#and the avgin trait could be due to isolation/founder effect

[yinyuedijun]

In addition to that do you think that rinnie would be horrified of the thought his kid would inherit his eyes (post-penacony mindfuck) or nah because personally if theres some semblance of baby fever existing within me for that man i'd like it if the kid has his eyes, but of course there's also the less chances of being perceived if the kid doesn't inherit his eyes

(I doubt, however, considering it's a trademark of the sigonian race, it's a dominant gene. lmao rinnie you may have to reach out to ruan mei and ask her if it's possible to genetically engineer (i dont think this is the right word) the eyes to a more muted type or something)

-gacha anon

oh that's an interesting question! while I think canon gives us evidence that aventurine has complex feelings about his eyes in relation to them being an incredibly visible avgin/sigonian trait (and thus a trait that provokes racial violence), I also don't think canon gives evidence that he would want to actually get rid of them. otherwise it would be exceptionally easy for him to hide them or even swap them out entirely for new eyes with the way that science fiction tech works lol. so this is the background assumption for the rest of my thoughts here: he feels complicated about his eyes, but he still wants to keep them.

now, the rest of this answer admittedly involves a lot of projection, but I do think aventurine likely feels attached to his eyes because they are a marker of his clan, and I think that is why he would feel very sentimental about passing his eyes on to his child - it would be a very visible indication that the avgin clan has survived despite the persecution they have had to endure.

I do think he would be terrified about his child being visibly avgin (out of concern for their safety), but only in the way that any person of colour in real life, when living in a country that may violently target people who look like them, would feel scared for their child. but even if you are scared for your child, it doesn't mean that you are horrified by the idea of them having your ethnic features. on the contrary, many people who've faced discrimination for their features tend to resist by establishing a certain pride in them. I like to think that's why aventurine never hides his eyes, and I also like to think that's why he would feel very fondly about his child inheriting his eyes.