Tsukkio's Eyes

[Tyndmyr]

Dunno if this has been discussed before, but I haven't seen it...she's got different color eyes, one blue, one black. So far as I know, this is entirely unique in the comic, and probably means something. Sure, you've got the duality of the mystic theurge thing, but I haven't seen blue eyes linked with either divine or arcane casters.

Eyes are generally red for undead, yellow for the non undead members of team evil, and black for pretty much everyone else.

Sure, you've got the odd colors for monsters or magical effects, but those don't seem to be terribly important, and anyhow, I've not seen anything with a deep blue like that. Has anyone else got any information or ideas as to what it could mean?

[ScottishDragon]

Dunno if this has been discussed before, but I haven't seen it...she's got different color eyes, one blue, one black. So far as I know, this is entirely unique in the comic, and probably means something. Sure, you've got the duality of the mystic theurge thing, but I haven't seen blue eyes linked with either divine or arcane casters.

Eyes are generally red for undead, yellow for the non undead members of team evil, and black for pretty much everyone else.

Sure, you've got the odd colors for monsters or magical effects, but those don't seem to be terribly important, and anyhow, I've not seen anything with a deep blue like that. Has anyone else got any information or ideas as to what it could mean?

She has a diff color eye in all comics,is mr. scrufy the same?i noticed he had a diff eye color in #698,are his eyes diff colors?

[Kish]

Her arcane magic color seems to be black, her divine magic color blue. Beyond that, I doubt it has more significance than Pompey's single ear denoting that he's a half-elf.

[Lvl45DM!]

Arcane is purple

[Strawberries]

You know, I always tought that the eyes of two different colours emphasized the fact that she is not the most sane or stable of people.

I don't really know why I associate different eye colour with madness though. Maybe some subconscious leftover from having read Sandman (Delirium has eyes of different colours, blue and green).

[Allan Surgite]

Pssst. It's heterochromia, which Keith Baker shares in his appearance; it's not unique, in that instance.

[Kobold-Bard]

I think it is purely because of the twin magic types.

Or maybe because she's alive and is attracted to the dead.

[Strawberries]

Pssst. It's heterochromia, which Keith Baker shares in his appearance; it's not unique, in that instance.

My post didn't come out the way I intended it. I should have said that I make that association for comic characters, because of the "sandman" example I mentioned. I was aware that some people in real life have eyes of two different color, and I didn't mean to imply that the association estended to those people. My bad .

[Keris]

Dunno if this has been discussed before, but I haven't seen it...she's got different color eyes, one blue, one black.

Little thing, both of Tsukiko's eyes are blue. One is a darker blue than the other, but they're both blue. And I'm fairly confident that this has been discussed before, Tsukiko has been this way for the past 250 odd strips.

She has a diff color eye in all comics,is mr. scrufy the same?i noticed he had a diff eye color in #698,are his eyes diff colors?

Mr. Scruffy's eyes are probably the same shade of yellow, but because one is smaller the black border obscures it.

[Dr.Epic]

I think it was an artistic choice by the giant so that people would know Thann was under her control in this comic.

[Iranon]

Simple: Tsukiko = Christopher Walken in drag.

[Lvl45DM!]

One is blue one is purple
purple is arcane blue divine

[Allan Surgite]

Are you familiar with punctuation, Lvl45DM? I had to read your post two-three times before I could make out what you are saying.

But I would imagine that the primary purpose of her heterochromia would be to distinguish between her divine/arcane magic when it was being cast. But, of course, Rich could have given her character heterochromia before she was revealed as a Mystic Theurge.

My post didn't come out the way I intended it... I was aware that some people in real life have eyes of two different color, and I didn't mean to imply that the association estended to those people.

Oh no, I didn't meant to include yourself in my "psst" comment. It was very much a case of being "ninja'd," if you will; while heterochromia is a real-life medical condition, it is used a sign of "unnaturalness;" which, more often then not, is used as a sign of "madness," or what have you~ ;)

[Asta Kask]

In the Bad Old Days, having differently colored eyes was a surefire sign you were a witch. And that seems appropriate, somehow.

[Kobold-Bard]

In the Bad Old Days, having differently colored eyes was a surefire sign you were a witch. And that seems appropriate, somehow.

Technically so was left handedness and red hair. My entire family would have been burned at the stake.

[t3h l3g1t m4g3]

It's probably just the magic, as has been said before.

[Starscream]

Simple: Tsukiko = Christopher Walken in drag.

Or possibly David Bowie.

