#I’ve also seen a mouse with an eyepatch but I didn’t save it

[ceiling-karasu]

It’s funny how glasses work in the Squirrel and Hedgehog Universe

For the most part, it appears that glasses and sunglasses just sit and balance on the nose.

But then there is this guy from Operation: White Snow.

Those are regular looking glasses complete with temple frames that go around the back. Is it a style? We do not see many Flower Hill characters wearing glasses, so maybe Flower Hill has frames that go towards the ears instead of balancing, while the Weasel Unit just has them balance.

That would make sense, since Flower Hill citizens are working, doing actual labor, and might be moving around more than a simple balancing would allow.

Most of the Weasel Unit characters seen wearing glasses are higher ups who technically would not have to move around much, other than giving orders. The exception is Mulmangcho, although in both S1 and S2, his glasses seem to sit further back on his nose than with the others, which might be a style that provides more balance. Then again, he technically does have a higher position than regular soldier.

On the other hand:

Goggles in the Squirrel and Hedgehog universe appear the be attached to the helmet, if not around the back of the head (eyepatches are shown to go around the head).

The temple frames on the squirrel above do not appear to go up around his ears, which given that the show has characters hold radios up to their actual ears instead of just the side of their heads, seems like a strange detail to miss.

It is possible that the glasses are attached to the helmet, since he would be doing skiing, an activity that might cause the other style of glasses falling off. Which opens up some interesting possible ideas about helmets having specific attachments for these types of glasses.

Altjoigh, if there was a style element attached to role and status, it would be funny for there to be an AU story where a traitor or scout gets caught because they worse the wrong style of glasses. Like a Weasel Unit scout claims to be a farm worker at a checkpoint, and the hedgehogs immediately pull him aside for more questioning because not with those glasses he isn’t!