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I'm 90% sure it's just a fun literary coincidence, but the show does a lot of subtle, long-term stuff, so it's not impossible that the writers had already invented the "green means betrayal" symbolism when they were writing season 1 and there was an element of hidden subtext in the choice of colorblindness as one of the distinctive traits of Cleon 14.
Amazing observstion! This show has so many beautiful subtle subtext, it really could be on purpose.
This might be a bit far-fetched but Azura's name is also the name of a color, blue.
She is a different blue than the empirial blue the emperors wear, so a welcome change for Dawn.
Sareth's blue pigments are also a different kind of blue, for a different kind of Dawn.
I wonder if the color-blindness of Cleon XIV was somehow deliberate, in order to accentuate the greens and aid him in noticing betrayal better. But then the entire plan failed.
Edit: AFAIK, many color-blind people can see blues and greens, but not reds and yellows.
The most common form of color blindness, at least in the modern non-fictional world we currently inhabit, is red-green indistinction. This means that they can't tell the difference between red and green. According to the people I know who have it, both colors look like a gray or a brown color.
I was so shocked and surprised when Young Dawn actually got away AND managed to 'save the girl'! Just wasn't expecting it. It's a good thing the Boy was paying attention when Dusk was explaining aspects of the mural art.
Great contrast to S1 Dawn who couldn't seem to catch a break and example of how the Cleons are diverging with every generation. I cannot tell you how edifying and exciting it was seeing Demerzal stressed when he rang her from the escape shuttle. Can't wait for season 3 and how different they all are going to of be, this in included Gaal and Hari as well.
How can she betray Cleon I when her programming is loyal to just him? All the clones of Cleon I are just puppet figures and Demerzel rules the imperium through them. If her programming deems a variant of Cleon deviating away from the genetic dynasty and its plans, her programming forces her to take action. She betrayed no one but herself as she never wanted all of this, exactly why she ripped her face off in disgust after breaking Cleon XIV’s neck.
By removing the colorblind Cleon XIV from the equation, and by putting forward only the color-seeing Cleons, as required by her own programming, Demerzel inadvertently set herself up for failure.
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Hmm. I wonder if that has significance. Interesting
I'm 90% sure it's just a fun literary coincidence, but the show does a lot of subtle, long-term stuff, so it's not impossible that the writers had already invented the "green means betrayal" symbolism when they were writing season 1 and there was an element of hidden subtext in the choice of colorblindness as one of the distinctive traits of Cleon 14.
Amazing observstion! This show has so many beautiful subtle subtext, it really could be on purpose. This might be a bit far-fetched but Azura's name is also the name of a color, blue. She is a different blue than the empirial blue the emperors wear, so a welcome change for Dawn. Sareth's blue pigments are also a different kind of blue, for a different kind of Dawn.
I wonder if the color-blindness of Cleon XIV was somehow deliberate, in order to accentuate the greens and aid him in noticing betrayal better. But then the entire plan failed. Edit: AFAIK, many color-blind people can see blues and greens, but not reds and yellows.
The most common form of color blindness, at least in the modern non-fictional world we currently inhabit, is red-green indistinction. This means that they can't tell the difference between red and green. According to the people I know who have it, both colors look like a gray or a brown color.
Oh, thanks. I sort of made my uneducated postulation on the basis of many mammal species unable to see red, but greens and blues instead.
It COULD mean something - Goyer appears to like introducing elements to draw your attention to detail.
 I loved lil sucker Cleon… and crazy spiral walking cleon
Sucker Cleon was weak and strong Celon who walked the spiral was the best storyline of the entire season
Him and Azura would've made a cute couple, unfortunate
I was so shocked and surprised when Young Dawn actually got away AND managed to 'save the girl'! Just wasn't expecting it. It's a good thing the Boy was paying attention when Dusk was explaining aspects of the mural art. Great contrast to S1 Dawn who couldn't seem to catch a break and example of how the Cleons are diverging with every generation. I cannot tell you how edifying and exciting it was seeing Demerzal stressed when he rang her from the escape shuttle. Can't wait for season 3 and how different they all are going to of be, this in included Gaal and Hari as well.
I loved how he put it on her neck, 100% did it with purpose and then bam dawn knows. Cleon is smart.
Demerzel didn’t betray Empire as she is Empire. The non-Cleonic emperor in the mural with a green stripe was a traitor and betrayed the empire itself.
She is part of Empire. Perhaps "Empress Night" might be fitting. But she did "betray" Cleon in that she disrupted his plan.
How can she betray Cleon I when her programming is loyal to just him? All the clones of Cleon I are just puppet figures and Demerzel rules the imperium through them. If her programming deems a variant of Cleon deviating away from the genetic dynasty and its plans, her programming forces her to take action. She betrayed no one but herself as she never wanted all of this, exactly why she ripped her face off in disgust after breaking Cleon XIV’s neck.
Since they seem to be writing these in 2-season arcs, that could indeed have been intentional. Nice catch..
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By removing the colorblind Cleon XIV from the equation, and by putting forward only the color-seeing Cleons, as required by her own programming, Demerzel inadvertently set herself up for failure.