Go read Solitude for the Modern Businessmare · 10:07pm Aug 4th, 2016
I'm gonna take a break from the Sisyphean struggle of advertising my own work to give a special shout-out to a story that deserves it, which is not something that I do quite often enough. Today, I'm going to tell you about Solitude for the Modern Businessmare.
Solitude is the story of a unicorn named Rarity, a rather minor and inconsequential character in canon, who finds herself single and lonely on Hearts and Hooves Day, and struggling to finish a project at the same time. By and by, she runs into Harshwhinney, one of MLP's most important, essential figures, and the two form a very tentative bond that gradually deepens into a more meaningful emotional connection. I wish I could say more, but I don't want to give too much away.
But in short, it's a shipping fic about two characters who nobody would ever consider shipping together, and it works. It works very, very well, thanks to the skillful prose and narration of one Fahrenheit, who also captures Rarity's personality and mannerisms better than anyone whose name didn't rhyme with Blabitha Taint Trelaine ever could. It's moving; it's heartfelt; it was the runner-up in the recent Writeoff Association, uh, writeoff. Some other idiot won the contest; I don't know who.
But if we're being perfectly honest, I'm surprised that Solitude didn't win, and I'm even more surprised (and a little saddened) that it isn't getting the attention that it deserves. So if you're like me, and you like stories about wan, mildly depressed unicorns forming unlikely emotional connections with tertiary characters from canon, and you like strong character work and prose, and especially if you like Rarity, then give Solitude a looksie. I promise you won't regret it.
Get it in the featured box or I will turn Pony Gear Solid into a Displaced spin-off.
It was me. I won the contest.
I see you have already mentally steeled yourself for the rigorous process of joining the best group on fimfiction.
By which I mean, accept the self-evident truth that Harshwhinny is the only truth, light, perfection, and judgment in this otherwise flawed universe.