And nobody heard from Spike ever again.

@Background Pony #F180  
Seems one could readily spin this as pesky friends being pesky. I roll my eyes at the shipping-dodecahedron crowd now & again, but no need for hyper-defensiveness.

@Background Pony #5C06  
She never gave specific ages to anyone. The extent of her own concepts were that the Mane6 were immature young adults (citing ponies aging quickly, i.e. “adult” is not necessarily 18+, as why that would be) and Spike was a kid, who she wrote as having an age of around 8, but that wasn’t meant to be his official age or what she definitely thought he was.

@dt  
It’s called “there are too many idiotic tags and I have a fucking life”. Sue me for missing one.

Stop fucking with the tags or I will hand out bans.

@Background Pony #29AC @Background Pony #B675 @bico-kun
 
Lauren Faust is gone, so who cares. She was dumb for giving ages to fictional cartoon animals anyway.  
Spike is mature is enough as the Mane 6 are in my eyes, and that’s all that matters.

@Background Pony #29AC  
Lauren Faust is gone, so who cares. She was dumb for giving ages to fictional cartoon animals anyway.  
Spike is mature is enough as the Mane 6 are in my eyes, and that’s all that matters.

Wait, we get rid of every shipping-related tag except sparity?

@Background Pony #B675  
It generally seems reasonable, to me, to assume Spike is pubescent, given that his greed growth in SoME looks like nothing less than dragon puberty. It may even have been delayed which could account for the excessive growth. The Mane6, meanwhile, are probably the equivalent of late teens/early 20s at most, given their apparent age when Spike was hatched. Still, it’s a cartoon and the ages are interpretable, especially since we’re talking about nonhumans (I even headcanoned ponies actually aging like ponies but with a human lifespan due to Faust’s statements on the subject up until later seasons when they started refering to Sweetie Belle as a toddler a 5, etc.).

@Background Pony #B675  
It generally seems reasonable, to me, to assume Spike is pubescent, given that his greed growth in SoME looks like nothing less than dragon puberty. It may even have been delayed which could account for the excessive growth. The Mane6, meanwhile, are probably the equivalent of late teens/early 20s at most, given their apparent age when Spike was hatched. Still, it’s a cartoon and the ages are interpretable, especially since we’re talking about nonhumans (I even headcanoned ponies actually aging like ponies but with a human lifespan due to Faust’s statements on the subject up until later seasons when they started refering to Sweetie Belle as a toddler a 5, etc.).

@Background Pony #B675  
You know most shippers don’t care right? Shippers will ship, word of god be dammed.

@Yoga is boring  
>>314265:

I wouldn’t set it in stone that Spike’s age is 8, but saying he’s a teenager or older is definitely going against what Lauren Faust, Meghan McCarthy, and Amy Keating Rogers have said about him.

@Background Pony #29AC  
Where do people get these specific numbers from?

@Background Pony #F180  

@Background Pony #F180  
They might also be taking Faust at her word when she says Spike is eight, and aren’t into underage shipping. **shrug**

@Ksardes  
Of course you wouldn’t.  
We get it. You want them all to be lesbians. You can’t stand the male to be the mare’s object of attention.  
We f*cking get it.  
Now run along, because nobody cares.

I don’t see shipping here.

Rarity: Aren’t you just growing into a darling little Spikey-Wikey
 
Rainbow Dash: So how old does this make you, scamp?
 
Twilight: Uh, girls…he’s 21…

@Ekhidna  
lol I’m sure it already exists.

@Ekhidna  
If someone does can they post the link for the story?

Also, why do I sense someone will do a fanfic about it.

This is very cute.

All hail the dragon king

Cheer up a little, Spike. Many would do anything to be in your position now.

@Blissey1  
If by sometimes you mean more than half, yes.