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Pony Talk => Pony Corral => Topic started by: Sweet Daes on September 06, 2018, 08:53:21 AM

Title: Okay, I would love to know ~your~ mark.
Post by: Sweet Daes on September 06, 2018, 08:53:21 AM

I really would love to know what's on your mind.

What's your mark? Your butt tattoo, symbol, icon, cutiemark...whatever you may call it...

For instance, my username "Sweet Daes" and is an amalgamation of the first 4 letters of my married surname, which is always mispronounced "days" no matter where I go. I may as well embrace it... HA! And, the "sweet" came after going through related words to "berry". This led to me creating the avatar of my mark, which is the strawberry for "Sweet" and the sun for "Days". This is something that I feel is very unique to me, inspired by the love that I have for my late husband and strawberries, which is a favorite food that we shared. Though I don't know if there is a pony named the same anywhere else. I never bothered to look.

So, think about it a bit... Does your username here on the Arena give way to your mark? Or is your mark something else entirely?
For example, let's say a person's username is Burnished Elm, but their "mark" is a paper and quill because they are an editor of some sort, and they are very proud of what they do as a career.
Or, "Applejack" is their username, but their applejack is a stylish hat, and the symbol is only a cap. It's also also called the "flat cap" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_cap), among other names depending on where you are. Perhaps it is a symbol of someone's proud heritage? o:
Maybe your personality, favorite things, favorite season, vacation spot, an object?
Perhaps a term to describe a thing, a scent, a taste; something mystical or elegant?
A hobby, a  profession or texture?

Let your imagination run and be creative. I really want to know what you think!  o:

Title: Re: Okay, I would love to know ~your~ mark.
Post by: banditpony on September 06, 2018, 09:17:38 AM

I don't have one...

But I like to imagine my car did -- and that's what represents me here :)

If I had to think of myself... It would be something that combined 林 (and or trees/forest) with sheep and have a mint color.

Title: Re: Okay, I would love to know ~your~ mark.
Post by: Sweet Daes on September 06, 2018, 09:18:49 AM

Quote from: banditpony on September 06, 2018, 09:17:38 AM

I don't have one...

But I like to imagine my car did -- and that's what represents me here :)

If I had to think of myself... It would be something that combined 林 (and or trees/forest) with sheep and have a mint color.

oooohh.. I like that idea!

Title: Re: Okay, I would love to know ~your~ mark.
Post by: banditpony on September 06, 2018, 09:26:51 AM

Quote from: Sweet Daes on September 06, 2018, 09:18:49 AM

Quote from: banditpony on September 06, 2018, 09:17:38 AM

I don't have one...

But I like to imagine my car did -- and that's what represents me here :)

If I had to think of myself... It would be something that combined 林 (and or trees/forest) with sheep and have a mint color.

oooohh.. I like that idea!

Haha thanks

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It's pretty much where my married name came from/ meaning, what it sounds like / my hobby of needle felting /I love sheep, and a color I can't live without ...

Also I gotta throw a heart in somewhere because I love hearts so much XD

Title: Re: Okay, I would love to know ~your~ mark.
Post by: RoseNoire on September 06, 2018, 09:36:41 AM

My OC's first versions was a pegasus, so her symbol was a pretty simple black rose, with thorns and sometimes a drop of blood on the petals. Since my biggest upgrade, where my OC is a flutter pony, I made her symbol more "flutter pony-like" and a little bit more joyful because I got less edgy over time. :lol: The thorns became cute lil' hearts.

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Post by: Prince_Sunbeam on September 06, 2018, 09:53:10 AM

Based on my ponysona/username Prince Sunbeam, that symbol is the same as regular g1 unicorn sunbeam- the sun! I have always felt a connection to the sun, similar to how many folks (typically women) feel a connection to the moon. I have some innate spiritual connection to the sun, it's replenishing to my soul. Especially as someone who suffers from depression, just going out and standing in the suns light makes me feel more fulfilled.
That along with Sunbeam's color scheme is what brought me to come up with my ponysona Prince Sunbeam.

