2012-02-25, 02:47 AM
TrueBlitz Wrote:Because some people think that SHOWING A FEMALE PONY WITH DERPY EYES = NEGATIVE REPRESENTATION OF MENTALLY DISABLED PEOPLE, AND THAT IS BAD TO SHOW THIS TO OUR CHILDRENWouldn't it be a good deal more insulting to the mentally disabled to assume that a pony with weird eyes and an inconsistent voice is Ponyville's equivalent of a retard? And that also kind of messes up her idiom -- she had odd eyes in every single episode she was in until this "fix."
Well, I don't know the real reason behind this, but I believe that may be the case.

