there was once a headcanon, i think it was from way back on this blog in fact, where proudly showing your blood color means you are not afraid and believe you are strong. for example, Vriska wears blue because she's cocky and proud, Kanaya i more modest, but she applies green lipstick after she kills Eridan. so the headcanon is this: low bloods naturally show off their blood color as a defense mechanism, to falsely boast themselves. more reasonable than doc scratch putting make-up on a baby

mama-green

That’s a rather nice headcanon.

I’ll take it.
~Mod T 

I just looked up the 6 male trolls and they all look like they're wearing eyeliner.

katz10089

Gotta look good

adding eyeliner

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really makes 

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the eyes pop

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~Mod T

What if Karkat is angry because he put on eyeliner and it turned out to be permanent and now he's stuck with it for the rest of his life?

Anonymous

That would be hilarious

~Mod T

This worked out nice

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~Mod T

About boys wearing makeup, Eridan definitely wears lipstick, just look at his sprites.

Anonymous

Yep

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This kid is definitely wearing eyeliner too

~Mod T

forgot to draw horns on the handmaid? what?

Anonymous

See, he forgot

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but he fixed it

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~Mod T

perhaps a Seer of Void could see into the Furthest Ring

frognoodle

As I said, there are many interpretations.

~Mod T

i would not be surprised if hussie was deliberately inconsistent in the troll lips thing just to fuck with us. but most likely he just made a mistake. he is incredibly meticulous with details most of the time, (sasachres text being described as being able to crush a cat in the first act, that coming true after roxys introduction, for example) but in terms of making a joke or being plot important accidentally being inconsistent with troll lips is a mistake that hussie wouldnt be too worried about

ironicallynyas

Interesting theory

~Mod T

I honestly think fans delve into this way more than Hussie does. There probably isn't a canon, Hussie just sometimes drew them with coloured lips and sometimes not! We may never know and judging from just who Hussie is, it probably won't be explained.

Anonymous

Well he did forget to draw horns on the Handmaid that one time, so you’re probably right

~Mod T