My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

[BladeEdge86]

Originally Posted by The Stryker

You're not serious right? A character to appeal to disabled people that's named DERPY? Whaaaat?

Yes I am, Derpy means slow and uncoordinated not mentally retarded there is a huge difference. The character Derpy is an opportunity to show to look beyond mere stereotypes and try to see someone for who they really are.

Originally Posted by Sage Ninja

how come some people keep refering to Twilight Sparkle as a Mary-Sue? How many times has she screwed up or had a melt down. She's far from perfect.

She is not a Mary Sue right now but like I said before if she becomes an alicorn and they botch it in other words do it too suddenly and without the proper buildup that is what will most likely happen.

Originally Posted by Sage Ninja

I think it would be nice to see Sweetie Bell, Scootaloo, and Apple Bloom finally get their cutie marks this season.

I am in no rush to see that happen, I am sure they will get theirs eventually but it is fun to see all the things they do to try to get them.

[The Stryker]

Originally Posted by BladeEdge86

Yes I am, Derpy means slow and uncoordinated not mentally retarded there is a huge difference. The character Derpy is an opportunity to show to look beyond mere stereotypes and try to see someone for who they really are.

Oh? Great!

We're not saying you're retarded. We're just saying you're slow and uncoordinated. Phew. That's a relief.

You might as well bring in a horse to appeal to african americans and call it 'Niggy'. It's the same garbage.

[Raph's Girl]

Originally Posted by The Stryker

You might as well bring in a horse to appeal to african americans and call it 'Niggy'. It's the same garbage.

Uh actually we have Zecora the Zebra from Africa to appeal to African Americans. All the ponies were scared of her at first cuz she's different but Twilight helped the townsponies to show that she's really no different than they are (other than being a Zebra that speaks in rhyme that is).

[Turo602]

Originally Posted by The Stryker

Oh? Great!

We're not saying you're retarded. We're just saying you're slow and uncoordinated. Phew. That's a relief.

You might as well bring in a horse to appeal to african americans and call it 'Niggy'. It's the same garbage.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! So true.

[Cure]

Originally Posted by Raph's Girl

Uh actually we have Zecora the Zebra from Africa to appeal to African Americans. All the ponies were scared of her at first cuz she's different but Twilight helped the townsponies to show that she's really no different than they are (other than being a Zebra that speaks in rhyme that is).

So the zebra who's supposed to appeal to African Americans speaks...in rhymes...

[愛]

Children's shows love stereotypes and racism.

[BladeEdge86]

Originally Posted by The Stryker

Oh? Great!

We're not saying you're retarded. We're just saying you're slow and uncoordinated. Phew. That's a relief.

You might as well bring in a horse to appeal to african americans and call it 'Niggy'. It's the same garbage.

I sure love it when people automatically jump in and judge things they do not understand, seriously the name Derpy was given to her by fans to refer to her googly eyes. That googly eyed appearance was originally the result of an animation error some fans spotted I guess they really liked her and she was given a brief speaking role in an episode and that is when it hit the fan.

[The Stryker]

Originally Posted by BladeEdge86

I sure love it when people automatically jump in and judge things they do not understand, seriously the name Derpy was given to her by fans to refer to her googly eyes. That googly eyed appearance was originally the result of an animation error some fans spotted I guess they really liked her and she was given a brief speaking role in an episode and that is when it hit the fan.

I understand that it's a pony with crooked eyes, a typical der dumb voice and the name Derpy.

I don't give a sh*t that it was an animation error. They ran with it and made it sorta offensive. To say THAT character would be great for disabled people is insulting.

[BladeEdge86]

Originally Posted by The Stryker

I understand that it's a pony with crooked eyes, a typical der dumb voice and the name Derpy.

Correct me if I am wrong but you don't seem like someone who actually watched the show so you understand this situation how exactly? I am not going to press this further because there is no point no offense but seriously your earlier comment about "niggy" kind of gave it away that you have no idea what you are talking about.

[The Stryker]

Originally Posted by BladeEdge86

Correct me if I am wrong but you don't seem like someone who actually watched the show so you understand this situation how exactly? I am not going to press this further because there is no point no offense but seriously your earlier comment about "niggy" kind of gave it away that you have no idea what you are talking about.

I watched the clip where the character spoke. The character has a typical dumb idiot voice and was constantly ruining things because she was stupid. What exactly am I missing?

