Pip Meets LittlePip Review

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Okay, I know I said this week I'd be reviewing Dead Hive, but its kind of a busy weekend for me because I'm getting a new computer finally, so instead I'm reviewing a short one shot. And then it turns out that because of weather I'm not getting a new computer until tomorrow, its gonna be one of those days.

This fic is, a bit different from what you normally see with Fallout: Equestria because its a bit of a slice of life fanfic, but its actually really good. It has a fairly simple premise, which we'll get to shortly.

So lets begin EightBitBrony's fanfic Pip Meets LittlePip.

Yeah, no cover image for this fanfic.

---The Squirt and the Hero---

Huh, I thought this was about Pipsqueak not Scootaloo.

Pip sighed as he looked at himself in the mirror. The tiny little fan of Luna with the English accent sighed sadly. He was still so small. So.... insignificant. She was surrounded by ponies of all ages who had done so many amazing things, especially the amazing Cutie Mark Crusaders and the eually awesome Mane Six, led by the princess herself.

Then there was his classmates, who were already working on their talents in amazing ways. Snips and Snails were local heroes at Buckball, Diamond Tiara was doing some charity work far and wide with Silver Spoon in tow, Featherweight was beginning his carrear as a journalist...
And here he was. Still small, still alone, still unimportant.

Uh, yeah, eually awesome not equally and carrear not career.

Video Belongs to Linkara.

Okay, I joke but its actually a good introduction to the fic, establishing the main conflict of the fic that Pipsqueak is feeling a bit inadequate because of his size. He laments that he won't ever be remembered after he's gone, but as he's saying these things, he doesn't notice a portal opening behind him, and he enters a new world, one that isn't particularly pleasant.

We then cut to the SPP Hub (which for some reason is called the SPP Tower, but I nitpick) where we get a brief description of what happened to LittlePip at the end of the original fic where she's in the Hub in order to control the weather, and there is suddenly an intruder alert because, well, you can't ever have an ordinary day in the Equestrian Wasteland.

In the main room the monitors are going off.

The monitor was in the main room where the clamshell hub was located, and on the monitor appeared the image of Celestia, her persona forever trapped in the computers of the SPP. She was the one consytant companion Littlepip had, and when she was plugged into the system the two spent a lot of time together, becoming closer thah close. In many ways, Littlepip was the daughter Celestia always wanted, and Littlepip in kind had a scond mother, one who wasn't always slumped over a bottle of Las Pegasus.

However, she is often found eating pieces of virtual cake.

Anyway, at this point Celestia wakes LittlePip up, and she's apparently having a, dream about Homage... I'll let you use your own dirty minds to imagine what they're doing since the fic doesn't detail it. LittlePip finally wakes up and realizes that, you know, there's been an intruder, and since the remote turrets are turned off, LittlePip has to go check it out. LittlePip makes a slightly insensitive comment about having a body while Celestia is, you know, trapped in a computer.

Celestia says that the intruder is near the generator room, and refers to them as a she, though admits that she can't really make out all the details. LittlePip comments that if this is Homage playing a trick on her again then she might have to shoot her, which Celestia comments she might enjoy.

Yeah, I'm not gonna comment on that at all.

Meanwhile, Pipsqueak has found himself in the hub, and he's confused as to exactly how he got here, wondering if maybe he had been abducted by aliens. But before he really can get an idea of what's going on, LittlePip arrives and threatens to shoot him if he doesn't show himself, and of course Pipsqueak is confused about what's going on, before he realizes that she has a gun. He calls out and asks to not be hurt, or probed.

LittlePip has the perfect reaction to this:

"Wait.... what?"

After Pipsqueak says that he thinks she's an alien, LittlePip laughs at the idea and starts to ask of Homage put him up to it, until she realizes that he's terrified. She asks Pipsqueak who he is, and he once again asks if she's an alien, and she says no, introducing herself as LittlePip, it gets a little awkward when he comments that he's called Pipsqueak because he's so small.

LittlePip of course asks how he got in there since, you know, only she lives there with Celestia, when Pipsqueak mentions Canterlot... yeah, LittlePip didn't quite take it well given what happened to Canterlot. Its at this point that Celestia does recognize Pipsqueak and starts to tell him the story of what happened to Equestria and LittlePip's adventures.

"... wow." Was all Pip could say. "Your... your amazing."

Yep, she really is, but of course she says that she did what needed to be done, and then we get this... awesome line from LittlePip that sums up why this fic is actually good:

Littlepip smiled. "Pip, heroes are just what people say you are. Heroes can be anypony big or small. And believe me I know the small part." She smiled and walked with Pip out into a large chamber, where in everything was like the best days of spring. "In my Stable I was the smallest pony and the last to recieve my cutie mark. And to make matters worse it was of a PipBuck. That was like getting a cutie mark of a cutie mark at that time. So I became a PipBuck Technician as a result.

"But I soon found out the cutie mark meant more than that. we use our PipBucks to help us and show the way. That was my destiny, to light the way for everyone, to be their hope, to bring about a new day with the help of my friends. And little Pip, I have had a lot of help there."
She leaned in close, and Pip could see the scars she had, the marks of battle, and the face of a mare who had been through a literal Tartarus. But her smile was sweet and sincere.

"Even the smallest pony can do big things, I found out. And I know you can when the time comes."

Celestia says that it was likely the result of Discord's actions since... well if anything weird happens we all know to blame Discord, or Pinkie I suppose. Pipsqueak gets sent back to his own time and we get a brief goodbye and its, actually a nice little scene.

We get a brief summary of what happens to him next, this idea of Pipsqueak working hard to find his talent and was able to become a hero and help ponies. There is this idea that, even the smallest of ponies can be heroes and change the world, and we leave on this line.

He looked up at the sky, remmebering Littlepip, the Hero of the Wasteland. He wondered when he would see her again. He hoped he would.

You never know Pipsqueak, you never know.

---Final Thoughts---

Okay honestly for the most part I did this because after a lot of pretty dark fics I've reviewed, I wanted to do something short and ultimately just a sweet fic.

This story is a bit short, and has a lot of spelling errors, I didn't even mention all of them. This is a good story that has a nice message, that anyone or anypony can be a hero, and ultimately size doesn't matter. The only real issues are that we didn't get much of an explanation as to how Pipsqueak got there, but its still a good fic and concept.

I'm glad I took the opportunity to review this story, and I hope you all enjoyed it, I suggest it if you ever need a Fallout: Equestria related story that isn't as dark.

This fic gets a score of 4/5, its a good concept and executed well, but there are way too many spelling errors.

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Pipsqueak and Celestia belong to Hasbro.
Fallout: Equestria belongs to KKat.
Pip Meets LittlePip belongs to EightBitBrony.

Next week, we get back on the original schedule as I review what's out so far of Dead Hive.

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