Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26099499-20150226151824/@comment-26206856-20150319013151

Andrew S-997 wrote: I agree on the idea that it's likely just the cause of emotional outbursts.

On the topic of Yang and Raven's dream-meeting, I feel like Yang's red eyes were an artistic shot, designed to make people realize how similar they looked if they couldn't tell already.

Although, assuming that Yang is Raven's daughter, I do find it curious that her eyes change to match her mother's when she becomes passionate about anything. It's just odd that they change to the color her mom has permantly. Maybe there's something that hasn't yet been explained - some 'outside' power source that Yang is drawing upon that she's not aware of - this is something that Raven has mastered. Thus the perma-red eyes.

Or maybe that's not even close. But there has to be significance behind, and connections involving, what color her eyes change to, when it happens, and her faimly. Fair enough. I have nothing to prove it's only anger that changes her eyes to red, though it seems every time it happens, she's angry about something. (Feel free to give me an example that proves otherwise, and i'll give it a closer look).

Though 'artistic shot' makes sense, we've been told to pay close attention to eyes and their color, which means if something is happening with a character's eye color, it's done on purpose/for a reason. When the mask is removed, Yang's eyes widen (suprise/shock), then cuts to Raven's face, then when it swtiches back to Yang, her eyes are red, eyebrows furrowed, and sports a frown which to me says anger.

I guess the outside power source could work, but only as a semblance thing, or else everyone would be switching eye colors to their parents left and right. From how we understand things now, Yang's semblance has something to do with her hair, and absorbing kinetic energy to strengthen herself. It's has a limited time to it, and as with all semblances I assume they run off of aura. Adding a separate, outside power source seems a little over complicated and unecessary from what she has. Characters (especially with op powers like this) need some sort of weakness, so decreasing the weakness with another power source seems... counter-intuitive.

Also, who's to say Raven's are perma-red? We've only seen her fight so far, and maybe the dream meeting is some sort of semblance related activity which causes her to 'activate' her 'power eyes'.

Agreed, and I want to know, but until we get more from the show there's really not much to go on.