#cheekmarks

Turns out remains of magic merdged with the Miraculouses (which weren't influenced by the whispering spell) and caused cheekmarks to appear on their holders' faces.

Ladybug shape came from being Ladybug, pink colour from Multimouse.

Adrien has emerald green (Chat Noir) spirals (Aspik)

Nathalie has dark blue tear drops

Gabriel has purple butterflies

Chloe has golden crowns

Luka has turqouise musical notes

Nino has dark green shields

Alya has orange fox tails (same shape as the fox miraculous)

The permament holders need to cover their cheekmarks with makeup, while the temporary ones have this problem only, when they're near other heroes or the Miraculouses.

The Cheekmarks of the monarchs of the Butterfly house

I changed her color palette, and yeah this is her full butterfly form

When she's transformed, her eye color divides in two halfs, one green and the other one yellow

*starco kiss + glowing cheekmarks*

But what if a princess’s cheekmarks, as in what shape they take and possible color, are inherited from the father?

All of this came from this picture:

Now this is a little farfetched and probably far from cannon but here me out.

We know all females born into the Butterfly family are going to have cheekmarks, it’s one of those genetic givens. But what if that’s just it? A gentic given. No determining what shape, no determing what color, and no determining how big they are either.

Except maybe the father determines them.

Now, my knowledge of how DNA worls is bare minimum at best, but I know that in some cases, there are certain genetic quirk and traits that are recessive in one gender and not the other. Color blindness comes to mind. A woman can be color blind yes, but more often than not a female just carries that gene and if she has a son, she passes it to him and there is a 50% chance that he will be color blind.

What if cheekmarks work that way? The shape, color, and size of it I mean.

A cheekmark might be a recessive genetic trait in males and a dominant one in females. The only way a Male’s cheekmarks could be seen is if they are exposed to a high power source of magic. For example, maybe holding a magic wand?

Sort of like how gender is determined in humans. A female can give one X chromosome, and a male could give either an X or a Y chromosome. Cheekmarks can work that way. A female could give a chromosome that states they will HAVE a cheekmark, but it’s up to a male to donate a certain chromosome that determines WHAT that cheekmark will look like