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#306801 from riding the wave
That last sentence brought a question to my mind: Has there ever been a fanfic where Derpy's an asshole, or otherwise unsympathetic? Because that would be some grade-A flamebait.
Well, there was one fic—don't remember the name—where Derpy and Ditzy were separate characters (Discord was involved in their creation). Ditzy was intelligent but cynical, and looked down on everypony else. Derpy had a learning disability, but she was just smart enough to tell that most of Ponyville looked down on her or pitied her, and she hated this enough that she was willing to free Discord.

And then there was another, I think the name was The D Files, and it's a good thing I only found out about it after I started my fic because our premises are so similar. Derpy is one of Celestia's secret agents, protecting Equestria from threats that nopony else can even see. She's very cynical underneath her happy facade, and the moment that really took me out of the story was near the end, when she abandoned Spike to (apparent) death far too casually.

As for actually good fics that made Derpy do some unsympathetic stuff, check out The Sisters Doo. There's bad blood between her and her sister, and there's a wham chapter where the main reason she doesn't lose all audience sympathy is because Daring Do manages to do something even worse in the same chapter.
That would be running a punchline into the ground.
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#306802 from Northern Virginia
Time to hit the hay, catch you on the flipside pony folk.
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#306803 from Meinong's jungle
Goodnight, Drenius.
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#306804 from Manehattan to Canterlot
Night Drenius.
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#306805 from a random Pokècenter
As for actually good fics that made Derpy do some unsympathetic stuff, check out The Sisters Doo. There's bad blood between her and her sister, and there's a wham chapter where the main reason she doesn't lose all audience sympathy is because Daring Do manages to do something even worse in the same chapter.

I've been wondering why I've been avoiding reading that story even though it's been on my to read list for so long!
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#306806 from Andromeda Galaxy
Evening everypony. What's going on?
Yeah, Andromeda is heading for you. You got over 9000 years until it collides.
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#306807
Watching Up. Dad likes to put it on whenever we have company over.

Also, I really need to get some stuff written in my fanfic. It took like two months to get the most recent one written...
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#306808 from the event horizon
I gaze off into the boundless skyline.
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#306809 from Meinong's jungle
Twilight Sparkle has gone critical.
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#306810 from Delamare
just throwingthis up

http://equestriareigns.tumblr.com/

A tumblr has started up dedicated to keeping track of those blogs that get trolled into takedown, to better help those not quite as well known as Molestia and Futashy gain support in countering the unfounded takedowns.
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#306811 from Appleloosa
It's a holiday in America, so most American posters are probably posting more sparsely than usual.

Also I saw two movies today. Plus I've been wasting a lot of times on the Gi TP forums lately.
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#306812 from Northern Virginia
TASTE DEATH YOU STUCK UP UNICORN B!+{#!

That gic made me chuckle, thanks for thinking of me though death is too good for Rarity and too much for just being annoying anyway.

So, there was a shipping conversation. That was interesting, I personally don't care about whether Octavia and Vinyl Scratch are an item or not, you can get entertaining antagonistic interactions from them either way.

I may not ship but I wonder where the hell the basis for Twi Mac comes from. The only logical conclusion I could come up with is that she's the main character and he was the only viable male character for a while.
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#306813 from Appleloosa
I must be tough to be that particular shade of green.

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#306814 from Appleloosa
How are y'all spending your Thanksgiving/totally normal day for nonamericans?

I saw Looper and Lincoln
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#306815
Had work, to which I barelyp aid attention, watched Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring, and am currently having a debate on evolution with my sorta-boyfriend.

goooooooood times.
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#306816 from somewhere
I passed my driving test and dedicated the rest of the day to absolutely nothing of consequence.
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#306817 from Nowhere
@Mousa on Twi/Mac. I'm sure that is the original basis for the ship, shipping the main character with The One Guy (who isn't a baby dragon). The whole "Run off with Twilight's doll" at the end of "Lesson Zero" added an extra reason for some reason.
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#306818 from somewhere
Speaking of random Twi ships, does anyone remember the name of that yellow unicorn with a blue (I think) mane who some insisted on shipping with Twilight just because he was standing next to her in one scene? If there is such a thing as a forced ship, that's a prime example.
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#306819 from Andromeda Galaxy
Mousa, your... your sick. Seriously, death isn't good enough? Do you really want to see Rarity suffer? I know you say it out of humor, but no. Just, fucking, stop.
Yeah, Andromeda is heading for you. You got over 9000 years until it collides.
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#306820 from Delamare
I'm with Orion on this, it's getting old, annoying and a bit disgusting.

Fine you don't like Rarity, we get it, knock it off. You're treating her worse then Ginger treated Pinkie.

edited 22nd Nov '12 9:04:24 PM by Seraphem

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#306821 from somewhere
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Oh, the thread? Don't worry, it's just dead.
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#306822 from Over there. Maybe?
I picked a weird moment to come back in here.
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#306823 from Singapore
O hai Ed, Orion. Finally caught up on sleep :V

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#306824 from Appleloosa
ousa on Twi/Mac. I'm sure that is the original basis for the ship, shipping the main character with The One Guy (who isn't a baby dragon). The whole "Run off with Twilight's doll" at the end of "Lesson Zero" added an extra reason for some reason.

Also, their both really smart.
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#306825 from Over there. Maybe?
Oh Ace, there you are. Quick, there are problems up above!
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