Post by A Long Display Name Here on Sept 27, 2013 2:56:49 GMT -6
So a friend of mine brought this up over IM — are mixed-nation / bender-and-nonbender-union benders not bound by the eye colour + bending trait? (Note: not going to change on TARP unless there is overwhelming, normal-citizen evidence to support this)
She pointed out that Jinora, an airbender, has brown eyes, while Rohan — who, according to Katara in Ep. 1 of Book 1, is also going to be an airbender — has green eyes, like his non-bender mother.
I kind of hope this was an oversight, because I like the idea of eye colours corresponding to what element you bend. But if it's not, I think it may be because of a union between benders and nonbenders, the 'nonbender' maybe has the potential to be a particular kind of bender, and maybe any benders that result from such a union will get the "wrong" eye colour based on their non-bender parent's recessive* bending ability.
(* so to speak.)
What do you guys think?
She pointed out that Jinora, an airbender, has brown eyes, while Rohan — who, according to Katara in Ep. 1 of Book 1, is also going to be an airbender — has green eyes, like his non-bender mother.
I kind of hope this was an oversight, because I like the idea of eye colours corresponding to what element you bend. But if it's not, I think it may be because of a union between benders and nonbenders, the 'nonbender' maybe has the potential to be a particular kind of bender, and maybe any benders that result from such a union will get the "wrong" eye colour based on their non-bender parent's recessive* bending ability.
(* so to speak.)
What do you guys think?
