I Cried My Eyes Out After Reading My Little Dashie

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Oct 19, 2013 Jacob Smith rated it did non like it

Overwrought and often quite pathetic, this story is hardly anything more than a product of entertained fantasy, fabricated much too viral by the kind of people too willing to bend over for misinformed quality.

I was surprised to find this novella listed on goodreads. After all information technology's a my piffling pony fan fiction, non published literature. On impulse I did a search for Fallout: Equestria, and when I found it I figured I might also check for other fan fics. I'g a brony, so my review is manifestly biased by the fact that I love the show and already know the characters. However, that's non to say that I love all MLP fan fictions. This is i of the best, and I know having read all of the classic ones. Thi I was surprised to find this novella listed on goodreads. After all it's a my little pony fan fiction, not published literature. On impulse I did a search for Fallout: Equestria, and when I constitute it I figured I might every bit well bank check for other fan fics. I'g a brony, so my review is plainly biased past the fact that I dear the show and already know the characters. Nevertheless, that'southward non to say that I love all MLP fan fictions. This is ane of the all-time, and I know having read all of the classic ones. This fic made me cry difficult and long similar I usually don't for anything. If you're skeptical, y'all'll have to read it to see why its so loved. Many people don't capeesh it even among the Brony Community, though, and so I tin't promise anything. ...more than

Sep 01, 2012 Julie Gardner rated it did not like it

4.56 boilerplate? Are you kidding me? I had to review information technology only to correct the injustice. If this were a jr. high narrative essay submission, I might exist thrilled, but even as a scrap of fanfic, this was not a well-written piece.

Aww the awwwwh! crying :( but happy

Mar 13, 2017 Terra rated information technology liked it

This was the first fanfiction I read. Really the first fanfiction I read was Fallout: Equestria just I didn't end that ane considering I was mortified. Conspicuously I was a brony when I read these and I tried to aqueduct my past brony merely now to requite a justified rating. This was the offset fanfiction I read. Actually the get-go fanfiction I read was Fallout: Equestria but I didn't terminate that 1 because I was mortified. Clearly I was a brony when I read these and I tried to channel my past brony just now to give a justified rating. ...more than

Aug 29, 2012 Courtney rated it really liked it

My review from my blog, Studies in Storytelling. http://studiesinstorytelling.blogspot...

In the story, a beau struggles through a depressingly empty life in a washed-up city, until the day he discovers an baby pegasus in a cardboard box in the street: Rainbow Nuance, directly out of the TV show.

Our hero is and so wimpy he's almost laughable, the plot is holey, and the writing is simplistic and grammatically unsavory. However, it'southward this simplicity that makes it work. The writing has the experience of

My review from my web log, Studies in Storytelling. http://studiesinstorytelling.blogspot...

In the story, a immature man struggles through a depressingly empty life in a done-up city, until the day he discovers an babe pegasus in a cardboard box in the street: Rainbow Dash, direct out of the Television set show.

Our hero is and so wimpy he's almost laughable, the plot is holey, and the writing is simplistic and grammatically unsavory. Withal, it's this simplicity that makes it piece of work. The writing has the feel of a immature man pouring his heart out. It is uncomplicated, honest, intimate.

However questions remain, and many fans are skeptical. Later on all, the story'due south Rainbow Nuance does not have the pushy spunk of the flawed Television show character.

Why is this fanfiction piece and then popular? I'm not claiming to know the cultural reasons behind it, only I'd like to unpack some of the storytelling.

four. Despite the honest tone, some lines are brilliantly manipulative.

"'Oh...' The realization strikes that she has no clue what is going on, where she is, who I am, or anything else. She'southward beyond the word 'lost': she is misplaced."

"I know the meme gets old, but I must say it: my centre exploded once more."

three. It makes the best of tantalizing bits of fandom. The writer surprises us with the bright spots of color that wade in from the pony world, and I think maintaining this surprise - fifty-fifty though it's a fanfiction - is function of its delight. These are the moments when I found myself smiling. (He says of one character, "Better yet, the rumors on the internet were truthful; her mane did smell like cotton candy.")

2. Also for fans - this story emphasizes ii elements the show rarely utilizes: the girls' relationships with male figures, and their relationships with their parents. This is refreshing for fans. If Rainbow Dash had a potent relationship with a father figure, this would brand so much sense. She's the most boyish of them all. This story maximizes that thematic gap.

1. The fifteen-twelvemonth span. The writer avoids lulls by picking out merely sure memoir-like episodes from the many years. If information technology weren't for this long time menstruum and the male parent-daughter relationship that develops because of it, this story would non have its impact. It would not overcome the most-creepy fascination the graphic symbol has for the pony.

What do you remember? Is there even more to this minor Cyberspace phenomenon?

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Sep 27, 2015 Hashemite kingdom of jordan rated information technology it was amazing

Nigh four years ago, I started watching a Television receiver show on a recommendation from a friend. I instantly became obsessed. I binged on it and I kept thinking about it in my daily life. Then the aforementioned friend introduced me to some fanfiction, with which I became even more obsessed. The show and the fanfics were a fantasy in which I was immersing myself.

