They said they were going to keep Derpy as, well, Derpy. The problem is that I guess Hasbro got some complaints about Derpy so they changed her. But I've been interested in Derpy ever since I first heard of her, and managed to talk to a lot of other adults, older siblings, and parents who say they or their child love seeing Derpy on the screen because she reminds them of themselves. I never heard of a single story of a kid or adult being personally offended. Whenever a kid with a wandering eye sees Derpy, they are usually overjoyed.



I also hear similar statements from those who have learning disabilities who like a character on TV that is liked because she isn't the smartest cookie. Derpy says to kids and adults, it's okay if your not the smartest, or if you're not perfect. People will like you not in spite of your conditions, but partly because of your conditions. They make you unique. Though, I wish I could talk to more parents who had kids with learning disabilities so I could could make some more definitive statements about how those kids react to Derpy.



Anyway, I see a lot of people complaining on my and others' behalf. They say things like, "Can you image if a child with wandering eyes sees Derpy? Boo!" Well, actually if you talk to us, these people would find out that we almost always tend to adore Derpy (I never heard of a case where this is not true).



But yeah, I guess what I'm trying to say is that Derpy is an important character to a lot of kids with similar vision impairments. So, I'm sad to see Derpy get the boot and probably never get any more speaking lines again. Sends a really bad message to kids who just want to be accepted for who they are.