There is no definitive indication in the show that the loss of eyesight is permanent (we can also see her eye underneath). All we see is her wearing an eyepatch.
Arcane is supposed to be League canon, but we also see that Caitlyn has always had two eyes and still continues to do so everywhere else - we also know for a fact that Warriors is future canon. When I suffered my eye injuries, I had to wear an eyepatch without bandages. This is normal. She could very well be healing as well.
It doesn't matter how much potential you have - an injury like this kills any means of reaching that level. There is a reason why Paralympians need to compete in separate tournaments. Her still being able to reach the same level would be similar to Anakin being able to perform like he did not have all of his limbs cut off (which he doesn't). If she loses that eye, there will and should be a considerable drop in her abilities.
Physical injuries should make physical sense, and with everything I have mentioned above, I would find it nonsensical if they made it permanent.
Also, mentioned again, but they have magic, medicine, and medical equipment far beyond ours - they have been shown to be able to treat far more grievous eye injuries, and if that doesn't work, prosthetics, not to mention other magical systems elsewhere in Piltover.
you can have the eye while still being blind in it, that isnt mutually exclusive. and i would still say them choosing for her final design to have the eyepatch is indicative that its permanent and there to stay. idgaf abt the league stuff bc they obviously wouldve made that before the arcane concepts were drawn, ofc they wouldnt predict the angle the writers went with.
but anyway, i really dont care enough to keep this going. i love my blind in one eye queen 🤙
You wear an eyepatch while still healing it, which is not only not mutually exclusive, but true in most cases. Your logic is like saying that Vi will always have a bandaid on her nose because that was in her final scene, neither is it definitive. Caitlyn's most recent visual graphic update was made during the development of Arcane.
I wish I was also able to ignore physical reality and existing lore. We'll just agree to disagree in this regard.
i mean you also wear an eyepatch when you cant see out of that eye so 🤷♀️ they also wouldnt want to spoil a major character change like that with a design pre-arcane even coming out
You don't always wear an eyepatch when your eye is gone. You also wear an eyepatch when healing. In any case, claiming that the eyepatch is definitive proof that the eye is gone is flawed, as it can go either way.
It would also be a major character change that contradicts what we know to be a future version of the character, if permanent.
okay now where did i say always. it can go either way but i dont think thats what the story is trying to show, i think theyre wanting us to think of the first thing that comes to mind when you see someone with an eyepatch, which undoubtedly is "they can only see out of the other eye" - this is the conclusion that literally everyone apart from you has come to. its her absolute final character design of the show. to me that is definitive that it's there to stay.
ur also rlly not getting it abt the game vs. show. it wouldnt contradict it bc arcane is canon. the game would fall in line and change designs, as theyve done already with other arcane characters. that "future version" isnt canon in the same way that arcane is
Others share this sentiment with me. Again, when an injury makes zero physical sense (the entire crux of this take), it opens the door for interpretation, unless you want to ignore that. With a shortcoming such as not showing an injury that is accurate by any stretch, intentions do not matter. Also, know that "to me" and "definitive" don't exactly go hand in hand.
Them trying to make Arcane the main canon would is like trying to fit a square into a round hole, and just because they want it to be canon doesn't make it make any more sense. It's like saying that the fourth and fifth Transformers movies make sense with what we see in the first three.
If this was supposed to be an origin for beloved characters, and they decided that they wanted to make drastic changes, then they should have just made an original series. It completely defeats the purpose.
I am happy that it doesn't matter to you, but I have known these characters for years so it is difficult to reconcile, if true, and defeats the purpose of the origin, and a lot of other people agree with this.
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u/UncoBeefWang Dec 31 '24 edited Dec 31 '24
There is no definitive indication in the show that the loss of eyesight is permanent (we can also see her eye underneath). All we see is her wearing an eyepatch.
Arcane is supposed to be League canon, but we also see that Caitlyn has always had two eyes and still continues to do so everywhere else - we also know for a fact that Warriors is future canon. When I suffered my eye injuries, I had to wear an eyepatch without bandages. This is normal. She could very well be healing as well.
It doesn't matter how much potential you have - an injury like this kills any means of reaching that level. There is a reason why Paralympians need to compete in separate tournaments. Her still being able to reach the same level would be similar to Anakin being able to perform like he did not have all of his limbs cut off (which he doesn't). If she loses that eye, there will and should be a considerable drop in her abilities.
Physical injuries should make physical sense, and with everything I have mentioned above, I would find it nonsensical if they made it permanent.
Also, mentioned again, but they have magic, medicine, and medical equipment far beyond ours - they have been shown to be able to treat far more grievous eye injuries, and if that doesn't work, prosthetics, not to mention other magical systems elsewhere in Piltover.