History Fanfic / TheTimesTheyAreAChangin

->''"Nothing stays the same. Nothing ever stays the same. This is one lesson the Littlest Pet Shop pets were never prepared for."''\\
--The story's {{Tagline}} at Website/FanFictionDotNet

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8961928/1/The-Times-They-Are-A-Changin The Times They Are A-Changin']]'' is a ''WesternAnimation/LittlestPetShop2012'' fanfic by [=HoldTheTruthForever=]. It's named after the famous Music/BobDylan [[Music/TheTimesTheyAreAChangin song]], whose lyrics are interspersed with the story; the intro advises that "To make it more dramatic, pretend everything is going in [[{{Overcrank}} slow-mo]] like in the opening to ''Film/{{Watchmen}}''".

In case that didn't tip you off, this is a DarkFic. The story imagines what the future might be like for Blythe Baxter and her animal friends, and its vision is [[BadFuture pretty depressing]]. It all starts when Penny Ling's owners move away from Downtown City, forcing her to leave the group. From there, things go FromBadToWorse. Sunil gives up being a magician after an embarrassing EpicFail. The pets become lazy and apathetic -- when they're not fighting, that is. And Blythe is no help; she gradually drifts away from the pets as she matures, getting a new job and a boyfriend in the process. TheEnd. (This is a ''very'' short story.)

!!The Tropes, They Are A-Changin':

* BittersweetEnding: Bordering on a DownerEnding. The pets lose Penny and Blythe, but they still have each other -- at least for now.
* BreakingTheFellowship: By the end, both Penny and Blythe are gone. While the remaining pets are still together, NothingIsTheSameAnymore.
* BreakTheCutie: Happens to all the pets.
* BurgerFool: Blythe leaves LPS to work at someplace called "Burger Slot".
* DemotedToExtra: Mrs. Twombly appears very briefly, while Roger is only mentioned.
* EyeScream: Happens to Pepper when Zoe swipes her across the face during a fight.
** EyepatchOfPower: How Pepper's injury is healed. She makes light of it by acting like a {{Pirate}}.
* FurryReminder: The story mentions Pepper's scent glands, Zoe's "refined nails", and Russell's "five-year hedgehog lifespan".
* GrowingUpSucks: Not for Blythe, but for the pets affected by her absence.
* HurtComfortFic: How the story is classified at Website/FanFictionDotNet, though there's a lot more hurt than comfort here.
* {{Jerkass}}: Pepper laughs at Sunil's failed magic trick "in a rather callous, bitter manner", which is one of the reasons why he gives up magic afterwards.
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: PlayedWith. Everything goes south after Penny leaves. This leaves the reader to wonder: Was Penny the character who kept everyone together, or would the result have been the same if one of the other pets had gone?
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Zoe is "horrified and ashamed of herself" after she injures Pepper.
** EasilyForgiven: Pepper forgives her, resulting in a GroupHug among all the pets.
* RougeAnglesOfSatin:
** The writer has occasional tense trouble, such as in the sentence "The pets ''were'' shocked at what they ''have'' discovered".
** Unintentional HilarityEnsues when we learn that Zoe has gotten "a rabbis shot". Oy vey! ([[DontExplainTheJoke The author obviously meant a]] ''[[DontExplainTheJoke rabies]]'' [[DontExplainTheJoke shot]].)
* ScriptFic: A variation; the story's narration simply describes the events in BeigeProse, and there is no dialogue.
* SmellySkunk: SubvertedTrope. "Pepper just hasn't been the same since her scent glands were surgically removed".
* TimeSkip: The story takes place over the course of a year.
* WhamLine: Saved until the very end.
-->She grew up.
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--The story's {{Tagline}} at Website/FanfictionDotNet

* AbsenteeActor: Blythe's human friends Youngmee, Jasper and Sue aren't mentioned.
** ShooOutTheClowns: Neither are the Biskit twins.

* BittersweetEnding[=/=]DownerEnding: The pets lose Penny and Blythe, but they still have each other -- at least for now.

* RealityEnsues: The entire premise.

--The story's {{Tagline}} at Website/FanFictionDotNet

* SmellySkunk: {{Subverted}}. "Pepper just hasn't been the same since her scent glands were surgically removed".

In case that didn't tip you off, this is a DarkFic. The story imagines what the future might be like for Blythe Baxter and her animal friends, and its vision is [[BadFuture pretty depressing]]. It all starts when Penny Ling's owners move away from Downtown City, forcing her to leave the group. From there, things go FromBadToWorse. Sunil gives up being a magician after an embarrassing EpicFail. The pets become lazy and apathetic--when they're not fighting, that is. And Blythe is no help; she gradually drifts away from the pets as she matures, getting a new job and a boyfriend in the process. TheEnd. (This is a ''very'' short story.)

* BittersweetEnding[=/=]DownerEnding: The pets lose Penny and Blythe, but they still have each other--at least for now.

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!!Tropes:

* BreakingTheFellowship: By the end, both Penny and Blythe are gone. When the remaining pets are still together, NothingIsTheSameAnymore.

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8961928/1/The-Times-They-Are-A-Changin The Times They Are A-Changin']]'' is a ''WesternAnimation/LittlestPetShop2012'' fanfic by [=HoldTheTruthForever=]. It's named after the famous Music/BobDylan song, whose lyrics are interspersed with the story; the intro advises that "To make it more dramatic, pretend everything is going in [[{{Overcrank}} slow-mo]] like in the opening to ''Film/{{Watchmen}}''".

In case that didn't tip you off, this is a DarkFic. The story imagines what the future might be like for Blythe Baxter and her animal friends, and its vision is [[DarkFuture pretty depressing]]. It all starts when Penny Ling's owners move away from Downtown City, forcing her to leave the group. From there, things go FromBadToWorse. Sunil gives up being a magician after an embarrassing EpicFail. The pets become lazy and apathetic--when they're not fighting, that is. And Blythe is no help; she gradually drifts away from the pets as she matures, getting a new job and a boyfriend in the process. TheEnd. (This is a ''very'' short story.)

In case that didn't tip you off, this is a DarkFic. The story imagines what the future might be like for Blythe Baxter and her animal friends, and its vision is [[DarkFuture pretty depressing]]. It all starts when Penny Ling's owners move away from Downtown City, forcing her to leave the group. From there, things go FromBadToWorse. Sunil gives up being a magician after an embarrassing EpicFail. The pets become lazy and apathetic--when they're not fighting, that is. And Blythe is no help; she gradually drifts away from the pets as she matures, getting a job and a boyfriend in the process. TheEnd. (This is a ''very'' short story.)

* BurgerFool: Blythe gets a job at someplace called "Burger Slot".

* DemotedToExtra: Mrs. Twombly appears only briefly, while Roger is only mentioned.

* ScriptFic: A variation; the story's narration simply describes the events in BiegeProse, and there is no dialogue.

* ScriptFic: A variation; the story's narration simply describes the events, and there is no dialogue.

In case that didn't tip you off, this is a DarkFic. The story imagines what the future might be like for Blythe Baxter and her animal friends, and its vision is [[DarkFuture pretty depressing]]. It all starts when Penny Ling's owners move away from Downtown City, forcing her to leave the group. From there, things only [[ItGotWorse get worse]]. Sunil gives up being a magician after an embarrassing EpicFail. The pets become lazy and apathetic--when they're not fighting, that is. And Blythe is no help; she gradually drifts away from the pets as she matures, getting a job and a boyfriend in the process. TheEnd. (This is a ''very'' short story.)