Background Pony #B265

Just passing by searching for Maud pics, and I end up reading 100+ comments in a heated debate xD



I might be a little late, but on the off chance anyone does happen to come back here, I just wanna say I completely agree with the Anon. Maud Pie's initial action of firmly requesting the cannon back in exchange for the pouch was perfectly fine. But as soon as Rarity added in the indirect threat, and Maud did not back down even after Rarity's little comment, I found that extremely unpleasant to watch. It very clearly WAS forcing Street Rat into a non-consentual transaction. That is obviously morally questionable, at best, even if the intent was to help Pinkie in the process. Now, Street Rat himself was guilty of a moral wrongdoing when he took advantage of Pinkie's situation. But, the bottom line is, she agreed with his terms in the end, without any threats on his part, so that's her loss. I have done tons of wheeling and dealing in a few MMOs back in the day (namely Dragon Ball Online TW and Tera), and I can tell you right now, you've gotta take advantage of situations if you wanna get anywhere. It's all the art of the deal; if you really want something from someone, best not let them know how desperate you are for it. If you are simply impatient or you just NEED whatever it is for whatever reason, you better believe you're gonna pay a hella lot more than the thing is worth. In my personal opinion, Pinkie should have taken the loss instead of allowing Maud and Rarity to play against the rules/ laws in order to correct her mistake. Seeing Pinkie step in to stop them from harassing Street Rat would have been extremely preferable to the actual conclusion we got. It would have built up Pinkie's character quite nicely, if you ask me



~ChocolateCrane (sorry I was to lazy to make an account lol)



I wouldn't necessarily say anyone was "OoC" here, however. As one of the mods said, Rarity is well known for doing this kinda shit in the past, and Maud is just… well… MAUD.