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Subject: Re: Funny pictures, videos and other media thread! Thu Feb 16, 2012 7:07 am
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Bronies react to teens react to my little pony.
Rainbow Dash Striker of Light
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Subject: Re: Funny pictures, videos and other media thread! Fri Feb 17, 2012 7:02 am
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Why is this so absolutely fantastic?
Mane 6 released Rarity's theme from Fighting is Magic. Inb4Slothhasafangirlsqueal/fangasm. To be honest I don't really like it as much as the others. It sounds too techno to be Rarity if that makes any sense. The only thing that would even make me think of Rarity is the very slight allusion to Art of the Dress at 1:33. Song reviews with Uscdrew.
Rarity Dragoon
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Subject: Re: Funny pictures, videos and other media thread! Fri Feb 17, 2012 7:50 am
Rainbow Dash wrote:
Inb4Slothhasafangirlsqueal/fangasm.
I did that SO hard.
Freakin' loved this.
Rainbow Dash Striker of Light
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Subject: Re: Funny pictures, videos and other media thread! Fri Feb 17, 2012 8:19 am
found some additional ones.
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Rainbow Dash Striker of Light
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Subject: Re: Funny pictures, videos and other media thread! Sat Feb 18, 2012 8:54 am
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All of my wat.
Aka how to freak out sloth .mov
Derping Doo is best pony.
She used to be an adventurer like Daring Doo, then she took an arrow to the hoof.
Only posting this one because I've just started watching the series (with Christopher Eccleston) and I'm absolutely in love with it.
Not sure if awesome-worthy or wat-worthy, but amazing nonetheless
You know what this roundup is?
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Twilight Sparkle Darkside
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Subject: Re: Funny pictures, videos and other media thread! Sat Feb 18, 2012 6:55 pm
Bronies react to kids react is pretty good. EXCEPT THE RANDOM SHOUTING WHICH IS FUNNY BUT TOO LOUD
Rainbow Dash Striker of Light
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Subject: Re: Funny pictures, videos and other media thread! Sat Feb 18, 2012 9:08 pm
That's solrac. He does the videos where the songs are sung by a really angry yelling person.
Rainbow Dash Striker of Light
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Subject: Re: Funny pictures, videos and other media thread! Mon Feb 20, 2012 9:19 am
Sorry, I forgot that I didn't make a post yesterday. I meant to post the same drill as last week, except it's on sunday instead of saturday like it usually is. Anyway, here goes.
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Ponies and Kingdom Hearts are always a good thing.
FLUTTERSHY CUTENESS OVERLOOOOOOAD.
Ponies and Gurren Lagann are always a good thing.
The song is pretty good, but the beginning is hilarious.
^When you see it...
Screw logic, I'm Pinkie Pie!
Like for Pinkie Pie is a game, and she has all the cheat codes.
For James
Wat.
Dat massive post.
Rainbow Dash Striker of Light
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Subject: Re: Funny pictures, videos and other media thread! Mon Feb 20, 2012 3:54 pm
Lol.
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Rainbow Dash Striker of Light
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Subject: Re: Funny pictures, videos and other media thread! Tue Feb 21, 2012 7:04 am
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Know your Meme is having a survey just for bronies. You can hit up the link here if you're interested.
All of my wat.
Rainbow Dash Striker of Light
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Subject: Re: Funny pictures, videos and other media thread! Wed Feb 22, 2012 6:52 am
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Subject: Re: Funny pictures, videos and other media thread! Fri Feb 24, 2012 7:16 am
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Rainbow Dash Striker of Light
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Subject: Re: Funny pictures, videos and other media thread! Sat Feb 25, 2012 9:48 am
Doing this part of the wrap up separate because of how enraged it makes me.
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So in case you guys didn't know, there was a bit of scandal about Derpy Hooves's appearance in The Last Roundup. Many people complained about how the derped eyes and seemingly mentally deficient personality were making fun of the mentally challenged. These people were obviously overreacting, but the episode was removed from iTunes after a while. Recently, it's gone back up. Regular Bronies were excited about the episode going back up, until this happened.
That's right, they pretty much changed the entire thing. -Rainbow Dash doesn't mention Derpy by name -Derpy has a new voice that sounds terrible compared to the other one -Derpy's eyes are no longer derped
So because of a few overreacting parents of kids watching this show, the entire thing was redone. If they ever include her again, it better be like they did it originally or they might as well just get rid of her all together. There was, however, this quote taken from one of the animators.