Before joining the arena, I had made a g4 OC, Solar Mist and that symbol was a collection of neon colored planets with rings. Because who doesnt like outer space! lol So clearly celestial symbols are my thing.

Title: Re: Okay, I would love to know ~your~ mark.
Post by: cyberunicorn on September 06, 2018, 10:11:31 AM

Not really much to mine it is,either the cyber dragon or cyber dark dragon from theyyugioh card game.


Not very original but I like it  :P

Title: Re: Okay, I would love to know ~your~ mark.
Post by: Zapper on September 06, 2018, 10:31:49 AM

An olive branch with a lightning bolt. What does it mean? Am I peaceful? Am I hotheaded? Am I a Greek god? An olympic runner? Who knows what Zapper pony is up to :lol:

Title: Re: Okay, I would love to know ~your~ mark.
Post by: Leikin on September 06, 2018, 10:42:22 AM

My persona is in my avatar. She was created a long time ago, black because I listened much to metal and mostly dressed in black, and pink, well, I still love pink ^^   The symbol is a heart within a heart, with some ornaments, which I guess is because even though I might did look hard on the outside, I was quite a softie on the inside.

It really has no connection at all to my screen name. Its the same name I use almost everywhere online, and not only ponyrelated.
The name itself comes from an old book which said it was another namefor the norse goddess Hel, but I have never seen the connection to her anywhere else. But I do like the name, and have used it for around 20 years now, so it kinda stucked with me :P  Also, all my real name letters is included in it, so its not that far away from the truth :P

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Post by: Skeen on September 06, 2018, 10:42:34 AM

Mine is a planet with a wind swirl coming from behind it, wrapping around like a ring, and then continuing on with more swirls.  There are scattered white dots for stars.  Her name is Solar Wind. 

Title: Re: Okay, I would love to know ~your~ mark.
Post by: Artemesia's Garden on September 06, 2018, 11:30:55 AM

<--- my username has nothing to do with my cutie mark, in fact I keep thinking of changing my username but I never get around to it :-)

Title: Re: Okay, I would love to know ~your~ mark.
Post by: Pinkie21 on September 06, 2018, 11:43:49 AM

My username definitely doesn’t fit what my symbol would be.  Mine would be a completely black cloud with red or black rain drops. 

Title: Re: Okay, I would love to know ~your~ mark.
Post by: Miniature Sheep on September 06, 2018, 11:47:07 AM

Oooh, I love threads like this! It's always really interesting to see what kind of iconography people are drawn to and the reasons behind that. :D

My symbol would be a crescent moon with an eye held between the two points, as that's what's tattooed on the back of my hand. It's a reference to 'Liebe and Romanze' by Laura Oldfield Ford, one of the characters mentioned has an eye tattooed on their hand and a particular passage really stood out to me, "Then there would be a pause, but I had never known a full stop. In my life, there was always an adjunct, a sequel, a little bit more." I like that as a kind of manifesto for dealing with mental illness, sometimes it gets in the way and there's nothing I can do about it, but it never stops me completely and there's nothing wrong with taking a rest for a while, because I can carry on moving forward when I'm ready.

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My username is totally disconnected from my symbol though, it's just a reference to a pun in The Adventures of Parsley that made me laugh a lot more than it should have. Parsley couldn't sleep so Dill ran up to him with a tiny little sheep and said "It's a miniature sheep! One minute yer wide awake, the next minute yer fast asleep!" It cracks me up just thinking about it. :lol:

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Post by: tailrustedtealeaf on September 06, 2018, 12:12:06 PM

My username is just the state of the most recent pony I had got when I signed up. Tea Leaf is rust-free ATM. :)
I like seahorses? That's about it. I suppose you could make it a representation of how I'm somewhat superficial? Seahorses are cute.

