Pepper Jack Blitz

Name: Pepper Jack Blitz

Nickname(s): Pepper, Pep, Pepper Stepper (by Cheese)

Parents: Rainbow Dash and Cheese Sandwich

Siblings: Hornet Havoc and Beetle Blaze (Dash); Pinch of Love; Bluebell Cheese (Cheese)

Pronouns: He/Him

Sexuality and Gender: Pansexual Cis Male

Significant Other: Showstopper

Pepper Jack was both of his parents‘ first child and he ultimately feels their relationship fell apart because of his existence. Rainbow was always nervous to be a married mare and an active parent while she was heavily involved with the Wonderbolts, and Cheese was also in love with his own career but had more opportunity to involve their son than Dash did because Pepper was born an earth pony, not a pegasus. After a while both of his parents grew apart and amicably divorced, citing 75% custody to Cheese and 25% to Dash as part of their agreed custody terms. 

When it comes to Dash, Pepper is often the forgotten child, with Dash forgetting quite a few weekends when it was her turn to have Pepper. It’s not long before Cheese’s sugarcoated excuses for why Dash wasn’t coming again made him realize that he wasn’t Dash’s priority. He’s barely spoken to his mother since, and became intensely jealous and deeply hurt when Dash remarried Pharynx and had twins with him. Outwardly he brushes it off, but inwardly the child inside him wonders why the picture perfect family she has with Pharynx couldn’t have been him and his dad.

Pepper is quite pessimistic a lot of the time and bottles up a lot of his issues because he feels like talking about it won’t help, the damage is done and the bridges are burned. It takes him a long time to open up to new ponies after the pony he trusted the most took his trust and stomped on it, but he does have a few friends who managed to push through his stonewall. He does genuinely care about the ponies he’s grown close to and always makes it a point to fight for them no matter what. 

Relationships:

Pepper Jack hasn’t been close to Rainbow Dash in a long time. She’s tried her best to reconnect with him multiple times as he’s gotten older, but he’s always given her the cold shoulder. She feels an unfamiliar sting when he tells her to “go worry about her perfect family…”

Pepper Jack adores his father immensely. Cheese was always a constant within his life and Cheese is ultimately Pepper’s rock. He may get a little embarrassed with Cheese’s dad jokes and bad puns, but he knows his dad is always aiming to put a smile on his or anypony’s face. He hopes one day he can smile as bright as his dad.

Pepper loves Maud like she’s his actual mother. Maud has been around Pepper more than Dash was, therefore he actually calls Maud “Mom.” Sometimes he confides in Maud feelings that he doesn’t want to share with his dad and she’s never once made him feel like he can’t talk to her. Despite her stoicism, she’s made a positive impact on his life.

Pepper has only met Dash’s twins a handful of times. He is very indifferent of them and has no real opinion, but is very jealous they get to experience having Dash be a real mom. He wouldn’t dare say that to them, though, as he’s mature enough to know his problem lies with his mother and himself and it’s not their burden to bear.

Pepper keeps in touch with his younger sister, Pinch of Love, very often and makes it a point to visit her when his dad does. He and Love find common ground in the fact they’re both kids of failed relationships and she’s someone that Pepper can genuinely open up to. While Love can’t understand his whole struggle, she empathizes with him whenever he’s vulnerable and makes sure he knows he’s loved. Love jokes that it’s almost like she’s the big sister, and he knows she does this to make him laugh.

Pepper isn’t as close to Bluebell as he is with Love, but he still makes an effort to be involved in her life. They have a significant age gap but he cares about her and he often divulges in her antics and listens to her happily ramble about her finite interests. He hopes she’ll shoot for the stars someday.

Pepper is in love with Showstopper, Zephyr Breeze’s son. Show is loud, proud, and full of confidence- to some ponies he may be absolutely full of himself and overconfident, but to Pepper he’s perfect. They are an official couple and have a very healthy relationship. They’ve been friends since primary school when Pepper stood up for Show when he was being bullied for his weight. Many times they built each other up after something had torn them down. Show is very affectionate to Pepper and he’s just a big softie for his little (but older than him) boyfriend. Pepper sometimes travels with Showstopper when he’s staking out new plus size friendly spots or just wants to get away for a while.