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I am currently working on a super hero short story in which a hockey player (the protagonist) suffers a brain injury in the first scene which leaves him in eternal pain. In the quickest explanation possible of his powers: this injury becomes his super power when he realizes he cant feel it when people punch him since he is already in pain.
What are the psychological ramifications, for both the protagonist and audience, if the injury inflicted is an accident versus a malicious attack by another character?
The big thing I can see for the character would be in one example he has a specific person(s) to blame, in the other example he has no one to blame and might be angry at a god or something similar.
I'd like to hear the pros and cons relating to plot and character development for these two scenarios as it would apply to his condition and which is the more likely scenario that would lead him to becoming a vigilante?
Extra info that I am not sure will affect answers:
a) I am shooting for a "PG-13" rating. The person who inspired this story is only 14 and I want it to be an appropriate story for that age group.
b) It will be a graphic novel and not a traditional prose piece.
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There are two main themes that you might want to consider. The first is "man against nature." If you believe that the hero's main future struggles will be with "nature," e.g. pain, I would have "nature" inflict the injury by "accident." If the story is about a struggle with another man, then it would make better sense to have the antagonist inflict the injury, as the root cause of the conflict.
The third theme is "man against himself," and maybe the wound should be self-inflicted if that's the theme and conflict.
In any case, there's no right or wrong answer, only one that fits your story in terms of the conflict.
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