We know of many supernatural eye skills, such as the Sharingan, Rinnegan, etc. However, I'd like to explore whether other authors have developed unique concepts for supernatural eye powers that differ from the ones commonly found in mainstream fiction.
So the question is:
Have you ever developed an original/unique eye skill?
What makes it unique?
How does it work?
What are the ethical limitations or costs of using it (for example, if overused, it can cause blindness)?
I developed an eye skill called [Eyes of Judgment]. Functions:
This eye skill can read the colour of a person's soul (determining whether their soul is pure, corrupt, or sinful).
Peek into their thoughts.
And read their opponent's mentality.
This skill can also be developed as a lie detector and to read the opponent's intentions during combat.
Ethical limitations:
Users can activate and deactivate skills.
The skill cannot be used continuously.
This skill requires a high level of empathy.
The more the user sees deep and bitter truths, the more they will suffer a backlash in the form of trauma from their opponent, the effects of which can cause dizziness, nausea, bleeding eyes, depression, and even blindness.
Seeing the truth = feeling suffering.
Another implication is that the more it is used, the more the user will lose faith in the world, considering that almost every human being is sinful.
Eye of Miserability -
Every time you sleep(lose consciousness) you're teleported to a world where you survive. Theres entities always attacking you so you can't rest. Youre always tired-nya.
One I saw in another story that I rather liked was a Sword Cultivator who eventually got to the point where his swords were stored in a pocket dimension in his eyes to the point he could cut/fight things he was able to look at or see.
Maybe something like Kengan (fist-eye) from Kengan Ashura, some sort of kinetic eye sight. Cassa, the magic-less MC of mine has this. It allows him to perceive his foes' attack patterns in slow-motion and formulate counters.
Besides that, there are also the dwarves who have infra-vision and telescopic sight that can see twice as far as typical humans. These abilities in tandem allow them to see clearly in the dark better than the other races. That's how they become the best tunnel diggers and forest rangers.
We know of many supernatural eye skills, such as the Sharingan, Rinnegan, etc. However, I'd like to explore whether other authors have developed unique concepts for supernatural eye powers that differ from the ones commonly found in mainstream fiction.
So the question is:
Have you ever developed an original/unique eye skill?
What makes it unique?
How does it work?
What are the ethical limitations or costs of using it (for example, if overused, it can cause blindness)?
I developed an eye skill called [Eyes of Judgment]. Functions:
This eye skill can read the colour of a person's soul (determining whether their soul is pure, corrupt, or sinful).
Peek into their thoughts.
And read their opponent's mentality.
This skill can also be developed as a lie detector and to read the opponent's intentions during combat.
Ethical limitations:
Users can activate and deactivate skills.
The skill cannot be used continuously.
This skill requires a high level of empathy.
The more the user sees deep and bitter truths, the more they will suffer a backlash in the form of trauma from their opponent, the effects of which can cause dizziness, nausea, bleeding eyes, depression, and even blindness.
Seeing the truth = feeling suffering.
Another implication is that the more it is used, the more the user will lose faith in the world, considering that almost every human being is sinful.
Some beast races in my story have an ability where, when active, their eyes can see traces of energy.
It takes intense training to use this ability properly, to match colors and codes, kind of like perceiving the electromagnetic spectrum, but with unique coding sequences, like a DNA codon.
Every person has a unique energy signature, so if an object leaves behind a trace, you can match it to a person.
Limitation: It requires intense training, the object trace fades after 24 hours, and there’s a risk of false positives if the user is a noob.
Hollow eyes-
-It makes the brain work 20 times faster than superhumans or inhumans, that means a person who uses it will be faster 20 times.
-The eye balls becomes black and pupils white, like a moon in abyss.
-And the limitation is that it will fry the brain, just makes it bloody mess and it can be used only ten minutes for the whole day.
No, not as of yet. This is my first book so it's the introduction to a world of Magic and Monsters.
Closest I have is the cat girl's. Their eyes grant them enhanced vision in the night, and a slower depiction of movement. They see things right before it occurs, which aids in their reflexes.
And no it's not a knock off of Spider Sense! XD They have to see it coming. If they wear a blindfold, they're just as screwed as you would be.
