Talk:Spike/@comment-68.160.246.12-20120414173308/@comment-68.160.246.12-20120414221000

^ Spike is canonically Twilight's #1 assistant, but I find her taking advantage of him much worse than Rarity or Rainbow Dash, because technically Twilight's the only family Spike has ever had. She hatched him, and was given guardianship over him, thus making her the only family in his life so far. And he doesn't get paid, but he helps out willingly, as shown in Owl's Well That Ends Well, and will do nothing less. Which makes him helping the others much more touching. He's willing to do it for free, just to know that he has made himself useful.

What bugs me the most about RD is that yeah, she always picks on her friends, and never once have I seen anyone tell her to stop. Whenever spike says something cynical, someone always gives him a dirty look. What's that about?

As for Rarity, I have a feeling that karma will catch up to her, and either she'll find out about how badly she treated spike, or someone will remind her of how she treated him. And let me tell you, I kinda want to see some tears shed. Also, she has in fact gotten better this season, being less hostile to him. I mean, just watch how she acts to spike in season 1, compared to season 2 after the secret of my Excess, and you'll see, that maybe overtime she learned to not use others.