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@Background Pony #CD60  
No, I don’t think the writers are abandoning Spike. Quite the opposite, actually. In Season 4 we learned of his interest in comic books (in “Power Ponies” and “Trade Ya”), which is about the first thing we’ve seen Spike do by himself and for himself since FIM started.
 
I’d like to think Spike talking hoofball with Big Mac is a sign the writers plan on continuing to give him personal hobbies and interests, and finally make him a well-rounded character.
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@Background Pony #CD60  
I don’t really have a “beef” against him. I don’t dislike him, but don’t find him especially interesting either and can take him or leave him. So if his not being in the season or not being in it as much meant more screen time for the other characters or just no Spike focused eps (most of them are among the weakest each season in my opinion and in most people’s that I know) I wouldn’t really mind.
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#AE0F”:#comment_2865677  
Just for the historical record, what’s your beef against Spike?
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@Background Pony #AE0F  
It was probably a joke, just like how when they were all joking about how much they hated writing for Spike and enjoyed writing situations that turned out poorly for him. That itself was a very, VERY bad joke, but still a joke.
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@Itsthinking  
And I think he meant he was googling for the quote about Larson taking the show in a new direction. I don’t remember that one myself.
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@Background Pony #CD60  
Just because they found a way to write him out of the opening doesn’t mean they intend to do it the whole season.
 
Not that I’d mind personally, but I highly doubt it.
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@Background Pony #CD60  
It was during BABSCon. It was talking about the hardest character he has to write. He chose Spike, and it was because he felt he was “generic.”
 
Like all other premieres and finales, this was probably written by McCarthy. Spike is already the hero in another place, I guess they figured he didn’t need to be there?
 
Really with all of the new writers that appear to mostly be McCarthy’s picks of people she has had prior experience with, she’s the one that is having more control.
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@PonyPon  
I’m Googling for it, but can’t find it. I remember a statement from one of the cons where they talked about how Larson came back to help push the series in a new direction. I’m assuming that it’s this “going off on adventures around Equestria angle” and that Larson decided that the services of a “generic” character aren’t needed if all they’re going to do is have him stay home and watch sports.
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@Background Pony #CD60  
Well considering McCarthy talks constantly about how much she wants to use his character, probably not.
 
@Background Pony #AD5E  
He did call Spike “generic” in spite of writing his character probably better than anyone. It’s extremely disheartening to hear that someone who has so much talent in knowing a character well doesn’t actually enjoy writing for them.
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@PonyPon  
Well that’s scary. Is Spike getting the shaft this season due to Larson “finding Spike generic” and “taking the series in a new direction”?