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"[@Meanlucario":](/1593540#comment_6704743
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Lol, yeah.
He's leaping after the image of a mare, after all. It wasn't a male that got him to do that.
...plus, gender might be a bit odd for Changelings. For all we know only the queen is female.
I can't recall if "To Change a Changeling" had any really female voices in normal changelings or if just whiny and high pitched male voices in addition to not-whiny or high pitched ones...
But yeah Spike is kinda acting like a little animal with no object permanence in this image. Not a biggie, works alright for a quick little cute thing like this, but that's kinda important to point out.
%now just imagine you had a male friend who could shapeshift into a crush you're crazy about...%
%and by "male" I mean "of the sex you're not attracted to if there is one", jeez :p%
[@Daneasaur":](/1593540#comment_6702927
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But the comics aren't chronological or anything. So I don't see how show canon contradicting issue 51 ("[@thps48":](/1593540#comment_6704740)) means a different issue (filly Twi abusing Spike) is now retconned.
Even if they were in the same issue, though, they're still different arcs.
At any rate, as others have pointed out, we saw Filly Twilight and they could've canonized the comic in Amending Fences in her canon filly appearance, but they didn't, so I think we could at least agree it's arguable either way, without enough solid proof either way to keep people from thinking whatever they want.
Ie, either accepting it as canon or not is acceptable.
But actually that depends on how it was resolved. Did Twi keep caring for Spike and taking him to classes and stuff? Because if so then Amending Fences did kinda decanonize it.
But if they had Celestia or Twilight's parents take over his upbringing, then it could easily be after those events.
>>929764t
At any rate, Spike certainly doesn't act like he's been abused. Imprinted, but not abused. Your greatest nightmare being your motherly older sister caretaker kicking you out doesn't mean you have abandonment issues, or that you even think it's likely. It just means you love her. Which is kinda sweet.
I'd rather not think Celestia was so stupid, that Twilight's parents thought of Spike like a pet, or that Twilight yelled at him like that, and I think it's fair enough to say that's reasonable.
And accepting it as canon isn't so wildly insane that you'd be crazy for it. So no point in arguing, really.
Sciencepone of Science!
Lol, yeah.
He's leaping after the image of a mare, after all. It wasn't a male that got him to do that.
...plus, gender might be a bit odd for Changelings. For all we know only the queen is female.
I can't recall if "To Change a Changeling" had any really female voices in normal changelings or if just whiny and high pitched male voices in addition to not-whiny or high pitched ones...
But yeah Spike is kinda acting like a little animal with no object permanence in this image. Not a biggie, works alright for a quick little cute thing like this, but that's kinda important to point out.
%now just imagine you had a male friend who could shapeshift into a crush you're crazy about...%
%and by "male" I mean "of the sex you're not attracted to if there is one", jeez :p%
[@Daneasaur
But the comics aren't chronological or anything. So I don't see how show canon contradicting issue 51 (
Even if they were in the same issue, though, they're still different arcs.
At any rate, as others have pointed out, we saw Filly Twilight and they could've canonized the comic in Amending Fences in her canon filly appearance, but they didn't, so I think we could at least agree it's arguable either way, without enough solid proof either way to keep people from thinking whatever they want.
Ie, either accepting it as canon or not is acceptable.
But actually that depends on how it was resolved. Did Twi keep caring for Spike and taking him to classes and stuff? Because if so then Amending Fences did kinda decanonize it.
But if they had Celestia or Twilight's parents take over his upbringing, then it could easily be after those events.
>>929764t
At any rate, Spike certainly doesn't act like he's been abused. Imprinted, but not abused. Your greatest nightmare being your motherly older sister caretaker kicking you out doesn't mean you have abandonment issues, or that you even think it's likely. It just means you love her. Which is kinda sweet.
I'd rather not think Celestia was so stupid, that Twilight's parents thought of Spike like a pet, or that Twilight yelled at him like that, and I think it's fair enough to say that's reasonable.
And accepting it as canon isn't so wildly insane that you'd be crazy for it. So no point in arguing, really.