YMMV / My Little Dashie

• Big-Lipped Alligator Moment: Doctor Whooves and Ditzy Doo's cameo in the sequel.
• Esoteric Happy Ending: For many, the intended Bittersweet Ending. While the protagonist vows to move forward despite Dash's But Now I Must Go, his history of depression nevertheless makes it nigh-impossible to not anticipate some kind of suicidal relapse in the future. Hence a major reason for the amount of unofficial sequels that tie things up more neatly.
• Hilarious in Hindsight: 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 an 8th Season was confirmed in early 2017.
• Hype Backlash: The fic received such adulation that many people were put off by the amount of praise it got, feeling that the work had enough narrative flaws that it was undeserving to be so hyped.
• Memetic Mutation: A lot of art has been popping up where it depicts someone else (usually a villain) finding Dash, appropriately titled the "Evil People Finding Dash Meme".
• Narm: The mini-movie has great visuals and solid acting for the most part, but still can come off as melodramatic, especially when the actor playing Rainbow's Daddy tries to sound sad.
• Visual Effects of Awesome: THE MINI-MOVIE. You have a live action protagonist interacting with cartoon ponies. And it looks so real! Most of the time. Then again, considering the person who made it is StormXF3, best known for his amazing Real Life recreations of MLP cast in his hometown, this is a given.

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