Talk:Spike/@comment-174.29.234.26-20120319150621/@comment-222.127.223.69-20120319155350

Because Lauren Faust never wanted MLP FiM to go into romance like the older generations of MLP excluding G1. Notice how none of the characters have any romantic interest towards any other character.

As for Spike and Rarity, I guess they're the exception to the rule. The fans didn't even start that one. It was the show's writers that ship-teased them from the start and they're still doing it.