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holy SHIT my erejean days, that’s indeed a Long time ago. I started shipping those two when i was around 17 yrs old oh boyyyy

Hey there! Thanks for writing in, and I’m super glad I can be of use!!

Yes, this is definitely possible. Blindness from both eyes requires much more damage, but one of three things could happen to cause single-eye blindness from trauma.

First, The eye itself, remember, is part of the head, and could be physically damaged.

Alternatively, direct trauma or swelling (from bleeding or from inflammation) could damage the optic nerve on the affected side.

It’s also possible to have interpretation issues (in the visual cortex) that could lead to loss of vision in one side of the visual field. To quote a frankly phenomenal brainline.org interview:

Visual field loss is a bit more complicated. Think of your visual field as a pie. Visual field loss is categorized by which part of the pie is affected.

If you have hemianopsia, half of your pie — or visual field, either vertically or horizontally — is gone; you cannot see it.

If you have quadranopsia, a quarter of your visual field is lost.

If you have homonymous hemianopsia, the same quarter or half is lost in both eyes.

If you have bitemporal hemianopsia, you are missing the outer half (or inner half) of both the right and left visual field.

Hemianopsia and quadranopsia are the most common types of visual field losses; but going back to the pie analogy, other types of field losses include loss around the edges of the pie or loss from the middle going outward. And, of course, there can be differing combinations depending upon the individual injury.

Visual field loss is caused by damage to the nerve fibers that carry the visual signal from the eyes to the visual cortex and/or connect operations between different parts of the brain.

So there you have it. That link has information about coping strategies for those affected by visual field loss and more -- including a fascinating differentiation about spatial neglect (whether or not the person is aware that a certain area of space exists), so it’s very much worth a read.

Best of luck and happy trails!

xoxo, Aunt Scripty

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I feel we should officially decree the German word for tummy to be tümmich instead of Bauch! I love it! (And to be pedantic, when he drags Andrew‘s hand to his stomach he just says ‘do you understand’ - ‘verstehst du’, but I like your version better)

you mean he doesnt say feel my tummy in the text? weird...i guess it has been a while since i read them

lheonce replied to your post “feel my tummy" omg”

listen, i speak German, but i will never forget this, feelen meine tümmisch is the funniest shit i've seen in a while and it is absolutely perfect the way it is

Ahh!! I am a bi prince!! Thank you!!

6. milkshake bi or smoothie bi?Smoothie bi!9. pun loving bi or pun hating bi?Pun loving bi.11. cat bi or dog bi?100% dog bi13. coffee bi or tea bi? Tbqh I don’t drink either during the warm months.

it also led to a number of fics where Andrew checks Neil's thumb with his thumb on Neil's wrist and i'm always thinking "he's just feeling his own pulse at this point"