Board Thread:The Heroes of Olympus/@comment-5896827-20160731081509/@comment-25155763-20160801185020

I think maybe they choose. Well, like all demigods have their parents eye color, Percy-Sea green, Annabeth-Stormy Grey, Thalia/Jason-Electric blue/green, Albaster-Green/Black So eye color is probably passed down. Which makes sense, because as of what we've seen, gods have one consistent eye color in any form they take, except Aphrodite, but her children have the same kaleidoscope eyes as her. Percy seems to look especially like Poseidon, but that's due to their similar natures. They act alike, so yes, they do have similar features and expressions, but that's less genetic more idk what to call it.

And Nico is pale because his mother is pale, it just so happens that his father is also pale with dark eyes. And maybe Hazel doesn't have Hades' skin tone because he didn't want her to struggle through the twenties being a mixed girl, already outcast for just being herself, and being her parent's child.

I mean, all gods had to start out looking like something right? In mythology, the gods hair and eye color were often described either similarly or exactly the same by epic poets centuries apart. On the other hand, in ancient Greece, everybody was... well,..Greek. So there would've been no need to describe skin tones, which haven't been passed down or even elaborated on to did day, even in the PJO universe. So maybe that's why skin tones aren't passed down.

Honestly Rick if your reading this just use this excuse, its your best bet at one.