Early on, I knew I would one day outgrow this obsession, either when the bear witness ended or when I simply lost interest. And I kind of dreaded that day because it due west

About 4 years agone, I started watching a TV bear witness on a recommendation from a friend. I instantly became obsessed. I binged on it and I kept thinking about it in my daily life. So the same friend introduced me to some fanfiction, with which I became fifty-fifty more than obsessed. The show and the fanfics were a fantasy in which I was immersing myself.

Early on, I knew I would 1 day outgrow this obsession, either when the show ended or when I merely lost interest. And I kind of dreaded that day considering it would be the stop of a fantasy that brought then much enjoyment and happiness to me. I would await back and call up "where did all that time go?"

In a few months, I did terminate up outgrowing it (although I still savour the testify). But it was a much more than positive experience than I had expected. I aspect that to My Little Dashie, which is i of the first fanfics I read. It is an allegory of my experience with the show and the fandom. It was similar one of those dreams that bring something to the surface and assistance us sort through a difficult problem.

Information technology is a subversion of the wish-fulfilling "human in Equestria" type of story that is so mutual (and so maligned) in the fandom. The narrator is depressed, he is discrete from real life, and he spends his time escaping into a fantasy. The fantasy comes to life one day and becomes an bodily part of his life for many years. So it is suddenly taken away from him.

Afterward, he has all these memories of a life that could accept never happened and the earth would exist no different. He realizes that fifty-fifty though the fantasy has ended, he has grown, and then he decides to brand the almost of the rest of his life. That is what inspired me and then much. It got me to end dreading the stop of a fantasy and to start looking frontward to all the groovy things that would follow.

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Mar xv, 2014 Facedeer rated information technology information technology was ok

While I wouldn't quite go so far equally to say I disliked this story, I requite information technology a solid two-star "meh." The problem this story has is that it'due south quite obvious that its main purpose is to make the reader cry past any ways necessary, and then if the reader notices this or otherwise resists the attempt in that location'south nothing else to it and the rest of the plot becomes quite shallow and capricious. Frankly, I feel this story has an unwarranted prominence in the Brony fandom - at that place are far ameliorate heartstring-pullers While I wouldn't quite go then far as to say I disliked this story, I give it a solid 2-star "meh." The problem this story has is that it's quite obvious that its main purpose is to brand the reader cry by whatever means necessary, so if the reader notices this or otherwise resists the attempt there's naught else to information technology and the balance of the plot becomes quite shallow and arbitrary. Bluntly, I feel this story has an unwarranted prominence in the Brony fandom - there are far better heartstring-pullers out at that place.

Rob's other listed work, Dreaming With Ponies, is much better at what this story is trying to practice.

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This was ane of the saddest fanfics i always read.. In a skillful way. I well-nigh teared up, which ways I read a very strong drama book/fanfic, or my eyes are exposed to the common cold (and it'southward non that). 5 stars to you, good sir.
P.S if you lot never heard of popular fanfics like Rainbow Manufactory or Pegasus device, or never heard of Fimfiction, you lot just won't understand.
5 stars to you, expert sir. This was one of the saddest fanfics i ever read.. In a expert way. I almost teared up, which means I read a very strong drama book/fanfic, or my optics are exposed to the cold (and it'south not that). 5 stars to you lot, good sir.
P.S if yous never heard of popular fanfics similar Rainbow Factory or Pegasus device, or never heard of Fimfiction, yous simply won't understand.
v stars to y'all, good sir. ...more

Jul 05, 2013 Arwa rated it it was amazing

ii words: SUPER ADORABLE!!!
Simply glued my optics to the screen reading this, and I couldn't stop the period of tears when the ending came around with that letter in the "hoof-writing"
I guess I'm only a sucker for a good sad story, but it was still very adept overall.
The transitions between every stage in both the male parent and the daughter'south lives as they tackle on all the dilemmas of a broken family and growing up just weakened my eye to a soggy mush of tears.
5 STARS ON THE BOARD!! 2 words: SUPER ADORABLE!!!
Merely glued my eyes to the screen reading this, and I couldn't stop the catamenia of tears when the ending came around with that letter in the "hoof-writing"
I guess I'g just a sucker for a skillful sad story, but it was still very practiced overall.
The transitions betwixt every stage in both the father and the daughter'south lives every bit they tackle on all the dilemmas of a cleaved family and growing up simply weakened my middle to a soggy mush of tears.
v STARS ON THE Lath!! ...more

Brilliantly written I loved it!

December 02, 2014 Flynn rated it really liked it

A My Piddling Pony: Friendship is Magic fanfiction archetype.

Sep xx, 2015 jacky rated it it was ok

Too bad none of the long fanfiction I like is listed on Goodreads.

its a book with great feels, i for one loved this book

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