Nuke87654

But the lesson was so blantant and heavy handed, not to mention he only succeeded because they didn't treated him like a threat and everbody was paying attention to something else while everything fell into place for Spike to the rescue. The Crystal Empire did a better job at setting him up to be the hero as he carried the crystal heart while a dark lord was chasing after him thus he was treated as a threat to Sombra and thus making Spike's effort more impressive in comparison.

Yep, I don't think it succeeded in what it was trying to accomplish very well (Equestria Games did much better on this end), largely because I think the concept of having them as superheroes probably came before their having it mean anything.

Perhaps that was the case.