Vinyl's Cutie Mark

[joeyh3 153]

This has been bugging me for a while.

 

I've noticed that cutie marks always seem to maintain their orientation relative to which way the pony is facing. For example, look at Twilight's cutie mark - one large star surrounded by five smaller ones. Out of the five smaller stars, three are always closer to her head than the large star, while two are always closer to her tail, regardless of which way she's facing.

 

The same seems to apply to all ponies. In Trixie's cutie mark, the opening in the crescent moon faces her head, no matter if you're looking at her left cutie mark or her right one. Fluttershy - the butterfly closest to her head slants towards her head, the other two slant towards her tail, again on both flanks.

 

Vinyl's cutie mark, however, has me curious. On her left flank, her cutie mark is a standard musical note, with the heads of the note to the left of the stems (facing towards her head). However, we've yet to see her cutie mark on her right flank, and I can't help but wonder what it looks like.

 

On one hoof, based on every other cutie mark we've seen, you'd think that her cutie mark would be reversed - the heads in the musical note to the right of the stems - so that the shape of the cutie mark will maintain orientation towards the direction she is facing, like every other pony. However, if that happens, then the cutie mark on her right flank would not be a musical note anymore, as they don't face that way.

 

On the other hoof, if the heads of the note remain to the left of the stems on her right flank, it would still be a valid musical note, but at the same time, it would contradict the way every other cutie mark is mirrored.

 

So with that in mind, which way do you think her right cutie mark faces?

[Finesthour 7,289]

I think it looks exactly like the other cutie mark.

[joeyh3 153]

It will look the same regardless, but I'm curious if it would appear mirrored or not.

 

If it's mirrored, the heads in the note will face Vinyl's head, putting them to the right of the stem. This would mimic the behavior of every other cutie mark in the show, but it will also would mean that it's no longer a musical note, as the heads in notes are always to the left of the stem.

 

If it's not mirrored (so the heads remain to the left of the stem), then it would still be a musical note, but this would also mean that it would make it the only cutie mark that did that.

[Ezynell 2,037]

Hopefully they put her in at another point in the show. The fanbase has been screaming for it and Hasbro has whispered "no" (watchmen reference) Edited January 15, 2012 by Ice

[Jokuc 8,176]

I think mirrored

[Krall 263]

Hopefully they put him in at another point in the show. The fanbase has been screaming for it and Hasbro has whispered "no" (watchmen reference)

 

"Him"? I'm pretty sure Vinyl Scratch/DJ Pon3 is a mare.

[HanPolo 151]

Maybe Hasbro wont include Vinyl Scratch again because even they dont know the answer to this question.

 

Id like to think it would flip on her other flank so itd make sense, but who knows? Maybe shes so awesome she had two cutie marks...

[Ezynell 2,037]

"Him"? I'm pretty sure Vinyl Scratch/DJ Pon3 is a mare.

 

Oops, yea, I know that, just wasn't thinking, thanks for catching that *edits post*

[Shankveld 4,951]

it will be probably mirrored ~

[Radiance64 7,059]

That's a pickle- it would most likely be mirrored like usual, though.

[83awsm 234]

I'm gonna go with mirrored, it just seems to make the most sense in this scenario.

[D1st0rtedFate 9]

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