@Background Pony #8C17  
Dude, you’re arguning against the show where Spike does just this.
 
I mean, feel free to go on about how your headcanon outweights what the show writers set, but it’s kinda…lame?

@Millennial Dan  
Indeed, the next page, she tries to kill Fluttershy. (Kinda overkill really.)

That dragon becomes a bigger jerk with every page!

@Background Pony #8C17  
Okay, well that kinda sounds like your headcannon. There isn’t much known about dragons in the FIM universe, so really any theory or interpretation is valid.

@rylasasin  
True, and if he’s unable to do so, I’ll do it for him, because he’s a bro and bros help bros.

@441TheSecond  
…. Then again, if Paarthurnax met this bitch, he’d kick her ass from High Hrothgar to Alinor and back.

@rylasasin  
And how about FUCKING NO? Paarthurnax did FAR more for me in 20 minutes than they did in 5 hours, at least he doesn’t treat me like his fucking slave, ordering me to do shit that only benefits himself, and he scores brownie points with me for being leader of the Brobeards and working so hard to keep his evil nature in check. Delphine and Esbern can take a flying leap for all I care.

@lumpfish  
Are you talking about the “all dragons are jerks” vibe?
 
Though, that episode does show dragons don’t just grow by greed, as the teenager dragons seemed different.

This. This is why you should listen to Delphine and Esbern when they tell you to kill Paarthurnax.

@Background Pony #8C17
 
You should read ‘It Takes a Village’.

God, what a bitch.

I see these comics as incredibly naive. I see Spike’s entire predicament and a lot of the fandom’s headcanons on it naive as well.
 
These are creatures that take 100 year naps. They probably live for thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, if not completely immortal, numbers of years. You’re never going to fit into a society outliving them all. What do you think’s going to happen, you’ll make friends with you dead friend’s children? And their children? And their children? No.
 
One day something would happen. Thousands of years could past, but something will happen. Maybe it’s the dragon’s fault, maybe not, but they will be turned on and driven away by a society that never quite accepted them in the first place, and hundreds of year’s worth of work will crumble in a day.
 
It’s not worth it. I see Fluttershy as the same type of people that think they can cage up a lion and keep it in their backyard.
 
And all of this is said assuming that dragons follow this author’s headcanon of growth greed. For all we know it might be just some nature technique to keep baby dragons from getting eaten by the smallest wildlife. Spike has been shown to grow naturally, and when he grows to full size, you can bet your ass he won’t be staying with those ponies for long.
 
You don’t set up shack next to an anthill and expect to be their family, do you?

This would be a wonderful moment for Discord to pop in Kramer’s style

@Spiritus Arcane  
Spike hasn’t been around because the early pages of the chapter heavily imply that this is taking place the exact same time Dragon Quest was happening.

You know, all throughout this arc I’ve been wondering ‘where the heck’s Spike?’ but now I’m glad he hasn’t shown up, because Miss ‘Do what I say or BBQ,’ would probably try to take him too just to be an even bigger dick.

Ugh. This comic basically takes everything I hated from Dragon Quest and tries to shove it down my throat even harder than that episode did.
 
And that’s REALLY shoving.

Power is a shield for the meek.