Mark Garg Von Herb

Mark Garg Von Herb is a fan fiction writer for ''My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. At first he was a strong pony hater who refused to even look at anything MLP related, but after a generous amount of spamming on his Facebook page and pestering by his brother, he finally gave in and agreed to watch Luna Eclipsed''. He quickly fell in love with the show and the fandom and has labeled Luna as his favorite alicorn.

He is known simply as "Mark" to his close FIMFiction friends, and holds a deviantArt page under the name of obelisk789.

Writing Style
Mark Garg Von Herb writes in present tense format and experiments with his writing every chance he gets. Though he has expressed that he enjoys comedy, he found out the hard way that he is not good at it and has come to the conclusion that he is better at delivering stories with dark undertones. His experimentations range from dark hero storytelling, to romance, comedy, crossovers and first person narrative. In most cases Mark Garg Von Herb slips in references to his influences as easter eggs to his stories and is quick to praise those who voice their findings. However, he has stated that he is an "impulsive writer" which leads to him jumping in and not planning enough for his stories, which has led to him condemning himself for their lack of quality.

Work
Mark Garg Von Herb is mostly known for Mare-Do-Well: Regeneration, a dark themed story set on the eve of Equestria's destruction. It focuses on Trixie, Pinkie Pie, and Shining Armor and their fight to save Equestria from the threats within while battling their own demons. He has written other stories, though none of them compete in terms of quality. He has stated that he intends on building a whole universe set around Regeneration.

Dr. Horae is a story set in the same universe as Regeneration, but has been put on hold due to lack of planning. It focuses on Time Turner and Big Mac and their efforts to rescue their loved ones. One of the major players claims to be Celestia's sibling and toys with Time Turner's emotions, and the other is a traveling salespony who offers Big Mac help in return for his assistance in finding an artifact called the Lunar Cube.

His first posted story on FIMFiction.net  was a crossover comedy titled Randomness. It is about the Mario Brothers, Wario, Waluigi, and a couple of toads when they travel to Equestria for exploration and apprehension of a yoshi strangely resembling the Joker. It quickly became darker than he intended and has cancelled the project until he can rerwrite it the way he intended. A random adventure filled with more random stuff that will make people laugh till their sides hurt from the randomness of it all.

"I Don't Want To Be Here" is an HIE one-shot fic that takes heavy influences from ''James Cameron's Avatar. ''It follows a translator who is sent to Equestria disguised as a pony to learn the ways of the inahbitants so colonization can be easier. Mark Garg Von Herb briefly mentioned how he would like to expand on it to make it a full fledged story.

The Adventure of Bob is a cataclysmic failure of a comedy. It is also an HIE story and the bane of Mark Garg Von Herb's existance. Reasons why he hasn't deleted it are currently unknown. The one-shot focuses on a teenager named "Bob". He gets hit by a car, finds himself in Equestria and tries to evade a man with a poodle while trying to convince the populace that he is not there to have sex with them. He meets a self proclaimed Gary Stu named Drake Firewall, but he ultimately fails in protecting Bob with his Gary Stu powers, thus leading to Bob getting gunned down in the Sugar Cube Corner.

Sugarcubes is another comedy and failure, and like The Adventure of Bob, it is unknown why he has refused to delete it. The story circles around Applejack at a speed dating place where she meets strange characters ranging from alicorns, to humans stuck inside ponies, and a lonely Filthy Rich who is there only for the pegasi. She ultimately falls in love with an Appleloosan pony with an Irish accent.

Fallout: Equestria: Exodus is a FO:E side story centering around an earth pony stallion named "Meris". It is told in first person perspective and his adventure in the Equestrian Wasteland after being wrongfully exiled from his Stable. It is only two chapters in, but has been critisized for Meris's pathetic character and strong voilence.

More About the Author
Mark Garg Von Herb loves visual arts almost as much as he loves writing, and has compared himself to a sponge that soaks up influences. He is also very fond of music and pulls as much of his influence from music as well as visual media, including film and television shows. He also used to write fan fiction based around the Mario and Sonic Olympics games, but has cancelled the project for lack of quality, influence and character accuracy. He also says that he enjoys reading fan fiction moreso than regular fiction, but considers writing fan fiction as a way of sharpening one's writing skills. Mark Garg Von Herb also does his own cover art for his stories and hopes to one day get into the entertainment industry as a screenwriter or at least publish his own books.