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** As [[Aubrey-Maturin|Captain Jack]] put it, "Lord Nelson is [[Historical In-Joke|a man of singular vision.]]" |
** As [[Aubrey-Maturin|Captain Jack]] put it, "Lord Nelson is [[Historical In-Joke|a man of singular vision.]]" |
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* Hannibal Barca lost his eye while on the march from pink eye. Not long after this he launches a massive ambush on Roman forces in the Battle of Lake Trasimene. |
* Hannibal Barca lost his eye while on the march from pink eye. Not long after this he launches a massive ambush on Roman forces in the Battle of Lake Trasimene. |
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* The common stereotype of pirates wearing eyepatches likely dates back to the Arabian pirate [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahmah_ibn_Jabir_Al_Jalhami Rahmah ibn Jabir al-Jalahimah], who wore it after losing an eye in battle in the 18th century. |
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* [[Date Masamune]], a general during the Japanese Warring States period, lost an eye as a youth and had to wear an eyepatch. It didn't hinder him much, as he went on to defeat Japan's prominent strategists of the time. Legend says that he ripped it out himself when it was rendered useless by smallpox (though this is highly unlikely given that he was a young child when he contracted the illness). It earned him the nickname of One-Eyed Dragon; though it started off as a comment on his reckless nature, it later in his life became a term of respect. He, like Xiahou Dun below, is almost always portrayed with an eyepatch in fictional appearances, even though there's no record of him wearing one in real life. |
* [[Date Masamune]], a general during the Japanese Warring States period, lost an eye as a youth and had to wear an eyepatch. It didn't hinder him much, as he went on to defeat Japan's prominent strategists of the time. Legend says that he ripped it out himself when it was rendered useless by smallpox (though this is highly unlikely given that he was a young child when he contracted the illness). It earned him the nickname of One-Eyed Dragon; though it started off as a comment on his reckless nature, it later in his life became a term of respect. He, like Xiahou Dun below, is almost always portrayed with an eyepatch in fictional appearances, even though there's no record of him wearing one in real life. |
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* Another historical example: Xiahou Dun, a Chinese general serving under Cao Cao during the late Eastern Han Dynasty. Reputedly, he was such a [[Badass]] that, when an arrow shot him in the eye, he plucked it out and ''[[Eye Scream|swallowed it to instill fear in his enemies.]]'' In most literary and pop culture depictions of him (read: ''[[Romance of the Three Kingdoms]]''), he's wearing either an eyepatch or a bandanna around his eye. |
* Another historical example: Xiahou Dun, a Chinese general serving under Cao Cao during the late Eastern Han Dynasty. Reputedly, he was such a [[Badass]] that, when an arrow shot him in the eye, he plucked it out and ''[[Eye Scream|swallowed it to instill fear in his enemies.]]'' In most literary and pop culture depictions of him (read: ''[[Romance of the Three Kingdoms]]''), he's wearing either an eyepatch or a bandanna around his eye. |
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