To say that character 'would be great for disabled people' is insane. Basically you would be telling these poor kids "Hey! This dumb character that ruins everything and speaks slowly? That's you! It's name is Derpy! Don't you feel empowered?"

You also keep saying that I have no idea what I'm talking about. All the while acting like you know what would be an awesome character for the disabled. Riiiiight.

[ZariusTwo]

I think Blade is probably more in love with the Derpy seen on Dr Whooves (don't ask) than the Derpy in the actual canon.

[Bossa Nova]

Derpy was NEVER a canon pony, so folks need to really cool off with the whole 'Hasbro is playing into stereotypes' thing. She was a simple background pony that somehow or other (either through a mistake in editing or a small easter egg type prank from the producers) had eyes pointing in two different directions. That's it. The fandom saw her and became absolutely obsessed with her, just as they apparently like to do with every other background pony that has a clip longer than 2 seconds, for whatever reason.

It was the FANDOM that dubbed her as Derpy and gave her the entire background of being clumsy/slow/silly/etc. Honestly, the FIM fandom can be really intense, and the only reason Hasbro gave Derpy the little snippet that they did was to appease the fans that were going apeshit over her, and of course, the second they gave her a 'dense' sounding voice, the other half of her fans who thought she was being shoe-horned into cliche also went equally apeshit over how she was a giant stereotype. Hasbro doesn't even officially call her Derpy, but rather Ditzy Doo, as in she's just a silly, somewhat airheaded pony, and they changed her voice after the outcry as well. Honestly, Derpy is a NOBODY pony, and the only reason she has as much attention and "personality" or even a "character" at all, is because of the fans who pushed it onto her and for whatever reason believe their fanon ideas are now suddenly canon. Hasbro has nothing to do with it.

[BladeEdge86]

Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

I think Blade is probably more in love with the Derpy seen on Dr Whooves (don't ask) than the Derpy in the actual canon.

Actually I have never seen Dr Whooves is that a fanfic or something? Okay so the cross eyed Derpy may not have started out as canon but she was made canon as a nod to the fans at least until parents and imbeciles/trolls like The Stryker had to complain about it. I mean nobody says anything about characters that are way way more stereotypically retarded than Derpy could ever be like Patrick Star form Spongebob Squarepants.

[Jester]

Difference is:
A. He's not called Retard McStarFish
and
B. No one ever said he's a way for the show to reach "that audience".

[The Stryker]

Originally Posted by BladeEdge86

Actually I have never seen Dr Whooves is that a fanfic or something? Okay so the cross eyed Derpy may not have started out as canon but she was made canon as a nod to the fans at least until parents and imbeciles/trolls like The Stryker had to complain about it. I mean nobody says anything about characters that are way way more stereotypically retarded than Derpy could ever be like Patrick Star form Spongebob Squarepants.

Like Jester said, nobody is saying Patrick would be a great role model for mentally handicapped children. THAT is where I took offense. Just a really dumb statement.

[Raph's Girl]

Originally Posted by BladeEdge86

Actually I have never seen Dr Whooves is that a fanfic or something? Okay so the cross eyed Derpy may not have started out as canon but she was made canon as a nod to the fans at least until parents and imbeciles/trolls like The Stryker had to complain about it. I mean nobody says anything about characters that are way way more stereotypically retarded than Derpy could ever be like Patrick Star form Spongebob Squarepants.

Dr. Whooves is a fan web cartoon on YouTube. It's one of several MLP FIM fan toons out there.

[Mona_Lisa]

My girls like my little pony, they have been watching it on netflix. I haven't seen anything that offended me. But maybe I haven't been paying enough attention?

[LH]

Originally Posted by Mona_Lisa

My girls like my little pony, they have been watching it on netflix. I haven't seen anything that offended me. But maybe I haven't been paying enough attention?

It's fine that you don't see anything offending. They are refering to a background character named Derpy. The creators of the show named her Derpy because that's what the fans called her. However, angry parents were contacting Hasbro because the name Derpy offended them due to the character's ditzy nature and voice. So now the character is nameless in the show and on merchandise. Hasbro didn't mean any harm, they were just trying to do something nice for the fans.

[Candy Kappa]

Ditzy should never have been renamed Derpy

[AT-Man]

Originally Posted by Mona_Lisa

My girls like my little pony, they have been watching it on netflix. I haven't seen anything that offended me. But maybe I haven't been paying enough attention?

You have to dig really deep and derive offenses from anything that might potentially be dangerously racist/sexist/telling kids to act violently. Don't be fooled if you don't find anything even the fourth time, it's there.