Title: Re: Okay, I would love to know ~your~ mark.
Post by: brightberry on September 06, 2018, 01:27:33 PM

I've never thought about that... but I do like the G2 Berrybright symbol a lot.   But I think if I picked that, everyone would point out how my name is the wrong way around.   :lol:

Honestly, I'd love for it to be a pumpkin because I can not wait for fall.  Even if we only get two days of it here, I want fall weather so much.

Title: Re: Okay, I would love to know ~your~ mark.
Post by: Sweet Daes on September 06, 2018, 02:34:48 PM

So many fascinating ideas! This is really exciting to hear how different people are.

@tailrustedtealeaf, I dig your reasoning.

Quote from: Zapper on September 06, 2018, 10:31:49 AM

An olive branch with a lightning bolt. What does it mean? Am I peaceful? Am I hotheaded? Am I a Greek god? An olympic runner? Who knows what Zapper pony is up to :lol:

Confused? lol

Maybe you need a good rubdown with Bounce dryer sheets because of the built up static  xD

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Post by: Gator on September 06, 2018, 03:02:29 PM

My symbol is two blue alligators.  When I was younger, and since I like to draw, and since Ponyland was extremely lacking in male ponies, I started drawing and cranking out all sorts of ideas for male uni's and pegs.  When I Joined the arena and learned about avatars and stuff, I picked Gator because I liked his colors and symbol.  I figure if he was a real pony, he would be a happy tails pony as his symbol is line with theirs.

Title: Re: Okay, I would love to know ~your~ mark.
Post by: Sweet Daes on September 06, 2018, 03:30:03 PM

Quote from: Gator on September 06, 2018, 03:02:29 PM

My symbol is two blue alligators.  When I was younger, and since I like to draw, and since Ponyland was extremely lacking in male ponies, I started drawing and cranking out all sorts of ideas for male uni's and pegs.  When I Joined the arena and learned about avatars and stuff, I picked Gator because I liked his colors and symbol.  I figure if he was a real pony, he would be a happy tails pony as his symbol is line with theirs.

The ones that you squeeze and the tail goes all twirls? The color scheme sounds perfect- that is such a fabulous idea! Did you art your sig, too?

:art:

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Post by: vampyrefay on September 06, 2018, 03:58:56 PM

I've toyed with the idea of getting my personal symbol as a tattoo for a few years, I have few ideas that actually fit me very well the most popular one being a jack o lantern with bluish snow on it surrounded a string of heart shaped multi coloured lights since I am obsessed with Halloween and Christmas or a blood red crescent moon with two coffins interlocking to shape a heart surrounded by a few rose petals, my user name is because of how much horror specifically vampires mean to me and my partner, the spelling is for funeral pyre and the fay is I've been obsessed with fairies most of my life to the point I'm writing a children's book on them

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Post by: BlackCurtains on September 06, 2018, 05:47:33 PM

Mine would probably be like a bunch of scribbles or something. I'm one of those people who knows everything about a few things, but nothing about a lot of things :lol: There isn't one defining interest or anything that I feel is really "me".

As far as Ponyland, my persona consists of my favorite colors and his symbol is #92 Uranium to represent that he might be a bit unstable :lookround:

edit: Oh, and as far as my username goes, it's a Megadeth song. I've had it as my main nick online since like 1997. They were my fav band back then.

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Post by: Tulips on September 06, 2018, 08:19:19 PM

My ponysona Tulips' mark is a triskelion with tulips inspired by my favourite pony Posey and my Celtic heritage. I feel like it represents me well in an ambiguous, many facets of my soul, kind of way. I love animals and art but didn't want something like paw prints or a paint brush...

