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Hello all! It's Genetics Obsessed Leafy here!
Here to talk to you all on my version of the rant on Blue Eyed Warrior OCs!

Recently I've been seeing some videos of people literally calling those interested in genetics dweebs, or annoying or kill joys because they like genetically accurate cats.
And, as some of you may know, I LOVE genetics
And, I HATE blue eyes!

Now, let's talk about some arguments I've seen regarding why Blue Eyes on the Warriors Characters are 'Okay'

'They're blue in canon!'
Yeah, you know what else is canon? Cats having heaven and hell. Having a form of medicine, having formed a society in which they care for each other. Cats forming relationships based on love (only having monogamous relationships.)

Cats don't believe in an afterlife. They believe in life today. Cats have literally no idea what plants are safe, and what are toxic. They will eat what kills them if they want to. They don't form relationships based in love. If a female is in heat, she will mate with each and every male cat she finds. Creating a litter of cats with multiple fathers. Cats in nature are extremely solitary, and while they can tolerate other cats, most WILD cats prefer to live alone. That's just how cats are, and they're completely different than canon.

'My cat is black with Blue eyes! Not pure white!'
Referring to when people literally pretend they know what they're talking about when dealing with genetics.
It always shows a picture of a Colorpoint cat. They use this to refer to Scourge, Hawkfrost, etc. saying that just because they have a dark colored cat with blue eyes, that they can obviously give blue eyes to any cat.

You most likely have a Colorpoint cat. Want to know how to check? If the arms/paws, tail, face, and ears are darker than the body, you have a Colorpoint.
How does that make a difference? Colorpoint is linked to the ALBINO gene.
What does the Albino gene do? It removes pigment. Removing all the color in the cats eyes, reverting them back to their base color of blue. So no, you don't naturally have a black cat with blue eyes. You have a dark Colorpoint, expressing its Albino genes.

'There's a breed of black cats with blue eyes!'
Referring to the Ojos Azules. Literally meaning 'Blue Eyes!' In which the cat can come in a wide variety of colors, not white, and still have blue eyes.

This is a BREED being WORKED ON. I believe it is in Spain (if I remember correctly) it started with some strays that had blue eyes, and it ended up being a project to selectively breed blue eyed cats with less and less white on them.
It is not an official breed.
Meaning?
There is no way in hell, any wild inbred cat from Warriors is going to pop up and be an Ojos Azules. It is a breed.
Being worked on. It is not a color, or pattern that would be common to find in a bunch of feral cats.
Also, keep in mind that this breed probably is going through lots of inbreeding, and line breeding with proper genetics testing. Something the Warriors world isn't going to pay attention to, encaustic they form relationships based on love, not genetics.

'Jayfeather is blind! Blue eyes mean Blind!'
The quote speaks for itself.

It took literally minutes for me to google how to tell if a cat is blind. No, blue eyes do not mean blind.
Want to know what does? Redness, swelling, a cloudy pupil, and squinting. REDNESS. NOT BLUE
BLUE EYES DO NOT MEAN BLIND. Even if the cat ends up contracting Cataracts in their old age, still doesn't mean they will have blue eyes.
Literally no injury, or health issue will turn an eye blue. Sorry.

'There's cats in the books described as having pink fur! So my character can have blue eyes!'
I think referring to the one leader from Tallstar's revenge? And others too I'm sure, referred to as having Pinkish Gray fur. Also adding in the cats with blueish gray, or blue fur.

Now, let's talk about gray.
Gray is a neutral color. Meaning if you add a touch of color, it gives a different feel. If you add a touch of blue, if makes it a Cool Gray. Add more, and it is called Slate Gray. Add a touch of red, and you'll get the warm pink color, called Warm Gray. In Wild cats it doesn't surprise me to have gray cats of different shades. Some might be warmer, some cooler, and that's fine. Another color that could be seen as a Pinkish Gray, is probably Dilute Cinnamon, which has a dusty rose look. Getting the Pinkish graycolor acriss very well.
And you know what, what's GENETICALLY POSSIBLE.

'But one parent has blue eyes, so a kit must as well!'
I'm... not sure where this came from? I think people use it to justify their incorrect genetics when designing kits.

Eye color is not hereditary.
EYE COLOR IS NOT HEREDITARY.
Eye color is linked to COAT COLOR and FUR PATTERN.
meaning neither parent can be Blue Eyed, and they can have a Colorpoint kitten, who has blue eyes. Parents eye colors literally have nothing to do with what color the kits eyes will be.

