“You… need to… r… run…”

@TexasUberAlles
Likewise a bowler can’t play a perfect over, let alone a pitcher a perfect game, without the fielders chipping in.

Twilight, I don’t feel so good

“Please make sure Dinky is okay after this….!!”

no!….no. ;looks at tempest; you little monster.

@toasted_dashie  
Well she didn’t seem to take them all to a safe place in time even with Derpy’s sacrifice. I wouldn’t say she’s fast enough without a distraction

@LuismiPro465  
That’s a stretch. Dash is fast enough to not need a distraction.

@toasted_dashie  
Not really, if it wasn’t for Derpy’s sacrifice distracting Tempest and co. for that bit of a time, the Mane Six would have gotten captured.

@toasted_dashie  
That’s like saying a wide receiver deserves the praise the quarterback is being given for throwing a touchdown pass, or a centre forward deserves the praise the second striker is being given for setting up the goal; saving the world is a team sport.

@immblueversion  
So basically, Rainbow Dash deserves the praise Derpy is being given.

derpy give the chance for rainbow save twilight bevore she petrified but to bad derpy dont fly fast like rainbow

It must have been horrible for Dinky, Dipsy, Crackle, and Chirpy, though.

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@TexasUberAlles  
I fully agree with that, and I think she should be regarded as heroic for her effort; I just wish it had actually made a difference.
 
_{(not that it would have changed the opinion of all those who view Derpy solely as a clumsy retard who is incapable of not fyaying things up, but it would be nice to think she actually helped save Equestria)}

@Background Pony #3F7B  
She turned to look at Twilight before jumping in; it seemed pretty obvious to me she was actively trying to push the last princess out of the way.

@thps48  
Only if she kept that magic doohickey from hitting Twilight (and/or Rainbow Dash) as Dash was getting her out of there. I doubt the script specifies the timing of events that precisely, and I’m unsure even studying the HD release of the movie would give a definitive answer.

ladies gentlemen i give you the most heroic pony in the history of equestria

@Background Pony #03D0  
She did, just indirectly. :3

Derpy became Neville Longbottom

@immblueversion  
Darn; I was enjoying the notion of Derpy helping save Equestria.

@neo4812  
Make it a beer made with muffin ingredients.

@Background Pony #E255  
make it a muffin

SOMEBODY BUY THAT MARE A BEER!

This along with other scenes in the show are further proof that Derpy is a huge fan of Twilight. Or at least admires her greatly.

@BluTapeRose95  
What can any unicorn do  
Clever use of seemingly useless powers is the heart and soul of low-level Fantasy and Superhero RPGing; the most obvious response to “their shields reflect our magic blasts!” is “blast something they’re standing next to, or the floor or ceiling”, followed closely by “shoot at the guy in the second rank so the blast reflects into the back of the guy up front”. That’s the sort of thing that only occurs to most people if they think about it in advance, though, and combat is pretty much the worst place to start training for combat.
 
If Starlight were able to separate from the conflict for a while, I have no doubt she’d be able to formulate an effective strategy that played to Ponies’ strengths and the Storm Guards’ weaknesses, but by that point the Capital City has been thoroughly invaded and the populace are all hostages, and the Storm King definitely seems like the “ten civilian lives for the life of every one of my soldiers” type.