I’ve gone quite into detail on what kind in injury Luane, my Lugia lady, suffered,
how it affected her and how it would become worse and worse over time (something I only wrote in stories. Some of which I didn’t publish yet – mostly due to lack of public interest. But they do exist…and a little bit of artwork as well). But The main point remains: Why did I choose that kind of injury and build a character around it? The answer is more complex than you might expect.
First of all some basic explanation: In my opinion, every character needs to be balanced. Balance means: Every superior power requires some kind of flaw, every strength and extreme advantage has to come with a price. Superman has his Kryptonite, Batman his Code of Honor and dead parents, Tony Stark the feeling of guilt of what he was in the past, what he saw what might happen to earth. True strength of a character isn’t based upon their strength, but their weakness. By taking away said weakness, you nullify the strength of a character in a way. And, if you build a character without real flaws, you risk to create a Mary-Sue-character (look at Rey from Star Wars for example), which causes the