We've done a huge purge on accounts that haven't been touched in over 5 years! If you're a returning member and can't login please email mlpchief @ gmail.com for more details!
Site Announcements Arena Tutorials Sigs & Site Support Introductions Pony Corral Swap Talk! Pony Fairs! MLP Nirvana Nirvana Sales Pony Brag Arena Off Topic Dollhouse Toy Box & Games Cupboard Customs Custom Sales Arts & Crafts Corral Adoptables For Sale - For Auction For Trade Wanted Trader & Classifieds Support What's Your Problem Private Messages Contact Us!
0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.
My Little Nihilist: Nothing in Life Matters, Everything About Us was Created For Someone Else’s Profit, and We are All Doomed to Ceaselessly Perpetuate a Plastic Pony-Making MachineI’m kidding, but teen angst Ember is my new headcanon (we’re supposed to give her our own personality, after all!). “What does your cutie mark symbolize?” “It’s a metaphor.”
Quote from: kingluke on November 15, 2020, 01:01:55 PMHello everyone,I listened to baby Ember's dream. The tape that came with the pony baby Ember with her star cutie mark/symbol.It was a cute story but it didn't explain how Ember got her mark.Was that never revealed? Did she just get a random star? Was it maybe revealed in a comic or backward story?Let me know if you know please. Or if you have any fun theories about it.Cheers,LukeIn Tales, Madame Percheron is shown younger with a different symbol (a sunflower) in a photograph in Shop Talk; in her other appearance(s) in at least Send in the Clown, she is shown with ballet shoes. Perhaps in the Tales universe, their symbols change over time with their interests and roles...
Hello everyone,I listened to baby Ember's dream. The tape that came with the pony baby Ember with her star cutie mark/symbol.It was a cute story but it didn't explain how Ember got her mark.Was that never revealed? Did she just get a random star? Was it maybe revealed in a comic or backward story?Let me know if you know please. Or if you have any fun theories about it.Cheers,Luke
Quote from: MintyMyndi on November 15, 2020, 02:44:14 PMQuote from: kingluke on November 15, 2020, 01:01:55 PMHello everyone,I listened to baby Ember's dream. The tape that came with the pony baby Ember with her star cutie mark/symbol.It was a cute story but it didn't explain how Ember got her mark.Was that never revealed? Did she just get a random star? Was it maybe revealed in a comic or backward story?Let me know if you know please. Or if you have any fun theories about it.Cheers,LukeIn Tales, Madame Percheron is shown younger with a different symbol (a sunflower) in a photograph in Shop Talk; in her other appearance(s) in at least Send in the Clown, she is shown with ballet shoes. Perhaps in the Tales universe, their symbols change over time with their interests and roles...I always liked this version the best! The FiM version is now so popular because they made a big deal about symbols/marks on the show, but a symbol that can change as the pony changes feels just more natural somehow. A pony symbol as some kind of reflection of their being instead of their talent.
Mm, I would call it a gap, as it's a part of the universe that's never fully explained. That's not a bad thing, though - every fictional universe has gaps in the lore. It's just part of fiction; we can never fully capture or recreate the complexity of the real universe. I don't mean "gaps" as "failures", just as "things up to interpretation".
It seems like people are trying to shoehorn G1 into some kind of Marvel comic universe with an all encompassing story world that explains everything? But, in the early 80s that really wasn't a thing with MLP. It just wasn't what they were going for. To do that, you would have to throw out part of G1 history, make other parts "unofficial" and give meanings other than what was intended to still more parts. That's too much of a distortion of actual history.
I'm not trying to say G4's lore is better than G1's - I'm exactly trying to say that they're both equal in different ways. G1's world/canon is more up to interpretation, whereas G4's world/canon has more set rules if you want to focus your imagination on something else besides worldbuilding. Both are equally great for different reasons, and appeal to different people. I'm not trying to force G4 canon on earlier gens by imagining G1 elements/characters in a G4-inspired context, but it is true that I've seen very few of the reverse happening. Which is a right shame, imo - G1's world, while not my cup of tea, is fascinating in its own right and deserves more attention. Not just in the case of generational crossovers, of course, but in any context.
Don't see why every symbol pre-G4 needs to be explained officially? They're colorful plastic ponies, and the symbol is there to help identify and make them unique, and sometimes ties into their interests. I don't even like the way G4 tried to finally shoehorn a reason in. It was handled poorly story-wise imo. A symbol magically appearing on your hip once you've found your destiny or talent or whatever was annoying.