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Deleted scene from Return of Harmony Part 2

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No not really, but wouldn't it be cool if it really was!? :XD:

Had this idea a while ago and finally got myself pulled together to draw it, even if it's a bit messy here and there. Enjoy! :D

NOTE: Just a little nudge to everyone if they didn't figure; This is AFTER Twilight left Spike and recieving the friendship letters.

Spike & Discord © MLP/ Lauren Faust

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As you may claim that it'd be cool if this happened, then I have to inform you that Spike has been a cause of several errors in some episodes, which affected the show's story.


Two notable examples is Gauntlet of Fire and Equestria Games. Spike got a chance to shine in Gauntlet of Fire just by preventing a couple of teenage dragons from stealing the ponies' beds because they only thought it wasn't fair they had to sleep on rocks. Garble, however, wanted revenge on the ponies without explaining why or how. Neither Twilight nor Rarity could handle those teenage dragons even though they've already dealt with other foes, such as changelings in the Canterlot Wedding episode. Torch, the dragon lord, and his daughter, Ember, appeared there without being seen or mentioned before, and he was just there so the dragons would have a reason to compete in a race to become the new dragon lord. If Ember didn't appeared, then there'd be no one who could take Spike's place as the dragon lord so he could stay with Twilight.


The same happened in Equestria Games, where Spike unabashedly stole every credit for himself by only running a short distance until he fell and almost shattered the Crystal Heart despite all the hard work the others did. Twilight told Spike to deliver the heart and risked herself failing Celestia’s test by doing so for the sake of the Crystal Empire, then Cadance caught them both and restored the heart herself. During the games, nobody came up with a contingency plan for the threat of a “giant” ice block. The magic-disabling spell they used to prevent cheating also seemed to have applied to the officials and the princesses of Equestria since they probably wouldn’t take the risk they’d become profoundly stupid and cheat themselves. I mean, do they really think keeping everyone from cheating is more important than their lives? Everyone could’ve taken care of that ice block situation, too, if only the conflict wasn’t arbitrary restricted and the episode didn’t give Spike the spotlight.


That’s the crux of the problem with Spike episodes. Every character must get dragged down for random, non-sensical reasons, which is exactly what happened here, as well. It must’ve been a real challenge for the writers to put together, giving Spike a chance to shine while making sure not to throw all the other characters under the bus in the process.