OK, so I had this idea for my main race (Voluceus/Voluci) that they would all have Heterochromia and basically its just part of there genetics. So I was thinking the females would always pass down there left eye color to there children and the male would pass the right eye color. So like if a male Voluceus had right:green and left:blue and the female had right:brown and left:hazel then the children would have right:green and left:hazel. (I hope that makes sense) But I didn't know if I should use that idea because I didn't know if it was a cool feature of the race or if it is extra and pointless and will get to confusing and hard to remember for readers. Let me know what you think, should I use it or no? Thanks!
I mean, it sounds cool to me. It doesn't sound like there are any magical associations with it or the eye colors give them fancy powers, so you'd just have a race with a lot more variance with the eyes. shrugs
hi~ I think using it as a distinct feature for a race seems like a good idea! As for confusing, maybe you could try explaining it in a casual way like; "The one iris of hazel passed on by his mother, and the other, green from his father." ? :)
So I was thinking the females would always pass down there left eye color to there children and the male would pass the right eye color.
I don't think this is a bad idea or anything, but what if the female has the same left eye colour as the male's right?
So I was thinking the females would always pass down there left eye color to there children and the male would pass the right eye color.
I don't think this is a bad idea or anything, but what if the female has the same left eye colour as the male's right?
If that happened then the children would be born with both of their eyes the same color, and it would just be like a rare unique trait. It wouldn't happen often though, because Voluci have a larger array of eye colors than humans, so the chances of falling in love with someone who has the same color opposite eye than you, would be slim, but not impossible. So I like to think it would be pretty cool when it happens, since it's a rare occurrence.
So I was thinking the females would always pass down there left eye color to there children and the male would pass the right eye color.
I don't think this is a bad idea or anything, but what if the female has the same left eye colour as the male's right?
If that happened then the children would be born with both of their eyes the same color, and it would just be like a rare unique trait. It wouldn't happen often though, because Voluci have a larger array of eye colors than humans, so the chances of falling in love with someone who has the same color opposite eye than you, would be slim, but not impossible. So I like to think it would be pretty cool when it happens, since it's a rare occurrence.
I think this would open up some interesting conflicts AKA shunning of non-heterochromatic members of the species or the exact opposite: Veneration of non-heterochromatic members of the species.
