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-flood-
#279080
1 year ago
Reddit refers to it as Cutie Mark Failure Insanity Syndrome, or CMFIS for short.
Anonymous
#279084
1 year ago
Interesting Analysis.
Hex-Master
#279089
1 year ago
An excellent analysis of the causes and effects of madness. I can't wait to report this to MY teacher!

"Dear Medusa Sensei, today I learned that Friendship is Madness"
Anonymous
#279090
1 year ago
So, by that logic, somepony like BonBon, who should be sweet and kind-hearted, would become bitter and angry should no pony (especially Lyra) like her candies and other sweets?

Would Derpy pull a "Let's get Dangerous!" on our asses should either she fail to get the mail on time or if her Dinky gets in danger (or somepony takes her muffin)?
Anonymous
#279093
1 year ago
^Hex-Master
Madness?
FRIENDSHIP.
IS.
SPARTA!!
YenaMuffin
#279105
1 year ago
This would explain Luna's massive breakdown a thouand years ago- her Cutie mark and talent was focused on making the night and raising the moon. When she felt nopony appreciated the night, she had a CMFIS breakdown- only she had the powers of a goddess.
-flood-
#279116
1 year ago
@YenaMuffin
This would also mean that Luna's true personality is kind-hearted and gentle.

Awwwww~~~ <3
D_Pony
#279125
1 year ago
well, twilight breakdown also happened after her attempt to fix things with MAGIC not only failed, but made things worse(from "parasprites are eating all our food" to "parasprites are eating EVERYTHING except food")
WingbeatPony
#279129
1 year ago
Let's not forget about Trixie - she had a CMFIS breakdown, too! When she couldn't show off (since, clearly, she'd met her match with the Ursa), she became quite insecure and blurted out the truth. A quite interesting twist for a chronic liar!
-flood-
#279138
1 year ago
@D_Pony
True~ But she didn't snap at that point. She just gave an "oopsie" expression.
She was more overly concerned about Celestia, and she finally snapped when she saw Celestia's wagon coming.

Although your statement wouldi be a more fitting counterpart to her cutie mark's ability.
Anonymous
#279139
1 year ago
I think Applejack's condition is more of a result from being sleep deprived rather than a mental breakdown.
-flood-
#279142
1 year ago
@WingbeatPony
lol!
In Trixie's situation, her opposite personality is the positive one.
Interesting find there~
-flood-
#279149
1 year ago
@Anon 279139
True. This has been explained multiple times before. One being here: http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/34400?search=user_id%3D2354
Anonymous
#279204
1 year ago
hahaha holy shit this must have been what spawned Nightmare Moon
Anonymous
#279205
1 year ago
oh wait someone else already said so.
marioandsonic
#279231
1 year ago
This makes perfect sense, really.
Anonymous
#279252
1 year ago
I like this.
Necroceine
#279444
1 year ago
Can't really argue against it, and it's not even digging that deep. I'd say it could easily be called canon.
fly_boy42
#279814
1 year ago
Then why did lyra lose it when her cake was eaten?
Drasvin
#279875
1 year ago
Certainly makes sense, though there are other possible explanations for the mental breakdowns.
Twilight: Afraid of disappointing her idol and mentor
Applejack: Sleep deprivation
Rainbow Dash: Fear of failing
Rarity: Fear that reputation and business were going to suffer
Pinkie Pie: Believed her friends had abandoned her
Fluttershy: Frustration combined with attempting advice given to her by Twilight in 'Bird in the Hoof'
Though I personally support the CMFIS theory, as it easily explains why the breakdowns are so severe and have the easily noticeable pattern of completely reversing the pony's personality
Also, I think the meaning of Rarity's cutie mark is off. She's not just good at designing dresses, but also finding gems in rocks, decorating the town hall, and quite a few other things. Basically Rarity's special talent would be finding and bringing out the beauty in something. Still fitting with the CMFIS and what happened then though.
@fly_boy42 She was just really sad that her food was eaten right in front of her. I guess Bonbon made it for her.
togashimenai
#279917
1 year ago
"somepony like BonBon, who should be sweet and kind-hearted"

BWA ha ha! Hate to burst your bubble, but Bon-Bon is a BITCH. In "Green Isn't Your Color", she's the one who was rude to Rarity in her shop. In "Call of the Cutie", it was Bon-Bon that guilt tripped Apple Jack into WAY overcompensating her for a small slight. What little evidence there is portrays her as being shallow, greedy and kind of mean.
Furluvs
#280062
1 year ago
right on honestly.
Anonymous
#280231
1 year ago
So what happened to Diamond Tiara at the end of "Call of the Cutie"? The CMC's showed her up at her own cuteceniera, which would suggest she didn't live up to her cutie mark's meaning that she should be the center of attention (like a princess).

Did she run off and join Anonymous or something?
NucleicTwist
#280405
1 year ago
Personally, I remain convinced that the better example of Twilight's Cutie Mark Crisis is Feeling Pinkie Keen. Her organized nature and her skill with magic was confronted with something that didn't conform to her model of how the universe worked and that didn't follow the known laws of magic, and she went full Rapidash as a result. Swarm of the Century just showed her getting a little bit frazzled.
Anonymous
#280972
1 year ago
I thought Rarity's special talent was finding Jems? XD

Still interesting though!
Jarntazecht
#281843
1 year ago
I think this applies to people too, really. If you know you're better at something than other people and love to do that thing it can be painful to realize that not only are other people even better at that thing than you are, but they put less effort into that thing as well. Not only that but something you enjoy doing isn't always what you can do in life, which can cause a person to break down.

I also like this because a GOOD character design is when they're not one-sided. No real person is ever always one emotion, like they are in a lot of series especially animes. They're not even always who they try to be, whether they like it or not. If a person defines themself like that, they miss out on a ton of shit and can't be the person they really want to be.
Anonymous
#287812
1 year ago
Heh, someone's been reading tvtropes fridge brilliance entries.

Also...whoo! Somebody noticed my paragraph about personality reversals! But, huh, it's seriously a weird feeling to recognize some of your own words from months ago.
Anonymous
#287961
1 year ago
Oh, I also noticed one other trend that goes with this whole theme, although I guess it's a little late now for comments here.

When the ponies are under CMFIS's effects, they lose all sense of broader perspective. They gain a sort of tunnel vision and block everything else out.

Every one of them began stubbornly pushing forward with no regard to whether their actions actually made sense or would achieve anything approaching what they wanted. For example, if Fluttershy had thought about it for two seconds, she'd have realized that forcefully catching animals isn't a good way to earn their affection. Or Rainbow Dash switching numbers with the other contestants was only prolonging the issue, without solving anything. Etc for the others.

That could also be a very good argument for how Nightmare Moon was never evil at all. It didn't even occur to her that eternal night would have serious repercussions on the world. She just wanted ponies to notice her talent.
Anonymous
#291864
1 year ago
sooo Basically, CMC won't go mental Breakdown because they didn't have there Cutie Mark, right? ...right?

togashimenai
#308982
1 year ago
Ooh! They need to get their cutie marks DURING a mental breakdown. Maybe they can get nega-cutie marks!
Anonymous
#334036
11 months ago
Wasn't Applejack's due to sleep?
Drasvin
#359284
11 months ago
@anon 036 It was, but she wouldn't have gone without sleep if it weren't for the fact her talent was being brought into question.