So. Those who don't follow ponies, feel free to disregard this.
For those who aren't caught up to recent episodes, the latest episode had Derpy Hooves - actually referred to in-script as 'Derpy', at that - have spoken dialogue.
I have heard now more than one person arguing that the slightly dim, low-voiced mare is "mocking people with developmental disorders", such as Downs Syndrome.
Because nobody can be different without being a victim. And because learning disabilities are TOTALLY symptomized by being fucking wall-eyed. And Tabitha St. Germain confused her for a male, has admitted such, and patterned her after a sleepy - but perfectly healthy - boy, the son of a neighbor.
But, well. I'll just repost what I said on AIM at this point.
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swordianmaster: ...
(3:37:23 PM)swordianmaster: Seriously, what?
(3:37:25 PM)swordianmaster: Fuck.
(3:37:36 PM)swordianmaster: The what, by the way, not towards the trivia
(3:37:44 PM)swordianmaster: but towards the fact that people are getting upset about that.
(3:37:51 PM)swordianmaster: Some women HAVE deeper, lower voices!
(3:37:58 PM)swordianmaster: Hell, my mom's one of them!
[...]
(3:39:52 PM)swordianmaster: But yeah.
(3:40:11 PM)swordianmaster: It's a dumb argument and... heh. If I wanted to be a total troll, it'd be a self-defeating argument too.
(3:40:20 PM)swordianmaster: Because all you need to say to win that one?
(3:40:41 PM)swordianmaster: "Sometimes you don't need a developmental disability to be completely fucking retarded. QED."
For those who aren't caught up to recent episodes, the latest episode had Derpy Hooves - actually referred to in-script as 'Derpy', at that - have spoken dialogue.
I have heard now more than one person arguing that the slightly dim, low-voiced mare is "mocking people with developmental disorders", such as Downs Syndrome.
Because nobody can be different without being a victim. And because learning disabilities are TOTALLY symptomized by being fucking wall-eyed. And Tabitha St. Germain confused her for a male, has admitted such, and patterned her after a sleepy - but perfectly healthy - boy, the son of a neighbor.
But, well. I'll just repost what I said on AIM at this point.
(3:37:15 PM)
swordianmaster: ...(3:37:23 PM)
swordianmaster: Seriously, what?(3:37:25 PM)
swordianmaster: Fuck.(3:37:36 PM)
swordianmaster: The what, by the way, not towards the trivia(3:37:44 PM)
swordianmaster: but towards the fact that people are getting upset about that.(3:37:51 PM)
swordianmaster: Some women HAVE deeper, lower voices!(3:37:58 PM)
swordianmaster: Hell, my mom's one of them![...]
(3:39:52 PM)
swordianmaster: But yeah.(3:40:11 PM)
swordianmaster: It's a dumb argument and... heh. If I wanted to be a total troll, it'd be a self-defeating argument too.(3:40:20 PM)
swordianmaster: Because all you need to say to win that one?(3:40:41 PM)
swordianmaster: "Sometimes you don't need a developmental disability to be completely fucking retarded. QED."
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Being wall-eyed? Not bad in itself. I actually like how unique that makes her. The problem comes in when you look at how being wall-eyed is often used as visual code for "stupid" or "retarded" (with all the negative connotations of that word), and combine it with the scene being about how she destroys everything she touches and doesn't even seem able to comprehend that she's doing anything wrong or why Rainbow Dash might want her to stop. It's just a hurricane of individually not-that-bad choices that become really, really unfortunate when put together.