Talk:Rarity/@comment-222.127.86.128-20111222105448

Rarity's cutie mark, magic and skills are in tune with manipulating gemstones. Spike is a gemstone digging/eating dragon that is also knowledgeable when it comes to very rare gems like how he aged his fire ruby.

Out of all the six main ponies, Rarity became the bearer of the element of generosity. Then later it was introduced that dragons like Spike have hoarding instincts and greed makes them transform into their natural giant forms. Its like a beauty and the beast angle.

Are all these just coincidences or did the developers plan these things out from the very start? Spike's crush was established from the very first episode, after all.