MLP:FiM Fan Club! {Version 6!} [Posting open!]

[xXD33r_LordXx]

My parents have the belief that anypony over the age of 7 shouldn't be watching MLP

I feel you, my parents are concerned with me because I happen to like it x3
They got over it eventually, but my dad yelled at me and told me I shouldn't be watching it..

I know how it sorta feels because my mom lets me watch it and everything but when I bye some merchandise she goes all rage on me D:

[Nadine]

My parents have the belief that anypony over the age of 7 shouldn't be watching MLP :/

I feel you, my parents are concerned with me because I happen to like it x3
They got over it eventually, but my dad yelled at me and told me I shouldn't be watching it..

I know how it sorta feels because my mom lets me watch it and everything but when I bye some merchandise she goes all rage on me D:

My mom's like, I'm not going to make a habit of buying this stuff for you. Is it that bad that I can't get something I like.. I just can't understand why it's just a child's show. It's honestly the only child's show that's any good anymore with a few other exceptions, and I mean a few.

Speaking of child's show and such, I was reminded of the whole Derpy Hooves controversy, what's your thoughts?

[Affliction]

My parents have the belief that anypony over the age of 7 shouldn't be watching MLP

I feel you, my parents are concerned with me because I happen to like it x3
They got over it eventually, but my dad yelled at me and told me I shouldn't be watching it..

My mom is the one in my house completely against it. My dad occasionally holds it over my head and makes fun of me though. Honestly, my friends
[not counting internet friends] aren't real supportive of me being a brony either.

And to answer the question about pony merch most of my things are hidden away. I'm a closet pegasister, literally thats where I hide most of my merchandise. I really want to give my MLP comic books framed for some reason, then I can hang it up ext to my other strangely framed things XD

but what if I want to read them again?

[leachface]

My mom's like, I'm not going to make a habit of buying this stuff for you. Is it that bad that I can't get something I like.. I just can't understand why it's just a child's show. It's honestly the only child's show that's any good anymore with a few other exceptions, and I mean a few.

Speaking of child's show and such, I was reminded of the whole Derpy Hooves controversy, what's your thoughts?

I miss derpy eyes..

[Rainbow Dash]

Speaking of child's show and such, I was reminded of the whole Derpy Hooves controversy, what's your thoughts?[/center]

It was completely baseless and overblown. The people offended by it were completely wrong in the origins of "derp" and the bronies being jerks to the people offended by it were... well.. jerks.

It never started as a slur against the handicapped. It came from a movie called "Baseketball" where two male characters are caught in a girl's room and they run out yelling "DERP." Later the creators of Baseketball created South Park where "derp" was used again for a character named Mr. Derp, who would hit himself and yell "DERP!" in a failed attempt at being slapsticky. "Derp" became an exclamation for when you do something silly or stupid.

And personally I found the assumption that wonky eyes = mentally handicapped more offensive than the social justice warriors flying off the handle. Though I will admit I thought the voice didn't help.

[booklover789]

Speaking of child's show and such, I was reminded of the whole Derpy Hooves controversy, what's your thoughts?

*clears throat*

Derpy's first appearance was in an episode not even related to her, and she was just in the background, doing pretty much nothing. The fanbase fell in love with her design, and started making up stories about her and how she'd fit into the episodes later in the series. The fanbase named her Derpy for unknown reasons; and the name was circulated SO MUCH that the creators had even heard about it, and wanted to please the fans. Thus, the screenwriters re-named Ditzy Doo to Derpy in honor of the fanbase.

EDIT: I think I agree with RD's statements about "Basketball" and "South Park" and how they may have been the reasons why fans named her Derpy.

An episode aired with Derpy in it, and in the episode, Derpy was portrayed as a klutzy, accident-prone pony with slightly-slurred speech. Rainbow Dash called her by her name in the episode, telling her to be careful, and not break anything more than she already had. After the episode aired, the fanbase went nuts. Most fans absolutely loved the shout-out, and loved how Derpy was portrayed. Some of the other fans went nuts in a BAD way. They sent angry e-mails to the creators and screenwriters of the show, expressing their disgust that Hasbro would introduce a "retarded" character into a TV show for children. The screenwriters were puzzled. What had they done to cause such an outrage? They went back and watched the episode, seeing nothing wrong with any of the lines they had incorporated. Several angry e-mails later, they looked into the definition of "derpy." Unknown to the screenwriters, there are different definitions of "derpy." The most common definition is "klutzy, clumsy, embarrassing, and awkward," which is the definition that the screenwriters thought they were using in the show. Part of the fanbase took the other definition of "derpy" - "mentally retarded" - and assumed that is what the screenwriters must have meant when giving that character her name.

The screenwriters made known that out of the hundreds of e-mails they'd received, only around 10 were negative, indicating that only a small percentage of the fans were upset. No matter how the screenwriters responded to the situation, they knew at least some of the fans would be hurt. After bouncing ideas back and fourth, Hasbro and the Hub ordered the screenwriters to change Derpy's name to "Ditzy Doo" and also change her voice so it wasn't so slurred. Hasbro and the Hub also ordered the screenwriters to edit out Derpy's name. The screenwriters, having practically no say in the issue, complied. Most of the fanbase did not like the change, and complained to the Hasbro and the Hub about this. Hasbro and the Hub stuck with their change, and didn't comply to the wishes of the majority of the fans.

(Information about the "Derpy/Ditzy Doo" issue can be found here.)


Personally, I think that the fans really overreacted. Derpy was NEVER meant to be an insult, and some fans simply took it that way. *facepalm* I actually thought the shout-out was sweet, and, if anything, showed that Hasbro and Hub loved their fans and wanted them to be happy. If the negatively-reacting fans hadn't e-mailed those messages, we'd still have the old Derpy. Yes, I don't like that she changed, but it's not like I can do anything about it. Just sit here and tell you guys how seriously unfair it was that people decided to change her over a couple of e-mails. *shrugs*

There are some people who currently call her "Ditzy Doo," but she'll always be "Derpy Hooves" to me.

[Tom Bombadil]

Good morning everyone ^.^
Question: is your room filled with pony merchandise? Why or why not?

Mine isn't because i don't want anyone to know I'm an MLp fan. Also, I can't afford any merch... (although i am really hoping to get the comic books sometime)

[booklover789]

I was looking up images of Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie in Equestria Girls (I just LOVE their designs SOOOO much), and lookie what I found. X)






Also, I have a quick question for you guys. If I were to take pictures of my massive pony collection (not just G4s; I'd also include G1s, G2s, G3s, and G3.5s), would you guys like to see them?

EDIT: Found another cool pic.

[Queen Vivane]

Actually it wasn't fans who sent in negative emails about Derpy. It was concerned parents. I agree with Rainbow Dash. The voice to me sounded very much like someone with downs syndrome.

[booklover789]

Actually it wasn't fans who sent in negative emails about Derpy. It was concerned parents. I agree with Rainbow Dash. The voice to me sounded very much like someone with downs syndrome.

Where exactly are you finding that information? According to this article here, people who sent in good e-mails were, "fans with siblings with disabilities and parents of kids with disabilities and fans who had disabilities themselves..." It wasn't exclusively fans, and it wasn't exclusively parents.
As for negative e-mails, the previous article was not specific.

I have heard people with Downs Syndrome, and Derpy's original voice may have sounded slightly similar to those people, but not so similar that it was the first thing I thought of when I heard it.