Talk:Princess Spike/@comment-26410757-20150605064058/@comment-26410757-20150607034410

OK, I will admit in Crystal Empire he got to be the hero and in Crystal Empire despite being foolish at many points he did save the day. Still don't understand why you saw Celestia and Luna flying towards the ice cloud and then they just disappear. I doubt their magic was "disabled" but who knows.

But Spike appears in the majority of episodes and has been the focus of about half a dozen, and in almost all cases he comes off as obnoxious, whiny, dimwitted, or is just plain comic releif. I just feel sorry that he seems to be written to be more like Twilights court jester than the loyal, hardworking, and courageous character that we gets periodic hints he can be. I guess MLP can't have a strong male character in it since it is a girls cartoon. But I feel Spike far more represents loyalty than Rainbow and his character has so much promise. So we get another episode where Spike creates a problem and it is up to the Mane 6 to bring him to senses.