Let me hear the actual case.
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I made this TLP draft
to cover a few such examples (which you can see there), but was told it was already covered by Animal Eyes.
I think the distinction isn't great enough and the trope will become a dupe of Animal Eyes or Supernatural Gold Eyes.
(she/her)
If the animal association is there but isn't strong enough to be animal eyes, you can just use Color-Coded Eyes instead if it has valid in-story meaning or Technicolor Eyes for the gold/yellow being an impossible eye color to begin with
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So, if in-universe it's a normal eye color... it's not Animal Eyes? I just want to get this one thing straight.
(she/her)
Well if the character is associated/themed with an animal that's known to have gold eyes then I say it counts as Animal Eyes at least a downplayed version.
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I don't know though - are yellow eyes always animalistic?
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No, like in settings where every color of eyes is possible is probably not an example. But it was mentioned in the hypothetical that yellow is a typical color AND a character has an animal motif going on, and for that I'd say Animal Eyes applies.
Suppose a character has yellow eyes to highlight an Animal Motif, but they are not indicative of a supernatural or nonhuman nature — in-universe, it's an eye color a normal human could have.
Does such a character qualify for Animal Eyes?