OOC: Eye Injury

[call_me_snake]

Several people have asked about what Snake's eye looks like without the patch on. So I have gone searching. The International Council of Ophthalmology has an image archive and there I found an image of damage that would be consistent with Snake's.




I am now reading more in the changes to vision this sort of damage causes. It is really awesome to have this sort of resource.

Comments

[cedel.livejournal.com]

I had the impression that his eye was much more damaged than that, like missing eyeball damaged. Is this addressed in canon, ever?

[http://users.livejournal.com/_call_me_snake_/]

It is in several places. His eye has nerve damage from a neurotoxin. It's the same one that makes Crazies. We know it is swollen and that the change in Barometric pressure associated with thunderstorms and rain causes him severe pain. There is also the fact that like the crazies he is light sensitive. That's why he wears the patch but he still has the eye.

The over all damage is mild corneal scarring that causes halos in his vision. He can see however from it. The muscle damage is very bad. The iris no longer functions to the pupil is always fully dilated and the muscles that move the lid and eye are slowed from the damage as well.

If you read the novel it talks a bout a lot of his eye and the damage throughout the book.

[netbyrd.livejournal.com]

why did I let myself look at that? Though I've always been curious.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_call_me_snake_/]

Curiosity? I have been too so I went out and looked. This person got a neurotoxin in the eye too so it should be the same. :)