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Background Pony #E26B
@Background Pony #76BF  
Maud being okay with throwing rocks and not being a prude to them, while Mud Briar being prudish about sticks is objectively parts of their character and it showcases them nicely how different they are.
Background Pony #E26B
@Background Pony #76BF  
I think I explained how Mud Briar doesn’t work as opposed to Maud:
 
“Maud is by no means annoying, she never comes across as condescending, Maud is weird and you can tell that each comment from her is made out of innocence and not knowing any better, she isn’t prudish and is pretty much up to anything. She is okay with you throwing rocks around, Mudbriar starts screaming about “stick abuse”.”
Background Pony #E26B
@ThePonderPony  
What’s funny is that when Maud repeats the “technically” schtick after Mudbriar, she still comes off as innocent, probably because Maud repeats it just because she likes him and fids it cute, so she does it after him, yet even her tone when she does it sounds so innocent and sincere as if she was just genuinelly explaining herself.
 
Mudbriar just doesn’t come off that way, there’s nothing funny about “technically”, and it’s clear it’s supposed to be a running joke and only causes annoyances.
 
“But you ARE supposed not to like him! So see, good writting”
 
Yeah no, it’s obvious they want you to like Mudbriar the same way people love Maud, but he has none of the things that made Maud work.
ThePonderPony

I’m glad other people find him unlikable. I like canon love interests like Timber Spruce or Flash Sentry, but Mudbriar isn’t actually like Maud. The only similarities is that they like mundane things and have their eyes half-closed.
 
Mudbriar doesn’t have the same dry monotone that Maud does, his voice comes off as more condescending, especially since his catchphrase is “Technically~~”. He is the “Ackchyually~~” guy but in MLP, and his cutie mark is literally a stick in the mud.
Rubs
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Friendship, Art, and Magic (2018) - Celebrated Derpibooru's six year anniversary with friends.

Aggressive Pacifist
Mudbriar is like Maud except unlikable. Whenever he starts going off on his technicalities I get mansplaining vibes. Even though he isn’t doing that. Also someone here on derpi said he looked like terrorist Dylan Roof and now I can’t unsee that. It’s really unfortunate as I would love a canon ship for Maud. Just not this one.
 
You lost points for using mansplaining unironally.