'It's a fake universe, they don't follow the same genetics as ours'
Okay, I saw this on a video when I was at work, and I couldn't find it when I was on break?
If this is a fake universe, everything science has done so far in the genetics world is obviously null and void. Because it doesn't matter, because it's fiction. All the 'genetics dweebs' need to let people have fun p, because it's not a real cat.

I do agree, it's fiction.
But let me be fucking clear, if us 'genetics dweebs' need to let all you whiners have fun,
Then you need to let us have fun.
If I want to spend my days redesigning all 500 of the Warriors characters into more genetically realistic designs, LET ME HAVE FUN.
If you what to bitch and moan about how it bugs you, and you don't like that I redesign all the characters with different eye colors, that's you're deal.
Do NOT blame everyone who wants to have fun, and make genetically realistic designs for the Warriors Characters.
Because you're freight, let people have fun.
And that means all us 'Genetics Dweebs'

And NO
I'm not saying that because you don't follow genetics your designs are automatically bad.
I'm not saying that if you follow the canon designs, you're designs are bad
Im not saying that if you want to design a green cat with pink hair, that it's a bad design.

I'm just saying, that I want to design genetically realistic Warriors, and I should not be getting yelled at for it.
I don't go around yelling at people because they have a cat with a yellow and a red eye.
I don't get mad at people who have cats with 1 folded ear, and I don't get mad at peop,e who have cis male Torties.

That is all your business. I like genetically realistic designs, so that's what I'm going to CONTINUE to do.
And no amount of rant videos, or name calling, or yelling st me is going to change my mind.
Because we all deserve to have fun right?
So let the genetics nuts have fun. Let people have black cats with purple eyes, let people change eyes colors to be more realistic

FOLLOW YOUR OWN FUCKING ADVICE AND KET PEOPLE HAVE FUN

If you have a question, I can answer if I can.
No, I'm not 100% in my genetics, I do make mistakes, as I'm still learning, but genetics aren't fucking rocket science. It's basic rule of Dominate, and Recessive, and how the color genes work with the pattern genes.
It's not hard, and it's NOT only applied to Purebred cats! It's the same for ANY cat. The only thing that would be different is the added Agouti gene, which isn't present in a lot of Purebred cats, due to it not being a standardized trait for certain breeds.

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Hello all! It's Genetics Obsessed Leafy here!
Here to talk to you all on my version of the rant on Blue Eyed Warrior OCs!

Recently I've been seeing some videos of people literally calling those interested in genetics dweebs, or annoying or kill joys because they like genetically accurate cats.
And, as some of you may know, I LOVE genetics
And, I HATE blue eyes!

Now, let's talk about some arguments I've seen regarding why Blue Eyes on the Warriors Characters are 'Okay'

'They're blue in canon!'
Yeah, you know what else is canon? Cats having heaven and hell. Having a form of medicine, having formed a society in which they care for each other. Cats forming relationships based on love (only having monogamous relationships.)

Cats don't believe in an afterlife. They believe in life today. Cats have literally no idea what plants are safe, and what are toxic. They will eat what kills them if they want to. They don't form relationships based in love. If a female is in heat, she will mate with each and every male cat she finds. Creating a litter of cats with multiple fathers. Cats in nature are extremely solitary, and while they can tolerate other cats, most WILD cats prefer to live alone. That's just how cats are, and they're completely different than canon.

'My cat is black with Blue eyes! Not pure white!'
Referring to when people literally pretend they know what they're talking about when dealing with genetics.
It always shows a picture of a Colorpoint cat. They use this to refer to Scourge, Hawkfrost, etc. saying that just because they have a dark colored cat with blue eyes, that they can obviously give blue eyes to any cat.

You most likely have a Colorpoint cat. Want to know how to check? If the arms/paws, tail, face, and ears are darker than the body, you have a Colorpoint.
How does that make a difference? Colorpoint is linked to the ALBINO gene.
What does the Albino gene do? It removes pigment. Removing all the color in the cats eyes, reverting them back to their base color of blue. So no, you don't naturally have a black cat with blue eyes. You have a dark Colorpoint, expressing its Albino genes.

'There's a breed of black cats with blue eyes!'
Referring to the Ojos Azules. Literally meaning 'Blue Eyes!' In which the cat can come in a wide variety of colors, not white, and still have blue eyes.