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Post by: aquamarinemolly on September 06, 2018, 09:01:02 PM

Before I got into ponies, I got a big ol' snowflake tatt on my butt. I was 19. Zero regrets. Someday maybe I'll expand it, add some of the pony snowflake symbols and make it a flurry! ...but this doesn't really connect with my username here, which is just my favorite princess + my first name, aquamarinemolly

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Post by: Beldarna on September 06, 2018, 09:27:33 PM

The mark in my ponysona is a sword through a cresent moon which has so many meanings to me. I grew up in an abusive home and when things got too hard I hid in the worlds of fantasy books, where there were a lot of swordfights. In one series of books, there was a moon cult which fascinated me and had I been any kind of religious at all, I would have joined that cult.

But the sword also represent me trying to fight my way forward in the world and survive, with the family I had and no real friends to talk to who knew what I was going through. It was hard sleeping weekendnights, when the alcohol and yelling and fights happened so I spent hours walking around outside, with just the dog as company. Be it summer or freezing winter I walked for hours, and when I was too tired to walk I slept in the forest beneath the pine trees, or during winter in the car in the garage. One such night, I sat beneath my favorite tree and looked at a cresent moon and it was so beautiful and I took it to heart that beauty could exist in this world of pain and suffering.

It never occured to me to match the name Beldarna to this above, it was a name I took when I was 11 years old after reading the Belgariad of David Eddings, Beldaran was a mysterious daughter of a sorcerer who had died, but I was somewhat aware of copyright infringement so I rewrote it, lol. My ponysona was created 9 years later.

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Post by: Esbayne on September 06, 2018, 10:21:33 PM

Hmm, I'm not really too sure.

Probably a blue cat, because I have a bit of an obsession with the color blue, and cats. I've been called the cat-whisperer by many and told maybe I was a cat in a past life. xD I just can't get enough of them.
And then maybe a dragon wrapped around the cat, like they're snuggling together or something. I'm also quite obsessed with fantasy, and dragons are my favourite fantasy creature. Maybe a water dragon specifically, because I LOVE the water and it's my favourite element, and my sign is also the water bearer. (which I just think is really neat)
Not sure what the pony itself would look like... Maybe an aqua color with dark blue/light green striped hair and silver tinsel? That might look weird.
I'd try to weasel some Norse mythology, Lovecraftian horror and artistry in there, but then it'd be too busy. xD
(TAF version- A big tentacled Lovecraft monster chasing after the dragon & cat with a giant pencil, knotwork in the background. Weirdest pony you'd ever see)

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Post by: Shaz on September 07, 2018, 01:36:16 AM

My username here is just my nickname. Not very creative!

Hmm, symbols and ponysonas. My girlfriend & I have often mused on this subject, without actually deciding very much. She wants to be a unicorn, possibly black or dark blue, and have a notebook and pen for a symbol, with a cartoonish drawing of a cat on the notebook. Think Dutch Dagboek pony, but a unicorn and with added cat. I think I'd like to be a red or orange earth pony with an antiquarian book for my symbol. A big brown leather bound book possibly with a bookmark in it. I feel I ought to incorporate a pony because I love collecting ponies just as much as I love collecting antique books, but a pony with a pony symbol would be a little strange (especially if the pony on the symbol also had a pony symbol with a pony symbol with....shut up now, Shaz!). A ruined castle would be a good symbol for me too, as I love history. Maybe the book could have a picture of a castle on it?

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Post by: SilverStarApple on September 07, 2018, 04:43:54 AM

Silver Star Apple is an OC I made. At first, he was a ponified version of me, with a ponified backstory. And a lot of my backstory elements wouldn't really work in the pony world. So instead of being a rare smart kid from the slums, he's a rare Unicorn from the Apple Family named Star Apple. He grew up on a frontier town's ranch, but he dreamed of moving to Canterlot, disguising himself as a rich pony named Silver Star, and becoming rich.

I changed him a lot over time, because someone with a different backstory from me should end up different from me. Anyway, his Cutie Mark is a set of ten stars in the shape of a Tree Constellation. And if you flip it over, it also looks like an apple. It's been eight years since I made this character, and nobody ever noticed that aspect of his design.