[LurkerInPlayground]

Her arcane magic color seems to be black, her divine magic color blue. Beyond that, I doubt it has more significance than Pompey's single ear denoting that he's a half-elf.

Wrong. They change colors at random.

Even when she's not spellcasting:
http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0517.html

Here, she switches between a divine and arcane spell without changing eye colors:
http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0518.html

In the last two panels, she does nothing but talk and they change colors:
http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0522.html

I think it was an artistic choice by the giant so that people would know Thann was under her control in this comic.

This sounds plausible.

To go out further on a limb, the different eye colors probably just suggests that Tsukiko has a warped view of reality. By enthralling people by magic, she's warping them to her perspective.

[Dr.Epic]

In the Bad Old Days, having differently colored eyes was a surefire sign you were a witch. And that seems appropriate, somehow.

Samantha eye's were both black.

[Kish]

Wrong. They change colors at random.

Even when she's not spellcasting:
http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0517.html

Here, she switches between a divine and arcane spell without changing eye colors:
http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0518.html

In the last two panels, she does nothing but talk and they change colors:
http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0522.html

You seem to be under the impression that I said her eyes change colors based on what magic she's using.

Her divine magic is blue, her arcane magic is black (or purple, but it looks black on my screen, and it's certainly not the same color as Vaarsuvius'). Your middle link shows this. The other two links...don't actually show anything about what I said. She has heterochrome eyes probably because she "does both," as the creature in the darkness put it, and she has heterochrome magic, too (by contrast to other spellcasters, like Vaarsuvius, who has only purple magic).

[Keris]

I think it was an artistic choice by the giant so that people would know Thann was under her control in this comic.

I personally doubt this. While I'm certain that the Giant plans elements many strips in advance, suggesting that he chose to make a character an exception to his usual style of artwork just to use a specific effect almost a hundred strips later beggars belief. Besides, the Giant already has an established effect for mind affecting spells, the target gets swirly eyes.

[Maximum Zersk]

Yes, I think mos't people noticed this. By the way, who's Tsukkio? Is she related to Shinjo, Kabuto, and Hayley?

Also, ther's only one thing I can think of right now... desu.

[Lvl45DM!]

Besides if he wanted to show Thahn under her charm he just does the same thing he did with belkar and use the colour of her magic without having two eye colours

[Azukar]

Yes, I think mos't people noticed this. By the way, who's Tsukkio? Is she related to Shinjo, Kabuto, and Hayley?

Also, ther's only one thing I can think of right now... desu.

Who is this "Kabuto" of whom you speak? Seems to me most of the soldiers in the Azure City army wore kabuto...

[Silencer]

She ate half a jar of the spice from the "Dune" spoof episode when she was a kid.

[Maximum Zersk]

Who is this "Kabuto" of whom you speak? Seems to me most of the soldiers in the Azure City army wore kabuto...

Yeas they did. I'm speaking of Kubota, who's namecan be easily confused with Kabuto.

So, that mean's three different usages of Kabuto then.

[Harr]

(by contrast to other spellcasters, like Vaarsuvius, who has only purple magic).

V's magic is pink. It's Girard's magic that's purple; and yeah, Tsukiko's eyes are clearly blue and purple. Does seem to be an issue with your monitor.

Aside from that, I agree, Tsu's heterochromia simply symbolizes her mastery of both arcane and divine types of magic, and whether her eyes change color randomly, deliberately, or not at all, has exactly zero to do with that

[Lissou]

Wrong. They change colors at random.

To my knowledge, you're the first person to mention their changing colours, nobody else was talking about that.

But you do raise an interesting point, in that it's not always the same eye that's blue and the same eye that's purple. That could very well be because of mirroring images at some point during the creation process: Tsukiko being asymmetrical, she can't be mirrored like most of the other characters.
(Similarly, many of the characters end up being ambidextrous if we're to judge by the fact that they seem to hold their weapons in one hand, then suddenly the other one, then the first one again.)

Until proven wrong, I'm going to assume her eyes don't change colours, that one is blue and one purple and that the Giant has accidentally used the wrong image, making her eyes seem to change colours.

[Kumo]

V's magic is pink. It's Girard's magic that's purple; and yeah, Tsukiko's eyes are clearly blue and purple. Does seem to be an issue with your monitor.

For a long, long time, i thought her other eye was black with a hint of blue. Then i thought navy blue. Then gray. Never once thought it was purple =/

[Lvl45DM!]

its very clearly dark purple