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HalpOther half is reading a book where the main character can view a recently deceased person's life

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  • Mark HN Mark H

    @noodlemaz

    A useful starting point might be here:

    https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EyeRemember

    There's a link there to the Wikipedia entry on Optography which might help as well.

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    wrote last edited by
    #13

    @neonbubble not so much literally stored in the eyes. More a memory/soul access thing with POV
    Looked through all those, only things I've seen are Fringe/b5/Trek but in my fuzzy memory it's a recurring thing

    So frustrating! Might have dreamed it

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    • Sugar, Spite, & CaffeineM Sugar, Spite, & Caffeine

      @noodlemaz iZombie?

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      wrote last edited by noodlemaz@mstdn.games
      #14

      @miriamrobern not seen it!

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      • NazoN Nazo

        @noodlemaz I'm vaguely getting something, but not quite recalling. Was there a specific point that they could see what the deceased saw, but if they had their eyes closed or if it was from behind them or etc they wouldn't be able to see it and something took advantage of that? (Maybe even a main character taking advantage?)

        There's just something on the tip of my brain so to speak, but today is a bad brainfog day so that's not helping.

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        #15

        @nazokiyoubinbou yeah that sounds vaguely familiar too, like sometimes it didn't work for them, and obviously you can't move the POV, it's not yours, they're already dead etc

        Some conditions that meant it might not work at all for other reasons

        It's so odd, like I'm both sure I've seen/read it but also like I've made it up 😅

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        • MarianneN Marianne

          @nazokiyoubinbou yeah that sounds vaguely familiar too, like sometimes it didn't work for them, and obviously you can't move the POV, it's not yours, they're already dead etc

          Some conditions that meant it might not work at all for other reasons

          It's so odd, like I'm both sure I've seen/read it but also like I've made it up 😅

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          #16

          @noodlemaz For some reason I'm thinking Asimov (or one of those later authors who wrote in the same universe,) but I'm not sure that makes sense.

          I'm trying to come up with something, but my brain is just too fuzzy today. I don't think it's going to happen.

          I really suspect we're thinking of the same thing though.

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          • NazoN Nazo

            @noodlemaz For some reason I'm thinking Asimov (or one of those later authors who wrote in the same universe,) but I'm not sure that makes sense.

            I'm trying to come up with something, but my brain is just too fuzzy today. I don't think it's going to happen.

            I really suspect we're thinking of the same thing though.

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            wrote last edited by noodlemaz@mstdn.games
            #17

            @nazokiyoubinbou ooh maybe
            I have read lots of Asimov... (read about The Dead Past plot but nope)

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            • MarianneN Marianne

              Halp
              Other half is reading a book where the main character can view a recently deceased person's life

              I remember something similar - seeing someone's final moments through their eyes (but it not always going 100% right?) and using it to solve crimes and such - from a TV series/film... Or maybe another book?

              But I'm just not able to remember the character/thing I saw.
              Friends have made several suggestions, mostly stuff I haven't seen.

              Any ideas?
              #TV #bookstodon #movies #tropes

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              wrote last edited by
              #18

              @noodlemaz There was a scene in Wild Wild West where supposedly the last moment a person saw was etched into their eye and so one of the main characters attaches the skull of the victim to a lantern and projects it.

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              • New Year, New BasiliskB New Year, New Basilisk

                @noodlemaz There was a scene in Wild Wild West where supposedly the last moment a person saw was etched into their eye and so one of the main characters attaches the skull of the victim to a lantern and projects it.

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                #19

                @BasiliskXVIII yeah not a physical eye inscription thing, a memory/'soul' POV glimpse

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                • MarianneN Marianne

                  Halp
                  Other half is reading a book where the main character can view a recently deceased person's life

                  I remember something similar - seeing someone's final moments through their eyes (but it not always going 100% right?) and using it to solve crimes and such - from a TV series/film... Or maybe another book?

                  But I'm just not able to remember the character/thing I saw.
                  Friends have made several suggestions, mostly stuff I haven't seen.

                  Any ideas?
                  #TV #bookstodon #movies #tropes

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                  #20

                  @noodlemaz "the final cut"? Seems like a long shot...
                  https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0364343/

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                  • MarianneN Marianne

                    Halp
                    Other half is reading a book where the main character can view a recently deceased person's life

                    I remember something similar - seeing someone's final moments through their eyes (but it not always going 100% right?) and using it to solve crimes and such - from a TV series/film... Or maybe another book?

                    But I'm just not able to remember the character/thing I saw.
                    Friends have made several suggestions, mostly stuff I haven't seen.

                    Any ideas?
                    #TV #bookstodon #movies #tropes

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                    #21

                    @noodlemaz
                    Possibly Tru Calling?
                    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tru_Calling
                    Eliza Dushku was in Buffy for a while which might be why the suggestion of Angel is familiar..

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                    • Rob\Viewdata UKR Rob\Viewdata UK

                      @noodlemaz
                      Possibly Tru Calling?
                      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tru_Calling
                      Eliza Dushku was in Buffy for a while which might be why the suggestion of Angel is familiar..

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                      wrote last edited by
                      #22

                      @robert pretty sure I never watched it!

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