Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-27082610-20160429173411/@comment-28339298-20160506095645

Phantomlink959 wrote:

I have nothing wrong with getting experimental with a character, but you need to have solid reasoning behind every major deviation with a character, a simple handwave of being an inherited mutation isn't sufficient.

Congenital Ocular Melanocytosis (Ocular Melanosis) paired with Pigmented Conjunctival Cancer (Racial Melanosis) are worsened by her mutation which prevents the regulation of melanin in the sclera. This is possible as a hereditary predisposition to developing melanoma has been passed down to her through both her mother's and her father's bloodlines. As a result her body is incapable of regulating the melanin her eyes would naturally produce and the sclera have become darkened by the over activity of her melanocytes.

In layman's terms, her sclera are black because she has a benign form of cancer in her eyes... Also her iris color is white because her mother's iris color is white.

I am just going to go ahead and say "anime" to her fuckin' creepy ass iris color. I spent the last couple hours creating a semi-plausible if not plausible explanation for the coloration of her sclera (stared at way too many pictures of gorillas) and now I think we can finally put this to rest. Any objections or criticism?

Also huge thanks. I was planning on giving this character cancer anyways and this rather neatly ties into the whole thing.