Talk:Dragon Quest/@comment-97.121.117.195-20120317211030/@comment-75.132.29.26-20120318003317

I would not say a resentment towards his own kind, just a renewed faith in keeping true to his own principles. In other words, he no longer feels inadequate for not being like other dragons, but took pride in the things he learned from ponies, like being kind and true.

I think the whole jerk thing was put in place to be an analogy to how real kids can often get in with the wrong crowd. But if it bothers you, then you could always make the argument that the teenage dragons were just acting like teens, which would imply that other dragons don't act like that.

I don't think they were surprised, they just used it as an excuse to make fun of spike. Kinda like how a kid with glasses gets picked on b/c he is different. Perhaps the wings don't develop until dragons start hitting puberty?

I think the spike/rarity relationship in this ep. is at a casual bf/gf stage. Spike is not as lovestruck and Rarity is more open about her affection. I think this ep. makes the sparity ship cannon now.