@TheMultiBrony21
She’s not the hero! She could have take the orb meant for her heart! But her sacrifice caught in the crossfires will be in vain!

@Background Pony #0BB7
Yeah. Derpy was behind Twilight. But you can see Rainbow Dash’s blurry rainbow right in front of Twilight because Rainbow Dash saved her from being petrified by Tempest. And Rainbow Dash would have been distracted or caught by the Storm King’s minions along with the rest of the Mane Five and Spike or be impaled in the heart or chest by one of the Storm Creatures’ spears or get petrified by Tempest if Rainbow Dash flies straight towards her for doing this but gets caught by Applejack’s mouth and breaks free and charges straight towards and said “What did you do our princesses?!” Just like what she said in the pilot of the show and the four other ponies and Spike would attack Tempest and get petrified by her if Tempest succeeds. And the movie would have featured the Storm King’s troops chase the Mane Six with not just spears and shields but also obsidian orbs too while they’re chasing them in Canterlot or in Klugetown. And maybe Tempest would have successfully turn Twilight into a statue instead of caging her if she finds in either Klugetown, the Sea of Clouds, or Basalt Beach, or on the ship, or back in Canterlot in Equestria. And this would ultimately let to the Storm King said to Tempest, “Why is this one still moving?” And Tempest tells her that Twilight have failed friendship and let her friendship failed her by making the Magic of Friendship broke apart.

@Darth Shy
 
@TheMultiBrony21  
Will Derpy save Equestria from the Storm King’s tyranny? No.

Every derpy fan: cracks nuckles

Derpy was a True Patriot. ;_;7

@Darth Shy  
Yes she is.
 
Her sacrifice was not in vain.

@mjangelvortex  
If you watch the scene frame-by-frame, there’s a rainbow streak across the screen just before the orb hits, which would seem to indicate Rainbow Dash got Twilight away before Derpy blocked the orb.

@Record10  
Funny how you use Celestia for that example given how something similar happened to her just moments before this.
 
@Darth Shy  
She might be. But Rainbow Dash might have been the one that actually pushed her out of the way. The cloud of smog kind of made it ambiguous.

Derpy is the true hero of the movie!