Site Post » [Interview] horizon's My Harshwhinnial · 1:50pm Apr 1st, 2013
Usually this post wouldn't have gone up until Friday, but I've seen a lot of concern over the handoff of control of the site from knighty to Poultron, and I wanted to do my part - no matter how small - to reassure everyone that FIMFiction will still be FIMFiction, and the community-driven interview and poll posts will continue as usual throughout the transition (though FIMFic Gold™ members will gain voting rights over who gets interviewed each week).
Sometimes you run across a piece of fan fiction that just floors you. When you reach the end of the story, you sit and stare at your screen, and then you remember to breathe, and then you read the story again, because you can't quite believe someone could write something so gripping, so wonderful, so real about candy-colored equines.
This is one of those stories.
[Shipping][Comedy][Crossover] • 9,100 words
This is a poni adaptation of the best fanfic ever written except the original was too dark an goffik. So now it's abt sports and MEdal is Miss Harshwhinny's son. He does sports things and inspects cities for the inter Equestrian games. With his friends and sometimes his mom.
Hit the break for a chat with horizon, and a link to My Harshwhinnial for your reading pleasure. Don't forget to grab an ebook copy over at the Downloads page!
Where do you live?
2323 east oke dr in cty of greenvile w/ith eldar sitter MAndy && dad && steppmam && 2 cat. did u evar nodis famis fic riders alwys haev cats???
RADbash74 sed nt 2 put adress bt if i no haev it hear then I do’not get fammail. U HEER ME RADBASH U LEV IT IN
Editor's Note: With Horizon’s reluctant yet gracious permission, the remainder of his interview responses have been run through a spell-checker.
What kind of work do you do? (i.e. are you a student, do you have a career/day job, etc)
I student as a day job, but ponyfics is hard full-time work. Sometimes I spend a hole hour writing.
How did you discover My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic? When did you realize you were a fan of the show?
I was watching Have Live Full live Consequences on Youtube and in the videos was a link 2 pony version. It looked stupid so I clocked on it. It was stupid. My internet fronds sad I just didn’t got the pony jokes. Now I do get the pony jokes. But half Pony Consecrations still stupid scents it doesn’t use “"20 percent cooler"” even once. That’s a funny joke!
Do you have a favorite episode?
I watch “Games pony Plate” over && over && over && over && over because MISS HARSHWHINNY is best pony ever. Episode with Twilicorn is ok. Someday I will witch the rest of them.
Who is your favorite character based purely on the canon of the show itself? Would your answer change if you considered the fandom in its entirety (i.e. art, fanfiction, memes, etc)?
Harshwhinny, DUH! She is gold meddle athlete and Equus train Games inspection. Her bag of an athlete is like 40 thousand ponds so under her swatter she has huge mussels. That’s so hot.
steroid Pegasus is cool 2 && I like the way he says “yEEEEEEEAAAH". But I’m not gray. If u r then pack him as best pony && if u do I don’t judge.
I dint thank Twilicorn was cool till I red fic that had her fly foster than rainbow Dash. Fanfic Twilicorn is awesome! Pony Twilicorn is a nerd.
How did you come up with your handle/penname?
My dads name is Harry
Have you written in other capacities (other fandoms, professionally, etc)? When did you first start writing?
I used 2 write essays 4 school then their was an argument && my dad screamed at the principle 4 a while && now I don’t which leaf me more time 4 the ponyfics.
What do you like to do when you’re not writing?
I play sports games 2 learn how 2 play best sports so I can win all the Olympics sum day. All ready I know 2 slide tackle all the tim 4 FIFa && punch face 4 hokey && dunk every shot 4 NAB jam. I read internet 4 how 2 get big muscles cause girls give the sexs 2 muscle athletes. I start REEL training after hi school because PE is stupid with running laps && set-ups && jumping Jakes && not enough sports.
I watch pony youtubes but mostly good animes like Fighting spirit which has boxing && dragon bell Z witch teach me good fic pacing && princess Lover! watch has good girl advice like all grills really love u && u has 2 chose.
Who is your favorite author (published or fanfiction)? Do you have a favorite story or novel?
