Mudbriar's a psychopath. How do you convince Maud?

[KillerKingBakudan 702]

Mudbriar just took his batshit craziness to a new level. At the latest Running of the Leaves, he couldn't help but notice all the pony athletes carelessly trampling over sticks and breaking them as they raced to the end of the path. Their utter disregard for the sticks' "feelings" infuriated him. So much that he would secretly take his frustrations out on each of them late at night by stalking them. Some of them would get their legs broken. Others who were less fortunate would turn up missing.

You know that he's the one behind all of this because your favorite pony (who ISN'T Maud or Mudbriar himself) was one of his targets. She survived her encounter with him, and although she never got a good look at his face in the dark, it seems he openly proclaimed he was avenging all the "innocent sticks" she hurt. He said that scumbags like her would never victimize another piece of wood again for as long as he lived.

Maud is not safe with him. You want to tell her, but you have nothing but hearsay to go on. And she's so blindly attached to Mudbriar that if you don't provide sufficient evidence linking him to these crimes, there's a good chance she'll get offended and tell him about your accusations, thereby making YOU his next victim.

What do you do?

[Kronos the Revenant 1,971]

Break a stick in front of Maud and Mudbriar and look for a reaction. If he doesn't break the first time (no pun intended), keep breaking sticks until he snaps (again, no pun intended). I personally don't have much at stake in this (besides Pinkie Pie being peeved at me making her sister mad at me).

Basically, try to agitate him and see if he reacts upon the agitation. I've seen this trick done in LOTS of crime dramas

Edited June 12, 2018 by Kronos the Revenant

[King of Canterlot 9,603]

What would I do? I would try to catch Mudbriar in the act, he seems to have lots of victims, so I would stalk the stalker, wait until he's victimizing the victims, and gather some proof, possibly a photograph or a recording of the event, so that way I could take it to the Ponyville police department and have him arrested. Only after he is safely locked up behind bars will Maud see how truly dangerous he is and will probably thank me for keeping her safe   

[TheGreatEater 0]

Honestly the best solution to Mudbriar is either A) have Starlight Glimmer deal with him (as a character with her Cutie Mark in Super Villainy, and who deals with all problems with a liberal abuse of magic. She'd deal with him the most fun way possible); or B ) KIWF, I'm pretty sure that he, much like kindling that he so loves, is very much flammable. And if Starlight can't unmake him, fire can.

 

Although @King of Canterlot's reply is a whole less ambiguously evil than mine is. I mean personally I'm all for KIWF or Starlight's shenanigans that may or may not erase Mudbriar from existence. But if he ceased to be and no one knew he ever existed (due to said shenanigans) is it really a crime? 

[EpicEnergy 23,222]

I tell Pinkie Pie, who then would convince Maud.

[Scootaloo9074090 501]

well I will bring in another Psychopath to deal with Mudbriars  Carnage would killed him and tear him to limb from limb  and than get the Mane six to use the element of harmony to banish Carnage to Tartarus or turn him to Stone

[Tom Gallagher 33,591]

I’ll have to ask Pinkie to do it instead of me. She’ll know exactly how to word it. 

Technically, he’s a nuisance! 

[ExplosionMare 18,073]

He hates rocks and wants nothing more than to eradicate the world of them

[Scootaloo9074090 501]

On 2021-05-12 at 7:53 AM, ExplosionMare said:

He hates rocks and wants nothing more than to eradicate the world of them

This is equestria *kick mudbriars down into a bottomless pit.

this would be maud reaction