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Why are people obsessed with hating Spike and enjoy seeing him get hurt and abused by other characters from the show?
 
That’s the real question you Spike haters should be asking your selves.

Spike is kind of naturally an outsider. The most prominent boy in the cast, a different species, a child that constantly interacts entirely with adults, not really having a defined family. And the show seems aware of this, writing gags about it, having stories where his outsiderness is important to the plot, etc.
 
But this is largely on a subtextual level, on the text level, on what the show appears to want to say about him… it’s mostly ignored. Including sometimes times when the plot seems to be about his otherness? It’s very strange.
 
And, well, the people who related to this outsiderness tend to be downtrodden nerdlings who felt like they never fit in socially at school or what not. Those are the fans that become obsessed with Spike. I mean, hell, that describes me and my onetime obsession with the character.

What I wonder is why so much spikeabuse. There are things in the show that literally tried to kill everyone, and you don’t see the same amount of hate.

This article was created by the biggest Spike fan I know of lol.

@Dex Stewart  
This is what the article should have been. You just gave all the reason anyone needs.

“This could get pretty political.”
 
If your explanation for why you like a children’s cartoon character has to get political you’re doing something wrong.
 
Edit: yup, read the article and suffered for it. Most of the points are typical projecting, one of them is flat out wrong considering how much slapstick the mane six get into and the politics makes absolutely zero sense. (There’s no evidence Twilight gets paid either, even different ponies treat each other like “second class citizens”, etc.) Don’t try to apply adult logic to a kids show, just don’t. It won’t work and you’ll just look like an obsessed weirdo.

From the site that has brought you such classics as:  
Unhealthy Trixie obsession,  
Unhealthy Luna obsession,  
And, of course, unhealthy Fluttershy obsession.
 
Equestria Daily is proud to present: ‘Why are people obsessed with Spike?’

@Ghost Reviews  
Especially Seth’s articles.

Why are people obsessed with Spike? I dunno,maybe because he’s a main character who’s been there from the beginning,is a new incarnation if a character from a previous series,has untapped potential,is cute, is likable,is annoying,has good episodes,has bad episodes…  
Basically as much reason as any character in the show has to be obsessed over.

This is why Equestria Daily can’t be taken seriously.