stoneylys

[aethealer-blog]

hi there! long time xiv player here and I thought I'd let you know looking at your rules, in game it's fairly obvious from looking at y'shtola's eyes that they are blind, so generally muses would likely know on sight she is blind if they know what that looks like!

hi anon! thank you for reaching out about this!

yes, absolutely i agree that someone would think she’s blind because of the appearance of her eyes! and she is blind when you’re comparing her sight to average human sight, but the way she “sees” with aether is effective enough that it counts as seeing to me, even if it’s different. i imagine that once someone observes her interacting with the world around her as if her sight is intact, they would likely dismiss the thought that she’s fully blind, and therefore most people wouldn’t mention it. of course some muses are just the type of people to ask anyway, which is okay; really i have this in my rules so i can avoid it coming up in threads too often! 

i know that you’re aware of the way her sight works btw, i just thought i’d explain it so that this answer is a complete thought for anyone else reading. and the way it’s phrased in my rules does sound very definitively “nobody would ever know” which isn’t what i wanted to express, so i’ll amend that!