AnimatorguywhosenameIdon'tknow wrote:
On the issue on Derpy whether she'll have the same Derp face expression and stuff. As an animator of the show, rest assured, she'll be fine. The show will still go on and I hope you will continue to support the show. Though Derpy is a great character, she is not essentially the reason why the show is awesome (though she is one of the Reasons). If Derpy never existed on that fateful scene in the first episode, would MLP be a bad show? Remember MLP is a great show because for what it is. I didn't know about Derpy until someone from the Studio pointed it out. I hope you'll still enjoy the show no matter what happens.
Anyway, onwards to ponies.
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The following comic was supposed to be for this weeks episode.
If there were one
All these plushies megusta
Twilight Sparkle Darkside
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Subject: Re: Funny pictures, videos and other media thread! Sat Feb 25, 2012 2:09 pm
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That's right, they pretty much changed the entire thing. -Rainbow Dash doesn't mention Derpy by name -Derpy has a new voice that sounds terrible compared to the other one -Derpy's eyes are no longer derped [/quote]
I am going to be controversial and say I much prefer this voice. It is more inkeeping with the theme of other voices in the show and doesn't sound as misplaced as the original voice. However the eyes and name changes I do not approve of. I never like it when bronies influence the show too much.
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I love this picture so much! Fairly Odd Parents was such a great show. :3 And now it has been mixed with ponies.<3
Rainbow Dash Striker of Light
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Subject: Re: Funny pictures, videos and other media thread! Sun Feb 26, 2012 10:28 am
This video gets a separate post because it literally almost made me cry.
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Now after that bit of depression, regular pony time.
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Full version of the intro sequence. Bad puns incoming.
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Subject: Re: Funny pictures, videos and other media thread! Mon Feb 27, 2012 7:20 am
Almost nothing at all this time around.
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Rainbow Dash Striker of Light
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Subject: Re: Funny pictures, videos and other media thread! Tue Feb 28, 2012 7:01 am
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wat.
Twilight Sparkle Darkside
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Subject: Re: Funny pictures, videos and other media thread! Tue Feb 28, 2012 7:21 am
I love the bronies react to kids react. Great stuff! *kid reluctantly brohoofs* HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE A MAN!!?!
Actual Teen react
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Also found the cutest thing ever (contains strong language)
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I think that is Muffin.
Rainbow Dash Striker of Light
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Subject: Re: Funny pictures, videos and other media thread! Wed Feb 29, 2012 7:07 am
Derpy News update.
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Quote from Hasbro PR Representative
Hasbro PR Representative wrote:
"The 'My Little Pony Friendship is Magic' series has always been about acceptance and inclusion, and the series strives to convey that through the playful antics of a diverse cast of characters," Hasbro spokeswoman Nicole Angello told us over email. "Some viewers felt that aspects of the episode 'The Last Roundup' did not stay true to the core message of friendship which is the heart and soul of the series. Hasbro Studios decided to make slight audio alterations to this single episode."
This basically means that we'll either have more Derpy with the same voice and derped eyes and that that episode was the only thing to change, or we might never see Derpy again.
Onwards to ponies.
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This is actually kinda funny since I only started listening to Parov Stelar (guy who wrote the song in the video) because ponies.
Twilight Sparkle Darkside
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Subject: Re: Funny pictures, videos and other media thread! Wed Feb 29, 2012 10:21 am
For Drew about Derpy
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Rainbow Dash Striker of Light
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Subject: Re: Funny pictures, videos and other media thread! Wed Feb 29, 2012 5:10 pm
I've already seen that picture. It still makes me mad that they changed it though.
Rainbow Dash Striker of Light
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Subject: Re: Funny pictures, videos and other media thread! Thu Mar 01, 2012 7:01 am
Official explanation to Derpy (long email)
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Amy Keating Rodgers wrote:
Whew, this controversy has been overwhelming and exhausting!
I actually had no idea that fans were really upset about the "Derpy Change" until your email. And I didn't actually know about the change until I got an email last week from a fan telling me about it!
Let me try and put some rumors at rest and calm the fans. And to do that, let's go back to the beginning.
When I first wrote this episode, the character under such harsh scrutiny was named Ditzy Doo. We had already established in previous episodes that she was clumsy (she is not the pony you want on your moving crew). And we named her Ditzy Doo thinking of her as a being a bit dingy.
