Unfamiliar Patterns
by TheVClaw is a Rarity/Zecora-themed My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fanfic revolving around the start of their relationship.
The fic starts with Rarity and Zecora having gotten closer in recent months. While drinking and talking with Zecora, Rarity kisses her. She tries to pass it as being due to the alcohol but this changes their relationship for good.
Unfamiliar Patterns provides examples of:
- Amazingly Embarrassing Parents: Rarity's parents show off embarrassing foalhood stories and tell embarrassing stories about her to Sapphire Shores and Zecora.
- How We Got Here: The prologue starts with Rarity revealing her relationship to her friends. The rest of the story tells how they got to that moment.
- Fantastic Racism: The topic of speciesism against zebras is emphasised. There's some casual, lighthearted speciesism, such as Rainbow Dash finding Zecora and Rarity's relationship laughably unusual, but there's also more serious discussions about anti-zebra bias and mixed-species relationships.
- Interspecies Romance: Rarity is a horse while her girlfriend Zecora is a zebra.
- Noodle Incident: Sweetie's family won't let her to go to Fillydelphia after the "relish incident".
- Slash Fic:Unfamiliar Patterns is a fanfic that pairs together Rarity and Zecora. Rarity and Zecora get close and become a couple.
