SweetieSpike or Sparity?

[Sugar Pea 2,682]

Between the two sisters, who is Spike better off with, anyways?

 

think Sweetie-Belle has a better chance at winning Spike's heart than Rarity does, and he has a bigger chance with her than he does with Rarity. I mean, let's face it, people...for one, Spike is a baby dragon, and Rarity is a full grown mare who only chases after rich hunks.

 

When you think about it, Sweetie-Belle and Spike are both children, basically around the same age i'm guessing? I'm not judging the pairing by age or anything, but it just feels more likely disregarding the fact Spike is in love with Rarity. In fact, I would fan girl squee if there is EVER a SweetieSpike moment in MLP.

 

So which pairing do you support out of both?

Would you mind backing up your reasoning?

Edited November 7, 2013 by weirdokitterz

[Blue Moon 6,342]

SweetieSpike is my absolute favorite MLP Shipping, so I think I'll go with that. I just think it makes a bit more sense, as I tend to think of Spike as the age of the CMC, and Rarity appears much older than him to me, so yeah; I just think it makes more sense. Plus, I think they would so cute together, and I've read a few fanfics about this shipping that were pretty good. Some of the art for this shipping is nice as well.

 

And I don't if this was intentionally done or not, but Spike and Sweetie Belle do get a picture together dancing at the end of one of the episodes, so this could be hinting at something. Who knows?
 

Anywho, I have nothing against Sparity, and that shipping is nice as well; I just prefer SweetieSpike.

[POW 384]

Putting all the fan/clopfics aside I'd prefer SweetieSpike honestly. I know Rarity is a full grown mare and she would be better off with someone like Thunderlane (I SAW HER HUG HIM IN WONDERBOLTS ACADEMY :3!!!!). Sweetie Belle and Spike aren't much different age wise so I think they would make a cute couple

[Life Giver 1,063]

I for one think that putting Sweetie Belle and Spike together is pretty cute.

 

I would normally say why not both, but I would go with Sweetiespike.

 

I mean didn't you see them in the end of season 2 when they are dancing. 

[QuirkyUsername 1,576]

Sweetie-Spike hands down. As you said Rarity is a adult mare and although Spike's almost schoolboy crush on her is cute they probably wouldn't work in a relationship for age.....and as much as Rarity is my favourite mane 6 she can be REALLLY vain and is super shallow looking for her prince......Literally XD.

 

Sweetie-Spike may be a thing in the future. Sweetie is Rarity's sister (Duh Quirky) so considering how adorable she is, she now could have her big sisters genes and grow up to be a very pretty young mare. That along side being roughly the same age so much more social acceptable and because although they don't have an enourmous amount of exposure to each other they're growing up together which would forge a much stronger bond than "I have a crush on Rarity because she's a sassy minx"

Edited November 6, 2013 by QuirkyUsername

[Thrashy 2,800]

I have thought about this before, believe it or not. As cute as Sparity is, I don't think it was ever intended to be anything more than just an infatuation on Spike's part. And of course, there's the age difference. Sure, some will cry "But love knows nothing of age boundaries!", but I dunno about that in this case - it's quite the gap, you've got to admit.

 

Besides, I just find the thought of Sweetie having a crush on Spike (and essentially being invisible to him since his his eyes are glued to Rarity) to be a pretty cute direction to take that particular story arc...

 

...And then the harsh realization kicks in that Spike's not only going to grow too gigantic to make a feasible partner for any pony, but he'd far outlive Sweetie if dragons in this world do indeed have extensive lifespans.

[BlueEyedPegasus 60]

I'm a strong SpikeXRarity supporter. I can honestly sense something in them which means that they're actually meant for each other. SpikeXSweetie Belle would never EVER work out.

[Shanks 10,816]

Sweetie Belle and Spike is one of my favorite ships so I am going with that, Spike has a lot more in common with Sweetie Belle than he does with Rarity and they seem to be a bit closer in age.

[Gleaming blade 8]

I don't know to be honest I don't think ether will happen well maybe rarity. We'll just have to see what happens now won't we.

