Imagine making a whole thread about a single eye color. People really have nothing better to do during the quarantine.
Colors, dude.
It’s indicative of how Art and Lore are handled (or not, as it appears now) by Blizzard
So I guess you wouldn’t have a problem if Void Elves would get them, right?
I would be fine with it. Besides they already have blue-ish eyes. It would just be a lighter tint. But I don’t think it was the point, its about what blood elves are getting as customization options.
There are physical features that come with quite some depth/implications in terms of lore.
And this forum is presumably used to talk about the lore.
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Oh don’t be silly, we both know it isn’t true. If it would be so where are your discussions about the sandfury trolls or blood elves with heterochromia? Did I missed them or are they just non-existent?
There were several threads discussing and that had people hyped regarding the implications behind several customisation options for trolls and how said feature pointed at new playable tribes.
People speculated about for quite some time specially after Blizzcon.
And they were basically talking about shades of green for a skin tint.
People may have not talked about this bit because it has close to zero lore implications or impact.
Ohohohoho.
I certainly have had a lot of problem with those myself. Personally I hope it is just a placeholder for a more damaged eye-look, rather than heterochromia.
And what’s the lore behind blue eyes then? Isn’t it already a closed topic? If you ask me they only still exist to push the High Elf debate forward, even if High Elves and Blood Elves are the same and an eye color shouldn’t really be a reason.
Blue eyes had discursive value in the sense that it made people wonder (or hyped) about what kind of story could facilitate HE as part of the current BE race. And the quality of it, or lack of, in some cases.
Or how could the story involve certain collective of Silvermoon elves that somehow dodged the dominant trait that has defined their people since they were first introduced.
Or why would former enemies feel the need to join their kin again.
It’s really no brainer to see how said topic would be interesting for certain players
I would be happy if High Elf customization is available, either faction. But, didn’t the devs say they won’t improve Allied Race customization for now? So Void Elves are not getting regular skin, blond hair and blue eyes either 
Defectors who join up the Zandalari Horde.
One-eyed veteran?
I know a rp guild master who play as one on KirinTor-Eu, with these exact colors (in fanlore and fanarts) since about ten years.
Not in 9.0, but Ion said that the customization revamp was an ongoing process.
But Night Elves might! Be prepared for extra buff High Elves! You guys are used to “almost” getting something you want by now, aren’t you?
Well, all hope might not be dead yet, but that’s a bit tiring still…
Haha I saw the (dark) blond haired night elves.
Fair enough, let’s play Highbornes of the good olde Quel’Thalas.
https://i.imgur.com/mI0epni.png
It’s happening. It’s happening. 
The sun to bleves is only a symbol. They used to worship the holy Light but after the fall of Quel’thalas I’m not sure if they still do.
1: Blue eyed Sunreavers who were never corrupted in the first place.
2:
So yes , it does make sense. The light is able to cleanse fel corruption and since the fel crystals are removed, they won’t be corrupted again.
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The playable race will be considered a Blood elf in the most traditional sense of the word. Born and raised in Silvermoon.
So yeah, any player that wants to approach said customisation options as High Elves, will still be dealing in the same sort of fanfiction as those that consider the new Wildhammer tattoos an equivalent to playable Wildhammer Dwarves.
There will be no follow-up story that tackles said difference. And for all intents and purposes, you’ll be treated as any other green-eyed elf.
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I’m not saying that I wanted to roleplay a high elf with my blood elf, I just said that blue eyes make sense for blood elves.
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I think Blizzard should have made this really clearer though, because people are already making their own plans for their RP looking for a reason in lore, like here and on the other forums there are already people saying how High Elves will now canonically return in Silvermoon, if that could cause a civil war, if the High Elves “joining” the Void Elves (the one with fair skins) can have children in a standard way or not…
basically with this customisation mess that everyone can almost be and RP as anything he/she wants, now everyone is looking for additional explanations in lore that Blizzard will not -and cannot- give them at all 
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They did put it very clear.
And regardless of how much people grasp or circumvent it, the answer given is simply one most did not like.
I would’ve loved to have writers expand on the ramifications regarding the lore impact several customisation options have. But the reality is that they do not seem to care about it at all, and the game will continue as if those were simply transmogs with zero impact in the story.
Yeah, much like your TRP background, you can come up with some elaborated story that makes your character be what you want him to be. But you’ll still be treated by the game the same way. Regardless of what you come up with.
You might want to imagine that you are a Wildhammer, or a Sandfury, or a High Elf. And now you might have the visuals that come with it.
But as far as the game goes, the stories that involve your character will still treat you as a Bronzebeard, a Darkspear or a Blood elf. And you’ll have to settle with the “fanfic” and the degree of acceptance other players give you as said character.
For the game, you’ll remain as one of the “vanilla” races.
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