spoiler Spike needs to be in Once Upon a Zeppelin!

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There are certain times this season that would be great opportunities for Spike to appear in, but none of them are as important as Spike joining the Sparkle family vacation! Is he part of the Sparkle family, or what? This episode will tell us! I really wanna know who Spike considers family! Since he never met his family, and Twilight adopted him, what's stopping him from being close with Twilight's family? Big Jim did say that family is this season's theme, and throughout the season we had A Flurry of Emotions (Twilight and Flurry), Rock Solid Friendship (Pinkie and Maud), Forever Filly (Rarity and Sweetie), Parental Glidance (Rainbow, and to an extent Scootaloo), A Royal Problem (Celestia and Luna); Applejack, Big Mac, and Apple Bloom (Perfect Pear); and To Change a Changeling (Thorax), and we already met Fluttershy's family last season! We're gonna be seeing more of Twilight's family in episode 22 this season, and that should tell us whether Spike and the Sparkle family consider themselves as a family! This needs to happen! Hey, even if Uncommon Bond doesn't turn out to be a Spike episode after all, I can tolerate that as long as this happens!

[Aethylynn 45]

I hear you. However, just because we think he should be included doesn't mean he will. I am not entirely convinced that the writers see Spike as family to Twilight. He is treated as a servant far more often than family. I have gone though the series recently and have been able to count only abut a dozen times when their interaction can be considered genuinely "familial". I am anticipating this episode with great trepidation. It will go a long way to settling the servant vs family debate. Fingers crossed for family.

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2 hours ago, zaighster said:

I hear you. However, just because we think he should be included doesn't mean he will. I am not entirely convinced that the writers see Spike as family to Twilight. He is treated as a servant far more often than family. I have gone though the series recently and have been able to count only abut a dozen times when their interaction can be considered genuinely "familial". I am anticipating this episode with great trepidation. It will go a long way to settling the servant vs family debate. Fingers crossed for family.

If that's the case, then we desperately need him to meet his family! 

Edited August 28, 2017 by MegaSean45

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I am sure Twilight will be panic a lot in that ep so Spike should be their to calm her down