User blog comment:Umbrello/Please Stop With the Eyes Dripping Blood/@comment-4849011-20140911012920

Wait a minute, Officer, I can explain!

I did have one (1) story in which a character was revealed at the end to have bleeding eyes (I'm not telling here which one it is because I don't want to give spoilers), but there was an explanation. The creature had the ability to cloud minds, and he used this power to torture another character. He channeled this psychic power through his eyes, evidenced by his eyes glowing and changing color when his used it. At the end it was revealed that his intense use of his thought-clouding power had caused a strain on his system, resulting in his eyes beginning to bleed. This part was inspired by Itachi Uchiha in Naruto (meaning I ripped off a classier source than some other writers), was a relatively minor story element occuring at the end, had an explanation provided in the text, and was meant to show that when you inflict suffering on others, you end up suffering yourself.

Now that I've defended myself, I would like to agree that the bleeding eyes theme shouldn't be done to death. I certainly don't plan on using it often. Something like that should be used sparingly at best. I guess the point I'm trying to make is ~points to other writers~ go after them, not me! ~flees and climbs over neighborhood fences to avoid capture~