 

Brony for life

[Sir Wulfington 276]

Finally someone else who doesn't agree with Sparity. Then again, he's definitely more mature mentally than a baby of pony (or human) variety, more like pre-pubescent child, but still, he doesn't seem  mature enough for Rarity, as I said he's effectively a child, and she's an adult. I've long had this feeling that if the genders were reversed there wouldn't be nearly as many people okay with the Sparity shipping (the perception that underage boys can't be molested by grown women, only underage girls).

 

But anyway, SweetieSpike would work so much better IMO, tho there's been no indication that either of them like in eachother other than that dance at the royal wedding (but that doesn't really mean anything on it's own). Come to think of it, I don't think there's been much indication, beyond that, that the two of them are even aware of eachother's existence.  If the ship were to ever happen, some serious build up would need to start.

I don't know to be honest I don't think ether will happen well maybe rarity. We'll just have to see what happens now won't we.

Brony for life

 

 

I could see it happening when Spike's an Adult, but not now, so not in the shows lifetime. Maybe at the end of the show's final episode it cuts to 15 years later and it show Rarity romantically with a grown up spike.

Edited November 7, 2013 by Sir Wulfington

[Gleaming blade 8]

Yeah this i a good idea to think about I think about plus they're that small group of girls that watch the show so hasbro has to keep about and not to mention the parents that would freak out if something like that we're to happen. Remember the derpy debacle yeah let's hope that doesn't happen again.

 

Mind my bad grammar.

Edited November 7, 2013 by Gleaming blade

[Scootalove 10,689]

Since Spike wouldn't have a chance with Rarity, he will keep trying to pursue her. Sweetie Belle is closer to Spike's age than Rarity is, so I see SweetiexSpike happening more than Sparity.

[Dzastur 1,719]

Sweetie Belle + Spike makes far more sense than Rarity + Spike.

 

And that's why I hope Sweetie Belle + Spike........doesn't happen.

 

Falling in love with someone who's unobtainable is a big part of life. And it's not a bad lesson to learn - or depict. 

[BlueEyedPegasus 60]

I have some friends who maintain just as much as I do that Spike definitely has a chance with Rarity, despite their somewhat vague age differences. Here's a my friend Stephen Ricketts (aka Sricketts14381 on Deviantart and Youtube) made:

 

 

I've even included it in this video that I made last year:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhVumdF-Etw

Edited November 7, 2013 by BlueEyedPegasus

[Orablanco Account 3,707]

"Can't get the girl? Hit on her sister!"

 

That's how it feels to me, at least right now. I'm kind of tired of people (not all, but a lot) using the fact that she's Rarity sister being the sole argument they use for the ship. It's as shallow as you can get.

 

If the show comes forward with a strong argument for SweetieSpike and makes it an actual thing that has had development, then I'd consider it a solid ship. But even then, I'm sticking with Sparity. It's had much more development, I love both characters, and it's really sweet seeing both the writers and Rarity encourage it.

 

And for all those saying Spike is too young...

 

 

...dragon biology is pretty ambiguous anyway. I'm sure the writers can work around that somehow. If I can ship a twenty-something year old pegasus and a 900+ year old alien, then anything is possible. The heart's the limit, bro.

[Megas 27,850]

I like them both sooo....

I'd probably say SweetieSpike because it's more practical/adorable, but I sooo want Sparity to be fulfilled

[pinkiefan1287 610]

To be honest I don't see Spike ending up with Rarity or Sweetie Bell. Rarity and Spike are not just different ages, but they are 2 completely different species. As for Sweetie Bell the 2 have not had any screen time together or interest in one another. 

 

It kinda looks like Spike is being nice to SB just so he can get closer to, Rarity.

[Sabrinie 392]

I love Sparity so so much, but I don't think it would ever happen in canon. Like CITRUS KING46 said, SweetieSpike sounds like Spike would just be settling on Sweetie because he couldn't get Rarity. But who knows, Rarity is really protective of him, so maybe that'll escalate into more. Oh I hope so.

[FNGRpony 658]

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shouldn't this be in sugar cube corner?

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I'm happy with spike chasing rarity until he craps out or gets her.

 

ah young love.  ain't it grand.

[Sir Wulfington 276]

"Can't get the girl? Hit on her sister!"