Ok I ½ to tell curl && honest truth: ALL PONYFIC SUCKS. (except mine). I red “My Little dashie” && he won’t let her sports && there r no alicorns. “Sunny Skies all Dye Long” about alicorn who wants 2 NOT BE allocution && gave up magic witch is STUPID. Some1 tried to make me reed “Eternal” which shooed have been called “ETERNITY” instead because WAY TOO LONG && I gave up.
But that is nit fault of ponyfic its’ because writing is done by stupid NERDS who waste words on stopped NERD things && make up stipend NERD rules like spiel things a curtain way. Fic called “My immoral” is best fic I ever reeded because its not NERDY && it full of plot && sexs && suspends. It sucks a little 2 though, cents it all dark and “goffic” (what does theta even mean) && no sports. So I rote my story 2 fix.
Stephen King believes that every author has an “ideal reader” – the one person who they write for, the one person whose reactions they care about. Do you have one, and if so, who is it?
Ummmmmmmmmmm if Christopher Nolan reeds my fic he can make movie of “My harshwhinnial && I make millennials of $$dollars && the flim wood have sports && sexs && expulsions. So if u know him tell him 2 red my fic.
Do you have any tips for aspiring writers, or writers who are struggling with their own stories?
Get cats!! u cant be a famous fic arthur without cats.
If u r strangling with your fic its probably because your charters aren’t strong. Strange characters make fics easy. Miss Harshwhinny is the strongest caricature except for Meddle my OOC but he’s mine. So use her instead. But u can’t have pony sexs with her because that’s cheating.
What is your typical writing process? (Do you work through multiple drafts, do you have any prereaders/editors, etc?)
I write My Harshwhinnial and than post it. Except I gib it 2 my internet friend Baxli to spill check it forest && sometimes he fixes words. He is a nerd, but stupid mod aerator nerds like Nightie && poltroon reject my fic b4 Baxel help, so at least Basxil is good nerd. From this I learn sometimes 2 do god things u have 2 not hate ALL nerds. Thus is y i make Bakil into trixie in my fic.
What inspired you to write My Harshwhinnial?
Already said —————> a curtain way. Fic called “My immoral” is best fic I ever reeded because its not NERDY && it full of plot && sexs && suspends. It sucks a little 2 though, cents it all dark and “goffic” (what does theta even mean) && no sports. So I rote my story 2 fix. Stephen King believes
Did you run into any tough spots or challenges when writing My Harshwhinnial?
oH mY bUCKING aLICORN YES OMBA OMBA OMBA YES. My stipend sister RUINED CHAPTER 12 w/ith her NERD STORY...... Sericeously go read Caper 12 it MAKE NO SINCE!!!!!!! I cant fix it sense it already postered && now I have 2 make it cannon part of story && write new chapeaus that use it!!
But she did give Meddle a hello copter though, so I only hate her like 99% percent.
When you set out to write My Harshwhinnial, did you have any specific messages or themes in mind?
Ok RADbash this sound like nerd questing. Y u ask NERD quieten? R u NERD?
Where can readers drop you a line?
Send female to my house I gave address above. Or send messes thru FIB fiction account. Or comment on story but NO NERD FLAMBES! Only likes && complements!!!!
Is there anything else you’d like to add?
Thanks u 2 best grope on FIM faction —> Miss harshwhinny Is Baste Pony!!! They wear my 1st audience && the talking dinosaur and artifictional intelligence both liked my fic so go tell them hi.
Also sports
Words.
I have none.
What does theta even mean?
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Once a year, this site becomes the most mentally damaged place on the internet. And by the power of custard I hope it will be less next year.
Golden hair plus golden bars
This story is ~awesome~!
I'm so glad to see it finally getting the recognition it so richly deserves! Congratulations, Horizon!
i am not even a grill but i still kinda wanrt to give the sexs to harryson now lol. the interveiw is so insitefull and interrestin. but i dont gonna read the story bceause its 9010 words long that way too much dude. my harshwine more like my eternity :DD
I pray those spelling errors are some sort of bad April Fools joke.
Nah. I've seen worse. I only tore my bloody eye balls out, and used them to beat Knightly to death.
967268
Oh, please, this is outright tame compared to what most message boards do.
DAMMIT!
Is that where I've been going wrong all this time?
Horizon, your words of wisdom are pushing me to better myself.
