Talk:Derpy/@comment-69.179.162.121-20130518023549/@comment-5870562-20130523190614

I think the Pony Production Team has done pretty well with putting her  frequently yet innocuously in the background which is really all anypony could realistically expect, I think. She doesn't need to talk and/or be named on the show in every single ep to be her wonderful muffiny self. I don't even expect they will ever issue a formal statement of their precise reasoning for the changes much less change Derpy's scene back to the pre-edit version in the canon for any reason. The only real change I hope for is that her merch can have a name again. I don't even care what it is, Bubbles, Derpy, Ditzy, Janet, Pony #17, it doesn't matter. Because for me and other supporters we will still call her Derpy, as we always have. But once she is concretely named, everypony can move on even if they use a different name for their personal usage. As long as Pony Production Team continues to produce nameless merch, arguing will continue about what name is "prettiest" or "least offensive" or "most suitable". But the truth is, these judgments are ALL personal opinion and none should be "better" than another. This is why I do not support that she was ever retconned in the first place; because the edit at least implicitly legitimizes concretely a position taken by the Production Team that "Derpy" is a word that is inappropriate for MLP fans, most likely specifically young girls, to use for unspecified reasons. I think that position is factually false, there is nothing about the word "Derpy" as it exists in 2013 that should make it inappropriate for young girls (or anyone) to use that could be objectively demonstrated as based in any consistent fact. Some particular people might not LIKE the word as much as others, but a simple dislike from a fraction of the population does not make the word wrong to the point it should be erased from the show. (Pinkie Pie uses the word "Duh" in the show which I am sure a few obscure people could possibly associate with a sound that could be possibly seen as taunting the mentally disabled as well and that has not been retconned)  But other than that, I accept that everypony will never unanimously agree that Derpy is "likeable" or "best pony" even if I personally think she is. And that's ok.