 

That's how it feels to me, at least right now. I'm kind of tired of people (not all, but a lot) using the fact that she's Rarity sister being the sole argument they use for the ship. It's as shallow as you can get.

 

If the show comes forward with a strong argument for SweetieSpike and makes it an actual thing that has had development, then I'd consider it a solid ship. But even then, I'm sticking with Sparity. It's had much more development, I love both characters, and it's really sweet seeing both the writers and Rarity encourage it.

 

And for all those saying Spike is too young...

 

 

...dragon biology is pretty ambiguous anyway. I'm sure the writers can work around that somehow. If I can ship a twenty-something year old pegasus and a 900+ year old alien, then anything is possible. The heart's the limit, bro.

 

 But if he really is a child mentally, than do you really think it's agreeable that he gets involved with a grown adult? Of course, as I said, he's a baby with a clearly much higher intelligence level than a baby, but he seems child-like, a not very immature child tho but still. Of course, he's not human, so we can't really apply the same standards for what constitutes how mature a dragon of his age is compared to a human of his age, for all we know he may seem like a child but be mentally capable of a mature relationship.

 

I agree that there's nothing convincing to put Sweetie Belle and Spike together right now, but at the same time, what exactly is there that makes Sparity seem plausible? Spike's infatuation of her seems superficial at best, nothing deep, Rarity shows virtually no signs (other than during their fall after he was returned to his normal size in the episode where he became a godzilla wannabe, where she puts her hoof to his mouth when he's about to confess his love for her with an expression on her face that show's she's aware already). So that said I can't say that I'm anymore convinced of Sparity than I am SweetieSpike, personally.

 

Also if that ship you mentioned is a fanfic of yours that sounds kinda interesting, I think I wanna read it (I r shameless romance story lover)

Yeah this i a good idea to think about I think about plus they're that small group of girls that watch the show so hasbro has to keep about and not to mention the parents that would freak out if something like that we're to happen. Remember the derpy debacle yeah let's hope that doesn't happen again.

 

Mind my bad grammar.

 

Ya I don't imagine it would go down well, so I don't expect the team at Hasbro to ever ship Sparity in the shows lifetime. The controversy, holy hell the controversy.

Edited November 7, 2013 by Sir Wulfington

[Grumpy Enchantress 587]

Definitely Sparity, SweetieSpike has always seemed really creepy to me because no matter what age people in the fandom say that Spike is, he's always seemed way more mentally mature and adult-like than the CMC and it seems creepy to me for him to be in a relationship with one of them.   

[Zygen 6,066]

Well, Sweetiespike isn't one that i really know or read or anything about, but idk.

 

I kinda like Sparity, just because its more cannon sorta. However its likely it'll never actually go anywhere. With age gaps and other things.

 

Sweetie belle and Spike could work out, but i just dunno if i like them as much together.

[Rough Pathway 157]

I see Sparity working out more than Sweetie Belle and Spike. I may be a bit biased, seeing as how Sparity is my favorite (and only) shipping that I ship on the show, but people only ship Sweetie Belle and Spike because Sweetie Belle is Rarity's sister and is younger. Yes, Spike just likes Rarity because shes beautiful, but that doesn't mean it can't grow into something more. I'm very tired of hearing the argument, "It'll never work out because they're different species.". Seriously? This is a cartoon. Nobody had a problem with it in Shrek, so why is it a problem in MLP:FIM? As for the age difference, it really isn't fair to say anything about that, since we have no idea how age works in Equestria. They call him a baby dragon, but dragons age slowly, and it isn't the same thing as a baby would be in comparison to humans, or even ponies. He is more like a pre-teen in relation to humans, in my opinion.

 

Sweetie Belle and Spike just wouldn't work out. They barely ever acknowledge each other in the show, and there is no development between them, whatsoever, like there is with Sparity.  Maybe if the writer's managed to make it work out somehow, I would be more open-minded, but I just can't see them working out at all.

Edited November 7, 2013 by Rough Pathway

[~StatesTheOblivious~ 1,795]

Some of you really prefer Sweetiespike? Just because of that one picture in "A Canterlot Wedding" and because they "look cute together" or it "makes more sense, because no big age difference"?

 

 

Okay, that was only half-serious...

