Talk:Fancy Pants/@comment-24.59.10.101-20130116012235/@comment-92.15.142.98-20130406215514

First to deal with the age difference, this on the surface is a concern, but it is really a non-issue. First, the ponies are never given an exact age, the mane six could feasibly be as young as 18 to as old as 25, or perhaps even older. Spike is perhaps the loosest and most ambiguous of them all, he is younger than the mane six, that is for sure, but I don’t see him as young as the CMC, as some fans have. In all reality, he is probably the equivalent of a boy in his early to mid teens. I admit, this does raise a flag, however this can be easily solved. For we are shown in “Secret Of My Excess” that dragons do not grow accordingly with age. They could have spike develop to a point were he was in “Secret of My Excess” so that he is physically mature yet still keeps his mind intact. In fact, this would be a great conclusion, as another conflict as we have seen over the course of the series is Spike’s search for an identity and how can balance his “who” with his “what”. Some people will still object and say “but even then, Rarity is still too old for him!” Is this actually true? If they are both mentally capable of giving consent, does it matter? I suppose that no matter how you spin it, the concept of an older women and younger man frightens and offends a lot of people. All I can say is screw them, if being a Brony means to “love and tolerate”, than one ought to be able to tolerate age disparity in romantic relationships.