• Story: A Cup of Joe

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    [Normal] It's Descendant, and it's based off that image, so just read it alright?

    Author: The Descendant
    Description: Pony Joe awakens before the dawn each morning, readies himself for his day, and them walks through Cantelot's cold and silent streets to his doughnut shop.

    Life has become pretty mundane for Joe, but as he serves his customers and chats with his regulars he realizes that he has come to rely on that repetition...he relies on it to keep from remembering.

    As a casual utterance by a new customer sends Joe into a spiral of haunting memories we learn about his life...and what he must give up if he wishes to move beyond his past.
    A Cup of Joe Chapter 1: Plain
    A Cup of Joe Chapter 2: Cinnamon
    A Cup of Joe Chapter 3: Sugar


    Additional Tags: Pony Joe Celestia Luna Twilight Spike Guardsponies
    Friday, October 14, 2011 op
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    33 comments:

    1. Am I late Yet?October 14, 2011 at 6:00 PM

      And then Jelf9es69stoped. 0.b3563563b693e525in3g 235a3 6235duck

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    2. Am I late Yet?October 14, 2011 at 6:00 PM

      For those of you who want a translation...Jelfes is now a duck again

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    3. BombedrumbumOctober 14, 2011 at 6:00 PM

      And then the comments were realted to the post

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    4. BombedrumbumOctober 14, 2011 at 6:01 PM

      *related

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    5. Am I late Yet?October 14, 2011 at 6:01 PM

      inb4 related comments

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    6. Jango-FettOctober 14, 2011 at 6:03 PM

      Mmmmmmm
      I will give it a try

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    7. NintyukOctober 14, 2011 at 6:05 PM

      Yay! This made it on to EQD, This guy is worth following on Deviantart all his story's are top notch.

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    8. BombedrumbumOctober 14, 2011 at 6:07 PM

      Touché

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    9. Am I late Yet?October 14, 2011 at 6:14 PM

      By the by...What is your image Bombedrumbum? I keep looking at it...but it only confuses me further...

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    10. AeolusOctober 14, 2011 at 6:31 PM

      No shipping tag. That's good considering the picture. I don't know if the world is ready for a twilightxJoe ship.

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    11. EquinenoxOctober 14, 2011 at 6:38 PM

      @Aeolus
      A shipfic of JoexTwilight was exactly what I was afraid of before I scrolled down to see the [Normal] Tag.

      I'll be putting this in my "To Read" folder.

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    12. TyranomanOctober 14, 2011 at 6:46 PM

      Pretty soon there are going to be no ponies left to write about.
      Liking the new banner, although im ashamed to say I never played any of the Sol Calibur games.

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    13. iAndsterOctober 14, 2011 at 7:02 PM

      This story better be finished.

      I don't want to add yet another fic on my watchlist...

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    14. iAndsterOctober 14, 2011 at 8:13 PM

      Well I just read it.

      Fantastic story. All I have to say. Everything was beautifully written and the story is unique. It even had the power to make me tear up at the end.

      Bravo, 5/5.

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    15. Conner CogworkOctober 14, 2011 at 8:26 PM

      This was an amazing read. I'm not afraid to admit that I broke into tears at quite a few spots in the story. But the Dawn Tattoo scene absolutely stole the show. I can't help but wonder how many guardsponies will be trying powdered sugar as well in the future!

      This fic deserves each and every star that it gets. Thank you sir. Thank you SO much.

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    16. zaptiftunOctober 14, 2011 at 8:39 PM

      Words fail me. This was simply awesome, one of the best fics I've read here. Well done, good sir!

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    17. JazzOctober 14, 2011 at 8:41 PM

      Hmm, seems interesting enough.

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    18. BlackbeltOctober 14, 2011 at 9:29 PM

      I'm kinda jealous of Joe, getting all those kisses

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    19. StahiOctober 14, 2011 at 9:40 PM

      Oh my God.

      Tears were shed, heartstrings pulled. Wonderful story.

      5000/5 stars

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    20. CyberPonyOctober 14, 2011 at 11:47 PM

      probbly needs a sad and grimdark tag though...

      otherwise very good! 5/5

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    21. Dragoon235October 15, 2011 at 12:01 AM

      Wow. Just Wow. That was some powerful imagery. It is the first time in a while that I have really felt a story that intensely. It was so vivid. Yes, tears were shed. Yes, that goes on my list of memorable reads, all genres, all time.

      I just really want to know what Joe said to Artificer Call at the end. I feel like that is the missing epilogue. 5/5 nonetheless.

      Keep on writing.

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    22. CamiCubeOctober 15, 2011 at 12:10 AM

      Wonderful story. Heart wrenching. Kept me up when I have class in the morning. Bed now!

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    23. BombedrumbumOctober 15, 2011 at 12:54 AM

      @Am I late Yet
      The question is, what is YOUR image? A spy pony movie. Its obviously more random than mine

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    24. Lurks-no-MoreOctober 15, 2011 at 7:09 AM

      This is an extraordinary story in many ways, and a must-read. No, there's no Twilight shipping either!

      The Dawn Tattoo scene (you'll know when you reach it) is simply wonderful.

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    25. ChrisOctober 16, 2011 at 9:35 AM

      This story joins a select list of fanfics which inspired a genuine emotional reaction from me. I laughed and cried in turn, and when the end came, I was sorry that this brief window into Joe's life was closed so soon. Thank you for writing this.

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    26. ForderzOctober 16, 2011 at 1:29 PM

      awesome. simply marvellous. The parade scene.. damn.

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    27. Black BiteOctober 17, 2011 at 3:12 PM

      Amazing. Probably one of the best fanfics I've read. 5/5!

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    28. GrolloOctober 18, 2011 at 4:49 PM

      Why is there no 6-star rating? Damn, now I have to fine every other story I've rated and downgrade them a notch so that I can give this an appropriate rating.

      ...*sob*...

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    29. AnonymousOctober 19, 2011 at 12:23 AM

      It's a shame that this comic doesn't have more comments. It's quite touching. =(

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    30. Depo007November 4, 2011 at 9:22 PM

      Absolutely brilliant.

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    31. N.1.S.January 11, 2012 at 5:02 PM

      This story was actually surprisingly good. I never would have guessed that Pony Joe was an "old" war horse. Given that nopony has ever known anything about him before now. This story is certainly good enough to be considered a "headcanon" story for Pony Joe. Also, I kinda think that this story needs to be tagged as Sad as well, given the events that he relives through dreams.

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    32. ZaehlasFebruary 15, 2012 at 9:28 PM

      I'll agree with a "Sad" tag, but not a "Grimdark" one.

      I know its a much older story by now, but it still brings tears to my eyes.

      I hope the up and coming Bronies get a chance to experience it.

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    33. sergeant16bitFebruary 25, 2012 at 7:12 AM

      reading the description reminded me of Wayne's World

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