Talk:Derpy/@comment-356904-20130207165023/@comment-5897879-20130207165423

Trust me, I am a parent, and BECAUSE of the retcon I had to explain political correctness and profiteering and discrimination to my 3 and 6 year old. BEFORE the retcon, they thought Derpy was wonderful and they loved finding her as an Easter Egg. All of this is ACTUALLY so Hasbro or whoever is responsible in reality can shift the burden of explaining onto parents instead of taking it on themselves. But I love Derpy too, so you can bet I expained it to my kids that nothing was ever "wrong" with Derpy despite what happened to her in the show; she was just born with special eyes, and that you should never treat people differently because of how they look or sound, unless you are planning to work for Hasbro or whoever decided to change her, in which case you can just erase the differences, play like they never existed, and let parents do the explaining for you.