Talk:Marks and Recreation/@comment-26423071-20170518042829/@comment-24245960-20170518134428

My understanding of cutie marks and the examples we have seen of them in the show is that they don't appear and label a pony with some arbitrary classification that they would have any aversion to. Rather, a cutie mark appears as a symbol of some talent or purpose that the pony has already shown an affinity for, even if that pony has not yet realized it.