History YMMV / MyLittleDashie

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: To say this fic was a game-changer in its time would be an understatement, although time has ''not'' been kind to it. What made readers [[TearJerker weep like babies]] back when it was first released is now often seen as a melodramatic SliceOfLife story that lacks characterization.
* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: ''THE MINI-MOVIE''. You have a live action protagonist [[RogerRabbitEffect interacting with cartoon ponies]]. And it looks so real! Most of the time. Then again, considering the person who made it is [[WebVideo/RainbowDashsPreciousBook StormXF3]], best known for his amazing Real Life recreations of MLP cast in his hometown, this is a given.

* MemeticMutation: A lot of art has been popping up where it depicts someone else (usually a Complete Monster) finding Dash, appropriately titled the "[[http://derpiboo.ru/tags/evil-people-finding-dash-meme Evil People Finding Dash Meme]]".

* HilariousInHindsight:
** When the fic originally came out the show had only ended its first season, and the idea of the show going on to have 8 seasons seemed like a far off dream. Not so after [[https://www.equestriadaily.com/2017/02/my-little-pony-continues-with-season-8.html an 8th Season was confirmed]] in early 2017.
** Could also double as a FunnyAneurysmMoment as well, but the fact that the story claimed that the show ended at Season Eight, when in reality it continued until Season Nine.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: The protagonist's reactions and behavior around raising Dash [[CondemnedByHistory once thought of as heartwarming and sad can easily come off as more than a little creepy and entitled now.]]
** The implication that the fandom itself that the protagonist so readily abandons seems to suggest that he finds them shallow and unfulfilled, as he's openly dismissive and distant from others after he finds Rainbow Dash.
** Rather than build any unique characterization from such a premise, the story instead presents a defenseless and vulnerable Rainbow Dash as cute and sheltered, the protagonist providing her with no social interactions nor much free will in his care.
** In fact, the story focuses almost exclusively on the main character's enjoyment as a parental fantasy, to the exclusion of Dash's personality or maturity while she grows up.
** Not to mention glossing over any difficulties involved in raising a child, the narrator's extreme reclusiveness, and lacking any apparent ties to friends all makes him feel unhealthy and possessive.

* CondemnedByHistory: To say this fic was a game-changer in its time would be an understatement, although time has ''not'' been kind to it. What made readers [[TearJerker weep like babies]] back when it was first released is now often seen as a melodramatic SliceOfLife story that lacks characterization.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: The protagonist's reactions and behavior around raising Dash once thought of as heartwarming and sad can easily come off as more than a little creepy and entitled now.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: To say this fic was a game-changer in its time would be an understatement, although time has ''not'' been kind to it. What made readers [[TearJerker weep like babies]] back when it was first released is now often seen as a melodramatic SliceOfLife story that lacks characterization.

* HilariousInHindsight: When the fic originally came out the show had only ended its first season, and the idea of the show going on to have 8 seasons seemed like a far off dream. Not so after [[https://www.equestriadaily.com/2017/02/my-little-pony-continues-with-season-8.html an 8th Season was confirmed]] in early 2017.
** Could also double as a FunnyAneurysmMoment as well, but the fact that the story claimed that the show ended at Season Eight, when in reality it’ll continue until Season Nine.

* RonTheDeathEater: Refreshingly averted with Princess Celestia. One would expect her to get this treatment and more or less coldly demand Rainbow Dash back, but fortunately she's depicted as kind and non-judgemental of the protagonist and she and the rest of the Mane 5 even thank him for taking care of and loving Rainbow Dash like he did.

* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: ''THE MINI-MOVIE''. You have a live action protagonist [[RogerRabbitEffect interacting with cartoon ponies]]. And it looks so real! Most of the time. Then again, considering the person who made it is [[WebVideo/RainbowDashsPreciousBook StormXF3, best known for his amazing Real Life recreations of MLP cast in his hometown, this is a given.

* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: ''THE MINI-MOVIE''. You have a live action protagonist [[RogerRabbitEffect interacting with cartoon ponies]]. And it looks so real! Most of the time.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: To say this fic was a game-changer in its time would be an understatement, although time has ''not'' been kind to it. What made readers [[TearJerker weep like babies]] five years ago is now often seen as a melodramatic SliceOfLife story that lacks characterization.

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: ''THE MINI-MOVIE''. You have a live action protagonist [[RogerRabbitEffect interacting with cartoon ponies]]. And it looks so real! Most of the time.

* DeaderThanDisco: The blatant WishFulfillment overtones, next to no characterization or plot, and a prime offender of ShowDontTell makes the story horribly dated.

* EsotericHappyEnding: For some, the intended BittersweetEnding. [[spoiler:While the protagonist vows to move forward despite Dash's ButNowIMustGo, his history of depression nevertheless makes it nigh-impossible to not anticipate some kind of suicidal relapse in the future.]] Perhaps this is why the author eventually began working on a sequel.

* TearJerker: The default reaction to the story by most.
** Heck, just '''think''' what the guy and Dash just WENT through…If you do, either FridgeHorror or TearJerker is bound to happen...
*** Possible case of WhatTheHellHero also can happen.
*** Twilight Sparkle's point-of-view: One of your close friends was sent to this world by an accident that you caused and you strive frantically for several days to find out what the effect of the accident was, where she had gone, and how you can even get there. After doing so, you enter into another realm that is very foreign to you with the absolute determination that you will find your lost friend and bring her back with full confidence that it's the right thing to do and things will simply go back to being normal. [[spoiler:And suddenly, at the moment of truth, you are initially confused by her rejection and inability to recognize you or the other ponies that came along to help and by her apparent closeness to a lifeform that you've never ever seen before from your own realm. Then you are shocked by the revelation that she had gone backwards in age as a side-effect of the accident and that she had been living here for 15 years. And finally, you are rocked to the very core of your soul as you hear and see the heartbreak between your lost friend and her adoptive father, stabbing at your guts with tremendous doubt and guilt upon the realization that this is no longer the best solution for her... because it involves tearing an inseparable family apart from each other. You begin to blame yourself, coming to the conclusion that none of this heartbreak would've happen if it weren't for you. But then your lost friend's adoptive father "thanks" you for the accident which confuses you because this incident was clearly your fault to which he counter-points that had your friend not been accidentally sent to this world and been found by him, he would never have had the chance to spend 15 years of his life fulfilling the role as a loving father for his most favorite pony and gained a new will and reason to keep living in his world. He firmly asserts that your accident was a miracle for him and expresses eternal gratitude to you for all of his newfound happiness which warms your heart and eases the emotional burden which has already become heavy enough as is. You now find yourself at the fork-in-the-road that you were confident to take... but are no longer which is to restore your lost friend memories and bring her back home. Though you, the Princess, and the adoptive father knows this has to be done, you simply cannot help it to express how sorry you are to both of them for doing this. Soon after you bring her home, one of the most difficult tasks of your life has just begun which is trying to come to terms with the consequences of your actions and the fact that things will never be the same after this.]]
** Celestia's expression in the mini-movie as [[spoiler:Dashie and her father say their goodbyes]]. You can tell that it [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone pains her]] to have to [[spoiler:separate them]]. It really does. Even if she knows that it's for the best. But no one ever said that doing the right thing was easy.
*** And [[TheCutie Fluttershy]] is the first (third if you count RD and her dad) to start breaking down.
*** And Twilight starts crying when she [[spoiler:wipes Rainbow's memories]].