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* DoubleStandard: The whole 'Exceptional Earth ponies are a credit to their tribe' kerfuffle that continues to plague Equestria.
* YouAreACreditToYourRace: A discussed topic that's a core element of the story; Seville, Applejack, and Pinkie mention how hypocritical and tribalist this way of thinking is. When unicorns and/or pegasi become great ponies, society focuses on their achievements. But when Earth ponies do it, they're seen as exceptions to the norm.
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** Being treated as a sex object. Bundt Buttercream, as a fertile Earth pony mare and pornography actress, was often assumed that she ''wants'' to have sex with other ponies, or that she was PlayingHardToGet, and would even get groped in public. She finds it demeaning, and befriends Twilight and her friends because they treated her with respect and dignity.
** [[spoiler:Blintz fires Bundt after she introduces the baking contestants to Twilight Sparkle, which already puts Bundt's financial prospects as a single mother on the fritz. The fact that Blintz won't hesitate to send security after a heavily pregnant mare if she continues to stay on the premises makes Twilight teleport Bundt to her friends' room and task Applejack with bodyguarding Bundt]].
* DoubleStandard: The whole
* FantasticRacism: Earth pony tribalism is heavily showcased here. Because Earth ponies are generally laborers, farmers, and/or cooks, [[YouAreACreditToYourRace those who manage to become great ponies are seen as exceptions to the whole tribe]], and tend to be reduced to footnotes in history while unicorns and pegasi get pages for themselves. Seville laments how ponies still see him as the luggage carrier while his unicorn and pegasus assistants are praised as journalists. Furthermore,[[spoiler:Bundt reveals that several ponies in Equestria are planning to mechanize the work force and hire unicorn workers instead, putting many Earth ponies out of a job.]]
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Well, Bundt's a former porn star who left to be a proper mother to her foals, but she still retains her flirtatiously good nature.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: The Cakes' decision to hire Sugar Belle, a unicorn mare, as an apprentice in Sugarcube Corner is seen as rather insensitive, as it leaves Pinkie, their longtime employee who's also an Earth pony, feeling like she's being replaced. It's unknown whether the Cakes know of the damage they're inflicting or not.
* ItsPersonal: After Twilight gives her a brutal TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, Blintz goes out of her way to make Twilight and her allies suffer. [[spoiler:She even fires her assistant, Bundt Buttercream, [[DisproportionateRetribution for introducing Twilight to the Bake-Off contestants]]]].
* MotivationalLie: [[spoiler:After Bundt is suddenly taken off the air for talking about Twilight, Blintz tries to convince the baking contestants that her water broke, given she's heavily pregnant at the time. Twilight doesn't buy it, and soon discovers that Blintz actually fired her]].
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Twilight Sparkle unleashes an absolutely ''brutal'' one on Bourgogne Blintz, utterly deconstructing her MotiveRant about being a SelfMadeMan, and informing her of the ''real'' atrocities that ponies have directly fought to protect others from suffering them. It results in Blintz holding a deep grudge against Twilight.
* SelfMadeMan: Bourgogne Blintz claims to have been one in her MotiveRant. Twilight suspects otherwise, and launches a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech.
* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler:After she's fired, Bundt Buttercream confides to Twilight Sparkle that Blintz won't hesitate to send security after her if she continues to stay on the premises, which would present a great risk for Bundt's unborn foals if the security were to rough her up in some way. Twilight promptly teleports Bundt to her friends' room enlists Applejack to protect Bundt out of fear for the mare's safety]].
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''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/415675/down-with-the-pastryarchy Down with the Pastryarchy]]'' is yet another story in ''FanFic/TheWeedverse'', and written by Kudzuhaiku.
Princess Twilight Sparkle is called to Las Pegasus to attend the last Great Equestrian Bake-Off, accompanied by Applejack, Pinkie Pie, and Seville Orange. Instead of food and good-natured competition, they find themselves deeply entrenched in a convoluted mess of tribalism, government mandated fairness, a dying element of earth pony culture, and what just might be the remnants of the Great Equestrian Dream, a unity that might have never existed.
Thus begins the story of Twilight's attempt to smash the system, forgetting that she ''is'' the system.
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!!This story contains examples of:
* DoubleStandard: The whole 'Exceptional Earth ponies are a credit to their tribe' kerfuffle that continues to plague Equestria.
* YouAreACreditToYourRace: A discussed topic that's a core element of the story; Seville, Applejack, and Pinkie mention how hypocritical and tribalist this way of thinking is. When unicorns and/or pegasi become great ponies, society focuses on their achievements. But when Earth ponies do it, they're seen as exceptions to the norm.
Princess Twilight Sparkle is called to Las Pegasus to attend the last Great Equestrian Bake-Off, accompanied by Applejack, Pinkie Pie, and Seville Orange. Instead of food and good-natured competition, they find themselves deeply entrenched in a convoluted mess of tribalism, government mandated fairness, a dying element of earth pony culture, and what just might be the remnants of the Great Equestrian Dream, a unity that might have never existed.
Thus begins the story of Twilight's attempt to smash the system, forgetting that she ''is'' the system.
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!!This story contains examples of:
* DoubleStandard: The whole 'Exceptional Earth ponies are a credit to their tribe' kerfuffle that continues to plague Equestria.
* YouAreACreditToYourRace: A discussed topic that's a core element of the story; Seville, Applejack, and Pinkie mention how hypocritical and tribalist this way of thinking is. When unicorns and/or pegasi become great ponies, society focuses on their achievements. But when Earth ponies do it, they're seen as exceptions to the norm.
