Jeb Parents Meme

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Jeb's parents have always instilled a great deal of pride for his Zebra heritage.

His father, Lakita is a second generation pure Zebra and boasts the monotone coat of Zebra's of old. The only flecks of colour remaining in his mane and tail. He is a laid back and somewhat submissive stallion, and when an arranged marriage was planned for him to another Zebra family he followed his parents wishes.

His mother, Fortune Favour, has a mixed background of earth ponies and zebra, much to her dismay. Her family raised her as a traditional earth pony but she always connected more with her Zebra ancestry, loving the fact that she was a little bit different (or in her mind, rare). Ruthless in her pursuits for status and heritage, she demanded of her parents a traditional arranged marriage to a Zebra, choosing Lakita almost solely for his looks and lineage.

Once little Jebico was born His mother turned her back on all earth ponies in her family and was more than happy to state that her son and husband were "pure zebra". Never being allowed to meet his maternal family, Jeb was raised with a lot of arrogance and pride. Zebras need not rely on others, Zebras do not need protection, Zebras are strong and can survive in the wilds. These were all mantras Jeb tried to uphold in his youth. His father took a step back and never argued these points, lest he suffer the ire of his wife.

As Jeb came of age his father took him aside and tried to convince him that ponies and Zebras are one in the same. That this exlusionary attitude his mother had bred into him was wrong, and that he himself had lived in ponyville for years before his marriage took him to the village they lived in now. Fortune Favour was pushing Jeb to leave the village and go and "make a name for himself" (or more so, make a name for Zebras and her family) and Lakita took this as his chance to sway Jeb into moving to ponyville. To live with ponies and break down the walls his mother had built. To possibly even make some friends.

As Jeb sets off for Ponyville as a young adult, he still holds his mother's views close to heart. But with the nagging doubt in his mind is now placed there by his father. Perhaps There is more to life than pride, wealth and status...