Talk:Derpy/@comment-22547404-20140708043419/@comment-5870562-20140710141345

The fact that Derpy ever got to speak or be named at all in the show was an amazing gift to the fans that most fandoms never would have received. I don't think most ponies appreciate how unique something like that was, especially at a time when SOPA was busy burning Kim Dotcom's house to the ground in the far east. Derpy was "canonized" when filesharing and fan works were under a great crackdown and she was so special because she showed that copyright holders didn't all have to be modern day virtual fascist warlords on a rampage to destroy anything that in any way referenced their marks. They could cooperate with the fans and interact positively with them. Due to the sad events that followed, Derps was retconned as we all know. And I would have to agree she will most likely never get another speaking role or be named in the show, although its nearly certain she will continue to appear. But there are some really awesome potential lessons that could be shown by giving Derpy another speaking role in the right way even in a short few-second appear like her original speaking scene, and for that reason I think its no less likely she speaks again than it was unlikely that she would speak in the first place. Both are one in a million chances, but one already happened, so just like when Muffin Princess jumps on a raincloud, lightning may strike twice.....