Talk:Big McIntosh/@comment-818549-20150310144255/@comment-10390252-20150310145532

In Mac's case, it seems that he was deliberately flanderised after his first proper appearance in Applebuck Season; it's something that the writing team has only started moving away from in season 4.

In Spike's case, it appears to be more of a case that the writing staff don't know how to write him properly or what do do with him. He's like Applejack in that respect.