Talk:Derpy/@comment-66.38.150.71-20120515050335/@comment-89234-20120516164158

The problem was that between her name, voice, eyes and behavior, to anyone not already in on the joke -- which goes for many of the people watching the show -- Derpy looked less "a little different" and more "uncomfortably close to making fun of mental retardation", which is more or less the opposite of a message of acceptance.

As it is, all signs point toward Derpy remaining a lazy-eyed background pony again. Not identifying her as "Derpy" is one thing, but I don't think that they would have anything at all to gain by actually giving her a new name.