An episode a day

[Rares]

I too enjoy this episode, but think it raises some issues of free will vs. destiny which it doesn't properly resolve.

I think it's not an issue of free will vs. destiny because I feel where Apple Bloom was trying to force something, in reality a cutie mark isn't something that destines you for something, more so shows off your talent and where you excel in, while still allowing them to choose their destiny. For example, we all know Rari has diamonds on her butt, but she doesn't work as a miner, she's a fashion designer who only occasionally works with diamonds. It represents them but doesn't entirely define them.

Kind of reminded me of another Hasbro property, the Transformers comics. In the history of the world in the comics, a Transformer's alt-mode was predetermined, and there was a council that claimed that your alt mode determined your social standing and your job type. And how obviously that couldn't be the case at all.