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No, because people would still find reasons to hate her, and they do when you look at a lot of the criticism she comes in for and see that much of it is unrelated to this plot. The central theme of all of this is that her Dad is someone of extreme religious ideology who's trying to control her and keep her from being with someone she loves. Even if you took the tuition out, I feel this central theme has to stay because it's what produces the most stakes and tension, but obviously it would be done in a different way. People can try to fanfic alternatives for a Maya plot all they like, but most I've seen are either dry and simple like Jill's plot or just flat in terms of whatever drama they think works better.Dude... I respect opinions even though I strongly disagree with them...
But don't you think Maya would be more likeable if she didn't have a free tuition problem? To say that her problem is not negatively affecting her character is either playing the fool or being too naive.
It's not a perfect plotline, but as I've said many times, people tend to overexaggerate a lot of the effects of it and it only rears its head when it needs to, but the rest of the time there are nice moments with her that can and do overshadow what's going on in the background when you just let yourself embrace them.
Funny thing about that "Maya never tried to find out what it was about" part is that in that scene, Maya is the one who actually does ask about it. She says to Quinn, "What do we have to have to do exactly?", but the answer isn't given at that time since Sage and the other girls walk in so Quinn clams up.Quinn ask if they heard about rumors and ask if they are interested, but Maya never tried to find out what was it about. Someone is offering you free money and you don't care to know what you should do to get it? And as the guy said, she never asked any other HOT about it. And it is funny that she doesn't trust Quinn at all, but she decided to trust the rumor about a free tuition when Quinn asks if she is interested even without knowing what is it about or either if it was true or not.
Also, Quinn didn't know about her money problem. So when you say "Quinn explicitly baited Maya with the idea of addressing her money problem" that is totally wrong.
Mona is the one who, at that time, doesn't question it. She immediately says "sign me up" with gusto when Quinn hints at the free tuition whereas Maya does actually pose an inquiring question about what it would require.
Since Mona later signs up to be part of Quinn's restaurant, I feel we can assume that Quinn let Mona in on what it would really take, but told Maya something else entirely because she never had any intention of letting Maya in. She was just playing games with her.