#tdp fact

[themistdragon]

Runaan: Canotically dislikes smiling

Also Runaan:

Smiles super wide because of some SQUASH

[lily-lilou]

Still searching information for my theories and all. Still finding interesting things. So I’m letting this here, for anyone to stew and philosophing on this... (answer from Aaron Ehasz in a Q&A)

[themistdragon]

Since my last post abt Moonshadow genetics did well, I decided to try to figure out eye genetics 😬👍

Research Results:

From what I have gathered, it is probable that Moonshadow elves have three main phenotypes for iris melanin, which happen to be the primary colors of Blue, Red, and Yellow.

If we hypothesize that the sister dominant phenotype combinations (blue+red and red+yellow) result in true incomplete dominance (the colors blend together completely), then that would explain where the eye colors of purple and orange come from (brown as well, since brown is just a dark shade of orange).

Since Lain’s eyes are orange, he has a Red phenotype, and paired with Tiadrin’s Blue phenotype would create purple!

Since we have yet to see a Moonshadow elf with fully green eyes, it is reasonable to infer that although all the phenotypes show incomplete dominance with their nearest neighbor, the yellow phenotype is simply too weak to fully mix with blue, which would result in a blue eye color that leans towards green, but doesn’t cross the threshold to be considered fully green (e.x. Runaan with turquoise eyes, and Lunjanne with teal eyes)

Conclusion: It works???????

(@cartoonish-character since they’re the one that made me start thinking abt this)