Unpopular opinion time

Pony hooves is funnier than hands. I’m glad on what we got.

@Latecomer  
I suppose the normal standard for dragons- a powerful firebreath, super strength, super defense, flight, acid breath and stuff.  
It could have been used to keep the audience on it’s toes if first Spike awakens a new skill that is just what he needed to get out of trouble and save the day (like let’s say, a super firebreath to replace his piddly green flames and so, chase off some Timberwolves) and some episodes later when he’s again in trouble, he awakens a new ability that only would make things worse for him and his friends if he uses it, like for example Twilight and him being chained to a post and Spike suddenly awakens his super dragon strength, but if he uses it to break free from his chains, the same chains will crush Twilight and if he instead breaks the post the entire place will fall on them because it’s a load bearing post, and so.

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@Myoozik  
True… Which is probably why she’s so forgotten, she doesn’t really have anything to her beyond having a strange pet and looking like Cozy Glow…

@Myoozik  
I agreed with Spike and Gabby as friends, while I don’t mind they being friends but to me it feels kinda forced. It was just there for the plot and it doesn’t help that their friendship was never mentioned again after that episode.

@Wiimeiser  
Being introduced at the end of a show’s lifespan can do that to any character. At least now you’ll have fanfictions to further develop them to whatever you want them to be.

@TheAmazingPeanuts  
Gabby could’ve been replaced with any other character and there wouldn’t be any major differences. If they would’ve met way earlier in the series and built it up to that moment, then it would’ve been perfectly fine. Hell, I would’ve been fine if the show finished at Season 10 and they made another episode for the both of them, it would’ve softened the blow. At the very least it did make me like Gabby a little bit so congrats on them I guess.

@Myoozik  
Yeah, we know that Gabby likes geeky stuff.

@[Ω]
 
Pssht, that’s nothing.
 

 
AJ got skillz.

@Myoozik  
Honestly, I felt like they could have put Smolder in Gabby’s place and it would have worked just as well.

@Myoozik  

 
If anyone was writing fanfics to begin with… We’ve got two fanfics of her and one of them is foalcon, outside of that she pretty much doesn’t exist in the realm of fanfic…

@The Equestrian Zodiac  
That would’ve been a lot better really since Spike has more of a relationship with Smolder.
 
@Wiimeiser  
You can always create one yourself you know?

So I watched the Deleted scenes from the FriendShip Games for the first time, and I wow, I prefer the deleted version than the one that we have.
 
Also in what movie the Equestrian magic started to unleash out of control in EG?

@[Ω]  
Basically all of them, but it’s the biggest problem in Mystery of Everfree, or whatever it was called.

@TheAmazingPeanuts  

 
Honestly I liked it because it was a little unexpected, and at the same time felt less impactful due to the lack of build up.
 
Implying romantic ties with Smolder would have been a little dull and predicable, and at the same time feel like such a big deal shipping wise that it would have overshadowed Rarity’s conflict.
 
It’s a low key, no strings first girlfriend for Spike that neither is really expecting to go anywhere and probably won’t, but displays he’s maturing and exploring those feelings. They’ll likely date for six or so months, remain friends, and look upon it fondly in the future.

@Myoozik  
[bq=”Myoozik”] @Background Pony #3AC6

@Dustcan  
I had a different idea of Cozy being Flurry’s “parent-disapproved friend”.

@Anonycat  
Well he did show a lot of those, but I wish the writers remembered them more often. Smoulder should have charbroiled those puckwudgies in the S8 opener.
 
 
@Dustcan  
Ponies doing things with their mouths is even funnier.

I may not like EG, but I’ll admit that it deserved a proper finale.

@Latecomer  
The only time he showed that was on Molt Down, which was conveniently forgotten on Father Knows Beast so Smolder could teach him how to fly despite Spike already knowing how to fly like an ace right off the bat.

@Anonycat  
He’s also clawed through/melted steel on various occasions, swam in lava, and of course incinerated an iceberg.

@Latecomer  
Yes, but that was never brought up again, which was infuriating. No matter what good stuff Spike was allowed to have, the next episode he was always back to washing pots and sweeping floors w/o any mention of his new skill.

@Latecomer
 
Incinerating the iceberg is still the most bullshit thing Spike ever did, at least up until he took on the Roc.
 

 
There is no way in hell he should possess the lung capacity necessary to pull that off. He basically just received an immense power up because the plot called for it. Hell, I would have even put this beyond Ember’s ability. Also, why aren’t his flames green?

@Spinny  
The post Faust staff could never agree about Spike’s flames and how they were supposed to work.

@Spinny  
Since Spring Breakdown, EqG has generally been on the decline.

@Anonycat  
Well having awesome dragon powers doesn’t preclude domestic labour. But I do wish they’d been more consistent, yes.