Closest thing to a unique "eye skill" I've seen anywhere is Raistlin Majere's visual curse in Dragonlance - he sees the worst parts of the future of anything he looks at ... just the effects though, not the actual future. So most buildings are falling apart, most people are aged and decayed (or long dead), etc. to his eyes.
I never wrote an eye power, but I've read a few story with it.
The most obvious one is Medusa, the Eye of Petrification. A popular one is also the Abyssal Eye, based on the idea of 'If you stare into the abyss, the abyss stares back at you', which basically terrifies the opponent to their very core and lets the wielder see things about them an their nature.
I also encountered the Eye of Coercion, which compels the world to follow their will in limited range (making an object fly, igniting a fire, freezing an enemy for a second) and, of course, the Eye of Analysis, which is basically an AI that you have in your eye and that works as a type of appraisal/assistant butler.
We know of many supernatural eye skills, such as the Sharingan, Rinnegan, etc. However, I'd like to explore whether other authors have developed unique concepts for supernatural eye powers that differ from the ones commonly found in mainstream fiction.
So the question is:
Have you ever developed an original/unique eye skill?
What makes it unique?
How does it work?
What are the ethical limitations or costs of using it (for example, if overused, it can cause blindness)?
I developed an eye skill called [Eyes of Judgment]. Functions:
This eye skill can read the colour of a person's soul (determining whether their soul is pure, corrupt, or sinful).
Peek into their thoughts.
And read their opponent's mentality.
This skill can also be developed as a lie detector and to read the opponent's intentions during combat.
Ethical limitations:
Users can activate and deactivate skills.
The skill cannot be used continuously.
This skill requires a high level of empathy.
The more the user sees deep and bitter truths, the more they will suffer a backlash in the form of trauma from their opponent, the effects of which can cause dizziness, nausea, bleeding eyes, depression, and even blindness.
Seeing the truth = feeling suffering.
Another implication is that the more it is used, the more the user will lose faith in the world, considering that almost every human being is sinful.
Yes, as part of a fan-fiction project set in the Fate/ universe. Not published here, and more an idea and collection of notes than a full story.
Technically three separate ones that were all interconnected, and subject to all of the Nasuverse rules regarding their use and function.
First: Mystic Eyes of Arcane Perception (Not the most original name or power) - Gold Rank (Classified by the golden glow when activated, but effect ranked at 'Red/Blue' by The Clocktower - Grant the user the ability to see leylines, magical energy, and magical circuits/mystic paths. 'Official' Clocktower notes affirm they are 'Atypical but Mundane'.
Second: Mystic Eye of Negation (Following the same Fate/ naming convention) - Jewel Rank - Grants the user the ability to completely negate or suppress any Mystic Art or Magical Effect of a lower rank. Requires concentration and awareness of the mystic art, spell, or magical effect) - Advancement And Development (Right Eye) - Unlocked By Extreme Emotion (Fear/Desperation)
Third: Mystic Eye of Causation (As above) - Rainbow Rank (At highest power level) - Grants the user the ability to see (and interfere with) causal relationships. Effectively translates into the Clairvoyance skill with EX rank at full apotheosis. The user can see all past and future causal relations to any given moment or action. Full Apotheosis of this Mystic Eye requires manifestation as a Grand Caster class Servant, as no normal human body can process or sustain the eye's full effect. - Caps at Jewel Rank for Human users, allowing them to trace the 'single most probable causal chain forwards or backwards from any given moment or action.' - Classified by The Clocktower as 'Theoretical' or 'Impossible'.
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As for how they are used; in accordance with Nasuverse lore, Mystic Eyes are Magical Rituals embedded in the eyes, and activated by the user channelling magical energy to them.
Some Mystics (Like Medusa's Mystic Eyes of Petrification) are perpetually activated.
The risks of using them, in particular the Mystic Eye of Causation, improperly could result in triggering a response from the Counter-Force; and that NEVER ends well.
Additional risks are other Mages, and Mage Organizations, that may either covet, or fear, the improper use and take actions to eliminate the individual or obtain the Mystic Eyes for themselves.
Basically, all of them end with the user having their eyes ripped out, surgically removed, or the user simply being killed, so not using them, or keeping them secret, is the best possible choice for the user.
