Talk:Maud Pie/@comment-10390252-20140214204200

Several strange ideas have jumped into my head about what little we know of this episode so far.

One of these is that maybe Maud is very protective of her talented but mentally- and emotionally-fragile younger sister. This leads to her getting into confrontations with the rest of the Mane Six for 'abusing' Pinkie and 'leading her on' to greater excesses of behaviour. Maud even calls her sister 'Mina' (short for 'Pinkamina') rather than 'Pinkie' as she considers the latter contraction demeaning to her.

There follows something of a voyage of discovery for both the Mane Six and Maud alike. At the end of this,,Maud realises that the rest of the Six are true friends to her sister and that Pinkie isn't the borderline-breakdown case she was at the time she left the Rock Farm. The rest of the Six come to realise that, yes, they should be more supportive and caring towards their light-hearted party-loving friend who sometimes is hiding a lot of tears behind her smiles.