 

I know, even though there is no hint that Rarity has the same feelings for Spike as he has for her, Sparity still makes more sense. I don't say that it's likely to happen and the arguments against Sparity are valid in some way, but I don't see why that should make the less "unlikely" pairing more plausible. Okay, maybe my point of view in the whole shipping-thingy makes it a bit difficult to actually comprehend when people ship characters without any actual basis aside from personal preferences like "they look cute together". I actually only support Sparity and Cheerimac. Because those have at least some kind of solid build-up.

 

Since Cheerimac is not the one that's relevant in here, let me tell you why I think that Spike and Rarity actually match.

 

But one thing first. I do not need to see it actually happen in the show and I do not need to see what most people would consider a "full shipping".

Sorry, I have no better term for it. What I mean is marrying, having children and therefore you-know-what before and so on. I don't need to see any of that or to be more precisely, since the show is still and will always also be for kids, its consequences. Love is about far more than that and I'd prefer to see Sparity always being half-canon than to see something like Sweetiespike happen without a build-up or a forced romance plotline. The latter for both shippings.

 

So thanks to @@CITRUS KING46 for the laugh and the valid observation. That sentence in the beginning of your reply was priceless.

 

I know that Sparity is unlikely to happen at all because of the age and species difference. But I still see more points that support Sparity than Sweetiespike.

 

Just look at them. Their characters, their development. Greed and generosity. Both of them experienced both traits. Both have problems dealing with their very nature, especially when you see Rarity's generosity as something that can make her acting in a too selfless and actually a bit self-endangering way like in "Suited for Success", and of course Spike's greed in "Secret of my Excess". Rarity kinda wants to be a princess, she is looking for her Prince Charming. We all know how that failed with Blueblood. Spike wants... well, what exactly? He saw himself as her knight in shining armor in "A Dog and Pony Show" and he wanted to find himself in "Dragon Quest" which resulted in him realizing that he is a pony by nurture. And he has a crush on her.

 

As I said before, I don't need to see them being in love like in love-love. But there is already enough that supports the possibilty to still develop their relationship furter than just stopping at the simple "boy has a crush on woman" thing.

 

That's simply why I not just prefer, but for myself only think of Sparity as a "valid" shipping, unlike Sweetiespike. I know, shipping is not necessarily to be taken seriously at all, expresses personal preferences and is something that can get quite strange. But I see shipping not necessarily as something that has to be romantic in the end, not even in headcanon, fanon and fanfics.

 

I'd accept Spike outgrowing his crush on Rarity, or her turning him down, if the show ever goes that way. If it has a build-up. And that's something I don't see when I look at Sweetiespike. No build-up. I know that could change, for whatever reason. But it'd just seem very odd to me after everything that already happened between Spike and Rarity.

 

So I stick to Sparity.

Edited November 7, 2013 by Tender Voice

[Sir Wulfington 276]

I see Sparity working out more than Sweetie Belle and Spike. I may be a bit biased, seeing as how Sparity is my favorite (and only) shipping that I ship on the show, but people only ship Sweetie Belle and Spike because Sweetie Belle is Rarity's sister and is younger. Yes, Spike just likes Rarity because shes beautiful, but that doesn't mean it can't grow into something more. I'm very tired of hearing the argument, "It'll never work out because they're different species.". Seriously? This is a cartoon. Nobody had a problem with it in Shrek, so why is it a problem in MLP:FIM? As for the age difference, it really isn't fair to say anything about that, since we have no idea how age works in Equestria. They call him a baby dragon, but dragons age slowly, and it isn't the same thing as a baby would be in comparison to humans, or even ponies. He is more like a pre-teen in relation to humans, in my opinion.

 

Sweetie Belle and Spike just wouldn't work out. They barely ever acknowledge each other in the show, and there is no development between them, whatsoever, like there is with Sparity.  Maybe if the writer's managed to make it work out somehow, I would be more open-minded, but I just can't see them working out at all.

 

You say he's like a pre-teen (which is what I think as well), but that's still underage. I'm just curious, would you have any issue if spike was a young girl of the same age and maturity level and rarity was a grown adult male pony? It's just that I can't imagine that as many people who are okay with the Sparity ship would be okay if their genders were reversed.