Talk:Trixie/@comment-25559529-20150820030644/@comment-5837525-20150821022029

I don't think Rarity's actions toward the Diamond Dogs can really be compared to Blueblood's actions toward Rarity. (For one thing, "a taste of her own medicine"? It's not as though Blueblood knows of Rarity's encounter with the Dogs or was there when it happened. Secondly, the Diamond Dogs abducted Rarity; her actions were more out of self-preservation than of spite.)

But that's beside the point. Blueblood may not have been as openly nasty as Trixie, but he's not completely faultless. As far as being a gentlecolt goes, he did practically everything wrong. He made Rarity hold a door open for him. He made Rarity pay for his food. Nothing vicious by any means, but self-centeredness was the point of his character.

Trixie was no better -- and by Magic Duel she was certainly exponentially worse -- but perhaps one of the reasons why people forgive her more readily is because her character has been explored in more depth than Blueblood's has. Trixie learns a lesson. Blueblood doesn't.