Talk:Gauntlet of Fire/@comment-1031724-20160318001812/@comment-27162776-20160324012850

Princess Spike is one big slap in the face to all those who wanyed more character development. There is somethinf to be said about needing experience to have excellence but that's another story. For all the hope I had neither Spike nor Twilight or Cadence or the delegates seem to learn much from this situation dispite that fact that one would assume that by now everypony would have the proper placement and mindset for their job. Cadence's attempt to give Spike more chances to earn respect and mature into a more capable (uh, can't think of word for Spike's specific life position) aren't timed well once again and give him a job that gives him to much power, effecting his greedy side. Spike's instincts + Power = chaos, while the person that put you in charge (Cadence) gets of scott free. when you doing your job that was given to you effects other people your some in the wrong? And yet Twilight is shocked that she worked herself into a cioma again and wakes up to see the Spike's greedy sife dtarted troouble and yet none of the other princess seem to take the fualt that their poor planning and decision making caused trouble a say that spike owes everypony an apology when really the delegates weren't mature enough to handle their own problems and asked a teen to fix it. Sounds a lot like governments now a days.

Spike at Your Service, in my opinion, makes better improvement on character development by showing Applejack and Spike in a new and troublesome situation. Spike being the assistant is nothing new but that's glazing over his development. You have to remember that as a dragon spike has very little information on how he should act in a pony society. This is what makes him such an interesting character. He a kind of outcast character like discord and also that 'find my place in the world' character like the CMC. After the rvents of Dragon Quest Spike is still having a hard time finding his place in the pony world. It been seen that he doesn't act like a dragon and has a mindset very similare to that of a pony. but on the other hand spike is still stuck in a dragon body and therefore still has the same problems that come with it, fire breath, long life, short fuse, and a serious greed problem. His solution? the dragon code. true the noble dragon code is short lived but it serves its purpose and gives Spike to explore how his life could work in a new perspective.