@Background Pony #6AE4
It must be because Spike has dwarfism.

Spike is interested in his sister

@Evowizard25  
Never said it was an official inevitability, to be sure, and certain eps imply Spike’s made his peace with that possibility…which, among other things, is one reason I wish peeps would give that ‘selfish nag leading him on’ screed a rest. As for the Crusaders…this is probably just me, but I could see their bond going in an uncommon direction easier than pairing each of ’em off with their peers. At any rate, they deserve better than the Romantic Rebound(C) angle some scenarios play up.

@Background Pony #3FCF  
Or he’s just short. {given the current expression, he might have gone into ‘anime chibi’ kind of mode} Anyways, he’s still of age. Some people just grow as large and look younger then they really are.

That has got to be awkward for Spike to see how Sweetie Belle has grown so much bigger than him.  
I mean, he doesn’t look like he feels that way in this pic, but come on.  
And that would have to be awkward for her too.  
She could have had a crush on him in the past, but then she grew and matured and he didn’t. At least not physically.  
Even if she wanted to have a relationship with him, it would look like a highschooler (or even a college co-ed) dating an elementary student.

@gorkspewdium  
Well, it wouldn’t be a stretch for Rarity to find someone before Spike comes of age. He is still a kid and she’s a young adult. While I can still see them getting together and I’ve watched some talented artists/writers writing next gen stories and such with this pair, it’s not a fave of mine, but I still enjoy it.

@hentaispyder  
That…isn’t a thing to feel bad about. I mean, a woman who leads a young lad on and then one day, he gets old enough to ask out her younger sister and she(Rarity) gets jealous over it? To what end? It’s not that she wants Sweetie to be upset or to get together with Spike(creepy as that would be), it’s just because she wants to feel she is never losing her physical attractiveness, to make sure she hasn’t become the second prettiest in her family under her sister. She wants Spike to be attracted to only her just so she can feel confident about herself physically. It’s quite a narcissistic and selfish tendency. It’s a very harsh image to paint of Rarity.

I see this and look at the tags, ‘Rarity’ ‘Older’. I feel bad that she actually thinks Spike would look at another.

@Evowizard25  
Eh, between their existential issues and his existential issues, I prefer scenarios where everyone’s a bit older & have their lives a little closer to sorted out. Plus, never been a fan of that ‘sibling rivalry over a dude~’ trope.

I’d think Sweetie would be easier for Spike to approach.

@ZORDON  
Nah, there was a flashback to the ep where Filly!Twi hatched him, and no sign of the CMCs then. Might’ve been newborns, might’ve been gestating, but offscreen either way.

Not bad, not bad. The artist seems to have improved on drawing the faces.

@Evowizard25  
it’s a heck of a lot less creepy, that’s for sure.

@thanatosG3  
thanks captain obvious

rarity seems worried that spike is paying attention to sweetie belle and not her

@ZORDON  
Either around the same age, or a year or two older. Still, I kind of like pairing him up with one of the younger girls myself.

@ZORDON  
Anime rules: the girl always grown faster.

@albert19  
@ZORDON  
This may be taking into account that dragons may age quite a lot slower than regular ponies, so when Sweetie is full grown, Spike is only an adolescent, if even that.

Isn’t Spike the same age as Sweetie Belle? Although maybe he’s kneeling or something…

So, is Spike a midget?