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Post by: Taffeta on September 07, 2018, 08:19:33 AM

Quote from: banditpony on September 06, 2018, 09:17:38 AM

I don't have one...

But I like to imagine my car did -- and that's what represents me here :)

If I had to think of myself... It would be something that combined 林 (and or trees/forest) with sheep and have a mint color.

Ok, you seriously had me wondering if there is a kanji with a ki radical or a ki/ hitsuji component...and then you threw in kokoro and I admit I gave up ;)

I don't generally subscribe to the g4 context of symbols as I think being defined by a symbol into a destiny is limiting...but  with banditpony bringing kanji into it I started thinking about this as well. Here i have always been Taffeta and it relates to the g1 pony more than me. But I have a kind of affinity with the character  龍 (dragon) because of the association of dragons with stuff I study. My railcard holder has a dragon and  龍  written on it. So something to do with dragons I suppose....

After all, I am English (green or white dragon) but I grew up near Wales and have distant Welsh on my Dad's side  (red dragon)...

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Post by: starstrider on September 07, 2018, 08:49:36 AM

Mine would be a little kitten peeking out of a teacup.  I'm a crazy cat lady (six rescue cats!), and I love fine bone china tea sets.  That would make such a cute tattoo!

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Post by: bright rabbit 1 on September 07, 2018, 09:11:57 AM

The Survey Corps insignia because I like that faction in Attack on Titan.

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Post by: Sweet Daes on September 07, 2018, 12:20:52 PM

Quote from: Taffeta on September 07, 2018, 08:19:33 AM

original post

Quote from: banditpony on September 06, 2018, 09:17:38 AM

I don't have one...

But I like to imagine my car did -- and that's what represents me here :)

If I had to think of myself... It would be something that combined 林 (and or trees/forest) with sheep and have a mint color.

Ok, you seriously had me wondering if there is a kanji with a ki radical or a ki/ hitsuji component...and then you threw in kokoro and I admit I gave up ;)

I don't generally subscribe to the g4 context of symbols as I think being defined by a symbol into a destiny is limiting...but  with banditpony bringing kanji into it I started thinking about this as well. Here i have always been Taffeta and it relates to the g1 pony more than me. But I have a kind of affinity with the character  龍 (dragon) because of the association of dragons with stuff I study. My railcard holder has a dragon and  龍  written on it. So something to do with dragons I suppose....

After all, I am English (green or white dragon) but I grew up near Wales and have distant Welsh on my Dad's side  (red dragon)...

I am not sure if you watch the show at all, but G4's canon has led the idea of "destiny" to be rather open ended.

TL;DR + possible spoilers for the later half of the series

Taking Songbird Serenade for example, her profession is an entertainer- a songstress, let it be by trade or hobby. But, her cutiemark is not music/entertaining related- it's a rain cloud with hearts (which can have many different interpretations considering pegasi control the weather and/or being an entertainer makes people happy, so it's a "happy rain", but her hearts are in a rainbow-ish spectrum, etc etc but that is going into head-canon territory about a character I rarely give much thought to tbh).

When investigating other side characters, there is Starlight Glimmer and Sunset Shimmer. Their names are in the same scheme as Twilight Sparkle, but none of the three have a cutiemark that fully represents having a magical "destiny". It just seems implied due to the celestial theme.

The implication being that the cosmos control everything, (Luna, Celestia, two steps of sundown and one full night) but the only correlation that we have to go on is that they all received their marks in magic. But, if you think about it, we only witnessed that Twilight got her mark in magic. Celestia and Luna were already inherently magical, plus their jobs as alicorn princesses to control the celestial bodies of day and night. Though, we only know bits and pieces aside from the obvious. They were mentored by the magical unicorn Starswirl, and the books and comics are officially not considered part of the show canon, and then Sunset and Starlight already had theirs, and their character arcs around using magic as a way to cause havoc, and then redemption.

