Talk:Maud Pie/@comment-5742051-20140312075621/@comment-10390252-20140312111828

I don't think so; the girls had no expectations at all of Shining Armour. At least, in this case, there is some indication that Pinkie had told her friends about her family earlier than just a few days before arrival.

It's odd that the team had to develop a whole new Pie sister when there were already two in existence. I think that the writing team made the conscious decision not to anger the fandom's by Jossing the various fanon versions of Inkie and Blinkie and went with a clean sheet character with which they could really do whatever they wanted without stepping on any toes.