Just a brony who joined the herd shortly before season 4, making up for lost time as I go stotting around the fandom, enjoying it's works and hoping to contribute.
I believe that the reason why in both instances of Spike physically growing up prematurely; magically during Twilight's loss of control over her magic before gaining her cutie mark and naturally during Spike's loss of control over his greed in Secret of my Excess; he did not grow wings, is because wing growth is the one aspect of dragon aging that cannot be rushed, like cutie marks. If I
Birth of Star Swirl. Birth of the changelings. Chrysalis witnesses umbrum rule over Crystal Empire. Crystal Heart is taken from a dragon's hoard and the umbrum are sealed away. The events leading up to and including the founding of Equestria as depicted in Hearth's Warming Eve.
It is my general observation that there is a uniqueness to many ponies besides just the obvious that comes with a cutie mark. Magic fuels every aspect that makes the pony special, the cutie mark being just the most prominent clue placed on the main one. First is that if a pony is lacking in abilities pertaining to their tribe, it will be compensated for not only with what their cutie mark is
An idea occurred to me that since the unicorn aristocracy, including King Bullion and Princess Platinum, did not lose their positions when the alicorns began their reign, I speculated about what happened between then and now. It's very likely that at some point the alicorn sisters became the adoptive aunts of a unicorn royal heir. Faust said Blueblood was a roughly 52 times removed nephew on
My headcanon on how Spike thought his egg was purple and green when we don't see any green is that his view of the egg was from the inside, and I'm thinking he saw some green on the inside, which may have just been a reflection of his spikes.