...and then we have Trixie Lulamoon, who has a mark of a magic wand and wooshy-wisp. Our lovely Trixie is an illusionist and entertainer by trade, and the first few steps of her arc is that she doesn't know much in the way of magic like Twilight, Sunset and Starlight. It basically implies that a wand is symbolic of illusion, tricks and "street magic", not of spell casting, and all four of these unicorns share a star-like object.

When you look at the Cutiemark Crusaders, there are a few episodes dedicated to showing that their marked talent is not all that a pony is.
Bloom & Gloom (S5, Ep4)
Crusaders of the Lost Mark (S5, Ep18)
On Your Marks (S6, Ep4)
The Fault in Our Cutie Marks (S6, Ep19)
Marks and Recreation (S7, Ep21)
"Destiny" as a term used to tie cutiemarks to the pony race is loosely utilized. It's more generic of a term and only a narrative device that really fits the universe when convenient. These episodes to lend more to the idea that there is more to someone then that one thing.

this is just a rant- take with a grain of salt plz

And don't get me started on Candace and her story arc- that whole cluster is one of the biggest dumb wildcards when it comes to "destiny" because it just doesn't fit well with the other princesses. There isn't anything that solidifies anything else to be a factor, so it's really up to debate as to how that matches up being that there are two ways of becoming an alicorn, but nothing has explicitly stated in the show that born alicorns are born princesses.

I'M SIDE-EYE'IN YOU, FLURRY HEART, YOU CONVENIENT MCGUFFIN. She's not even full alicorn- She's technically a half-breed because of her unicorn father not being blessed enough to be a female. Flurry's introduction to the universe implies that Luna and Celestia were not born alicorns.

MAGIC.
CUTIEMARKS.
GENETICS.
HOW DOES THIS WORK.

All's I am saying is that there is much more to the idea of "destiny" than finding out that you are a great janitor that is portrayed as a dirty shovel and a pile of fly-ridden poo on your flank. Magic and breed may play a part, but I doubt we will get a solid answer of how they work so it can be left open-ended, which actually serves to benefit the cutie mark concept.

Title: Re: Okay, I would love to know ~your~ mark.
Post by: babypowder on September 07, 2018, 12:39:55 PM

I think it would be a gust of wind carrying a token from all of my interests...crafts, horses, sci-fi, writing...the gust of wind because I like to be free.

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Post by: Taffeta on September 07, 2018, 02:09:35 PM

Quote from: Sweet Daes on September 07, 2018, 12:20:52 PM

Quote from: Taffeta on September 07, 2018, 08:19:33 AM

original post

Quote from: banditpony on September 06, 2018, 09:17:38 AM

I don't have one...

But I like to imagine my car did -- and that's what represents me here :)

If I had to think of myself... It would be something that combined 林 (and or trees/forest) with sheep and have a mint color.

Ok, you seriously had me wondering if there is a kanji with a ki radical or a ki/ hitsuji component...and then you threw in kokoro and I admit I gave up ;)

I don't generally subscribe to the g4 context of symbols as I think being defined by a symbol into a destiny is limiting...but  with banditpony bringing kanji into it I started thinking about this as well. Here i have always been Taffeta and it relates to the g1 pony more than me. But I have a kind of affinity with the character  龍 (dragon) because of the association of dragons with stuff I study. My railcard holder has a dragon and  龍  written on it. So something to do with dragons I suppose....

After all, I am English (green or white dragon) but I grew up near Wales and have distant Welsh on my Dad's side  (red dragon)...

I am not sure if you watch the show at all, but G4's canon has led the idea of "destiny" to be rather open ended.

TL;DR + possible spoilers for the later half of the series

Taking Songbird Serenade for example, her profession is an entertainer- a songstress, let it be by trade or hobby. But, her cutiemark is not music/entertaining related- it's a rain cloud with hearts (which can have many different interpretations considering pegasi control the weather and/or being an entertainer makes people happy, so it's a "happy rain", but her hearts are in a rainbow-ish spectrum, etc etc but that is going into head-canon territory about a character I rarely give much thought to tbh).