The scene I wrote was originally longer and had a flashback explaining exactly what Ditzy Doo had done to damage Town Hall. She and Rainbow Dash were "Bucking Bolts" out of the clouds during a storm. Ditzy Doo was bucking too close to Ponyville central. Rainbow kept trying to yell over the noisy bucking for Ditzy to move away from town. But Ditzy could not hear her and thought that Rainbow was complimenting her for her great buck bolting. Ditzy then hit Town Hall with a bolt. And, thus, the damage.
For the second draft, I was asked to change Ditzy's name to Derpy as a "tip of the hat" to the fans. So, not knowing that Derpy meant anything beyond klutzy and clumsy, I did as requested And then I was finished with this episode.
I had nothing to do with the original voice casting. In my mind, she was ditzy, as her original name implied. But that's not anything I was ever involved with MLP. The scene was made shorter because the script was too long and because the story wasn't about Ditzy/Derpy. It was about Applejack.
When this episode first aired, I did not see it until after I started getting emails either thanking me or berating me for Derpy's portrayal. The angry emails really freaked me out because I knew that I had not written a scene that could possibly be interpreted as being insensitive to people with disabilities.
So, when I got home, I watched the episode. I saw that the scene was shorter, which did not surprise me. That happens all the time. I listened to her voice and it was deeper than I expected. However, I was not offended by any part of the scene in any way.
But I got about 10 emails saying how offended folks were. People labeled me an "ableist" (a word I'd never heard of) and said that I was being insensitive to the disabled by calling this character "derpy." I then did a search on what derpy meant and the first things that came up were "embarrassing" and "awkward" which is what I thought. But then when I did more in-depth searches, I discovered that one definition is "retarded."
Now, you have to realize that reading that made my heart sink. My son Soren (of Soarin' fame) is severely disabled. We do not use the word "retarded" in our house because it really has become an offensive slur. And while I knew that it was only a minority of people that defined "derpy" this way, it still upset me that I was the writer that put that name out there. It was painfully ironic and goes against the fact that I'm an advocate for the disabled.
I also want to note here that while I got 10 negative emails, I also got about 200 positive ones! I knew that the majority of fans were not offended. I got emails from fans with siblings with disabilities and parents of kids with disabilities and fans who had disabilities themselves and none of them were offended. At first, I tried to answer all these emails, but then I just became too overwhelmed. Still, I want to thank you all for your support!
But I was not the only one getting contacted regarding Derpy's portrayal. Positive and negative feedback was also being sent to Hasbro and the Hub. Someone at the Hub who knows about my personal connection with disabilities contacted me asking my opinion. We talked about various options of what to do.
1. Do nothing. 2. Cut Rainbow saying "Derpy" but keep Derpy's voice. 3. Cut Rainbow saying "Derpy" and change Derpy's voice. 4. Find a creative way to change Derpy's name in a future episode
And I was honestly torn about which action should be taken. I went back and forth and back again. It was a no win situation. Fans were going to be offended no matter what. And while I was not personally offended by the scene, I tried to put myself in the shoes of someone that was. I know that if I was offended by something that I thought was disparaging against the disabled, I would want my voice heard. But then I also knew that an insensitive portrayal of someone with disabilities was never our intention, so why change it? When that call ended, no decision was made. And it was not my decision to make. I am just a freelance writer here, not a network executive. That decision was up to Hasbro and the Hub. I am sure they weighed what was best for the MLP brand, the show, the network, and they may have even weighed in my personal situation. Maybe they wanted to spare me from getting anymore more hate mail and people calling me offensive names. It may have been only 10 emails, but each one made me feel absolutely horrible If the effect on me was part of their motivation for the change, I think that's really amazing, incredibly sensitive, and very commendable.
In the end, Derpy's voice was re-voiced to be more ditzy. And while, again, I had nothing to do with the casting, this is closer to the voice that was in my head. And as for cutting her name, if it truly can be defined as "retarded," then I am personally glad that name is gone. I wouldn't want my writing to perpetuate children--our target audience--to call other children "derpy" with that meaning behind it.
So, I know the fans are upset. But please don't be upset at Hasbro or the Hub or DHX Media or the "Anti-Derpy" fans or me. Let's remember what the message of MLP:FiM is--tolerance, kindness, understanding, and, most importantly, friendship.
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