Talk:Derpy/@comment-90.200.188.104-20120327183555

Don't know about 'A Derp in the Life'. It sounds unlikely to happen. But I'm still sticking with my thoughts that an episode about or centering around Derpy could work. As numerous fans have already pointed out, altering Derpy's scene in The Last Roundup goes completely against the show's message of acceptance and tolerance to all sorts of people by removing a "disabled" character, so an episode dealing with that sort of theme with that sort of friendship report could be entertaining to the fans and a relevant lesson to the target audience.

The story of such an episode could go something like this, I imagine: Derpy does something clumsy (though it should be established in the episode that she is clumsy, not mentally disabled, as The Last Roundup originally intended). Somepony or a group then starts laughing at Derpy or begins making fun of her behaviour, unaware of how hurtful it is, persisting until it drives Derpy to tears (afterall, while half of the Derpy fanart shows her as clumsy, and episodes such as S1E15, S2E04 & S2E14 have ackowledged, the other half largely depicts her as a loving & caring character who is all heart, which the show hasn't had much time to add in yet). The episode could end with the character learning not to make fun of people like that and makes up with Derpy.

I know this may not happen, but again, I'm saying it could. There would be plenty of space for laughs but for emotional moments as well. The number of audience members - both bronies and children - who would relate to Derpy in those circumstances would be massive, I'm sure. Almost all of us have been bullied at some point, haven't we? Maybe others could relate to whoever is making fun of her. I don't see how people could complain about how Derpy would be offensive in an episode like this which deals with that very issue, and in light of this controvery over Derpy, she is the perfect character to demonstrate this lesson with. She could have a new voice (so long as it's not that one from the iTunes altered scene - it may sound more like fan Derpy but the delivery is just so obnoxious! The voice from the Save Derpy video and the Doctor Whooves and Assistant is the sort of standard I know Studio B is capable of).

While we can't see what the future holds, I really think this is something Studio B should consider.