A trans mare with a crappy job takes in a homeless griffon. Together they try to live their lives and try to make it in the "big city" of Ponyville. A story of love, courage and fancy hair dyes.
Let me see if I understood what Peppermint just did there....
Peppermint and Gretchen: have done nothing nice or helpful for these fellows, have caused Troy some trouble and probably made him worry needlessly, have put a damper on any romantic mood Canvas may have been trying to create with this night out, and other than those interactions, are complete strangers to them.
Knowing this, after the mood has shifted from tense to apologetic, Peppermint brazenly tries to get them to pull some strings with the princess (who they may or may not even have met) to do a favor for Gretchen. And when Canvas says that would be difficult, she mentions the rape, manipulating Troy's conscience by making Gretchen look like a selfless hero.
After the guys show some sympathy, Gretchen seems to catch the hint and follows up by acting as if they've already agreed to help her, then ending the conversation before they have a chance to reconsider. Peppermint backs her up on both of these.
The situation is... Complicated. Again, I only wrote half this chapter so you may want to ask TheVClaw for his two cents, but while there is some truth in what you're saying there is more nuance to it than that.
First of all, you are correct that Peppermint hoped to use the couple's connections to help her friend. However, mentioning the rape was more of a potential tactic she hoped to use to get paperwork out of the authorities, a tactic which is honestly just an accurate description and providing a character witness. You might also note that she stops and tries to offer the couple some kind of recompense, but can't really think of anything. That part I can say for sure isn't intended as any kind of manipulation. She really does feel indebted to them, she just can't think of anything anyone would want her for.
As for Gretchen, she's just hurt, scared and exhausted. She didn't plan on leaving because they offered to help, she planned on leaving because she felt drained (well, not drained enough to stop hitting on them, but she'd have to be dead for that ).
In short, is Pepper making a play here? Oh yeah, big time. Did she just want to extract from the couple without offering anything in return? Not in the slightest.
So far this story deserves a much better rating then it has.
Let me see if I understood what Peppermint just did there....
Peppermint and Gretchen:
have done nothing nice or helpful for these fellows,
have caused Troy some trouble and probably made him worry needlessly,
have put a damper on any romantic mood Canvas may have been trying to create with this night out,
and other than those interactions, are complete strangers to them.
Knowing this, after the mood has shifted from tense to apologetic, Peppermint brazenly tries to get them to pull some strings with the princess (who they may or may not even have met) to do a favor for Gretchen. And when Canvas says that would be difficult, she mentions the rape, manipulating Troy's conscience by making Gretchen look like a selfless hero.
After the guys show some sympathy, Gretchen seems to catch the hint and follows up by acting as if they've already agreed to help her, then ending the conversation before they have a chance to reconsider. Peppermint backs her up on both of these.
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The situation is... Complicated. Again, I only wrote half this chapter so you may want to ask TheVClaw for his two cents, but while there is some truth in what you're saying there is more nuance to it than that.
First of all, you are correct that Peppermint hoped to use the couple's connections to help her friend. However, mentioning the rape was more of a potential tactic she hoped to use to get paperwork out of the authorities, a tactic which is honestly just an accurate description and providing a character witness. You might also note that she stops and tries to offer the couple some kind of recompense, but can't really think of anything. That part I can say for sure isn't intended as any kind of manipulation. She really does feel indebted to them, she just can't think of anything anyone would want her for.
As for Gretchen, she's just hurt, scared and exhausted. She didn't plan on leaving because they offered to help, she planned on leaving because she felt drained (well, not drained enough to stop hitting on them, but she'd have to be dead for that ).
In short, is Pepper making a play here? Oh yeah, big time. Did she just want to extract from the couple without offering anything in return? Not in the slightest.
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