When an unexplained magical disaster puts everyone in Canterlot to sleep on Hearth's Warming Eve, only two ponies can save the day. One of them is obviously Twilight Sparkle, but Donut Joe isn't sure why he's the other.
Dedicated to Pearple Prose, who deeply loves this tired donut horse and purple smart horse, as part of a Secret Santa gift exchange. Editing provided by Mr Numbers, a bastard man who made me delete good lines just because the story would be better for it. I'm incredibly grateful for his help, and I may never forgive him.
Merry Christmas.
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That was brilliant. The plot and prose were clever, with some great character moments that had me cheering for Joe at the end of it, and the ending was super sweet as well.
We really do need more good Donut Joe fics, and I'm glad that you're helping to add to that list.
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Thank you! I've never written Joe before, so I was a little unsure about how to do his voice, but I'm glad it worked out all right!
10/10 Why doesn't this have more readers?! A great little short story that I could totally have see being an actual episode :D Nice work!
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I dunno, man, I just write stuff. Sometimes the readers are into it, sometimes they're not.
In any case, the person who got this for Christmas was very happy, so I'm satisfied. And I'm very glad to know you enjoyed it too! Thanks for the comment.