When investigating other side characters, there is Starlight Glimmer and Sunset Shimmer. Their names are in the same scheme as Twilight Sparkle, but none of the three have a cutiemark that fully represents having a magical "destiny". It just seems implied due to the celestial theme.

The implication being that the cosmos control everything, (Luna, Celestia, two steps of sundown and one full night) but the only correlation that we have to go on is that they all received their marks in magic. But, if you think about it, we only witnessed that Twilight got her mark in magic. Celestia and Luna were already inherently magical, plus their jobs as alicorn princesses to control the celestial bodies of day and night. Though, we only know bits and pieces aside from the obvious. They were mentored by the magical unicorn Starswirl, and the books and comics are officially not considered part of the show canon, and then Sunset and Starlight already had theirs, and their character arcs around using magic as a way to cause havoc, and then redemption.

...and then we have Trixie Lulamoon, who has a mark of a magic wand and wooshy-wisp. Our lovely Trixie is an illusionist and entertainer by trade, and the first few steps of her arc is that she doesn't know much in the way of magic like Twilight, Sunset and Starlight. It basically implies that a wand is symbolic of illusion, tricks and "street magic", not of spell casting, and all four of these unicorns share a star-like object.

When you look at the Cutiemark Crusaders, there are a few episodes dedicated to showing that their marked talent is not all that a pony is.
Bloom & Gloom (S5, Ep4)
Crusaders of the Lost Mark (S5, Ep18)
On Your Marks (S6, Ep4)
The Fault in Our Cutie Marks (S6, Ep19)
Marks and Recreation (S7, Ep21)
"Destiny" as a term used to tie cutiemarks to the pony race is loosely utilized. It's more generic of a term and only a narrative device that really fits the universe when convenient. These episodes to lend more to the idea that there is more to someone then that one thing.

this is just a rant- take with a grain of salt plz

And don't get me started on Candace and her story arc- that whole cluster is one of the biggest dumb wildcards when it comes to "destiny" because it just doesn't fit well with the other princesses. There isn't anything that solidifies anything else to be a factor, so it's really up to debate as to how that matches up being that there are two ways of becoming an alicorn, but nothing has explicitly stated in the show that born alicorns are born princesses.

I'M SIDE-EYE'IN YOU, FLURRY HEART, YOU CONVENIENT MCGUFFIN. She's not even full alicorn- She's technically a half-breed because of her unicorn father not being blessed enough to be a female. Flurry's introduction to the universe implies that Luna and Celestia were not born alicorns.

MAGIC.
CUTIEMARKS.
GENETICS.
HOW DOES THIS WORK.

All's I am saying is that there is much more to the idea of "destiny" than finding out that you are a great janitor that is portrayed as a dirty shovel and a pile of fly-ridden poo on your flank. Magic and breed may play a part, but I doubt we will get a solid answer of how they work so it can be left open-ended, which actually serves to benefit the cutie mark concept.

It's just my personal take on the concept. There are a lot of things in FIM I'm not a fan of, so just add that to the list ;)

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Post by: Sky_Rocket_Sammie on September 07, 2018, 03:31:21 PM

A stack of old books with a black lit candel on top. In circled by five silver stars. Because knowledge is magical, also stars are my favorite shape.

Look at my signature for what I'd look like as a pony.

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Post by: vira on September 07, 2018, 08:45:02 PM

mine is a puppy with a heart, because i love caring for dogs! here it is on my ponysona, puppy kisses!

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Post by: katrine2309 on September 08, 2018, 06:37:47 AM

Weell, my username here is my real name, so I guess that is a mark of some sorts :lol:

Online I usually go by KatWoods though. It refers to my name of course (Kat), but also my love for nature (woods). If anything symbol should represent me I think it would be coonected to the woods or the mountains in combination with books or stories. I love to disappear into a world of dreams and hopes. I also write stories myself (for fun only :P ). I am a teacher, and I love my job too- I love teaching kids, inspire and help them in finding their own dreams and hopes.

