@reversalmushroom  
Well said, mate!

@Background Pony #ABE6  
Cadence did way more to get the heart than Spike did. All he did was run 20 feet onto a ledge. She flew all the way over there, got him and the heart, and brought and put it where it needed to go. Spike is nothing compared to that and doesn’t deserve the “hero of the Crystal Empire” title. Cadence does, and it would’ve given her some much-needed development since she’s the least popular princess by far with the least depth.

@Background Pony #ABE6  
You saw how Twilight figured out where the heart was, found the hidden passage to it, made her way up to the top in lights speed with her up-side-down magic… and Twilight passing the burden to Spike was her OWN idea. As Spike was delivering the heart, he clumsy fell, and Shining Armor saves him AND the heart.

@Background Pony #EE2E  
That’s not what happens at all in the Crystal empire. Twilight passed the burden of securing the heart on to spike because she knew she was trapped. That you focus on spike supposedly getting al the praise instead of the fact that Twilight made an important SACRIFICE, which was the whole point of the episode, that she couldn’t do everything alone… only shows that you did not understand the point of that decision because of an irrational bias against spike.

After Spike being tortured and used as a punching bag, the fans wanted to give him a “new” character development by begging the writers to do so because they couldn’t stand any of that.
 
Spike got all credit for no reason in “The Crystal Empire” despite all the hard work and roles the other characters had played. Like Twilight, she did most of it.
 
In “Gauntlet of Fire,” I was wondering where Garble’s hatred of ponies came from and why anyone would invade an entire land to get something more comfortable to sleep on instead of rocks. And dragons aren’t able to use magic, so they are without a doubt weak and harmless enough.

Yes, your so great Spike. Let’s just ignore the fact the every one of your episodes has you falling flat on your face.

@Background Pony #18B3  
Smoulder hasn’t got shit on 9 seasons of development, even if spike has been used poorly lmao

Nope that’s Smolder, you apron wearing idiot.

#Love4Spike

@Spike Number 1 Assistant  
There’s a difference between a cameo character with nothing to them and a character who’s written annoyingly. Not that I agree that Spike is overall annoying, but I will concede certain episodes.

@detction
 
“…or people just didn’t like a poorly written character.”
 
The only thing i have to disagree with on this is how fickle fans can be. People would define spike this way, but yet flock to Derpy, who does nothing and adds nothing, but people like her for being a meme.

@detction  
How is he poorly written aside from S@YS, Princess Spike, and Triple Threat? That’s only a small percentage of his episodes.

@Background Pony #DDF1  
hi, titanimal

@Background Pony #DDF1  
…or people just didn’t like a poorly written character.

@Background Pony #DDF1  
wow, I didn’t knew that sounds ridiculous those people where. I mean it just a show that everybody wants to enjoy  
And, those analyst say spike the worst jump the train too

@reversalmushroom  
The Spike hate started when a few years ago a bunch of insecure idiots decided that the only way to feel better about their sad selves, was to hate and insult the show’s most prominent male character, because he constantly reminded them of everything they wished they could have, but will never do.
 
So basically, just supressed jealously and insecurity.
 
Add to it that everytime a new wave of people joined the fanbase, you’d inevitably have the typical group who looks for a bandwagon to join, so they can look “cool” from the begining in the eyes of older fans whenever they’re talking about the show.

>taking opinions in internet seriously  

@detction  
I think of the episode this way: It was a concept they came up with waaaaay back in Season 1 before they’d cemented Spike’s characterization. Rather than just scrapping it, though, they just wound up pushing it waaaaaay futher along like they did with Magic Duel, only unlike Magic Duel it wound playing in a season where it really didn’t make much sense.
 
So if we take the show’s sort of anachronistic episode order for Seasons 1 through 3 into account, I just assume that this particular adventure took place quite a bit earlier into Spike and Twilight’s stay in Ponyville, before the kid became the Hero of the Crystal Empire. That’s my head canon and I’m sticking to it.

@detction  
that’s a fair point.

Why would anyone hate Ricky Steamboat?

@detction  
There’s also that:
 

@ILoveMyoozik  
I second that.

Sending dragon energy waves to Spike.

@ILoveMyoozik  
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT EXPLOSION YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.

If this is about all of those shitty, repititive anti-Spike macros, then yes I agree it’s pathetic.