The Purpose of Cutie Marks
So there has been a LOT of talk concerning the exact nature of Cutie Marks over the 8 seasons this show has been on air and Season 5 is where a lot of people began truly questioning the idea behind the concept because of a certain somepony who created a false ideology behind getting rid of one's cutie mark and special talent.
We were first taught about Cutie Marks way way back when the Cutie Mark Crusaders were first introduced where getting your Cutie Mark was seen as your passage into adulthood, or the equivalent of a Quinceanera, and we learn that one's Cutie Mark represents something about the pony it is on. One gains their cutie mark once they find and learn what their special talent is. For the Cutie Mark Crusaders themselves their special talent is helping others. It is a truly altruistic talent of theirs that does not exclude their other talents that they have like: Sweetie Belle's singing ability, Scootaloo's Dare Devil antics, Apple Bloom's potion making, but their true talent is helping other people.
Let us contrast that to a certain Trouble Shoes, one of the ponies that started the whole Cutie Mark debate to begin with Starlight, where his Cutie Mark appears to be Bad Luck incarnate. Now this can be debated both in and out of universe, he got his cutie mark when he was entertaining the judges at the rodeo, and his bad luck could be entirely of his own making thanks to his massive size and clumsiness in a world built for ponies half his size. But the CMC later show him that he has a talent for entertaining ponies and he gets a job as a Rodeo clown entertaining people like he has always wanted.
Some people say that Cutie Marks just show other ponies Who they are. Others say that Cutie Marks define what you are. I personally fall on the issue that though one may have a cutie mark it is what you do with your special talent that defines you. One only need look at Starlight to figure that one out.
Submitted January 31, 2019 at 06:15AM by NewWillinium
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