OMG.... RBDash... By Celestia's beard, you just introduced me to the Greatest-Author-To-Have-Ever-Lived! Thank you... so so much...
I used to want a cat.
Now I'm not so sure.
Solaris' beard, I'm allergic! Now I can't write anything worthwhile...(and of course Celestia banished me to the moon for humanizing her again
)
967395
No. Everything here is completely serious. Super serious. Nothing happening today is a joke. My Harshwhinnial is the best pony-fic I have ever read. Heck, the best novel I've ever read. Up is down. Left is right. Freedom is slavery. Diamond Tiara is the best pony.
Did is high larius
You know, I think I might actually be smarter now.
Silver out!
Sweet infinite butts this thing is unstoppable.
967448 I don't frequent any other message boards. This and EqD are the only two I ever check up on.
This author truly gets it. I'm going to see what I can do to hook them up with a Nobel prize. They're so good I cried tears of gold and no longer have the strength left in me to write. They've truly made the crowning achievement of human and ponykind.
We can all go home now. No, we ARE home, thanks to this blessed soul.
I got to the part where he's answering what inspired him, and when I read the end where it's obviously just a bad copy-paste job I cracked up.
I'm so glad for this interview.
It's by far the best fic on this site.
Eeep.
Somehow I forgot to favorite it. How did that happen? Well, surely I won't forget again.
I'm gonna read that story, even though I'm certain I'm gonna regret it.
967604
Ah, you're lucky, then. Most of the boards I've ever been on simply rewrite the pages so they're mock versions of themselves where everything is retarded spam fests and no actual discussion can take place.
Is it worth reading this story if that is what the author types like.
I'm rolling on the damn floor! This is a far better gag than EqD's report on "Spiderses".
967719
I am utterly in earnest here.
I genuinely do recommend this fic to people. Yes, it's terrible, but in a kind of uniquely awesome way. It takes a skilled writer to make something be both awful and compelling, but I think Horizon legitimately pulls it off.
It's a train wreck, of course. How could it be anything else? But it's not the sort of train wreck that bores you with slow prose or throws you off with occasional errors and inconsistencies. No, "My Harshwinnial" is concentrated epic fail.
A good time will be had by all.
967719 It almost a certainty that your sides will be hurting by the end of it. Definitely worth a read
Hi guys && aslo non-guys && most improtantly mods……
Fic fail murderation. Y FIC FALE MODERNATION? It is PUREFECT. I cry w/ith emotioncon -->
I tlak back 2 commants in a few minuets, i arm at school.
BRB, out reading complete works of Martin Gardner to re-grow lost braincells...
What is this? I don't even...
*Looks at calendar*
Ah that explains it.
Let it begin
and then
continue
967468
I have two cats, and I have two hundred followers. The connection is obvious, so clearly more cats are needed! To the shelter!
wat
967556Chaos, is a wonderful thing.
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it MAKE NO SINCE!!!!!!
I don't even.
This interview confuses me, and everything about this website (and many other websites I frequent) confuses me today. This reminds me of taking ecstasy. I hope this time I don't wake up in a Mexican prison with a dirty binky in a place I'd rather not mention.
But this fic, just...no.
Huh.
One cat and 172 followers. He was right.
Well shit.
This interview, I like it. ANOTHER!
967533
There's probably some form of robot cat you can get from Japan. Then you can write famous pony sci-fi!
968768 *tears of joy* I have hope!
The legacy of My Immortal carries on...
is there no fandom I can hide in that I should be safe from its shadowy tendrils?
I don't see why this fanfiction is getting all the attention when it's just a blatant rip-off of the classic My Little Immortal.
967556
You had me believing you were joking until suddenly you said something true.
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It was simply unfunny when Spiderses did it, but after everyone else tried to do it, this gag got intolerably irritating. Everyone gets it. The joke is "let's pretend to hype up a crappy story with horrible grammar, and make fun of the most terrible writers in fan fiction". It's just not funny, and I was hoping you'd have moved on to something that actually is.
967252 It's either a greek letter or the homophonetical variant of my language's "tit".
968910 That's what I thought too.
..oh christ...The joke has gone on since midnight, people! it's getting annoying.
True words, horizon, true words.