#you guys know how much i obsess over how cybertronian optics work and the various modifications and repairs they may need

[transingthoseformers]

Okay but I've been trying to make sketches of various Cybertronian optic formations and afflictions. Especially since we usually see bots either lose a single optic or both, and lose it as in it's physically removed somehow.

Now I have drastically low vision, pretty intense myopia that gets worse every year. Funny story that's caused by your eyeballs being unable to focus longer distances because it has grown physically too long, changing how light bounces inside it. Kinda like a camera lense that can't open wide enough.

I want to explore the fuzzy areas of vision that fall between 20/20 vision and 100% blindness. For instance, bots being too close to an explosion and thusly getting permanent flash blindness. The iris in their optics having issues opening and closing. The glass being too thin and being prone to scratches and damage, or the glass having malformations causing weird reflections. The glow of the optic seems to have something to do with how they see, so there could be issues with dark spots or unusual flashing. What if a mechanism that is meant to spin gets stuck or damaged? This doesn't even mention visors and how their issues may be similar/different.