"*cackle*cackle* I'd expect nothing less from you, Teacher. It looks like you ridiculously don't feel like opening your eyes even at this level...! If you don't want to wreck the whole island, it looks like that'll be impossible, riiiiiight?
— Beatrice, Umineko: When They Cry (Game #3)
"I know what you're thinking. I've been training here a while and in ten thousand light years... I've never seen him open those eyes!"
— Unnamed Pokémon trainer in Pewter City Gym on Brock, Super Effective
Danny: Oh wait, Brock. The guy, like, who has, like, no eyes? That dude?
Arin: He has eyes, he just chooses not to use them.
Brock from Pokemon is cursed with Mystic Eyes of the Gorgon, Medusa. If he opened his eyes and looked at someone, they would turn to stone.
This is why he became a rock-type pokemon trainer.
You cannot turn stone into stone.
— This
◊ Yahoo answer
◊ Yahoo answer"Now to answer your question, Whisper isn't blind, though her mask does help her with targeting. The reason her eyes are always appear closed is more to do with expressing her emotions—in comics and animation, eyes that can see while appearing closed can be a short hand for a few things, including indicating a character is wise, that they're constantly keeping a close eye on everything, or that a character is dealing with a lot of emotional pain. And all of those are true for Whisper. Plus, when she does open her eyes, it lets you know that what's she's looking at is very important."
— Sonic the Hedgehog (IDW) #10 "Letter Squad", analyzing this trope in-depth
Kurumi: ...By the way, I've always wondered about this when I see manga characters with straight lines for eyes... How can you even see like that?
Mei: Is the answer not obvious? As I am, I cannot in fact see anything at all.
