Talk:Derpy/@comment-2.150.38.28-20121130165143/@comment-76.250.36.103-20121130191930

People have been treating fantastic characters better than real people for the history of humanity. Everybody loves the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus, etc.,  because they symbolize perfected qualities we would like to work on in ourselves. Idolizing mythical ideals are part of being human and gives flawed mortals the chance to strive for something better. If they fail in this attempt, it is a human failure and not a flaw in the ideal. You can blame Derpy all you want for the human failure to achieve the idyllic friendship she represents, but without iconic inspirational characters like Derpy can legitimately represent to her fans and others, humanity would be morally much worse off, IMO.