Quills and sofa guy. For some reason I thought you were the one who named him. I know it was someone on this thread.

It was Rich Reeder.

As to the Spike/Rarity shipping, yes child/adult pairing is wrong, however, it all depends on what the definition of 'child' and 'adult' are. Even different human cultures have different ideas on what constitutes each, and these at least all use the same template of human beings and human development yet still get vastly varying results in what appropriate and what's not.

now add in a completely different species, two in fact in Spike/Rarity cases, that we already know per Word Of God mature a in a way unlike humans, so applying human definitions just doesn't work at a 1:1 comparison. Firstly there's the physical aspect of sexual maturity, which is the easy one to measure you either are, or are not able to have kids, obviously any non-platonic relations that cross that boundary are right out.

But then there's the emotional maturity, that's where things get murky. Per Word Of God, ponies mature much faster physically then they do emotionally, but do we know the same is true for dragons? For all we know it could be inverted there, Spike could become, mentally and emotionally, an adult way before he actually grows out of his little baby dragon body. And the deliberate Vague Age of the entire cast doesn't help much in establishing these kinds of parameters.

So yes adult/child pairings are wrong, and even without that I really don't like the idea of Spike/Rarity, I think is crush on her is cute, but just that a childhood crush, and that's just how it's played, and if Rarity ever found out I highly, highly doubt she'd reciprocate (oh episode Idea*) but whose to say that Spike won't mature faster then Rarity and soon match/exceed her emotional maturity level?

• Rarity finds out about Spike's crush, she tries to avoid hurting his feelings, but keeps getting misunderstood and just convincing Spike more and more that there destined to be together, while she tries to let him down easy, eventually things spiral out of control and she ends up breaking his heart in a big public display that also imbaresses him in front of everyone. Giving the Aesop that, while avoiding hurting someone feelings is great, sometimes it's just better to be completely honest about your feelings up front rather then let things build up to something that will hurt even more.

i've noticed, that's what got me off on this tangent.

edited 29th Oct '11 4:52:19 PM by Seraphem

Wasn't the dragon male? He exchanged a few lines with him

the conversation wasn't particularly meaningful though

Spike is sometimes more mature than the mane cast are already

edited 29th Oct '11 4:51:30 PM by gingerninja666

Oh yeah...I guess that could count...sorta.

Nice Episode Idea. Would Spike go temporary Emo?

Hell, I'd buy it! In fact, I'll draw it!

The Brony meet went awesomely, BTW.

edited 29th Oct '11 4:54:25 PM by MousaThe14

Please do!

Be sure to give them good outfits and a Cool Car.

edited 29th Oct '11 4:55:34 PM by ApplelightLimited

Should I attempt pony art or stick to my brand new cartoon humanization style.

Keep them a horse pony and a dragon. For now.

For some odd reason when I was watching A Dog and Pony Show, the way the DD carried Rarity off under their arms just made me laugh.

They don't need a car. Just put fancy rollerskates on Mac.

I'll say...pony and dragon for now.

But they could drive a Mustang!

edited 29th Oct '11 4:58:27 PM by ApplelightLimited

Would the girls be in the spin-off at all? Or is it ALL Big mac and Spike?

Also, these two images somehow amsued me...

The Great and Powerful...◊

My Little Dragon◊

*slaps Applelight Limited* No. Bad, bad Apple, no bad puns or you!

The second one is adorable! Wait, I recognize that art style... Is that by the same person that did that weird Pinkie Pie/Discord comic?

edited 29th Oct '11 5:00:30 PM by MousaThe14

oh.... wow that second one's weird

edited 29th Oct '11 5:00:53 PM by gingerninja666

owww....

OH! My fic town now has a name!

All Mane Cast as supporting cast.

edited 29th Oct '11 5:02:36 PM by ApplelightLimited

I like Rarity's crystal fins.

Now I'm imagining the series where the ponies are giant adult dragons and Spike's a baby pony. The whole series would be nothing but Twilight shouting "Don't step on Spike!"

Or sit on him either !!!

Every episode would begin with some threat emerging, immediately being defeated because they're freaking dragons, and then they hang out for the rest of the episode picking apples or whatever.

Can anything defeat a dragon straight up?

Probably the sisters... and Big Mac of course

If he kicked the dragon the way Rainbow Dash did, there's be no dragon.

So Big Mac is like Hercules?

Could he be forced to do a FIM version of the 12 labours?

edited 29th Oct '11 5:06:51 PM by ApplelightLimited

seriously... why didn't they fucking take him?!

Because AJ knows that he'd be too much of a distraction for the others.

Edit: Train Stopping page. I said it before, I'll say it again. Replace Supes with Mac. It could happen.

edited 29th Oct '11 5:10:25 PM by ApplelightLimited