Talk:Spike at Your Service/@comment-5861883-20121231231353/@comment-68.46.218.162-20130103063521

I'm glad you pointed out Mare Do-Well... It is written by the same hack writer that did this episode... I often criticize that Merriwether Williams doesn't stay consistent with the rest of the universe and flanderizes the hell out of 90% of the reoccuring characters in her episodes, but at least she had consistency within her own little construed universe.... I can't even give her that credit anymore. In Dragon Quest, Spike goes off on a journey of self discovery as he seeks out his roots in the Great Dragon Migration. Through the course of the episode he realizes that while he is a dragon physically, he is nothing like the rest of his species and decides to identify himself as a pony instead of a dragon. While I disliked the way he seemed so sure to cast off that part of his identity, I accepted that decision as a decision of Spike the character, not Spike: Merriwether's puppet. However Merriwether decides that he still considers himself as a dragon, so much so that he has to defend his "Dragon Honor." It's baffling to wonder why it should be important to him when he no longer has contact with his species, especially when honor is a cultural idea that ONLY has bearing as decided by your social group. Which according to Dragon Quest, does not include other dragons. Besides after all this time you'd think he'd have a grasp on the idea that friends do things just because they're friends.... Oh wait he does, and it's an important plot point of Lesson Zero. Another question is why didn't "Dragon Honor" occur to him during Owl's Well That Ends Well? I suppose the rant could continue there, but that would just be redundant.