#amagicism depigmentation

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i love funeral director saratoan lady!! i have a question, specifically about the ask you answered re: saratoan with... amagicism, i think? where they don't have the fancy skin cause of anti-magic meds their mamas might have taken. do saratoan like that get seen as "corpse-like" because of their lack of coloration? like obv they're alive, but i wondered if there was a stigma about them.

Those with amagicism have a very warm undertone to their skin (what with being alive) which makes them a more saturated shade of brown rather than being so gray-ish as the dead are - Saratoans are extremely observant to color details like that so it's not an immediate connection.

Sometimes things like that are said to them and others with partially more neutral skin tones with brighter markings (like Atlas) but it's never coming from an honest place, no one actually thinks that when they see another it's just a thing to say to be mean, often just teasing (like Atlas calling Hyssop "carrot" when they first met)

Those with amagicism deal with some stigma for their appearance but it's more that their ears are considered unattractive. The majority of Saratoans don't experience sexual desire or attraction but they can still evaluate someone's appearance and these things factor into whether someone is considered pretty. Some might notice the world was just a tiny bit colder to them in a way that'd be difficult to pin down - unless they tried to participate in the dating world, which would be painfully blunt about it.

But the worst stigma they deal with is having the wrong teeth for their age. They don't ever develop the longer fangs since they rarely get more than two sets of teeth and never live beyond 100 anyway.

While others can tell because of their body development they are not sub-adults, they are often dismissed and treated in a patronizing manner in the way sub-adults are.

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Can Saratoans have 'magical albinism'? Meaning could their magic related bright colors not show and instead its the natural colors underneath? And if yes could they have tempurature sensitive albinism like Siamese cats (Because I think thatd look cool as heck)? It probably wouldn't be called albinism since thats a lack of melanin but I'm not smart enough to come up with a word meaning 'lacks magic pigment'.

It's rare but amagicism depigmentation can happen as a result of a medication side effect - if a Saratoan takes magic suppressant medication during early pregnancy (when they likely have no idea they are pregnant, before the fetus transfers to the pouch) the fetus can have their magic pigmentation permanently turned off. The mother's own pigment pops back into place after the course of medication ends, so it's only the child who comes out looking this way, due to interference in transference of the spell information

These individuals tend to have reduced venom potency, fewer sets of teeth (sometimes only getting one set of adult teeth for the rest of their lives like most mammals) and shorter lifespans (compared to the rest of their species, still quite a respectable span in human terms)

Temperature sensitive is a no though - color points are possible but generally the colors are bright or one of them is (it's the only time I consider it valid for them to have gradients - Hyssop has color points on his arms and legs for example)