Talk:Derpy/@comment-50.133.196.97-20120808004858/@comment-71.215.27.4-20120814234646

Icy knows what she's talking about!

I don't have a "girly" voice and I am super proud of it! My voice is hot, deep, sultry. My voice has character. I don't sound like Barbie, I don't sound like a child, I don't sound like an airhead, and I don't sound whiny. Girly voices rub me all kinds of wrong and when they change a voice into a whiny valley girl Muffy voice THAT offends me. Her voice and name were cool as they were, unique, just like she was. Isn't that what the whole show was about? Finding friends who are different and full of character and interesting and loving them for it? Wasn't it about learning to overlook the things that bug you and see the beautiful things instead?

Oh I'm offended alright, offended they changed her to be less herself and more "acceptable". If they had named her Retard Rubarb then yeah, cause for offense, but they didn't. May as well say all clumsy people are mentally challenged too and so we shouldn't call any of the pony’s Clumsy Cake. Come to think of it she is blond right? So don't anyone dare call her Ditzy Do, wouldn't want to offend any blonds by calling them Ditzy right. Makes about as much sense, maybe more.

Point being: Derp is not slang for disabled, it is slang for clumsy. Derp is not offensive just mildly annoying to be called it. Changing a character because of some ill informed people who get upset at everything violates the principles you pretend to uphold. We, the actual fans, are offended at THAT, especially since Derpy Hooves is our creation too and we love her for it.

By the way I happen to be blond and even Ditzy wouldn't offend me.