Continued from the Q&A thread:
First, allow us to lay down the facts about black and white that we DO know for sure:
1. Both colours are at the opposite end of a spectrum that governs a certain quality of an avatar
2. Said quality is independent of attack type (covered by the colour wheel) and avatar resistance (covered by the metal chart)
3. The following avatars are near white or actually white: Ardor Maiden, Sky Raker, Trilead Tetraoxide, Ash Roller, Sand Duct, Saffron Blossom and White Cosmos.
4. The following avatars are near black or actually black: Blood Leopard, Dusk Taker, Aqua Current, Graphite Edge, Black Vice and Black Lotus.
Now, the reason why I said black or colorless could possibly represent fear is due to the following:
1. Blood Leopard, a red avatar, uses biting as her main form of offense and also has 2 special attacks that relate to biting. As this goes against her position on the colour chart, we must look at her position on the white-black spectrum. As you can see, Blood Leopard sits rather close to black or colorless. As such, we can assume that this must be the culprit responsible for such an attack style.
2. Black Vise and Black Lotus, both being pure black avatars, should have at least a single similarity, even though both avatars underwent different development.
3. We have never seen Aqua Current attacking anybody, merely witness her defensive abilities. Memory Leak does not count as it is an IS ability, which is related to filling her emotional scar, wheras it is the emotional scar itself that is responsible for her avatar.
4. We do not know enough of Graphite Edge at this point of time to gleam any information.
5. Dusk Taker utilizes both range types by stealing the required body parts/ abilities/ Enhanced Armaments, rather than it being an original part of his avatar. This fits in with his position on the colour wheel as a purple avatar, but we must remember that this was bought about by his stealing ability. As Demonic Commandeer can be categorized under no other colour, besides yellow, which is in fact nearly directly opposite his position on the colour wheel and therefore making it impossible for it to be a yellow ability, we must again look to his position on the white-black spectrum. Thus, again we must assume that his position in relation to the black or colourless portion is responsible.
Taking these factors into consideration, we get fear.
You are correct to say that fear is subjective, but there are things people fear universally: having your belongings stolen from you (Dusk Taker), being sliced in half (Black Lotus), the darkness [We were all born being afraid of the dark in one way or another.] (Black Vice), being crushed to death (Black Vice) and monsters from most mythos are always described as having sharp teeth, which always means a nasty bite (Blood Leopard).
Now that you have seen my rationality for my conclusion, are you still going to throw it out of the window and casually dismiss it as groundless ?