I didn’t feel any sympathy for Spike. Not at all.

@TheRocketMan
 
Honestly I need to rewatch everything from season 4 onwards. I only saw bits and pieces.

Why would you instantly ditch your hostage? Just promise not to hurt him, but don’t release him until your demands are met, no? Or hell, don’t release him at all…

@Battoushy  
Tirek did this already, did you forget?

Queen Chrysalis: Enough! Or the dragon’s wings get plucked!
 
Spike: [groans]
 
Twilight Sparkle: Please! Don’t hurt him!
 
@Background Pony #26AF  
HHMMMMMM, I think those wings will taste MUCH more delicious when stirred fried in pony blood!!!
 
Spike: Don’t worry about me! Just save—! [groans]
 
@laofuzi  
SPIKE, you’re STILL too young!! DON’T be a hero this time!! This ain’t like the Crystal Empire!!
 
@Background Pony #26AF  
C’MON, PRINCESS!!! Make the choice now or we’ll rip YOUR wings off too along with your dragon friend’s!!
 
@TheLovelyVocal  
DON’T let them have the bell, Twilight!! They’ll just use it to suck MORE energy from the ponies and use all the power to destroy the entire world!!
 
(Mane Six surrenders and Villainous Trio hands over Spike in return)
 
Lord Tirek: Turns out that the Magic of Friendship is your biggest weakness. A fitting end to your pathetic story.
 
@Background Pony #26AF  
THAT’S the problem with empathy in friendship!!! It’s the emotion that makes you hesitant to kill efficiently on the battlefield!!

Chryssy was about to undo Larson’s handy-work.

@Background Pony #8CB0  
Sometimes you don’t think about the impact you have on people.

@Battoushy  
Tirek used Twilight’s friends as leverage in season 4.

@Brony kaiju soldier  
Applejack congratulates Twilight for the shield, so we can assume they had no idea they would be saved or even that the rest of Equestria was not divided anymore.

@Background Pony #DE87  
And they have other friends to back them up.

@Brony kaiju soldier  
But they were not actually saving him. They were going down with him and dooming Equestria in the process.

@Background Pony #DE87  
Spike’s just as important.

So the Mane 6 surrender to avoid seeing Spike’s suffering? They prefer to die together rather than to see him die?

@Red-Supernova  
Eeyup.

@Brony kaiju soldier  
My point still stands.

@Red-Supernova  
Don’t mess with Spike, and Discord could’ve saved everyone all that trouble.

@Burger King Leonidas  
Oh jeez, imagine Twilight freeing Spike from Chrysalis’s magic and then using her magic to break every bone of the villains bodies. 0_0
 
@Background Pony #A382  
Yeah! He would have gotten all of them redeemed if he had actually communicated with his friends about his plan until the very last second.

@Background Pony #2C07  

 
I’d say a parasite to light, because he’s practically the living embodiment of the dark side.

@Background Pony #A382
 
Discord probably wouldn’t actually let anyone die if he could help it.
 
His powers were intended to be the safety net in the plan, if needed.

@Alphainsanity  
Okay but you’re going to need to include Discord in that for starting this shitshow. He literally let them loose, particularly Sombra who could have killed several ponies to begin with.

They’re desperate; classic desperate villains.

@Perteks  
Agreed.
 
||No dont send me death threats, guys. ||

No it’s more the fact that DHX would get in seven shades of shit if Twily suddenly decided it was time to finally start putting villains down permanently.