks his character that has been defined by the entire rest of the show.