> Ah, the people who live thru Spike and also crush on Rarity are taking this as well as I'd suspect.
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> He's a kid. Her being interested in him romantically would have been creepy as hell.
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> [@Background Pony \#4423](/images/2997198#comment_10326729)
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When I was younger I used to ship them regardless of the age gap. But as I got older I'd realized how questionable the relationship would be, so I began reimagining the ship with an older version Spike, and it's much more dramatic in my opinion.
> Exactly. Many of the remaining fans are intense about... questionable topics.
To this day, "Like Fine Wine" is one of the best MLP fanfics I've read