tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3350096535937978369.post4294003081735853267..comments2024-01-09T18:40:53.465-08:00Comments on Ramblings of a Creative Double Dipper: Cerulean Sins--Chapter 23Christwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17590823821715820817noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3350096535937978369.post-28296496006741632162013-04-08T14:30:32.643-07:002013-04-08T14:30:32.643-07:00I've actually had partners whose eyes changed ...I've actually had partners whose eyes changed coloures based on their moods, from murky green to bright blue when they're happy. My own can change pretty radically day to day.<br />That being said, I'd never put that garbage in a book, because it could only be used as a plot device, and as a plot device it's STUPID.<br /><br />I remember reading about this one girl whose eyes went from sapphire blue to emerald green when she was angry and it was a Big Deal because only her Token Love Interest ever saw her with green eyes, because she was a Perfect Angel except around him.<br />Yeah, that book found the wall several times. <br /><br />Eye colours should only be used when your narrator is uncomfortably close to the person, so they can actually make out the eyes.Korenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3350096535937978369.post-24891814692657253662013-04-08T12:34:34.659-07:002013-04-08T12:34:34.659-07:00“His father is the one that pimped him and Stephen... “His father is the one that pimped him and Stephen out when they were children.”<br /><br />And of course you are absolutely the perfect person to reveal that fact, and you have the complete right to do so. /sarcasm<br /><br />So on the subject of eyes, which have come up a few times here: Mine recently changed colours. They went from generic hazel to light green. More specifically, mainly light green with a halo of greenish-gold around the iris and a thin band of very dark green around the edge of the pupil.<br /><br />The only reason I know these specifics is because I've taken several up-close looks in the mirror. If you're at arm's length or further from me, the only thing you'll see is green. Kaleidoscopic mood-ring eyes just aren't going to be very impressive to the average viewer. They'll probably look 'dark' or 'light' to the casual viewer, depending on whatever colour is predominate at that moment.<br /><br />I think eye-colour is important to a story if it's important to the PoV character. If the character is a visual artist or clothes horse or has tetrachromatic colour vision then I can understand them noticing eye colour. If the character goes around in disguise a lot then eye colour is important. But like everything else, eye colour is only important to LKH to demonstrate how special Anita/Merry and her boys are.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05828438966741169694noreply@blogger.com