#306801
Thu, 22nd Nov '12 6:36:31 PM
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.