Comic Discussion > ALICE GROVE
Alice Grove MCDLT - August 2016
retrosteve:
--- Quote from: FunkyTuba on 30 Aug 2016, 15:25 ---Sure... your point is well taken and is valid for natural populations. This population is being carefully selected for our viewing pleasure by Mr Jacques... I think Chekhov's Heterochromia might apply :claireface:
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Well, TVTropes has this to say about plot devices involving heterochromia:
--- Quote ---When a character has differently colored eyes, it may represent one of the following:
Duality Motif: Differently colored eyes foreshadow/reinforce a dual nature about the character.
Electronic Eye: One eye is cybernetic.
Glass Eye: One of their eyes is a prosthesis.
Magical Eye: One eye grants them magical powers.
Mark of the Supernatural: Marks the character as special in some way, whether as magical, nonhuman, or something else entirely.
Real Life: Heterochromia iridum Bear in mind that while healthy individuals can have this, it is often a sign of medical problems.
Red Right Hand: To foreshadow/reinforce something evil about the character.
Shared Unusual Trait: Two or more characters have differently colored eyes because they're related or connected somehow.
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Neko_Ali:
Given that the left eye is almost white and only has a pinprick of an iris, while the other is normal size, I'm think it's a glass eye and not heterochromia.
Storel:
--- Quote from: Neko_Ali on 31 Aug 2016, 13:08 ---Given that the left eye is almost white and only has a pinprick of an iris, while the other is normal size, I'm think it's a glass eye and not heterochromia.
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Glass eyes are usually made to look as real as possible -- why would someone make a glass eye that looks weird? I'm thinking the left eye is more likely to be natural (and have had some kind of injury or disease).
BenRG:
--- Quote from: Neko_Ali on 31 Aug 2016, 13:08 ---Given that the left eye is almost white and only has a pinprick of an iris, while the other is normal size, I'm think it's a glass eye and not heterochromia.
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White irises and pinprick pupils are usually an easy visual cue for blindness or injury. It's possible that we're about to find out the upper resilience limits of the Immortals.
"What happened to his eye?"
"I fired an artillery rail-gun into his face."
Storel:
Or, if Alice is only recognizing his type rather than him, personally, the strange eye may be some kind of weapon system.
I'm thinking that she recognizes him, though. Like someone else said, I bet she took him apart once, and Mr. Pate put him back together.
Why would she be so nervous if she's already beaten him before? Well, maybe she only beat him because she had a weapon available that she doesn't have now.
On the other hand, you'd think he'd show more recognition of her if she'd beaten him up in the past. So maybe she is simply recognizing his type.
On the gripping hand, if he were a recognizable type, wouldn't Sedna recognize him too? Argh, I wish Jeph would go back to 2 strips a week. So much uncertainty!
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