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{{quote|"You know how they say eyes are the windows of the soul? They're the ''doors''."|'''[[Doctor Who|The Doctor]]''', "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S31
A quick search of this site will let you know that [[Eyes Never Lie|eyes are the windows to the soul]]. Well, sometimes in a [[Fantasy]] setting, these windows not only let outsiders see inside, they can also be wide open and allow power or information in or out.
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* In ''[[Bleach]]'', Kaname Tousen, being blind, is immune to {{spoiler|Aizen's Perfect Hypnosis}}, and when this is brought up, reveals {{spoiler|he's been working for Aizen the whole time}}.
* ''[[Code Geass]]'' is a subversion. Many Geass, each with different abilities, work through eye contact, but it doesn't need to be direct-- for example, at one point Lelouch uses dozens of small mirrors to catch a glimpse of his target's eyes. Also Jeremiah Gottwald's own geass allows him to cancel other geass effects within a certain range and will reverse any geass effect used on him, independent of eye contact.
* ''[[Darker
** In the first season a body possessor needed eye contact. Among other things, he discovered that head movements are limited when another guy presses him into a fence using tight strangling wire.
** Second season, one Contractor, August 7, is a [[Reality Warper]] who can pretty much do anything so long as he's looking at you. He's not very competent though, and is defeated in about 5 minutes or less after the [[Anti-Hero]] just throws his [[Badass Longcoat]] over August's head and [[Shock and Awe|electrocutes him]].
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* Played with in ''[[The Wheel of Time]]'' series: Magic is done by weaving together tendrils of power into complex forms. It's been directly stated that if you can't see the object you're working magic on, you can't put a "weave" (spell) on it. However, there have been cases of people using magic in considerable, though perhaps not complete, darkness.
** In one book, one of the [[Quirky Miniboss Squad|Forsaken]] use a weave on someone's brain. So, it's just difficult, but not impossible. Also, we can just chalk it up to the Aes Sedai [[Know-Nothing Know-It-All|authoritatively stating something when they have no clue what the hell they're talking about.]]
* Similarly, in ''[[The Seventh Tower]]'', anyone who wants to use a sunstone to produce light magic has to be able to see it- otherwise, they'll just be able to make it glow harmlessly. Consequently, blind people can't do light magic, and blindness is portrayed as a major phobia of [[The Magocracy|the Chosen]].
* Weird variant: In ''[[Perdido Street Station]]'', anyone looking at a slake-moth's wings would fall into a hypnotic trance. Looking at a reflection of the wings was safe, because the image was inverted right-to-left, but looking at ''a reflection of the reflection'' was not, because the image seen would then be identical to the actual wings. Strange helmets and periscopes incorporating an odd number of mirrors were developed by slake-moth handlers to take advantage of this effect.
* In the last section of [[Ryk E. Spoor]]'s _Digital Knight_, "Viewed in a Harsh Light", Jason is up against the Maelkodan, a creature which was the original inspiration for the ''Medusa''. Looking into its eyes allows the thing to consume your soul. After a chase that destroys a large portion of the town of Venice, FL, Jason defeats the creature by {{spoiler|putting on mirrored sunglasses while apparently helpless and face-down, so when the creature grabs him and turns him over -- it's looking right into its own eyes.}}
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