Grave Rob Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 I've been thinking about the amount of characters that have mismatched eyes. There seem to be a lot of them, especially if you include characters that miss an eye or have a scar over an eye. Many of them are pretty prominent too, let me list!Mismatched eyes:TyrionSiera SeastarEuron (possibly caused by hyphema)One eye missing:Brynden Rivers/three-eyed crowMors UmberBeric Dondarrion Jack-Be-Lucky (minor char)Yna (minor char)Lambert Turnberry (just wears an eyepatch)One-Eye (warged wolf) Scar over one eye:The HoundJon Snow (after the eagle attack)Podric Payne (has a stye)Myrcella (possibly?)Since GRRM actually puts in a lot of effort to describe the eyes of most of his characters I cant help but wonder wheither there is more here than meets the eye ( :D ). Any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven in Winter Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 I thought I heard somewhere that folks with mismatched eyes were thought in olden times to be touched by the gods or something. Not sure, maybe I misremember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ours if the Fury Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 Tyrion touched by the gods? i love him but i doubt it, maybe the others though hahah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagon Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 Wait, Euron has an eye under there? His wiki page says it conceals a black eye - I never caught that. What's he hiding under there? I was daydreaming the other day thinking he might have an Other-like eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckthorn Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 Wait, Euron has an eye under there? His wiki page says it conceals a black eye - I never caught that. What's he hiding under there? I was daydreaming the other day thinking he might have an Other-like eye.It is probably a Weirwood eye or the Millenium item from Yu-Gi-Oh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven in Winter Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 Tyrion touched by the gods? i love him but i doubt it, maybe the others though hahah Oh I don't know, Tyrion has been through so much that sometimes I feel like the gods must love him too to still be alive! Wait, isn't it a fact Tyrion's creator loves him? Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagon Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 It is probably a Weirwood eye or the Millenium item from Yu-Gi-Oh! Lol, then we'll see him on a Blue Eyes White Dragon soon enough :cool4: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckthorn Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 Lol, then we'll see him on a Blue Eyes White Dragon soon enough :cool4:Probably an Ice Dragon then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckthorn Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 If anyone was touched by the gods it'd be Shiera Seastar, she was supposed to be a total babe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven in Winter Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 If anyone was touched by the gods it'd be Shiera Seastar, she was supposed to be a total babe. Lol that sounds...dirty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon of the Dead Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 Lol, then we'll see him on a Blue Eyes White Dragon soon enough :cool4: :lmao: :rofl: Imao, I'm fucking dying right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeirwoodTreeHugger Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 I always figured Tyrion's mismatched eyes served to make him seem even more freakish in the eyes of Westrosi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grave Rob Posted November 16, 2013 Author Share Posted November 16, 2013 I was thinking more among the lines that characters with mismatched eyes are not what they appear to be.Tyrion: Hideous dwarf, gets treated like shit because of it -> is actually really cleverThe hound: big burly guy, everybody is afraid of him -> actually helps damsels in distressShiera: Total babe -> Actually very cruelEuron: Goodlooking dude -> Totally evil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sullen Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 I think heterochromia seems to be way too common among the nobility in the series, it's supposed to be quite a rare condition. Heh... it could be a consequence of inbreeding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grave Rob Posted November 16, 2013 Author Share Posted November 16, 2013 I think heterochromia seems to be way too common among the nobility in the series, it's supposed to be quite a rare condition. Thats what set me on thinking about this in the first place. You rarely see a character with Heterochromia in literature, but here we have a series that is filled with them. It might mean something, right?Although mutations and disfiguration do feature prominently throughout the series. We have dwarfism, albinism, castration, morbid obesity, amputation, fatal disease, and many more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black November Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 If you have like 1000 named characters, 3 with heterochromia aren't that weird Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King of Winters Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 Well there's a Fire Eater foreshadowing [crackpot] theory that Shiera is foreshadowing of a baby between Dany and Tyrion. Tyrion had mismatched eyes and Dany has the Targ looks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Ravens Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 I think heterochromia seems to be way too common among the nobility in the series, it's supposed to be quite a rare condition. Heh... it could be a consequence of inbreeding. Well this is a fantasy series of books after all so George can make heterochromia as common as he wants. Purple eyes don't exist at all but are fairly common in the books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Ravens Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 I consider the description of mismatched eyes to be a device GRRM uses to make characters stand out in the minds of his readers rather than an indication of special status or abilities. But you never know... One character with unusual eyes that fascinates me is Mors Umber (Crowfood). He is missing an eye (damned crows!) and chooses to wear a chunk of dragonglass in its place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Cygne Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 It's fascinating, there's not a single woman in the books who wants Tyrion, except Tysha in his mind. But somehow he's going to land one of the hottest babes in Westeros, Dany or Sansa (why not both? threesome!) in the last two books of a seven book series. Even though both women are completely obsessed with two other men. And we're just getting to the climax of the epic saga. Get writing, GRRM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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