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Post by: Mami Tomoe on September 08, 2018, 07:42:37 AM

A heart with interlocking Venus symbol or a laughing face

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Post by: mlp4me on September 08, 2018, 07:51:40 AM

My symbol would be stars. Fuschia, turquoise, blue and an emerald green. I like jewel tones... not relating to my username at all.

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Post by: Shaiyeh on September 09, 2018, 02:42:34 PM

Well, my current ponysona has a takeaway mug as her symbol. I drink an awful lot of tea. xD (her name is Shai Latte, and she's my current avatar :) ) My old persona, Neko, has a cat symbol. It still fits, I'm very much a cat person, and a somewhat cat-like person :)
On me, IRL, though... that's not as easy. A glass of wine (or cup of tea), a pentacle, and music notes, maybe?

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Post by: hilamb on September 13, 2018, 10:01:25 PM

Half moon, and something else.
Not sure about it now that I have to think about it. Trying to make a new ponysona that would be what Id love to be as a pony too.  :biggrin:

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Post by: Sweet Daes on September 25, 2018, 01:30:15 PM

**first page hipbump**

I'd love to hear more!

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Post by: StrawberrySundance on September 25, 2018, 02:13:54 PM

Ooooh! this is interesting!  :biggrin:

I've never really thought about one for myself but I recently found a sketch book with 2 G4 style pony 'OC's I drew (I actually can't remember drawing them) and one was an earth pony had an upside down pineapple (I wrote 'Pineapple Fritters' next to her) and the other was a tall skinny earth pony with a big 'X' on her side, I think she was called Cross? maybe Crosses?

This counts as 'my' mark right? haha


I've never really thought about one for myself, I don't think my username would reflect mine if I did have one (I'd totally get Sundance's symbol as my first tattoo though! ), I think I'd have a cactus with a single flower one it? Or a bee!

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Post by: kamakazee82 on September 25, 2018, 03:56:18 PM

My pony's mark is the silhouette of a pegasus pony falling in front of a sun with tribal like flames around it.

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Post by: heftysmurf76 on September 25, 2018, 04:18:10 PM

My "Mark" is the same symbol as Hefty Smurf, a heart with an arrow through it, there's a pic of my ponysona that MustBeJewel drew for me last Christmas, its "Chrystal Ferfer", his name is based on my nickname as a kid "Ferfer"(I couldn't say my whole name so I would say "Fer-i-fer" and its stuck, to this day family members call me "Ferfer"..., and the "Chrystal" comes in bec it soundeed ponyish, but also made the whole name sound like "Christopher" which is my full legal name :D...without further ado here's the pic Jewel drew of him:
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Post by: pinkkittywinks on September 26, 2018, 01:17:11 PM

I'm a blank flank!

Love pkw xxx

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Post by: Harmonie on September 26, 2018, 01:38:01 PM

I've always struggled to come up with one that really flowed. I'd think it would have to have something to do with wind instruments, but it's really hard to come up with something in that regard that just clicks for me. Especially since I've switched through/loved so many of the different winds over the years. I'd say that double reeds like oboe and bassoon are closest to my heart, and they are what I do play. However, I adore other winds like bass clarinet, saxophone, and recorder, as well.

Anything I ever try to think of just doesn't fit MLP, it's too complicated. I have the same problem with making names. Lol.

My username is also related, should I ever find a proper mark. It (in the definition I'm meaning for here, obviously it has others) is an old European term for a small ensemble of woodwind and brass instruments.

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Post by: hyenacub on September 27, 2018, 10:32:40 PM

It would probably be something close to what's on the pony in my sig...a sun/lightning bolt combination.  I LOVE thunderstorms and lightning, and I love the sun (and combined, you get rainbows, which I also love) so..yeah.