: Re: What are the psychological ramifications if my protagonist is injured by accident or via an attack? I am currently working on a super hero short story in which a hockey player (the protagonist)

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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