Talk:Derpy/@comment-25531876-20150220202220/@comment-5870562-20150225015115

For me, Derpy is not the one who needs redemption, IMO, but I think I get what you mean. I would phrase it as "I hope against hope that the aspect of Hasbro which retconned Derpy can redeem itself in Episode 100." For such a "redemption" to occur, I don't even think Derpy necessarily has to speak. If she speaks and gets a different voice, I have always supported a brief scene showing Derpy at a voice lesson with Sweetie Belle, since its pretty clear at some point Sweetie will get a cutie mark related to singing. Even if its just a glimpse of the pair at a building labeled "Singing Lessons" during a CMC vignette or song about practicing to get their cutie marks, this would be a split second background appearance that would justify in a way child viewers could understand how Derpy could have a new voice (and show that practicing skills with your friends can be fun and constructive!), and appease hard core adult Derpfans by giving an in-show explanation for a new voice without any basis to believe the old voice was somehow "wrong". A kind of message like:  "Derps was never wrong, but even without being wrong, a pony can still always get even better if they practice with their friends" thing.