#project cataract

[drjackandmissjo]

Is anyone going to talk about CATARACT White Vision after the finale?

***Spoilers for the Wandavision finale!!!***

He literally just said nope and fucked off up in the sky after their philosophical discussion. Here I was, waiting for the two of them to merge cause they're two parts of a whole, but noooo, he had to fly away. What's gonna be of him? He's a lot of vibranium and sentient. It's gonna be interesting

[graveltotempomp3]

cataracts are ailments of the eye that disrupts vision. Cataracts distort vision.

CATARACTS DISTORT VISION.

[truefangirlheart]

how considerate of Hayward to build Hex! Vision a new body

[notbigondoors]

Mini-Meta: Project Cataract - What’s in a Name?

{out of equations} So I’ve been thinking a lot about S.W.O.R.D.’s Project Cataract, and why it’s called that. This project had essentially four goals: 1) to study Vision’s remains, 2) to reactivate him, 3) to make him subservient and obedient to S.W.O.R.D., and 4) to utilize him as a sentient weapon. People seem to think that the project is called “Cataract” because of the resulting white color of Vision’s refurbished body, but I’ve been mulling over just how sinister this name actually is. More under the cut.

What is a cataract? It’s a cloudy area in the lens of the eye (the cornea) that leads to a decrease in vision. It results in a white discoloration of the surface of the eye. Let’s just… consider that a moment. It’s usually white, so… there’s that. A bit literal and on-the-nose for the white color Vision’s body ends up being. But also… it results in a decrease in vision. Obviously, this is mean to be taken literally, as a decrease in the ability to see, but naming the project “cataract” could also have some chilling metaphorical meanings as well. It could mean a decrease in a more philosophical kind of sight. Clouding someone’s vision often means their judgement is affected, their ability to reason or to see situations for what they truly are is diminished. Well one could argue that Hayward’s vision is clouded, and that Vision’s judgement is now a clouded version of what it once was. It’s a diminishing of who and what Vision once was by a misguided man with poor judgement. Clouded vision all around.

It is almost as if Hayward took into account the name of the being he was destroying and enslaving, Vision, and choosing a project name that would reflect what they were going to do to him. I can’t imagine that the choosing of Project Cataract’s name was purely meant to be cute or solely due to the white color of Vision’s refurbished body. Hayward knew exactly what he was doing. Either he never considered Vision to be a real, live being with thoughts and emotions who could experience physical and psychological pain, and therefore didn’t feel badly for doing what he did, or he did believe it… and he didn’t care. That’s a very scary notion.

Also consider for a moment what the eyes represent. “The eyes are the windows to the soul.” The goal of Project Cataract was to remake Vision into a weapon, something he never wanted. They also take away his access to his own memories. A cataract clouds the lens of the eye… literally obscuring the window into the soul. In a sense, S.W.O.R.D. is attempting to remove his soul, or what makes him Vision, by removing his personality and emotional capacity and turning him into something he never would have wanted to become. This very literal loss of the soul of Vision is accompanied by a visual loss as well, his eyes changing from his usual kind, human-like eyes to more robotic, metallic, blue eyes. So there is a philosophical loss of Vision’s soul, who he was as a person, and the literal physical obstruction to “seeing” him in the visual changes to his eyes.

By not granting White Vision access to his own memories, they prevent him from seeing clearly, from seeing the truth of things, from having free will, and from remembering himself. They prevent him from truly being Vision. When Westview Vision restores access to White Vision’s, thereby returning to him what makes him Vision, he restores not only memories but presumably emotional capacity and conscience as well. White Vision’s eyes then change from cold, robotic, and blue, to more human-like. They’re now the eyes he once had as Original Vision. His soul has been returned to him, the windows to it made clear once again. He realizes this too, obviously feeling different about himself, for even if he doesn’t know what to do and decides to leave and think things over on his own, he still announces before he goes, “I am Vision.”

I find the symbolism of Project Cataract’s name both fascinating and heartbreaking. What are your thoughts about it?

[wellnessaj]

What is an Eye Cataract and how can we prevent it?

A cataract is a cloudy area in the lens of the eye that may result in loss of vision if left untreated. Usually, the development of a cataract is slow and it takes a while for the cataract to affect the eye but it may develop in one or both eyes.

People that have cataracts suffer from partial loss of vision and their vision turns foggy which prevents them from seeing clearly. This makes it difficult for them to carry out everyday tasks such as reading, driving, and seeing clearly.

During their initial or early stage, cataracts are harder to identify as they do not cause any problems with eyesight. However, over time, they begin to affect our vision.

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