problem is for every snake people think "hey it means het pied" there seem to be a normal that also shows it. I mean obviously pied could play an effect, look into the leopard which is a co-dom het pied.
it get discussed all the time, here ill speed it up for you
person A: "Het pied combos often look wonky, weird, and cool"
person B:"Hey my het pied has markers on his tail!"
person c:"my normal's pattern kinda looks like his...."
person d:"My het pied looks 100% normal with no markers...."
person e:"Marker are not reliable stop pretending they mean something!"
bout how it normally goes
OP btw that one hot pastel