fandomsecrets | [ SECRET POST #1879 ]

⌈ Secret Post #1879 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[The Dain Curse by Dashiell Hammett]

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[Matilda]

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[Person of Interest]

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[Boston Public]

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[Rideback]

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[The Office (UK)/Harry Potter]

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[Inspector Lynley Mysteries]

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[Prince of Cats]

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10. [personal attack]

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[Misfits]

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[Smash]

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[Hetalia]

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[Shadow of the Colossus]

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[Dragon Age]

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[Zack Snyder]

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[Kill Bill]

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[askandroidwheatley/Wheatley (Portal 2)]

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19. [repeat]

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[TGWTG, Todd in the Shadows]

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[Sailor Moon]

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[Hyvät ja huonot uutiset]

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[MLP: FiM]

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[Once Upon a Time]

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[Katekyo Hitman Reborn!]

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[How I Met Your Mother]

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[Castle]

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[Amanda Palmer]

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[Katawa Shoujo]

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[Homestuck]

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[Evangelion]

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32. [SPOILERS for Salt and TGWTDT]

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33. [SPOILERS for Katawa Shoujo]

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34. [TRIGGER WARNING for incest]

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35. [TRIGGER WARNING for incest]

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36. [TRIGGER WARNING for child abuse]

[DC comics/DCAU]

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This was such a huge issue on Tumblr (one of the places where social justice and discussions about things like ableism are very present). Although I can understand why people may have found the combination of Derpy's name, looks and Forest Gump-y sort of speaking offensive, I do think that nowadays people should back-up and mellow out a bit.

There have been silly/clumsy/stupid/slow cartoon characters since the dawn of cartoon time. In my opinion, Derpy was a bit of a pony-fied version of Dopey (another name that is now iffy if you consider the rise of 'ableist slurs'). Clumsy and unfortunate, but still trying to be earnest and helpful. Same goes for Goofy or Stimpy or Ed from Ed, Edd 'n Eddy and many others. I have yet to find an article or a blog post where Dopey or Goofy is considered harmful or offensive or a bad example to children (the latter being a reason why people had such a problem with Derpy since MLP is a show that is supposed to teach children things). Could be that I am not looking in the right place.

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