Hiding Behind Your Bangs
Common in modelling as well as fiction, this is when a person's hair intentionally covers one of their eyes for symbolic purposes. Sometimes it's just for style, while other times it might function as an Eyepatch of Power, or cover a disfigurement such as horrible scarring or a blind eye (in which case its removal may serve as The Reveal).
It frequently serves as some kind of symbol: To show deception or concealment (more prosaically, it could be literally covering up something the person doesn't want to be seen such as a facial scar/birthmark, or a
Big Fish In A Bigger Ocean
A character who, while amazing in their own world, is either outclassed or unexceptional in this new one.
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