This is a BREED being WORKED ON. I believe it is in Spain (if I remember correctly) it started with some strays that had blue eyes, and it ended up being a project to selectively breed blue eyed cats with less and less white on them.
It is not an official breed.
Meaning?
There is no way in hell, any wild inbred cat from Warriors is going to pop up and be an Ojos Azules. It is a breed.
Being worked on. It is not a color, or pattern that would be common to find in a bunch of feral cats.
Also, keep in mind that this breed probably is going through lots of inbreeding, and line breeding with proper genetics testing. Something the Warriors world isn't going to pay attention to, encaustic they form relationships based on love, not genetics.

'Jayfeather is blind! Blue eyes mean Blind!'
The quote speaks for itself.

It took literally minutes for me to google how to tell if a cat is blind. No, blue eyes do not mean blind.
Want to know what does? Redness, swelling, a cloudy pupil, and squinting. REDNESS. NOT BLUE
BLUE EYES DO NOT MEAN BLIND. Even if the cat ends up contracting Cataracts in their old age, still doesn't mean they will have blue eyes.
Literally no injury, or health issue will turn an eye blue. Sorry.

'There's cats in the books described as having pink fur! So my character can have blue eyes!'
I think referring to the one leader from Tallstar's revenge? And others too I'm sure, referred to as having Pinkish Gray fur. Also adding in the cats with blueish gray, or blue fur.

Now, let's talk about gray.
Gray is a neutral color. Meaning if you add a touch of color, it gives a different feel. If you add a touch of blue, if makes it a Cool Gray. Add more, and it is called Slate Gray. Add a touch of red, and you'll get the warm pink color, called Warm Gray. In Wild cats it doesn't surprise me to have gray cats of different shades. Some might be warmer, some cooler, and that's fine. Another color that could be seen as a Pinkish Gray, is probably Dilute Cinnamon, which has a dusty rose look. Getting the Pinkish graycolor acriss very well.
And you know what, what's GENETICALLY POSSIBLE.

'But one parent has blue eyes, so a kit must as well!'
I'm... not sure where this came from? I think people use it to justify their incorrect genetics when designing kits.

Eye color is not hereditary.
EYE COLOR IS NOT HEREDITARY.
Eye color is linked to COAT COLOR and FUR PATTERN.
meaning neither parent can be Blue Eyed, and they can have a Colorpoint kitten, who has blue eyes. Parents eye colors literally have nothing to do with what color the kits eyes will be.

'It's a fake universe, they don't follow the same genetics as ours'
Okay, I saw this on a video when I was at work, and I couldn't find it when I was on break?
If this is a fake universe, everything science has done so far in the genetics world is obviously null and void. Because it doesn't matter, because it's fiction. All the 'genetics dweebs' need to let people have fun p, because it's not a real cat.

I do agree, it's fiction.
But let me be fucking clear, if us 'genetics dweebs' need to let all you whiners have fun,
Then you need to let us have fun.
If I want to spend my days redesigning all 500 of the Warriors characters into more genetically realistic designs, LET ME HAVE FUN.
If you what to bitch and moan about how it bugs you, and you don't like that I redesign all the characters with different eye colors, that's you're deal.
Do NOT blame everyone who wants to have fun, and make genetically realistic designs for the Warriors Characters.
Because you're freight, let people have fun.
And that means all us 'Genetics Dweebs'

And NO
I'm not saying that because you don't follow genetics your designs are automatically bad.
I'm not saying that if you follow the canon designs, you're designs are bad
Im not saying that if you want to design a green cat with pink hair, that it's a bad design.

I'm just saying, that I want to design genetically realistic Warriors, and I should not be getting yelled at for it.
I don't go around yelling at people because they have a cat with a yellow and a red eye.
I don't get mad at people who have cats with 1 folded ear, and I don't get mad at peop,e who have cis male Torties.

That is all your business. I like genetically realistic designs, so that's what I'm going to CONTINUE to do.
And no amount of rant videos, or name calling, or yelling st me is going to change my mind.
Because we all deserve to have fun right?
So let the genetics nuts have fun. Let people have black cats with purple eyes, let people change eyes colors to be more realistic

FOLLOW YOUR OWN FUCKING ADVICE AND KET PEOPLE HAVE FUN

If you have a question, I can answer if I can.
No, I'm not 100% in my genetics, I do make mistakes, as I'm still learning, but genetics aren't fucking rocket science. It's basic rule of Dominate, and Recessive, and how the color genes work with the pattern genes.
It's not hard, and it's NOT only applied to Purebred cats! It's the same for ANY cat. The only thing that would be different is the added Agouti gene, which isn't present in a lot of Purebred cats, due to it not being a standardized trait for certain breeds.