I'll admit
I'm mostly blue,
but it's not so great to have
something constantly piercing through you.
I might even be in tears,
but I can definitely be beautiful too.
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2$\begingroup$ I think you need to add more clues to make the answer fit uniquely. I find the accepted answer and some of the alternative answers equally compelling. $\endgroup$– xnorMar 6, 2015 at 3:49
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$\begingroup$ @xnor I'll keep that in mind for the next riddle, but I feel that the accepted answer is the only answer that fits all clues perfectly. $\endgroup$– SiggenMar 6, 2015 at 6:48
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The sky
I'll admit
I'm mostly blue,
Mostly blue, but sometimes cloudy or sunset-y red/pink.
but it's not so great to have
something constantly piercing through you.
Sunlight is very piercing, and the night sky has been described as "a backlit canopy with holes punched in it", so it's constantly being pierced, day or night.
I might even be in tears,
The sky crying is rain
but I can definitely be beautiful too.
If you don't agree the sky can be beautiful, you have no soul :P
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$\begingroup$ I thought the piercing was planes and rocket launches, personally. $\endgroup$– corsiKaMar 5, 2015 at 23:58
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$\begingroup$ @corsiKa I figured it could go either way, so I went with the more poetic (IMO) one. $\endgroup$ Mar 6, 2015 at 2:13
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Mostly blue
Oceans are blue, and in large enough quantities water does take on a blue colour regardless of the reflection.
Something piercing through you
Boats, swimmers, land, straws. Fairly common phrase - a boat piercing the waves.
I might even be in tears
Tears are made of water
But I can be beautiful too
Oceans, lakes, rivers, ponds are all gorgeous under the right circumstances.
The answer therefore could be
Water
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$\begingroup$ Your first reasoning isn't accurate. The oceans are only blue because they reflect the sky. Water is always clear. $\endgroup$– corsiKaMar 5, 2015 at 23:59
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2$\begingroup$ No that is a common misconception. Water is tinted blue, or more accurately a turquoise-blue. In large enough quantities you can tell. The reflection of the sky amplifies the colour blue or masks it should the sky be grey, but that is only affecting the colour which we see not the colour the water itself is. $\endgroup$ Mar 6, 2015 at 7:47
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2$\begingroup$ @corsiKa have you seriously never seen blue sea under a grey sky? $\endgroup$ Mar 6, 2015 at 10:10
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Eyes
Mostly Blue
Blue eyes, but white and black as well, but yet we still call them blue.
something constantly piercing through you
Light pierces through eyes so you can see.
I might be in tears
Literally swimming in tears when someone cries.
but I can definitely be beautiful too.
Blue eyes can be very beautiful.
answered Mar 5, 2015 at 19:21
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I thought of
a tattoo
which is mostly blue
ink
and might well be pierced by
- well, by a piercing. Many tattoo places would do that for you too---you might even get a discount.
"I might even be in tears," made me think of
the way some people get tears tattooed on their cheek, as in the Tom Waits lyric: ...the girl behind the counter has a tattooed tear: "One for every year he's away," she said...
but [it] can definitely be beautiful too
depending on the skill of the tattoo artist.
