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#285476 d Roy Fri, 21st Sep '12 1:27:45 PM

Random question.

Is there any background pony with a compass as his/her cutie mark?

As I find so much pleasure in that melts away as I breath, I am always full of regret.

#285477 Perpetual Lurker Fri, 21st Sep '12 1:28:45 PM

Daring Do and Blueblood have a compass rose for their marks, I believe. Not exactly background ponies, though.

edited 21st Sep '12 1:29:07 PM by PerpetualLurker

#285478 Meta Four Fri, 21st Sep '12 1:32:27 PM from home

Jteeth: Actually, that idea would work even better with no changeling at all. Like some pony realizes they can get away with something ridiculous and then claim it was a changeling. Then a few other ponies do the same, and everything descends into paranoia when everyone starts to believe there's a changeling around messing with everypony when there actually isn't; it's just a bunch of individuals using the excuse to do stuff they wouldn't do otherwise.

story: So it's like a ponified The Crucible?

Or the classic Twilight Zone episode "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street".

The portable Venus of occupied space. Grace is a maze of amazing taste.

#285479 Whatshisgame Fri, 21st Sep '12 1:41:41 PM

There are a couple of background unicorn stallions the same size as Blueblood with the same cutie mark as him.

#285480 storyyeller Fri, 21st Sep '12 1:44:14 PM from Appleloosa

There were a lot of duplicate C Ms at the Gala, especially with the chorus lines during the song.

Life is simple: it has no nontrivial normal subgroups.

#285481 d Roy Fri, 21st Sep '12 1:48:05 PM

I am just wondering: once a pony gets its cutie mark, is it permanent?

As I find so much pleasure in that melts away as I breath, I am always full of regret.

#285482 Orion Aurora Fri, 21st Sep '12 1:50:39 PM from Andromeda Galaxy

@Roy: Pretty much.

Yeah, Andromeda is heading for you. You got over 9000 years until it collides.

#285483 Applelight Limited Fri, 21st Sep '12 1:55:41 PM from Manehattan to Canterlot

@ d Roy

Yeah, it's pretty final. I need to watch COTC again to see how they work.

Tealove is best pony. Ask The Mane Six

#285484 Super Gex Fri, 21st Sep '12 2:00:57 PM from Connecticut

HEEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYY THREEEEEEEEAAAAAD!

Did anyone see the Reddit pony on the site's header? I don't go to Reddit, but it's still pretty cool.

Back in Black, and by black I mean BLU.

#285485 Perpetual Lurker Fri, 21st Sep '12 2:03:19 PM

Oh God what:

#285486 Whatshisgame Fri, 21st Sep '12 2:05:42 PM

Cutie marks aren't on the skin (at least when it comes to colts, judging by Snips and Snails in "Ponyville Confidential"), so I guess they're part of a pony's coat.

#285487 d Roy Fri, 21st Sep '12 2:06:28 PM

When small things get kicked around, they just might destroy the town...

As I find so much pleasure in that melts away as I breath, I am always full of regret.

#285488 kegisak Fri, 21st Sep '12 2:08:54 PM

My personal fanon on the finality of cutie marks is that, since cutie marks rely on the ponies personal sense of meaning, or their 'purpose' in life, it's possible for a mark to change, but it takes a HUGE epiphany, often accompanied by a big change in personality. But even then, it's also very likely that they could simply apply that meaning to their mark in a different way - ie, for those of you who follow the Hoops/Dumbbell blog Dumbbell before coming out of the closet determined his purpose is 'to be strong and cool'. After coming out it was 'to give children someone to look up to, and to lead them right. Both feature the dumbbell cutie mark because he still desires strength, he just changed his definition of strength. Most times the mark changes it was largely a 'filler' mark anyways; something they never really thought about, a sort of given purpose rather than obtained one.

#285489 Davidthe Mouse 14 Fri, 21st Sep '12 2:10:22 PM

For the Daring Do page are those title of books real fanfics or just made up titles?

edited 21st Sep '12 2:11:23 PM by DavidtheMouse14

#285490 Perpetual Lurker Fri, 21st Sep '12 2:11:24 PM

Yeah, it would have to be a seriously event life-shattering event followed by an equally life-shattering realization to cause a mark to change, IMO.

#285491 Orion Aurora Fri, 21st Sep '12 2:13:46 PM from Andromeda Galaxy

As far as I'm aware, no pony's cutie mark changes.

Yeah, Andromeda is heading for you. You got over 9000 years until it collides.

#285492 Davidthe Mouse 14 Fri, 21st Sep '12 2:16:41 PM

Ahem

#285493 d Roy Fri, 21st Sep '12 2:17:34 PM

This is made of so much win.

As I find so much pleasure in that melts away as I breath, I am always full of regret.

#285494 Orion Aurora Fri, 21st Sep '12 2:18:40 PM from Andromeda Galaxy

Ahem?

Yeah, Andromeda is heading for you. You got over 9000 years until it collides.

#285495 Applelight Limited Fri, 21st Sep '12 2:18:45 PM from Manehattan to Canterlot

It occurs to me too that a CM is also directly tied to what it was that made the pony realise their destiny. So it's not just some random symbol.

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#285496 Blissey 1 Fri, 21st Sep '12 2:19:53 PM from a random Pokècenter

For the Daring Do page are those title of books real fanfics or just made up titles?

unless I'm mistaken, they all started out, right here on Tvtropes, as completely fictional stories, but some of them have since undergone De Fictionalization and people have written fanfics for them.

edited 21st Sep '12 2:20:38 PM by Blissey1

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#285497 Perpetual Lurker Fri, 21st Sep '12 2:20:12 PM

@Dave They're made up, but a few people almost made them. It never really happened.

#285498 Orion Aurora Fri, 21st Sep '12 2:22:49 PM from Andromeda Galaxy

Pretty much that Apple.

Yeah, Andromeda is heading for you. You got over 9000 years until it collides.

#285499 Japanese Teeth Fri, 21st Sep '12 2:26:24 PM from Meinong's jungle

@David: Yeah, after Read It and Weep aired we basically decided to flesh out the series because we had nothing better to do. We briefly considered trying to actually write them, but we gave up on that. The pages changed too rapidly anyway.

My personal take on C Ms is that they can't really change; you wouldn't get the CM to begin with if it wasn't an accurate reflection of the pony who gets it. Life-altering epiphanies are possible of course, but it just results in the pony interpreting their mark differently rather than the mark itself changing.

edited 21st Sep '12 2:27:10 PM by JapaneseTeeth

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#285500 storyyeller Fri, 21st Sep '12 2:26:35 PM from Appleloosa

Wow, the Daring Do page has certianly expanded since I last look at it. Blood Diamonds? Young Shirou?

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