I hear you and I get that Spike probably isn't the best G4 character to carry G5. They have 5 alicorn princesses to choose from. Twilight could show up, tell everypony to follow her on Trotter and that she did it for the lulz, then peace out back into some alicorn waybackland. However, this was probably way cheaper.
Me, I like Spike. I like dragons. But this wasn't the Spike I know, and these weren't the dragons I was looking for.
In the end, this just ain't for me, so I'll just go watch some anime over there. Maybe once MLP is sold to whoever is left after the great mainstream extinction we will have some good pony again.