BH Podcasts

"So I finally got my own screen time." I say, sitting on the left. Still the same room with the fireplace and armchairs, with removed festivities. "So I was going to say Happy New Year, but that seems a little awkward considering we're actually almost a week into 2013 now. So what I'm going to do now, is review 2012 for me." I said.

"Which I will be making additional comments on because I haven't been involved in studio business for quite a while now." Halcyon said, sitting in the armchair to the left.

"Yes, because you're doing secret business for Spitfire setting up for the war." I explained, for the millionth time. "Let me just start off with my new school."

"And how you didn't have any friends for literally the first two terms." Halcyon said, and I ignored her.

"I suppose I did have some... Acquaintances..." I say, thinking back. "Alright. There was Daniel. The guy annoys the heck out of me- like, he would mock me for almost everything he could mock me for. I didn't consider it bullying though, since he was a full head shorter than me." I sighed. "I do mock him back though, so that makes up for that. And then there's Sahaj, who... I don't even know."

"Sounds like an excellent start to your new school." Halcyon said.

"Why the hell do you have a British accent all of a sudden?" I ask, raising an eyebrow.

"Because you always imagine me with a British accent for NO BUCKING REASON!"

"I didn't even realize that until now..." I sighed. "But moving on to term three, where most of the friendship part started."

"You must make friends pretty fast." Halcyon remarked, and as usual I tried to ignore her. But I couldn't help but snicker at her new accent.

"So I was sitting in a corner and mining my own business, when mister Bboxer98, or 'DJ Nunes' as referred to in my stories; decided to come up to me and tell me: 'Draw me a pony'. Now, at the time; I didn't even know about MLP yet- so all I saw was a few pics on the Internet. I never really delved into that because of its general nature." I said, and Halcyon held up a hoof.

"Let me interrupt here-" she said, and I made an uncomfortable face. "But by general nature, you mean 'girly' and... Well, 'friendshipy'?"

I nod.

"Yeah, I find it remarkable how you managed to turn all that into something completely dark and brutal with your fics." she said.

"I'm not the only one, nor the best. Have you ever read 'Cupcakes'?" I asked.

"And did you know that the body is made up mostly of water?" Halcyon asked menacingly, cracking her hooves loudly; a dim blue aura shrouding her horn.

"Okay..." I say, quickly diverting the topic elsewhere. "So after Bboxer98 told me to draw him a pony, I decided to do some research on the thing before starting. And by that I mean watching the first episode."

"My little pony, my little pony..." Halcyon started humming.

"Alright. So at that point I was going to turn the screen off, but I didn't. And, ah... Here I am now, so." I say with a shrug.

"You mean obsessed." Halcyon noted.

"I was trying to avoid saying that." I frowned. "But yeah. So there goes my first MLP pic- 'MLP Wild West', you guys can see it on my dA page. And then followed by a string of others, like 'Fluttershy' and 'Cloudsdale'. Eventually it got up to my friend's birthday, so I decided to make him an OC. At the time I was still new to the whole brony community, and I didn't know there was an OC creator on dA. So I was sketching him an OC like a dumbass the old way. But come on, the OC creator... Can look quite obvious. But I do admit, they did an incredible job with the selections on that thing."

"Now that I come to think about it, it seems you never used the creator before?" Halcyon asked.

"And that's exactly why you guys all suffer from a severe case of 'same mane'. I try to come up with new ideas for your mane styles, but..." I sigh. "Doesn't always end well."

"I know that all too well." Halcyon muttered.

"But anyways. My friend was happy with the result. And now that I come to think about it, those were actually my first requests- not the more recent ones. Being new, I pretty much didn't know anything about the community. So you can imagine my reaction when he introduced me to FiMFiction and Equestria Daily. On EqD, some of the drawfriends just left me speechless. I made it a few times myself, but barely. And the music that comes out of some of the musicians are just absolutely stunning- we'll probably go into more detail about that in a future episode. And last but not least FiMFiction, where all this started." I gestured around me.

"Including my existence." Halcyon said cheerfully. "And we can agree that is a good thing. No exceptions."

"You... Actually started off as a very minor character." I said, ignoring the annoyed frown she cast my way. "At first I just needed a mare soldier in the 'Escort the Princesses' scene in BH1, but then I realized your character probably had way more potential than to be killed off straight away."

"Wait- I was supposed to die in the very same chapter?" Halcyon raised an eyebrow.

"But then I threw Blaze into the mix, and since you were originally designed as a blue colored pony- I thought, well- roses are red, violets are blue right? So that's how I threw you two together again. And from nowhere the 'Wardens' idea popped into my head and now you two have your own fic." I paused as she reviewed the information.

"I was supposed to be the try-hard all-serious soldier mare, right? And Blaze the tag-along that's-what-she-said-joke guy?"

"Just about right." I said, after a short pause.

"Then how the hell do those two mix? What were you thinking when you came up with the 'Blaze and Halcyon should be together' part?"

"My mind is bucked up, but that's a different story." I cleared my throat. "The series was doing relatively well, quite poorly considering the amount of views it was getting, and I had a comment on my page saying just that- almost 2k words now and a relatively poor amount of views. But that's not much of the point- I love writing, I love drawing- and the BH series has been one of the most fun series' I have ever written. Of course, seeing the views peak with each new chapter release is quite encouraging, so much love to you all- but I mainly write because it's fun to do so, and I'm certain I'm not the only one."

"...good job with the heartfelt speech there." Haclyon said.

"I know." I said sheepishly. "But 2012 has got to be one of the greatest years I ever had, ever."

"Ponies, that's why." Halcyon said proudly. "Which reminds me- who are you talking as right now?"

"My OC...?" my voice kind of trailed off at the end.

"But you don't have one." Halcyon said flatly.

"I know. Mr. Bboxer had been bugging me about that. The truth as to why I don't have an OC? I'm too darn lazy to make one." I said.

"And yet you spend twelve hours a day writing 2k of words, and drawing other ponies and taking requests on deviantART." Halcyon folded her arms.

"I just don't see drawing myself as a fun thing to do." I say.

"I like your philosophy."

"Thank you." I cleared my throat. "Moving on. At the end of the year I got to go to America, which was quite a fun trip. Got a new pegasister to join us, so not fruitless at all. Got some stuff I will never even hope to find in New Zealand, visited some places- and that was pretty much it. Ended with watching the ball drop in Times Square, and that's my 2012. Best year so far."

"Yeah, key words- for you. Let's see what happened to me this year-" Halcyon said, tapping her hoof on the armchair's arm. "I got a few promotions, so that's good. I broke my arm in a freak train hijack. Got it completely ripped away afterwards. Got tortured by some mercenary diamond dogs, almost died, and had to stay in hospital for several months." she counted, casting me an evil gaze. "-And who's fault is that?"

"Er... Chocolate milk...?" I said, thinking of AJ as an example for lying. Not the smartest idea.

"Oh yeah. I also have an idiot boyfriend that I can't bring myself to push away." she sighed, slumping into the armchair.

"Idiot? I know that's not me, so are you having an affair with somepony else?" Blaze yelled from off screen, and Halcyon ignored him.

"So yeah. 2012. Awesome year. Sadly over. And so is this episode. Bye!"